i am glad to be home

i have had plenty of time to think about things and had even more time to get caught up on my blog reading. i am making my way around the internet, saying hello to people i've never met, leaving a comment to bloggers i've read for a while but seldom comment to.

out of the many blogs i have visited, i have to admit that i love the home-school blogging ladies i've come across!! they are funny, charming, entertaining, witty and incredibly focused women (shannon yes, darlin' - especially you!) even though i do not homeschool my children, i find a real connectedness with the way most of them think and feel on certain issues, how housework really is not lamented that much and mainly what i am also finding out is the fact that i love being home.

even though i may not talk about it too much, i love my home - this is truly where my heart is. i love and cherish my family and they have been incredibly patient with me during my illness. my husband, the pushy soul that he is, said this morning "let's go to Mass." church lady's response? "i don't feel well." "that's okay, let's go anyway. you'll feel better after you go..." this went three rounds and i finally gave in. honestly, he was spot-on. i love St. John of the Cross and it was his feast day, so i was certainly happy to be there along with all my "seniors" that i have grown to love. i've missed them, too.

husband didn't even gloat because he ws right. he was just happy we went. whattaguy :)

my children have been very loving, as well. at what most would consider being an insanely lazy request, they have done their chores and taken care of me with the happiest of hearts. even the dog has only dug out of the yard one time, and rosie only missed the litter box once in the last 4 weeks, non-gloating hub cleaned it up, so i really am very blessed.

just to add a touch of *random* into a pretty sentimental post thus far, i thought i'd show you my Christmas tree, sans bad Petey. pretty cool, eh? thank you for not commenting on the fact it is apparently artificial, and i won't get into the asthma and mold problems my family has had because of suspicious fraser firs in the past, m'kay?

are you impressed with the 600+ lights on said tree? yes, it is fire-retardent :)

i am glad to be home.