Serious Sunday - hey, it's gotta happen someday right?

I have had a wild and crazy week... parties, pampering, making a fool out of myself...

but that's a story for another day.

Today?  Today I am just in awe of how lucky I am...  how blessed I am that yet another week has passed in my life.  Yes, ManOfTheHouse has been sick - but he is here, he has a good job, and he's a good man.  Can I complain about a little phlegm in light of that?  (well, okay, maybe... but not for long)  My 5 kids all go through their cycles of driving me crazy - but as I sit here typing I can hear the Teen  practicing piano (getting mostly correct notes), Po and H are arguing a little, and M is hungry... rumor has it that W might be sleeping still...  but you know what...  I'm grateful for every missed note, every muttered "whatever", every growling tummy, and even every lazy snore...

The internet has been such a communication tool in life - has connected me to people I'd thought lost (thank you Facebook) and connected me to people I would have never known and somehow would have been less without (thank you blogging).  Does this make me a cyber geek?  who cares - because let's be honest... if you're reading this... you've got just a touch of that geeky bug too.

I've been blessed to share in joys as friends have given birth - gotten married -bought new homes - and welcomes cute pets into their lives (better their lives than mine!)

This week... this week has been difficult for some of my friends...

I've watched as one dear friend has struggled with her son's diagnosis - leukemia - as it has consumed their lives this past week... and as so many around them have come to their aid... their strength is amazing.

and I've cried for another blogger who has lost a son...  and hope that through all of this she will know of our love and support.

Will my kids fuss and argue in church today?  I don't need a magic 8 ball to tell me yes...  it's a given... there aren't enough cheerios and dry erase boards in the world to keep my kids reverent (we're getting a tad too old for cheerios... I know) but it doesn't matter today...  today (and hopefully for always) I want to sit there and remember how blessed I am, I want to sit there and remember what He has done for us, and I want to hold my kids a little closer.

Missing Remotes...

Believe it or not, the remote in our house had never previously gone missing for more than 30 minutes - and so when it disappeared for a week, then a month... I was considering ordering a replacement and hoping for the best...  after all, if it hadn't been seen in that long - it was never going to turn up right?  I was really hoping to find it before Father's Day and gift it to Hubby since he was the one most distraught by its absence... but no such luck.

Replacements are available - running between $16 and $40 - and I was planning to post an order today...  

Well, as much as I wanted to sleep in this morning - I was rudely awakened by Po running in and shouting that he'd found the remote... I quickly put aside the annoyance because the impossibility of it all blew me away.  Yes, the remote had been tucked in the storage compartment of a little folding duo chair thingamabob and had been there for a month - the funny part being that it's been lost there before so we should have known to look - but that chair isn't even kept in the TV room anymore.  Dad was so excited he paid the boy $3... of course, he's still angling for a pick from the prize box as well...

Now I have hope for my ring... which disappeared around the same time - dang, I was hoping they were stuck together at least!