ordinary, average, everyday

I need more pictures on this blog, eh?

I agree.

Today is one of my 2 days off.  I was supposed to have an acupuncture appointment, but Eden is feverish yet again! *sigh*  I was up before the sun, made school lunches, scrambled around the house to find $6 for Colin's Recorder order for music, drove the boys to school and came right home.  Wrote a very long, kinda disgruntled letter to the school principal, sorted laundry and washed some blue jeans so Ty wouldn't have to wear sweatpants to school again tomorrow (NOT in the running for Mom of the year today), and let the dog in/out for the 1000 time.

I know that these days will be long gone before I know it, and that I'll wish I had them back.  But, I'm just really tired of the mundane right now.  What I need is a vacation...somewhere warm and sunny with my family EVERY January.  Is that too much to ask for?  :)

I resolve to do better about posting pictures...

Happy Tuesday!

2013

Happy New Year!

We enjoyed a busy, but sick, holiday season.  It must have been intuition to use the quote from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" on our Christmas card this year...

"Welcome Christmas!  Bring your cheer!  Cheer to all Who's far and near!  Christmas day is in our grasp, so long as we have hands to clasp.

Christmas day will always be, just as long as we have we".

And, We had We...We spent a lot of time alone this holiday due to one sick person, or another.  Eden, Ty and I missed the Forcht Christmas get-together on the 23rd because those two were sick.  That was a huge bummer! Thankfully my Mom and Dad still came out to our house on the 24th and spent the night with us even though Eden was sick.  Unfortunately my Dad and I both got sick on Christmas day!  Then we had a small break from illness until New Year's Eve, when Colin got sick, cancelling out our plans for the evening.  

Regardless, it was still a nice holiday.  We had the opportunity to spend the last night of Hanukkah with my sister and her family, and got to see my niece, Lillian, in the Rose Theatre's production "Madeline's Christmas".  I'm glad we didn't miss that!

So... things can only get better from here, right?  We at least started 2013 all healthy! {Colin's fever gradually went down on New Year's Eve and was gone on New Year's Day}.  The kids are back in school, and now I can start my very cliche January cleanse...fresh slate!

Hope you holidays were happy!  I'm off to continue my purge!