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Letters make me happy

My son has now been at camp for ten days.

TEN.

I'm holding on. Barely. I can't believe how much I'm missing him. When he's home he's driving me crazy, when he's away I'm a mess. Go figure.

The great news is today I got a letter. It was not long, it did not have tons of information in it, but it was oh, so him and I'm gonna keep it for the rest of my life. Seriously, I am.

It read:

Hi!

I am still alive!

It's really fun. We've been canoeing, swimming, sailing and doing biology.

We caught the biggest frog!

And today I was walking and almost stepped on a snake and it scared me because I didn't see it.

Thanks for the letter and thank Rebecca for the picture.

Bye,

Love, Robbie

It even had X's and O's beside his name. 

This kinda stuff is better than diamonds and even chocolate I tell ya, better than just about anything really.

Tired Mama is very happy tonight. 

Ta Dah!

Look at me! Look at me!

My blog is all dressed up and fancy!

So, do you like it?

I LOVE it.

I can take absolutely no credit. It's all due to the amazing work of Nicole over at: http://apronstringsaflutter.com/

So, go on over and tell Nicole how much you LOVE my new look and let her know she's a genius.

Oh, and leave a comment here for me too. I love it when I'm told I'm beautiful. Not that this happens often or anything....

Short and sweet

My hubby doesn't like to read.

I'm not sure how I married a man who doesn't like to read but I did.

Me? I read. A lot.

As a matter of fact I could fill my review blog with just reviews of books and I actually might do that, one day, when there's lot's of spare time and I don't feel like reading.

Okay, it's probably not going to happen anytime soon.

But, my darling hubby does read my blog. At times it's a little disconcerting as he'll mention something and I'll think to myself, I don't remember telling him that, and then I'll realize I didn't, I blogged it.

He read it.

Oh.  

What Hubby says he likes best about my blog is that its stories are so short. He tells me he likes to read short blog posts.

So - here you go sweetie, here's a short post for you and about you too. Double bonus points. Enjoy!

Big Winner. Not.

I bought a lottery ticket this week. I didn't win. Now there's a big surprise.

I'm not sure why I bought a ticket, I was paying for a Popsicle for my youngest daughter at the local convenience store, and I had change coming so I bought the ticket with it.

Actually, I guess I did match the first number on the Encore section so I suppose I really did win as I think I get another ticket into next week's draw with the match.

The dream lives on.

I'm sure you're all be waiting anxiously to see if I win, so I'll make sure to keep you posted.

By the by, what would you do with some extra money?

Me? I think I'd pay for some house renovations.

I think.

Anyone else got any better ideas?

Here come the teachers, and the books...

Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek

I decided this week to take a picture of the 'latest' large purchase I've made with my Visa.

Exciting, eh?

When I look at this 'load' of stuff it looks like so much, but when it's broken up between three kids it's really not that big an amount.

Sigh.

Where did the days go when everyone in the class just brought in a big box of crayons and the kids all shared them from one big bin?

I'm feeling old these days.

Old and broke. 

Ooooh.

I went out and bought a new desk a few weeks ago. (Yes, this is the catalog picture of it. I should grab the camera and take a picture of my own, but I'm feeling lazy tonight.)

Oh, and no, I didn't get the chair, the pattern looks much nicer in the picture than it does in person. The desk though? I LOVE the desk.

Hubby went and picked it up for me on Saturday.

It's big and white and has nothing on it right now but my laptop.

I could get used to having a clean desk.

Reality?

Give me about a week before I can't see the surface again.

Sigh.