TGIF!

This has been a long week for us. I have had tons of stuff to do to prepare for the preschool auction in November and most of it took place this week. Fortunately I think that the hard part is over. Every night this week I have had to meet with someone or be up late doing work on the auction. I have a good team this year and they make the job much easier. I know that I say that I hate doing so much, but when it comes together I am very proud of my dedication & talents. I may not be contributing to the bottom line of our family, but I think that I am contributing so much more to the lives of my family and that of others. At least that is what i tell myself when I am feeling frustrated.

Tonight is the neighborhood Bunko and I am really looking forward to getting together with the neighborhood girls and chatting. Since the weather is cooler, we're not outside as often talking for hours on end while the kids play.

On a nice note, Kurt & I were given an award for our landscaping from our town. It was quite an honor. They gave out about 20 awards to different homeowners. I was quick to notice that we were one of 2 couples under 40, the rest were most likely retired or old enough to be our parents. Kurt is very meticulous about the lawn; fertilizing it, edging it, mowing it, whatever. My job is the bushes and flowers. I am lucky in that my mom and Aunt Marcy helped me plant bulbs to start the gardens when I was 8 months pregnant with Julia. I have added here and there and every year plant impatiens or vinca in the summer and mums in the fall. While I don't get excited about seed catalogs like my mom, I do enjoy putsing around out there, weeding and keeping things tidy. This year we actually had a nice crop of tomatoes that we were able to share with the neighbors several times when I would pick 20 or so tomatoes at once. Anyway, I have a whole bag of tulip & daffodil bulbs that I need to plant in the next few weeks, which I will look forward to seeing come up in the spring.