Posts Tagged ‘June’
Holiday Cleanup
How do you clean up after the holidays? For us, it is a tad more interesting. Madison’s birthday was yesterday (she turned 5!), so we always have the quick cleanup that needs to be done from the time we get back from visiting Wisconsin and her birthday party. I usually get about a week if we are lucky. Since we have the basement now, Bill let me keep up the Christmasy decorations, but we did pull down the Christmas tree. I need as much room as we can get, and this is pretty much the only way I was going to get it. I figure everybody will hang out downstairs for her party just like they did for Christmas Eve. The sad thing is that we are the only one on the block who still has their outdoor lights up. Now, we don’t leave them up till June or anything, but it seems that it is kinda odd that on 8th of January that everyone has packed up everything already. Now, I’ve slacked this week, and I have to get all my cleaning done tomorrow with the kids underfoot. This should be interesting. My sister is arriving tomorrow, so its not quite the end of the world if she’s the only one who sees my non-clean house.
How do you clean up? Do you have a set plan? Do you just do a little bit each day?
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Bad Luck Go Away
My family and I have had a tough time this year. First, my aunt died in June (she was in her late 50′s). Then my uncle died (he was in his 80′s). Now, my cousin, who was only 55, just died of ovarian cancer. it is crazy. It sucks being four hours away, because I tend to miss out on these kind of events. I feel extremely guilty that I could not make the wake or the general. I have to take into account disrupting my two children schedules, my schedule, arranging babysitting, and sometimes it is just too hard. I keep telling my mom we have had our three times of bad luck, so we are done for the year. I hope I am right. We deserve a break, so we can sit on a modern sofa and just enjoy life. It really puts your life into perspective and realize how good we all really have it.
A Rough Patch
It doesn’t seem so long ago (it wasn’t either — it was June when my aunt died and yes this is the same side of my family) that I was writing a post similar to this. On Saturday night, my uncle passed away. I think he was 82, so he lived a full life. The weekend prior he had a heart attack and last week he had a stroke. The wake is tomorrow night and the funeral Wednesday. Since this is 4 hours from my home, there is no way for me to attend this. I am also leaving at the end of the week for a conference and I couldn’t leave my kids with a sitter for almost a week. I feel bad all around. Though when things like this happen, it does put everything in perspective. It makes me look at my family and appreciate what I have. I have two wonderful kids, a wonderful husband, and we all have our health. Anyway, if you could keep my family in your thoughts and prayers it is appreciated. My mom seems to be holding up well, but I can never tell.
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