today is a day to be relished. for the first time in about 10 years i am alone. all of my children are in school. caleb started his 3day preschool this week. when kira started school, i was taking college classes…not that fun. when cam started school, i already had caleb. and next year when caleb starts kindergarten, i will have el bebe in tow. so these next 6 months will really be appreciated. and now-all is silent except for the tapping on the keyboard. what does one do with one self? there are a million things to do like clean the house, laundry, pay bills, etc– but that is so ordinary. so expected. like the kids are gone, i should be able to get lots done. yeah right. i just want to sit and soak in the silence. i did take care of things like go to the DMV- and as i was driving home, i was wondering what i should do. i passed our little coffee shops and saw other moms from our school socializing and having their lattes, and if i was feeling the least bit social, i would have stopped, but i’m not, so i didn’t. i thought about getting a pedicure. now that would have been a treat. maybe i will do that friday. 🙂 instead i stopped at our little candy shop, bought my favorite little treat and came home. to scrap. my favorite thing to get lost in. to be able to create things and cross things off my list. love that so much. laundry- do not love so much. so you see, the choice isn’t really that difficult. 🙂

don’t even hate the chocolate gummy bears until you’ve tried them. they are delightful. 🙂
I – like you – am in a state of what to do with myself – my 4th and youngest kiddo is in preschool a couple of days a week and so for those 2 mornings – I am in a quandary about what to do with my newly garnered “alone” time. I really like your sentiment of just wanting to “sit and soak in the silence.” I know I relish the quiet moments.
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I think you picked the perfect thing to do. And now I need to go and get some of those gummy bears! Love them so much!
T
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You are too cute, babe. Relish on, we’re coming home soon. (cue ominous music)
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sounds like a great treat to me!! Can’t wait to see what you created! Love your work!!
🙂
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Jamie,
I wish I could come and relish in the silence with you and enjoy a chocolate gummy bear too! I miss you ! Glad you are relishing in this precious down time!
Chat to you soon!
Love YA!
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hey hon, i can’t LIKE the gummi bears either though, even choc-covered because i just don’t like them in general! ate too many at once when i was a kid at the movies and that ruined them for me. then later, found out they have GELATINE. ick. ew. yuck. no thanks! 😉 and hey, i know what you can do with your free time, EMAIL ME!!! 😉
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Girl, those choc covered gummi bears don’t even LOOK good 🙂
Have been missing you recently. Came here for a little fix. 🙂
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HHM , Ok I LOVE chocolate but maybe not that much …lol!
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yay for you! i am so jealous. 🙂
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How exciting for you!
Chocolate gummy bears? Where have I been? I MUST get my hands on some of those! 🙂
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YAY for you!!! You should do something cool every day…especially since that luxury will be gone next year. Let’s get together for lunch. What? 6 hours of driving is too much? Oh well… 🙂
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too cute! enjoy your free time! and thanks for all of the ideas–i so need to get a pedicure. maybe this week! 😉
love ya, k
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Oh I remember you buying those in San Diego. I just can’t bring myself to trying.:) Hope you got lots of fun stuff done!
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i’ll try anything with chocolate at least once. 🙂 enjoy your peace!
kah-mei
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