Its saturday and I find myself "home alone"...its kinda nice...but awfully quiet. Is this what it will be like when all of the kids are grown up and moved out? We have our house listed for sale with a realtor....hopefully all goes well with that. My mother has confirmed that she will be spending her winter's in Arizona for now on...she just cant take the cold anymore and her Parkinson's and athritis would do better in a warmer dryer climate. I think it is a good thing. She has a sister out there and it will be better for her health. Samantha and Dakota are done with sports for this school year, as neither one of them have ever been in too baseball/softball. So needless to say its been a bit quieter with no place to run to after work every other night. Samantha wants to find a part time job and I am still very weary of that. I prefer she sticks to babysitting but I guess I need to let her grow up and try something new. It's so hard for me to let go with her. I think I want her to stay with me forever!! Not really...but time sure does fly. We leave for vacation in 11 days and a wake up - we are all ready to get away from this cold weather. I just want to feel the sand beneath my feet...and search for sand dollars. I think that is so much fun! I'm thankful that we are able to get away this year!