Hi all.
Nic---I just love that "baby talk." It's a lucky family that gets you as a baby sitter! So you sang the little dolly to sleep huh? What tunes do you sing?
Lord, I can't carry a tune to save my soul, but my little boy never seemed to notice and actually had his fave songs for me to sing to him. Which included "Revolution" by the Beatles, "Barbara Ann" by the BBs (he loved the ba-ba-ba part) and many others but I think his fave was "My Baby does the Hanky Panky" which I sang to him whenever I changed his diapers, and complete with body movements and SFX,
Yeah, never was a rock-a-bye baby gal.
Two is the cutest age ever, but also when they're up and wiley, an age that is so demanding. I've always said God made them so cute at that age because if she made them hairy, sporus and ugly we'd throw them out the window and not look back.
It is just so fascinating to me how in this your latest phase of growing up---and we keep going thru those till we can't anymore---turns out you felt your greatest gifts were helping the smallest and most vulnerable...and their mamas. So cool.
Lori---Y'know, I remember all those years you did Boot Camp like the sun rises and sets everyday, so I'm not surprised you're looking for a replacement for that. I so admire the many things you've tried and experimented with, and all with a "wing" you have to pamper. You go girl!
You are the one person in my life these days who actually makes me wish I was more of an exerciser---well, let's just be straight up and say an exerciser at all. You just make it sound fun and intriguing, and having once been there myself although much more reluctantly than you, you make me remember the rewards and that great feeling as you strengthen and evolve to doing more than you ever thought you could do---and this goes for whatever age you're at, yeah, we can still surprise ourselves with what we can do if we work at it steadily.
So warmed and impressed by your hubby's attention to his cousin, and yours too. Just lovely that there is this relationship between he and she, a bond that I can't imagine how much she depends on. Just sweet.
Jaz---OMG girl, I am beyond the word "impressed" w/you! You've always said you were a gypsy and I'm seeing those talents in real time now. You have just ticked right down a daunting list of things to be done to be in Delaware in 2 minutes, right down to securing your work wardrobe at a good price in multiple colors.
AND pretty much staying on plan the whole time! BRAVO to you, honey.
Totally understand you being torn between "excited and nerves." This makes you absolutely normal. But for those of us who are able to sit back and watch the "Jaz show" w/out all the actual work and stress of putting it on, I am just wildly excited for you.
NOT because I think this will necessarily be the be all end all of your career or where you want to live. But because it's like as a traveling nurse, you're always on a sabbatical, until maybe you find that right place and time to settle down.
Meantime, if you can afford it, makes a lot of sense to me to keep your home in Atlanta, at least for now. It's kind of like your anchor to home, and I think it's worth some bucks to maintain that as you adventure your butt off.
So. Very. Proud. Of. You.
Trig---Well, you got a big burst of laughter out of me (which I always appreciate as I think laughing is like the cure to so many things, don't get me started) on the candle from the hubby.
I am fussy about my candles. I either want scentless, if it's anywhere around where the food is served, or I want fresh and light. Honest to God, I often smell candles at TJ Maxx where I buy most of mine, that or the dollar store, and so many of them really stink to me. Scent is such a personal thing.
Sorry to hear the B'day dinner place had gone down hill, but also comforted to know you don't care that much about the whole B'day thing. I gotcha. Over 55, sometimes you just want that day to be over. AND, once again, you hung in there on plan. SO admirable.
BTW, I too love those vintage Xmas light up candle sticks. I know exactly what they look like, and they make me happy. Also, really LOVE the idea of the kiddo's lighted Dalmation dog w/hat and scarf!
Hey, the Hollidays are fun if you choose what you can do and what you can't do. If you choose carefully where to put your particular sparkle, without wearing yourself out doing it.
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Had a totally fab night w/my bestie last night. She is my "adult bestie," IOW, the friend you made a bit later in life when you were living in an adult world. I thank my lucky stars that I have always had a lot of friends, and while some have faded away, the best have stayed, including my first bestie ever, from 4th grade. We still chat and I see her whenever we're visiting my home town.
So, this is my grown up bestie. We met in an ad agency, like 40 years ago. Funny way we met---we had both been set up w/a guy by another gal at the agency. Me first. We had a decent date. Set up another one. He stood me up. Oh well.
Then about a week or so later, I'm in a popular after work bar and in walks this gal who I recognize from my agency, WITH THE GUY WHO JUST STOOD ME UP. (Said agency was very large and she and I did not work on the same accounts, which means I only saw her in the halls here and there.) I felt terrible, rejected, even though I didn't care much about the guy at all.
Couple days later she knocks on my office door. "Hi...hate to interrupt your work, but just wanted you to know that guy stood me up on our second date too." Apparently she had heard it all thru the grapevine. We've been joined at the hip ever since.
We had such a fun night. Martinis and Leeann Chin take out. No, not on plan, but easy and fun. Exchanged our gifts and chatted the night away in our jammies.
Other things---my head is better. Was finally able to wash my hair today! Holy Moly, it had been 4 days and it wasn't pretty. Thankfully I look decent in a beret, of which I have several and have been wearing one for days whenever I step out. And will be doing so for awhile yet, as any sort of "styling" involving the top of my head is uncomfortable. So, not going to do it. Just going to be me in a hat for a bit to come.
Not even going to get into the fact that we found out my passport had expired and we're supposed to join my brother in Los Cabos in less than 2 months. Got it taken care of, right before they lanced my head.
As for the woe, oh...whoas me. Had to be weighed when I went into get that cyst lanced. Yep, have gained back the 10 pounds I lost over the summer. Maybe I was a bit Bloaty or whatever, but let's face it, mostly it's weight gained back.
Our schedule over the rest of the holidays is stuffed full of events and parties. Living here has really increased that. So I'm just not going to worry about it till the day after Xmas. I'll just do the best I can.
LOL, I too do up days and down days, but it's more like, in the parlance of the season, naughty and nice days. I am not throwing all caution to the wind, maybe just half of it.
And there's other stuff w/our dogger going on too, which I'm not brave enough to say out loud yet. So no, it's just not my mojo time and I'm willing to accept that for now. YIKES, I'm afraid to press submit and see the length of this hummer.
I am glad it is over LOL, now I don't have to turn older for another year 
...declutter queen here. More is not good around me and this little glass ball of water fits that bill. HA ----and hubby got me a scented giant candle that smells like 
. Country Holiday. Smells like my barn to me, not the good smells from the barn like fresh hay, more like the poop from the barn 
You are too funny on that one!!
At least you tried, but now you can completely wash your hands of that vile company and move on with your new life. Don't let that whacko crush your spirit! 
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