Thursday, January 12th

Good morning.  We slept in until 6:15 when the youngest decided it was time to go downstairs.  The oldest is still asleep and I won’t wake him until 7:00.  He was up reading in bed last night and I am sure he was awake until at least 10p.m.  He is reading “The War Horse” and when he is finished with the book we’ll go see the movie.

Both dogs are in getting their morning rub down.  There is a lot of hair coming off these critters.  I didn’t vacuum yesterday, so the more hair the better. I’ll get their walks in sometime today…so far so good on the New Years resolution.  Lacey was sleeping with her leash….just a subtle doggie hint that came trough loud and clear.

The boys babysitter from years gone by, Sarah, came over to say hello and get in a quick visit yesterday.  You would have thought the boys were made up entirely of testosterone.  They wrestled…they ran… they jumped on each other and on the couch…they showed off their 6 pack abs and they both had a sparkle in their eyes that I haven’t seen before.  They were definitely flirting.  Ugh!!  While Sarah was here the youngest decided to call his dad at 4:00p.m….12:00a.m. dad’s time…sorry.  We had a nice visit with Sarah and the boys calmed down after she left….thankfully.

The boys were wound up from no recess due to the cold and snow.  The oldest shoveled our walkway and sidewalk for me for only $5.00.  I told him that this is a one time deal and the snow will now be his chore since we have passed the backyard dog duty on to the youngest.

The snow is beautiful…shimmering with gold and pale pink.  The sky is so blue it looks like it was painted.  Not a cloud to be seen…that’s a good thing.  I hope the snow melts today, especially since the lovely, glistening, white powder is covering the dastardly ice. As you know the ice threw me a curve ball so to speak.  I was driving at 10mph on the way to drop the boys off at the Harris’s before work yesterday.  I turned the corner and started sliding.  I was pumping the brake so hard and holding onto the steering wheel so tightly that I thought I was Fred Flintstone and my foot was going to go through the floor board and the wheel was going to come off in my hands.  I thought about turning into the slide, but  I would have taken out the whole front end of the Suburban.  We almost stopped in time…bummer. I said the “F” word and the “D” word during the slide and after we hit the iron fence. The youngest said “Mom, please don’t say the “F” word again…followed by the oldest asking me not to say the “D” word again…”It’s just as bad Mom”.  The boys seemed fine other than being exposed to my foul mouth.  I was a bit shaken,, but it could have been worse…a car could have been coming the other way or someone could have been crossing the street.  All in all, we faired okay.

I took the trash out in my bare feet….I most certainly won’t do that again.  Our trash guy comes early…7:00a.m. and I didn’t have time to put on shoes.  I can  not believe how much the cold snow hurt my feet in just a minutes.  I had to wrap my feet in a blanket and jump up and down until they warmed up.  My feet hurt so bad that I am going through my gently used shoes to donate as soon as the Mister gets home.

Well, we are off to school.  If you have any old, gently worn shoes I’ll be happy to pick them up and drop them off for people in need.

Update…the youngest doesn’t feel well and wants to stay home….no T.V. and no junk food. I’ll keep you all posted on his well being.

Have a great day and God Bless.

LLF