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yet it's been 2 years 3 months 2 weeks 4 days and 14 hours since I quit smoking. I know there are plenty of people out there who didn't think I ever would, heck even I didn't think I would. Thanks to my Smoke Free Stats counter I can constantly be rewarded by seeing the actual figures in how long I haven't smoked, how much I haven't smoked and how much money I have saved.
Well techniqually I haven't...

Trying out my macro lens yesterday. Zach spotted all these ants
under a rock and wanted me to take a picture....

It is true what my friend Lisa once told me. It will be the first thing you think of in the morning and the last thing you think of at night. Thinking about the loved ones you've lost that is. While I am constantly reminded of them each day through things that happen, people I see or even just a song on the radio. Last night it was the show Grey's Anatomy that brought me there, thinking about Joe....

While reading one of my favorite blogs Tara Whitney among the many amazing ideas she has, one that really caught my attention was how we never have time to start or complete the many projects we want to do.
Therefore posting it in my blog will keep me accountable to at least try to start listing the projects I would like to complete and then starting to tackle the list one week at a time.
Here are...

Well I've been feeling a bit overwhelmed lately and I need to put things back in perspective. 
Why is it as a mom you feel so responsible for so many things.  Or is it not just us moms but women in general.  Of course I am responsible for not only taking care of my children and getting them to each of their activities. (Which I want them to be involved in.)  And those things you DON'T want them...

I swore after the last Bachelor with Jen I would never watch it again, and yet here I am sucked in again.  I have to say I like the changes they've made, but some of the drama with all the girls...yikes!
So as for now Monday nights at 9Pm that's where I'll be, and then after I'll be sure to check out Fans of Reality TV - they are always great with updates!  Including things I somehow missed!

The next couple weeks we have some fun things on the calendar!  On April 7th we are going to the show The Male Intellect an Oxymoron And then on the 9th is Kelly Clarkson at the Palace Theater.

What an enjoyable spring break we had this year. While we didn't go away on any vacation, we did get away for a couple days and do some fun things.  Finally Zach and Chelsea are at an age where they are not constantly at each other's throats.  Makes the break go nicer for all of us!  They each got to spend a couple of their days with friends, we also did some family things together. 
For the...

I'll tell you about my son Ryan. He was a perfectly normal 5 year old whom had the flu - then it made it's way through the rest of the family (myself, husband and younger daughter) - Ryan helped nurse us all back to health as any fiveyear old could do... By getting us all drinks of water and changing movies in the VCR, our favorite at that time was Fern Gully.
I had kept him home from preschool...

Normally I'm not a big Country fan, or at least I haven't been since my Garth Brooks days.  But after all I've been through with losing my son, brother and father over the past few years, this song just stopped me in my tracks the first time I heard it.