Good Times, Good Music and a BREAK for ME!
Mood:  caffeinated
Hello All!

OK...busy busy day...but in a nutshell, I was a nut all day, running around, lots to do. Sam, my Dad and I went to do aforementioned running around, I took Dad to get bloodwork done, get his prescription, run to the store, pick up cell phone chargers...just lots of stuff...OK, Dad bought lunch (chinese...yummy), got home, decided we were (Jon & I) going to go to the Broken & Beautiful Concert (LOL, TOMORROW night! Talk about procrastination!) I heard "Can You Hear Me" (Mark Schultz) on the radio today and, well...I have to go. We saw Casting Crowns & Nichole Nordeman earlier this year and it was such an uplifting experience, so we are going to see Mark Schultz & Big Daddy Weave tomorrow night...I'm excited!

I had to run to the bookstore to buy tickets (because e-tickets & phone orders were not being taken today...again, procrastination! LOL) So, I piled the boys in the van and we had a blast driving 45 minutes to pick up tickets because Mommy's an airhead! Ha...we had fun though. I picked up Casting Crowns Lifesong & Nichole Nordeman's CDs. I highly recommend the Lifesong CD... The song "Praise You in This Storm" is just amazing and it absolutely feeds my spirit and it reflects so much of my heart in my journey with the boys...all of the heartache but there is such joy... its just amazing.

I'm feeling very blessed and at peace right now. I have a calm feeling and in the journey that I'm on, I've not been capable of feeling calm in any way, shape or form for most of my life, so I am very content in things right now.

On a sadder note, God's Preferred Softball Team did not win the championship game...but they did have hot chocolate (and last night's game was a win by forfeit (the other team had the common sense not to show up when it was so cold that I wasn't the only "crunchy" thing at the field last night... the GRASS was crunchy from the frost...and it was "only" 9:30 at night...usually the frost sets in later than that...))

And in events that can be considered nothing short of miraculous...I've been drinking my coffee, catching up on email, freecycling stuff, packaging up things I have to mail, doing dishes and even got to eat dinner...in the last 2 QUIET hours...ALL THREE boys have been sleeping since 8 O'clock! Can you stand it? OK, I admit, the twins got sent to bed early, but they actually fell asleep when I sent them to bed!!! They were tired & were a bit too crazy and had to be told too many times to settle down...so apparently, they were just crazy AND tired, instead of just crazy. So, I have had 2 hours of "me" time! I think I might even go to sleep before midnight...insanity...I will probably wake up at 4 in the morning not knowing why I feel so rested...a whole 6 hours of sleep, straight through...HA! OK, I'm going to go before I get myself all giddy and worked up and not able to sleep.