All Hail The Moisture of The Pacific Northwest!

It feels so good to be back in Washington! For the first time in a year and a half I don't feel the need to drown myself in a vat of Aveeno!

So much has been going on since we arrived that I am not even unpacked, and for the moment I have given up trying. That will all have to wait for another day. Now that the holidays are over and we are back to normal work and school schedules I hope to buckle down and get my life organized. My husband would cringe at this because that means I will attempt to organize "his" life as well. Oh well, he will survive, he always does.

The kids are great. The dogs are half grown. The husband is sexy and fabulous as always. I am surviving the terminally ill energy reserves and working hard to keep positive and upbeat. It's a crazy wonderful life and the boys have had us in stitches over the holidays. It's been great spending so much time together.

My thought for the day: Every family should take the initiative to turn off the phone, realize that your friends will still be there next week, that your obligations can momentarily be bumped (in essence life will continue if you ignore it for a week) and COMPLETELY focus on each other. Here is what I learned.... I still deeply love my husband and find him extremely sexy ruffled from a night of sleep staggering through the kitchen at six am to make me coffee. That my oldest son is a world champion connect four player and my youngest son's favorite drink is "root beard". That making dinner together can be a form of foreplay. That a seven year old can feel "glum" and need a kiss from mom and everyone can laugh and make a game out of cleaning up three rolls of shedded toilet paper from the dumbest and most adorable dogs on earth. That if your not carefull your own mother can beat you at your favorite video game (but strangely you will admire her for it.) What was the best thing I learn over the last couple of weeks? That all three of my men think that I am fabulous and have no problem telling me why and THAT feels pretty darn good...


Hope to catch up with all of you soon!

PS
I still have hair! Not a lot but a far cry from "The Donald" (: