So, it's been a while...

But you have to give me a break, I've been busy! So I didn't pack anything today....ok so it's been 2 days since I packed anything but I've had lots of other things to do as well. Mike doesn't seem to think there's too much more to pack. I'm not sure which house he's living in but it can't be this one LOL! I had intended on doing some packing this morning but I was without lights for a while so couldn't see to pack anything. Ok, the blinds were open but still...the boxes were in the garage and it was pitch black out there. I guess I could've used a flashlight but why put all that energy in to doing something I don't like doing in the first place? LOL! I thought I would but nah.....I pulled up a chair by a window and looked at my new Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornament issue instead lol. That was a heck of a lot more fun than packing! I look forward to this magazine coming out every September. In fact, it's my favorite part of the whole month. Easy to please aren't I? Hey, maybe one of you could tell Mike that..LOL! I loved this issue although there are a few ornaments in there that I'm wondering how the heck made it in...lol. I talked to my good stitching friend Jodi on the phone today and we flipped through our mags together. There's a few that we agreed we're just really really.....gosh...I'd hate to say ugly....lol....different. That's it...they were different..lol. Anyway, about the power being out....I had just gotten back from taking the kids to school. I was sitting at the dining room table chatting with Mike when all of a sudden we heard....bzzzzzzzzddddddd, and then a really loud exploding sound, and then we saw a big poof of smoke drift by the window. Well, isn't that so expected right now. I know I'm not surprised...lol.

Cassie's staying the night with her best friend tonight. I hope she enjoys it because it'll probably be her last :(. My best friend and her family are coming over tomorrow night to play games and eat all sorts of bad stuff. I'm really looking forward to them coming over. We have loads of fun together speaking of her, she and I ate lunch yesterday and did a bit of shopping which brings me to this next little diddy......

So, we're walking through a store when a really obnoxious woman with small children were browsing in the children's dept. Not only was she being completely horrid to her kids but she wasn't making any effort to be quiet, that's for sure. I'm not talking about getting on to kids, I'm talking about calling them names and saying other horrible things to them. I'm having a hard time understanding why someone would want to have kids and then treat them the way that they do. If any of you out there have kids and don't treat them like the precious gift they are, then shame on you! I guarantee you one of these days you'll regret it. You can never get time back, once it's gone it's gone. I'm thankful for every day that I have with mine and I know that the things I say to them and do with them will stay with them forever. When mine are grown they're gonna remember that I played with them, read to them, made them laugh so hard they couldn't catch their breath, (I don't think I'm all that funny but they think I'm hilarious...lol) baked for them, sang with them even though I stink at it, turned the music up and danced with them, and made them feel better when they were sad. If you think back on your life with your kid and you can't come up with what they'll be thanking you for when they're grown then you've got a problem there.

Hopping of my soapbox now.....