So along with the crazy, busy-ness of the end of the school year crud going on...I have volunteered to cook 60 lbs of brisket this weekend for the upcoming Band Banquet. I actually didn't volunteer to cook 60 lbs. I thought it would be like 20 to 40 lbs. That is all I have to say about that!
I celebrated Mother's Day with all four of my babies and my sweet husband. It was nearly perfect. I missed my own mother terribly. It was compounded by the fact that my siblings and grandmother got together to celebrate the incredible job (if I do say so myself) that my mother (and father) did and to appreciate the fact that we (and she) survived four teenagers (which I can say I appreciate more so now that I currently HAVE four teenagers) without me.
I am homesick now more than I've ever been.
I'm very excited about my daughter coming home from college for the summer. She will be here while she goes next semester also. My heart sings! I get her a little longer...
I just fussed at my son (who has Dyslexia) to "put the book away and finish it tomorrow--I'm not kidding Mister"!!! He argued that he was not at a stopping point and had only 10 pages to go and can we please get the second book because he is going to be done with this one? I fussed a little more at him and told him to finish it tomorrow---LAST WARNING!...but did so with a secret smile on my face. I am so proud of him my heart can hardly contain it!
My youngest son begs me to take steroids (jokingly--sorta) because he hates that he is so skinny and small. I repeatedly tell him in no time he will be taller and bigger than all of his brothers and father. Secretly, I relish the fact that he is still my little boy for a little while longer.
So I'm off to sleep so I can dream about marinating slabs of beef while my open window allows a cool, soft breeze to fill my room with the smell of outside. The crickets are softly sing me to sleep...
And I love living in the country.
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