What's a mom to do?????

I am sitting here listening to..... absolutely nothing but my fingers clacking away on the keyboard. Ryan got home from work, packed up the kids, and left. We have another showing tonight (worthless- people still have a house to sell themselves), but it bought me some free time in my house. I don't know if you other moms feel the same way, but free time ALONE in my house doesn't happen much, and when it does, I SO enjoy it. I get free time quite a bit to go do stuff- run errands, go out, whatever else I may need it for. But rarely do I get free time in my house- love it! What did I do so far? Clean for the showing. Even that doesn't bother me since nobody is here to mess it up. :-) I cut up some fruit, and now I am posting this. If I had a bigger chunk of time, I could clean out closets and drawers or something fun like that. Haha

House update: our house is drywalled and the ceilings are done. The trim guys started today with the trim. Now that they are inside, it does seem to go slower, but according to our builder, we are still ahead of schedule. I have picked out the flooring, cabinets, counter tops, tiles and hardware for most of the house. I only have the paint colors and lighting left I think. Plus Sadie's bathroom floor and counter top. I am really pleased with how everything is coming together. The interior decorator I am using is excellent and having one has helped me more than I thought possible. I can't wait to see everything come together!

Cobe lost his baseball game on Tuesday night. His first loss (they lost 10-2 to the Braves) wasn't really upsetting to him like I thought it would be. I thought he'd be bummed, but when I told him I was sorry they lost, he said, "Why?" I guess I"m glad he reacted that way rather than being mad or sad about it. They really had a pitiful game and never got any energy or momentum going. Oh well- there's always next time. :-) He plays again Saturday.

We only have 10 days of school left- 2 of those being delayed start days and one being a half day. Also, one of the days (Thursday) we are going to take the 7th grade to a Tigers game. I got permission for Cobe to go with us, so he is pumped, and I am MUCH more excited about going since he gets to go with me. I can hardly wait. I had no idea that Comerica Park had a ferris wheel and carousel. The teachers think the kids won't even want to watch the game b/c there is so much to do inside the ball park. We are taking charter buses and stopping in Howell for an hour and a half on the way for outlet shopping. My kind of field trip! Then we'll head to stadium for a 1:05 game. I am so excited!!!!!!

This weekend brings a night out with the family tomorrow night- we may go see a movie and go out to dinner or something fun anyway. Brooks really wants to see Speed Racer, so I'll have to check and see where that is playing. Then Saturday evening brings a night out with Rob and Missy to Saugatuck. We are going to go early evening so Missy can share her favorite shops with me and then go to dinner somewhere. I am looking forward to a laid-back but fun weekend. Hope yours is a good one!