Day 56

I left the house for the second day in a row today; granted, I only went next door, but I think it still counts...lol.  I went over to watch the kids for a little while so Lacy could take her mom to the airport.  The kids are SO adorable.

Other than that, I spent most of the day trying not to crash and burn.  I called my mom last night, and we ended up being on the phone until 2:00am.  Yeah...my mom and I know how to talk (and talk, and talk).  It was nice to catch up, though.

It's Wednesday once again, so here's the weekly picture:

My mom gave me some ideas for how to hang the chains up, but I need to go out to the store and get the stuff to implement these ideas.  On that note, I'm going to go crash into my bed.  See everyone on day 57!

Day 55

I actually left the house today!!  I had a LINKS volunteer meeting this morning, so I got to interact with actual adults for a couple hours today.  Other than that, today was pretty much the same as any other day.  I got home from the meeting and putzed around on the computer.

When the kids got home from school, we took at trip out to Petsmart to get some flea stuff for the cats, and then wandered around Target for a while.  I decided to be nice, and I took the kids to Chick-fil-A for dinner.  I got a peach milkshake:

This was actually take two of the milkshake.  The first one ended up on the floor at the restaurant because of their poor cup design.  Unfortunately, the second one didn't taste nearly as peachy as the first one.  Since they were nice enough to replace the one I dropped on their floor, I can't complain too much. 

And that's pretty much all that happened today.  Until day 56....

Day 54

Spring break is over...yeah!!  Not that I begrudge the kids their time off school, but it's nice to have my routine back.  One of the neighbors from down the street and I usually walk home from the bus stop together; today we stopped at another neighbor's house to chat for a little while.  Once I got back home, I puttered around on the computer for a while.  I've been trying to clear some of the stuff I have amassed on my DVR.  It only holds so much, and it was at 82% full this morning.  If you can't tell, I haven't been spending a whole lot of time watching TV.

The good thing was that today seemed to absolutely fly by.  I'm trying to figure out how I can get the next ten months to follow suit.  It was really nice outside, so I opened the windows - Harley was in heaven:

I want to start remembering to open the windows more now, before it starts getting too hot outside to do so.  I know that's coming soon, as we moved down here in July/August (Ben moved here in July...the kids and I followed in August, but Gabe and I came down to visit a couple times before then) and the heat and humidity was awful.

And on that happy note, I'm done blogging til day 55!

Day 53

Today brings the end of a long week, and the beginning of having my routine back.  And believe it or not, things actually happened today.

As some of you might remember from back on day 21, we did a great bed switch with our neighbors - they took Taryn's twin size bed, Taryn got our full size bed, and we got the neighbors' queen size bed.  Then Taryn went to her dad's house, where she discovered an old bed frame that used to belong to her cousin.  Her dad brought it here, only to discover that she couldn't use it because the frame needs slats and the frame she was using didn't have any.  She was at her dad's house this past week for spring break, so he brough wood to make slats with him when he brought her back.  Now she has her bed, but I think it might actually be a little taller than Gabe is...lol.

After all that, our neighbors were kind enough to invite us over for lunch, and we ended up spending all afternoon over there.  I love my kids, but it's really nice when I get a chance to hang out with adults.  I think I've said it before, but it's worth saying again...it's also really nice to have good neighbors.

And now, for the photo of the day:

Taryn's home (and looking totally enthused about it too...lol)!!  See everyone on day 54!!

Day 52

Happy Saturday!  Today was yet another lazy day at our house.  Gabe spent some time playing outside, and some time playing Wii.  I've been trying to catch up on the massive amount of stuff I have sitting on my DVR.  We ordered pizza for dinner (or as Gabe says, I cooked on the computer...lol).

After dinner, Brian came over for a little while.  Gabriel has been asking for him to come over for the past few days, so he finally obliged.  I think Gabe might have ended up regretting extending the invitation, as the first thing that happened was this:

I promise, no six year olds were harmed in the taking of that picture...lol.  After that, Gabe conned poor Brian into playing Wii for a while (ah, sweet revenge...lol).  Oh, what an exciting life I lead...sigh.

Good night, all!!  I shall return on day 53!

Day 51

Today started out rainy, windy and chilly, but it actually turned out to be a pretty nice day by the afternoon.  It's the last day of spring break; now I just have to get through the weekend, and I get my routine back for a while.  It's sad.  When I don't have Ben going to work and/or the kids going to school, I totally lose track of the days. 

Not much went on today, so my picture comes to you courtesy of Chiquita:

Those are a couple stickers I pulled off some bananas I bought recently.  I don't know when they started putting the little monkeys on their stickers, but I thought they were cute.  And now that we all know that I need to get a life, I'm out of here.  Til day 52...

Day 50

Not much to say today, as not much happened today.  I took a cute picture:

These are little plants I bought from the dollar bins at Target, and they're currently sitting on my kitchen windowsill.  Each pot has a different kind of plant in it - but since it didn't occur to me to label the pots as I was planting them, we'll have to wait til they bloom to figure out what they are.  One is marigolds that Gabe got in his Easter basket...the other two are plants I bought for myself a few months ago because I thought they were pretty.

Sadly enough, that's all I really have to write about today.  It's been a blah kind of day; the kind of day where Gabe and I spent a lot of time getting on each other's nerves, and all I want is a hug from my husband to make me feel better.  I can't complain too much - it's taken me almost two months to have one of these days.

In any case, I shall return (and hopefully be in a better mood) on day 51.