10I am still sick and getting sick all over again. At least it feels that way and I all have to say is. Am I ever going to meet the little guy. He is a over a week old and still I have not seen his precious face with my own eyes and touched him with my own hands. Babies are the little pieces of heaven we get to have right here on earth with us. Another piece of joy to add to the on going list of things that make my day brighter. So when your felling blue make a list of 10 things that make you smile no matter how little they are. Here are my 10 for today.

1. K’s blue eyes when she looks at me with her head on a tilt trying to butter me up for the next ‘Can I have mommy’.

2. T’s smile as it lights up a room and makes you wonder what he did that you don’t know about yet.

3. Hubby’s way of knowing when to text me at the worst part of my day with a little love note.

4. Baby A’s laughter when I chase her around a room telling her I going to get you.

5. Gamma having dinner ready for the home family when we all get home from a our long day so we can all sit and eat together.

6. M2 setting me straight even when I do not want to hear it. I know she is usually right. LOL.

7. My place away from home. My job knowing that I have time with my family and work 8-5 hours and get to enjoy them together with my hubby.

8. My future place away from home TCD. Knowing that The Creative Dream will guide me to be with my family even more while I assist others in sharing the joys with their loved ones.

9. Having the friends I have to keep me close even when we are no always in touch.

10. My health even though that today I fell like yuck. LOL

Happy Mother’s Day to all Moms, Step Moms, Foster Moms and Dog Moms!
I can’t help but think of my Mom today, so I thought I’d post some pictures.

Mom and I:

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You always hear the usual stories of pennies on the sidewalk being good luck, gifts from angels, etc. This is the first time I’ve ever heard this twist on the story. Gives you something to think about.
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Last night I went to a Mary Kay career night with my friend Roberta, an independent consultant.

I can not even being to tell you how nervous I was. I arrived early because it just didn’t pay to go home and then back again. What a great opportunity; I wish I had done it sooner. I met some great people and even found some potential mew customers!
One woman wanted to put something together for her parent’s anniversary that included their 10 grand children. So I look forward to assisting her build a story book for them. Another was excited because her daughter was in Washington, DC on a school trip. She told me she would love to have one of these but she just was not creative and had even less time. “What I really need is someone who can do it for me”. My response was that could be arranged too. We laughed she walked back to me and we talked about how to get it started. There were a few others who had similar needs and I’m really looking forward to assisting each and every one in their quest to create lasting memories.

Roberta and I went to grab something to eat, but it was after 10:00 pm and everything was closed, even McDonald’s, IHop, & BK. We wound up waiting for 30 minutes to have a sit down meal, but I’m not complaining, because it gave us time to catch up. With one thing and another, we’d not seen each other for many years. We always talked on the phone and kept in touch… but just never were able to get together.

On the way home I took a wrong turn. What should have been a twenty minute drive turned into a 65 minutes drive. Arriving home at 1:36 am, all I could do was drop into bed.

Needless to say I’m tired today, but still luxuriating in the memories that we made last night.

Sunday my hubby invited the real aunt (EM) of Baby D over as well as our good friend Tom. He also issued invitations to the kids who have in the past invited T & K to play with them. Reciprocation starts at an early age! He then made lunch to find out one the girls is allergic to hot dogs! (OOOPS)

The kids had a great time at the pool, though Baby A didn’t like the water because it was too cold. I solved that by taking her over to the small kiddie pool which felt like a hot bath and she absolutely loved it. She ran around and then fell down. Not knowing how shallow it was, and that she could just stand up, I came to the rescue even though I was less than a hand’s reach away. My legs were wrapped around her in a large circle as I provided a pool within a pool.

We all got some sun but healthy sun block sun. Not over the top like Em did last week.

The young guests were, oh I don’t know. I’ll let you be the judge:
Em pulled out sun flower seeds and the cherubs immediately clamored: ‘give me some’. What ever happened to manners, like ‘may I have some PLEASE’ or even just a ‘thank you’ after it was handed out?

Then we asked them to throw the seeds in the trash and not on the ground where people walk - including themselves. Of course Baby A tried to eat the left over seeds from the ground. Oh, joy.

When it came time to leave we asked the kids to towel off, because we like to be as dry as possible before getting in the car. My kids listened (I was in shock too) but the guests looked at us like we had the plague. I don’t know how soon it will be before we invite them with us again… Uh… never?