Good Day... Gooooood DAY.  Aaaaah, so far, this day has been so awesome...like super awesome.  First of all, I actually got up on time this morning.... sometimes I push snooze far too many times on my alarm... but this morning I got up after only 2 snoozes.  Yay me!  Showered and got myself ready for the day and THEN woke up the girls.  There were actually a few giggles this morning which is so not like my grumpy little morning bugs.  They're okay if they wake up on their own but when I have to wake them up to get ready...baaaaaaaaaah, it's not really that fun!  So anyway, after their baths and breakfast, it was time to head out the door.  There was hardly any drama.. it was wonderful.  Dropped the girls off and headed to work... on time.  Yessssssss, accomplishment!  The day started out with a "Praying for you.  Love You!" email, so really, how can you go wrong with that?  The next few hours were spent in a fantastically FUN staff (informative) meeting.  Many areas of our company were covered and surprisingly I actually enjoyed a few of them :)... then it was lunch time.  Bummed around and got some bills paid...and then I was actually early back to work from lunch.  Who does that??   2 thumbs pointed back at me "This Girl"!  Very relaxed, calm day today.  No big issues, outages, complaints or drama... and then the day is over ... the WORK day is over, I should say... well, hmm, kinda... but not really.. anyway, it's Tuesday so I got to meet with my "Tuesday night ladies"... you know what's funny?  when I first started meeting with these ladies, I was a little withdrawn.  I mean there were definite outward hurts that needed to be dealt with and talked about, but when I think about where our group has come from and where we are now..... let's put it this way:  MIND-BLOWINGLY AWESOME!  How's that?  I would never in a million years been friends with these girls had it not been for our common "stuff".  We've definitely been through tough times and happy times together.  I have come to love and appreciate each one for what they've taught me... about life, about myself.  I think we have a bond that won't quickly be broken.  I love you girls!!
Anyway, our time together was of course amazing and as always, totally worth it. 
After we were finished, I picked up the girls from our sitter (yep, still my favorite :) and when I arrived home, I saw our house surrounded by what looked like a pasture of grass waving in the wind.  How did this happen?  I swear the lawn grew 4 inches today.  Sheesh!  So the girls played outside for an hour while I mowed the whole miserable lawn.  I normally like mowing because I'm actually quite good at it, if I may say so.  I learned the tricks of the trade when I worked for my brother with his Lawn Service/Landscaping business back when I was in high school (many moons ago)... but the grass was so blasted long that I think I stalled the mower like 4 or 5 times.  Awesome.  Oh well, I sweat (ed?) -- I should really find out which is the correct way to spell sweat (ed?).. this is the 2nd time I've had to do this spelling in one day --could someone please tell me if plural for sweat is sweated or sweat? -- and finally got the entire lawn mowed.  Then it was already after 8 and the girls needed baths and bed.  So roll them into the house and get them cleaned up and in pajamas.... what do you want for a bedtime snack?  Normally it's a bowl of ice cream or a plate of tortilla chips with some melted cheese over top (I know, it's not the healthiest of bed time snacks... but ice cream is what I had as a kid :) but tonight they wanted strawberries and dip.... mmm, just realized I never mentioned my crazy awesome fruit dip I made... yep, all you gotta do is mix a 8 oz cream cheese with a jar of marshmallow creme, put in a few drops of red food coloring and you've the most amazing tasting fruit dip you could ever imagine.  So simple, yet so divine. (by the way, the food coloring is not for taste, just for color :)  So that's what we had for bedtime snack.  The 3 of us on the living room floor with strawberries and dip between us.  Bethany what did you learn at school today?  The number 8.  Cool!  How about if you show me your papers from school... okay.  Every single one had a star, a sticker, a GREAT, or an AMAZING on it.  I am so proud of this kid.  She amazes me.  She is so bright.  We ran over some words and math and then it was time to close up the strawberry shop...  bedtime for my babies.  Tucked into bed, prayers are said, I love you mommy, I love you too.
See?  I told you it was a good day!
Peace.