messy monday....

Sometimes a little is enough.  I have to believe that.  Although I have a small family, and my girls are grown, much of my time is dedicated to what they need from me.  I know someday they won't need much, so for now I'm grateful I can help out.  The only problem is, this leaves me little time to do big projects.
For example, my kitchen is cluttered but not filthy...If I had a couple of uninterrupted hours I could totally make the whole room sparkle...BUT, I don't always have that much time.  This morning I knew my day would be filled with running errands and preparing for a family reunion.  So, instead of stressing out about my cluttered kitchen, I quickly focused on what really needed to be 'cleaned' right now.  It was my sink!  I took 15 minutes to unload the dishwasher, re-load it with the dirty dishes and then scrub my sink out and make it sparkle.  I felt SO much better and was happy I got SOMETHING done today :]

24 hours, unattended, is all it takes for my sink to get to this point! 

Better!!!  Shiny and ready for more....bring it on!

"Celebrate the little things!"  I just stole this saying from a Peanuts Cartoon.  I think everyone needs to enjoy the little things they accomplish just a little more.  We would all be so much happier!  A baseball player doesn't hit a homer every time he bats.  Sometimes he only gets to first base, and that is progress!  One day my kitchen will be spotless, I know it will!  But for now, I think my clean sink is just awesome - I made it to first base :]

COUSINS!

When I was little I was super close to my cousins.  They were my best friends all the way through high school.  Tonight we held our 5th annual 'cousins reunion' and it was a blast!  The old days were the best!

Some of us....
Me, Ben (my brother), Mark, Stephen, Kathryn, Liz (my sister),
Amy, Kelly, Christine, Brian and Scott (always more like a big brother than a cousin!)

Family...it never goes away, it's always there...ya just can't get rid of it :]  We are all so old now and even our kids are big!  Crazy how fast time flies!!  I love my cousins.

Peace out and smile!!!!!!!!