pam - thank you so much for stopping by - the positives sure do help when you focus on them instead of the negatives...you are doing so well, i am so proud of you!!!
deb - YA YA
pattie - no kidding - number one son is a neat freak, but number two??? he is a worse pak rat then me!!! needless to say they were thrilled!!!
mal - girl, i cannot wait to meet you next month, it will be a blast!!! let me tell you, you are more normal than you think!! my prayers will be with you this weekend...i know it has to be hard, but you are strong, and you will make it. surround yourself with your friends...after this, what else is there???
ag - i would be there in a minute...alaska is one of my dreams believe it or not!!! and if i knew it would help our sitch, i would be there in a new york minute
cycler - new perspective, yes that is what it is. i came back with a renewed sense of knowing what i want and what i DON'T want. when it's clear it's so much easier to deal with
sg - oh girlfriend, the pleasure was all mine!!! you and water were just what the doctor ordered!!!
totite - thanks so much for stopping by my thread. it's a never ending battle eh? with kids it just never stops. i like your sitch, the intrigue keeps things interesting!!!
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POSITIVES
1) yesterday, my daughter and i were headed to the post office and i called hubby to let him know where i was going, and he asked, have you two had lunch yet? and i said no, and he said, meet me at such and such, so i said SURE - we haven't had LUNCH together out since way before the bomb, and this was something we used to do ALL THE TIME when we were dating and first married
2) while i was sitting at the computer yesterday doing some family business, he came up behind me and started rubbing my shoulders and he said to me, i know your under lots of stress, just relax a bit - and i just let him rub for a little while and then thanked him PROFUSELY when he was done. he NEVER does that without me asking him first...WOO HOO
3) got into a 'spiritual' discussion last night about something that has been bothering me for awhile. i think he really appreciated me coming to him for guidance
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JOURNALING
well today is our official 10 year anniversary. i got him a cute little card - it had two kids on the front sitting together and it read "know what is great about being married to you?" and inside it read "being with your best friend every day - happy anniversary - i love you"
i wrote him a letter with it...i borrowed some thoughts from betsey (hope you don't mind bets) - and then i stuck it in his sales book so that after his first sales call today he would find it.
he called when he got it and told me thank you, that it was very sweet and that what i wrote was very much appreciated...
my first paragraph read "Ten years ago today – I vowed my love for you in front God and the Mayor of Daytona Beach. I remember that day as if it was yesterday. I don’t regret a single moment since then."
when he called he then said to me, i cannot believe you got the mayor of daytona beach to marry us. and then he started laughing - it was a pleasant memory for him i could tell. that made me feel good
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sorry i haven't been around much the last few days...a friend of the family passed this week and i have been helping with arrangements with the inlaws so i have been extrememly busy
