However, I am happy to know I am partially responsible for giving someone the best Christmas present they wanted: My mom wanted all 4 of us kids together for a picture, and also our kids and significant others. It's the first time all of us kids have been together (other than Little Warrior's funeral, but that was not the time or place to do it) since my husband and I got married a little over 4 years ago. Here we are (and yes, most of us are in pajamas since that was the theme this year. My hoodie and pj pants were the best I was going to be able to do.... hubby passed on the pj idea):
I know the two pictures look almost the same, but as I was checking them out, I noticed something interesting. Look in the first picture, you may notice some floating spots or orbs in the picture and one right above my husband's head. In the second picture, we see the orbs again, and this time there is one right on my stomach.
Now, I'm not majorly superstitious, but I've learned that there are signs in life and it's a matter of if we choose to see or not to see them. Like I had said last week, I believe that the sun coming out to shine was a sign that our Little Warrior was watching over us and knew we were there to visit him. I think the orbs in these two pictures are there for a reason. I think it's his way of letting us know that he knows we're thinking about him and he was there with us. I think God lets those special people close to us give us signs that they're ok and they're watching over us when we need that comfort and peace. I told my mom that I thought it was sign from him, and she thinks so too. When I asked my husband about the orbs, he laughed at me and told me that people would think he was strange if he said what he thought. But that's because he agreed with me and thought the same. We have our own guardian angel watching over us.
I spent a somewhat 'lazy' day today with Scrappy hanging out at home. Beau spent the night having a sleepover with our cousins and rode home with Daddy when he got off work. Wait - I take back that 'lazy' comment. I don't think getting 1 1/2 hour workout in counts as lazy, even though it was fun and it was with my new Wii Fit Plus game. My stomach (someday possibly to be known as my 'abs' - if they truly are buried in there somewhere!!! lol!!) is a little sore from working those muscles. I've been hesitant to do any abdominal exercises for the past few weeks, but since it's been 6 weeks since my surgery, I thought it should be ok now to try at least a little. Especially since I consider that to be one of my 'problem areas.'
Since both kids are home for the next week, I have a lot less running to do on a daily basis. I do have an appointment tomorrow morning, and since we'll be out we need to drop off some payments and run to the grocery store for milk. I try to only make one trip out, or go when I pick Beau up or drop her off at school I try to get all my running done then and schedule appointments accordingly. It really makes things easier if I already have Scrappy in the car and don't have to get him out and in the house, take off his coat, hat, and boots, then put them all back on 15 minutes later.
I also told Beau that we need to sort through and get rid of some of her and Scrappy's old toys. They got plenty of new toys for Christmas, so some things have to go to make room for the new. They have WAY too many toys. When I have my garage sale in the spring, there are going to be PLENTY of toys to go. I'm not going to bother with all the stuffed animals and a lot of the small stuff. Thankfully the Epilepsy Foundation will be picking up next week, so hopefully I can get a bag or a few bags out for them.
**Note to self - (Since I'm thinking of it right now, I'm gonna write it so I don't forget)... After the 1st of the year, I am going to need to keep better documentation of a few things for tax purposes, especially because of my business. I need mileage for both vehicles as of January 1. I'm going to keep a binder with all of Scrappy's medical appointments at Mayo since we can write off the mileage on those too. I'm also going to create a file for donations since I'll be doing a lot of sorting out and we'll be donating quite a bit. I need to print out the kids' care sheets too so I have a copy of those on hand for 'emergency reasons' - you never know what's going to happen! And I suppose I should call to check on the deeds for our cemetery plots. I thought we would have gotten them by now..... hmmmm....
Well, there's a lot on my plate for tomorrow... Wish sleeping in was on the list, but that's not in Scrappy's book.... Hopefully after some cleaning, some time with Zumba will be on my plate!!
