I got my roses very early this week. They arrived on Wednesday. Peyton wanted to make sure I had time to enjoy them before the weekend. On Saturday m
orning, I made a Valentine's Day brunch. It was great. All of the kids helped with the cooking. Samantha and Sabrina made the cheese biscuits. Destiny and Michael helped with the eggs and the sausage. We brought out the 'bubbly' glasses and Peyt made a Valentine's Day toast. The girls each got a card, candy and roses from their Daddy. I got Mic
hael a box of candy too. He is doing so much better lately that I want to make sure we keep him engaged in all of our activities. I have my A, B honor roll student back for the moment. I think he realizes that we are dead serious about his grades. He can keep them up, or he has no life. After brunch, we all went to the library and then to Walmart so Peyton could pick up his glasses. (Maybe it's because it's different, but he is SO hot in these glasses. I'm finding it difficult to keep my hands to myself.) I haven't posted in a while for a couple of reasons. Work has
been a nightmare so I haven't felt like sitting down and re hashing it all at night or on the weekends. I've had to lay off staff and I'm heartbroken over it. I've also been on Facebook. It's insane. I got one invitation and before I knew it, I had connected with 60 people...most of whom I haven't spoken to in years. Kim Downing and I had a nice phone conversation the other night and will get together in 
the
next week or so. Sha Moore is planning a reunion for the first Saturday in May for my old youth group. I've even had an exchange with my old youth minister, Brian Foster. I have to find my box of pictures so I can post some of them to our shared site. I realize that I used to have a huge, diverse group of friends. They're all still out there. They're just school teachers, ministers, restaurant owners, bartenders, retail manags, accountants, musicians, writers, stay at home moms and doctors now. It's so cool to see their children. The other night, we got into an instant message session. I laughed so hard, I cried. It's been 16 years since graduation. It took Peyton a couple of weeks to decide to join, but I think he spends more time on FB than I do now. He's been out of highschool for 25 years so it's really nice for him to reconnect. We did go to his reunion about five years ago....so I've met a handful of his friends. I'm sure he has over 40 by now that he's interacting with. Peyton even started a group for everyone who grew up in Camelot. We have one for my old neighborhood too. From the sound of it, our old neighborhoods were both magical kingdoms. We don't have the same kind of connection with people the way we did when I was growing up. I even have parents of my friends on my FB friend list. I hated the idea of My Space and could never quite get behind it. This is different. We both have the application on our Blackberrys, so it's easy to update and post from anywhere...random thoughts and information about your life. No one can see your information until you have selected them as a friend and then everything you post is open to all of your friends. It will never replace the blog. This is all about my memories. Though, there is a link to the blog on my FB page....and strangely engough, Peyton put a link to this blog on his. I'm proud that he would want his friends to read about our life through my eyes.
orning, I made a Valentine's Day brunch. It was great. All of the kids helped with the cooking. Samantha and Sabrina made the cheese biscuits. Destiny and Michael helped with the eggs and the sausage. We brought out the 'bubbly' glasses and Peyt made a Valentine's Day toast. The girls each got a card, candy and roses from their Daddy. I got Mic
hael a box of candy too. He is doing so much better lately that I want to make sure we keep him engaged in all of our activities. I have my A, B honor roll student back for the moment. I think he realizes that we are dead serious about his grades. He can keep them up, or he has no life. After brunch, we all went to the library and then to Walmart so Peyton could pick up his glasses. (Maybe it's because it's different, but he is SO hot in these glasses. I'm finding it difficult to keep my hands to myself.) I haven't posted in a while for a couple of reasons. Work has
been a nightmare so I haven't felt like sitting down and re hashing it all at night or on the weekends. I've had to lay off staff and I'm heartbroken over it. I've also been on Facebook. It's insane. I got one invitation and before I knew it, I had connected with 60 people...most of whom I haven't spoken to in years. Kim Downing and I had a nice phone conversation the other night and will get together in 
the
next week or so. Sha Moore is planning a reunion for the first Saturday in May for my old youth group. I've even had an exchange with my old youth minister, Brian Foster. I have to find my box of pictures so I can post some of them to our shared site. I realize that I used to have a huge, diverse group of friends. They're all still out there. They're just school teachers, ministers, restaurant owners, bartenders, retail manags, accountants, musicians, writers, stay at home moms and doctors now. It's so cool to see their children. The other night, we got into an instant message session. I laughed so hard, I cried. It's been 16 years since graduation. It took Peyton a couple of weeks to decide to join, but I think he spends more time on FB than I do now. He's been out of highschool for 25 years so it's really nice for him to reconnect. We did go to his reunion about five years ago....so I've met a handful of his friends. I'm sure he has over 40 by now that he's interacting with. Peyton even started a group for everyone who grew up in Camelot. We have one for my old neighborhood too. From the sound of it, our old neighborhoods were both magical kingdoms. We don't have the same kind of connection with people the way we did when I was growing up. I even have parents of my friends on my FB friend list. I hated the idea of My Space and could never quite get behind it. This is different. We both have the application on our Blackberrys, so it's easy to update and post from anywhere...random thoughts and information about your life. No one can see your information until you have selected them as a friend and then everything you post is open to all of your friends. It will never replace the blog. This is all about my memories. Though, there is a link to the blog on my FB page....and strangely engough, Peyton put a link to this blog on his. I'm proud that he would want his friends to read about our life through my eyes. 
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