We're getting new carpet in three rooms of the house this week--Wednesday to be exact. I'm thrilled. It's been 18 years since we built this house, which is when the current carpet was installed. The carpet looks worn, certainly, but it also bears the marks of 18 happy years of busily living in this house. Where did the time go? Where have the kids gone. Interestingly enough, I don't seem to be any less busy now, but it's a different kind of busy. Just like when the kids were all little--five kids under the age of nine--and I couldn't imagine what the mothers of teenagers were talking about being "so busy". Whatever! Then those five little kids became a bunch of teenagers, and I "got it". It was a new definition of busy. Even more fun! Then...we added two more to the mix and enjoyed the best of both worlds--teenagers AND babies and toddlers. The fun just went on and on.

Now we're down to two again, with the big kids in and out often, and grandkids, age 2 years, 4 months and 2 months, added to the mix.

I guess we'll continue to busily live on the new carpet.