Calmer Days

Woke up to rain this morning but nothing really bad.

Got all the dogs out (mine and mom's) in between the showers.

The sun hasn't made an appearance all day but all-in-all 

we consider ourselves blessed because we've escaped another hurricane.

The phones have been quieter today, and for that I am thankful. 

Got to see Ethan for a few hours while his daddy helped his daddy on a job.

(Did you get that?)

I did a few unexpected things for my mom today which made her happy I'm sure.

It involved washing some curtains :0)

Baked some Oatmeal Raisin Cookies which made the house smell wonderful. 

They even seemed to make Ethan happy 
although he doesn't really know what cookies are yet;

but I told him all about them as I gobbled one up 

and promised him that one day he would find out for himself.

I'm sure that one day soon he will learn all about this guy, too

although this guy was not his daddy's favorite but rather his Uncle Manuel's.

I have a picture of that somewhere...I'll have to look for it.