A perfectly normal day...

What a wonderful week and a half it has been...
VERY hectic, VERY full of events ,
but LOTS of fun---LOTS of family time!

Today...
was back to work after having four days off.

I walked into work
to find this cute little package from my sweet friend Tauna sitting on my desk.
I was stunned at ALL of the work she put into this sweet little package. Hand made card and gifts the most adorable little "chocolate kit" ever!
BTW...she has the most beautiful handwriting and according to Tracy it is beyond beautiful! Tracy kept on commenting "WOW" at how much work she had put into everything she gave me.

Friendship is a wonderful thing
and I can't believe how blessed I am with so many sweet and wonderful friends who take such good care of me and are always doing so many thoughtful things!

I walked in the door at 1:28 pm
and got a batch of bread going, rolled out some honey cookies and sat and ate my apple slices and crab dip and crackers for lunch.
As I looked at the calendar I noticed that 2-17 and 2-18 had NOTHING written on them.
Today was a perfectly normal day...
no errands to run, no meetings, church obligations, no snow to shovel, no holidays or obligations of any kind...

It has been SO long since I have had a perfectly normal day that I had to document this!
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I was alone to my thoughts scurrying around and tidying up the house, ironing and folding clothes, etc...until 2:55
and then I had a sweet little ball of energy ETHAN enter in the front door.
I greeted him with a big hug and kiss and he began excitedly telling me about his day and all of the cool facts he had learned about Octopus's for his report he is working on and he showed me his school work and his notes from his teacher.
I gave him a Clementine and Honey Cookie for a snack and he sat and did his homework at the bar in our kitchen and we talked while I peeled veggies for Vegetable Beef Soup and ironed clothes.
I was thinking how happy and excited Jade would be that we were having homemade soup for dinner as the past 2 days he has commented that he is sick of eating out and eating sandwiches and wants some yummy soup to eat.

(Artwork by Ethan)

3:58
Jade entered the front door, excited to show me his note about Track practice and telling me "I love you"!
He then opened the fridge and pulled out the rest of the crab dip and was SO excited that there was some left and proceeded to eat the rest of it.
He enjoyed a Honey Cookie as well.

For a moment, I thought that the afternoon couldn't be anymore perfect...
And then the "teasing" began...where Jade knows just how to push Ethan's buttons and my perfect little afternoon
turned into "perfectly normal everyday life"!

Now, I need to run and get all spruced up
as Mr. Smith will be home shortly and I need to make sure I am
looking lovely to greet him.
(Right now I'm in clothes to work and clean house in...I need to put on something a little nicer to greet the love of my life including fresh lip stick, spray of "Sweet Pea", fresh gum and my hair spruced up a bit).

Chaos and all
LIFE IS GOOD!
(and I wouldn't have it any other way).

Stay tuned for highlights of our past week...coming soon!