Q: What do you do on a snowy spring day?

A: Paint the kids' room!

When we moved into our house almost 5 yrs ago, this was the first room we did. It was c-man's room; decorated in bugs and a pretty baby blue that could almost go for periwinkle. Thinking ahead, I made sure it had some pink and purple in the wallpaper, in case we had a little girl in the future. What I didn't foresee was that my kids would love to pick at the wall paper border and tear it apart...so after tolerating the ragged wall paper for 5 years, off it goes this past week. Today, a fresh color of paint; "Fresh hay."

[Inhale!]

Do you smell that?

I smell SPRING!

My olfactory sensors also play on my memories and I smell LOVE! It was this time 7 years ago that I met Paul!

Now this next thing that I say only a nurse would laugh and find it humorous, but respiratory distress brought Paul and I together. I have a lot to thank that pt. (who I'm sure didn't do it on purpose but) it was meant to be in my books. For this was the night that I rushed the pt. down to ICU and gave report to this cute guy; Paul!

I saw him later when I went down with my co-worker who smoked, I just wanted to get some fresh air. Not sure how I was getting fresh air, but it was nice to get off the floor for a few minutes. This dates us, this is when employees could smoke right at the doorway. While we enjoyed the night spring air, he caught my eye again.

Later, another co-worker asked if I wanted to go to Gene's and play pool with her and her "friend" Paul. It was a sure thing! The rest of March is when Paul and I played "Jr. High" for while and used our mutual friend to "go out." He was quiet and shy. I was a bit reserved, just getting out of a sticky relationship.

Paul and I had one thing in common, we were working the night shift. So our days and nights were opposite with the rest of the world. We could talk on the phone all night. Hang out all night(with our night-shift friend of course.) I would come home and sleep all day....with the fresh air blowing in....aw! SPRING! [inhale]

I was starting to fall for him and it was like it hightened all my senses....and then enclosed it in my memory bank.......for every spring after, I've always smelled our budding relationship......[inhale]

Finally, Paul did ask me to go on a date all by ourselves! After that it was history! Now I can exhale and know that I'm at the place where I was meant to be. [exhale]

Shout Out!

Here's a shout out to my friend Karen and Uncle Phil!

Happy Birthday!

Hope you have a great day. May your year be full of health and happiness!

Keeping Busy.....

Spring Break is upon us and we've been keeping busy this week. Monday, we returned from our trip. Tuesday, Daddy took C-man and Miss-O to the Library for Circus games and fun while I went to PT. Then they visited Grandma to see how her leg is doing and to brighten up her spirits.

Yesterday, my friend and her boys and our friend's daughter came to play. 5 kids under the age of 6! The kids had fun playing, C-man and his buddy E-man played their favorites: Star Wars and Legos and chatted the whole time. They don't get to see each other much since they are in school now.

Today, the kids and I went to Tiny Tot Yoga. C-man had a blast. His favorite was doing hand stands up against the wall and Miss-O liked playing with the balloons.
Miss Jessi does a wonderful job of incorporating fun animals, pictures, and stories and turning it into yoga.

Our Lucky Charms!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

She's Fallen and She can't get up!

Thanks Aunt Patty for the pictures...
Please note that Grandma Michelle really didn't have any beer to drink that was just to embellish the picture! Hope your leg heals really fast Grandma so you don't have to wear a cast on vacation.......Love Miss-O and C-man.