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!

the way they roll....

In the summer, we let the kids go to bed and watch tv, movies etc..until they fall asleep. The problem is, is that they won't stay in bed...we like them to stay in bed..because that is our alone time. So, we are constantly telling them to get back in bed...it's annoying! So, last night..Kyle told them if they got up one more time, the TV was going off.

So, here comes Dylan. Kyle says a few things to him about staying in bed.etc etc etc. and says that this is the last time he is going to be told. if we see him again..he is turning the tv OFF!. Dylan says:

"Well, if you turn it off, we will just turn it back on again, because that is the way me and Logan, roll!!"

Kyle told him to never talk to daddy like that again or he was getting spanked...and told him to get in bed NOW. Dylan ran to his bedroom and Kyle and I laughed our rears off!

I swear..the only thing that saves the child is his cuteness!! LOL

TV with words

Since our kids have been babies...that made a lot of noise...and have never stopped....we always watch TV with the closed captioning on. It drives people nuts when they come over to watch a movie or are just here and the tv is on. But really, we can hardly watch tv without it now. I really, really like to be able to see what people are saying...just in case I can't hear it for some reason. I also read recently that it is good for kids to watch TV that way as well. So, hey..I am making my kids smarter!! LOL

Who Says You Can't Go Home??

We are home!! Got home about an hour ago...carried all the stuff in, plopped it in the floor and got the kids jammied and in bed! woohoo!

We had a very nice visit, but home is SUCH a good place to be. I can't WAIT to sleep in my bed tonight. Kyle is in the shower and when he gets out we are headed to bed to watch Psych. I'm so excited. LOL

The kids are off school tomorrow for President's Day, but I still have to work of course. bleck. At least I don't have to work until 10 and my commute is about 5 seconds! *wink*

It was so nice seeing Rita and meeting Miss Alayna..I took some pics but will have to upload them some other time..I don't even know where the camera is at this point. She is very sweet and cute and I loved cuddling with her all day Saturday.

UGH. my little angels are fighting...guess I better go get them settled down before I have to beat them.

Keeping Tabs on Y&R

I have been watching The Young and the Restless since I was about 3....One of my earliest memories is of me helping my mom fold clothes and watching Y&R. LOL I don't get to watch it as much now as I used to since I am working full time and I really miss it. Luckily I can visit soaps.com and catch up with my favorite Genoa city friends on a daily basis. :) I love that they have the story line every day, plus spoilers (IF I wanna check them out), message boards..so I can read the thoughts and opinions of other Y&R fans, and pictures on their site. Even when I can't check it out daily, I can always go there and catch up. If you love Y&R like I do, you should definitely check it out.

Las Vegas-the tv show

I love the show Las Vegas...I didn't think I would like it and didn't originally watch it..Kyle did and I ended up seeing a couple episodes and then got hooked. I love the cast--well, most of cast..I'm not a huge fan of Molly Sims..and I don't even know why. LOL I really like Nikki Cox, even though I think her looks have gone way down since she got botox injections and became so thin. She did just get married to Jay Mohr..so I'm guessing he likes the super thin, big lipped type. Really I shouldn't be mean..I can't imagine being in the showbiz biz (ha!) and all the pressure to be "perfect". Regardless, she is a great actress and I wish she and "Danny" were together on the show. LOL