Normal Day

Today was the first normal day that this family has had in a long time... If ever! Dr. worked last night and came home after being away 5 days! He got to sleep while Chuck was at school. When Chuck got home, he immediately told his daddy that it was morning time and time to get up!

Chuck loves to play in the front yard. He highly prefers it to the back yard for some reason. So he insisted we play in the front today. While he ran around, Dr. and I decided that the blowup craziness on our street could be outdone. Everyone in the neighborhood has lights put on their house too, which I secretly admire. Since we aren't to the point where we can fork out money for such things, we decided to put lights on all our bushes. We will be the only house with bushes done while all other houses have roof lines and driveways done! We had tons of lights that apparently have moved with us from Hot Springs to Jackson and now here! ) I would post a picture but apparently I have reached the total number of pictures. Now I have to figure out how to add more room so that my blog will accept pictures again.)

Anyway, after some light decorations (and get this, our house has plugs specifically for Christmas lights and they are on timers! And this whole time I thought that darn ticking box was the sprinkler system!) I went inside and cooked dinner ( with all the doors wide open) and Chuck and his daddy had an intense pirate sword fight. It was perfect weather with cats, kids, and husbands running in and out of the house and continuos laughter. The smell of dinner was filling the kitchen (do I have to mention that nobody ended up wanting to eat! Chicken breasts, rice.... What gives!) I did have to pause a minute and let it sink in because this was the first time life had felt (and sounded) like it "should".

Boards are over, meetings with our financial planners are over. We have reached a point where we feel settled and we can just live! Today also marks the day that our last credit card bill is paid off! After living in Hot Springs for almost a year on credit cards and no income, its nice to be debt free (except student loans, house, and car!).

So today was a good day! Dr. came home and I decided to do absolutely nothing while Chuck was at school. Fabulous idea since I had been experiencing some pain and uncomfortableness. After lying on the couch today and resting, I haven't felt a single pain or strain! I have a hair appointment tomorrow ( a little pampering never hurts!) and a doctor appointment on Thursday!

Hopefully next time I will be able to post pictures!