Monday, May 14, 2012

Take a deep breath and keep going....

I trust you all had good a good Mother's Day.  Mine was spent out in the yard digging in soil and planting flowers all the while dodging attacks from a certain orange striped kitty. For some reason he thinks a wee bit of foliage hides his 17 pound frame--yeah, not so much.  But it does make me laugh.

After a day in the warm sunshine, we ate, showered, and headed off to the CYSO (Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra) with friends for the evening.  One of our friends is in the orchestra this year, which always lends to the excitement.  It's amazing how lovely those kids play and how very talented they are.  Mix the lovely music, the good friends and the fact that my family was together--it was one great day.  

May continues is packed calendar as we brought Colin and a garage full of stuff home on Friday.  We don't have a basement, so this meant that Saturday was spent washing, sorting, and making notes on what we have and what we will need for the fall.  The family room was Sorting Central, and while I wanted to scream, the cats were having a hey-day--they love all that turmoil.

Today starts Mom & Col Go To Work Together, Joe and my 24th wedding anniversary, plus a flute lesson thrown in for good measure.  Well....at least I'm not bored.

21 comments:

vanilla said...

Happy Anniversary!

Blessings.

Secondary Roads said...

Best wishes for a wonderfully, insanely, fabulous anniversary.

Catherine said...

Sounds like you had a busy Mother's Day Lin! Shouldn't you have been relaxing?

Have fun at work today and Happy 24th Wedding Anniversary! Perhaps Joe will take you out for supper tonight?? ;)

xo Catherine

Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell said...

Your kids are looking so grown up! My gosh! I'm sure you're in hog heaven with both of your kids under your roof again. :)

Bossy Betty said...

Life sounds good--mess and all! Happy anniversary to you and Joe! Evan came home from college! We have the same sort of sorting issues, but I love it!

Grace said...

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! {{Huggiez}}

Patty Woodland said...

Have a wonderful anniversary and a great day at work with your son.

Marg said...

Sounds like the best day ever. And a very Happy Anniversary to you two. Hope you are going to celebrate that too. Have a great time.

Rebecca Mecomber said...

Happy anniversary! You sound like you are having a blast!

Diana - FreeStyleMama said...

Happy Anniversary!

Hot Rocks said...

Well, Happy Anniversary to you and Joe! Glad to her that you had a nice Mothers Day, and hope the first day of work for you and Col goes well.

BeadedTail said...

Glad you had a nice Mothers Day! Happy Anniversary to you and Joe! Hope all goes well for Colin's first day!

Nancy said...

Oh my...that's quite a lot of goings on! I fear I missed a lot over this past week I spent away painting, so here I go on the catch up...

Daisy said...

Happy anniversary to you and Joe!

Ann said...

Happy Anniversary

JODI said...

First let me say, Colin looks like grew up this college. He lost that high school young boy looks and has his college man look on. You know the mature look. Handsome boy he is!

And most of all...HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

Lin said...

Vanilla--Thank you!

Chuck--Thank you!

Catherine--I did what I wanted to do, so all is well. I relaxed at the concert. :) Thanks for the anniversary wishes.

Liz--Yeah. It's nice to have them home...but this house is CROWDED! :P

Betty--Oh, I dread all that college stuff coming home! Ugh. And you have to wash ALL of it. Yuck. But it is nice to have him home again.

Grace--Thanks, Grace! I hope you are better today.

Patty--Thank you!

Marg--No time to celebrate today, pally. But we will make time on the weekend. :) Thanks for the well wishes.

Rebecca--Well, I'm pooped, Rebecca. I don't like May very much when I'm in it!

Diana--Thank you!

Hot Rocks--It did! It was nice to have company in traffic. :) Thanks for the well wishes.

Beaded Tail--Thank you!

Nancy--I wasn't around much either, I'm afraid. VERY busy time of year. Ugh.

Daisy--Thank you, Daisy!

Ann--Thanks, pally!

Jodi--He DID! He is so big now--filled out, not fat. He really grew....in lots of ways. And it's all good. :) Thanks for the anniversary wishes.

Mary Ann said...

Happy Anniversary!!!!!!!!!

Veronica Lee said...

Happy Anniversary, pally!!

And congrats too for bringing up your kids to be such great adults.

Debbie said...

happy anniversary, 24 years that's a beautiful commitment. may is always a busy month for us also, and the one month i try to plan little trips before the weather gets too hot!!

very nice picture!!

Sharkbytes said...

What a great picture! You guys define joie de vivre.