Completely random and some nonsense....

Not much is happening around here, really!

I spend most of my days sitting on the couch while the kids run around the house crazy. And no, I haven't been cleaning up after them either. This is what happens when your husband is studying for Boards and you are thrown into single mother status for several weeks. But, this is not to complain. I understand Shawn has a career he's preparing for. I'm just making small talk.

Maybe it wouldn't be so difficult if I weren't missing my mom so much. She is visiting my brother and his wife in England for 10 days. I know, no biggy. But I tell ya, her and I talk at least 5 times a day. and I'm missing her bad! We call each other over the most absurd things, then talk forever. She is my best friend. So, who do I call when I find something amazing at Goodwill or when Reagan says something adorable I have to share? This is serious. Okay, so she's only been gone for 1 day.... but I am already feeling the effects of her absence!

Pair that with an absent husband and I am a chatterbox. Warning to anyone who comes to my door or calls me, I am starved for conversation and will talk your ear off. It's better to stay clear.

I had a neighbor growing up who stayed home all day. We lived in the mountains... there wasn't much to do. She was bored I'm sure. I dreaded running into her at the mailbox or on the street. She would talk forever about the things I cared nothing about. She would knock on our door all the time with what I'm sure were "made-up" excuses, then would stay and invite herself inside. She would even stop her car while driving by, roll down her window, and carry on a lengthy conversation. Today I realized..... I have become that neighbor. As evidenced by this very blog post!

My time spent on the couch hasn't been completely wasted though, I have been reading a lot more. Which adversely effects my mothering, but it's been a nice distraction. I finished the Hunger Games series in a week and have moved on to The Maze Runner series (equally good). I think I'll stop after this one... and get back to reality.

Well, at least today I decided to drag myself off the couch. I took the kids to OMSI and we stayed for 5 hours!! I had time to kill. We enjoyed ourselves. My kids love it there. I think they could go every day.

and, to save this narrative from being completely boring, I will post some pictures of my kids in the snow....

These were taken a few weeks ago. It only snowed about 3 inches, but they cancelled school. The kids were out by 8am. They had a great day!

Here's us with our adorable mini snow man. The kids look just thrilled, don't they. Really, they were proud of it.