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ok, it has been almost a month since my last post. i am not as good at this as i thought i would be.

charlotte turned 2 this month. it was a rough begining to the terrible 2's. she was sick and getting teeth so it seemed liked she cried for an entire week straight. things have calmed down now and she is back to herself. thank god because i thought this might be the longest year of my life.

liam is going to be 6 in just over a week. he has his last full day of school tomorrow. i always get nervous right before an extended break and wonder if i am up for it. but ultimately it is way better when he doesn't have school. things are more relaxed, he is not such a spaz. i hope that this will be a great summer. we joined a pool in a neighboring suburb, which is only about 15 minutes away. it has 3 pools, a wading pool for kids 7 and under, then an activity pool with slides and then a regular pool. i am determined to make this a fun summer for darren too. we have a big trip back to dayton in about 3 weeks and then he and i are going to nyc in july, but beyond that i want us all to just relax and enjoy the nice weather, for the short amount of time that we have it.

steve wants my blog to be edgy and political, so i will throw out there that i also hope to go to a lot of obama campaign rallies this summer.

i can't do this latest entry without mentioning my stepdad, lowell, who died last week of lung cancer. he and i didn't always see eye to eye. he was a republican, nuff said. but he was a nice guy and made my mom happy so that is all that really matters. it has been a long time since someone i was close to died. it is weird to think you are never going to see that person again. i like to think he is having a drink and a laugh with sydney pollack right now. maybe playing a game of liar's poker.

wow...

Now I have people anxiously awaiting my next post. I feel like Rosie O'Donnell, LOL. I guess I set up the expectations because I said I would have a good blog after my parents stayed with us this past weekend. Unfortunately there isn't too much to report, or maybe that is fortunate. My dad set off our ADT alarm at 4 a.m. the first night. He was warm so he opened our patio door. He would have liked to blame it on my mom, but I caught him like a deer in headlights, standing by the door. It was no big deal, but when I asked him if he wanted it opened now that I had disarmed the place he said "no I will just take off my sweatshirt" That might have been helpful to do in the first place. And then mom did something on the last night but she bribed me not to tell in the blog so I won't :)



Ah, everybody who reads this blog knows my parents are great. Amy and I are very lucky that we have parents who get along even though they are divorced. They jump in to help each other out when possible, they are great to their kids and grandkids. They just can't live together. My mom's eyes would roll out of her head if she had to live with my dad. It is actually quite funny.



So that was last weekend.