I�m waking up a little earlier than usual to do this morning�s Morning Pages. I have some coffee brewing, so this experience will be a whole lot better soon. I don�t mind mornings, I work at the bux for god sakes, but on my days off I like to sleep in. Sleeping in is waking up at 6:30am. I�m an hour early. My mind is wandering right now. I just looked at a grocery bag with an advertisement for the annual 4th of July festival we have down town. I�ve always liked going but I haven�t been there in about 4 years or so. Mike�s band is playing an evening show so I�m really excited. I like to walk around and look at all of the venders; buy cheesy things like water balloon yo-yos and silly hats and eat amazing food. This year I get to share that with my baby. I�ll probably take her earlier in the day around the time that Mike has to go and set up and then bring her to Grandma�s. Then back to the event to watch the hubby and hang with the big bro. Coffee break�� Once again�.bad coffee. Maybe it�s my filter. Actually I KNOW it�s my filter. I�m going to start using those paper filters. I like strong coffee but I don�t like drinking mud. So I�ve read a few more pages of the book and have discovered I need to have an Artist Date. This is time taken out of the week to take your inner artist on a date. Jeesh. I don�t even get to go on many dates with the Hubby. Ok, that�s a lie. We go on at least one date a week. He�s pretty adamant about us spending time alone together. I think that�s why I�m so forgiving when it comes to his screw ups. He�s so sweet and so wonderful most of the time. Anyway, so I�ve decided to have my artist dates on Saturday nights. Mike�s usually playing out and Livy either is staying the night at Grandma�s or is asleep by 7pm. Granted I usually have to wake up at four the next morning so I�ll have to work that out but that�s what I�m going to do for now. The night may change�and the baby is awake� Maybe she�ll hang out for a while. Or maybe I�ll be sassy and give her breakfast milk now�.. Listen to that, I think she�s back out. So I think for my first artist date I�m going to buy a coloring book and some colors. I know it sounds really childish but that�s what my inner artist feels like doing. Well, my inner artist really wants to be able to play guitar and sing but right now coloring is a good start. Speaking of guitar and singing, Mike and I have been fooling around with the idea of doing an acoustic show. Well, actually I�m excited about it and he really doesn�t care. We worked on some songs for the family reunion and that was a blast but he hasn�t felt well lately and it�s hard to get him motivated. I am not a motivator. I�m the girl that starts a million projects and never finishes one. I think it�s ADD. This book though. I will finish this. I have made up my mind. Even if the writing is so floral it puts me to sleep. I can�t help it. I like books that are to the point. Tell me what I need to know. Mike said, �It�s such a short book. If it were put into bullet points then it would have just been a pamphlet, and who could make money off of a pamphlet?� He�s right. So I�m putting up with the floral writing and hoping that I don�t get too annoyed. I�m telling you, ADD! Speaking of floral, how am I supposed to write three pages of this crap every day? Seriously. I feel pretty done right now and the kid has me on alert because she�s obviously awake. But I will not get her out of her room before 6:30. It�s a rule. She has to know that people aren�t awake until 6:30 or 7am. Anything before that and she�ll have to entertain herself or go back to sleep. I remember back in the day it was 4:30 before we would give her next bottle. Then it turned to 5:30. I�m thinking if a few months it�ll be 7! Whoop!!!! By then she�ll have a toddler bed and Mama and Dada will be working on kiddo number 2. Ok, maybe not the whole #2 child yet. I was thinking in march or April of next year�.or October. Idon�t know. Mike and I want 3 years between the two of them. That way Livy can be potty trained and a little more self sufficient. We also want to spend a lot of time with her and let her be the only one for a while. Anyway�what was I writing about. Oh well. I have to clean the house today. Well, no biggy. I just need to sweep the kitchen floor and clean the guest bathroom and run the vacuum. Then I�ll be picking my brother up at 1:30. We�ll head over to the casino for a while and shoot the shit. I�m excited. He called the other day asking if he should bring his boots. �Dude, people don�t wear cowboy boots here. This is Wisconsin.� It�s amazing how normal people are here compared to TX. He�s in for a bit of a culture shock. People are extremely honest here. There�s no hiding emotions behind fake smiles and if you have something to say about someone you make sure they are standing right next to you so that they can defend themselves. It�s kind of nice. Anyway I think this is my three pages. I am done for today and I�ll probably read a few more pages of that book�.I know but at least I�m doing it. Right?