Here we go!

Today everything begins again.  Yes, we are several days into the new year - yet, today the world begins to settle into January.  Work begins, school resumes and all those New Year Resolutions begin to waiver .....

Which is why we didn't make resolutions at our house!  We're focused on one another and how we can make a difference.  There is no big goal, just the intention of connecting and showing up.  We'll know the right moments when we see them.

Sometimes those right moments come as a surprise.  The key is to be ready to grab them when they show up.

Yesterday was one of those days.  It began with quite a surprise.  We all got up before 7am, make coffee, Ellie had oatmeal, turned on the Today show and talked about how we'd spend out last day together before 'life' returned.  About 8:30am Ellie was reading an email that said the school semester begins on Monday, January 2nd.  We told her, 'No, that has to be a mistake.  Today is a holiday.  The observed holiday."

Always wanting to have the most accurate information I went to the computer.  The school website said the semester started on Monday.  I called the school, "Yes," the school secretary told me, "school is in session today."

WHAT ??

Ellie hurried to get ready.  Clothes, hair brushed, teeth brush, backpack packed and off she went.  Bill dropped her off at the front door with a note to excuse her tardiness!  Wow!  Although they were only 20 minutes into first block it was a whirlwind!  It was very strange - how could there be school?  Apparently we weren't the only ones who didn't know .... according to the Attendance office!

Bill and I took the morning to get our own things in order.  I puttered around the house prepping for dinner, tidying up after Christmas clean up while Bill got to work on  his laptop.  Around noon he came downstairs and said, 'Let's go to lunch!  We can go to Frankie's for Mexican."  And off we went.

It was an unexpected lunch date ... it was busy, busy when we arrived so we sat at the bar with margaritas, a lively crowd and delicious Mexican food!  Let's spend the rest of the year grabbing those moments when they're offered to us.