good weekend!!

Tammy dropped Shelbea off at about 10 yesterday morning. At noon, we (shelbea and I) went with my mom shopping and to lunch. She bought me some new outfits to take to TX (thank God, because the stuff I wear on a daily basis is pretty, "bleck!"), We then went to Max and Erma's for lunch, to Lowes to pick up a grill for mom, and to Payless to look for shoes--no luck there!:(

Mom dropped Shelbea and I at home and we waited for Tammy to pick her up. Kyle had taken the boys to the park to do some hiking,so when Tam came I asked her to take me down to the park. She did, and I met up with the boys and we did some walking, lots of bridge climbing and just enjoying nature. It's SO pretty here this weekend...the sky is BLUE, the temp is GREAT, and there is an awesome breeze!! Can't beat it!! Anyway, we came home for a couple hours and then the boys and I dropped K off at his cousins for some "guy time"...the make a fire in the fire pit and sit around and drink and talk and laugh. It's really annoying..but K deserves some "time off" every once in a while! ;) Mom came down at midnight and sat here (while the kids slept), while I went to pick K's drunk behind up. We came home and ate leftover pizza and watched Psych.

Today...we went to a different park to do MORE hiking. We met up with our friend Rick and his daughter, Merah and we walked and walked and walked...I literally thought I was going to die! I was trying SO hard to not be the "fat, out of shape, whiner" that I WANTED to be!! LOL the only thing that "saved" me was knowing that I was getting really good exercise and that my pores were getting nice and cleaned out--from all that sweating..and that my metabolism was going to be high for several hours...so anything I ate tonight would be like a "freebie"....my own littleMiracle burn of calories...I had yet to consume. But that's what kept me going!! I know, it's sad isn't it?!?

It does make me realize how much I DO NEED to exercise on a regular basis and lose some weight--so I won't always be that fat, out of shape, whiner!!

We saw a couple of really big...cool turtles at the pond...so that was pretty worthwile of the walk too!! :-)

Now, we are beat and just hanging out. The kids are all showered and jammied and eating dessert and then heading to bed. I think I am going to go grab Taco Bell for K and I for dinner and then I am going to take a LONG bath...cause you know..work starts tomorrow! BLECK!

Sunday, Sunday....

We ALL ended up going to get Logan's shoes..then we went to lunch at Bob Evans and then to Lowe's.

Actually, K dropped me at the door..I ran into K-mart and got the boys each a pair of sandals and Logan a pair of dress shoes. I buy Thom McAn sandals every year..they are leather and cheap and I know they will fit--so it keeps me from dragging the little darlings in to try on shoes.

Byt the time I got up to the check out I decided I hated the dress shoes. The soles were very "luggy"..and I hate that. I bought them anyway and had K drive by Payless as well. They had some there that I liked, but couldn't decide if I liked them better..so, I bought them and decided I would take one pair back. They were having a BOGO 1/2 off sale so I tried to find another pair..even a pair for me and didn't see anything. I was bummed. So, I get up to the check-out and they shoes rang up for $6.00! I was so excited..they were marked $19.99!! Of course the more expensive ones are going back!! :-)

We then went to Bob Evans and had a yummy lunch/early dinner. The children were wonderfully behaved. It was very nice.

On to Lowe's where we were on a quest for door stops, wood screws, house painting samples and to look at some stuff for the remodeling/renovations that are getting ready to be done on our house. Of course the kids were NUTS there..hiding between boxes, crawling under stuff, trying to climb ladders, etc etc. They were SOOOO nasty dirty after we got out of there. Bleck. So..since they couldn't listen..we came straight home instead of stopping for ice cream as planned. I was SO annoyed. I wanted ice cream, darn it! Spastic little kids..gotta ruin all MY fun!

So..we came home and Logan did his homework and they both took showers. They both ate again and now they are in bed. I think Kyle and I are going to watch Babel.

He THINKS he's funny!

I have a dry erase board thingie on my fridge. On it, I write the different dinners that I have ingredients for so I can look at it and decide what we should eat without thinking too much about it. Some weeks are "bad" weeks for me..in that I am tired and don't want to cook when I get done working..during those weeks..we tend to eat a lot of fast food..or pizza. (awful, I know) So, the other night I got up in the middle of the night to get something to drink and walked in the kitchen and some extra wording at the top of the board got my attention I walked over so I could see it better in my bleary-eyed state..it said "Fast Food" and had 10 check marks behind it!! I laughed SO hard.