Busy day.......

I took the day off of work b/c the boys had their middle school orientations today, and to add to that, I had a Dr appt for Tristen this morning and then he had a social event for band this evening. This is what my hectic schedule consisted of:

7am-wake up
8am- call dr to make appt for T (got it made for 930)
915-leave for dr appt and HOPE that they can see us quickly (which isn't normal). YAY...we made it out of there in record time....30 minutes.....which will NEVER happen again!
945-leave dr office with prescription and run by wal-mart to drop off prescription.
1030-Tristen's 7th grade orientation which was scheduled to only be in an hour, but we were there until 1150. It wasn't tooo terrible. We picked up our pre-orders for the School Supply Wrap Pack, PE clothes for Colby and Tristen's athletic workout gear. He got his schedule, athletic gear and his athletic locker. OMG....I can't believe I have a 7th grader in athletics! This is a whole new ball game now. We will now be juggling Colby's baseball and Tristen's football.
1150-head home (3 minutes from the school), grab a quick bite to eat, and get Colby
1220- leave the house with both boys and take Tristen BACK up to the school for band. (At this point, I'm crossing my fingers, toes, and anything else that can be crossed that I don't run out of gas, as I NEVER get gas until after my light comes on. Mind you, my light had been on since the day before!) Drop Tristen off....and run to get gas since Colby's orientation doesn't start until 1.
1245-file back into the gym, where i've already sat for an hour and 10 minutes earlier today....only to listen to the same speech, rules, policies, blah blah blah blah that I heard in Tristen's orientation. PTA this, PTA that, band playing, kids whispering, Principal talking, cheerleaders dancing and cheering, Principal telling kids to stop talking, parents whispering behind me about nothing important, tween boys snickering b/c the principal said 'crotch' (in reference to saggy pants in the dress code...'I don't want to see the crotch of your pants hanging down by your knees'). Oh my......oh my. At this point, I'm really ready to get the hell out of there. Oh no, but wait...we still have to get Colby's schedule. We get Colby's schedule and it is WRONG. They had him enrolled in band and he isn't doing band. With the 6th graders they do a mock day and go through the entire bell schedule, to assist them with finding their classes. This worked beautifully last year with Tristen. This year...BIG.FAT.JOKE.CHAOS.CLUSTER^&(*K! The bells weren't working, new teachers to the school weren't in their classrooms....it was just utter chaos. By this point...............I'm ready to get out of there as fast as I can. Before we left, Colby joined the Husky Howlers.....the boys spirit group for basketball games. (Since Colby can't play school sports until 7th grade.)
300-get home and take a breather.
355-take Tristen to band social
530-pick Tristen up from band social

Now it is 630......J still hasn't made it home from work yet, and I'm ready to call it a day and hit the hay.

Update: I stopped blogging when J walked in the door at 640. He obliged to my request to take me to Rosa's for dinner....even though he isn't CrAzY about Rosas. What a whirlwind day!

Wall Vinyl...

I cannot wait to get this wall vinyl decal in the mail! I just ordered it on Etsy! It is going to look fabulous in our living room!!!!

Weekend Wrap-Up

Worst part of the weekend: Having to replace our water heater on Friday and dealing with the drama involved with Colby's baseball team.

Best part of the weekend: all of us being at home for the whole weekend.....which I honestly cannot remember when that happened. We took the boys out with the adults on Saturday. The plan was to let them go watch GI Joe while the adults went and watched The Hangover, but our original plan didn't work out b/c dinner didn't take as long as we expected, so the timing for both movies got all screwed up. We all ended up watching GI Joe, well, I fell asleep during 1/2 of it.

People I saw this weekend: Lots of people at Bryan & Katie's wedding on Friday night, Saturday - Kim, Kate & Allen, Sunday - no one.

Something I wished I did this weekend that I didn't get around to doing: cleaning the house, although Jason did clean the shower.........which I despise doing! I'm pretty sure I'm going to give up on the house and call the maid next week. I also forgot to buy a baby shower gift that I meant to buy LAST WEEK!

Things that I am not looking forward to this week: ummmm..........can't really think of anything.

Life is good.....

Yeah, yeah...there haven't been any updates in almost a month, but nothing really has been going on. Jason recently changed jobs so he no longer works Saturdays, which is so nice! We are finally making headway on projects around the house. Speaking of house.....damn 12 year old house. Thank goodness for home warranties. This week....we thought the a/c was going out, but alas it isn't. Secretly we were hoping it was, so we could get a new one through our home warranty company. Much to our dismay, we were told that that will probably never happen due to the way home warranties work, but whatever. Last night the water heater decided to start leaking. So now...I wait in anticipation for my call from the plumber. Ya know...the 4 hour window I was given. "11-4 ma'am is when we can schedule you, but we'll call you 30 minutes prior to our arrival." Mind you, I took off earlier this week to meet the a/c guy. (This where Jason not working a mile down the street anymore SUCKS!) So....I told the plumber...the later the better. The back patio is finally close to being put together and completed, but I'm not going to hold my breath. Jason is wanting to put a flat-panel TV out there so I guess it will be more closer to completed once that is done. I'm not sure how soon that will happen. We bought furniture, outdoor rug, plants and a few decor items. We have thoroughly been enjoying our covered patio this summer and it was well worth the investment.

The boys are good. They are enjoying their last 2 weeks of summer. Tristen starts band on Monday, so his summer is coming to a close quicker than Colby's. I think he'll enjoy summer band though, since he'll be with his friends that he hasn't seen all summer. Tristen wanted to play baseball in the Fall, but there isn't a division for his age group. He'll be in athletics and will hopefully be playing football. Colby's baseball for the Fall is in limbo. We'll know more on Sunday, but his select team that he was playing on is struggling to find players for the Fall. Of course, football is huge in the Fall, so many kids play football. Granted, Colby could play recreational baseball, but honestly, it wouldn't help him develop any further. We might end up going the Rec Ball route if things don't pan out with his current team and if he doesn't make any of the other teams he is trying out for. Some of the teams he is trying out for are only looking for 3-4 players (if even that). It is a dog eat dog world out there, and I didn't realize how much d.r.a.m.a there is involved with youth select sports. It is insane!

I was registered and ready to run a 5K over the new Lake Lewisville Toll Bridge back on August 1st. I was uber excited b/c I had been training hard for this race. We get out there on race day and my girlfriend and I were in the 2nd wave (there were 5 waves of 500 runners). We were on the bridge ready to get called to the starting line and then the race was called/postponed due to weather. Mind you, we parked a mile away, are on a bridge with 2500+ other people. Jason and the boys came out to watch me, so we had to sift through all of the people to find them. Long story short, they postponed the race for an hour. We went back and the cancelled the race, but were still having the family fun walk across the bridge. WTH? Odd, but whatever. I was really, really, really bummed that we didn't get to run. I'm scoping out other races and very possibly will race on the 29th - my bday.

So....school is about to start. Life is about to get hectic again, but those are the good times. Oh...and Jason and I leave for our mini-vacation with friends on August 20th! Cannot wait!

Texas Heat...

Really....98 degrees at 9:30pm. Granted I've lived in Texas all my life and maybe it is like this every year and I just somehow forget. I just got back from a 2 mile run and ugh....it is so hot. I'm excited about the 'cold front' moving in later this week/weekend!!!

-- Post From My iPhone

Countdown - 36 days....

36 days until we leave for our getaway to Beaver's Bend (<~~~click to see the fabulousness). We are going with 2 other couples and we absolutely cannot wait! It will be 3 peaceful days with no kids! The boys will get to golf while the girls go to the spa. One of the couples that is going is borrowing his dad's boat. I.CANNOT.WAIT!!!!!!!!! It is going to be so nice to just get away. It isn't the beach, but it will work in place of the beach!

Busy times

Things have been pretty busy around our house. It seems to be the story of our lives. Colby's baseball finally concluded their Spring/Summer season this past Saturday. While they struggled towards the end of the season, he learned alot and played A LOT of baseball over a 9 week span! They played 12 league play games and then 3-4 games on the weekends for the past 6 weekends. So, while I'm glad that I will have my weekends back, I'm also sad I won't be seeing some of my favorite baseball moms, as much. Several of us became pretty close friends this past season and we've had tons of fun hanging out both at the baseball field and away from the baseball field. Then again, it has been nice that we've become such good friends since we have to see each other so much during baseball. I can only hope that each of our kids makes the team again in the Fall.

Jason wrapped up his clincials for his EMT-Basic course. He has one more test to take and then he will have to take the National Registry Exam to be completely certified as an EMT-B. This coming weekend will be his first full weekend off in over a month. He started his math class last week and seems to be doing ok. It is a fast paced 4-week course. He has his first test tomorrow, so we shall see. In the Fall, he hopes to be enrolling in Paramedic courses.

Other than baseball and Jason's school, we haven't had much time for anything else. Now that baseball is over, we are hoping to do more things on the weekends - home improvement projects, swimming with the boys, enjoying our new patio, etc. I can't believe the summer is 1/2 way over! YIKES!