Well, another day is done. All I can say is Phewwww!! I am so tired! Today I tried to look for the humor in everything, and I've got to say, there is a lot!!! I think I will just make a list. Is it always this funny around here? I'm not sure. Maybe it is and I need to pay better attention on a daily basis...

1) I came upstairs this morning to our cat (named Socks) um, how should I say..."loving" my husband's shoe. Yes, it is true. Socks has a shoe fetish. I mean, hello? He's male, so he's not in heat. What the heck is he doing to the shoe? Savannah tried to take it from him, as he began to lick it and he attacked her! We finally got the shoe away from Socks and I put him outside.

2) I've been sick with an ear infection and haven't been feeling well. So today, after I got Lincoln down for a nap and Micah watching some tv, I decided to take a snooze on the couch. I had a very vivid dream. John and a bunch of friends (who were like faceless puppet creatures, hee hee), loaded up into the suburban dressed in church attire, and took off. He left me with no explanation of where he went to. When I looked outside, I noticed that our other car wasn't there. I had one of those weird dream things where I searched every where, running and running, and I couldn't find the car. Then later on in the dream, I notice the car parked a block down the street. Then I am awakened from my dream because Lincoln woke from his nap and John brought him upstairs. I then told John about my dream and then began questioning him. "Where did you and your friends go? And why did you park the car so I couldn't find it?" He says "I can't tell you where I was going in YOUR dream! And why I did what I did in YOUR dream!" I said, " I KNOW, I just really want to know why!!!" We had a good laugh over that.

3) John and I have started a weight loss program together. And I need to face facts. He is kicking my butt! So, I pleaded with him today to stop losing weight for just a couple of weeks so I could catch up! He laughed and, of course, said no! I am so proud of him. He has lost nearly 30 pounds since Christmas time and he looks great.

4) At 9pm, the 4 youngest children are to go to bed (in theory). Then I get about an hour with just Mark and Savannah. Savannah wants a different picture for facebook, so Mark was taking pictures of her. It was so fun to watch them banter back and forth. Then Savannah started taking pictures of Lincoln, who was in my lap. He looked adorable, but in the background, there is me, looking half-dead. Mark and Savannah got a good laugh out of that. I am so glad I can bring laughter and joy to my children, even if it is at my expense!

Today has been a very good day. It can be so noisy around here, so much so that I can't think, let alone hear myself think. But if it were quiet, that would mean I had an empty house. I don't like that idea. I know that one day it will be just John and I, and I know I will enjoy that, but I will miss the noise. And, dare I say, I will miss the mess, too. Toys strewn on the floor means a baby lives here. Legos that I constantly step on (and that really hurts!), means that some little boys live here. Hair ties, brushes, and clothes on the bathroom floor means that some girls live here. A Playstation 2 that gets left out means a teenaged boy lives here. I love my kids. I love the fun and the work that they bring into my life. And, of course, I love my husband, too! Cynthia