Kitchen Complete!

Ten minutes ago, I put away the final dish. It was actually a tupperware kind of thing but it was the last! A lot of work for 3 more months. Oh well!

Now on to the master bedroom. Wish me luck!

Partaay Night

We graduated from Attache School. Which means they met us, trained us and still thought we'd make a decent attache/spouse team. Weirdos! Ha!

So last night we had John's seminar (South America bound group) folk and their kids over for a wee party. Considering how upside down our house is still, I'm proud to say we pulled it off. I made a big batch of Arroz con Pollo (chicken w/yellow rice) and we kept the theme South Americanish. We kept salsa music on all night. The kids had a blast and the adults consumed an impressive amount of Sangria, so much so that I had to resort to making the "real" stuff instead of the Sangria-in-a-bottle.

Mostly slept in this morning but Nicole was up to go help clean the shores of the Potomac and Lisette had to go in to school for a play rehearsal. John went for a run while Jake and I snuck Buddy onto the couch for some cuddle time. Our excuse being that Buddy was depressed that John went running without him...shhhhh, don't tell John. :-)

There's still more running around to do today so I figured I'd get a blog written while I had the chance!

Besitos!!

My Day

It's my birthday. It was the first day in quite a few weeks where I had no one to amuse but myself. How nice!! I stayed in my PJs until three PM. I napped. I barely did any housework (although it needs it badly) but my kitchen looks pretty good. I was supposed to take Buddy for a walk but then it rained. Bummer. I heard from a bunch of family wishing me a happy birthday so I definitely feel loved. What else could you want on your birthday? :-)

John, Jake and I went out for an early dinner to a local Japanese steakhouse. It wasn't quite right without the girls but Nicole is at soccer, Lisette has play rehearsal and then SAT Prep class so it would have been tough to squeeze in dinner any other time this evening. John and Jake dropped me off at the house while they went to p/u Nicole. Jake was bugging John to take him to the pharmacy where there's a big birthday card he wants to get me. He's already told me all about it and the joke it contains but he's determined he needs to buy it for me anyway! LOL

So, I'm 44. Healthy, happily married, three awesome kids and a life full of adventure. The word of the day is "Blessed."