An Evening to Relax! Ha!

For those of you with little tikes at home, be ever so THANKFUL they are still little enough to BE at home with you. Enjoy those moments of time. TAKE the time to just "be" with them. Record their cute sayings on paper or video or both. I say these things because from May 1st to July something or other, between both kids, we will not be home at all except for maybe a Saturday here and there. EVERY NIGHT the kids either have practices or games, or Ethan umpires. Don't get me wrong, I love baseball season, but it makes me realize how fast time has gone and my kids are not toddlers any more! :(

Tonight, I came home from work, started supper, put a load of laundry in, had the kids help with picking up clutter around the house, ate supper, got Ethan to practice, put dishes in dishwasher, managed to get 3 more loads of laundry washed/dried/folded/put away, helped Stephanie with homework, read the paper, got Ethans phone switched to his new one, chatted with Greg briefly about the day, and finally got to watch ER and my TIVO'ed Days episode. Here it is 11:00pm. This is how my relaxing days go during baseball season! lol!

I am sharing the picture of the kids on the first day of school this past year. It hit me that Stephanie can no longer wear those shorts this spring because she's grown so much. Poor Ethan's puppy dog feet just keep growing and he's now wearing 11 1/2's! She's counting down the days and Ethan never says too much, but I think he's looking forward to the last day. My car's in the background. As old and dilapidated as it was, I sure do miss it. I'm glad it kept Ethan and I safe from harm when we were in the wreck last September.

Book: I'm not reading this week, but I bought Ethan the book he wanted that just came out, titled "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan. He hasn't put it down, so guess it's good for a teen read

Gratitude Journal: I keep a notebook in the van right beside the seat and every morning when I get to work I write the day's date and jot down 5 things I'm thankful for. This keeps me grounded for the day.

Household hint/tip: I absolutely HATE to clean my bathrooms. I think it's the size of the room, you can never work comfortably in a bathroom and all the nooks and crannies you have to get into. Anyhow, I have made myself wipe down the sink as soon as I get finished in there. And I swish around the toilet bowl with the brush and a squirt or two of the Clorox bathroom spray. Leaves the bathroom smelling fresh and I'm always ready for company that way ;)

Someone emailed me the other day asking why I named my blog spot, Bring it On Home. Well it's actually bringitonhome2me.blogspot.com or something like that. wellllllll....... I really like that song by Little Big Town and it was on my MP3 player the night I put my blog up and running.

That's all for t'nite. So much for relaxing! lol!