Ok, I've noticed an issue I've been having for the last couple of years and it's come to light TODAY that I am a changed woman without even knowing it.

It is now physically impossible for me to have a lazy weekend and do absolutly nothing!

Chad has wierd work hours and he had Thursday and Friday off this week. I came home from work and I asked him what he did that day and I got a "not a damn thing and it was great!" I pondered this because I couldn't remember the last time I did that. So I decided this was the weekend that I was going to do nothing. I even busted my butt to get all the laundry done so that I wouldn't have an excuse and I could just kick back.

Well, how've I done so far? I got up this morning and decided while it was cool (Texas speak for 80 degrees with 80% humidity) I would take the dog to the park. I thought "well this isn't nothing". But I thought since I enjoyed going to the park it didn't count.

Then I got home. I got in the refrigerator for some breakfast and thought "man this fridge is messy" so of course I cleaned it. This included the leftover tubs that needed to be washed so I rinsed them off to get ready to go into the dishwasher because I was already running a load of dishes (whoops I forgot to mention that). Then I noticed that some of the eggs didn't have much longer before they went bad. What to do? I've made two loaves of poppy seed bread. Then I remembered that there were some blankets in the office that we didn't wash after my mom left and so on and so forth.

All in all I've cleaned the fridge, done two loads of dishes, two loads of laundry (my darks load is ever accumulating), made two loaves of bread complete with homeade icing, swept the kitchen, mopped said kitchen and I'm about to move on to the living room as soon as I'm done with this blog. So what about this afternoon? I can almost guarantee it will be something and not nothing.

I am so due for a blog. This is influenced by my mom and Aunt Rita's trip to see us this last weekend.

I've never done an ode so hear goes...

Ode to a Crazy Lady (my Aunt Rita)

Oh, the Crazy Lady in my life. You have a laugh that can fill every corner of every room in the house. You have a belch that can do the same and then some and you are not shy about it. You are not afraid to wear a red shirt with white stars, blue pants with with red stars, red and white striped shoes and a sparkly red white and blue hat to prove you're patriotic on the 4th of July. If there is a song on that you like, you're going to sing it no matter who's watching. When you walk into a store that sells everything, it's almost guaranteed that you will buy the most obscure item (belly button lint brushes).

Crazy Lady you are one of a kind but there is something more. You took care of your ailing mother for 10 years without one complaint. You will have a smile on your face and joy in your heart no matter what life throws at you, and it's thrown a lot. You are there to lend a hand to ANYONE who needs your help no matter if you need help more. You think of yourself last and you are perfectly content with that because you are happy being you no matter what.

I love you Aunt Rita and the world would be a lot better if there were more Crazy Ladies in it.