amended 22mar2008 … howdy bloggy chickas. he he, this is cool. my hubby and 17 y/o actually went with me to the church family dinner last night. i am shocked they went because they usually say no to things i invite that are with my church family.
funny thing is i was so wiped out by the end of my work week yesterday (and i had had very little sleep wed and thu night, so i could have easily skipped this). but would you believe it? i got home from work etc and they were getting ready to go to it. i was thinking … where did the aliens go and what did they do with my hubby and daughter??? i was so tempted to say, “hey hon, i am actually too tired to go, let’s skip it.” but i just couldn’t say the words … not after they made this effort, so i forced myself to wake up a bit and rejuvenate. they were getting ready and i didn’t have to say anything to prompt em. and we were on time also.
i had a great time and i stayed with them the whole time. my favorite parts of the night you ask? you know what i’m going to say. the little ones. they kept coming up to me all night long .. and just talkin with me … and wrapping me in hugs … and sittin on my lap. i ate it up. i love my moments with my little cubs. and one of the sweetest moments was when little 6 y/o ~LW showed up (she had been away on vacation). her eyes locked with mine, she got all excited, her face radiated, and she ran right over and jumped on my lap and hugged me tightest and held on for a good bit. awhh! i melted. she is often shy, so i was moved even more. i love that my hubby and teen got to see me with the little ones. toward the end of the evening and while little 5 y/o ~LN was still sitting on my lap and clinging to me and excitedly telling me about her egg dying plans, my hubby at our table (in front of another family) said, “look, she is the pied piper” (about ME). i loved that he said that. last night felt so so SO GOOD to me. see my big grin? my cup runneth over and over and i feel lucky and blessed. so glad i chose to go even when i was so tired.
and i had to laugh tonight. hubby just cracked me up. i came back into the computer area. he just got home from snowmachining all day and he left me his dirty briefs hanging on the computer monitor. i just laughed out loud. what a silly boy! why does this man do these weird things and why does this make me laugh? i love it when he is playful. and why is it called “briefs” with a plural when there is only one? thoughts that keep me up at night. he he, not really my pets. he he.
peace and happies, kathleen xo
ps. this week’s “fiction friday” is here if you want something creepy bizarre to read. bring cookies 🙂
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written 18mar2008 … before i get to the point of this post, i want to share a funny moment. swallow your drink, finish eating your chips and suck in that ice cream, too. i don’t want you to accidentally spew your morsels on your computer screen. well …. actually i do. i wish i could be a fly on the wall and see you giggling and trying to hold your drink in. man, i love a great hard belly laugh! thems good.
my 17 y/o daughter ~A actually talked to me tonight without attitude. i was amazed. i saw grins on her face. she gave me eye contact. and her eyes sparkled at me. i saw it. i did. wow. and she even volunteered her coveted headphones to me tonight, so i could hear my playlist without all the background noise. okay, it was sweet and fun to share this with her. she was all excited telling me about her sleep over the other night with her girl (~C is her best bud and they have been tight for several years). they haven’t even been in the same school for the last couple, but that has in no way ended or damaged their friendship. i digress, i know. i am impressed with ~A how she can have this kind of tight friendship from such an early age on. she is way more comfy with others than i ever was. i never felt that comfy until later. sometimes, i marvel at how she is braver and more confidant and friendlier than when i was a kid and youth. she isn’t afraid and she doesn’t hold back like i did back then. she is what i would call a social butterfly and she is tight with her best buds and i admire that.
okay, so she told me one funny thing they did. they were shooting video tape and being silly. they pretended to be rock stars making videos. but the one that really cracked me up was they imitated the old “b#ywatch” tv show with david look at me hasselhoooff. they were doing the running scene on the beach (you know the one where everything looks slow motion and you focus on the perfect people running by flexing their davids) and to know my daughter and ~C were doing this just had me dying laughing with my daughter. she laughed with me, too. she was so happy i was so amused by something she did. been awhile since laughing with her. I ATE UP THIS MOMENT. we are blessed with little priceless moments in life. i feel like i am lucky when i get to collect another neat moment.
okay, about the alien post title.
i don’t know what has happened to my hubby, but he is the one who ends up reminding me most nights that we didn’t say a prayer yet. who is going to say the prayer? then we eat. this amazes me because he has never been interested in religion or spirituality much of his life. when our teen daughters ran away this summer, he started praying with me almost every night. after the girls were found, he continued to pray with me often. and now it is seven months after they ran away and he is the one who keeps reminding me lately that we haven’t said the prayer yet. **looking around** i look around to see if somebody else is saying this, but it is hubby right here in front of me. did aliens take him and replace him with somebody who wants this in his life now, too??? baffled, i am. and he keeps reminding me (not every single night, but often) because i am being the rebellious one lately and feel like i have to kick myself into gear to grasp what matters … and he keeps stepping up lately. how did this happen? grin. grin. grin. yea, i am grinning with wonder and amazement at how something changed a wee bit here.
and last night, i was so impressed with hubby. ~A (same as cool girl above) did something snotty jerky rude bratty at dinner when i asked her a question and hubby immediately jumped in and said he supported me and he would do that and she will also! (i just wanted them to go to a family dinner with me on the upcoming weekend at my church. they don’t usually want anything to do with my church and i hardly ever ask them to join me because i am tired of being told no thanks … so i was really pleased that he backed me up like that. i just wanted her to go to a dinner with me, i wasn’t trying to cram religion down her throat, i just wanted her company. i hated the teen attitude she gave me, but i so liked how hubby reacted. he earned brownie points with me last night.)
so, he he, when did the aliens come and change him out for someone new? he he. was i asleep and i missed it? i am appreciating his prayer reminders lately to me because i am stubborn lately and i need prodding. he he
check your squeeze. does he seem the same to you? he he. or like he is getting better? 🙂
what do you do when you realize what you have been searching for is right here?
night night, kathleen xoxo
tara/Opalstorm said …
Aliens? Too funny. Sometimes I think my kids have been taken over by body snatchers, but never the Hubs. =)
Sounds like you have many great things happening. Little by little right? That’s the way that tiny mustard seed grows into that huge tree! It happens with people too.
Baywatch, lol! How does she even know what Baywatch is?! She’s not old enough to remember that is she?
Lena
I love warm and fuzzy moments. They are the best.
I would be eating up the alien-ness in my hubby. Every now and again it’s nice being surprised by what they come up with. Helps you to appreciate what you’ve got that much more huh?
lol. That is great you were able to have a moment like that with your teen. And it certainly helps to have that support from the hubster. I find when mine is not around the teen tries to take advantage a lot more. Hope things keep going well for ya! I finally subscribed to your RSS feed, getting the hang of this blogging thing a bit!
i think that’s awesome!! funny…and awesome!
xoxo
melissa
i think it’s great.
curt has also been abducted by aliens.
here lately, we’ve been stressed about the wedding
stuff and trying to plan, and school is back now from spring break and i’ve been killing myself to get everything in order for finals, and interning, etc, etc..but i digress.
he decided last night, to meet me at school, to tell me that HE HAD MADE APPOINTMENTS FOR US for wedding stuff.
OMG.
I almost fell over right then and there.
God, I love him.
😀
How great that your daughter has been able to keep such a great friendship for so long. It will serve her so well later in life. My friends keep me sane. Ah, to be 17 again.
That was a pretty fun moment with your daughter, I’m so happy for you both!:P
I’m glad that your husband is starting to see the need to pray. Good work. I hope the dinner goes well.
wow… baywatch. thats a throw back isnt it!? So glad you guys got to share some laughs. After suffering thru all the various stages of raising them its nice to enjoy them!
As for hubs… thank the aliens!
Aloha!
Just wanted to let you know I just awarded you on my blog! Come and pick it up and have a great Easter weekend!
I am the same as I have ever been, but my wife and I are very into each other and on the same page when it comes to most everything. Take care MamaBear!
OMG…I was thinking the same thing about my hubby a few days ago! I came home from work and he had done the dishes, wiped the counters, and fed the kiddos REAL FOOD. I was like, who are you and what have you done with my hubs????
all — i loved me all the comments. thanks gals (and joe aka papa bear!)! and i still stay away from all b*ywatch reruns!! ha. never watched them the first time when they were on, so why start now, eh? he he. happy friday, kathleenybeany xo
Baby steps! How absolutely wonderful for you!
Your experience with your daughter reminds me of my little guy. He is just now entering his terrible 2s and my, is he terrible. But I am still given glimpses of the sweet boy he is, which helps me remember THIS, TOO SHALL PASS!
What an evening to remember. I love the Pied Piper comment from ~G! lol.
hi amber — yes, i am still totally surprised by it. it floors me. and the glimpses are precious when we are lucky enough to experience and notice them.
hi lena beana — me, too! that was the best!
peace, kathleen xo
I’m so glad that you went and had a good time! Yeah! 🙂 laughed out loud over the “brief” comments! 😛