Playing Hooky

I can't tell you how excited I am about the world of blogging! Perhaps some day you all will be as addicted as I am. I ran across a great quote about a month ago, which said, 'we write to experience life once in the moment and twice in retrospect'. While I love scrap booking, photos, and DVD's; for me to intentionally look for one moment out of every busy day to document, so in retrospect, I can look back and say, hey....'I remember....'.

Some days it is as little as buying snow pants, catching Madison squirting whip cream down her throat, or reorganizing my kitchen. Other days it is a momentous occasion, like birthdays, trips, and championship football games. But whatever the moment, life IS meant to be treasured. Blogging has taught me to REALLY look for a special moment in EVERY DAY. It helps me to REALLY live life in the moment! It is also a GREAT way to stay in touch with those you love.

I always tell my family, if I ever get a terminal illness, am lying in critical condition, and NOT able to blog, YOU must carry on! PROMISE ME! They all laugh and 'claim' they would blog on in my place. Hopefully we won't have to find that out anytime soon.

So my intentional moment from yesterday was 'playing hooky'. It was so much fun. Milo's trip this week is Wednesday - Thursday, so he was working from home yesterday. About 9:00, as he is working at the kitchen table and me in the office, I say, 'Hey, want to play hooky this afternoon?' Can you imagine, he thought I said, 'want to ____ this afternoon.' Men!

Despite whatever the activity, he eagerly agreed and we both worked feverishly to get all of our work done by 1:00. So staying in line with the my motto of healthy living, my afternoon activity was to take a 25 minute drive to Palisades Park in Mount Vernon for a little afternoon HIKE.

With Riley in tow, hat, mittens, and scarfs, we set out! You may have thought we were hiking Mt Everest with the way we were huffing and puffing, however after 4 miles of up and down some rather steep hills and rocky terrain, and a near death experience for Riley, plunging off a 60 foot cliff; we enjoyed an afternoon of 'playing hooky'.

That night while recounting to the girls, Riley's near death experience. Kennedy shared that she would have been so emotionally distraught had Riley died, she would not have gone to school today and Madison agreed. Milo claims he would have canceled his business trip to mourn, counsel the three of us, and begin his search for a new dog. I stated that there was no way, I would be canceling my hair appointment.

How quickly Riley would get replaced? Wonder if he would do the same with me? (mourn, counsel the girls, and then look for a new one all in the same day) Kennedy stated they would cremate Riley and save her ashes so that they could mix them with mine when I died, an on-standing joke in our house, as I have BOLDLY stated, there will NO mixing!

So hoping you savory every moment of YOUR day, living it to the fullest and who knows, may be, just may be you will blog it, so that you can experience it once in the moment and then twice in retrospect.

Hugs..

Jill

P.S. It was a beautiful day yesterday but boy are my buns sore today!