Nothing happened

I've been waiting for the other shoe to drop today. I was even a bit afraid to get us all in the car tonight because our day has gone so smoothly.

Nothing happened today. Nothing. The remainder of this will be a dry, boring, peaceful account of our lovely, dull day. You have been warned.

Your dad and I were up early, our resolution from the New Year still holding to go to bed early and try and get enough sleep. He needed to finish a few things for work that were on his mind and I wanted to spend some time getting our family back on track after my week of ick. Did my weekly check of the pantry, the empty freezer, the fridge and started planning our menus for the next few weeks and a few things to restock the freezer. Consulted the cookbooks, the sales and the coupons and got to spend some uninterrupted time making a master list.

You guys lingered in bed until well after 6:15 and we all snuggled for a while before you all requested your morning vitamins and started asking about pancakes. You and your dad made pancakes together and I headed up for a shower so that I wouldn't scare anyone when I hit the grocery store (unaccompanied!!!) later on.

I told you nothing happened.

After pancakes, you guys went with your dad to "help" him trim bushes in the gorgeous sunshine and I skipped off to the store and then sold your father's red truck on the way home to the man who did the inspection. You and your dad finished up your yard work while I made up the four pans of meatloaf, the brown-bag burritos and the four pans of lasagna to go in the freezer (happiness is knowing you can pull something out of the freezer and keep playing checkers).

The afternoon was filled with self made Nutella sandwiches on pancakes, melon, melon and more melon, another jaunt outside into the sunshine and naps. For dinner out with the family, we headed off to Costco where your dad purchased his current obsession, his ipod touch. And then we came home and everyone jumped into the bath except for Eleanor who went to bed in a fleecy, her t-shirt and socks because she fell asleep in the car and everyone knows you do not wake a sleeping Eleanor.

A quiet day. A slow, uneventful day. It was WONDERFUL.

You were warned.