I was asked today what I'm good at. Hmm. Isn't that the million dollar question? All I could come up with spur of the moment was "being a mom". Some days I'm sure it's one of my greatest failures. But today I'm feeling a bit more confident. I took all 3 of my offspring school shopping yesterday and we had a reasonably pleasant time of it. Teen 1 was able to ride quietly along without back-seat-driving, teen 2- who passionately hates to shop- was able to look at clothes without complaining because we allowed him to retreat to the van the moment he was finished making his selections, and lil' Miss Pre-teen didn't beg for everything that caught her fancy. Dare I hope some day they may actually "rise up and call me blessed"?
Teen 2 is recovering from a very painful bout of swimmer's ear that got out of hand. I'm reminded -again- to take it serious when he complains of pain because it's worse than he let's on.
We have been shopping around for a newer camper. For 2 years. With a very small budget. A couple weeks ago we found out about a travel trailer for sale locally that is in our price range. 10 years newer than the pop-up we have. A few minor repairs and a LOT of elbow grease later, we now have a "new" RV. Can't wait to try it out. It's lacking a Master Bed, but you gotta sacrifice something with our size of budget. (Somehow we can't justify spending much on a pleasure item we use a couple times per year when there are folks who are starving.)
I feel like I could write a Dr Suess book- The Hat Book. If I could just find the time. So many hats, so little time! I held off accepting the position of school secretary for fear of suddenly finding myself with more hats than I can possibly wear. Within days of committing, I became aware of 2 other new "hats" I'm about to have bestowed upon me [Sewing committee, Sun. School Teacher], in addition to the ones I already possess. I wish people would stop asking me "So what do you keep busy with these days?" like I have nothing to do now that my children are older!
Meanwhile, the basement is still a DRS project and the first day of school looms ever closer. (At my age, school means losing my helper.) And I plug away at the family cookbooks every spare moment; I need to complete 1 per month and so far I'm slightly behind schedule. These things make me feel on the verge of frantic.
So that sums up our August thus far. Totally random, rather boring stuff. I love my stage of life!
Friday, August 19, 2011
Monday, August 1, 2011
The End of the Line
My youngest brother got married on Saturday. This is the end of the line- the last sibling wedding for us. I was the first in my family to get married. While it was a nuisance to have all those brothers around home when I was dating, it has been fun to watch each of them fall in love.
This is also the end of the line for me acquiring sisters. I always hoped my brothers would find wives who could be the sisters I never had. It hasn't been automatic camaraderie with any of them, but I'm excited to slowly be building closer bonds with some of my sisters-in-law. Like my youngest nephew in this photo, I give this one a thumbs up!
A. was a guest registrar. She was a little nervous about speaking to so many strangers, but she did just fine.
To see a few more pictures of the big day, you can check out my mom's blog here.
It seems like the whole summer has been a whirlwind of activity, getting ready for this wedding- sewing, making the family cookbook, etc. Now it's over and we can get on with summer. To my dismay, there are only 3 weeks of summer left before school starts again!! And those weeks are going to be chock full of school sewing & shopping, basement spring[?] cleaning, cookbook making, etc. It will surely be the shortest summer in history!
Not too long before this lovely lady came on the scene, my brother & I had a lengthy conversation that included the question "How do you know when it's the right one?" If he was hoping for something more profound, I could not put it into words any better than his buddy; we gave identical answers- "you just know". And now he knows.
This is also the end of the line for me acquiring sisters. I always hoped my brothers would find wives who could be the sisters I never had. It hasn't been automatic camaraderie with any of them, but I'm excited to slowly be building closer bonds with some of my sisters-in-law. Like my youngest nephew in this photo, I give this one a thumbs up!
A. was a guest registrar. She was a little nervous about speaking to so many strangers, but she did just fine.
R. & I were the reception Host & Hostess. I guess it went OK, but I had a blonde moment when I totally blanked out and couldn't think of the name of an extended family member and had to ask (horrors!), plus embarrassed myself again by admitting I couldn't distinguish between 2 of my cousins (brothers). But all in all, it went smooth getting people seated quickly.
To see a few more pictures of the big day, you can check out my mom's blog here.
It seems like the whole summer has been a whirlwind of activity, getting ready for this wedding- sewing, making the family cookbook, etc. Now it's over and we can get on with summer. To my dismay, there are only 3 weeks of summer left before school starts again!! And those weeks are going to be chock full of school sewing & shopping, basement spring[?] cleaning, cookbook making, etc. It will surely be the shortest summer in history!
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