Need to Laugh

Why is that I can't be the kind of mother who laughs at the little spills of life or even the big spills. Natalie opened a can of Spaghetios last night (with a normal hand operated can opener) and in the process of doing so the can seemed to explode! There were Spaghetios everywhere--all over the counter, all over the floor, all over my recipe book and all over Natalie! She began to laugh and laugh!!! She thought it was quite comical as for me on the other hand I began chewing her out because it seems to be non-stop messes with her. It just didn't surprise me that this happened because she is just accident prone in the kitchen from spilt milk to leaving a pan on high on the burner--BUT I gave the wrong response. I should have laughed and enjoyed the moment with her because all too soon she will be creating these moments with roommates and I probably will not enjoy my all too clean kitchen! These are the moments I should be catching on film.

Sneakin' up on me

I was minding my own business, in fact I was picking the very last of the raspberries for the season when I hear a deep voice that says "What are you doing?" I thought I would faint right there and then. I couldn't believe when I looked up and saw Sharm standing there! Of course I got all teary-eyed and my love bucket was all filled immediately! I knew that he was trying to come home for the weekend but wouldn't come until Friday, so it was such a pleasant surprise to have him a day early. I've discovered that you can be quite lonely even having your children around. You just feel very incomplete without your better half. Angie asked me what we were going to do all weekend. I said "do? We don't have to do anything, just being together and talking fills my empty reservoir."