Just Shootin' the Breeze

1. Last weekend I got to be an honorary sister and go to the beach for the weekend with 4 crazy ladies. On the way there we loaded up the back window of the car with all things feminine--pads, tampons, coupons for pads, an ad for a bra and a book about women's hormones. It was pretty funny and started our weekend off with some good laughs. One of the sisters, Keri, lives about 15 minutes from the beach so we all stayed at her house. Their momma, aka Granny, came along too to take care of the babies (there were 3) while the rest of us played. We went to the beach, out for every meal, shopping, to a spa for pedis (I got my eyebrows waxed since I just had a pedi a couple of weeks ago), out for ice cream, to the beach at sunset, to a park, church, Wal-mart, watched a chick flick, stayed up too late, and all around had a great weekend. I came home refreshed and exhausted. Oh and I also got myself a new tie dye dress (didn't have one of those yet) from Keri's next door neighbor who also sells tie dye at the beach. In the picture below you can see the bottom of my dress--my toes are the ones without a flip flop on.

2. I'm numbering my thoughts for Gabi's sake. He doesn't like when I type one big paragraph. Does this make you happy Gabi?
3. Today at Racetrac "Take Five" candy bars were just 50 cents for a king size. I bought two and they are hidden in the back of my freezer as we speak.
4. Hannah is still cooking. Last week she made 4 meals and tonight she made spaghetti with bolognese sauce. She's a really good cook and I only have one complaint--she totally trashes the kitchen! I usually do clean up duty when she cooks but I'm thinking that may have to change. I'm sure she would make less of a mess if she knew she had to clean it up. I am loving having someone to share the burden of planning and cooking dinner with. Tonight I went to the gym while she cooked, if I had been the one to cook I probably wouldn't have made it to the gym.
5. Speaking of the gym and exercising...I'm really finally motivated to exercise more and get to the gym more. This week I did nothing Monday but walked for an hour on Tuesday morning and then biked to the library later that evening and then went to the gym on Wednesday and today. I'm planning to go again tomorrow and hopefully Saturday as well. This weight will come off, it will. And, maybe before I turn 40. :0)
6. So, I am getting almost no comments lately. It's not that big of a deal, I'm pretty sure people are still reading but sometimes I wonder. I can't help but think I've gotten too boring for most of my readers. I think I had better posts when I first started blogging, I had a lot more posts about specific topics. I've tried to go back to that but it doesn't work very well these days. Usually the best I can do is empty my brain. When I am reading blogs those types of posts are actually my favorites. I love people and truly enjoy hearing about their day to day life. Fo rizzle. I know, I'm weird.
7. The kids dyed easter eggs tonight. Unfortunately most were cracked--I was a big stupidhead and after boiling them I dumped them into a colander and they all bumped up against each other and cracked. I wasn't boiling 18 more eggs though so they dyed them all anyway. I'm hoping Hannah will make us some deviled eggs this weekend.



8. Joe has decided that he wants to try to like math. He's dying to learn multiplication but he's just now getting good at adding and subtracting and we haven't even started borrowing and carrying yet. But, to appease him I am going to teach him the 1s, 2s, and 5s times tables. He's really smart and I know he can get it but math often really stresses him out and so we have to move at a snail's pace in order to keep us both sane.
9. As I've mentioned before I have made some changes with school and am not requiring a whole lot from Joe that is assigned. Consequently, he has more free time while the girls are still doing school. I've been pleasantly surprised to find that he finds educational ways to occupy himself. He's written two books this week and keeps wanting me to give him spelling tests. If he was an only child he'd make a good unschooler.
10. After watching some of the talk about the upcoming royal wedding tonight at the gym I've decided that I'd like to read a biography of Princess Diana. Any recommendations?