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This morning I watched my daughter lounge on her tummy on the couch clicking away at the laptop computer.  I couldn't help but think that this was only the beginning and suddenly had a kind of image of her as a teen doing the exact same thing...only the ABC video had been replaced by some kind of music video or Anime.

 What else is up in our lives?  Rick is taking his last "teaching" course.  It's a class about methods of teaching Chemistry in high school and it has been the ONLY class in this whole convoluted processes that has been of any worth.

Me...trying to loose weight, get control of cholesterol, etc etc etc.  I'm sick of being sick and nothing seems to be helping.  I eat less fatty crap food and exercise, but nothing...Don't get me started on the **BLEEP** birth control pills.  I want a good nights sleep and a week without a head ache/migraine.

I'm just hoping that my flowers, which have started coming up in the unseasonably warm weather, will be okay when the weather turns frigid again...It's Utah - you know it will.

Childhood Joy

I made an observation today while watching my daughter play outside.  Children live in innocent and simple joy. 

Perhaps one reason people have children is to remind themselves of what life SHOULD be like; devoid of political/religious/etc. angst and the laying of blame.  Life should be about how licking a little frozen icicle causes unabashed giggling.  That suiting up to tromp through snow is the best activity for a Sunday.   And the sure knowledge that Mom and Dad hung the moon and sing the sun to sleep just for me.

Yes, given a choice between 3 hours of Sunday rhetoric and 3 hours of tag in the snow with a 2-year old and I'll take tag every time.

New Year Post

  After getting up at 10 (stayed up till 2) and swallowing some oatmeal and toast I find that this year, so far, is not much different than last year.  *looks around*  yep, house is still a mess, landry still needs to be done and put away, I still look like a beached whale...yep same as last year!

  I ought to be a big year for Shiori though; if she isn't potty trained by Christmas I'll hurt myself.  Rick will get his teaching credential and the hunt for a better paying job will begin.  I wish I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up...oh wait I am grown up. *blinks* Is it too late to change my mind?  I should have gone with graphic design or art...*sigh* ah well.

If there anyone actually reading this blog I hope your year is good.  I'm going back to bed now.