Sunny Thursday

It's a beautiful day today.  It's sunny and breezy - not too warm - the air conditioner hasn't come on yet.  That's always good news as our electricity bill goes sky high during the summer months.  Cari's birthday was a big success.  She had a great day and enjoyed herself very much.

Today, I have been catching up on some letter writing and thank you notes that need to be sent out.  I am a stickler for sending Thank You cards in a timely fashion.  It's something I don't procrastinate about.  I get my fetish about that from my mother and I hope I've passed it on to my children.  There is a joke in our family every Christmas morning, our children would find Thank You cards tucked inside their Christmas Stockings so there was never any excuse for them not writing notes to everyone who had remembered them with a gift.  I still give them each a package of Thank You cards because I'm sure they would be disappointed if I forgot.  If they would ask, "Do I HAVE to?????"  I would say, "No, of course, not, I'll just tell Auntie not to buy you another gift.  If she can take the time to work for the money, plan what to buy, get in her car, go to the store, buy a gift, come home, wrap it,....................."  by that time, they would be rolling their eyes and heading to their room to write the note.  LOL  I was such a mean mommy.

I started a new public journal for posting entries to scavenger hunts, photo essays, word games, etc.  It's called A Little Left of Center and the link is on the left.  I've posted 3 entries so far.  It's kind of fun to participate in something with a different slant.

I'm off to get a load of clothes out of the dryer, put one in and start another in the wash cycle.  How fun is that?  My life is so exciting isn't it?  I'm not really complaining.  It's nice to have things back to a slower paced version of normal around here.

More soon!