How early do you all wake up? Am I the only one up at 4:30 to 5am everyday or are some of you up too? Just thought I’d check and see who if anyone, is awake. The way I see it is if I wake up around 5 am every morning, I can squeeze out about an extra 3 years of living over the next 20 years! You want to start getting up early now don’t ya? It’s a peaceful time as the house is quiet. First I go through my normal routine, feed the dogs, start the coffee and throw in any remaining laundry lying around. Next up I check for the paper (which usually doesn’t arrive until 5:30 or so) and then I hit the blog. After that, I’m free. I can go to the gym, read a book or just have some time to think about the day and any other things without distraction. It’s also pretty great to see the sun come up. When was the last time any of you saw a sunrise? It’s really something to see and never gets old.
Ok, enough musings on the early morning hours, onto the day. Yesterday I went to the gym and then had to run a few errands in the am while the misses and the boys finished putting the final touches on the Christmas tree. Then we were all headed off to Target to check out some new led outdoor lights for the house. We calculated that if the lights cost a total of $30 or less, we’d break even over the next month as they use 40% or more less energy than our old lights. This means a cheaper power bill and almost a break even scenario. On the way when turning into Target, there were 3 young girls (young 20’s) in short shorts and tight t shirts (almost looked like bikini’s) standing on the corner waving signs promoting a new restaurant that just opened. I forget the name of the restaurant (does it matter?) but the oldest was checking them out (the scantly clad girls) and as I made a joke to the misses about how cold they looked, he laughed and high fived me! Oh oh, time to have “the talk”. Anyhow we made it home and the misses began opening the boxes of lights while I got out the ladder and began stringing them up. After it was finished and dusk came, I have to say, our new lights put our neighbors homes to shame. The led lights just seem to stand out more and are much brighter than the old lights. The misses put up some additional touches like two wreaths and a hanging star she bought but will add some more later today as there’s this unspoken competition between her and Roxanne Rossi across the street with every holiday. I call Roxanne Ms Griswold after the Chevy Chase character in the Christmas Vacation movie. The misses is quite pleased her lights look better than any neighboring home.
The rest of the day was spent lounging around while the boys played outside and across the street. They came bounding in at 6:30 sharp asking “what’s for dinner?”. The wife and I are eating leftovers but I ordered up a pizza for them and ran up the street 20 minutes later to pick it up. It sure was a good pizza. We all headed up to watch a little tv and hit the hay (as they say in the midwest) for the night. Both boys have become quite the readers. They automatically grab a book before bed every night. The oldest is really a good reader and the younger guy has finally turned the corner as to where he now wants and likes to read too. It’s funny as you can see the same things and mannerisms in the little guy as we did in the big guy a few years ago. We’re thrilled they both like reading. The oldest will usually read to the youngest or vice versa. They’re getting to that age where they really enjoy spending time together and will just hang out but don’t fret, they still can go at each other like cats and dogs on a moments notice!
They both like to be tucked in at night which is usually my job as the good looking one is usually fast asleep. They’re both so sweet telling me “I love you daddy” and “let’s do something fun tomorrow” when they go to bed. The youngest always throws is “can I come in if I have a bad dream” to which my answer is always, of course you can. They’re really good boys and we’re very lucky.
Time to get moving so I can make it to the gym and get in my 30 minutes of cardio along with some core exercises. I hear the misses coughing but hopefully she’ll keep sleeping. Have a great day, take care and we’ll see you tomorrow, God Bless.
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