Another great weekend and other ramblings....

What a great weekend at the beach! I am so spoiled to get to go two weekends in a row. But it was a holiday and David has this week off. Not only did I have a beautiful weekend I only came home with two kids! What is that you say - not only two kids but the two easiest kids - Chad and Chloe. I have two and half days to myself basically. Is this what it will be like in a few years? It will be nice but I am not looking forward to long days with no noise in the house all day long. But I regress. The beach and an unbelievable winter sunny weekend. Toshia came down with two of her kids and Chelsea and Dan showed up on Saturday (they took a long bike (motorcycle) ride-kind of scary for me to think about). Toshia and I hit some unbelievable deals at the mall and we played for hours on the beach. Toshia made out like a bandit - I on the other hand was trying to be practical and not spend money but I did spend a little. She was so organized and saved so much and in the long run will be better off. I cannot think ahead like that - I have always had a hard time doing that. Like usual though I forgot my camera and so hopefully Toshia will post a few pictures to prove the nice weather. Having no children this morning to worry about I went to violin and then off for my daily three mile run. Yes, I am up to three miles a day more that I ever did even in my younger days (two miles was my limit) I am not going to run marathons but wanting to finally rid my body of the last unwanted baby pounds before I turn a half a century old (still a couple of years off- but I think it is going to take that long) I am kicking it up! I do feel better for it though and should have been doing this all along. Thanks to Lynn for showing my how to get to this point - I don't know if she knows how much I was paying attention - anyway, I am enjoying uninterrupted time at the computer and thinking what should I do next and it is starting to hit me how much of my life centers around the kids. It is good - really good - but I am coming to that stage in my life when kids will all soon be in school all day - WOW! If you think about it, by the time Autumn goes to school all day (not next year -half day - but the next) I will have been taking care of kids for 29 years! Holy Cow! I know I will have my occasional fix with the grandchildren but still I need a really good hobby - or a much needed nap?