Loosin It… Again

HI ladies…  I have to do this fast.  DS #2 is getting tired of being in his high chair and is telling me ALL ABOUT IT!  Had a good weekend.  It was family day at DH’s work.  I am not kididng you… 20,000 people must have descended on that place… it was mayhem.  We walked and walked and walked and walked, and still didn’t even see half the stuff.  Finally DS#1 lost it and we had to leave.  But it was a good workout. 

Right now I am getting ready to prep the deck to be stained.  LOL… that is why I am on the computer!  I reallyam not looking forward to the task.  OK… full blown crying now… better go…  I hope everyone is well!  School starts next Tues…   YEAH!!!!!!

LOL..  I guess I should keep my spot so I don’t lose all my hard work!  ;-)  Since my last post… I got together with my old college roommates.  It went great.  They have really grown and changed and it was  a lot of fun to see each other and get caught up.  I found out one of my other roommates got married and had a child, and I thought she was in Nepal, so it was a huge surprise.  I hope to get together with her soon! 

This weekend was really busy.  Sat I made pickles.  Not sure if it is worth the time, hassle and expense, but the deed is done and now we wait to see if they turn out okay.  I changed my mom’s recipe to remove the alum because I could taste it in the pickles.  Very metallic icky taste. 

Sunday we took the boat out.  It was supposed to be nice and sunny, but there were clouds over the lake so it was pretty cool.  DH wimped out so I had to go on the tube with ds.  OMG… my arms are so sore that even my arm pitts ache! 

Monday my friends had the day off so we went on a marathon horse ride.  It was GREAT!!!!  My horse was so good.  He normally is not a very good trail horse, but he is turning into a pretty good trail horse.  He just needed some miles!  The girls that we went with decided to go for a longer ride, so they gave us “directions” out.  LOL… we got so lost.  You should have seen us, sitting there on horse back wishing we had an Iphone, because I am sure they have an “APP” to get us out of there!  We finally ran into a biker who told us which way was North!  So we got out.  I am not too sore from the ride.

Today… I need ot clean house.  It is a disaster and has been horribly neglected over the last few weeks.  I don’t have any work, so basically I don’t have any excuse.  Just need to get my hiney in gear and get it done.  DS is at a farm today with his gma.  It is so cool.  I have never been there, but would love to go with the kids.

I hope all is well with everyone!  I miss you all…

I just can’t seem to sit my butt down and get my work done!  It is driving me nuts! 

A few of my college roommates found me on facebook.  I have kind of mixed feelings.  I lived with three of them for three years.  Two of them we just basically lost track of each other.  I had a kid, they didn’t and we drifted.  The other got involved in a bad relationship, and it was hard to watch her self destruct so I removed myself from the situation.  She has since moved out of state and left the relationship.  I had found her before on FB, but never requested to be friends.  I guess I was afraid that the situation hadn’t changed much.  But she requested to be friends and I accepted.  Looking through her pics, I realize that she has her life back on track.  So now I am feeling very guilty that I didn’t give her the benefit of the doubt.  We are all planning on meeting for lunch on Saturday.  I am excited, yet nervous.  I knew these three women better than anyone else, and I guess in many ways they know me better than anyone else.

It will be very interesting.  I’ll have to let you guys know how it goes!  Well the baby is crying so I better go.  Have a great day ladies.

Hi Ladies!  I haven’t been very regular lately.  I just can’t seem to find the time to sit and really write down what all has been happening in our lives lately.  After getting back from vacation, the temperature here skyrocketed out of control.  We actually hit 103 with 80% humidity one day.  Of course our heat pump decided to die this year, so it was really miserable.    But we survived. 

I have also been busy planning DS 7th birthday.  OMG.. where does the time go?  I made an adorable “Shark Attack Cake.”  The kids were so funny… and impressed.  At least something impressed them.  I am finding that young boys are very hard to impress and find things that they like. 

There weren’t nearly as many people as last year, but they all had fun and that is the most important thing.  For his birthday we “adopted” four box turtles.  They are about seven years old, and full of personality.  DS named them “Biggy,” “Chomper,” “Squishy,” and “Nippy.”  I couldn’t bear to leave them in the indoor aquarium all the time so we made a large outdoor home for them during the day.  They LOVE it!  In the evening they come in so nothing can eat them.

Work has been really slow but I do have a commercial report that I am working on and it is taking me forever.  LOL… notice the time and that I am posting rather than working!  Other than that order, I have had no other work.  So it is slow to say the least.  OH… and I got to testify in court for the first time for one of my reports.  It was in a divoce case.  I had been hired to do the appraisal, and in response to my appraisal the other side hired an appraiser.  There was a rather “sizeable” difference in our values.  I testified first.  During my testimony the other appraiser arrived.  The lawyer for my client asked her to step outside as they finished my testimony.  My testimony went well.  In a past life I really wanted to be a criminal lawyer, so it was actually kind of fun.  I had prepared well, and my report was much stronger than the other appraiser.  I didn’t stick around for her testimony, but I heard it didn’t go well.  

My weight still hasn’t dropped down.  I am actually thinking of having this implant removed.  It pinches and I think the hormones are messing with more than my weight.  ;)  Austin is doing great.  He is rolling over, sitting up (kind of), and still spitting up a ton.  But he is growing like a weed, so I guess there are no worries.  He is starting to eat real food… he loves it is so funny. 

Well ladies… the baby woke up… so I better get him back to sleep.  I miss you all and hope that you are doing well!