I had a wonderful day today.  It was a lazy day of sorts, although by the end of it I was exhausted.  I think that just goes with the “being a mom of two toddlers” territory. 

For lunch, the kids and I met up with two of my other “Mommy” friends – Joanna and Tess.  Between the three of us we have 7 kids from the age of one to five.  Where else would we go with that many kids but McD’s.  Jackson has finally started actually playing in the tunnels.  In the past he would just run around he dining room and try to shake salt all over the tables.  It was a nightmare for me.  I was actually able to sit down and have a conversation!  What a great lunch. 

After lunch I drove around to some yard sales.  I did not have a paper with me, I was simply driving around and looking for signs.  But, I was in no hurry to get home so what the hell,right?  Plus, I had an alterier motive.  I was trying to get the kids to sleep.  Alex went out like a light but of course my little insomniac boy was wide awake even when we finally pulled up to the house.  I did manage to get him to take a nap when we got home for about an hour and a half.  Awesome!

Then we went outside to play.  I sat on a swing and read a magazine while the kids played.  Very relaxing.  Off in the distance I hear a band.  Being the nosey person I am, I packed the kids in the double stroller (it pulls to the left so hard – I need a new one bad!) and headed in the direction of the noise.  We get to the park and there is a local church worship band playing music.  Not really my style and the patrons seemed to be of the “jump around and raise your hands” denomination but from a distance it wasn’t bad.  The kids seemed to like it.  And I almost won a bike! 

After the band wrapped up their show with “Hallelujahs” and “Praise the Lord.” I heard what sounded like an announcer of a sport over a different loud speaker in the distance.  In keeping with the theme of the day I tuned my sonar into the waves and headed  in that direction.  At the top of the hill we see little girls and boy (9-14ish) on horses.  They were having barrel “type” races.  I say “type” because one of the challenges was to run to the end of the arena, jump off your horse, crawl through a large black tube and then touch your horse.  It was entertaining to say the least.

My super sonic hearing heard one more sound that interested me…thunder.  We took off towards home and made it just in time before a shower.  On my way home I was thinking about how much I absolutely LOVE where I live.  Today was just an example of it.  Living this close to the towns epicenter (so to speak) means we always have something close enough to walk to for entertainment.  The playground is great.  There is a stage for entertainment.  The 4H building is right next to it.  They sell ice cream out of a little concession stand at the park for Pete’s Sake!  It really is a perfect place to live.  The reason I even thought about this though is because Mr. Tolerable is thinking that in the future (how near we don’t know) we may have to move for employment.  The whole idea makes me excited and sad at the same time.  I am so happy here I just wonder if I could be this happy, have access to so much, great neighbors, great yard, great view of a lake, etc somewhere else.  Then I rememeber that so long as my family is with me, I will be happy.