Thirteen Things *very random things*about THIS WEEK

1. I watched my oldest child place fifth (out of 4 spellers) in the regional spelling bee today! I am so proud of her.

2. I'm even more proud of how much fun she had--good attitude, relaxed, happy for the winners--than I am of her placement.

3. After boinking the word "whelk" in the practice round (she unfortunately drew the #1 slot), I was delighted that she regained her confidence and made it to the final five.

4. I finally tackled a big project that was hanging over my head. I got all the baby's too-small clothes sorted for donation and/or sending back east to my sister.

5. The blessing in this dreaded project was that I found an entire box of new and almost-new outfits in his current size.

6. I was blessed even more that afternoon when my mom and grandmother send him more clothes as a birthday gift.

7. Now I'm actively procrastinating getting photos, etc together for an upcoming Camp Crop-a-lot.

8. I'm also not ordering cupcakes for the baby's party this weekend :-).

9. I AM hard at work deciding what spa treatment to schedule when I go to Vegas with my sweetie next week.

10. Pathetically enough,this will be the first time in TWO years that we've had a night away...two nights to be exact!

11. I just got a surprise box of chocolate in the mail from my friend, Amy Wallace! Check out www.amywallace.com and you'll know why this is such an awesome , not-so-random act of blessing.

12. I spent much of my Monday holiday in the orthodontist with child number 2. He now has a palate spreader, a funny lisp, and we get to turn the "key" on his appliance twice a day. He's being a real trooper about it :-).

13. I just found out from reading my s-i-l's blog that my oldest nephew is graduating with his LPN this week. Way to go, D...look out world!
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Susan