Letting go

This morning was rough. Why do you think children fight and protest getting ready for school in the morning? I mean really, they go everyday so they know it's coming and there's no getting out of it. Any tips on how to ease the morning routine would be much appreciated.

Today I am attending a funeral for a grandparent of some friends of mine. I didn't know him well but had met him a couple of times. Kindof makes me feel uneasy inside to be getting ready to go to another funeral.

This past Sunday marked 4 months since Aaron died and I'm not sure it's getting any easier. "People" say 6 months is an appropriate time ti grieve for a loved one but that just makes me feel like I better get on the ball. I don't feel like i'll be done in the next two months.

I have definitely learned that it is harder to let someone go when you have unfinished business. It had been a while since Aaron and I had a good relationship and I missed him then but always felt the possibility that he would find his way back to himself.

Now I have to find a way to make peace with not having said all the things I wish he could have heard from me. He was a good brother and I miss him.

A few days late, but Thankful still...

I saw on another blog that they were doing a month of posting something they are thankful for everyday, we'll I realize that today is the 8th and I am a little late to the party, but better late than never. Here goes



To make up for the days I missed (in no particular order):



I'm thankful for my health and the health of my family.

I'm thankful for my house and the home we have made of it.

I'm thankful for the incredible relationship that I have with my sisters and my mom, they keep me sane (most of the time).

I'm thankful for my supportive husband and two one-of-a-kind boys that always keep me on my toes.

I'm thankful for friends that all serve their own specific need in my life.

I'm thankful for high heels!

I'm thankful for popcorn and the comforting effect it has on me.

I'm thankful for my Blackberry.

I'm thankful for endless possibilities in life.

wow, that was harder than I thought!

Happy November

S.A.D.

Seasonal Affect Disorder that is....

Interesting how a little gloomy weather can impact your mood. For the past couple of days it has been rainy, wet, and overcast...no sunshine to be seen.
The weather has been running a parallel to my mood these past couple of days, yep, I'll just go ahead and say it I've been in a general funk!

Now that I have diagnosed the funk...time to get out of the funk...

What have you found is the best way to disrupt a funk, blue mood, down day...call it what you will...whats your tried and true remedy?

Halloween Fun!?!

We have really been looking forward to Halloween at our house. Keddie has known for a months that he wanted to be Iron Man (he has NOT seen the movies so for the life of me I don't even know how he knows who Iron Man is...marketing at it's finest I guess).

Now Langston on the other hand wanted NOTHING to do with costumes. Some how or another I have acquired several 2T costumes, he could choose from a dragon, Batman, Mr, Incredible, Spiderman, a pirate...endless possibilities. He would put on a costume for 30 seconds and then want it off. I don't think he quite understood what we were doing... So last night after Keddie became Iron Man, Langston wanted to be...Mr. Incredible.

Doesn't he look happy?

We went Trick or Treating with a bunch of kids from the street. All the kids looked so cute and we had a ton of fun...

Mr. GQ- aka-IRON MAN

Now the question of the day is: What to do with all the candy????