Here is my recipe for calming new-addition-related stress:
- go to the newly opened (10 minutes from my house) Panera Bread to have lunch with Annie
- take my kids to the mall to buy jeans for them...find a pair of long-wished-for trouser jeans for myself-- marked down 75% at JCPenney (bask in the certainty of just how much Stacy and Clinton would approve)
- settle in to read my favorite blogs while munching on Wheat Thins Toasted Chips (buy one bag, get one free at Meijer), sliced swiss cheese, a glass of red wine, and several pieces of Dove dark chocolate from my secret stash in the computer desk drawer
- take a load of freshly washed, deliciously scented baby clothes out of the dryer...fold them while reveling in their intoxicating softness, and imagining the time in the not too distant future when a small tiny person will be wearing them! Smile and sigh contentedly.
- Decide to turn in early--not to sleep, but to read "World Without End"-- knowing that hubby has the bed pre-warmed
4 comments:
ahh, what a blissful end to your day that sounds like. I wish I could have partook of the same events. I guess I don't have a backhoe to contend with, so maybe the universe decided I didn't need any of them to relax myself...
Praise God for bringing joy and optimism into what could have been a sad and scary day. You have a lot of new chapters coming in your life (new grandchild, mother moving it). I look forward to reading through your journey. Just think how much material you have for next years Christmas letter (also including a trip to Korea!)...do you even do Christmas letters?...why am I even mentioning Christmas in Jan? Hope tomorrow is just as full of fun as today!
you should have left a comment on that boomama post!
Love the new site! Was xanga letting you down? I am contemplating a move myself.
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