This is my first post and even as I speak Sadie is scrambling into my lap. We'll see how this works.

Today was a good day. My friend helped me paint the playroom at our new house and two "accent walls." We were able to get it all done in 4 1/2 hours. First of all I would never have been able to do it without painting in the middle of the night with my crazy girls in bed and then of course there's the back issue. But the two of us together knocked it out without too many problems (Sadie did paint her dress-it was an ugly old one- and Ellyn's two blankets). Jane was practicing her stalking techniques waiting for her little friend to get home from the store.

The next good thing that happened was that our rental agency called and asked if our current tenants could sign another year contract-um...YES! Phew for that. I hung up with them and my friend Emily called and asked if she could bring over her homemade rolls. I absolutely love her rolls. They are the highlight of my Thanksgiving. So you can all see what an exceptionally great day this Monday has turned out to be.

Now I wouldn't ask Mike how his day was if I were you. He had two AWOLs and a suicide attempt. Let's just stick with my positive upbeat message.