Things I have learned so far in 2010....

a. I can stick to my new Years Resolution of - if I don't need it don't buy it - much easier when Jamie is working near home. Ebay is my friend on the lonely nights he is gone! Which has been 15 days of this 26th day of January so far!
b. God puts you in certain situations, just to show you He can pull you out of it and show you something greater!
c. Blaine is infatuated with Super Hero's and with the countdown to his 5 year birthday! I will never change his internal alarm clock.
d. Having my in laws across the street makes my life much easier - 99% of the time!
e. Emily is so full of compassion and empathy, that she still wants to be friends with a girl who isn't so nice to her because "when I don't play with her, she doesn't have anyone to play with" However, how to deal with the negativity she tells me with about this girl, I have yet to learn how to handle.
f. Gilbert is a girl!! W-O-W what a complex I've given her. All this time we thought we had a brother/sister combo in our cats! NOT!
g. Single mothering SUCKS!

Girl time

Today - the female offspring and myself took off into the unknown.... ok well maybe we knew where we were going. Ft. Worth. Not sure what our plans were except that Emily was in control. She decided to go to the mall - not Chuckie Cheese, not the movies. THE MALL. What have I created? We ate lunch. We walked and looked. People watched and laughed. She had an alloted amount of money she could spend. I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt what that would be. We went to every store in the Hulen mall looking for a certain pair of boots. In the process, she was narrowing down her choices of what she would get if we couldn't find these boots, Some sort of snapping shoes. We never found the boots but she did pick up some "stylish" shoes!! Where she gets her fetish for heels - who knows?? But I have a feeling, we have only begun to climb this mountain!!
We really enjoyed our day together and I am embracing every stage in her life, knowing all too well, in a few short years, she will be embarrassed being at the mall with her M-O-M! And we seen plenty of those groups today!!!!