Sunday, May 27, 2012

Photo bomb...

Look, a future gardener! Someone to save mommy's garden!!
Hey girl!
Love that flower girl!
Playing in the garden...a future gardener maybe?!
Sisters
Playing redneck golf
Funny faces with Uncle Brad
Funny faces with Uncle Brad
A nice picture with Uncle Brad and Kat
Funny faces with Uncle Jeff and Aunt Deb
A nice picture with Uncle Jeff and Aunt Deb
Funny faces with Grammy Joanne
A nice picture with Grammy Joanne

Friday, May 25, 2012

It's almost pool time!

So most of you know, we had to fix our pool this year.
After the floods last fall, we had some damage around the pool, and we didn't want to damage it any worse by using it without fixing it.
So this past Sunday we emptied the whole thing and Frank got in and fixed what needed to be fixed.
Then, over the course of this whole week, we've been slowly refilling the pool.
Well, in a few short hours, the pool will be totally full again and ready to use.
So of course, we wanted to make sure this didn't happen again.
But also, we wanted to make it look really "fancy" around the pool too, you know, curb appeal.
So we're creating a flower bed around the pool, but we're making it an extra large one.
We borrowed my Uncle's truck to haul some dirt to fill in around the pool.
Up until today we had about 3/4 of a ton in.
Today, i've been superwoman.
I hauled and unloaded 1 1/2 tons BY MYSELF!
I shoveled all the dirt INTO the truck by myself, and i shoveled it all OUT by myself.
And, to top it all off, i got it all out using a 4 gal bucket to get it up to the pool.
Why didn't i just pull in close to the pool and shovel it off, you ask?!
I tried that, and the ground was a bit soft from all the rain and i sorta couldn't get the truck up the grass.
So i hauled those 4 gal buckets about 50 yards up from the truck to the pool, and then back down to refill.
Man am i tired!
And my blisters have blisters.
But it's coming along nicely, i think.
We still have a bunch more to do, but it's a start!
Look, it's full!
It still has to come up about a foot higher, but it's a start

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Finally...

So i finally got out running in my new sneakers today!
It wasn't raining (for the first time in, like, 5 days) and it wasn't cold.
Actually, it was pretty warm!
So i was very excited to get out with the girls in my new shoes.
I will say one thing, Mady absolutely loves them.
She tells me 5 or 6 times a day how much she loves the way they look.
But were they comfortable?!
Now keep in mind, i haven't broken them in pretty much at all yet, so the fit is still new and tight.
But overall the sneakers aren't as bad as i was fearing they might be.
They weren't great like my good old worn in shox are, but those shoes are like my 3rd child.
They are comfortable beyond belief, and that's why i've worn them so long.
If i could go to a shoe person and get new rubber put on the bottom where it's wearing off, i totally would.
But these new shoes aren't half bad.
They were comfy for the first few miles...
then they got a bit tight and my feet started to hurt a bit and fall asleep a bit.
So i stopped (which i hate to do) and walked a bit.
After a minute or two, my feet felt better and i started running again.
This happened a few times over the course of my run, but i attribute it to the shoes not being broken in at all.
For walking, these shoes are probably amazing.
They are really comfortable.
I've yet to make my decision on how they are as running shoes yet.
Good thing i still have a week and a half on my trial period left.
More updates to come, i'm sure.

Monday, May 14, 2012

Still waiting...

So i woke up this morning with high hopes.
High hopes that i would get to try out my new sneakers on a nice run.
But to my dismay, it was raining.
And not just a drizzle or anything, but full fledged raining, and it's been doing it all day.
So my sneakers still sit in their box, waiting to escape out onto the road with me.
Maybe tomorrow?!
This is just typical for me though.
When i chopped my hair off, it went from being downright hot to freezing for the next week.
So now that i have new shoes that i have to try out to see if i want to keep them, it's going to rain for a solid week so i can't.
Just my luck, lol!

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Trying something new...

So i've decided to try something new.
And this is a first,
very not like me.
I'm trying a new brand of running shoes (see picture)
They seemed pretty comfortable in the store, but we'll see how they feel when i run in them.
I went in planning to buy a new pair of Nike's, and i left with a pair of Brooks.
What really put me over the edge was the fact that these shoes come with a 15 day trial.
So i basically can wear these shoes out running, wherever i want, whenever i want, in any condition that i want (rain, mud, snow, etc)
And then, if i don't like them, i can take them back to the store and give them back no questions asked, and i can get the shox that i originally went for.
So basically, i'm getting to try out a new pair of shoes for 2 weeks and i don't have to keep them if i don't like them!
Like Franky said, it's a no brainer!
So i'll keep you updated on how my "free trial" shoes are going.
Who knows, maybe i'll find a new favorite pair of shoes?!
And if i hate them, i still get the shoes i originally wanted and that i love.
Now that's a good deal :)

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Anyone home?!

I know, it's been a while since i've posted.
To be honest, i pretty much forgot all about posting for a while.
I guess that's a good thing though, it must mean it's been nice enough to be outside playing all day long...so the girls are pretty happy about that.
Since my last post, a few new things have happened.
I cut all my hair off...well, not ALL my hair, but about 14 1/2" of it.
It's kinda weird not having long hair anymore, but i like the change.
It's much cooler, less work, and less hassle.
Frank aunt and uncle from Tennessee came up for a visit.
It was really nice seeing them.
They only get up once a year, and i wish it were more, or for longer.
They are great to be around...and it doesn't hurt that his aunt is an amazing cook.
Did i mention how much i love her southern cooking?!
There isn't a lot going on here at work for me.
We made it a while with no delays or postponements, and now that there is only 2 weeks of the seasons left, we are getting hit left and right with them.
It's been raining like crazy.
I don't know when we'll be able to get all these games in!
We went to our local auction this past weekend and got ourselves some new outdoor furniture.
We got a really nice swing and an even nicer round picinic table.
We wanted to leave with a few other pieces, but they either didn't have what i was looking for or there was someone else there willing to bid a whole lot more than we were to get it.
So needless to say we came home with a few things, but not as many as i wanted.
Oh well, it's something to add to next years list of things to get!
I also spent a great deal of time in the craft building at the auction.
They have some of the nicest stuff in there!
I managed to come home with 6 shelves and an end table for next to Franks chair.
He was making fun of me for buying so many shelves, but how could you go wrong?!
At the craft stores around us, they want anywhere from $29-$49 for 1 shelf, and i was getting them for $13!
It's not like i was just buying them to put in the basement to never look at again, i know where i want all of them to go, and i pretty much know what i want on them.
I went in there with a plan this year, unlike last year when i kinda just winged it and left with 1 shelf and nothing else.
I'm slowly starting to put my house together...it only took over a year, lol!
Next on my list of things to do is painting.
Since we can't seem to agree on colors, i think i'm just going to do what i want to do (since i'm the only one willing to do it) and he'll just have to live with it.
I make pretty good decisions...he always disagrees with me and drags his feet because he just can't see my vision, but when it's all done and wonderful, then he says how much he loves it and he tries to play it off as "our" idea (like the paint job in Mady's room)
Men!!

Picture of the week...

Picture of the week...