Happy St. Patrick's Day! 

I can't believe this month is half over; life seems to be flying by lately.  It goes way to fast to start with then it seems like I’m constantly rushing through and wishing my life away.

What a wonderful birthday I had.  It was quiet; I spent it with my boys, exactly what I wanted to do.  They are all so sweet.  I love you guys so much!  I was overwhelmed with posts, emails, text messages, and phone calls yesterday.  Thank you, to everyone, I felt so special.  I, too often, forget how blessed I truly am.

Yesterday was one of those days where I did lots of thinking.  I had trouble falling asleep; I was up until about 1 AM.  Of course when that happens my mind keeps going which makes it even harder to fall asleep.
I was thinking about my family, my mom and dad who I really miss.  We will be going to visit for my dad’s birthday the end of April, my sister and my brothers, and all my cousins, aunts, uncles, and friends.  It was one of those days where I missed everyone I couldn’t see.

When I lived in NY we all, always, got together for each other’s birthdays.  We always had so much fun.  Having a HUGE family is wonderfully crazy when everyone crams into 1 house.  It's was always so loud.  Although I miss that, I was perfectly content with sitting in my bed with the boys and watching TV.

TJ got this huge cake from a local bakery...it was so yummy...that may have been another reason why I was up late last night.  I am going to have to force feed that cake to a few great friends before I end up throwing it away, which would really be a shame...anyone want a piece?

I worked on getting back on track today.  It went well.  That’s always a great feeling for me.  My workout even went well.  I had to run, which is never fun for me, but I did pretty well.  I even received compliments from a couple of co-workers who watched.  Life is good when I get a compliment on running haha. And although my good running still sort of sucks compared to others in our group, I got through the other 2 exercises we had to do pretty quickly so I wasn’t to far behind some and I was way ahead of a few others.  I felt pretty good after today’s workout.  Justin has baseball practice on Saturday mornings so my gal pal Val and I plan to workout at the field along with anyone else who would like to join us.  2 weeks ago we worked out under a HUGE oak tree...it was perfect.

I’m still waiting for my next email from the Paleo Caveman I mentioned in my last post.  I’m really looking forward to hearing what he has to say.  I’m excited to learn about how he adjusted to this lifestyle.  I started using a couple of new products that are all natural, non-toxic.  I’m starting with just a cleanser and moisturizer.  My skin is so sensitive so I have to take transitions from products slowly.  My face usually breaks out within 2-3 days whenever I use a new shampoo, moisturizer, makeup, etc. but so far with this product my face had been looking pretty clear.  It feels a lot softer, smoother, and my rosacea is barely there.  If all goes well with this product Ill transition into the shampoo and other products.  My goal is to, at some point, live a clean, healthy life.  So far the biggest challenges are adjusting physically and the expense...a clean, non-toxic, healthy life style is not cheap...but it will be worth every penny spent I’m sure.

We were very excited to learn that Joe's next performance for his youth group will be Charlie Brown.  Joe is trying out for Schroeder and Linus.  He will have to sing solo for his auditions...hmmm...his singing is not up to par yet so we are keeping our finger crossed he does well.  His allergies certainly aren’t helping the situation at all.  He did say that if he doesn’t get either part he wants to play Woodstock who is considered and extra in this performance.  Well we'll keep you posted on how it goes...auditions are Monday.  We were hoping to get him some singing lessons before then but there isn’t enough time, oh well, prayers will do just fine.