Thought I should get on here and journal a bit, but first want to say hi to Deb, TKKC1, Dagny, Cathy...
Cathy, I can relate to the shopping horrors - especially a toy store, but magnify it to include 3 kids! UGH! Luckily, my response is usually, "my answer isn't going to change no matter how many times you ask"
Did the clothes shopping for D9 and S6 the other day. D9 is a tall girl for her age and it is hard to find age-appropriate stuff for her. We managed to find enough to get her started. Luckily she is pretty easy to please. S6 is tall and slim for his age and finding pants that fit is a real treat.
On the H front, things continue to move along. It is precarious at times because the clutter challenge around the house still bugs him, but I am working on it. My neighbor and I are having a fall garage sale in a few weeks and that will help move some things out of here. H knows that I am trying and is going to set the garage up for us again - just like he did back in April.
We had a great family weekend with my dad. We took the kids and grandpa and went out to where grandpa grew up for the county fair, including a demolition derby. There is a log building from our homested farm at the fairgrounds as part of a historical society area so the kids saw that too.
Then we stayed at my uncle's farm house, visited the church that grandpa went too as a kid, saw the gravesites of my grandparents and great grandparents. Took the kids to the farm that grandpa grew up (my cousin lives there now). So grandpa got to show them his stomping grounds - and share a bit of his childhood with his grandkids. Meant alot to me too.
Also, H hunts out there so he checked out things - and was really good about just sitting back and observing the sentimental journey. Not his favorite thing - but he was really good about it.
I simply went up to him smiling and said thank you. He said what for? I said - for this weekend. He just shrugged it off, but got the message.
Life has been busy and shows no signs of slowing down. With school, preschool, hockey, piano, etc all starting again, it just keeps moving along.
My next goal is to have a date with my H. We haven't had one yet. We need to make the effort to have alone time away from the kids. A challenge - yes, do-able - yes. So I think I just need to plan something. If I wait for him to do it, I am not sure when it will happen. But, this is scary territory, because I am the planner in our family and generally plan our outings, I don't want him to feel forced into anything. How I approach this is yet to be determined.
Anyway, have to wake up the other two kids, let the puppy out, and get ready to go to the zoo with our former child care provider. She and I are taking 14 kids there for the day. Wish me luck!
Have a great day all!
totite
"Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative..."
