It Never Ends

"Busy Mom" by

Gertrudes Asplund

I woke up this morning with zero plans for today.  A perfect day to finally start making that dress.  I didn't even bother to change out of my comfy jammies, because this day was going to be for ME.  Then, it happened.  At 9:30 I remembered Pooh Bear had an appointment with the chiropractor for 10:15!  I scrambled to get Pooh, Sugar, and Silly dressed, with shoes on, and hair brushed.  NO TIME to get Pooh, who remember is a teenager, to jump in the shower beforehand.  The chiropractor is awesome.  Seriously, quit blowing so much money on co-pays with your regular doctor and the pharmacy and go see Ryan & Heather at Family First Chiropractic if you're in Las Cruces, NM.  That's not saying you will never have to see your regular doctor, but this could help to see them less!  I don't know how many times we've seen the doctor and just been sent somewhere else to pay that stupid co-pay AGAIN.  Dr. Ryan taped Pooh Bears shoulders to help with his posture.  Since Bernina is just down the road, we stopped by there to drop off a couple towels I made for the shop.  Then we got home and the tape on Pooh Bear's back fell off.  I called the chiropractor's office and Heather told us to come back and Ryan would re-tape him.  Very sweet, and I love how caring they are.  Since it was so close to lunchtime we decided to meet up with Grandma Bear for lunch at Sams Club.  I needed to pick up pizza for dinner anyway since Friday is always pizza night at the Bear household.  We had a nice lunch with Grandma Bear, and I really wish I had taken a picture.  We miss her when we go a long time without seeing her.  We have a set time to always have lunch together the first Monday of the month, but we've missed a few times so these unscheduled visits are very, very welcomed when they come!  After Sams I dropped three of the Bear kids off at the house and had Pooh take a shower, hoping that would help the tape stick to his back better.  We just got back from having him re-taped, and so far so good.  Now... if I can use the rest of this day to sew...  2 hours left until dinnertime and 4 hours until bedtime.  We'll see what I can get accomplished.

Here are the towels I DID complete.  It's not much, but at least it's something:

I have to add in the status update I put on Facebook.  Sometimes it's those little moments that happen while we're going through the big moments that get forgotten.  But those little moments are SO VERY IMPORTANT.  They're the things that kids' often remember when they look back on their childhood, and not the fact that we were late to the doctor or that it was 100 degrees and humid out.  Make those little moments count! 

"The kids and I were driving home this afternoon, and Sugar Bear was finding objects in the clouds. She said she saw a hippo. Ok, cute. Then Pooh Bear said he saw a baby pig being chased by a mouse with a sword. That kid......."

We were all laughing so hard when he said that.