I awoke to a glorious blue sky this morning, something I haven’t seen in quite some time!  That was 9 am (slept late, I was up 4:45 - 6 am not feeling so well) and now it is quarter after 11 and gray.  Sigh.  I am SO TIRED OF THIS WEATHER.  This is like, what, three weeks straight of cloudy and rainy days?

Yesterday’s BBQ was nice.  MBFF came over early with her kids and we had a nice lunch together, then we all went for a walk on the rail trail.  Came home and started getting ready to cook more.  Her parents arrived shortly before dinner, and the teriyaki chicken was a hit.  In fact, her mother took a pc of chicken and a burger and never got to the burger … she ate some 5 or 6 pcs of chicken, lmao!  And I was happy everyone loved it.  The Hawaiian Slaw was a hit too … the avocado tomato salad, well, it tasted good - if you could get past the appearance, lol!  It wasn’t the most visually appetizing salad.  They brought over some store bought salads too.  I think I have some of those left.  I ended up making a batch of lemon bars in addition to the cake and ice creams I already made … and I ate so much.  Not dinner, had a half a burger and one pc of chicken and my salads only, since they were healthy versions.  But OMG I don’t even know how many lemon bars I ate because they sort of fell apart and we picked at them ALL DAY LONG.  And I made a hot crab dip.  Lowfat, at least.  I woke at 4:45 am (as noted above) feeling AWFUL, like I never wanted to eat again.  So this morning I got up, drank some water, swept and mopped all the floors, emptied the dishwasher, and did some looking around online.  I just had oatmeal with a sliced peach in it for breakfast.  I MUST eat better, I really feel like CRAP when I don’t.  Blech.

I came up with the brilliant idea to take the kids over to the library and get a new card (I have never been to my town’s library since I have lived here 6 years, lol) but then I realized it is a holiday, lol.  I have been attempting to get to the library for months and of course, today had to be the perfect day.

I am not sure what we are going to do.  DS12 is with his dad, so it is just the twinsies and I.  Tonight my town will have fireworks, which is on a smaller scale and still exciting for the little ones.  We can watch them from our front yard, or depending on how we all feel, we may go down to the park where they launch them.  In between now and then though, not sure.  If the sun stayed out, I was considering the pool, but cloudy and 78 degrees isn’t the greatest swimming weather.  I may pack a picnic and suggest we hit a trail … my luck, we will get stuck in one of those torrential downpours we have been having lately.  They sneak up on you so quickly!

I keep forgetting that today being the actual holiday, so many things are closed!

Sometime today, I may dust off my old treadmill (I haven’t been on it since I joined the gym) and give W2D2 of C25K a whirl.  MBFF tried on my new sneaks yesterday and lovvved them.  I do too.  :-)

Sipping my coffee now.  The house is so nice and quiet after yesterday.  MBFF and I have been looking around at vacation homes to do a long weekend at a beach or something … but now I am rethinking.  I already did a trip with them this year to Great Wolf Lodge, and I sort of want a couple days with just me and the kids.  And we don’t like to do the same things … my children and I are nature freaks and avid outdoor ‘explorers’ … and her kids would probably love that too, but she is an avid “sit-in-the-chair and check facebook on your cell” all day type gal.  I love her, but in this way, we are different.  I think I have a short vacation in mind - Mystic, CT - visit the Seaport, the Aquarium, do a boat ride, the nature preserve, hit up a beach.  It is perfect for us, and only a 3 hour drive away.  But how do I break the news to her?  I feel bad.  I didn’t commit to anything with them, but it’s weird to say, “You know, I think I just want to go away with my kids only this time”.  Ideas?

Okay, well better go hop in the shower and figure out what adventure awaits us today.  I have no idea what dinner will be.  I am going to sit and do a menu for the week though, because cash flow is tight this week and I have wasted sooooooooooooooo much money on yesterday’s BBQ, I don’t even want to think about it.  Ugh.  I am not entertaining for quite some time. Next time I tell you guys I am planning something, give me a big virtual KICK in the arse!

Love you all!  Have a wonderful, healthy, SAFE holiday!