Girls Weekend

The boys are camping so Evy and I get another girls weekend :)
We have chilled out, Evy made some cards, we furniture shopped, went to Greg's socce game, went to dinner and saw HSM III. Have to say it wasn't that bad.

Evy's bff came over this afternoon. We went to church, then dinner at Rubios where we ran into from friends from their AP group, then we saw High School Musical III. I have to say it was not that bad. I was expecting to take a nap, but that didn't happen. What a mixed group in the theater too, young girls to my tweens, to high school girls who all ohhed and awed over Zac/Troy through the entire movie.

Girls made brownies (yummm, warm from the oven gooey brownies) and are now jelling watching tv. Earlier they did each other's hair.

Me, well, since I didn't get my nap during the movie, I'm pooped. But I can sleep in tomorrow. I think I'll shut down in a bit and try to finish my book, yep another one ;) Sunday no realy plans. It's nice to have a semi quiet weekend.

I put away some more things last night and this morning, organized the garage somewhat this afternoon. Ugh. Is it ever gonna end???

Today was Greg's team 2nd play off game. The first half of the game we just couldn't get a break. Offside after offside for us, shots that would bounce off the goal post, just unlucky breaks. We got scored against in the 3rd quarter. The fourth quarter the boys got a good boost of energy and there was no stopping us! Greg was playing his usual defense, but had a good steel and took the ball all the way up the field, had a great shot on goal, a defender jumped to head the ball and knocked it in the goal. Well, we will take that one, thank you ;) Goal for Greg! That was all we needed, not too long after that another goal for the Gunners and that's how the game ended 2 - 1. What an awesome game! Should have heard the cheers! I think we play again on Wednesday evening. Still remain undefeated!!!

The guys came home to shower and then headed back to their camp out in San Clemente. Nice that it's so close. Greg said they found this really neat bike ramp and he insisted on bringing his other bike so more of the guys could ride. Hope they can get both bikes in the car tomorrow.

Hmmm, let me see.............Well, can't think of much else to write about. I'm tired and don't want to bore you. I have so many pictures to download. Think I'll do that tomorrow and try to get some posts with the house. Maybe do some more house shopping tomorrow. Or not.

Enjoy your Sunday :)

Moving on

I heard from one of my forever friends the other day. She is moving on. Things have been rough the last several years. I hope and pray this move is just what is needed and that in time things will work out how they are supposed to work out.

So my friend, keep safe, be strong and stay focused on your goal. You are always in my heart and forever my friend.

And she is back

And she had the best weekend too! It was so nice to sit all weekend (almost all weekend) and scrap and boy did she get a lot done too! Now just to find those empty scrapbooks boxed somewhere in the garage and put all those pages away.

Tom and Evelyn had a great time camping. Evelyn learned to walk on stilts! When I got home last night the kids were out front practicing. I'll have to give it a try soon and hopefully won't brake something. Evelyn looks to be the pro at it so I'll have her give me a lesson. I told Evelyn she could dress up for the 4th of July parade and walk the parade on stilts. That didn't go over very well. But I tried.

Greg's team won their game on Saturday. 8 - 0 with Greg contributing one of those goals. I told him defenders can score. He didn't anything get past him in this game. Next game is on Saturday. (I snuck away from my scrapbooking to go to the game)

Greg had a great time hanging out with Grandma and his cousins. Grandma even got Greg to clean up the huge mess he made in his empty room and got him to clean out the stinky lizard cage. I had encouraged Greg to let the other lizards go. Told him he had to clean the cage before catching new ones. The new set up has a cleanable rug so it will be easier to clean. :) New lizards (which I named Larry and Leon) are enjoying their new digs.

We are slowly getting the bedrooms put back. I NEED this furniture to be put away. I also NEED for the boxes to be emptied out of the garage. At least the living room is void of excess furniture. I think we will work on the office next as the majority of Greg's big furniture is in the family room. That will be a task putting his loft bed back together. Evy's room is almost done as is ours. One day at a time, that's what I say every day.

Ok, back to the grind. Have an awesome week and hope you are enjoying the cooler weather. I am :)

She is outta here (verysoon)

And that she would be me! Yes, Mis. I'm outta here tomorrow morning. Gone for the entire weekend. Not very far, but gone none the less. It's been a very long time.

Where am I going? I am heading out on my scrapbooking weekend. There are 2 of us heading up this weekend as our other coordinator has moved out of state. It's been a lot more work but it will be fun none the less. And I so can't wait. I have not had a moment to scrap book or even think about it since I don't know when. Plus, I get to get out of here, away from remodeling and stuff.

Tom and Evelyn are headed out for another AP weekend. Greg is staying home alone. Not! Should have seen his face when I told him. Grandma is actually hanging out with Greg this weekend. Greg has a soccer play off game Saturday and I'm not missing that one.

Now, our house. What else. Carpet layers are here now. One more room to go! But you should see the rest of the house. The bedroom furniture is disassembled and all throughout the rest of the house. The kids slept on their mattresses in the living room and they just thought that was the coolest thing to do last night.

The fun part will not be moving everything back and putting it all together. I can't move it myself. Maybe I can bribe the kid with ice cream to help me out after school. My back is sore, as are my legs and my hands.

This is the last "major" thing we have to get done. I have put off working on the small things until the major things are done. Just too much to think about. So, next week will start on my list of the smaller things. Things you dont' think of until you do something else. See how it snowballs here. Plus, who wants to put up dusty window blinds in new roms? Nah.

I've been at my laptop all day making great progess catching up and getting past work done. Trying to get a little ahead too to make up for being gone on Friday. Just never ends.

Not much more going on. Wear red on Saturdy and root for the undefeated Gunners! Not sure who they are playing but will find out when we get to the game on Satuday.

Have a super weekend and make sure to do something fun :)

MASH

Do you remember this from school? Tonight Greg asked me if I wanted to play MASH with him. I said O K. what is it? "Don't you know mom? We will show you." Then I remembered.

The kids both had these big sheets of paper that Evelyn was using for a movie poster book report.

So basically the kids asked me questions: favorite cars, places to live, jobs, how much money to make.......

I played 3 times and here are the results.

Round 1:

I am not married. My job is at a scrap store. I have a pet snake. I drive a Corvette. I make $50,000 a year and I live in an apartment. No bad.

Round 2:

I live in Seattle Washington in a shack, I drive a beat up car, I make $150,0000, I work in a bank. I have a lab for a dog and I honeymooned in Scotland. Ok, not bad either.

Round 3:

I live in Washington DC in a shack. I own a coffee shop and make $200,000 a year, I drive a 55 Chevy. My job is a writer. I have lots of diamonds. I am married to Julie and we honeymooned in England. what???? Married to who??? Well, I guess if I was to marry a girl Julie would be a good choice. She is a good cook and she is funny. Ummm. No. will keep her as a friend.

You see, the kids ask me for 2 answers and then they get to give an answer for the categories they choose. Such as beat up car, pet snake, having lots of mud, making $0, and married to Julie. Oh vey! But it was a fun game and we sure got some good laughs.

So, then later on after threatening Greg till I am blue in the face, he finally got his stinky self in the shower. He comes out wrapped in a towel. You should see his hair do. Too funny. Then we start laughing all over again. Not to mention our dinner discussion. Evelyn mentioned a comment made at school when she took off her shoe to empty out whatever was in there that was bothering her. So, Greg's reply was "maybe they liked your socks". Hmmm, well, ok. Then that got us into a sock and shoe conversation. Nice dinner talk.

So, the photos... Greg combed his hair, actually combed it. You should see it in the morning! He really needs a hair cut. I added the curl on the forehead and Greg wanted the pony tail. Right after the pictures were taken, Greg took out the pony tail, messed up his hair, and looked normal again. goof!

We (note the we here) did finish up Evelyn's rough draft of her movie poster. She just has to do the drawings. But had to have in the rough draft today. I like that they have to turn in rough drafts or "sloppy copies". Makes sure work gets done before then night before the day it is due.

Her book was about horses (what else). Since Evelyn doesn't like me to take silly pictures of her, here is one of Evelyn and Jess. I love this picture!

Today I am making chicken noodle soup in the crock pot. Oh yummm! I will enjoy smelling it cooking all day and be extra hungry for dinner tonight.

Have a great day!!

Halloween

Halloween was a bit different this year. Let's back up to a few days before Halloween. Wednesday night, late, Greg comes in and wakes me up telling me he does not feel well. He didn't look well earlier but said he was ok. Well, he ended up having the stomach flu which kept me up most of the night. It's very hard to function on 3 hours of sleep when you are sleep deprived in the first place.

Greg stayed home from school Thursday and Friday. Friday was a half day and a Halloween party and I didn't want that sugar over load coming right back up. Plus, I told Greg that if he stayed home from school he could go trick or treating. That was fine with Greg.

Come Friday evening, Evelyn gets picked up by her BFF to head to a birthday/Halloween party at another BFF friend house and then back to the first BFF to spend the night. She would not let me get photos. She was a cowgirl in her show shirt, a jeans skirt and her boots with hair in braids. She looked so cute. I hope BFF #2 mom got some photos of the group of girls. So, Evy was gone for the night.

Here is a cowgirl picture of Evy,but picture a skirt and minus the horse. Although I am sure she would have loved to have ridden Jessie while trick or treating.




Greg and his BFF had been talking about trick or treating. We were also talking about going to a carnival at our neighbors church. Well, that idea was nixed Thursday. I did arrange with BFF mom for the boys to go trick or treating. As it turned out, she picked up Greg and brought him to where they were going to be. Then I picked up Greg at 8. I wanted him to be home early as he had a baseball tournament over the weekend and wanted him to devour as little candy as possible.

This is our neighbor Janet. She really isn't that scary. Just needs a bit of a trim. No just kidding. She wanted to try on Greg's mask.




Greg was a Werewolf. He did let me get some pix of him.



The kids decorated the house this year and did a great job. They had the smoke machine up too. Our house looked pretty cool for the handful of trick or treaters who came by.


Tom brought home dinner, we passed out candy, I read a little and did some more box arranging in the garage prior to getting Greg.


We spent Saturday in Chino Hills at Big League Dreams. What a cool sports field. You are playing on miniature versions of major league fields. We played at Wrigley field this time. When we were headed home, Greg looked at me all smiley. He said that one of his dreams came true today, he got to play under the lights. So cool! The lights were on and there was even lightening! Kinda neat to play a night game.


Sunday we were back to Chino Hills very early. Rain and all. But it stopped soon after we got there. The Sox played an awesome game Sunday but didn't get to the play offs. It was a great game to end the travel season with. Now it's baseball hiatus until we start in the new league in February.


I was able to get a good amount of unpacking done on Sunday. I have to order new book cases for the office. Still have more to do but can see a lot of the garage floor now. Need to set a date for the garage sale too. The amount of things keeps growing.


Our first soccer play off game is next Saturday! Whoo-Hoo. I'm excited.


It's going to be a busy week, again. And what else is new. I am hoping we will get the carpet done this week. Then we can put the bedrooms back and things will almost be done. I'm not going to post any pictures until things are done.

Ok, so now it's Tuesday morning. I forgot to post this on Monday. So what else is new. Just hang in there with me. Thanks :)

Monday night at riding lessons, Jessie got spooked or something when Evelyn was getting her ready to ride. She was jumping around and antsy. So, she got put in the arena with one of the more experienced girls who help out and Jessie took off. She was dashing around the arena for a good 10 minutes before she was ready to ride. She looked like she was having a great time and just needed a turn out before lessons. Kind of reminded me of Greg when he was younger and cooped up in the house during bad weather. I would send him out back to run around. It worked. I do that with the dog too.

This is Jessie doing her dance before an event at the last show. If you could see her in action, you would know how much fun she was having last night :)

At lessons the riders have been working on synchronized riding. This group has their pattern down and look so good. I wish I had brought the camera.

I woke up early this morning to the sound of rain. I love rain and have been waiting so long for rain! Ahh. K was a bit upset as she did not get her walk. She is curled up on her blanket in the office (still does not like the floor) taking her morning nap. It has stopped raining but it's getting time for errands.

This is it for now. Have a super week. :)

oh, and PS. If you look at my book list, I finished "New Moon" by Stephanie Meyer. It's the book after "Twilight". Oh, it's good too. I started Thursday and finished last night. I stayed up too late reading. Now I hope I get that Borders email soon so I can get another coupon and get the next one in the series. Can't wait for the movie!

Twilight

You must read it. It's a great book. Read it for my book club. I didn't want to get sucked into another series of books as I have others I am trying to get through before I turn 80. But I can't wait to get absorbed in the rest of this series. I can't wait to see the movie.
Check out http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/ to see more.

I really can't believe I read all those books this year! I finish one, and pick up another. I could read 20 hours a day if I had the time.

Greg told me one day, as I was reading (waiting for his soccer game to start), "all you do all day is sit at the computer or read". well, I thought before I spoke, it's true. So, I replied "young observant son, yes I really do sit at the computer all day. And I do read. I work all day and my work is mainly on the computer. I do read when I get a chance as I LOVE to read. Maybe you should read more. You like to read and you are a good reader. AND, I do more than just sit at the computer and read. I do laundry, I take you places, I clean house, I cook, blah blah blah....." I had lost him by then. I hope I got my point across, especially about reading more. (and like Julie says, oh, I also sit and eat bon bons all day - or maybe just cookies)

Now take Evelyn. Miss I don't like to read. Well, she is so engrossed in her books this year. It's great. Middle school (at our school) doesn't have to do the reading counts program the lower grades have to do. This means Evelyn can read books she wants to. The ones she liked were not always on reading counts. The kids have to do a big book report each tri mester. And I do mean a big book report. This one involves making a movie poster, writing reviews like the movie (book) is being reviewed in the newspaper and a whole list of other things. We should have already started and by golly, I think we will today.

If you have a few days to spare, pick up Twilight and start. Some gals read it in a day. I could have if I had a day to devote to reading. I started Friday and finished the last 20 pages this morning. I normally am not interested in this subject matter, but.... This one sucked me in.

Bye now. Have a great day. Happy reading :)
My phone lines are now fixed. Guess I better get to the phone. One other thing I do all day. If my cough would just go totally away, it would all be better.

Oh, I did say Bye now, and this time I really do mean it :)

Chai tea latte!!

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
— Thornton Wilder

Hello

I'm back......Well, almost. Yes, I did say almost!

Finally, we got to move furniture around to it's permanent home. Or maybe permanent home. Things just may get moved again when it's all done. Who knows.
But at least I am sitting her with my computer in its' new home. For now at least. The office seems huge! Toms says we should put in a nerf basket ball court. Greg wants it to be his new room. Evy likes sliding around on the floor. Me, well, I just love it. And it echos in here too.

We have some more furniture moving to do and a few things to get. But at least I can start unpacking boxes now. Just too tired to do any more tonight.

sorry, no photos. Need to download them. But I will say, Love the floor! Oh wowza! Love it. Love the house too. What a difference. Wowza!

But we aren't quite done. Carpet should be installed in the bedrooms late in the week (fine with me) and then a few things here and there. But the majority is done.

I let the kids decorate for Halloween today. Looks cool out front! I still need to get plants but it's just still too hot (yes, too hot) to think about digging and planting right now.

Greg's soccer team is undefeated! Way to go Gunners!! It's playoff time now but not sure when the first game is. I actually think we have a weekend off next weekend! Wowza!

We had some surprise visitors this afternoon as Therese and Roger rode their bikes over to see the house, bring some cold beverages, and stay for a chat. What a great and nice surprise :)

Well, I missed the Amazing Race as I got too involved in my book. But, I can still watch the recording of the show and try to stay awake.

Have a super week and hope you are all well. Miss you all!!!!

Time

Is something I have very little of lately. So, no time for blogging (but sneaking this in while my soup cools), Floor is coming along. Looks so good! Should be done today But baseboards need to go in and be painted, carpet needs to go in and we need to set a date for that. Kitchen is all done! Hoorah!

Evelyn and I had a great girls weekend. Tom and Greg had a great boys weekend. Evy and I saved $125 on our grocery bill. Ok, we had 2 heaping carts full as we had to stock up, but it's still a great savings. Remember the coupon mom in the last post. She's my great friend now!

Evy is learning something new in riding lessons. Looks so fun. Maybe another show in our future for this new event. She is working on getting a "group" together and her and another gal from her lesson have been chatting this up. Fun!!!

Greg has been asked to play on a club soccer team. The games conflict with AYSO for a few games. He has been practicing with them. More practices now. But, it's a good thing. Gunners remain undefeated and are headed to the play offs. Last regular game is Saturday.

Ok, time is up. I have to finish 2 reports for work and have them in by 3. One is almost done and the other hopefully will go quick. Was without internet for 4 days. But hooked up and back on line now for 2 computers. But the office is mumble jumble again so nothing is permanent. Is it ever really.

have a super week!!!

Cutting Coupons

Things with the house are finally coming to an end. Hopefully by the end of next week. I am sure there will be other things we find, but those will be minor compared to everything else that has been done.

The kitchen should be done today! We will have our appliances in and be up and functional. Yay! Floors start up again Thursday! I can't wait to get the office set up again. I have so many ideas and hope they work.

I finished the touch up paint in the kids rooms. Whew! Just some minor touch ups where I bumped the ceiling with color. That doesn't take long to fix.

I was watching a recorded Oprah episode last week which was all about saving money. Wow! Some of these gals really have got it. The one that really got my attention was the Coupon Mom. She is awesome. She showed how in one trip to the grocery store she saved 72% on her grocery bill between using the store club card and coupons. Imagine that! That's like paying $28 for $100 of groceries. Then I thought, I can do that. Yep, I sure can.

I used to clip coupons but would get to the store with my organized list and find out I left the darn coupons at home. Ugh. But I could still save with the club cards. I don't shop at the grocery store as much as I used to as my favorite stores are Trader Joe's and Henry's Market. But I still need the grocery store to stock up on certain things that you just can't get a TJ's or Henrys. And I do use my club card for savings and can do a pretty good job of it. And I don't do Costco anymore. Occasionally will do Smart and Final to stock up on things.

So, I saved the coupons from Sunday's paper. I started clipping this morning. I also found that on some of the ads it invites you to go to the website to get FREE samples. Ok. I can do that too.
My coupons are clipped, my small stack of freebie's are by the computer to click onto today. Now all I need to do is get another coupon organizer (or dig in boxes in the garage to find one), organize my coupons, make my shopping list for the necessities we need, wait for the grocery ads to come in the mail and plan my mega grocery shopping trip.

My fridge and cupboards are pretty empty these days. Just getting necessities to get by for a week or a few days at a time. I was going through my cook books and recipes torn from magazines when I was putting them on the new shelf and found so many new recipes to try. So now my goal for the rest of the week is to plan out new recipes to try on the new stove (!!!) and oven (!!!) make my list according to the weekly sales and coupons and get shopping. I can't wait to see how I do. Will I save 72%? Who knows but I will try my best.

When you have some time, check out the Coupon Mom and sign up. It's free. I got an email from her yesterday which I still need to read and then will get to her site to see what coupons she has up there this week. Happy shopping!

Many updates..... so hang in there........please.....thank you

I know I have been very delinquent in update this blog lately. First I was sick. Very sick. Then there was life. And that's always number uno on the priority list. I was still very tired and just took it slow and easy for a good part of 2 weeks. I have been walking silly dog every morning this week. And I tried to run on Monday but huffed and puffed too much so was not ready to start again.


House:

Cabinets are all in. Waiting for counter top to be installed on Monday.

This is the garage. packed with boxes and stuff. There are a few walkways to get here and there.
Kitchen cabinets looking toward the sink and the gap where the dishwasher will go.
Ahh, storage bench. The kids love sitting on it. I will make a cushion to go on top.
The desk and pantry. I love the pull out shelves. So much storage room.
And this is great, a lazy susan in each corner. No more crawling into the cupboards to dig for something that got pushed to the back.

Tile floors in the kitchen and bathrooms are in! Love them! Love them!

Last Saturday my mom and I spent a good part of the day in the kitchen. My mom taped and masked and hung plastic over the cabinets while I sanded parts of the ceiling (oil based paint does not like water based paint) and primed the ceiling and walls. Later that evening I painted the ceiling and gave the walls 2 coats of paint. When the tape and plastic came down Sunday it really looked great.

What's coming up: counter top and splash to be installed. Appliances to go in, flooring in the house, baseboards in, moving furniture around, unpacking and painting kids rooms. It's almost done. I give it 2 more weeks. I just can't wait for at least one room to be done. Even though the kids think it's fun to have the fridge in the living room, I want it back in the kitchen. I want to be able to use my dishwasher and sink rather than washing what little dishes and utensils we do use in the bathroom. I want to cook on a stove.

Ok, here is what it looks like when you walk into the house. Lovely. But it will all change....soon.
Easy access to the fridge while sitting on the couch.
Bathroom tile. And a new toilet. The baseboards will go in later.
Tile in the kitchen. It's at a diagonal. Makes the room look bigger.


Family:

Tom and Evelyn enjoyed another AP camping weekend last weekend.


Last Friday (10-3) I surprised Greg and got tickets to the Angels play off game! I told him to get jeans on and a sweatshirt and get in the car. He knew we were going someplace but I didn't tell him where. He kept asking and I gave no hints that he could figure out. When we pulled off the freeway then he asked me if we were going to the Angels' game. Boy was he excited to hear that we were. We got there early but unfortunately were not able to go down to the dugout like we normally do before games. So instead we hiked it up to our seats and enjoyed our dinner of hot dogs and nachos before the game started. It was packed, loud and so much fun! Too bad the Angels didn't make it farther. But we still have the Dodgers to root for!

Finishing up batting practice. This is the view from our seats.
Hey Vladdy! Sorry your photo is so dizzy. We had to catch you with our super spy lense.
Hey, it's Rally Monkey. He loves the game too!
Calling all Angels. It's warm up time. Can't tell you who is who.
The Fire Dept. color guard carried out the flags for the National Anthem. Of course there were fire works and the military helicopters fly by.
Here is Greg enjoying the game. It was crowded in our seats. No room to spread out. Oh well.
Glad I'm not on that freeway tonight.
It's a sea of red. Everywhere you looked.

Greg's team won both their games last weekend. In Sunday's game Greg scored a goal in the first 30 seconds of the game! He normally plays center defense but his coach sticks him in at forward every now and then. Greg's team, the Gunners, are undefeated!

When you look at these photos of Greg, check out his arms. All over. I've got to ask him about that. He's running with the ball, defending, corner kick, goal kick and penalty kick.








Two weekends ago Evelyn was in her 2nd horse show. This was the third in a series of shows. Evelyn was not in the first 2. After the first show she was in earlier in the summer, her trainer said that Evelyn could be in this show if she wanted to. Evelyn didn't place as well as she did in the first show as she was riding against more experienced riders. But she did great! And every show is more experience for her. Evelyn rode Jessie who is a very sweet gal. She is a retired barrel racer so was very anxious to get through the speed courses.


Evelyn and Jessie waiting their turn.
Making sure Jessie is already. Another girl also rode Jessie. They were in different groups. Check out those sparkly spurs on Evelyn!
Jessie doing her dance in the arena. This is not a speed event. It's trailing, where the rider takes the horse through as series of obstacles and has to know the correct pattern. The riders were given the pattern prior to the show. They had to study it and know it as they were also judged on doing the correct pattern.
Jessie is off to a jog. Made it through the gate, over the bridge and not jogging to the poles.
Evelyn is all smiles during the horsemanship event. The riders are judged on how the ride and look on the horse and how they do their pattern.

Yee-Haw! Giddy up and go! Jessie taking off for the poles. This is the first of the speed events.
Rounding that last pole. No poles knocked over!

This weekend:

Soccer game Saturday morning. House stuff.

Sunday we are headed to Yucca Valley for my mom's dad's side of the family annual Family Reunion. It's always so much fun to get together and see family and chat and just have fun.


I hope everyone who is sick is getting better.


Oh and a huge shout out of good luck to Julie and Joann who are running the Long Beach Half Marathon this Sunday. Good luck gals! You will do great! I'm cheering for you even though I won't be there to see you run through the finish line. I hope Charming gets good photos.

Sleepy, Sneezy, Doc and Grumpy

If you are guessing 4 of the dwarfs, you are right. But this is not about the dwarfs. Or Snow White. I am sleepy. I am sneezy. I went to the doc. And I tend to be grumpy. I am sick. Blah! Sick.

Started Friday with what I thought was allergies due to the dust in my house. Dust everywhere!. Well, that continued on through the weekend as I spent most of the weekend asleep on the couch being very sneezy, stuffy and sleepy and grumpy at times. Monday not feeling well and spent most of the day on the couch. Tuesday went to the doc who gave me antibiotics and nasal spray for my congestion. Spent most of the day on the couch.

Today is Wednesday. I am feeling better but by no means all better. I am still stuffy and sleepy. Not quite as grumpy. I cough when I say more then 5 words in a row. I have gone through most of the kleenex in the house. So, no, it's not fun.
I managed to get to the bank and get my nails done this morning. I tried my best not to breathe and speak. I've been trying to get through some work that never ends, even when I am sick or on vacation. Just my type of job. But, it's noon and I told my self that I am taking a break. I really don't have an appetite and feel a little sick to my stomach from the antibiotics. But I do have to eat a little something.

I have been enjoying watching a lot of shows I record and rarely get to watch. Did you know the average American eats 32 pounds of cheese a year? Yes, it's true. You can see for yourself here. An alternative to cheese is hummus and avocado. I love both!

Thankfully, it's been quiet with the house. The counter template was made on Monday. The new microwave installed Tuesday. Counter should be ready on 10-10. Yay! I have unpacked a few more boxes in the kitchen. I'm getting there. Some stuff can not be put away yet as it goes under the counter and will get dirty and dusty. Well, I know the dishwasher will be put to good use cleaning all the dishes!

I have so much to do, it's just crazy! Hopefully this weekend I'll be able to get some things done that I was planning on doing last weekend. It's crazy!

Stay well everyone! Take care of yourself and get plenty of rest.
And Michele, get yourself better too! Stay in bed and get plenty of rest so you get healthy again.

Go Angels!!!

Go Dodgers!!!

Oh, and check this out. These gals are just awesome! I miss running on the weekends with them. Good luck Julie and Joanne!!