Who was it that said change is good??

Well, it has happened.  The day has come and we are now officially empty-nesters.  And I can honestly say I am not liking it; not even one little bit.  It is almost too much to grasp and will take a while to sink in.  I need some time to wrap my mind around it and accept the fact that this change will be good for everyone.

I do count my blessings.  My girls are close enough that I can still see them as often as I'd like, or at least as often as they can't afford to buy groceries.  In fact, they'll be home Friday night...all three of them!  I can't wait.

Why is change so hard for us sometimes; especially this one?  I wish I had all the answers, but I don't.  So, I am determined to get a great big old TO DO list made and start tackling what I want to get done in order to occupy my mind to keep it from having so much time to think.  That is when I let myself get sad.

On the list, painting and decorating two empty bedrooms.  We finally have room for company to sleep in a bed, but the colors they are painted now might keep you awake.  Leave it to teenaged girls to pick lime green and bright royal blue and bright pink with perewinkle!  I'm thinking something like a nice, soothing sage green or a toasty wheat shade will be more suitable.  Wonder if the "paint and primer in one" you see advertised really works??  We will need something good to cover those walls in under three or four coats!  Did I happen to mention that my dear, sweet husband HATES painting?  Finding bedding is also on the list; along with some wall decor.

Once that is done, watch out fabric stash!  I plan on sewing and quilting up a storm.  Sewing has always been my passion; my way to relax and unwind and get away from the every day stresses of being a Mom.  I think it will once again come in pretty handy.  In fact, I have to whip up a valance for one of the girls new bedrooms this week. 

They still need me!! Yay!

Mary

Time is Growing Short

As I sit here writing, we are only nine days away from the big day; the day the girls will move out for college.  I can hardly believe how quickly the years have gone.  I don't think you ever realize it until you have children of your own.

We are about to become empty-nesters.  What a major transition in our lives.  Sarah was 7 when Tony and I started dating, and 10 when we married.  A year later, Katie and Allie joined the family.  Now, here we are 18 1/2 years later, about to become a couple, with no kids at home, for the very first time.

I am truly looking forward to the quality time my sweet husband and I will spend together, not that what we had before wasn't.  But, there will be fewer interruptions and stress (!!!), less cleaning and picking up,  and no need to close the door when we go to bed at night.  Maybe I'll finally sign up for some community ed. classes in photography, learn sign language or I could even teach some classes in quilting or sewing!

So much to think about.   Because if I think about that, then maybe I won't think so much about the girls leaving in only nine days...

Mary