Never a Better Time to Roll Back the Clocks

Caution: the following was written during extreme exhaustion. A point to this post is not guaranteed and statements may not be clear.

I have been blessed with some wonderful friends here in MT. A couple of them are real treasures. Last night my favorite MT treasure, S.S. came over to watch a movie. The movie was over at 11:15pm, but we visited until 3:30am.

Now, this might not seem late to some of you, but friends, my inner-clock wakes me at 5:30 every day. No alarm clock exists in my room. My eyes just like to pop open at 5:30 EVERY day.

This morning my eyes thankfully remained shut until 7am, when Isaac SHOOK me awake. He had me by the shoulders and literally shook me awake in excitement because Madagascar is coming out on video Tuesday.

I did not strangle him. BUT since then he has been like the little dog on an invisible trampoline, and was 'refueled' when he then found out that on Tuesday, not only is Madagascar coming out, but so is Revenge of the Syth.

I am painfully tired. My face hurts from the exhaustion. To rub my nose in exhaustion, David (who was up just as late as I), is still asleep. Would you wake him if you were me?

So now the inevitable guilt that a mom always has set in. I barked at Isaac enough that his invisible trampoline was ripped out from under him. I have so, so much to do today (I started to list, but that just causes anxiety. Let's just say that I need to 'winterize' my house). I need to recover from this quickly. I'm allergic to coffee, otherwise I might be tempted to take on that bad habit just to I don't ruin my children's self esteem in one foul swoop.

Pull it together woman!

Check on us later today. Our safety may depend on it.

Surprise, Jess!

Nobody loves surpises more than I do, and last night the surprise was on me. Dad and Grandma K. flew into visit. How wonderful it will be to have them here for the next few days, taking part in our routine; something I've missed very much. It's great to have gone out to dinner with them last night, to buy groceries with Grandma last night, to have them sit in my living room, these little things that I've missed sharing with my family.

There' more fun to have. They will be able to attend Maddie and Isaac's last soccer games on Saturday, and get to see them rehearse for the Primary Program on Sunday; more of the little things, more of our routine, more of our life away from our REAL life back home in CA.

and so it begins

You wouldn't believe it if I told you. Or maybe you would. After all, it is Montana.

No friends, this isn't from last winter. I just took this picture less than an hour ago.

Somewhere under there are my mums.

They say that we will climb back up to the 60s by the weekend.

I'm just now ready to take on fall(let alone winter). But already Maddie and Isaac are wearing their fancy board jackets from the GAP that I scored for $13 each.

So now that the weather outside is frightful, and since inside it's so delightful, we have to bring the outside in:

Today she decided to add to her list of ruins (the box of my winter sweaters, the insulation from the basement, etc). I get to break the news to her out-of-town daddy that today she ripped the screen off of the sliding glass door and (as if that didn't satisfy the satan inside of her) then shredded it.

The question of the day: how long until spring?