Catching up on life....

The fear that my life would "get in the way" of my blogging seems to be coming true...lol. As often as I think about getting on the computer and writing, something else always comes along and I get side-tracked. So tonight, I play catch-up on a few events over the last month.

The first and most important is the potty-training journey with the little prince. Today is day 41 (YES, I'm still counting...lol!) and we are claiming success, albeit partial success, but success nonetheless. Since May 7th he has mastered the art of peeing in the potty (woohoo). After weeks of wet messes on my carpets the light bulb clicked on for my little guy and we were off to the races. The "partial" success comes because though he is kicking butt (no pun intended) with the peeing he has YET to master and take control of his other bodily function. Lately I've been thinking that I should write a nice long letter to the author of the 3-Day Potty Method to let her know that though I agree with her methodology, that '3-Day' thing must happen on baby chimps, not humans. So our journey continues but I believe the hardest part to be over and the truth is I'm a little sad. Not because I haven't wanted this moment to happen, but because it's official - he's no longer a baby. Diapers were the last vestige of his 'babydom' and I keep wondering how time has moved so fast.

The wedding was lovely and I did look AMAZING in my dress. The ceremony was moving and the bride was beautiful. She's truly happy and I'm happy for her. Being there to witness this new start for the two of them reminded me that life is short, too short sometimes and it is important to make the most of it and what better way to share the best that God gives us than to do so with your soulmate. I wish them many, many years of wedded bliss!

Last week I spent time with my sister on what we called our 'vacation'. You see, every year she and I go to Florida for a week but this year I was not financially able to do so and neither was she. She called me in late April to tell me when she would be taking a week off and was wondering if I were willing to pack up the prince and come and stay with her - our own version of vacation and I jumped at the chance. Eight hours on the road (with no potty accidents...woot, woot) and we arrived a day earlier than planned at my sister's front door. That was the best surprise ever...she cried! We had so much fun! We went to the Amish market (boy do I miss the fresh meat there...yum!), the circus and the zoo. By Friday, we both said we felt like we had actually gone away with all the activties that we did...lol. I miss my family back home and I'm reminded when I get a chance to see them how blessed I am to have them.

Well, there are always a million other little things that happen in the span of a month but I can't remember them and besides, who wants to write that much! LOL That's been my life in a nutshell...no complaints (that I can think of).