I was filling in my parents on all of the happenings here at Chez Moogie. What with the GHIP (are you sick of hearing about that yet?) and South Cackalackee, my parents got an earful. I don't know if they really enjoy the conversations that we have (my dad just listens-he says it's because Mom and I do all the talking and he can't get a word in edgewise), or they just pretend they do to spare my feelings.

Towards the end of the conversation, my mom said "you sound a lot better." At first, because I am one nugget shy of a Happy Meal, I didn't understand what she was referring to. When I questioned her, she told me that I sounded more upbeat. That might not have been the exact terminology, but I was so taken aback by that statement, I don't remember her exact words.

Am I feeling better? I guess I really hadn't put so much thought into it. We've been pretty busy this last month with Fiscal Year End looming a week away, and all of the work we have been doing on the house that I really hadn't given it a lot of thought. I think I am doing better in many areas, but I know that it has to do with the progress we are making on the house. It's exciting. Case in point? We worked on the office this weekend and it looks fabulous. We threw away quite a few things, including old computer parts, and sorted through mounds of paperwork. We found a couple of boxes of old bills that dated back to 1989. Since Southerners do not believe in coat closets, I now not only have a closet that I can close, I have one that I can hang up all of our winter coats in.

I won't even mention the boxes of photos we found. I'll be lighting the fire under my trusty scanner to upload some fabulous pictures. I'm itching to get started on that but I know it's a HUGE undertaking so I've decided just to do a little at a time.

But I will leave you with this.

M and C (Step Kids) when they were about 8 and 9