A list for starters...

Everybody has lows and highs right? But what happens when your lows get so ridiculously low that you can't even seen the beginning of a high?  Well, I'm kind of in that spot right now where it seems impossible to see beyond the suck. So, I decided to list things that I like and that make me happy, no matter how frivolous, superficial, or trivial they may be:

1. New Season of Project Runway (okay so that shouldn't be number one, but I was just watching TV and saw the preview for tonight's show... tehe)

2. My painted ladder that is doubling as my shoe rack...still a work in progress, but I like it.

3. Sarah and Bobby

3. Maggie

5. Jennifer and Tom

4. Daddy (and his super cool sister, aka, Aunt Gin)

 5. California

6. Mama, even though she's not here anymore, I still had/have the most amazing mother in the world.

7. Turner Classic Movie channel (Watching The Apartment with young Shirley MacLaine and Jack Lemmon)

8. Orange and pink Dunkin Donuts straws.  They make me happy.

8. Oscar and Kobe, even though I find random doggie hairs my dresses in the closet that I haven't worn in 3 months. 

Okay, so that's the beginning of my list.  I am saying "Yes, Please" to good things and hopefully they'll stay around... or at least the good mood brought on by good things.

Happy Birthday to Daddy

Today was Daddy's birthday. 

I bought him a card, but ended up not giving it to him.  I just gave him a book on Einstein instead.  What are you supposed to write in a card to someone who is spending their first birthday (54th to be exact) without their spouse?

I think he preferred the book.  Something to occupy his time. I felt very sad for him today.  I'm back at the house right now, and slowly but surely everyone that was at dinner tonight is going to leave the house and he will be right back where he was: alone.  Alone on his birthday.  ...I hope that's where the 561 page book on Einstein's life and "universe" will hopefully come in... Happy Birthday Daddy. 

Secret's out!!!

Okay so apparently Baby doesn't have (or rather ISN'T ) a secret anymore. :-)

Sarah & Bobby are officially going to have a baby! Yay!

I figured the silence on the couch with the laptop lap top should've had something to do with a massive blog announcement. But check it out here for the details.

8ish months and counting until Baby Rettew-y is here! Hooray!

P.s. Did I mention that this news came on Mama & Daddy's (would have, was) 32nd Wedding Anniversery. Let me just say it was only the second time I've seen Daddy cry (first time being on the front steps after Mama died...). It was the perfect gift, and the perfect way for her to let us know she's near-by. :') (that was a teary happy face in case you were wondering...)