ps~ I feel ridiculous.

Alright~ it is official.  I am a giant goob.  I've been thinking about starting this blog for a while.  Not because I necessarily think the world NEEDS TO HEAR what I have to say (I'm not that self-involved.)  I just need an outlet.  A chronicle.  A place outside of my actual life to hash out my actual life.  Proof that this life is really happening? I don't know.... something.  So there you go.  Here I am.  This is me.

I'm a 32 year old mom of 2 amazing kids.  I know, everyone says their kids are amazing, but with mine it is really true.  They are gifted, compassionate, funny kids that rock my world.  They surprise me and crack me up every single day.  They get along super well, are polite, and really just EASY kids.  We are incredibly fortunate.  Lucien is 9, and his IQ is for sure higher than mine.  He is a Cub Scout and our family has been very involved with his Pack.  Ella is 7 and gorgeous.  She is a Girl Scout, although we've not been super involved with her Troop. (Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts have a very different dynamic.)  I'm married to Matt.  My best friend and the best man I know.  He is a super hard worker and also brilliant.  He is funny, and loving, and just pretty much all around awesome.  We live in the house we built last fall, on a mountain in Maine.  Our little red house is not a mansion, but we worked and planned for so long for it.  It is home.  We are never moving again. 

We have a cat that was with me before Matt was, and a dog, whose future time with us is limited.  He belonged to my Dad before he passed, and with every passing day my contempt for him grows a little more.  He barks non-stop at nothing, is very anxious, and just annoying in general.  I am not a hater of animals.  I have, however, learned that while I like dogs (ok~other peoples' dogs), I am at heart a "cat person".  Not one of those crazy, take a picture of your cat in a basket with a quippy one-liner written on it like "Wuvs my wittle kitty!", but one that enjoys the low-maintenance aspect of a cat.  Feed it, let it outside, let it inside.  Done.  

I don't think we work harder than anyone else, or are busier than anyone else, but we are pretty much constantly on the go.  The kids both have Scouts.  They both love sports and are usually doing one per season.  I work full time in municipal government.  I like my job, particularly the girls I work with.  They have become two of my best friends.  Matt works super full time, generally having only Sundays off, and unfortunately, is not crazy about his job.  He conquers amazing feats of time-management to try to get to as many of the kids' activities as he can and to try to be home for dinner at least a few nights a week.  I'm currently the President of the parent group at my kids' school (don't get too excited, there are only 5 of us, and we just keep switching officer positions), and Matt is on the Pack Committee for Lucien's Cub Scout Pack.  We have a small group of really good friends, who we try to see on occasion, which is not nearly enough.  I've recently reconnected with one of my dearest, old friends and could not be happier about it.  We've lost a lot of time (which I regret), but can hopefully make up for it!  We have a niece and a nephew who we adore, and also don't see nearly enough of them.
 

That's the short version.  We'll see how this goes.