Thanks

Thanks to my baby brother Ben for actually reading and commenting on my blog. He's great. I am thankful for the friendship he's given me over the years. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving and wonderful birthday. I'll try to be a great sister and call.

Today I thouroughly enjoyed myself in the kitchen. I love cooking! I made a wonderful feast if I do say so myself. High lights were Turkey of course, the stuffing was yum yum and my oh so favorite blueberry cranberries. Smile. They were more expensive to make then that little can of jellied ones but it was worth it. I had to drive all around Anchorage just to find blueberry nectar.

My children are adorable and probably one of the most important things for which I have to be thankful this year. I couldn't ask for cooler kids. So here's a blurb about them.

Jack-6 yrs. old. Loves Transformers right now. He's awesome, smart funny, and generally a good kid. Yesterday he peed on his brothers in the bath tub. His excuse was that he didn't want to get the floor wet by getting out to use the toilet. He has his moments. Currently he hates school and is learning how to make friends. I am trying to learn how to teach him to be happy regardless and to make friends. Parenting gets a little more complicated the older they get, at least it seems like that.

David-4 11/12ths Loves what Jack loves and playing all day. He's very inquisitive about everything right now. He recently has been asking about marrying me. I have told him he can't. While out the other day he says "Mom, I don't want to marry an old lady with bumps" I beleive he means wrinkles. Silly boy. Everyone gets old. He has also been asking a lot of questions about when are we going to die and why. It's been fun answering them all. I love how he says Chapstick -chopstick. He's adorable and cute and usually very sweet.

Sam-3 and crazy. Sam is in charge, well he thinks he is. He is so much fun though it's hard to get mad at him sometimes. He can still use his cuteness to get what he wants from MIke most the time. He loves playing anything Jack and David play. He gets mad more easily and will throw or hit. Working on that. He loves to say stupid and we have tried to narrow it down to being okay to say certain things are stupid like monsters. He's also still gets into things when not monitored for very long which is why I've found him on the counter trying to get the candy off the top of the fridge. Hmmmm is it any wonder he's had stitches twice. Today in the middle of my cooking while MIke was gone for five minutes he busted his lip pretty good.

I am one lucky mom. I'm grateful for a great husband and a great life.

Now my eyes want to fall shut so that's all for now.

ED

This is my brother ED. He lives somewhere I've never been. I rarely see him and even more rarely receive phone calls from him. He's the kind of person who used to live in the woods in the summer to save money on rent. He's unpretenious.

This month I have received two phone calls from him. A miracle none-the-less. I beleive prompted by my recent loss but regardless, I am glad he called. It's nice to know that your siblings do remember who you are every once in a while. Granted I'm not the best at keeping in touch. In fact I thought using this blog would help but I beleive no one reads it so I am writing for myself. Weird since I have so many other things to do.

Must go will reflect on life's bigger questions later, my oven calls.

Ed if you ever read this for some strange reason. I love you, thanks for calling.

Bread dough belly

Yup, that's me, bread dough belly. I'm usually a pear shaped woman with most my junk in the trunk area. Once known for my child bearing hips, probably because I had a small waist they stuck out more, now they all mold together. I love my totally imperfect body. Just thought I'd share my random thoughts of my new found bread dough belly. I did an exercise video today and to be honest skipped the hard ab part. It was so difficult that I felt the effort would have been better used elsewhere. Not to mention I was afraid I'd injure myself trying to be Denise Austin. :) "Smile, you're doing great" crash! :)