Oh, the weekend is here :)

What a long long week. I took Monday off and the kids and I hung out and had a great day. But the week just seemed even longer.

Friday afternoon Evelyn and Tom took off for another camping trip. Greg and I took off for baseball practice. Then I headed over to Circuit City to see what deals I could find. And, I had found a $10 gift card that I wanted to use before it was too late. I got 2 movies, a flash drive, memory card for my camera and a cool hot pink cover for my i pod. Not to bad and didn't spend very much either. :)

Greg's team had a pizza party after practice. It was nice to meet a few more parents and have some time to talk with the coaches. I really like the way things are turning out with this new team. All the guys are getting along and getting to know each other better. The coaches are impressed with our boys abilities too. I do believe it is going to be a great season. We are already talking of some more tournaments to play in.

I didn't get up till after 8 am this morning. It was soooo gooooood to sleep in. Dog has been walked and Greg and I are just hanging out. It's a nice lazy morning which we don't get too often around here.

This evening we are going to a huge birthday celebration. A party for Tom's mom, sister and our niece. All milestone birthdays, with Sam's being her sweet 16. Tom and Evelyn have to come home early from their camp out but will have had a great time for the time there are there.

Evelyn's show was postponed due to the rain and lack of practices and the fact that her trainer had to have surgery last week. It is now March 7. Mark it on your calendar.

This means we have Sunday free, except for Greg's practice Sunday afternoon.

For the rest of today, I have to finish making the birthday presents and think of something to get Sam. I have no idea what to get her. I think I may also spend some time in the yards. They have been neglected, especially out back. My daffodils are starting to push through and some are blooming. They are so pretty.

Oh, and one more thing before the train leaves the station, I AM going to be an assistant track coach for 5th/6th grade track at school. Evelyn is running. She has such long legs and I think will be an awesome runner. She went running with me the other day and pushed through for the entire 3 miles. That's my girl!!

Well, until the next stop on the crazy train, have a great weekend. :)

Leapin Lizards!

What you would you do if you opened your washing machine, took out a load of jeans and saw this sitting in the bottom of your washing machine.

A-Scream like a girl?

B- Close the lid and hope that someone else besides you would put laundry in the washing machine?

C- Triple bag your hand with newspaper bags (saved to pick up after the Dog) and while gritting your teeth and hopeing the darn thing is not alive enough to move, carefully scoop up the darn thing and toss it into an open grave, aka, the trash can.

Ok, I did C. I was cool calm and collected, kinda. I didn't scream like I did when the Dog brought a dead gopher into the house or when I found a dead possum in the back yard. This had nothing to do with the Dog. At least I hope not.

I have no idea where this poor lizard came from or how it got in the machine. This morning I collected all the jeans from various rooms of the house and had them in a pile in my room waiting their turn to get warshed.

And the entire time I was figuring out how to remove a dead lizard from the washing machine and not to get too grossed out about it, the Dog was standing at the by the gate, chewy, at her feet, looking at me like who knows what. I wonder what she thinks at times. She probably was hoping I was getting something for her. Silly Dog.

Oh, and these pix here,

they are pix of the rain on Tuesday. Yes, we so need rain gutters.

52 Blessings

Week #6

A pleasant surprise arrived in the mail on Saturday. An envelope with out a return address. Hmmm. Opened it up and what a nice surprise from Melanie. A hand made book mark :) the charm says "made with love" and I know it is. Melanie is such a crafty person and puts her heart into everything she makes. She is just that kind of person.

I love this book mark and it is tucked into my current book, "Earthly Joys" by Phillipa Gregory.

Thank you Melanie. I love this book mark and will think of you when I am reading.

I am....

waiting for the kids to get home so we can catch up on American Idol and the kids can get back to their marathon monopoly game. I was out a few days ago. My poor shoe had too many holes in it.

watching the rain, again.

wondering why the dog is so antsy today. maybe because she didn't get a walk this morning

tired

not feeling super good.

going to take a nap again

make breakfast for dinner. Hey why not have it for 3 meals today. I also had breakfast for lunch

not sure what is going on this weekend as I have not looked at the calendar yet

going to rest this weekend

trying to clean but don't feel like it. I'll "suggest" that the kids can clean the house or at least put away the laundry.

going to put Greg's baseball game schedule on the calendar

going to help coach track for 5th and 6th grade at school.

going to find more cd's to download to i tunes to put on my new ipod.

going to sleep in on Saturday and Sunday

going to run more this weekend

thinking of participating in the mud run at Camp Pendleton in October ( I have a goal now!)

looking forward to reading my book

going to make brownies because they smell so good when they are baking

rambling again.

hoping you all have a great weekend!!

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Week #5

(rain pouring down out the front door - yes, we still need rain gutters. and it is hailing out there too)

This one changed a few times. Maybe because I was having a hard time getting on to my own blog.

So, here goes. It has been raining here in Sunny So. Cal. Yes, a lot of rain. Monday was no exception. But it would go like this: rain, blue skys, rain, wind, blue skys, rain, hail, rain, wind, blue skys, rain, blue skys...... all day long.

(hail on the patio table)

But, I love the rain. So, I really don't mind that it rained all day, and most of the weekend either. Rain means I don't have to water the lawns and the plants. It also means nice green hills and snow on our Saddleback Mountain. What a neat sight to see through the kitchen window.

This is the view towards the South later in the afternoon. Those clouds are coming from the ocean.

This is a view towards the North. Nice blue skys and white fluffy clouds. It did rain later on Monday night.

Book Review

I've added a few more books to my shelf over therer -------------------->>>>>>

BREAKING DAWN is the last in the Twilight series. I read it in a week. 754 pages. I do want to read this series again but have other books on my real shelf at home that I want to read.

Right after finishing Breaking Dawn, I had to get into another book.

THE SHACK was next. It's a selection for my book club. But I would have read it anyways. This is an amazing book. It's one to read and then read again and then again each year. It's just amazing.

Have I already started another book? Yes, I have. It's by an author who I really like. I'll tell you about it when I'm done.

Happy reading.

52 Blessings

Week #4







Singing along to Taylor Swift, sitting by the fire pit, hanging with friends, a fun photo. I'm a starburst :)

Weekend

Well, a typical weekend. Going here and there and trying to do laundry and still unpack a few boxes.


Evelyn had practice for their drill team competition (on horses) Her group got their pattern figured out for their drill team competition. She is in charge of flames for their helmets. Now we just have to figure out where to get them. I am thinking a skateboard store. any suggestions?


I found some time to finally clean out my car and give it a good wash. Looks so nice now :) I also went though a few more boxes in the garage to consolidate things. Making progress.


Greg had a great practice with his new team. He was playing 1st, ,2nd, and outfield. He was even hitting! The boys all seemed to get along great at their first practice.

From practice Greg and I dashed over to the BBQ and got a litte lost but found our way to where we were supposed to go.

We enjoyed the sunset over the Pacific Ocean, a great dinner, wine and s'mores by the fire pit and a great time with good friends.

When we got home I was so tired. I layed down next to Greg for a minute, and well, that minute turned into a few hours as I zonked right out. I had thought of heading over to Michele's 40th b-day party celebration. But, ugh, that didn't happen. I'll catch up with her one day.

Sunday, off to church early. Then Evelyn and I headed to Pomona (via Bagels n Brew) for the Equine Affair. We spent about 3 hours there, walking through exhibits of horse stuff for sale, trailers, barns, clothes...... I did get Evy a new pair of riding jeans. We also sat through parts of some seminars on horsemanship and looked at a lot of horses.

They guys were off at friends to watch the Super Bowl. They were depressed their team didn't win. But overall I say it was a good game.

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Week #3




That guys like this still have what it takes to bring us good old rock n' roll.