I need technical assistance!

I've read the two most lovely responses on my blog from Jackie and Robin!  And I can't figure out how to respond back so I'm just going to do it this way.   

Your comments brought tears to my eyes and a smile on my face all at the same time.  What wonderful things to read and know that you guys truly mean it from the heart.  My Max is a very lucky young man!!   One day you'll see how challenging, difficult, amazing and wonderful it is to be a mom.  It was something I always wanted to be - I think you guys know that when I was 18 I got pregnant and just knew in my gut that I needed to have the baby.  So at 19 I gave birth to a little girl born 7/7/78 at 8:07 and she was 7 lbs. 8 oz.  When I met Jon 10 years later I knew I was going to have his children.  And one day surprise surprise here comes Max.  I wasn't very excited at first since that meant I was going to be pregnant on my wedding day (I already had my dress).    Then 4 months after returning from our honeymoon - we moved from CA to CT and Max was born on Halloween!  He was special from the very first moment and I protected him from everything I could control.   Now he's almost 18 and ready to leave CT for college in CA and I think I'm having some issues of letting go and I don't even realize it.  What a strange cycle of life.  You ladies are amazing women and I am so glad that you are a part of his life, but also that you are a part of mine!  I love you.

A NEW DAY!!

Peonies are my favorite!

Well, it's amazing the difference a day can make!    It must be something lunar since it seems like every loose end has started to come together.   Finally we found a house that is pretty close to perfect for us.   It will be a down size that accomplishes almost all of the criteria we need to fulfill.  Same school for Lily, nice interior, vintage but updated, great paint colors and the list goes on.   Also a lead on a great sounding job so I'll keep "my blog" updated.  PEACE

I feel I have no "purpose".   Sure I'm a wife - to a grown man who has his own bag of tricks and issues.  A mother - to two teens who could give a shit about me and need to forage their own path in the world.  A very part-time employee in an industry that is economically challenged.  A sponsor who is close to a drink.  And a daughter to two deceased parents. I'm not in a great place today.  

Yankee's Win!!!

Good friends - free tickets - great parking - great seats - total rainbow - full moon - AND THE YANKEES WIN!!!   What more could you ask for?

Graduation Day!!!

It was hotter than Hades and those poor Prep boys had to wear tuxedos in an un-airconditioned gymnasium!!  But did they look handsome!   Especially my baby boy, Max.

Stay where your feet are!

Today and just for today.... I'm going to try to "practice mindfulness".  

The reason being is that yesterday for the third or fourth time in about a month, I locked my keys in the car.   And although I had put my keys on a lanyard to hang around my neck (so I would remember them before exiting the vehicle) instead, I left them sitting on the passenger seat.  Fortunately, several days ago a rear passenger had opened the side wing window.  After getting a hanger from the drycleaner I was able to slide my forearm through the 2.5" opening and fish them off the front seat.   This took about 20 minutes and fortunately I was laughing but in the end I realized that my "system" needed revamping.

  

So I share with you my new system: