A Note About My Family

For those of you who read my blog for my cutting irony and wit, this blog may not be for you. For those of you who read my blog for an insight into what I thinking, this is for you. For those of you who read my blog for some other reason, I am just using you to create a great example or parallelism. (English 101 term: Parallelism).
I know I usually talk about Alaska, the weather, the people, or the food; but the mood strikes me to blog about something else--my wonderful family. A family that I love a "bushel and a peck" even though I don't tell them enough.
I got the sweetest card from my family yesterday. It was a "just to let you know we are thinking about you" card, and it was the greatest thing ever. The weather has really had me down lately, and my mom thought I could use some cheering up. My niece, who is totally too cool do anything that is even remotely uncool, even drew me a really great picture of the beach. It was supposed to make me feel warm. Well, surprisingly, it did. Just maybe not in the way she had intended. There was also a note from my mom telling me what she and my dad were up to. She was telling me about all the wonderful stuff they are doing. The great part is that she was just writing it so I would know what they were doing. I don't think she realizes that the stuff that she wrote about is so absolutely amazing. My wonderful parents are always going out of their way to help someone else.
My mom and dad send me a box on regular occasion. It is sort of a "things I miss from civilization" box. The box that is coming soon has Easter oreos in it, plus no telling what other sort of wonderful goodies. These little packages are the bright spots in my cold, wintry days.
I am even going to say something nice about my brother....I know, shock right? My brother has been living in my house while I am away (housesitting as it were, and keeping me from having to pay utilities on a house that I am thousands of miles away from). He has been taking care of things for me, planting the shrubs that I want planted but will be too late to plant, and just keeping an eye on things in general. Now, you may wonder what the big deal is about somebody living in your house. My brother, bless his heart, is following all the insane rules I have about my house: no shoes in the house, sweep constantly and mop even when the floor is clean, etc. He is also feeding my car-chasing dog, and taking care of my yard. This all is going on while he is working a full-time job and providing for the afore mentioned really cool niece. (I am going to email him later today and ask him to plant some flowers for me when the weather there clears up a little.) This comes from the brother that I fought with like crazy when we were growing up. I guess we grew out of it.
My niece has her first softball game this week. It is the first softball game of her senior year. She enjoys softball a lot, and I really wish I could be there to watch her. I hope she knows how much I miss her and think about her. I can't wait to get home in May to see her GRADUATION. Holy cow, wasn't she just born like yesterday. We are going to Costa Rica for her graduation trip, and I hope we will have a really great time together without killing each other. My mom says we fight sometimes because we are just alike....she's probably right.
Well, I know that this blog isn't really very interesting for you, but I needed to put it out there.
Waxing sentimental.
Debbie

PS. The next blog will be about stuff that might interest you more.