well, i haven't blogged in a while - to say that things have been busy is an understatement. we have a few days to ourselves coming up as the girls are with their dad on a trip south. basketball season is over, volleyball season has only one game left after break and soccer is just starting up. i took D2 to the doctor for her 13 year old check up - a half a year late - but better late than never. she got three shots and is as tall as the doc. i almost didn't remember my chart number - which is funny because when they were small - i was in there so many times for ear infections and such - i knew it by heart. D2 loved wearing the paper robe - she looked good in it - we had fun waiting for the doc. Hard to believe she is 5 feet 6 inches...

D3 is 10 today - hard to believe - they are all growing up so fast. she and TBW went shopping for an outfit last weekend and she came back with a new wardrobe... They had fun and she looked cute and grown in her new duds.

The new job is going well. It is still a bit of a puzzle to me - but hopefully i will be able to work through it. it is a different place to work. a bit of a melting pot - so to speak. i haven't had to wear nice clothes for years - it definately takes time to pick out clothes in the morning.

We got new carpet in the family room this week - it looks very nice. We are trying to keep the 12 muddy paws off of it and we are trying to keep it "pee free". We'll see how long it lasts.

My mom has a lady living with her 24/7. She has just moved her cocktail hour up to compensate for her talking non-stop. I can only imagine how they get along. Hopefully my sister is feeling a little less stress - time wil tell.

D3 told me last week that the easter bunny wasn't real. she said, "come on mom, a bunny. i don't thing a bunny could do all that work. but i do still believe that santa is real. he is isn't he mom?" oh my. it made me laugh. this is the first year we didn't color eggs. at least i was able to do their baskets and just give them to them, rather than getting up early in the morning to put them on the fireplace. time... it sure is changing. i don't know if i am ready to grow up. i guess i don't have a choice.