Good Life!

We're young enough to say

Oh this has gotta be the good life

This has gotta be the good life

This could really be a good life, good life

Wow, life seems to be flying by in a blink of an eye. I have now been in Michigan for just over 14 months, I have been in my house for 8 months. None of that seems possible, yet I feel like I have lived a lifetime in this state, a good lifetime.

The past month has been fun. I spent Bonnie's birthday/St. Patrick's Day with her and some good friends out on the town watching the begingin of March Madness. We acted a fool sometimes while out, but it was a good time, and just what I needed that week. It is begining to be Relay season which means the stress is starting to hit. So having nights like this are well worth it.

Otis turned two this month. Amanda threw a popcorn party for him. He is big, talking and constantly asking for "ca-corn." So he loved that. The house was a disaster, but all that means was that it was fun. It is hard to believe that he is two, until the tantrums start. He is usually a pretty happy boy, but he does have those two year old tantrums. Here are some pictures of the party.

And to finish off a great month; Amanda came over on Saturday of last weekend and helped me get some things done around the house. We had originally planned on cleaning my gutters, but the weather was freezing cold and the ladder we needed was larger than the truck we had to get it over here. So that plan was quashed. We mainly focused on indoor activites. We went through some items that my father brought here at Christmast time from the house in Maine. We picked up some pavers and firewood from Jane Stevenson. The last and most fantastic thing we accomplished (drum roll please...) Amanda made my curtians for the living room. She spent a good chunk of the day running around time getting supplies for the curtains, but we got them done and they look great. Pictures to follow soon I promise. This is a great thing because the large, main window in the living room looks directly out at a well used bus stop. So having a curtain in there is great.
In trade I took all three of the boys on Sunday for about 5 hours so Amanda and Matt could have a few hours alone in the house to move some furniture around. I took the boys to impression 5 ( a local children's museam). We ran around there for about an hour. Then the weather has warmed up enough that I took them to a playground (fully fenced in) so they could REALLY run around. Finally, we all came back to my house for a dinner of pizza. They had a good time and were wipped when the day was done.

This weekend as also been a good one. The Grieshops are out of town and my roommate had to leave unexpectedly for Miami today. So I have the house to myself, I kind of like it. I have gotten a lot accomplished, cleaned, online stuff, paid bills etc. I got onto Amanda's blog today and read what she had written about the past month. Our lives intertwine so much, yet each of our takes are so different. In her blog she spoke about a mother blessing that she held for a friend. She linked that friend's blog also speaking about the mother blessing. Her friend said such amazing things about my sister. They were all things I already knew, but hearing someone else, not her family, say these amazing things made me so proud. Proud to call her my sister, proud to be related to her, proud to know her.

I truely am lucky, I know that my life might not be perfect. I know that there are things that I can complain about, things that I would like to be different. Everybody has those. But over all I am incredibly lucky. I love my life, my family, my friends and my house. I have a great job that fulfills me and supports me. I don't think I could ask for much more. Just when I was feeling happy and lucky I came across a song that described my feeling perfectly. It made me smile and has quickly become my go to song. You know, the song you put on when you are having a bad day because you just know it will make you feel better; the song that makes you want to dance and move the second you turn it on; the song that you could hear over and over again and never get sick of it. The song that makes you feel like you have a Good Life.

Sometimes there's airplanes I can' t jump out

Sometimes there's bullshit that don't work now

We all got our stories but please tell me

What there is to complain about

When you're happy like a fool

Let it take you over

When everything is out

You gotta take it in

Oh this has gotta be the good life

This has gotta be the good life

This could really be a good life, good life

Say oh, got this feeling that you can't fight

Like this city is on fire tonight

This could really be a good life

A good, good life