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right now i am in heaven/hell.  is that possible?  cory and hazel are asleep on the couch and the big kids are upstairs cleaning the playroom.  that is the heaven part.  but cory is asleep because he is reacting to the drugs he's on after having his gallbladder out and haze is asleep because she has had a raging fever for the last 4 days and has not slept at all.  which means between her and cory i haven't been sleeping either.  (although cory really is the perfect patient!)  and if i really listen carefully i can hear over the "high school musical" sound track that really there is probably more fighting than cleaning going on up in the playroom.  that is the hell.

now don't get wrong on this next point.  i have the BEST mother in the whole entire world who created a warm and loving environment for me to be reared in, but occasionally with 6 very active children and one hard working husband she was late picking us up.  now we all have things that we want to do differently than our parents and this is one of those things.  however with only 4 semi-active children and one hard working husband who unlike my father is able to be home (not enough for me but...) more than most, i still was late picking benny up from ballet twice in one day.  first this morning she had regular ballet so i went for a quick 4.5 mile run in 45 minutes that turned out to be closer to 7 miles and not 45 minutes because a bridge was out.  then this afternoon she had rehearsal for the spring show and i thought the hour and a half would be a great time to go grocery shopping.  WRONG!  i hate shopping.  that is why jack asks every month if we are poor, because there is no food in the house.  not poor jackie just lazy.  good thing cory's the one providing for us or we might be the former. 

cory is recovery well from his surgery and i am sorry again for anyone he scared with his little text.  wil and haze seem to be on the mend from there tonsillitis and both of my huge ankles that i have managed to sprain in the last 3 weeks are still huge and in pain but doing better.  last saturday i ran a 25k (15.5miles) off road race around a marvelous northwest lake.  i haven't run over 7 miles in 7 months so i was a bit leery, but it went surprisingly well!  i did slightly sprain my ankle with 5 miles to go, but was able to finish in less time than i hoped without the sprain! 

we went and visited rob and patti last night.  please, please, please keep them in your prayers.  they, in spite of their best efforts, are not doing very well.  tomorrow patti would like everyone to fast for rob.  he is going in for a whole body scan on monday.  i know if you check their site you already know this.  it is hard to walk into that home that was so full of life and energy and see how it is gone.  the happiness and love is still there, but it is harder now.  it doesn't come as easily.  patti is the strongest women i know and i think we need to fast for her as much as we need to fast for rob. 

darla, your babies are so cute!!  i love to hear about and see pictures of them.  as far as sassy girls go i have no idea.  i have two and really i do just have to laugh and call them sassy or i would go insane.  in fact i did that for a few years too.  brooke sawyer is so beautiful.  if he liked me more i would have mom steal him and bring him to me.  i hope cort and roger had a wonderful time on their honeymoon! and mindi i loved the blog even without the pictures. i just used my imagination about what it would look like to have friends. 

well the groceries are still sitting out in the car and we all know they are not going to bring themselves in so i better get to it, i have a game in an hour. 

love to all.............me