Where have all the good times gone... (first thing that popped into my head)

No, I haven't given up yet, no I am not getting lazy and switching to every third day and no... I haven't run out of useless things to document on these pages. I started last night with all intentions of getting the pages filled.. but somewhere between create and publish, I got hit with a serious bout of procrastination.... so bad that I watched the late hour of Saturday turned to the early morning of Sunday.. to the mid-day and finally to the late hour of Sunday... In between those hours I had numerous things I wanted to or should have put down on the pages but I didn't... So tonight's post will be filled with a little of this and a little of that as I attempt to catch my thoughts up to present time. While it was real easy not posting it is real hard trying to catchup.

So Friday was Little Guys birthday... he started his day with minimal fanfare, shared cupcakes with his class and came home in search of presents. He picked dinner and waited patiently throughout until we got home for cake. He has these new sun glasses that make him look like some 1970 sitcom star...

He's too cool for himself...

Big Sis has started to show a little jealousy about Dot... Toots asked me to reload the digital frame and Big Sis could be heard loud and clear mumbling under her breath.. I bet they will all be of Dot... Not much we can do to change her mind.. just let her and show her that we love her... and that all the kiddos are loved the same... On the sporting front.. she made the All Start team, she and 4 of her teammates will be playing with the all stars from the U12 division. This should give her some more confidence and exposure to the next level she will face next year. She already has been asked to join a travel Basketball team for the summer that will start sometime after softball ends.

Big Sis and Dot catching some zzzz's

Dot the reason for the commotion... My calendar popped up a reminder that I was suppose to be at the hospital tomorrow morning at 6:00AM... my neighbor...who we obviously haven't seen in a few weeks approached me today... expressing "tomorrow's the big day... " I said huh.. he said tomorrow's the big day... May 18th... baby... I said... guess we haven't seen you... Dot made her arrival two weeks ago, totally disregarding the best made plans of Toots.

I am going to catch hell for this.. but doesn't Dot make a perfect Garden Gnome...

This is the part of the dance where I start talking about time and the counter... Let me tell you the struggle to catch up after missing a day was tough.. trying to capture a span of a few days makes this work, takes away the fun and the flow... I have learned my lesson that I either can't let it go for too long or that when it does slip that I can't try to recapture the span of time. Two things hit me today... about the preciousness of time and how we need to worry about today, enjoy the moment and plan for the future.. the things that have gone by can not be changed, altered or dismissed. The joy or heart ache that has occurred is only an influence on what we can or should do today and beyond. I dropped Big Sis off at a friend's house who happen to live close to the cemetery where my Grand Parents are buried... On my way home, my car made the left into the cemetery, travelled down the winding roads to the place they were laid to rest... I got out of the car.. walked to the top of the hill... said a little prayer.. and looking at the dates... I did the quick math.. and realized that so much has happened since those dates were etched in stone... funny that even after all this time, they haven't changed... they are still discussed in conversation as if they are still down the street... waiting for our Sunday afternoon visit...

Nobody will remember you if you keep your thoughts secret... Express yourself...

That's it... promise to not let it slip and hopeful that if I do.. the posting is more concise... Tonight's post was more for me...Yes selfish but eye opening... nothing is so ugly that it can not be faced down... not is so bad that a little good can't make it right... life is too short to worry about things we can't change.. and most of all why let the little things become big things... some times you have to say.... It..

Keep those letters and cards coming...

Good Night.. be good...