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Positive Inspirational Quotes ( PIQ)

 

You know what they say about best laid plans....

they very rarely happen the way they are supposed to...

Today started very early this morning because David needed to be out of the house at five this morning.

Got up and started making lists to get organized for today's decorating.

Work was good this morning and I really felt like we had a good handle....we were providing lunch for the people who were helping to hold a meeting quick before we got started...

then the phone rang..

All I hear is crying and yelling in the back ground..

My cousin was on the phone...

Everyone was fine..

the rear tire and rim came off her car

At sixty five miles an hour on the highway...

The kids were freaking out

She was stuck on the side of the road

Tow truck was called..

Several cars pulled over

Helped her retrieve the tire 

the police officer drove her and the girls to the repair shop

the boy got to ride in the front seat of the wrecker...

I met her at the repair shop

Told the kids a story about an eagle, a mermaid and a bear

Buckled them in and brought them all to the office with me so that I could go supervise decorating.

I HATE when there are kids in the office and felt badly that others were having to deal with it..

But they were great with the kids and the kids had fun helping us...

They hung new pictures in my cubicle for me and gave all of my coworkers pictures too..

We got a lot accomplished and will finish it up on Sunday...after the five inches of snow we are supposed to get..

We all went out to dinner (a chinese buffet that I dislike immensely but the kids had fun...we will NOT be doing that again soon)..

Hubby is disappointed that we are missing out on our night alone tonight...

Everyone is grateful that the angels that walk with us were on her shoulder today and that everyone is safe..

I will gladly sacrifice  my night alone with my hubby for the hugs and the snuggles that I got and the ability I had to calm those children...

Tonight...there are special thoughts going to those who are watching over us....we know they are there and they reminded me today that while they don't walk with us physically anymore...they are always there when we need them...even if we don't know it..

hugs and love to you all...hope your weekend is full of fun and hopefully not the snow we are supposed to get!

Thursday smiles

Week of ups and downs..
Lots of smiles..
Lots of snuggles
Lots of Auntie Nicole and Uncle David
Math homework
Kitty snuggles
Adjustments
Work
Anxious faces waiting at the door
pizza for dinner tonight...even though it was late
A lunch date with my hubby
Kids saying eww when David gave me  a kiss goodnight
Girl talk
Planning outings with the kids that we have always wanted to do because we haven't gotten around to it
Halloween excitement
Listening to lots of giggles,
Seeing lots of smiles
Sharing secrets
Bath time hugs
Watching hubby interact with the kids
Knowing that tomorrow night when I come home from work they won't be here and knowing that, although we will enjoy the quiet, we will miss them a little bit
Good first week..
Hectic first week..
A week of adjustments...
A week of little voices and little hands
A week of trying to figure out boundaries
It's been a whirlwind of a ride...but there have been a hundred smiles...lots of laughter, lots of noise that has filled up the house...
Hoping that your weeks have been good..I know that there have been some struggles...I hope that you have found smiles in places where they have been least expected...hugs and lots of love to you all.

Day Four

Yesterday was one of those days..
Stressful at work...crazy and insane..
Home to kids waiting at the door.
Deep breaths...
Hubby came home and was cranky..it was tough for him to adjust...tough for him to be home with the kids..
We took a lunch break today together...and enjoyed the fact that the we were alone with uninterrupted time.
We are in full swing of Halloween organizing and trying to come up with a game plan for decorating..
This is the only holiday that work celebrates and each department picks a theme...
Ours, as you know, is the North Pole- the nice side and the naughty side..
I have my costume in my head....I need to make a toulle skirt.  I am not sure when that is going to be done..but it will be...
I googled makeup tonight and my cousin has said that she will do my makeup for me- we are going to do a trial run on Sunday night....so that should be fun..
We are adjusting...and yes, we are all still smiling..
Hope that you are doing well...
Hugs and lots of love to you all...

Day 2..coming home from work

Work was good today...I hit goal for the month so it should be a pretty solid month by the end of it....makes me happy.
I got a phone call on my way home asking me when I was going to be home so that my cousin could have dinner ready..
I wanna talk..
Auntie Nicole- how was your day.
Auntie Nicole- blah blah blah and a bunch of stuff that I can't understand...
I will bring you upstairs and you can talk to sissy
Sissy gets on the phone- lots of talking I can't understand
Let me talk to mommy-
I'll be home in twenty minutes.
Dinner on the table when i get home...amazing..
Auntie Nicole how was your day
Good
How was work
What do you do
Where do you work
I answered their questions and asked some of my own
What did you do today?
Went to school
Cool- I start on Weds
good..
snuggles with me and the cats under the comforter
Uncle David came home
They were attached to his hip
He was good..but tired
They are supposed to be in bed
I hear their giggles
Their little voices
Not wanting to go to sleep
Uncle David is up there now- trying to go to sleep- I fully expect to go up to bed in a little while with the kids passed out..
Good day and a good night...feels like a family...and I love it!

Monday Morning thought

From Positive Inspirational Quotes ( PIQ)

Chaos abounds

Well...it's Sunday night..
It still looks like a tornado has gone through some of my house...
I tripped over a shopping cart
Dropped a drawer on my foot
Cleaned up spilled popsicle, oatmeal, soda and brownies today
I picked up the same blanket five times
Almost hit a toy in the driveway
Wondered how the kids got outside
and chased a cat
I also got to hear Auntie Nicole called about fifty times in the cutest little voice and the smile that came back when I responded was priceless
I was told that my brownies were the best ever
I listened to the amazement in their voices as they realized that the stars in the ceiling glowed in the dark and listened as they found animals in the stars.
Had a shadow of a four year old who easily slipped her hand into mine all day today
I snuggled with the nine year old and looked at his binder from school last year
I saw the weight of the world lifted off my cousin's shoulders while we grocery shopped and meal planned
I watched my husband crouch down and talk with the kids
listen to them want to sit next to Uncle David at dinner
I watched him convince one of them to eat her potatoes
I listened as he riled them up and got them giggling after they got into bed.
I got after bath hugs and kisses and promises of snuggles and pictures tomorrow.
yes, my house is in chaos right now- but my brain feels better about the whole decision.
There are toys to be put away and a dresser that needs to be moved out of the hallway upstairs-
but my heart is happy, my soul is full and I know that there will be many more smiles, snuggles, hugs, kisses and giggles in my future...and there is nothing that is better than that.