Into the Great Wide Open

So, here I am. Posting. To my new blog. To say this is foreign to me is the understatement of the year. I have a stinky (but devoted) black lab sleeping at my feet, a snoring (but devoted) husband in the chair next to me, and 4 young children dreaming upstairs in their beds. Okay, Mary Claire is actually in bed with George, but at least she's not in my bed. We're all about baby steps here. Maybe by the time she goes to college, she'll be able to sleep in her own room. We have 12 more years to figure out the details...