Terrific Tuesday

Shhh....do you hear that?  No?  Listen again.  Still nothing?  THAT is the TERRIFIC sound of SILENCE!!!  Something I haven't experienced in way too long.  That is the sound of my 3 little cherubs returning to school after an unexpected 6 day weekend.  You see, we keep getting dumped on and have been burried under about 80 feet of snow.  The kids had 3 snow days last week (making 6 total so far!) leading into a planned 3 day weekend for President's Day.  It has been a long week in this house. 

So my friends, it is terrific that I will once again be able to hear myself think.  It is terrific that I will be able to get my house in order.  Now, I am not a neat freak by any means.  Far, far from it.  However, my house is currently trashed.  TRASHED I tell you!  There have been piles of wet clothes strewn about, remains of our arts and crafts projects lying about, toys littering every available surface of the house, and wayward crumbs from our cooking projects that the dog hasn't cleaned up.  I can't wait to put it all back where it belongs and have it actually stay there for more than 30 seconds.  I can't wait to get out the vacuum (the only noise I want to hear today!), the broom and maybe even the steam mop. 

It is raining out which in itself is terrific.  Why do I think rain is terrific?  Because it ISN'T SNOW!!!  I never thought I'd be so happy to see rain.  But they were calling for more snow last night and I was making reservations for my padded room.  Waking to rain drops instead of snow flakes was such a joyous sight!  I'm hoping it will help wash away some of the mountains of snow outside!!

Now it is your turn!  Tell me something terrific in your life right now! I'm off to relish in the silence for a bit.