Well, why am I surprised? I shouldn’t be since we’ve had tons of snow days Jan-April the entire time the “Bigs” have been in school. This year…with a new job/s it is extra crazy. But I will say, TODAY rocked! Russell went to school and Carter went to his buddy Q’s house so I had Whitney and Sydney. Besides the “fart tag” they were so fun! It was the right mix of them entertaining themselves and them entertaining me.

The day started with a fort making and watching tv while I worked. At lunch they made Ramen…the meal of choice these days. Besides the carbs I like it because it is cheap 🙂 After their culinary delight was finished I jumped in with my chicken, spinach, mushroom casserole. I was missing my herb garden and took a pic of it in hibernation. I had extra wine that needed to be used and the veggies were getting to their limit so I decided to go with it. The girls are so cute about coming in to see what I’m doing. I think mushrooms cooking in olive oil, garlic and wine is heavenly. Sydney came in and said “you are like a French Chef, everything you cook smells great, and THAT is a compliment.” I love how little girls who are not your own appreciate you in a new way. Sydney’s mom is amazing, she works her hiney off in a gov’t accounting job yet keeps her house super clean and cooks for her 3 hungry boys (40+, 15 & 12) plus her and Syd. We relate…she is as busy as I am with activities. We have the wild card of Russell but the blessing is her boys love him and they rock at taking care of him!

So, Snow day NUMBER…5 or 6 was pretty good. A nice balance. AND I asked my hubby to grab some rain boots on the way home so my surgical shoe and sock wouldn’t get soaked like yesterday. He obliged. They are cuter than how they feel. A bit tight on the injury but that is better than a wet sock.

And finally, can’t wait for the KU v TX game this weekend! My sister, Marci, is letting me cash in my bday present from a year or two ago and she, Rachael and Robert are keeping the kids and the dog so we can have a day, night and morning to ourselves. The walking in Lawrence, KS from the game to the establishments etc will be a strategic challenge but the atmosphere and company will ROCK!

Enjoy your cocoon time, I like to remember how busy Summers are this time of year and soak up the quiet time “trapped inside.”

I’ve had some serendipitous things happen recently and I always treasure them and take time to appreciate it when I notice them. I won’t bore you with the details but I set a few minor goals for myself and they were achieved almost instantly! It makes me think what else I can do quickly just by stating them outloud.

I am taking a really cool class by the Brave Girls Club. It is great, amazing and overwhelming at the same time. I have assignments I have to do and have a really hard time carving out the time to do them. But when I do set aside the time I’m so glad I did.

Today I did a business call with my sister. We were talking about how we want 2011 to be amazing because of how sucky the last few years have been. I love knowing I have a sister in the same brain space as me totally focusing on joy. Our dad, niece and grandma who have all gone to heaven are so on our side rooting for joy for us all! Sometimes choosing joy is all it takes. But, honestly the last few years has been about processing and doing some work on our brains so now we have done that and 2011 is a good, good thing.

Next up, wedding dress alterations, arm workouts and figuring out if my poor little foot can tolerate darling heels Jess picked out!

On another note, we went to an 80s party which was a huge bright spot in our January!

Ok seriously? What is up with these people just springing a new zodiac chart on us? I firmly believe I am a Gemini and attached Virgos like a magnet. According to this pile of craziness I am not a Gemini and all of those Virgos are probably not Virgos.

Capricorn: Jan. 20 – Feb. 16— Suzanne, Jessica, Kyle, Kasey and B are all now Capricorns…mmm don’t know much about that sign, must research the differences and see what comes up.
Aquarius: Feb. 16 – March 11—At least my sister, Marci, is still an Aquarius since she has it tattooed on her arm!
Pisces: March 11- April 18
Aries: April 18- May 13–Mom is still an Aries
Taurus: May 13- June 21—THE NEW ME SIGN, share this with Paula. Not happy about this but maybe Brad is right…I’m a Bull-dog.
Gemini: June 21- July 20—Now Aunt T, Blake, Todd, Russell and Robert (etc etc) are Geminis? That kind of makes sense because they act very much like me…kicking me out though…I’m just not havin’ it.
Cancer: July 20- Aug. 10
Leo: Aug. 10- Sept. 16—Brad, Whitney and most of the rest are now Leos. I really don’t know how that is possible since I’ve based all of my relating skills on the fact that they are VIRGOS to a T
Virgo: Sept. 16- Oct. 30—Carter is a Virgo?! What? That is crap, he is SO NOT a Virgo! He is SO a Scorpio
Libra: Oct. 30- Nov. 23
Scorpio: Nov. 23- Nov. 29
Ophiuchus: Nov. 29- Dec. 17–How do you even pronounce this? What’s the personality? I just can’t wrap my brain around just springing an extra sign in here. What the HayBails?
Sagittarius: Dec. 17- Jan. 20—Even Jesus got a new assignment. Well, if these quacks messed with his sign I guess I can get u sed to mine…

Here’s a picture from my last super duper fun birthday! I was 38 and had both of my sisters celebrating with me, it was a really fun time. I’ll remember this fondly as my last birthday party as a Gemini…sigh…

THIS JUST IN, AFTER MY CRAZY RANT A FRIEND SAID THAT THE “NEW” ZODIAC REALLY ONLY APPLIES TO ANOTHER PART OF THE WORLD. WE “WESTERNERS” ARE STICKING WITH THE OLD 12 SIGN VERSION. THANK GOD!