Goodbye little girl...

Today is the last day of seventh grade for our little girl. Next year is the big 8 and all that that entails...boys, drama, volleyball, drama, broken friendships, drama...

I am not looking forward to it. She has grown into a beautiful, kind, gentle girl and I hate to see it change.

I knew when I had her that this day would come. I would loose mommy’s little girl, if only for awhile, until the teen angst years passed. Then comes the years of regret and sorrow for the horrible way she treated me.

I know the girl she is inside, so while she is this “other girl” the one her friends want her to be, I will just have to wait...

So Busy, But Nothing Happens

What has kept me so involved that I can’t sit down and type out a few words? Well, a 13th birthday, Easter and an early season camping trip have eaten up our days.

My sweet faced baby is a teen and there is no going back to those baby days. We took 7 girls out to dinner and a movie. The amount of money spent was astonishing.

We combined Easter and a camping trip, when an early April weekend reached an unbelievable 80 degrees.

I participated in a swap at Just One Miss. It was called The Dollar $$ Store Challenge. The idea was to go to a $1 store and spend $20 on different, random, fun items to send to your recipient. I had such fun shopping and packing my big box of goodies!! I did get it mailed out late, which is typical for me. The shipping to California was twice the price of the contents, but I know she will love everything!!!

Also typical for me, the box I received was not even worth a photograph. It was a package of cheap pens, some broken fridge magnets, some of her kids Easter candy and a set of fish S&P shakers...

I have not done one of these in years because they are usually so disappointing, but this one sounded fun.  I won’t try again.

We are on Spring Break around here this week. Our exotic locale is the backyard, where yard raking and raspberry planting await!

winter picnic

 

 

When you live in a section of the country where it is witch-tit cold 5 or 6 months out of the year, you learn to enjoy what you get.

It was 40 degrees yesterday, that means it’s time to pull out the gas grill and the lawn chairs and have a picnic!

 

And you know that picnic includes snowmobiles and hot tubs...

jealous much...

Just sitting here in my Spanx and knee highs, enjoying a cup of coffee before work.

How’s that for a mental picture.

time marches on...

Last night my little girl had a babysitting job till 2 am. After she got the kids in bed she got lonely and started texting me. We "talked" for hours. It was so nice...

My girl is growing up. She is funny as hell and quick as a whip. She made me laugh, really laugh over and over.

I miss my little bundle of baby. I miss picking out her clothes and brushing her hair. I miss fixing easy problems, like skinned knees and missing dolls. Now the problems are hurtful comments by friends and boys breaking her heart.

But I wouldn’t miss this opportunity to get to know the young woman she is becoming.

Snow Day

Yesterday was the heaviest snowfall we have had all winter. It was also the day we buried my godfather and sweet uncle. He has suffered for eight years with a horrible debilitating disease that killed him slowly, one day at a time. He also snowplowed these roads for over 20 years.

It was a lovely way for him to say good bye...

the definition of my life...

pa·thet·ic (p-thtk) also pa·thet·i·cal (--kl) adj.

1. Not checking your cell phone for 14 hours and jumping right up to see who texted you.

2. Discovering not a single person has...