My Heart is in Georgia....

Isabella is spending the week with her grandparents & aunt in Georgia. I am missing her terribly! She is a lot of fun, full of hugs & kisses, and quite the comedian. Jacob seems to be missing her as well.

On the other hand, it has been nice to not have any dinnertime battles & for Michael & I to be able to talk without being interrupted!

Hope

Or the lack there of..... Michael and I talk a lot about the things going on in the world and the economy. People are so consumed right now by fear/worry/doubt, and many talk about the fact that they just have no hope that things will get better anytime soon. Isn't 'hope' the key to happiness? I mean, we couldn't have faith without hope. So, no, you will not see the Erwin's losing hope. We are fortunate that Michael has a great job, and his company is actually growing. They have held a few meetings lately to reassure everyone that they are in good shape, and that there is no need to fear. My business is doing good as well. And of course, we are young and healthy. There are lots of things to be hopeful about in our lives.

I read that it is in times of economic downturn that true fortunes are made. I know that they were speaking of dollars, but there are other fortunes to be had. When you are living your life as you should, following fairly simple rules, your 'bank' will be overflowing with deposits.

Didn't mean to get too deep there. Just had some things on my mind I felt like sharing.

I'm an awful blogger!

Man! It has been a while since my last blog! I've been incredibly busy, but fortunately things are slowing down around here. Last weekend I catered a wedding that had been consuming all of my time. And I am happy to now have it out of my head!

Quick update on everyone- Jacob & Isabella have been sick for the last couple of weeks. Jacob lost 4-5 lbs., and now looks skinny. Boy am I glad he was chubby to begin with! Thankfully they are both on the mend, but now I'm sick, and it's killing me!!! I can't sleep when I can't breath!!!

Michael is done with his contract at Boeing, and is now back and his main office. He's happy about that since it is maybe 10-12 minutes away from the house. It'll be nice to see him for lunch every now and then!

OK, I've got to sign off for now, but I plan on lots of blogging this week!