Hi

The past two weeks have been busy (for me). The children's birthday, preparing the Seahorse house for its new tenants. The floor took much longer to dry which threw off the move in dates of two new neighbor/friends. The neighbor to the right of me, moved across from me and had a friend move in with him. The house to the right of me got a new tenant, friend of a friend. So coordinating moving dates, drying floors, post-poning move in dates and 96 cupcakes, I wanted a break. My kids are with their father this weekend so Saturday after a little garden time, a friend and I participated in the new Olympic sport of Team Lounging. We found a sunny spot threw down a blanket and sat around talking and laughing. Throughout the day as the sun moved behind trees we relocated the blanket. After a couple hours we needed blankets, but man.. A day of just laying around outside, doing nothing but enjoying ourselves.. It was perfect. Sundays have become a day of gathering with friends for us. Very informal, sometimes more friends, sometimes just the usual suspects. I have visions of filling this community with like minded-ish friends so that our Sunday bonfires are full with neighbors. It evolves. Last night one of our new neighbors told me that he used to split wood 6-8 hours a day at the meditation center where he lived. Sweet. A professional log splitter. We have been stockpiling the logs, now we may have the splitter. With new people moving in, this place feels so alive. Oh yeah. It is. It also feels very cold.

Anywho. Thats my weekend. Money spent: $0, such a great little vacation.

I read somewhere recently that the average child laughs a couple hundred times a day while the average adult laughs about 7 times a day. I was telling a friend this yesterday as we were laughin and try to walk on rolling logs. I said I thought thought it must mean that i was child like, he said it just meant I was above average. I like the way he thinks. ;0 Im still working on the log rolling.

Last night the kids and I went to Target. Not the usual post eh? But they had gift cards and we wanted some new games to play. We all chipped in (mostly me, but they did nicely contribute) and we got Apples to Apples, Tinker Toys and checkers. Aidan with his own money did opt to buy some Pokemon cards (sigh), while Ellie wants to hit the thrift store with hers. We also stopped at the bank where they each deposited a little more than half their money in their savings accounts. Our plans for this week are playing games in front of the fire till bedtime. Scheduling nothing but us this week and maybe sleepovers this weekend..

Today while they are in school I will play outside in the cold gathering firewood and giving the garden some lovin. C'mon Spring. Really. I think Ive finished a piece of art I was working on. Next up is making a new seat for a fabulous chair i found in the garbage. Its like a throne that just needs a little loving. Ive never used a table saw before.. Ill let you know.