Yes... I have been.
Rundown:
I can't really remember what I did since I blogged last. (a whole WEEK ago!) Oh... yeah. I was tiling at my duplex. Well, my dad was tiling. I was mostly watching with a bit of helping. And I was cleaning. Sticky floors and dirty walls. Good times!
I was also playing life raft for my friend one day... but I didn't even know that I was until she told me later. I love when I am helpful!
Dustin built our storage room in our basement. He's back in the basement groove. HOORAY! He also wired some more lights yesterday. He's become quite the little wirer. I'm so proud.
I've been doing laundry. Always laundry.
Chore charts rule. It's what I always knew I needed but never knew how much I'd always need it... comprende?
My brother and his wife and my sister and her kids came up from Salt Lake City. It was a weekend of bliss. Especially Sunday. We sat in my parents incredibly pleasant yard the WHOLE day. For D and I, it was from noon until almost ten o'clock! ALL DAY! I had my guitar there and I played a little but mostly watched and listened to my brother play. My favorite. My dream day. Listen to Zandy play guitar and sing with him and talk guitar. Beautiful. Magical.
I also haven't been blogging much because I've been playing guitar a great deal. After my post about speaking the same language I started playing every night. It's amazing how much you can improve with a little practice.
The fourth of July we went to see our local fireworks show. You know what's weird? Our smallish Idaho city's Fireworks show is ranked 17th in the NATION! It is a freakin' AWESOME show!!! And, I just read that it lasted 31 minutes and 15,962 shells were launched. ROCK ON!!! We sit a few hundred yards beneath the launch site. Amazing. The finale is a SERIOUS adrenaline rush! I LOVE IT!!!!
The end.
Showing posts with label weekend review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weekend review. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Anniversary Weekend
So, as many of you know, we went out of town without our children for our anniversary last week. If you are a parent, you know that anytime you get to go somewhere as a couple without your kids, it's a thing of beauty. We were lucky enough to be able to go for two nights and the better part of three days. My parents kept the kids. (Special thanks to Mom and Dad for your awesomeness! You SO TOTALLY ROCK!) We went to a small resort kinda place up Ogden Canyon. It was wonderful! When we go on a car trip without our kids I always marvel at the fact that I don't have to turn around and fix anybody's seat, pillow, blanket, food, toy, DVD or anything else! I can just sit, face forward, the whole trip and talk to my husband uninterrupted!
I wanted to do a quick recap of our trip so I will remember it in days to come! First of all, the drive down was nice. We enjoyed each other's company, Dustin and I. We arrived at the place we were staying, checked in, checked things out, and then left to go find some food. We ended up driving all the way back into Ogden, which is not really that far... maybe 15 or 20 minuets. We went to the Olive Garden. We were ravenous by the time we got there, so the breadsticks and salad tasted better than they EVER had! Then, our meal came. Dustin's was fine. A bit of a letdown he said, but fine. Mine was HORRIBLE. I ordered Parmesan crusted tilapia. There was something wrong with the fish. It was so nasty... it had some weird chemical flavor to it that I still cannot quite put my finger on. I also thought perhaps freezer burn? Anyway, it was nasty. They took it off my bill, but that doesn't make up for the weird things it did to my stomach that night. That's ok though. There were no major bathroom episodes, just strange stomach action.
We went back to our studio (yes, it had a fully equipped kitchen too) and flipped through the T.V. and found a movie to watch. We don't have T.V. at our house so flipping through T.V. was novel. I fell asleep with my head on Dustin's side, and, for a wonder, he stayed up almost two hours later than me! Miracles do happen, ladies and gentlemen.
We woke up kinda late... about 8:30, got ourselves ready for the day, ate granola bars, blueberries, and strawberries and headed out! We drove around the little valley we were in. It was breathtaking! We went and got some lunch at a little place right on the beautiful Ogden River. It was the best hamburger I'd had in a long time. Then we went into Ogden and wandered a bit.
We made it over to the Salomon Center and played a bit of glow golf... Miniature golf in black lights, then we just walked around.
We decided to go to a movie. So, we bought tickets for Iron Man. We had about an hour and a half to kill before the movie, so we went and checked out the indoor surfing thing they have there... FlowRider, it's called. It was AWESOME! I wanted to try it really bad, but didn't have my swimsuit. We will definitely be going back sometime. Check it out...
That guys works there... most people don't look so graceful. They just eat it... a lot! It was highly entertaining. A guy that was there with his son told us to go check out the indoor skydiving place. I was glad I saw the surfing thing first. I thought I was excited about Flowrider until I saw IFly! Holy MOLY!!! I REALLY want to try this one! This is also the instructor and he was amazing! I had just gotten my camera out, and then he finished, but you get the idea.
Oh how I wish I had the rest of the footage of him. It was SO cool. Oh well, I'll just have to go back and try it myself!
So, we killed enough time, went an watched Iron Man... loved it! Then we left and got some food at a place called Rumbi Island Grill. The main course was ok... but I got a side salad that was killer. MMMMmmmm.... I'm wishing I was eating it right now!
Went back up to our place and got a free movie rental from the front desk. We rented Hot Fuzz. It was hilarious! After it was over we flipped channels for a bit and then decided we were tired.
We got up the next morning, read for a bit, and got all showered and dressed. Then we packed up, sadly. I was bummed that our little getaway was drawing to a close. We drove into Ogden again to get some food. Stopped at a beautiful waterfall in the canyon...
Continued on into Ogden and went to the Village Inn for breakfast. I had a REALLY yummy breakfast that was REALLY cheap! ($4.89) I was thrilled. Dustin liked his too. Village Inn... who'd have thought?
After we ate I really wanted to go rollerblading. So we vacillated between blading on Weber State Campus or the Ogden River Parkway. The River Parkway won out, and I'm so glad! It was a beautiful paved path that followed the Ogden River out of the mouth of the canyon. It curved in and out of thick trees. It was simply delightful. The only bad part was it is not a loop, and we went downhill first. So, we had to go back up to get to our car. This ended up being not as bad as we thought except right at the top. We were both huffing and puffing by the time we got to the car, but we felt good to have squeezed in some exercise!
We took off the blades and were getting ready to leave town... but my mouth had a hankerin' for a Jamba Juice. We asked around and found out that the only Jamba Juice around was way out in Riverdale. We had time, so we went on a long and winding quest, and finally found it. Taste buds were satiated, and we had our little treat for the car ride home.
We got to my parents' house and realized that we did, indeed, miss our kiddos. We were happy to see them, hug them, and kiss their little faces. We jumped right back into parenthood with kids fighting all the way home. What more could a girl ask for? ;)
I wanted to do a quick recap of our trip so I will remember it in days to come! First of all, the drive down was nice. We enjoyed each other's company, Dustin and I. We arrived at the place we were staying, checked in, checked things out, and then left to go find some food. We ended up driving all the way back into Ogden, which is not really that far... maybe 15 or 20 minuets. We went to the Olive Garden. We were ravenous by the time we got there, so the breadsticks and salad tasted better than they EVER had! Then, our meal came. Dustin's was fine. A bit of a letdown he said, but fine. Mine was HORRIBLE. I ordered Parmesan crusted tilapia. There was something wrong with the fish. It was so nasty... it had some weird chemical flavor to it that I still cannot quite put my finger on. I also thought perhaps freezer burn? Anyway, it was nasty. They took it off my bill, but that doesn't make up for the weird things it did to my stomach that night. That's ok though. There were no major bathroom episodes, just strange stomach action.
We went back to our studio (yes, it had a fully equipped kitchen too) and flipped through the T.V. and found a movie to watch. We don't have T.V. at our house so flipping through T.V. was novel. I fell asleep with my head on Dustin's side, and, for a wonder, he stayed up almost two hours later than me! Miracles do happen, ladies and gentlemen.
We woke up kinda late... about 8:30, got ourselves ready for the day, ate granola bars, blueberries, and strawberries and headed out! We drove around the little valley we were in. It was breathtaking! We went and got some lunch at a little place right on the beautiful Ogden River. It was the best hamburger I'd had in a long time. Then we went into Ogden and wandered a bit.
We made it over to the Salomon Center and played a bit of glow golf... Miniature golf in black lights, then we just walked around.
We decided to go to a movie. So, we bought tickets for Iron Man. We had about an hour and a half to kill before the movie, so we went and checked out the indoor surfing thing they have there... FlowRider, it's called. It was AWESOME! I wanted to try it really bad, but didn't have my swimsuit. We will definitely be going back sometime. Check it out...
That guys works there... most people don't look so graceful. They just eat it... a lot! It was highly entertaining. A guy that was there with his son told us to go check out the indoor skydiving place. I was glad I saw the surfing thing first. I thought I was excited about Flowrider until I saw IFly! Holy MOLY!!! I REALLY want to try this one! This is also the instructor and he was amazing! I had just gotten my camera out, and then he finished, but you get the idea.
Oh how I wish I had the rest of the footage of him. It was SO cool. Oh well, I'll just have to go back and try it myself!
So, we killed enough time, went an watched Iron Man... loved it! Then we left and got some food at a place called Rumbi Island Grill. The main course was ok... but I got a side salad that was killer. MMMMmmmm.... I'm wishing I was eating it right now!
Went back up to our place and got a free movie rental from the front desk. We rented Hot Fuzz. It was hilarious! After it was over we flipped channels for a bit and then decided we were tired.
We got up the next morning, read for a bit, and got all showered and dressed. Then we packed up, sadly. I was bummed that our little getaway was drawing to a close. We drove into Ogden again to get some food. Stopped at a beautiful waterfall in the canyon...
Continued on into Ogden and went to the Village Inn for breakfast. I had a REALLY yummy breakfast that was REALLY cheap! ($4.89) I was thrilled. Dustin liked his too. Village Inn... who'd have thought?
After we ate I really wanted to go rollerblading. So we vacillated between blading on Weber State Campus or the Ogden River Parkway. The River Parkway won out, and I'm so glad! It was a beautiful paved path that followed the Ogden River out of the mouth of the canyon. It curved in and out of thick trees. It was simply delightful. The only bad part was it is not a loop, and we went downhill first. So, we had to go back up to get to our car. This ended up being not as bad as we thought except right at the top. We were both huffing and puffing by the time we got to the car, but we felt good to have squeezed in some exercise!
We took off the blades and were getting ready to leave town... but my mouth had a hankerin' for a Jamba Juice. We asked around and found out that the only Jamba Juice around was way out in Riverdale. We had time, so we went on a long and winding quest, and finally found it. Taste buds were satiated, and we had our little treat for the car ride home.
We got to my parents' house and realized that we did, indeed, miss our kiddos. We were happy to see them, hug them, and kiss their little faces. We jumped right back into parenthood with kids fighting all the way home. What more could a girl ask for? ;)
Monday, May 12, 2008
Weekend
I am to the point of stuck. Again. I don't feel like I have much that's intelligent to say, so I will begin rambling. My weekend was fun. This was our now monthly kid swap with my friend, Maria. So, Friday night we dropped off the kiddos and went out for a little sushi. It was yummers, and we finished it off with cheesecake. Then we ran and got a Mother's Day present for mwah... a new set of glasses because we have managed to break all but one of ours. (well... we still had two others but they were the dumb ones that I hate, so they don't count.) They were nice and cheap, but elegant and hopefully durable at the same time! Thanks, D!
Saturday found me going to the blood brothel to get paid to have my sister poke a needle in my arm. I had the beginnings of "a reaction". That's where you feel sick, woozy, numb-lipped, heavy limbed or any other number of weird symptoms. I didn't feel nauseated yet, but I could tell I was on my way, so I called my dear sweet sissy to come and fix me up. She told me to squeeze my thighs.... seriously. She said it gets the blood flowin'! So, a blood pressure check or three, a few minutes of thigh-squeezin' and a G2 Gatorade later (seriously... that's yummy stuff!) I was feelin' ship-shape and continued having my blood sucked from my body, spun so the plasma falls out, and then returned to me where I could taste plastic baby doll again! It was great.
I then ran to the store and grabbed some frozen pizzas (it's not delivery, it's DiGiornos) and some ingredients for cheesecake and proceeded home. When I got home, my incredible husband and kids had cleaned the ENTIRE upstairs (my bedroom disaster included!) and had fresh cut tulips on the table in a vase! It was flippin' sweet!
At 2:20 I suddenly remembered that it was "Hazardous Household Waste Collection Day" and it ended at 3:00, and I had buckets o'paint in my basement screaming to go get in a hazardous waste collection bin! (Thank you ever so much to the people we bought our house from who left us a TON of paint! It was so courteous!) I quickly sorted through what I wanted to keep and D and the kids loaded up the rest and Rohan and I were off. It was a drive through service... please fill out this survey, ma'am... thank you and have a nice day. Wow! Then RohRoh and I went to Great Clips to fix his messed up hair! (way to go, Mamma!) He looks SO darn cute! I will post pics later. I haven't taken any, and I can't take one now cuz he is sleeping! (Ya think?! It's only 12:47... why is your child sleeping, you might say? We're just weird like that.) Then we drove by Payless Shoes on our way home and I stopped and bought Roh a new pair of imitation Crocs, and myself a new pair of black flip flops with sparkles. (Thank you Blood Money!) I figured I was justified cuz my last pair I got before I was even pregnant with Rohan!
Home again. I then proceeded to make the cheesecake only to discover that I was one cream cheese short of a full cake, so it was back to the store! Lucky me... I remembered while I was there that I needed conditioner, and while walking down the conditioner isle, I ran into an old friend that I hadn't seen in a LONG time! We chit-chatted and got all caught up right there in front of the conditioner! :)
Home to finish said cheese cake. Cake finished, put it in fridge. (That might just be a superfluous detail... but I think you're used to it by now, right?) Then Maria's kids came over, played hard and long with my kids, add in a minor pit-stop for pizza. I played guitar for a bit and managed to get my fingers sore. Then Maria and John showed up, we jammed out on the guitar and sang a duet... I think we've got a good thing goin' here! Kids to bed, blogged a bit (comments, anyway), and went to bed.
Sunday... Ella came in and informed me while I was lying asleep in my bed that I need to get up early because it's Mother's Day. No, my dear... you are mistaken. I get to get up whenever I want, which is not right now, because it's Mother's Day. Got up LATER, lounged for a while, called people for choir practice, went to church, came home. Went to my mom's for dinner. Dad and Dust cooked us food. BBQ hamburgers. (Thanks to my dad, the BBQ Nazi!) Then I chopped up strawberries and had them with my delish cheesecake! It was SOOO yummy! Then, the fam played Rock Star on my little bro's XBOX 360. That is a hilariously fun game. I was the drummer tonight and I sucked a little less with each song. Good times were had by all....
Came home. Put kids to bed. Watched Juno. Cute show. Cracked me up. Came down to the compy, thought, "I should blog something, but my brain is in need of some repair...". Read a few blogs. Bawled my eyes out at little Charlie Cooper's blog. (read from the beginning if you've got an hour, then donate on PayPal... amazing family!) Suddenly I came up with a brilliant idea for my next post... this weekend review! How original, you might say? Yes... I am simply bursting with originality! ;)
Saturday found me going to the blood brothel to get paid to have my sister poke a needle in my arm. I had the beginnings of "a reaction". That's where you feel sick, woozy, numb-lipped, heavy limbed or any other number of weird symptoms. I didn't feel nauseated yet, but I could tell I was on my way, so I called my dear sweet sissy to come and fix me up. She told me to squeeze my thighs.... seriously. She said it gets the blood flowin'! So, a blood pressure check or three, a few minutes of thigh-squeezin' and a G2 Gatorade later (seriously... that's yummy stuff!) I was feelin' ship-shape and continued having my blood sucked from my body, spun so the plasma falls out, and then returned to me where I could taste plastic baby doll again! It was great.
I then ran to the store and grabbed some frozen pizzas (it's not delivery, it's DiGiornos) and some ingredients for cheesecake and proceeded home. When I got home, my incredible husband and kids had cleaned the ENTIRE upstairs (my bedroom disaster included!) and had fresh cut tulips on the table in a vase! It was flippin' sweet!
At 2:20 I suddenly remembered that it was "Hazardous Household Waste Collection Day" and it ended at 3:00, and I had buckets o'paint in my basement screaming to go get in a hazardous waste collection bin! (Thank you ever so much to the people we bought our house from who left us a TON of paint! It was so courteous!) I quickly sorted through what I wanted to keep and D and the kids loaded up the rest and Rohan and I were off. It was a drive through service... please fill out this survey, ma'am... thank you and have a nice day. Wow! Then RohRoh and I went to Great Clips to fix his messed up hair! (way to go, Mamma!) He looks SO darn cute! I will post pics later. I haven't taken any, and I can't take one now cuz he is sleeping! (Ya think?! It's only 12:47... why is your child sleeping, you might say? We're just weird like that.) Then we drove by Payless Shoes on our way home and I stopped and bought Roh a new pair of imitation Crocs, and myself a new pair of black flip flops with sparkles. (Thank you Blood Money!) I figured I was justified cuz my last pair I got before I was even pregnant with Rohan!
Home again. I then proceeded to make the cheesecake only to discover that I was one cream cheese short of a full cake, so it was back to the store! Lucky me... I remembered while I was there that I needed conditioner, and while walking down the conditioner isle, I ran into an old friend that I hadn't seen in a LONG time! We chit-chatted and got all caught up right there in front of the conditioner! :)
Home to finish said cheese cake. Cake finished, put it in fridge. (That might just be a superfluous detail... but I think you're used to it by now, right?) Then Maria's kids came over, played hard and long with my kids, add in a minor pit-stop for pizza. I played guitar for a bit and managed to get my fingers sore. Then Maria and John showed up, we jammed out on the guitar and sang a duet... I think we've got a good thing goin' here! Kids to bed, blogged a bit (comments, anyway), and went to bed.
Sunday... Ella came in and informed me while I was lying asleep in my bed that I need to get up early because it's Mother's Day. No, my dear... you are mistaken. I get to get up whenever I want, which is not right now, because it's Mother's Day. Got up LATER, lounged for a while, called people for choir practice, went to church, came home. Went to my mom's for dinner. Dad and Dust cooked us food. BBQ hamburgers. (Thanks to my dad, the BBQ Nazi!) Then I chopped up strawberries and had them with my delish cheesecake! It was SOOO yummy! Then, the fam played Rock Star on my little bro's XBOX 360. That is a hilariously fun game. I was the drummer tonight and I sucked a little less with each song. Good times were had by all....
Came home. Put kids to bed. Watched Juno. Cute show. Cracked me up. Came down to the compy, thought, "I should blog something, but my brain is in need of some repair...". Read a few blogs. Bawled my eyes out at little Charlie Cooper's blog. (read from the beginning if you've got an hour, then donate on PayPal... amazing family!) Suddenly I came up with a brilliant idea for my next post... this weekend review! How original, you might say? Yes... I am simply bursting with originality! ;)
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