Typically weeks are pretty non eventful. I guess this one is typical week at least in my house hold. Monday was a lack luster day just work, home, homework with the kids, quick stir fry dinner and off to bed. Tuesday pretty much the same thing minus the fact that it is Pizza night and we went to the gym. Bruce walks and workout I ZUMBA. I love it except for the fact that Tuesday night teacher was hell bend on breaking my thighs with squats I think we did 15 minutes of various squats. Oh well all for the good of the butt I guess. I finished up with the last of the strawberries by making a strawberry layer cake with Jamaican Cream Rum icing...oohhh so good! Well at least the very small sliver I had was good. Tuesday night all hell broke loose in the skies, hail, rain, thunder and lightening. It thundered so loud I swear I levitated off my bed when it cracked over head. I flipped over in bed "Bruce....did you hear that" snoooooorrrrreee was his response LOL. I guess working out did him good. Wednesday morning it was off to work and school. I dropped the kids off at school since it was still dark out and pooring down rain. I turned to go to work and ya well I sat and sat and sat. No one showed up to the office until 9:15 I was the first one there at 9 a full 30 minutes late. Amazing how the first big rain of the year and peoples cars shut off or something mid drive. I dunno I haven't seen traffic that bad in years! At any rate spend my day at work researching. Not for a lawyer but for our camping trip this weekend.
That's right I am going camping in the great wild outdoors. It is sure to be an experience to blog about. I don't do bugs, or dirt, or fish, or well anything outside with the exception of walking :) I don't fear wild animals because all in all TX is mostly known for snakes, bobcats, and I guess wild boars now. But, my over active imagination fears the escaped convict living in the woods for years, days whatever that finds us in the middle of the night and kills us all. Because it happens all the time right?!? LOL I know I know only in the movies BUT..... TX chain saw massacre was real so IT COULD. Thankfully I rely on the fact that my husband was trained by the Military so i just assume he is a ninja and will protect us all :) another little dream I have LOL enough for now. I must get some work done :)
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Weekend Wonderful
This weekend started out early on Saturday, we snuck out of bed grabbed anyone who was awake and ran out the door. All with the intentions of getting into the farmers market. Unfortunately we got there too early, but that's OK because in true form I did not stop by the bank to get cash. So we My husband and the girls stopped at the bank and grabbed a bite to eat. When we got the farmers market I was on sensory overload. Having never been to a farmers market I wanted to buy everything, but alas I cannot I must learn to practice frugality, not anything I am use to. I am use to see, want, spend. No longer can I shop without reason. So we left with some awesome Mango Strawberry Habanero Jam from www.JollyRogerJams.com , some goat cheese and of course farm fresh "green" eggs. I had to get the green eggs seeing as how Sunday is St. Patties day. The kids left with fresh green caramel apple kettle corn. All in all not a bad early morning start to the weekend.
After dropping off our latest finds and retrieving our son we headed out garage sale shopping. A fun adventure I have rarely enjoyed in my life. I have to tell you getting there about 10am seems to be the perfect time. We missed one opportunity to get a great dresser by about 5 minutes because we stopped at two previous duds but at any rate we will were able to get a dresser for the boy and a few toys for the kids all for 15 bucks. Again not too shabby of an early morning.
We then dropped our new finds off at the house and headed out once more. This time we were loaded up to head out to Froburgs Farm this awesome little pick your own farm. They have everything there, but we were after their strawberries. While headed out there my aunt called and we ended up meeting my aunt and uncle and heading out there together. Well apparently everyone in southwest Houston who was not at the Rodeo was there. After snaking our way through the mile long entry line we made it. We walked into the most packed produce market I have ever seen in my life. We ended up with about 14 lbs of strawberries, along with farm grown broccoli, yellow squash, and zucchini. I also bought a bag of split peas to try my hand at split pea soup. I am decent cook so I am not terribly worried about the outcome. I will however say my jobs as a jammer/canner still needs to be worked on. As of right now I have 8 jars of semi set strawberry jam in my fridge. At least it tastes good!
After finishing the night up at my aunts house and driving home to unload yet once more we ended the night with fresh strawberry shortcakes with home made whipped cream. I have to say everyone passed out after running around all day. Thank fully Sunday is a pretty much God and rest kind of day.
We wake up have our "green" eggs for St. Patrick's day make sure everyone has on some green Minus Bruce who has green eyes and claims that counts( no one dare pinch Dad) so we let it ride. head off to church meet and great old friends and family hugs and well wish get our recharge of God for the week. I love my church I have been going there since I was born, as did my mom. So to say that my extended church family is large would be an understatement. I love them all and cherish the moments I have with them. I hope one day my children will feel the same way. After church we did a few chores took a GREAT nap (which i believe everyone should do on Sunday) had a family dinner and topped it off with frozen yogurt. All in all I call it a great weekend, a weekend wonderful.
After dropping off our latest finds and retrieving our son we headed out garage sale shopping. A fun adventure I have rarely enjoyed in my life. I have to tell you getting there about 10am seems to be the perfect time. We missed one opportunity to get a great dresser by about 5 minutes because we stopped at two previous duds but at any rate we will were able to get a dresser for the boy and a few toys for the kids all for 15 bucks. Again not too shabby of an early morning.
We then dropped our new finds off at the house and headed out once more. This time we were loaded up to head out to Froburgs Farm this awesome little pick your own farm. They have everything there, but we were after their strawberries. While headed out there my aunt called and we ended up meeting my aunt and uncle and heading out there together. Well apparently everyone in southwest Houston who was not at the Rodeo was there. After snaking our way through the mile long entry line we made it. We walked into the most packed produce market I have ever seen in my life. We ended up with about 14 lbs of strawberries, along with farm grown broccoli, yellow squash, and zucchini. I also bought a bag of split peas to try my hand at split pea soup. I am decent cook so I am not terribly worried about the outcome. I will however say my jobs as a jammer/canner still needs to be worked on. As of right now I have 8 jars of semi set strawberry jam in my fridge. At least it tastes good!
After finishing the night up at my aunts house and driving home to unload yet once more we ended the night with fresh strawberry shortcakes with home made whipped cream. I have to say everyone passed out after running around all day. Thank fully Sunday is a pretty much God and rest kind of day.
We wake up have our "green" eggs for St. Patrick's day make sure everyone has on some green Minus Bruce who has green eyes and claims that counts( no one dare pinch Dad) so we let it ride. head off to church meet and great old friends and family hugs and well wish get our recharge of God for the week. I love my church I have been going there since I was born, as did my mom. So to say that my extended church family is large would be an understatement. I love them all and cherish the moments I have with them. I hope one day my children will feel the same way. After church we did a few chores took a GREAT nap (which i believe everyone should do on Sunday) had a family dinner and topped it off with frozen yogurt. All in all I call it a great weekend, a weekend wonderful.
Friday, March 15, 2013
TGIF really means something now
Before I would just hear the sayings on a random morning program or see it on Facebook posts and it never meant anything to me. I was just getting rev'd up for the weekend onslaught of sales and mania. Now, it means family time, together we can go on adventures like I did when I was little and my Mom would swoop us into the car on some horribly grande adventure. I hated it then or so I thought. I must have secretly loved it at the same time.
I think up of so many things to do I am pretty certain my weekends are booked through at least the first week in July. Although my spontaneity will ensure that nothing goes as I thought it would which is half the fun. Plans without plans I call them, it drives my brother NUTS he has to have everything planned to the "t". It use to bug my military husband, now he just laughs and gets in the car with me :)
I think up of so many things to do I am pretty certain my weekends are booked through at least the first week in July. Although my spontaneity will ensure that nothing goes as I thought it would which is half the fun. Plans without plans I call them, it drives my brother NUTS he has to have everything planned to the "t". It use to bug my military husband, now he just laughs and gets in the car with me :)
why I am doing this...
It is possible I should not be telling you this but......
I left my career to start life over again at the age of 37. I made great money and as a family did great things. So I left to become a legal secretary and make a fraction of what I was making. In this day and age of economic uncertainty and keeping up with the Jones' I am sure you want to know WHY?!? It is simple, one day while taking a shower to go to work I step out to a Bathroom suite of my kids. In shock I asked why are you all here? The response was simple 'because we wanted to see you mommy." It broke my heart, it was the moment I realized something had to change.
So I left my career of Retail Manager, swing shifts, emergency Corporate visits, no Holidays with the family (that's when we made our year in sales), missed birthdays, missed family get togethers but really great pay. I realized that my really great pay allowed my husband and the kids to go to great dinners and movies and play dates and parties etc. While all I did was get to hear the stories. What is the point of the money if I miss out on it and my kids get up at 6 am on Saturday to catch me before I run out the door?
From that point forward which was about 3 weeks ago I made the most drastic change in my life in 10 years and haven't looked back. Why would I life out here is great!
I left my career to start life over again at the age of 37. I made great money and as a family did great things. So I left to become a legal secretary and make a fraction of what I was making. In this day and age of economic uncertainty and keeping up with the Jones' I am sure you want to know WHY?!? It is simple, one day while taking a shower to go to work I step out to a Bathroom suite of my kids. In shock I asked why are you all here? The response was simple 'because we wanted to see you mommy." It broke my heart, it was the moment I realized something had to change.
So I left my career of Retail Manager, swing shifts, emergency Corporate visits, no Holidays with the family (that's when we made our year in sales), missed birthdays, missed family get togethers but really great pay. I realized that my really great pay allowed my husband and the kids to go to great dinners and movies and play dates and parties etc. While all I did was get to hear the stories. What is the point of the money if I miss out on it and my kids get up at 6 am on Saturday to catch me before I run out the door?
From that point forward which was about 3 weeks ago I made the most drastic change in my life in 10 years and haven't looked back. Why would I life out here is great!
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