The Big One

4-0

Well, so far nothing appears to have fallen off or completely stopped working.

Jim ran interference this morning and let me sleep in a bit, so it was a good birthday even before I got out of bed.

If I can figure out my birthday present, I should be able to add some video to my blog in the near future...maybe even a clip of Natalie at gymnastics -she had another great week in her independent class! (Yeah, Coach Debbie!)

I was going to post a picture of myself at 13 just for amusement, but I'm too tired to scan it right now. Maybe I will do that later in the week.

Instead I will attach a list of things it has taken 40 yrs to learn:

1. When you are young having a baby seems like the easiest and the worst thing in the world. When you are old it seems like the hardest and the best thing.

2. If it tastes really good, you probably shouldn’t be eating it.

3. When you are a working mom you spend a lot of effort trying to find time to be with your kids. When you are a stay at home mom you spend a lot of effort trying to find things for your kids to do without you.

4. It takes 30 days to establish a routine (such as going to exercise class) and only 1 day to break it.

5. There is a good possibility that domesticated animals should never have been. (At least obnoxious orange striped ones.)

6. The times when your children drive you the most crazy, are the times when they remind you the most of yourself.

7. It is easier to tell your husband what you want him to do than to wait for him to guess.

8. Turning 40 is much, much better than the alternative.