Figuring Out This Blog Thing

I tried to start this blog last night and ended up tired and frustrated so I'm trying again today. Thanks to my friend Karen, I have been introduced to the world of blogging. She learned about this from Hannah - a 5-year old angel who went to Heaven on July 19. I have been intrigued and amazed with Hannah's blog (what I like to call it - it's really her mom's blog!) and decided I would like to do the same for me and my family. So, let me get started.

Today was a day of reflection. I spent most of my afternoon sorting through pictures and the girls artwork trying to determine what stuff I would/should keep and what I could let go. Boy do they get a lot of "art work" in nursery, pre-k and kindergarten - I had no idea so much was piling up :-) Ok well maybe I did, but I kept ignoring the ever growing pile. It was fun doing it...I found some cute pieces that made it to the "keep" pile and ended up with a full bag of trash. Yea it makes me sad to throw it out, but in the end I kept what I thought was most important....anything they had written, signed, had their handprints on it...that all made the list of things to keep! And looking back at pictures was tons of fun. I always love reliving the memories that the pics bring back and wondering how time has gone by so quickly. It's been such an entertaining (and at times frustrating!) journey so far and I'm really looking forward to what the future will bring.

Frustrating moment of the day - being approached unexpectedly by a Kirby vacuum cleaner salesman who took an hour of my day even though they promised it would only last 10 minutes! And of course David left me to handle this - figures. So you ready for this? $1700 for a vacuum - man that thing better vacuum itself :-) We said no, and when we did, boy did the salesman demeanor change. It was quite an experience and I must say, David swooped in at the end and saved me from the salesman....an hour later! I'm still in shock over the price...and the fact that he felt like he was giving me a deal when he offered it to us for $1500. Whoa - what a deal.

Well my first blog is long enough I'm sure. I'm a talker so I'm sure I'll be a writer too. Until next time...