| Uneventful, yet satisfying |
Uneventful, yet satisfying was the theme for the weekend. Saturday was actually quite exciting! First Makena and I woke up (PJ was at work) and I remembered the Glen Eagle neighborhood was having their garage sales! YAYY- Makena, let's raid your piggybank and go shopping (I know my hands should be slapped! But she lent me $10 LOL). Makena ready w/ her teddy bear purse and striped sweater w/ baseball hat, and me looking scrubby as all hell. We headed off for new treasures. How dumb am I not to realize Makena would want to buy the one thing that I can't stand the MOST... stuffed animals!! At least she only wanted the beanie baby ones. She tends to be most fond of super small stuffed animals that she can tote around w/ her. Of course I spent my borrowed money on things for her. A couple of Gap and Osh Kosh shirts. I was disappointed, for being a nice neighborhood I expected better trash. Oh well. :)
Afterwards, we headed to the Espresso stand (which was a new try and last try for that one). Then off for a drive, which led us on a lengthy adventure for the day. We headed east, then found a sign leading to Lake Riley (What fun, let's see what Lake Riley offers). No Outlet and a sign for DEAD END (we're destined to find Lake Riley). But then we come upon a military base. A Naval base mind you... right at the foot of the mountains.... things weren't really adding up for me, considering the Navy usually works on water. LOL. So, having high security clearance that I have (Not!) we were allowed in.
What a wonderful surprise! A HUGE recreational area on Jim Creek. We went up the logging road (one lane most of the way) 5 miles to a hidden area called Twin Lakes. It was beautiful and quiet (except for the obnoxious child w/ his oblivious parents). You can rent a boat, kayak or canoe. There are cabins and hiking and team building climbing rope tethering towers. It looked like lots of fun. It was great!
Make note: Fun place to go camping, cheap cabins, all around good 'get away weekend'. It would be fun to get a group of girls together for a night and do a team building exercise too w/ the tall rope tower.
SUNDAY, was really the most uneventful day. We sat around, washed a couple loads of laundry, cleaned up and watched tv... oh yes, and napped. I love napping on cloudy days. The weather was not nice so PJ wasn't motivated either. I only sanded one cabinet door and decided to take the rest of the day off. And that was that.
Here we are again, another Monday and a busy week planned. It's a short week for me at work since I have my bone grafting on Friday and Makena has her Cardiology appointment on Thursday.
Much to do. Hope you all have a wonderful week.Labels: Weekly Update |
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| Sick... |
I woke up yesterday feeling just fine. I went in to work and had a meeting at 9am. That lasted till about 10am. At 10:15 I had another meeting, it lasted until 11. By 10:15 my stomach hurt and I was thinking... ugghhh I can hardly wait till this is over so I can take some tylenol or ibuprofen. By 11 I felt I might die (not literally of course). One more brief informal meeting about some paperwork... I was rushing it hoping to get finished. FINALLY back at my own desk, sitting tight trying to get my work started for the day. I was burning up, sweaty but had goosebumps and shivers. By 11:30 I felt like my desk was spinning (which is never a good sign, sober or drunk LOL). By 12 I went in, told my boss I felt like I was sick and rushed home. I called PJ and he had to work late, so I had to grab Makena from school since her school is 35 mins from home. I brought her home, fed her and planted her in front of the computer. She was so- understanding. Running a high temp, I headed to bed. I was out by 1:15. I woke up at 5:30 when the neighbor rang our doorbell. Makena was entertained all day at the computer. I love my little girl. She was so well behaved when I was sick.
Stayed home again today, trying to get my fever down. By mid-afternoon I broke my temp and began to feel slightly normal again. Looks like this is a 24hr bug (THANK GOD!). I think I'm the 5th or 6th person at our office that caught this. UCK!
It was a nice surprise for PJ to come home early today. He knew I was sick and wanted to help but had a couple guys preparing to 'sign' so he was stuck. It was great to see him home by 5pm today. He rushed off to get some more gravel for the patio. I'll post pictures tonight. Just enjoying this nice 84 degree weather here. It's unusual and going to cool off but it was nice to have it today. Too bad I was sick and couldn't be out enjoying it :(
Going to go lay down... peace. |
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| Daddy? ...nope |
It's not daddy... it's Father!
hmmm- wonder if this has anything to do with Makena reading Dick & Jane? |
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| Happy Mother's Day! |
Mothers
If you send this to just one person, it should make it all the way around the world by Mother's Day.
This is for the mothers who have sat up all night with sick toddlers in their arms, wiping up barf laced with Oscar Mayer wieners and cherry Kool-Aid saying, "It's alright honey, Mommy's here."
Who have sat in rocking chairs for hours on end soothing crying babies who can't be comforted.
This is for all the mothers who show up at work with spit-up in their hair, milk stains on their blouses and diapers in their purse.
For all the mothers who run carpools and make cookies and sew Halloween costumes. And all the mothers who DON'T.
This is for the mothers who gave birth to babies they'll never see, and the mothers who took those babies and gave them homes. And for the mothers who lost their babies and will never get to watch them grow up on earth, but one day will be reunited with them in Heaven!
This is for the mothers whose priceless art collections are hanging on their refrigerator doors.
And for all the mothers who froze their buns on metal bleachers at football or soccer games instead of watching from the warmth of their cars, so that when their kids asked, "Did you see me, Mom?"
they could say, "Of course, I wouldn't have missed it for the world," and mean it.
This is for all the mothers who yell at their kids in the grocery store and swat them in despair when they stomp their feet and scream for ice cream before dinner. And for all the mothers who
count to ten instead, but realize how child abuse happens.
This is for all the mothers who sat down with their children and explained all about making babies. And for all the mothers who wanted to, but just couldn't find the words.
This is for all the mothers who go hungry, so their children can eat
For all the mothers who read "Goodnight, Moon" twice a night for a year. And then read it again. "Just one more time."
This is for all the mothers who taught their children to tie their shoelaces before they started school. And for all the mothers who opted for Velcro instead.
This is for all the mothers who teach their sons to cook and their daughters to sink a jump shot.
This is for every mother whose head turns automatically when a little voice calls "Mom?" in a crowd, even though they know their own offspring are at home -- or even away at college.
This is for all the mothers who sent their kids to school with stomach aches assuring them they'd be just FINE once they got there, only to get calls from the school nurse an hour later asking them to please pick them up. Right away.
This is for mothers whose children have gone
astray, who can't find the words to reach them.
This is for all the step-mothers who raised another woman's child or children, and gave their time, attention, and love... sometimes totally unappreciated!
For all the mothers who bite their lips until they bleed when their 14-year-olds dye their hair green.
For all the mothers of the victims of recent school shootings, and the mothers of those who did the shooting.
For the mothers of the survivors, and the mothers who sat in front of their TVs in horror, hugging their child who just came home from school, safely.
This is for all the mothers who taught their children to be peaceful, and now pray they come home safely from a war.
What makes a good Mother anyway?
Is it patience? Compassion? Broad hips?
The ability to nurse a baby, cook dinner, and sew a button on a shirt, all at the same time?
Or is it in her heart? Is it the ache you feel when you watch your son or daughter disappear down the street, walking to school alone for the very first time? The jolt that takes you from sleep to dread, from bed to crib at 2 A.M. to put your hand on the back of a sleeping baby? The panic, years later, that comes again at 2 A.M. when you just want to hear their key in the door and know they are safe again in your home? Or the need to flee from wherever you are and hug your child when you hear news of a fire, a car accident, a child dying?
The emotions of motherhood are universal and so our thoughts are for young mothers stumbling through diaper changes and sleep deprivation. .. And mature mothers learning to let go.
For working mothers and stay-at-home mothers.
Single mothers and married mothers.
Mothers with money, mothers without.
This is for you all.
For all of us.
Hang in there.
In the end we can only do the best we can.
Tell them every day that we love them.
"Home is what catches you when you fall - and we all fall."
Please pass this to a wonderful mother you know. (I just did.) |
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| Makena's new favorite song |
| I know, I'm totally going to get the bad mom of the year award "Smack That" by Akon. Of course she sings the 'clean' version. LOL. |
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| ROCK ON! |
Big delivery of rock for the foundation of the back patio we're having put in. We went back and forth with the idea of do we build a deck or do we pour a patio, or compromise to have a little of both. We decided to keep the rinky dinky deck that the builder put on (it is really pathetic) and have a large patio poured, stamped and dyed. Of course before we do all that PJ has to put in the retaining wall as our yard slopes towards our house (thank God for good drainage).
Here are some pics from last night as PJ and Makena scooped up the rocks into the back of the truck, then we drove it up into the backyard. We had hoped that the dump truck could have pulled into the back yard since we have drive-thru RV gates on the side... however it wouldn't have worked at the angle so PJ is scooping what was delivered to the driveway.
Makena was a big helper too- check it out. Hoping to post some video clips tonight.
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| Funny things.... |
Makena said something funny the other day... 'Mommy, can you get me a Gamegirl?'.... had I not just seen a kid at her school w/ a Nintendo GameBoy, I probably wouldn't have known what she was talking about. LOL. |
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