Friday, June 22, 2012

A Lighter Update


As promised, today’s message is a lighter note and update on the Lynn family.

In March we celebrated our business’ one year anniversary. Boy did that speed by! We had (blessedly) a very successful year. In fact looking back at the year I am totally impressed with what were able to accomplish in such a short window of time.

We had two additions to the family, a three year old dachshund named Tremor and a now one year old terrier named Charlie. They get along perfectly! You would think they were litter mates, and they both love our cat Romeo, though Charlie tends to think that Romeo is his pet. Romeo is my senior kitty, in fact it was just him and I before the Lynn family walked into my life. He will be fourteen in a couple of months, and though he is still very kitten like at times, there are moments he acts his age; and it is in those moments that Charlie comes racing to tend to his little pet. Romeo is a Siamese/lynx mix and with that mix is very talkative. He will talk his way down the hallway and Charlie will come running to see what he needs. He will give Romeo a smell down and then lick his head. Then together they will jump up onto a window bench we have, and look out the window at the world together. When bird and squirrel activity slow, Romeo gets a through ear cleaning from Charlie and eventually they curl up in the sun ray and fall asleep. This is the same window, that on a week day, all three will line up at 2pm awaiting my arrival home. I love how they know and depend on routines, and I absolutely love the incredibly overjoyed greeting they give. One cannot be depressed with a cat meowing at you on a bench seat and two grinning dogs bouncing around your legs, tails wagging a million miles an hour. This is the trio that makes up “My Boys.”
Tremor and Charlie in the convertible ready for the beach
Romeo soaking up the sun

We have almost finished up all of our household projects! I refinished our kitchen cabinets, master bathroom vanity, guest bathroom vanity, and our library built-ins, and we got all new pretty hardware. I petered out and never got to the mudroom cabinets, but I am sure one day, when I have the energy and drive, they too will be transformed. We got our beautiful hickory hardwood floors throughout and they look amazing! We got our fireplace in the living room built just in time to enjoy it during the winter season. We splurged and got a new dining set for the dining deck, and have slowly been replanting our tropical hill, we lost our bird of paradise plants during our last freezing spell, and have given up on that particular plant, since all the other ones thrive; and last but no where near least, we have begun putting together our nursery. So, all that remains to be done is our new kitchen countertops (still deciding on what material to use) and replacing some broken plexy roofing on our dining deck pergola. It is amazing to think of what all we have accomplished in such a short amount of time, not just to the house, but also in our almost five years of marriage.

Our families are good, though we did have some health scares with my sister-in-law, but thankfully she is on the mend now. The kids are all living full time with their mother. Really long story short, they have always preferred her very unsupervised and undisciplined lifestyle, and before you ask, yes, it upsets Mitch to no end. She has managed to manipulate these kids all through their lives, and continues to do it, even more so now. So, even with our just pasted Father’s Day Weekend, Mitch and I only saw Janet, and only for lunch. The boys were with their mother, out of town at her father’s home. Andy, Mitch’s oldest, didn’t even get on the phone after Nate to wish Dad a happy father’s day. I honestly fear how they are going to treat Mitch when we are with child. I know the ex will be full of all kinds of spite and poison them, but I genuinely cringe at the potential pain that they will inflict on their father. Then, then I remember that he and I are making our blended little soul, and that no matter what, that little soul will be loved unconditionally, and will never be poisoned against his or her father. One day, one day when his kids are all grown-up, and maybe not even until they are raising their own, but one day they will see what kind of father they had; I pray Mitch is still with us and still very healthy when that day comes, so that they may all have the chance to know that man. Until then, you send them love, give input when you can, be there for them when they need and/or want you, and deal with each dagger the ex throw at our backs as they come, that is all you can do in the never-ending battle of the split family.

Well, I think that pretty much gets you current.

Never a dull moment in this family, I just need to, for my own therapy and sanity, get back to sitting down and writing out all the ups and downs we go through. It does help. For now, TGIF

2 comments:

  1. So nice your back! You are a wonderful woman and glad you remember to stop and smell the flowers. Enjoy every moment.
    BB

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  2. Aww! Thank you so much BB! The outpouring upon my return has been amazing! I am very blessed.

    Thank you for your support, and I hope you keep on posting and giving input!
    JS Lynn :o)

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