Thanks for your sunroom reno smarts.....
I'm calling it my Tranquility Reclaimation project.
"Serenity Now", or hopefully, soon.
I'll keep you posted.

I'm almost smug when I think of how absolutely lazy I've been this week,
but the year's winding down and my planning continues.

I really need to get some relationship issues dealt with in my life.
I have no problems with those people I have chosen or raised.

The low down:
There are 5 kids in our family,
I'm the oldest, two brothers in close succesion,
a sister, and an adopted brother.
I am close with my second brother. He lives close by.
The others are a few hours away.
Up until a couple of years ago,
I often was in contact with the others.
Yep, every time they needed something,
they contacted me.
Conversation eventually eroded to:
Hi, Hope, it's me.
Hi, What do you need?
Cause I knew it was eventually going to get around to some favour they deperately needed.
The story of me eventually learning how to say No is a long one,
but eventually I learned, and the phone calls stopped.
I've struggled a bit (ok, alot) with missing having siblings
that I enjoy being with, or enjoy being with me.
I often wonder how we turned out so very different as adults.
Our family gatherings are so very different than our gatherings with friends.
I often ponder these things.
In 2007, I'm letting that go.
It is what it is.