I started off in major momma mode and happy. I woke up before the alarm and I was feeling good about myself because I wanted to make homemade fresh blueberry muffins. So getting up early was helpful. It was cool that I had them finished before I wanted, without rushing around and I had everyone’s food packed for the day. I could sit and enjoy my coffee. I wasn’t begrudging my 5:30am get up.

Then I got the text message that the youngest had forgotten his PE uniform. Semester just changed so it’s an easy forget. BUT I had to get up and do it right away. And so it began.

This could easily be a negative post. Holy crap I’ve been busy. The longest I’ve been home today has been 45 minutes and it started at 5am. Last run to pick someone up was 8pm.

Instead of bitching about how busy I was today I want to post all the things I’m thankful for. I was just in such a good mood and so were people around me. Always a miracle around the holidays.

So without further adieu…

A wrestling Mom’s tale

It’s the day before Thanksgiving and all through the house,

Not a creature was pushing to be a tiny mouse.

Wrestling weigh ins causing a long food time gap,

The dilemma to enjoy dinner or just take a nap.

One child trying to gain, another working to lose,

Then me in the middle of the food dilemma blues.

I remember the reason we stopped visiting family on this day,

It’s too difficult to say no to the stuffing, taters and buffet.

A long line of wrestlers we do come from,

Yep, these are my big dates for Halloween. Hubby is working and both the kids went to friends houses. I have 2 more hours before I go pick them up. I’m feeling really unfestive and even turned the porch light off. I usually love Halloween, but it’s really different this year.

For one thing it’s on a school night so that stinks. Then the kids are just too old to trick-or-treat anymore. We did get some costume stuff for the youngest, but the oldest is just at a get-together at her boyfriends house with some friends. eww, that’s weird to type!

Oh crap, it’s true. She’s way old and thankfully I still want to be around her most times and that is a huge plus for a teenager right? She’s been gone on vacation with the neighbors for a week and good grief, she’s drama on her way back now. ugh It may be cause it’s been a bit though, I’m sure she’s no more drama than normal.

But it’s impossible to believe she’s hit 15. As a summer baby, it means she only has 2 years left before graduationg. BLEH, OMG, WOW, UGH, YAH lol We’re working on her getting a lot of college courses completed before graduation and she won’t get into drivers ed until Novemberish. We’re doing ok I think.

Haven’t posted one of these oldest moments in a long time. lol  But here it is!

My youngest is a little over 12.  I’m sure he’s officially taller than me, but I refuse to measure until tomorrow so I can blog today/nite with no official knowledge that I hit shortest like I always knew I would.

I’m 5’6″.  I’m was shortest in my immediate family growing up.  No idea why as my male cousins are tall, it’s just us female cousins that are shorter than our parents.  WHAT?  There’s a chromosome study ready to go!

What’s for dinner? Do you dislike hearing this question as much as I do?

Whether getting home from work, running the kids to activities or getting to our own evening meetings, dinner can sure get in the way. It’s not easy to find a schedule on some nights that is perfect for everyone to eat, let alone a time to cook that meal.

I do enjoy cooking, it’s just that being such a busy mom I don’t have the time most nights or I’m too tired to enjoy it. Menu planning and once a week cooking have changed this.

It’s obvious I’m having a hard time with my personal blog. It’s being sadly ignored isn’t she? It’s not that I don’t have anything to say, some in my life…ok many…would say that’s the miracle they’ve been waiting for. lmao

It’s because I have to think before I post anything. This blog gets quite a bit of traffic now. It’s easy for locals to find, it’s not like I’ve ever been hiding here. The blog name is my username on just about every forum and is my facebook page for goodness sake. But now I feel the need to be careful what I share.

Well my Mom opened a can of worms. Although honestly, I guess I should talk to my family about any issues I’m having. So there, I’ll take some blame. Ok, I’ll take all of the blame. But, I don’t like to talk to others about issues I’m having, let alone my family that can hold it against me forever and ever. lol I’m turning a new leaf.

Today has been an incredibly, wonderful day. I’m working on getting used to the fact that our ski season is a total wash and embracing the early Spring. It’s not easy, believe me!

But today was Spring cleaning. Yeah, you heard me right. It’s Feb. 21st and we are Spring cleaning. It’s in the 60′s and not a cloud in the sky. El Nino has been here all Winter and we never did get one. We had such high hopes when we hit the slopes on Nov. 15th. lol What a teaser that was!