Friday Evening...

Home from work. Kids ran outside as soon as they could get the neighbors to come out to play. We have them trained (our kids anyway) not to ride anything with wheels without a helmet; I love seeing Rose #1 and Rose #2 zipping up and down the sidewalk, their behelmeted blue heads just showing over the windowsills of the big window in the dining room.

Glass of wine - half empty. That's not pessimism, just a fact. A nice pinot grigio ("Mommy's Time Out" - how heartbreakingly true). A little blogging - over at www.bbonthehill.com (my mom's bed and breakfast), an entry here (feel too guilty blogging at my mom's site without posting SOMETHING here).

Dinner soon - chicken on romaine salad. Thanks to our friends the Markerts for that menu idea. The kids love it. Goes great with pinot grigio too...