Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Aaaah . . . peace and quiet


Don't get me wrong. I love my mom and my children. But between having everyone here for the last 7 days, plus dealing with DH and FIL in Hong Kong and 12 hours ahead, I am exhausted. I feel like I've been on-call for 24 hours for the 7 days. This morning I drove my mom to the airport and DS #2 left for home. I worked for a few hours in the office and then came home to an quiet and empty house.

DH did send me a wonderful birthday surprise yesterday. These gorgeous orange and purple flowers being hugged by an adorable teddy bear were waiting for me at my door when we came home from shopping. I can't wait to give him a huge hug when I pick him up on Saturday morning.

Today I came home from work to find my birthday FQs from one of my on-line groups on my doorstep. Fifteen assorted FQs to add to my stash. I also received 10 porcelain buttons I ordered from Giggle Buttons in Australia. I'll take photos of those goodies later. I'm just too tired right now to focus a camera.

Well I've eaten my dinner, watched one episode of NCIS on my DVR and I'm ready for bed. I want to get in a nap before I have to speak with DH again to prep him for a meeting later today in Hong Kong. Yup, I'm still on call until Friday night.

8 comments:

Patti said...

Oh - what pretty flowers! And a very happy birthday to you!

Quilter Kathy said...

Happy Birthday!
Enjoy the gift of silence!

Libby said...

Happy belated birthday - enjoy catching up in the stillness of your home *s*

~Bren~ said...

Happy Birthday. What a nice gift...a few hours of silence!

Gail said...

Happy Birthday! ...and here I thought you would have all this time to yourself to quilt your fingers to the bone. Hug DH one for all of us, those flowers are lovely.

Finn said...

Hi Paula, love the fabric pictures...almost as good as buying it...*VBS* Great flowers too, you lucky girl!! Hope you get rested up soon, and sew, sew, sew! Hugs, Finn

Solstitches said...

Happy belated birthday wishes!
I've been away on a mini vacation and am all behind with my blog reading.
Pretty flowers!

Margaret

sewnut said...

Gift flowers are always wonderful!