"Professional" Mom?

Those of you who work from home must know, as I know, how difficult it is to make a "work" phone call at home. It seems like you have to get all the stars and the moon aligned to create a quiet moment that you dare to make the call. Even then, more often than not, it's still interrupted. One time I tried hiding myself in the bedroom while the boys were downstairs playing, closed the door and made the call. Right in the middle of making a job offer I was interrupted by little pounding fists (okay, mistake to close the door) yelling "Mommy, where are you?!" I probably didn't sound very professional then, did I?

Anyway, over the past few weeks I've been recruiting for seven internships at our corporate office--SEVEN. Keep in mind I only work 12 hours a week! So I saw this little cartoon and it made me laugh. It's me! (Minus the slinky shirt, of course.)

It's Been a Long, Long Time

So, I know I've been AWOL from by blog lately! And no, Aaron is not signed up for AP English, Ethan hasn't left on his mission, and Noah isn't starting his first year of college...yet! It just seems like it's been that long since I've posted.

Have you ever noticed that after you have kids time just seems to fly by (and flies by even faster with each additional one you add)? Life has been just that lately, busy. And it's one of those times in life where there's so much on your list (is anyone else as obsessed with lists as I am?!) that you just take one thing at a time, exert all your effort just to get from one thing to the next, and finally after two weeks of craziness when it all just settles down then...you get a miserable, stuffy-head, runny-nose cold.

But, the past few weeks have been filled with a lot of good things too (eustress, as they call it) as you'll see in a few posts I have in queue. And although I can't promise there won't be another long-length hiatus (and not that it really matters to anyone else but myself!), it's good to be back in the bloggin' world again!

It's Official!

Happy 2nd day of spring everyone! Isn't it so awesome to think that winter is finally over and spring is officially here (even if it doesn't really feel like it yet?)! In honor of the new season, here are a few quotes that made me smile.

• Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil. - Reginald Heber
  


• Spring is when life's alive in everything. - Christina Rossetti



• Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, a box where sweets compacted lie. - Herbert



• Your time has come, now hasten little snowflakes, To vanish quite away; The spring-tide hours are sounding gentle warnings forbidding you to stay. - M.E. Hathaway



• If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. - Anne Bradstreet



• Now Nature hangs her matle green On every blooming tree, And spreads her sheets o' daisies white Out o'er the grassy lea. - Robert Burns



• Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today; And give us not to think so far away As the uncertain harvest; keep us here All simply in the springing of the year. - Robert Frost