Something About the Moon

So let me start by making a couple of corrections.  First, I said in my Saturday morning post, Spring Cleaning, that there was a full moon Friday night.  You know, the one I said must have put a spell on Lon to cause to help me clean the garage?  Apparently, there wasn't a full moon, but there was something special about it this weekend.
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Spring Cleaning

     I'm up early this morning.  I went to bed early on a Friday night.  That only happens once in a blue moon, and it was glowing bright last night.  I felt so rested that I thought I'd get up and write a little.  I guess it's best to get it done now since we have a busy day ahead.  We're cleaning the garage and getting some other Spring cleaning done.
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A Productive Day

So I had a pretty productive day today.  I love it when the weather is nice on my day off.  I got an early start on my errand after dropping Kingston off at school this morning.  I refused to go back upstairs and climb into bed.  Every ounce of muscle in my body wanted to, but I fought it.

Making Time For Childhood Games

     One of the proudest moment in my life can be summed up in two words. Go Fish! It was just one of the many games I taught my 8-year-old son to play one night after I persuaded him to put down his Nintendo DS for two seconds.
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Rain, Rain, Stay All Day!

So today, I just needed a break! Yesterday after working my third 10-hour day, I decided that on my day off today, I would get everyone safely out of the house and then climb back into bed and watch movies all day.  My co-workers kept reminding me yesterday that it was going to be raining all day Thursday, implying that it would ruin my day off.  My reply to them was "That's perfect!"   There was no plan for a big fancy breakfast, no running errand - not even a shower.

Family Photoshoot in Eagles Landing

We had a great day today.  We finally got around to taking our family portraits.  It's funny that it took 15 years for us to take a family picture.  The reason it took so long is because I'm a control freak and a perfectionist.  I admit it.  The colors had to match perfectly - no randomness. I also didn't want cookie-cutter studio pictures. I definitely couldn't have pictures going out of my family looking tacky.  But the biggest reason of all is because I just don't like taking pictures.  It was never big on my list of things to do.

For the last 3 years, though, I've really wanted to take a family picture because the kids are growing up so fast.  I guess it was just the right time, especially since I'm working on that control-freak-perfectionist thing in 2011.  For the most part, we were color coordinated, and the weather was perfect for a location shoot. I guess I was just waiting for a photographer who could do a wonderful job capturing my family (plug Lon's photography business here).  :-)

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I've Tweaked It Enough..

If it's true that we are our own worst critics, then it's also true that I will never get this blog up and running.  I've been working on it since the beginning of January.  I wanted to have it up before the month was over - you know, as sort of a New Years resolution.  I've had the idea for about year, but never acted on it.

So now I'm done tweaking and worrying about what people are going to think about my writing style or the blog itself.  It's a labor of love that I hope you will enjoy and follow.  I'm working on two other sections that I hope to have up in the coming weeks.

Take a look around and leave a comment if you want.  I'd love to hear what you think!