Empty Nesters Finally...

When Lane and Drew were younger it seemed as though there was never enough hands on deck to do everything in the house. Brad and I tried switching off errands and chores but that never ever worked for us. We truly tried to split these things 50-50 but then we had to do things we hated (I hate doing the dishes but love to cook and Brad is not too keen on laundry but doesn't mind sorting- go figure.) What we realized (not soon enough) was that we should each do the chores and

I got a surprising amount of feedback from my last blog. Don't get me wrong, I am so happy people are reading my blog I just never have gotten so many people texting, calling and even giving me comments in person. Usually, I get my regulars liking me on facebook or even commenting but never so many reaching out to me. And the majority of "my readers" (also known as my friends) want to know more. More??!! I have never thought of myself as that funny or interesting but I have c

Yesterday was an incredible day for so many reasons. The first was that it started on Friday when Brad brought me 2 bouquets of beautiful flowers. When I asked him why so many he said the second bouquet was going in the "bank". Brad thinks that he has a "bank" where he can do really nice things (i.e. bring flowers) when I am not angry so that when he does something ridiculous he can say remember when I brought you flowers and then all will be fine. Really??!! It doesn't wor