Happy Easter To all my Peeps...

Peep Show...

Happy Friday Quote...

“Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.”

Happy, Happy Friday!
XOXO

Busy, Busy day...

I'm not sure if I volunteered or my name was pulled out of a hat, but I get to Host Easter this year for all the family. I actually don't mind. Because it's spring weather and everyone will be outside. Hunting Easter Eggs!

So DH and I have been moving furniture all night, getting the carpets cleaned in the morning. You see...we got this puppy for Christmas...need I say more? Then because the kids are home from school for spring break, I need to get them out of the house to keep them off the carpets while they dry.

A few errands left to run before Easter. My niece is coming to stay the night and clean house for me. (Yea - love nieces who clean!)

I am not sure who wound up Emily this week, but someone turned her key really tight and she has been bouncing around this house being the little chatterbox. I can't get a moments peace. Which is really ironic ~ She didn't speak for years and it took years of speech therapy to get her here, and now she doesn't want to be quiet! LOL. She is normally a very quiet little girl. Speaks only when spoken too. Or when fighting with her brother. ;o) But this week...well, she is talking about everything. Small or big, she has an opinion to share. It's been quite cute. Listening to her personality as it shines through. But it also makes it quite hard to concentrate when you work from home.

I get to chop, cook and bake all day Saturday for Easter Sunday. Everything needs to be made ahead of time to "set". Which isn't too bad, then I get to actually sit down during Easter. ;o)

With this being Easter week ~ I am feeling so loved and blessed. I have a great group of friends and family that support me. I put out a request today for help for a family member, and my email is blowing up with support! I am so lucky! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Angels are watching us and they walk among us. Peace out ~
XOXO

Random Thoughts...

1 ~ Why is it so much harder on a parent when a child is sick in the hospital? Your gut is torn, your heart aches, your soul bleeds and your mind is lost to everything but that sick child. Why isn't a Mother's kiss good enough anymore to make the pain go away?

2 ~ Why is it when a child is sick and hurting all they want is their Momma. Not Daddy, Not Grandma, Not sister, Just Momma! Momma's arms and voice always makes it all better (or seem like it's better for awhile)

3 ~ Why is it when you have a sick, hurting child, #2 child chooses that moment to become the incredible hulk and scream, terrorize and disobey just when you need them to cooperate?

4 ~ Why is it that you never feel so loved and supported as when you have a sick and hurting child?

5 ~ Why is it that the Children's Hospital is so wonderful, it makes going back so much easier so we can see our favorite nurses and staff? That they always manage to put a smile on my child's face and that said child eat up all the attention?

6 ~ Why is it when I look into my child's face in the recovery room, as that child is soundly sleeping, that I fall in love with that child all over again?

7 ~ Why is it that as I type this, that said Child is curled up in my bed, sleeping away the meds, clutching tightly to "blankie" and looking so adorable?

8 ~ Why is it that even though I have my child home safe and mending, that my tummy is still in knots?

9 ~ Why is it that DH becomes such a good listener and avid conversationalist during those long hours of waiting for news?

10 ~ Why is it that God blessed me with this family?

XOXO

Parent's Wanted:

POSITION :

Mom, Mommy, Mama, Mum, Ma

Dad, Daddy, Dada, Pa, Pop

JOB DESCRIPTION : Long term, team players needed, for challenging, permanent work in an often chaotic environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication and organ- izational skills and be willing to work variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends and frequent 24 hour shifts on call. Some overnight travel required, including trips to primitive camping sites on rainy weekends and endless sports tournaments in far away cities! Travel expenses not reimbursed. Extensive courier duties also required.

RESPONSIBILITIES : For the rest of your life you must: Must be willing to be hated, at least temporarily, until someone needs $5. Must be willing to bite tongue repeatedly. Must possess the physical stamina of a pack mule and be able to go from zero to 60 mph in three seconds flat in case, this time, the screams from the backyard are not someone just crying wolf. Must be willing to face stimulating technical challenges, such as small gadget repair,mysteriously sluggish toilets and stuck zippers. Must screen phone calls, maintain calendars and coordinate production of multiple homework projects. Must have ability to plan and organize social gatherings for clients of all ages and mental outlooks. Must be a willing to be indispensable one minute, an embarrassment the next. Must handle assembly and product safety testing of a half million cheap, plastic toys, and battery operated devices. Must always hope for the best but be prepared for the worst. Must assume final, complete accountability for the quality of the end product. Responsibilities also include floor maintenance and janitorial work throughout the facility.

POSSIBILITY FOR ADVANCEMENT & PROMOTION : None. Your job is to remain in the same position for years, without complaining, constantly retraining and updating your skills, so that those in your charge can ultimately surpass you.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE : None required unfortunately. On-the-job training offered on a continually exhausting basis.

WAGES AND COMPENSATION : Get this! You pay them! Offering frequent raises and bonuses. A balloon payment is due when they turn 18 because of the assumption that college will help them become financially independent. When you die, you give them whatever is left. The oddest thing about this reverse-salary scheme is that you actually enjoy it and wish you could only do more.

BENEFITS : While no health or dental insurance, no pension, no tuition reimbursement, no paid holidays and no stock options are offered; this job supplies limitless opportunities for personal growth, unconditional love,and free hugs and kisses for life if you play your cards right.

PARENTS in appreciation for everything you do on a daily basis, please know that you are appreciated for the fabulous job you do.

** THERE IS NO RETIREMENT -- EVER!!!