Smith Family: November 2012

Monday, November 26, 2012

Thankful

I am thankful for these guys

and that Sterling is HOME.

I am Thankful for mid dinner dance parties and all the booty shaking involved. (This video is really loud FYI).

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Cue the sad music, get a tissue, and get ready to feel bad for me. Sterling is doing "Cat Duty" in Connecticut (yes, the exact office he just left a few months ago) due to the surge of Superstorm Sandy insurance claims. He's been gone for over a week now and won't be back for another 9 days (But who's counting? Oh yes, I am. I even have a count down chain. I told Mesha it was for her...) I know that a lot of women spend a lot of time away from their husbands. I still don't like it and I don't think I will ever be ok with it. It's my party and I'll cry if I want to. But I did resist writing this self-pitying post until just now and all 3 of my children are still alive. For now. Feel bad for me yet? That's ok if you don't, I'll feel bad for me enough for the both of us. He will be home for Thanksgiving, I will end on that positive note.

Emma

Well if you know me you knew it was only a matter of time before we got a cat. This one is actually just on loan to us. We are 'babysitting' her for a few months while her owners are between apartments. She is a sweet little cat and lets the kids love on her without scratching, hissing or biting.

In her former home she was an inside cat and here she needs to be an outside cat (Sterling is allergic). The minute we put her in the backyard for the first time she took off scared and didn't come back for a day and a half. When we did find her it was after a trip to Costco and we heard a funny noise coming from the engine compartment. Sterling opened the hood and THERE WAS EMMA! I can't believe she was in there while we drove around and wasn't hurt. Since then she has stuck around and seems happy. We are glad to have her with us!