I know that I should get out of my jammies but I just love sitting on the couch, doing nothing in particular, and having someone else tell the kids to stop whining/fighting/jumping on each other. I know that in about an hour the kids will be done with my lounging but I just can’t get up the need to care yet 

I know that other people have dreams of fancy things but truly I dream of lounging in bed with Chinese food, a good old movie, and my husband uninterrupted….maybe because it has been 8 years and 3 months since something like that has happened (and Todd and I used to have a ton of weekends like that)…not that I don’t love the kids….

Collin said the other day that it had been too long since we took a really long walk in the trees looking for “magic plants”  hehehe Todd and I love to hike (we will get to do the AT someday) and we have made our kids go on long ones (5-7 mi.) well being little people with little legs they can get tired. When we just have to get going (because say the sun is setting) we will tell the little kids (the girls now look at us like we are idiots) that if they hold these “magic plants” (ie weeds) they will make them run. It is great and works like a charm.

So even though they are not the same I still love the weekend, the laziness, and the help. I think we might try the Black Ships Festival then if the weather is good head out to the water. Maybe we will even hit the Linens -n- Things close out sale for work stuff (I love shopping and picked up a Margarita Machine I had been saving up for there for about $150 off…had been saving for a while for it!) Work has been so crazy for Todd that I am happy to see him just sitting reading the paper. He has really been stressed and he tends to keep all the stress on himself when things are like that. I have been trying to force him to delegate and to let me help him more but I digress…glad to see him relaxing! Glad to have a few minutes of calm!