end of an era

well, it's the end of an era, in a way.
we have 4 children, the last one finally reached the milestone of 19 years. we are now officially done raising them. any mistakes they make, are their own to resolve. any accomplishments are of their own doing.

it's been a hard road at times. some of those times harder than others, but we made it!!!!
now we are on the road to "grandparenthood". this will be a new untested, uncharted (for us anyway) road.

next year, for me, it will be the end of the "young" years and the start of middle agedom. i don't know how i feel about that. it's not the number, it's the "what the hell have i accomplished in all that time"????

i have a husband, 4 kids and ........... no job, no career, no nuttin. oh well, on my tombstone, you can write, she tried her best

so hallowe'en is this weekend. i've always loved hallowe'en and christmas. i love to decorate for both. since all the bambini are now adults, i cannot ask them to help me take out the decos, especially for hallowe'en, as it is not important to them. so, no more scary spiders, no more tacky grave markers, no more coffin with someone in it scaring the bejesus out of the little kids. sigh........... they say all good things come to an end, i guess it's true for our home as well. maybe i'll sell the stuff. any takers?????????????