The Good Life

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Oh, this has gotta be the good life
this has gotta be the good life
this could really be a good life, good life.

~ song by OneRepublic



My son loves this song and
plays it, often while in his room,
digging into his homework.

And this mom has to smile
at his 12-nearly-13 croaky voice
belting out these words.

I'm glad he sings.

I'm glad he feels he has a
good, good life.



I'm happy that it is a sunny 
Thursday morning as I write and he 
and his sister are home with me 
for a two-day fall school break.

There was frost on the ground
when I took Gracie out first thing
this morning.  Frost on the pumpkins,
I declared as she sniffed the ground.

Except we don't have any pumpkins,
{outdoors} yet.  I am one of those
hold outs that doesn't get pumpkins
for the front steps until it's closer 
to the big night.



Frost means it's close enough.

At our house, that big night is
preceded by another big night,
which is my son's birthday.  No
matter what the festivities entail,
October 30th is always capped 
off with pumpkin carving.

I hope that ritual will always  
be a part of his good, good life.



It's almost noon and we are
still slogging around in our pj's,
 thinking ahead to the evening and
what movies are on at the theater.



If my son didn't have a guitar
lesson this afternoon and if we
didn't need milk, eggs and
bananas from the store, I'd be
happy to hunker down right
where we are for the day.



But my boy needs his guitar
lesson to learn his songs and the
 bigger boy {aka Mr. Privet}
needs his bananas, so off we
will go.

If this is what that older
crooner, Tony Bennett, meant
by his song The Good Life,
then I'll take it.



What are you up to this
weekend in your own

good
good
life?

xx
Suzanne



Linking here with gratitude








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