Oh the hysteria. We are all running around like chickens with our heads cut off as we (well, I) try to pack the boys things, my things, the cooler, run to the store, dye my hair, and write a post before we take off for an extended weekend up north. It is hubby's birthday today and it has become a tradition to make the three hour trek to the cabin every year on his birthday weekend. I love it when I'm up there. But I certainly don't like this part.
Without a computer present I know I will be able to be in the moment with the boys, soak in the sun, do a little fishing, swing on the porch swing drinking tea, and read the remaining two books I picked up from the library. I'm counting on this being a fabulous weekend. Which is a dangerous thing, really. It always seems that when I think we will all have a wonderful time, it ends up being dreadful. And when my expectations are extremely low we ended up having the best time ever. I guess we'll just wait and see.
Well I hope you have a great time! Happy Bday to your hubby.
ReplyDeleteHow fun! I'm sure you will get it all together in time. Have a lovely time and we shall see you on the flip side. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteAw, I hope you have fun!! I really miss our camping trips we used to take every summer partly just to get completely away from the computer and to really connect. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteYa know, sometimes when things don't go quite as nicely as we want or tried to plan for them, they can be made into looking like it was a fun event after the fact just by ripping it apart and seeing the humor, from a bit of the down side perhaps, but make fun of it later and it will become part of family tales that will be funny in years to come. Chin up, forge ahead and pray for the best! Can't really do much more than that, especially when you're dealing with small children.
ReplyDeleteAnd Happy Birthday too, to your husband!
It sounds like a GREAT time to me! And, we all need a little time away from our computers, right? Really allows us to enjoy the time.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to your hubby, too! See you on the flip side!
Have a great time! And Happy Birthday to your hubby...
ReplyDeleteGo....have fun! Happy Birthday to your husband.
ReplyDeleteHave a great time! I wish you much rest and fun!
ReplyDeleteBecky
Have fun! :)
ReplyDeleteHow fun! Have a great time and happy birthday to your DH.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely weekend. Always so much to do before going away, making sure there isn't going to be a full linen basket upon your return is my first job!
ReplyDeleteCJ xx
I hope your trip is safe and fabulous!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to your fabulous & sweet Hubby! I've never met him (and I've never met you either, but I digress) but all you write about him lets me know how wonderful he is! And enjoy your time up north - it WILL be fun!!!
ReplyDeleteGood luck, and I hope it is as wonderful as you are hoping. Have fun!
ReplyDeleteHave fun! We're headed to the beach house this weekend which is definitely my happy place!
ReplyDeleteHave a GREAT time! My parents have a house about an hour and a half north of here and it is always so nice to get into an other environment - the home pressures just aren't the same!
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful time.. I'm sure you will. And happy hubby birthday.
ReplyDeleteWhat?! You're leaving us behind?
ReplyDeleteHappy weekend to you and your family, and Happy Bday to Todd!
I had to laugh at your last 3 sentences, you sound like me! Happy bday to your husband and have a wonderful time!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to Todd! Have a fabulous weekend with that lovely family!
ReplyDeleteI hope it ends up being a fabulous weekend and you enjoy the quiet time with your family.
ReplyDeleteI always travel with books from the library! I try not to buy books b/c I have no place to keep them all and generally I only read fiction books once anyway!
ReplyDeleteI always travel with books from the library! I try not to buy books b/c I have no place to keep them all and generally I only read fiction books once anyway!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to T! And, you'll have a wonderful time.
ReplyDeleteNo computer? A blessing in disguise! Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteHappy B-Day to the Hubs. I'm sure you'll have a great time, I'd love any sort of vacation at this point.
ReplyDeleteExpectations are funny like that! Hope you have a great time.
ReplyDeleteHAPPY BIRTHDAY to your hubbers. I think you'll have a great time. I wish we had a cabin we could wisk away to. :o)
ReplyDeleteKirst
Have a WONDERFUL time with your boys, Kathryn.
ReplyDeleteAnd happy birthday to your hubby!!!What a great birthday tradition!
Like so many women headed up north--the going there is rough, but the being there is lovely:)
ReplyDeleteHey, it's my hubby's special day this weekend too! He prefers to stay at home. (I'm so glad because packing UNDOES ME!) We are 15 mins from the lake and he has 2 waverunners ... guess what I'll be doing????
ReplyDeleteHave a GREAT time with BOOKS ... wow ... BOOKS! I'm off to find some BOOKS! ; )
Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteHave a great time.... I miss Northern WI.
ReplyDeleteAre you taking the new boat? Does anybody else find it funny that in the middle of the "must-do-now" list, you add "dye my hair". Right. The family probably wouldn't be nice to you otherwise?
ReplyDeleteOh have so much fun and totally soak up that sun!
ReplyDeletehope it's a great time
ReplyDeletewahooo! Have a great time and happy birthday to hubby
ReplyDeletebrittany
Happy Birthday to Todd. Hope the time away turns out to meet your positive expectations!
ReplyDeleteOh that doesn't sound like fun at all. Just plain awful and boring to me. I am sure the boys will be awful. I hope you can get through it.
ReplyDelete(I am trying to help with the expectations part - did I help?)
Happy Birthday to your Hubby.
Okay, I am a geek; your hubby has the same birthday as Harry Potter! (Which is the day after mine...) Hope y'all had a good birthday weekend!
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