Both kids are on playdates...at other people's homes. I am so thoroughly enjoying the peace and quiet. I could be working, doing laundry or any number of household chores, but instead I am using my hour to just bask in being in an otherwise empty house.
I love planning trips, I love taking them too. I also love my kids. But what I would like is 1 weekend, or even just 1 full day and a night with just Dennis and I in the house. The number of projects we'd complete...or maybe we could have a movie marathon and sit and eat bbq potato chips. I have such a long list of projects that take a couple hours and when we do them with kids they take all day. I know that in a few short years we'll start sending the kids to summer camp overnight and then I'll long for the noise.
That's why I'm enjoying my hour today.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Monday, April 15, 2013
Slowly returning
I feel like I"m slowly re-emerging, returning to a time when my time in front of a computer was focused on chronicling our lives whereas lately it has been to shop and plan trips, play on social media. Den hasn't been traveling nearly as much as he used to and we've developed a nice little habit of him putting the kids to bed while pretend to be productive, but instead get sucked into the computer. In an effort to be more productive, I thought I'd give the blog a whirl...at least I'd have something to show for it.
So classes I want to take: writing, photography, sailing, parenting, scrapbooking. J is 6 now and keeps changing her mind of what kind of party she wants. It's killing me a little bit. Every time I think I have something worked out, she changes. At this rate, she will be 7 before she has a party! Ed is now 8. And I'm ready to take them to EUROPE!! I'm actually ready to take them this summer, but Dennis wanted to wait another year.
So bring on your tips for France. We'll see where else we go from there. I want to visit friend in Brussels and England, but Ed wants to hit Italy. We only have 19 days, so I'm not sure how we'll do this and not be super worn out. I wish we could go for more time. If Den gets another conference there...
Trips I'm planning for this year: Black Hills, Philly, Boston (speaking of which today is the when the bombs went off at the Boston Marathon). I'm sure looking back, that will be a moment in time. We'll also hit the beach and Wisc to see the grandparents. The kids and I will hit Georgia to see the other grandparents, who have now become the GA grandparents.
In the last couple years I developed a goal of taking the kids to all 50 states before Ed graduated high school. I have 10 years and 25 states left. Eddie is in on the deal, trying to plan travel only to places he hasn't been and Josie seems game to go anywhere new. I think they will get 4 or 5 this year.
Den is now downstairs from putting the kids to bed, so I think I'd better tie this post up with a bow...
So classes I want to take: writing, photography, sailing, parenting, scrapbooking. J is 6 now and keeps changing her mind of what kind of party she wants. It's killing me a little bit. Every time I think I have something worked out, she changes. At this rate, she will be 7 before she has a party! Ed is now 8. And I'm ready to take them to EUROPE!! I'm actually ready to take them this summer, but Dennis wanted to wait another year.
So bring on your tips for France. We'll see where else we go from there. I want to visit friend in Brussels and England, but Ed wants to hit Italy. We only have 19 days, so I'm not sure how we'll do this and not be super worn out. I wish we could go for more time. If Den gets another conference there...
Trips I'm planning for this year: Black Hills, Philly, Boston (speaking of which today is the when the bombs went off at the Boston Marathon). I'm sure looking back, that will be a moment in time. We'll also hit the beach and Wisc to see the grandparents. The kids and I will hit Georgia to see the other grandparents, who have now become the GA grandparents.
In the last couple years I developed a goal of taking the kids to all 50 states before Ed graduated high school. I have 10 years and 25 states left. Eddie is in on the deal, trying to plan travel only to places he hasn't been and Josie seems game to go anywhere new. I think they will get 4 or 5 this year.
Den is now downstairs from putting the kids to bed, so I think I'd better tie this post up with a bow...
Sunday, April 07, 2013
It has been so long since I posted that I have forgotten my login info and Blogger has added features that make me feel like it's been 20 years! Nearly 8 years ago I started this blog--primarily so that daddy could see photos of his kids while he was away on his often back to back trips. Now there are so many mechanisms that I can use...facebook, twitter, instagram, and that doesn't even scratch the surface of all the hipster social networking sites out there.
I'm amazed too at the number of the blogs, so many of them well written and helpful. I'm stunned at how thoroughly people will bear their souls, with varying degrees an anonymity. I've spent my 30s growing up and growing into my own. The clarity I have now in my life makes it easier to age. I think about all that I know now about myself and the journey that becoming a mother has been. I don't want to bear my soul, I don't want to share intimate details of my life for all to read. I will continue to write the dry, minutiae blog this has been because it's fun like a scrapbook to look back and see what has been.
I'm amazed too at the number of the blogs, so many of them well written and helpful. I'm stunned at how thoroughly people will bear their souls, with varying degrees an anonymity. I've spent my 30s growing up and growing into my own. The clarity I have now in my life makes it easier to age. I think about all that I know now about myself and the journey that becoming a mother has been. I don't want to bear my soul, I don't want to share intimate details of my life for all to read. I will continue to write the dry, minutiae blog this has been because it's fun like a scrapbook to look back and see what has been.
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