home...

our preggo lab has decided she needs to pee every twelve seconds, and since mike could sleep through an earthquake, guess who gets to put her out? yeah, this girl right here!!

at her 4 a.m. potty break, i couldn't go back to sleep and all these thoughts were churning thru my A.D.D. brain... furniture... custom orders to get done... ideas for new pieces... blogging... topics i want to cover... why am i not a professional writer?... why didn't i take art in high school?... i loved going to my grandma's when i was a kid... why did i love going to my grandma's?... why won't my kids go to their friends' houses?... why do all the kids congregate at OUR house?? ...

WOW!!! i totally need medicated!! 

unfortunately, i've forgotten about 95% of my 4 a.m. brainstorming... i guess that's why they say to keep a note pad on the nightstand.  heck, i think i HAVE one on the nightstand... buried under socks with no mates... my dog chewed Cubs cap... nail polish... treasures my dogs chew and i take away... 

but one thing i DID retain is this issue with my kids... they almost NEVER go to friends' houses!!  95% of their social time is spent having friends over to OUR house!  WHY??  why oh why won't they go anywhere?!?!  now, i'm just kidding really!  i'm glad our children like being at home.  and in six short years when i'm dropping my bigs off at college... i'll cherish every one of these hectic weekends!  soooo.... WHY??  our kids explain that "our friends like you guys and think your fun.  you are way funner than other parents".  ok, duh... we all knew that!!  of course mike and i are fun!!  hello!!!!  but i think it's more than that....  i think it's the whole "atmosphere" of our HOME.  we don't have the biggest house... or the newest... its almost never perfectly clean... it has it's share of clutter and we offer all our guests a lap full of dog hair as a parting gift :)  ... but our home is cozy... and full of love and laughter... a listening ear... a shoulder to cry on... and always a cuddle or two!  i think THAT is why our kids like it.  they know i can whip up a bake good on demand... they know their dad will always go out to play ball with them... we're always ready to hear them when they're ready to talk...

welcome to the gonsers...

 

 

all that got me to thinking... WHERE WAS THAT PLACE FOR ME??  of course i loved being at home... but if i could tell you the one place on earth i could go... and have all those feelings i mentioned above... it would be my grandparents (speraw)... i have so many many memories... grandma's cooking... grandpa's chair... the coziness of their family room... the tidiness and calmess that was always present... the perfume my grandma wore... the hostess snacks she kept in the drawer... and i never worried what my grandparents would say ... or that they'd judge me... 

so on this dreary day... when so many people on the east coast CAN'T go home... i'm asking you ... where is that one place... that one cozy homey place you love to be... ??  cherish it!