Happy Winter from the NEM family!!!
2. Friday night I had the house to myself for the entire night. I don't think that has happened in over 12 years. My boys went on a duck hunt at the coast; my oldest (why don't I like the word eldest? It bothers me...) went on a ski trip and my other sweet girl had a sleepover with a friend.
Oh the glorious silence! I met friends for dinner and then came home to watch a movie. Alone. With the volume turned up.
My movie of choice was The Help. Have you seen it? Read the book first. Loved it. Sometimes I am disappointed with movies if I've read the book. Not this one. Such a good chic flick!
3. I really enjoyed having a whole day with just one daughter. We gave each other the spa treatment, played with the puppies and had my favorite kind of dinner:
whateveryoucanfind
When I said "whatever you can find" I meant a bowl of cereal or something of that nature. I heard my 10 year old banging around in the kitchen and later asked, "so what did you have?"Her reply, "cantaloupe, pickles, and chips."
Don't be jealous. You know I just won mother-of-the-year award.
4. Upon returning from a weekend with 50 middle schoolers, my daughter asked, "when do boys stop being weird and acting gross?"
My immediate answer was, "when you're 30." My friend with 3 grown boys said I should have answered, "never."
5. I firmly believe in Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder. My afternoon has proven it golden. I love listening to my children play together. The office has been transformed into a dentist office; the dining room is a doctor's office and my daughter's room is library.
Please call to make an appointment.
I'm enjoying a cup of
Happy Monday!
9 comments:
LOVE!!!
Great lunch or dinner idea Ha ha... at my age I could not get away with that.
Glad you had a nice quiet day we all need those.
I need a "like" button! I have a comment for each number!
Hi Gretchen,
I know what you mean about postage costs. My family is military which means we have moved often and collected friends around the globe. When our Christmas card costs started topping $200 we looked at each other and said enough. We now email a Christmas message to everyone with as many colored pictures as we want. The whole process is so much easier, joyful and smart. I love it.
As always your posts are lovely. It's great to hear posts from a good woman who is keeping it real.
Regards,
Bo
Great picture!! The Help is one of the rare movies I have seen in the theater over the last 5 years. It certainly met my expectation.
We have a name for whateveryoucanfind. It's "scrounge around," which is especially cute when someone sweetly requests "scrounge 'round" for dinner. They thought it was the name of a take-out restaurant the first time I mentioned it. Oops!
Beautiful picture of the family.
That sounds so relaxing!
We had a Help dinner party. Our 2 couple friends we lead community group with came over. We wore pearls and learned how to fry chicken together and make homemade biscuits.
The kids just ran around for 3 1/2 hours while we cooked. We fried A LOT of chicken. So good and tasty!
I love to hear them play too! It amazes me how they all play together so great & use their imaginations to create their own fun.
i love 'the help'. watched it again for the 3rd time last weekend. best movie i've seen since 'walk the line.'
oh...and like the happy winter card too! ;)
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