School days..

School in Tennessee starts on August 11 which is really early to me because I grew up in Illinois and we never started school until after Labor Day due to heat. That really amuses me because it gets so much hotter here. The schools are air conditioned though. I hear a lot of mothers say they can't wait until school starts, that the kids are "driving them crazy". I'm just the opposite. I love the summer when the kids are home. Everything is so much more relaxed. During the school year things get so hectic, making sure homework is done, after school functions, projects they have to do, etc. I don't want to sound lazy, I'm not, I just like it in the summer because my kids are here with me and I know they're safe. We have 2 more weeks until then and school clothes shopping this weekend. It is tax free weekend so I plan on getting everything if I can. New clothes, new shoes, school supplies, what fun!

Am I still pretty?

I am not a beautiful person (on the outside anyway) but I'm not ugly either. I consider myself average. I am very petite, 5'1, 120 pounds and have never had a problem with weight. People have always thought I am younger than what I am and I think that is due to my size. The sad thing is they no longer do that. I had my first child when I was 18 (too young I know) and I have a 24-year-old daughter along with an 11-year-old daughter and 16-year-old son. My daughter had her first child almost 2 years ago and she had her 2nd on January 1. Obviously the 2nd was not planned but we couldn't imagine our life without William! When I take my grandchildren somewhere with me people automatically assume I'm the mother and that makes me feel great. I don't even want to correct them but of course I do. When I say I'm their grandmother they just look at me like I"m crazy!

Six months ago I woke up and when I looked in the mirror I noticed small tiny wrinkles around my eyes. I know they weren't there when I went to bed that night! How does something as significant as a wrinkle pop up over night! Ever morning now I am scared to death to look in the mirror afraid that I will see another one! I am only 42 and even though these wrinkles are so small that probably no one but me can see them I know they are there. Getting older is not fun but I still feel like I'm 20 on the inside and I guess that counts for a lot, doesn't it?