CALGON! Take me away!

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A dear friend (thanks PK) reminded me to update my blog. It's kind of funny, because right now she is the only person who reads my blog. Because of that, I decided I had better do what my one reader asks. . .

I'm just coming down from a 3 week whirlwind adventure that included (in no particular order):
  • 1 knee replacement surgery & recovery from (not mine)
  • 17 day business trip (also not mine)
  • 14 day out-of-town relative visit (sister-in-law, brother-in-law, godson)
  • 7 balloons
  • 3 BBQ's
  • 2 excellent grown up dinners out with dear friends
  • 2 bowling trips
  • 1 Wii consol breaking
  • 1 goat feeding
  • 1 birthday cake
  • 1 trip to the Zoo
  • 1 mudslide pie
  • Lots of Yahtzee and Boggle playing
  • Too many to remember - Extra dirty martini's (ALL mine)
  • lots of smiles
  • some tears
  • prayers for friends
  • lots of laughs
  • A WHOLE LOT OF Chaos and Happiness!

While it all was pretty wonderful, I'm ready to get back to normal - whatever that may be. Tomorrow I promise to post a more thought provoking moment. In the meantime, grab the person closest to you, look them in the eyes and smile - and know that it takes only a brief moment to give love and to feel it in return.

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  1. Peggy KAugust 4, 2009 at 3:35 PM

    See, there you go... hitting me right between the eyes with one sentence!! How the hell do you do that?!?! I will follow your advice and look him in the eyes and smile, mostly because he hasn't seen that from me for a few days. So I owe him that!!

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