A New Place to Call Home

Last I posted, we lived in California, the high desert, to be a bit more specific. Now we live in Oklahoma, just north of Oklahoma City to be a...well you get it.

Let's see, we moved from a land of mountains, beaches, deserts and valleys; sunshine and two seasons (where we lived); everything within reach and the taxes to keep most of them out of hand. Today we live in a land of plains and rolling hills; sunshine and four seasons (that's two more in case you were counting); everything within reach and a cost of living that should allow us to grab them.

We also live with (gulp) one bathroom and six people, minus any company, but you can never have too much adventure. Right?

What Makes a Beautiful Day

   I spent a few minutes with two precious friends today. I met them the first day of school when Daniel and Jack started a new year. They have become dear to me in many ways. We have worked together, helped each other, shared our days (their happinesses and troubles), laughed, cried and cursed together. I am thankful for them. It is amazing how dear people can become to you; the ties that bind you don't always seem obvious and yet, they are there. Strong, tangled, woven and wondrous.
   Rebecca asked for a family day yesterday with food and games. So today after my visit I brought pizza home for lunch with my children, we watched Tangled, ate pizza, cupcakes and circus animal cookies. We drank soda and two kinds of Kool-Aid. We capped off lunch with a game of Loopz, States and Capitals Sequence and Time Bingo. My children laughed and teased and shouted and resisted any attempt at decorous behavior. It was marvelous!
   What makes a beautiful day? Laughter and hugs, pizza and confidences shared, the smiles of loved ones and ridiculous crowing.

Today in Shorthand

Swedish Subtitles

Surprise Breakfast Homerun

Midmorning Nap

Reclaimed Daughter

Friendly Laughter

Dice, Dice, Dice 30 Seconds at a Time

One Eyed Baseball

Old, Middling and New Friends

Welcome Exertion

Final Wrap Up

Anticipatory Reading

A New Blog, Its First Post

   I wanted to link my friend's blog post, but decided it didn't belong on my library blog "An Enthusiastic Venture". I have also thought about a few other things that I wanted to throw out there, but again, they didn't quite fit with my original blog's purpose. And so, tada, we have what we see here.
   I know, I know, the excitement is compelling. I'm going to try my best to rein it in and contain a bit of it, but only a bit. :)
   Alright. Enough for now. I have chores to do and calls to make. Alas, the day must proceed apace.

A Walk Along the Way: A Life Happens Space

A Walk Along the Way: A Life Happens Space