TGIF

This has been a BUSY week. Kids are back in school. The oldest is now in 7th grade and amazed by the growth changes in some of the students. And I don't mean in just height. It has also been reported that there seems to be some girls on the prowl asking some of the boys out. Yes, some 7th and 8th grade girls are going around either solo or in packs asking the poor unsuspecting boys out. My son and a friend of his declined.

Our matching little peanuts have now entered into the world of kindergarten and have successfully ridden the school bus to and from school a grand total of one day. They declared that so far school is easy, and they have a nice bus driver- not like their brothers mean and grouchy one. We are getting a kick out of their description of their day at school. Sometimes it comes with voice inflections, hand use and facials, not stopping to breathe.......oh and talking on top of each other or picking right up where one left off.

While walking back up from the bus stop yesterday morning I stopped and talked with a neighbor. Warned about the packs of girls roaming the middle school halls. Her son is also in 7th grade. She sd you know it kind of surprises me but doesn't. I sd yeah hormones are raging in the girls. She sd yes but also think about it this way. We are taught as young girls to go together - safty in numbers. Wherever we went we were always with a family member or a girlfriend - or more. Might kind of explain that phenomenon of one female has to go to the bathroom - they all get up and go, even if they all don't need to use it. Saftey in numbers. Not to mention news sharing, note comparing...you know - all that girl stuff.

Soooo with a few hours of time all to myself everyday...I hope to accomplish great things.

• Find my office is at the top of the list. I pick away at it some everyday in hopes of getting it to where I want it to be soon. Then I think I'm putting a lock on the door. That way no one can come in unless I say so. LOL
• I can use the bathroom and take a shower in QUIET! No little fingers wiggling under the door or voices saying mommy what are you doing. Followed within 5 min. with the twin coming and doing the same
• Finish planning my Ebay store. Yup, I decided tht all our outgrowns, and other various items not used by us anymore is going to be sold. This time plan on doing a store and not just selling one or two things here and there.
• Getting re-connected with friends from long ago and not so long ago.
• Saying to myself - why did I say I would do that?! Volunteering in school and soccer....hmmmm did I say yes one too many times...
• See my garden through to the end....and start planning on next years
• Think a complete thought without an interruption...or two...or three.....
• Read or talk on the phone.....in quiet

Well the bus will be here soon. I hope everyone has a good Labor Weekend. BSU will be playing their first game tomorrow so all their devoted fans are getting ready for it.

They say........

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach........hmmmmm........ I kind of have to wonder about that one as sometimes I think the way to his heart hits a little lower south.

From the Belly ~ AKA - Belly Laughs

You know you're pregnant when...........



you quit getting pedicures and putting on lace up shoes because you can't see your feet anymore.

From the kitchen table

A friend once told me - great gatherings happen around the kitchen table. At first being young and a little clueless about some things, I didn't fully understand and appreciate what she meant. Then as we got a little older, became parents and entertained friends more, I came to a better understanding of what she meant. I think it hit me one day when she was over helping me prepare for a dinner we were having that night. We had moved into our first real home. The kitchen was long and a little narrow with the eating area at one end and the food area at the other. A family room was just a short step down from it. It was all open so everyone in the area could get in on whatever was being talked about at that moment. It made a great set up for folks to come hang out, talk and or help get ready for any occasion.Often times more than one or two conversations were going at once. I LOVED it as I could prepare the goodies,socialize, and keep an eye on a new baby at the same time. We shared a lot of laughs, philosphy of life, watching kids grow up, recipe sharing , trying out of recipes and tears in that kitchen for 10 wonderful years. That is one thing I miss the most in our move. Maggie and her family could not be packed up into our packing boxes and moved with us. We keep hoping that they will come visit someday as I have a big old kitchen just waiting for some talking with Maggie time. Doing it on the phone is not really the same.

The kitchen table is a place to gather, to nourish all of yourself - not just the stomach, but also the soul. To share the ups and downs of everyday life. To laugh, cry, play games at. Cherish your kitchen table time.

Soooo.......my hope for this little blog is to share all those wonderful kitchen table moments with friends and family. Where we can spend time "around the table" , sharing stories, recipes, jokes, helpful hints....whatever comes to mind.

Come on in to the kitchen, pull up a chair and sit awhile. Come back often as I plan on adding more goodies to this little blog spot.