The big 10

Well, it's true. In 2 weeks, I will have been married TEN years. TEN. I am no longer a 'young married' person. I am approching middle age with my greying haired husband....

Oh...

AND I LOVE IT.

10 things I like (mostly) about being married.....to Calvin that is!

1. You know I have to mention it....SEX. With the same person. For 10 years. Sounds boring right? Not so much.....without going into details, let's just say 'Mama has her grove back' after 3 kids and years of no sleep.

2. Knowing that I have a soft place to fall no matter what....of course, sometimes I have to remind my 'soft place' that I don't need a 'I can fix it' place to fall....

3. Matching shirts. Sounds lame? It is. I promised myself I'd never do that. I did it. I'm not proud, and it wasn't intentional....I got dressed, he got dressed....we walked into the living room and voila...matching hockey shirts (with different teams OF COURSE!)

4. Laughing at how stupid we were 10 years ago....man I was SO cranky at my husband about the STUPIDEST stuff! We have both learned to R-E-L-A-X.

5. Not having to work. It's true, I love staying home and my husband likes working. It works out rather well, as long as I'm appreicated for the work (YES....WORK!!) I do here. It is not all watching Oprah and talking to my BFF Heather. Well...it kind of is but I also sweep! (Thank God for long distance plans....)

6. Seeing my hubby with my girls and knowing that they won't have to grow up without a father influence at home.

7. Laughing. ALOT. (oh..and rolling my eyes goes with that too....) Calvin's fav at the moment is adding 'That's what SHE said' after everything. Even if it doesn't makes sense....and dangit if I don't laugh every darn time!

8. Not being alone. (You decide if that's good or bad!) EVER.

9. Dreaming big dreams together about what and where we want to go......and having common goals.

10. Being the only person in my family that has made the 10 year mark (I'm talking my immediate family...Mom, Dad, Brother and Sister), and I'm sure I won't be the only one but it feels nice to conquer that ghost in my life.

Onward and Upward....Here's to another 50 at least!

No News is Good News?

So...it is true, I have not blogged since returning from Hawaii....well, the tan has faded, the snow is still here and what do I have to offer you?

Sweet bugger all.

That's right, I have nothing going on.

I could bore you with details about how my 4 year old daughter is independantly READING...yes, that's right, she's reading at a grade one level....but I'm sure no one really cares. Oh, and she's also writing...cards, songs, whatever...but she's doing it all by herself!

I could tell you that my new diet plan consists of me piling whatever I want on to a plate and then scraping half off to control my portions (which btw REALLY sucks....)

I might mention that my oldest daughter told me she 'felt like a failure' when she lost her tap show...only to clarify later on (after I felt like I must have created this feeling of her needing to be perfect) that she didn't actually know what a 'failure' was but it sounded like how she felt.

I may mention how I just turned 32 and that it was rather unexciting...oh except for the fact that my sweet middle child asked me if I was turning 40. FORTY. YEARS. OLD. (Is 'bite me' an appropriate response to a 7 year old?)

I could explain to you how my mother in law probably made the most innapropriate comment to my husband about how fat he looked in our vacation pictures (I sent her some to show how nice we looked), and she may have even said that his man breasts looked bigger than mine. WOW. Insults to both of us at once. Someone remind me why I'm glad Newfoundland is so far away?

I mean, I could tell you all those things but it would bore you....or me...

I think I need another vacation....