Mother of a Clown

My mother's heart was so warmed this am watching youngest and friend walk out of the house in their big clown pants and suspenders and make up. Destination: carnival for disabled children 50 miles north. The girls are doing their part to help a friend and her family with a once a year commitment to give a day of fun and smiles to children living with profound disabilities. I know her heart was in sleeping in; but I also know when she comes home, she will feel incredibly good for her efforts and it will be a feeling she will never forget. Photos coming when I can figure out how to transfer them off the camera to the disc then to the computer.
Tomorrow is Easter. I have done nothing to prepare for any kind of celebration. This is a first. We will see what the day brings. I am not feeling inspired and not sure why. Maybe the coffee just needs to kick in.
Talking to older daughter earlier this week we realized with this quarter of school over and one math class, she will be a junior in college and then its time to make transfer plans to a four year U. WooHoo! This realization was fantastic!! This is the girl who came in our door with a written out plan and she has proceeded with it. Move to CA with beaufriend (and this guy is every parent's dream...solid, steady, loving, compatible with our girl) go to school and work. And she has. I am proud and cant wait to do the big too doo for her college graduation! YAH Keep going Mer! xoxoxox I think she should have her own Dr. Meredith call in show. She is so intuitive about people and one can always hear her brain working working on solutions and analyzing the world as she works on solutions.
Full on sun. I signed us up for a community yard sale table on May 2 to finish cleaning out our back junk room. I am hoping to convert the junk room back into a guest room/office for me.
We will see.
We received a sad piece of mail Friday. The other side filed for an extension to May 11 to see if they can find reasonable grounds for an appeal on spouse's on the job litigation (four years old and nothing but hell). It was a slight chance with a small window of time and they took it. We believe the greedy she lawyer from Seattle sees more dollar signs in it for her. It means everything to us and a game for them. We both fell face first into a funk and I hope to reenergize. Its a ride from hell that wont end -- its demoralizing and painful. A bit of a setback. We might drive to the natural hot springs over in the blue mtns today to see if the warm and the drive can give solace.
We are going to try out a yoga class and see if that helps hubby's back pain. A little strengthening cant hurt and the socializing will help him.
On the upside, my mini flower seed starts are germinating like crazy in the back; if i can get them to grow, i figure even with the cost of the mini garden start set and seeds I will save myself $100+ in bedding plants.
And it wont be long until I can plant the veges in the garden spot behind the garage.
Need to write thank you notes for all the kindness we received during our wedding/reception. We are seriously blessed.
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Thats enough; the shower gods are calling....
TTFN

If I feel better will my holiday cheer return?

I woke up this December feeling sooo...holiday cheery...had the ER incident and now sick with other crud---all boxes bursting with holiday decor are out of the garage in the house, waiting for my feel-better attention, I am hoping that my natural happiness for the season returns.

Youngest daughter said last night: "Hey Mom...you are slacking here in the Christmas department. The house is hardly decorated..." She noticed and that was the one thing I was trying to avoid.

To the MD again today. Hoping for a magic pill to reverse aging, cynicism, laziness, sloth, overeating, pettiness and low energy. :)

The goal today: take all pertinent holiday stuff out of boxes and place around the home. Be cheerful no matter what so daughter can feel some of her anticipated holiday joy. She did admit last night, she has no clue what she wants for Xmas. So that makes shopping easy. Most of the adult kids are getting $ and something fun. I need to shop for the grands. I have most of their stocking stuffers...stocking stuffersx9 = alot of shopping and imagination for just that part of it! But I sincerely love it! Grandson #2 always loves a jar of maraschino cherries in his stocking; granddaughter #3 loves any type of bling; granddaughter #1 loves words and thinking toys; granddaughter #2 loves nature, outdoors, shells, rocks and so its great fun....

Daughter's Senior Winter Ball is tomorrow night. From what weather.com says, the dance and the first ice and snow storm of the year should converge about the same time. But the dance is mere blocks from home. No worries. My better half and I are cooking the on again, off again couple's fancy dinner de jour at home--we inherited some fantastic Copper River salmon from my mom and stepdad who live next to the famed AK salmon-running river 3/4 of the year. Mmmm mmm goood. Salmon, rice, fresh frozen Walla Walla asparagus, salad with raspberry vingagrette dressing, cougar gold cheese topping, cheesecake with fresh raspberries.

There are quite a few holiday gatherings coming up in the next week. We will see how many the fairly we the anti-social couple will actually attend. For sure my sister in law who is having "light hors d ouerves from 7-10 p.m., followed by a sit down candlelight champagne dinner at 10 p.m." soiree on the 20th. My older brother is the luckiest sot on the planet to have won her hand.

Coffee aka the holy grail is cooked; the reluctant Internet which was toast this am, is back up so...TTFN