All is quiet here and I don't want to go to sleep yet and forego the peace that is all mine, if only for a little while.
It's raining and gloomy outside but there is a strange sort of comfort in the cadence created by the raindrops on my window.
Lilli's sick.....don't notice any outward sign of illness but there must be a battle being waged internally because her temp was 103.5 prior to ibuprofen and tylenol. I get freaked out when my kids get sick because so many bad things lurk out there. I've come to know about too many sick kids this year, too many with cancer and other selfish diseases that rob them of their childhood. I know Lillianne is fine but when they are sick, I'm reminded in a very blantant way of how much they mean to me.
I'm so swamped with work that I can't see the end in sight, no light yet at the end of the tunnel. I have so much resale stock to inventory and get loaded, I've got to finish lining things out with the new maternity lines and the children's shoe companies and there are several other new companies that have contacted me about carrying their products. I need to do some research to see how beneficial it would be to The Lily Pad. I've been working on my "goals" for the company for 2006. Of course I set the bar high for myself and will kill myself getting there but should be a wild ride. Marketing is going to be a big one for me in the early part of the year. I've got some great things going on in that arena, too. Until it all starts falling in place like it reads in my planner, I'm just going to be a wreck.
Basketball ends this next week for Morgan. I thought that was going to give me a couple of months reprieve until I saw the soccer sign up forms at the store tonight. Crap! Evan wants to play again, Layne could care less and Morgan is going to play here and on the out of town select team again. I keep trying to talk her into just the select but she gets a kick out of still playing the rec season here.
I THINK that our next project for the house is going to be closing in the patio and the steps going to the basement to create a sunroom/2nd family room. I hate freezing my tail off going out to the hot tub so that would keep me warm until I had to open the door to step in. Call me a baby but when it's below freezing, it's just not cool to be nearly naked outside! Tonight we were doing some measuring and figuring....I have drawn out plans and handy hubby has "ideas"........we're going with the plans but I will compromise...a little!
I just finished two great books: "Confessions of a Shopoholic" and "She's Come Undone". Confessions is a light hearted read that I enjoyed but "She's Come Undone" made me so sad. That poor gir's struggle with abuse, abandonment and being overweight and angry just broke my heart. How fragile life is and how a "perfect" existance can change in a heartbeat creating a life of anger, self destruction and bitterness. How amazing that the book was written by a man! I definately recommend it if you haven't read it, I stayed awake to read it thru last night!
I want to go and get Diana Gabaldon's newest in the "Outlander" series but keep telling myself I should wait until it hits paperback. It seems a bit indulgent to spend $30 on a book for myself...maybe the library will have it.
My peacefulness is turning into sleepiness.......I'll say goodnight!
Tonight I am just thankful!
It's raining and gloomy outside but there is a strange sort of comfort in the cadence created by the raindrops on my window.
Lilli's sick.....don't notice any outward sign of illness but there must be a battle being waged internally because her temp was 103.5 prior to ibuprofen and tylenol. I get freaked out when my kids get sick because so many bad things lurk out there. I've come to know about too many sick kids this year, too many with cancer and other selfish diseases that rob them of their childhood. I know Lillianne is fine but when they are sick, I'm reminded in a very blantant way of how much they mean to me.
I'm so swamped with work that I can't see the end in sight, no light yet at the end of the tunnel. I have so much resale stock to inventory and get loaded, I've got to finish lining things out with the new maternity lines and the children's shoe companies and there are several other new companies that have contacted me about carrying their products. I need to do some research to see how beneficial it would be to The Lily Pad. I've been working on my "goals" for the company for 2006. Of course I set the bar high for myself and will kill myself getting there but should be a wild ride. Marketing is going to be a big one for me in the early part of the year. I've got some great things going on in that arena, too. Until it all starts falling in place like it reads in my planner, I'm just going to be a wreck.
Basketball ends this next week for Morgan. I thought that was going to give me a couple of months reprieve until I saw the soccer sign up forms at the store tonight. Crap! Evan wants to play again, Layne could care less and Morgan is going to play here and on the out of town select team again. I keep trying to talk her into just the select but she gets a kick out of still playing the rec season here.
I THINK that our next project for the house is going to be closing in the patio and the steps going to the basement to create a sunroom/2nd family room. I hate freezing my tail off going out to the hot tub so that would keep me warm until I had to open the door to step in. Call me a baby but when it's below freezing, it's just not cool to be nearly naked outside! Tonight we were doing some measuring and figuring....I have drawn out plans and handy hubby has "ideas"........we're going with the plans but I will compromise...a little!
I just finished two great books: "Confessions of a Shopoholic" and "She's Come Undone". Confessions is a light hearted read that I enjoyed but "She's Come Undone" made me so sad. That poor gir's struggle with abuse, abandonment and being overweight and angry just broke my heart. How fragile life is and how a "perfect" existance can change in a heartbeat creating a life of anger, self destruction and bitterness. How amazing that the book was written by a man! I definately recommend it if you haven't read it, I stayed awake to read it thru last night!
I want to go and get Diana Gabaldon's newest in the "Outlander" series but keep telling myself I should wait until it hits paperback. It seems a bit indulgent to spend $30 on a book for myself...maybe the library will have it.
My peacefulness is turning into sleepiness.......I'll say goodnight!
Tonight I am just thankful!
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