HI!!!

I have to confess that I feel that I have been very remiss in my blogging.  I have been unmotivated and uninspired, frustrated and mad at life, and I could add quite a few more but I better stop before this turns into a pity party.

Moving on.

What is up with me?  Is it Spring?  Is it the end of Winter blues?  Is it camping withdrawals?  Maybe, just maybe, it's a little bit of it all.  And let's not forget that we all have our lives and the chaos that can ensue right along with everything else.  What to do?

First I wanted to do a little more update on the jogging aspect of my life.  I have been told that I can not jog for a while because I did too much too soon after the knee surgery.  What!?!  Me do too much too soon?  That would never ever happen. 

Anyways, I was stuck walking the 5K as fast as my bigger than little legs could carry me.  What a bad attitude I have, stuck?!, I should feel blessed that I could actually do it.  I was doing so good, at least I think I was I even managed to pass a few joggers.  But then we got close to the finish line and 5 people behind me decided to jog.  I found myself getting very upset and mad.  How dare they?!  How dare they pass me when I worked so hard and kept the same pace and passed them?  How dare they save up to the end and jog, when I couldn't!?  I found that to be very unfair and then I got a hold of myself and slapped me upside the head.  I decided that I needed to be thankful that I could even be there.  I decided that I needed to cheer them all on and tell them what an amazing job they did.  I decided that I needed to get beyond myself and be happy for them.  So yeah, we did it!!  We all finished, and finished with pride.  Good for us! 

Next we have a few changes going on in our lives.  We are adding one new member to our family, one more member to our household, and losing one member of the household.  Now did you all keep up with that?  Let me explain.

My oldest son and his wife are expecting their first child, my first grandbaby, this July.  It's a boy and we are so excited.  We know how to do boys.  They are both enrolled full time in college, with the daughter-in-law getting her Bachelors Degree this past December, graduating Summa Cum Laude, and getting her Masters in Accounting this December 2010.  Ada, my daughter-in-law, just became a citizen of the United States, also.  And to top that all off, her parents are coming to America before the baby is born.  Crazy.  My son should also be able to graduate next spring, yeah for him, 4 years of college in three years.  Motivated and busy!!

As for adding to our household, midMan's younger brother, Jeff, will be moving in.  He has been unemployed for a while; he got hit with a layoff, and was finally able to get a job doing what midMan does.  He and his family will be moving to our fair city in the near future but right now they just need to be able to catch up and we are so happy to be able to help.  So with all of that we needed to clean out midMan's hunting room.  Where oh where are we going to put all of that stuff?  The deer head had to stay but I am sure Jeff will not mind.  Anyways we figured it all out and he should be here in a week and a half.

Now on to losing a member of our household, my middle son's girlfriend will be moving out the end of this month.  She has decided that she needs to move forward with her life and that working at Subway was not where she wanted to be.  I am excited that she is looking towards her future.  Sometimes it is so hard for our children to make that move and I am glad that we have been able to be here when she needed us.  I hope that my son can see where she is headed and that he can figure it all out for himself, too.  I do have to say that life is hard when you are starting out and sometimes you just need to make that JUMP and see where you land.  Family is always there when it's needed.  So JUMP away, we will catch you if you need us.

Now for our other news.  tailEnd just turned 15 and is all ready to get his driving permit.  Oh boy, please help me.  Am I ready for this again?  I don't know.  But he sure is, so I had better get there and get there quick.  tailEnd also just took his ACT.  No score back yet but we are praying, he needs to pass so that he can take college classes next year. 

So my life has been flowing over with moves in and moves out, new arrivals, graduations, even a wedding coming up, working, working out, cleaning house, cooking lots of food, visiting with old friends, worrying, and ............... I sure feel like there should be more.  Oh I almost forgot photography.  I have had a few photo shoots lately with a few more planned for this week.  Can't wait.  And it's only the beginning of summer.  WOW!!  I am sure that I have missed more, but.......

I think this summer is going to be amazingly busy and fun.  What blessing we have received to be able to take part and enjoy all that we have.  We have been smiled upon and I guess I need to be reminded of that sometimes.  Good thing I got this blog, it seems to work really good when it comes to needing to be reminded of what blessing I have been given.

Love To All,

midRae

PS.The oldest son has promised me an updated blog layout.  I think it's time to push it a little harder.  I mean how many free haircuts does he think he gets anyways?  It's time to earn that perfect look that he has.