but i'm not. my husband took 4 kids camping. aidan is here...but he can entertain himself. i made promises of a spotless house when everyone gets back. it's so nice to sit and post in the quiet!
my mom and i went to see "mama mia" last night. at the $1 theater. i really wasn't sure i wanted to see it. i am SO glad i did! it was really, really good.
i am loving the weather. the sky is perfect and the trees are beautiful. i'm glad i live somewhere that has seasons. for most of my growing up life we lived in florida. we moved to ohio my junior year of high school and i got to experience fall, spring and winter! i went to college in tennessee, then lived in georgia for a couple of years. i then found myself in kansas. kansas had winter, a short spring and fall and a summer that truly outlived any i'd known. there was less humidity, which made it bearable. the wind there was amazing. most of the time, there was wind. there were not many trees or high rises to block it. having moved so many times, i have to say i'm really glad we're settled. my husband grew up here. his entire family is still here. this is foreign to me. i did not grow up around grandparents or cousins. i feel that i missed out. my children are really lucky to have both sets here in town. the only problem is that about every three years, i get the urge. to leave. to take my family somewhere completely new. to go somewhere where no one knows us. to find new friends. it's quickly overridden with the reality that the grass is NOT greener. that here is the only place i should be. that this moment is the only place i need to be living. i'm happy to stay. i am fortunate to have great friends. my kids have lived in the same house for 6 years! a record for me. even when we lived in the same town for 7, we lived in 4 different houses. is this house my dream house? is this neighborhood perfect? absolutely not. am i happy my kids have stability? absolutlely. i want them to be grounded. familiar.
cleaning is calling. my eldest asked me if i like cleaning. not really. i think they think i like it because i do it all the time! funny. i'd much rather be hanging out on the swing in the back with a book. but i can't stand the guilt i'd feel or the true dirtiness of this house!!
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I've been trying to clean today too. I wasn't lofty enough to shoot for spotless. That never happens and if it does only lasts for a few minutes.
I would rather be doing a million other things but sometimes this has to be done. Read my blog!!!
I know that urge. What I really want is to be able to go somewhere every few years for 6 months or so. I want to experience living in the middle of a big city. I want to experience living somewhere totally isolated. I want to live on a beach and in Europe. Mostly, I want to live in an RV for a year and drive across the US.
But yes, home is nice. Nicer when it's clean!
Totally the 300 acres dream, although I'd be fine at this point with a cul de sac!
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