These Days...

I am not doing a very good job of posting here.  More of the I don't know what to say while I am sitting here in front of the screen!

Work is insane busy.  All the stuff I have been working on since last June is at implementation phase now so it's hand holding and phone answering chaos.  Good though!

Kids are great - soccer, school, Amelia started swimming.  Ainsley is starting guitar lessons as soon as I get a few minutes to call and set up her first lesson.  We decided to head to Florida for a week next month and I am anxious for that.  Booked our beach house for July... Canada in June... lots to look forward to.

Running has been very intermittent and inconsistent.  I need it to get warm out so I can RIDE MY BIKE!

Some low key projects going on at home - painting, one last ceiling to scrape and then maybe update the kids bathroom.  We need a new mattress set so bad - I am a cripple in the mornings so we have to solve this issue soon.  Problem is we're at opposite ends of the spectrum on what we like/need in terms of comfort - I know, I know you are going to say "Get a Sleep Number Bed!" but I've honestly only heard horror stories about mold in the baffles which freaks me OUT so we can't go there.  We'll hopefully get out this weekend to see what's on the market that is reasonable in terms of price but also comfortable!

We had Amelia's birthday a couple of weeks ago - Dad and Lorraine came up from Florida for 5 days to help celebrate which was terrific fun.

I do find that the starting of a new year, any year - seems to bring with it lots of reflection and pondering on where we are in life, what we've done, the direction we are headed.  Sort of a "take stock" kind of time.  Checking in with ourselves... For me it seems to quiet my mind a bit which I like.  There have been ups and downs these first 6 weeks of 2013 - some very unexpected illnesses in great friends and friends of great friends - crazy situations out of NOWHERE.  Things like this make me sad and anxious - and also very grateful for the "mundane" or day in day out routine that sometimes I whine about wanting to get out of.  I guess the saying of be careful what you wish for could never be truer.

We are anxious to hear news of MTB's recent CAP RAST #'s - will post those when we get word!