Mission Accomplished

Dare I say it, and possibly jinx ourselves? After a great deal of effort and a lot of praise by Blondie, Puddy is 'officially' potty trained! I haven't changed a diaper of any kind in about two weeks. What's more is that she hasn't had any trouble with wetting the bed, in fact the first time Blondie brought Puddy to bed without a diaper I put up much protest about not wanting to "Wake up in a puddle." (Puddy still sleeps in our room in her own bed, but 99% of the time ends up crawling up into ours in the middle of the night.) Hard to believe that our house is once again diaper free...well not quiet.

When Blondie asked Puddy if "Mommie could give away her old diapers to a little girl or boy who needed them.", Puddy replied, "No. They're mine." I guess we'll be working on sharing next. : )

Why 'Forgetfully Yours'

Anyone who knows me knows that I am absoulely horrible at keeping in touch with friends and realatives...little alone keeping up with correspondence. Need an idea of just how bad?

• While in grade school I had three different pen pals...out of their nine different letters to me I wrote one of them...once.


• While on a two year mission to Idaho I wrote home maybe twelve times and I'm pretty sure that six of these were the direct result of bribery. If I ever needed a little extra money my parents would send along a check with a reminder that I wasn't to endorse it until I had written home.


• This year I completely forgot my Mom's birthday.


• I did the exact same thing last year.


• I didn't even call my Sister and her family this year to wish them a Merry Christmas.


• Or last year.


• ....I'm not even sure if I did the year before that.

Call me forgetful, call me thoughtless, call me careless...but unless you call me there's a good chance you won't hear from me at all.


"What's that, what did you say?"
"Did I receive the letter/e-mail you sent me last month?"
" I sure did! It was great to hear from you!"
"....Oooooh so you wanted me to write back. Riiiiight."




Forgetfully Yours