i'm the luckiest girl in the world

today the boys are off school and it's heavenly because i neeeeeeed a slow start and a day of being with them (am i the ony mum who loves them being home...?  sure, i love the house being still and boy-free, but i love them being here with me so much more :)

i'm taking them to John's Incredible(-y average) Pizza for lunch because they love it there so much (and i love the coffee bar :)

i'm getting more new workout clothes while we are out - best incentive ever to want to walk :) 

the house smells like mint (amazing and calming and it's impossible to not take deep cleansing, jaw relaxing breaths when the house smells this amazing)

i'm shopping for beautiful Capes with weathered shingles and picket fences and hydrangeas and having to cross off the ones on Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard because that would just be too far from a Target (officially.the.luckiest.girl.in.the.world)

i get to give everything i don't love away and take only the things that are dear to me

i get to leave behind this house and the people and diseases it reminds me of

we get to go home - as in HOME with mince pies and crackers and the Queen's speech - for Christmas!!! 

we're about to make our last mortgage payment

i'm driving cross country with my beloved japanese maple tree and my husband doesn't think i'm insane because he's sentimental too :)

i get to actually shop at the Atlantic Spice Company for my everyday cooking needs (be still my heart - i looooooooooove this store)

back later with pictures of the day xoxox