Well, it's not really a voyage, but I am embarking on something new. I had so much fun reporting on my trip to the Holy Land with Steve back in November (2007), and I have had even more fun reading other people's blogs that I thought it would be amusing to start one of my own. I am not really sure where I will go with this--whether it will become an online journal, a rant page, a reporting of our family doings, or just a bunch a random thoughts. Actually, that is probably EXACTLY what this will become--a bunch a random thoughts, a look into the chaos that is my brain...I can just see my daughter, Madi, shuddering in complete humiliation at the thought of the contents inside of my head being unleashed upon the unsuspecting masses, but hey....isn't that REALLY my purpose in life during her teenage years? If I can embarrass Madi in some way at least once a day, than I consider myself a success as a hands-on mother.
We watched a movie the other day (Mr. Magoriums Wonder Emporium) and it was full a marvelous one-liners, but my favorite was: "Life is an occasion--Rise to it!" Isn't that awesome? I would love to put that on one of my walls in vinyl lettering, but my kids tell me that I have plenty of words on my walls already. They are right, but I just LOVE words, especially inspirational words, cool one-liners that make you sit back and think.
Today is Tax Day--April 15, 2008. As I was sitting here at work, I remembered something that happened on tax day about 19 years ago when Steve a I were brand new parents. At the time, we were hanging out with our good friends, Steve and Kathy Wilson (who were also brand new parents) and because we were living the good life of poor college students, we had to find our amusements any way we could, for the least amount of money. Usually we sat around watching and laughing at the antics of our precious babies, or playing cards and board games, but on this particular night we were working on tax forms together. The boys needed a certain form and so Kathy and I ran to the post office to grab them one. It was pretty late at night, and as we walked into the crowded post office, past the long line of filers, waiting their turn to post their taxes, Kathy and I started grabbing at random forms and saying really loud, "Now, which forms do we need?" like we were just barely getting started with the whole tax preparation process. I don't know why we thought it was so funny, but Kathy and I just busted out laughing, and we still bring it up and laugh about it. In fact, when I remembered that today is tax day, I picked up the phone to call Kathy and say, "Now which forms do we need?" just to hear her laugh. I love that girl!
Have a happy tax day, and find something to laugh about--it will make today less painful.
The Day is Long, but the Years are Short.
