My two new best friends...

Our old washer and dryer were like 10 years old....nothing really wrong with them, but who doesn't want a sparkly new red front load pair?  So when Michael agreed to let me spend some of the tax return on these puppies you better believe I was at the store before he finished saying the 'k' in 'ok'.  I LOVE THEM!  I love them almost as much as I do my hair dryer!  Callie is obsessed with pushing buttons on them.  I'm expecting any day that she will push something and I will not know how to 'undo' it. 

 And here is a picture of my little sweetheart hunting eggs!!  It started pouring rain right as the kids grabbed the last few eggs!  So while I was certain it was going to be a bust...it didn't end up being so bad!

 Michael starts working Sundays and Thursdays starting this weekend.  I had so enjoyed him being home on the weekends this month!  (he had been working Mondays and Fridays)  Ahh well...all good things must come to an end...  I guess the same applies to this post?  Have a great weekend!!

mjr

Admit it....You thought I had died!!!

It has been over a year since I even made an attempt at blogging. That is crazy, huh? It certainly doesn't seem like it has been that long ago.

In some ways there have been many things that have happened in that year and in others...it's just the same shizzle - different day.

I still have a horrendous commute, Callie, Winston and Michael are still the loves of my lives, we still live in the same house (although with a few renovations that we didn't have last time) and life as we know it goes on...

We are planning a Disney trip. So maybe that is something I can talk about on here! HA! I realize I sound totally boring and now I know why it has been a year since I posted to this blog! :-)

I promise I will start trying to do some updates....I realize at this point I am probably the only one even reading this! HA!!

Have a great day everyone!
mjr

HI SHELISA!!!!!!!!!! XOXOXOXO!!!! You are probably the only one that still checks this thing!!!!

Delivering on the promise!

A post and some pics!

So vacation was WONDERFUL! It was touch and go last Friday as it rained all.effing.day and Callie just about killed us trying to rip the rental house apart. LMAO We just didn't have enough for her to do, I guess and well...who could blame her. We were bored too! One doesn't really go on vacation to watch Law & Order reruns all fecking day! LOL I digress on that one....

Anyway...the first couple days were total beach days. We went out for 2 or 3 hours and then came in for Callie to nap. Then we would go out for a couple more hours or get an early dinner and then back to the beach.

One day we went to the Dauphin Island Estuarium. It is like a miniature aquarium with local species of fish, sharks, other water stuff. HA! I don't know what all of those things are called. And we went to Ft. Gaines. Cool enough but it was HOT AS ALL HELL and that made the whole fort experience less than enjoyable. There was going to be a second battle there if Michael hadn't agreed to get the hell outta dodge after about 30 minutes. I was DONE! So was Callie. We took a couple pictures and you can tell by the looks on our faces that we weren't having fun! HA!!!

Another day we drove onto the ferry and rode it over the Fort Morgan. Yes, another fort. This time we didn't stop there...we jumped on the road and drove into Gulf Shores and Orange Beach. I have been to Gulf Shores before but it's been a LONG time. So it was nice to see how things have changed. We also drove on into Foley, AL to eat at Lambert's Cafe. If you have never experienced this....it is a must! It is the home of the 'throwed rolls' afterall!!! Callie got a huge kick out of that. They don't just give the rolls to you at your table. They freakin throw them at you. I had already decided we were going to eat there but a couple weeks before we left we were watching the Travel Channel and they were listing the top 10 places to pig out. Guess what was on there!!! OMG! It was sooo good! I got chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes and green beans and corn. Michael got fried chicken, mashed potatoes and green beans. The kicker to this though is that they constantly walk around offering you 'extras'. These extras are fried potatoes with onions, of course the rolls that they serve with apple butter sorghum molasses and something else....And no, they don't throw the apple butter or molasses at you!! HA! Anyway....they also bring around macaroni and tomatoes, cabbage, black eyed peas and maybe another thing or two. All of your typical southern favorites!!! It was definitely a highlight of our trip that day! While in Gulf Shores we also visited a place that Callie could ride some rides and do bumper boats and stuff like that! She had a good time there too!

One other day we went to see the USS Alabama. Very neat place. I think it would probably be neater if it wasn't so hot....at 90% humidity...well....it doesn't take long to get swamp ass!!! And we all know that is not pleasant!

Callie was a fairly decent traveler...Thank God for that!!! Here's a few pictures...if you are my friend on facebook then you've probably already seen most of these! I'll include one that I didn't include on FB because Michael didn't have a shirt on and he would die if he knew I was showing off his farmer's tan...but it is just so so sweet!!!! I couldn't resist!!!

Back from vacation...

We are back physically but mentally is another story! I just now got caught up at work with emails and other crap. I will post tomorrow about the trip and upload some pics!!!

As of today I am back hardcore on WW!! I will do this again. I have to!

Talk to you tomorrow!

Kid free weekend...

So this weekend Callie is gonna be spending a couple nights with Michael's parents. This is a good thing and while I'll really miss her sweet little face....we're going to be leaving for vacation in just about a week and I'll get my fill of her then! HA! Plus, it's good for kids to spend time with grandparents, right? Someone please tell me that is right!! HA!

We've actually left Callie with them a couple times before but it's usually been when we were going OOT for the weekend. It will (and already does) seem odd to think about her not being at home when we aren't technically going anywhere or doing anything special. I guess we should just enjoy the quiet and relaxation.

Plus, who are we kidding? She will have a great time and will be exhausted when she comes home! WIN WIN! LOL

I'm sure Michael and I can think of things to keep us occupied. We are debating going to a drive in movie. It has been FOREVER since we've been since Callie goes to bed so early. That might be fun. Maybe Winston could even go if he wouldn't bark at every single sound or person!

Callie's 2 year well baby visit was yesterday. She got a glowing review. Well, the doctor would like for her to gain some weight but what can you do other than force feed her? She is 35 inches tall and weighs a whopping 22lbs!! *le sigh* LOL The doctor looks like she is fresh out of medical school and she is really really nice and sweet. I told her that Callie would eat a few bites and then want down so she could keep playing. I told her that I (giving myself the obvious onceover so she would know what I meant) didn't comprehend someone never wanting to really eat!! She laughed and said it sounded like she was a typical snacky and sometimes picky toddler! :-)

Oh...and we did ask about nosebleeds. Callie has them a lot. The doctor wondered if she had been picking her nose at night!! LMAO How did this never occur to me? Of course I had thought of every other ridiculous explanation. I am not sure the nose picking explains it....cause I've never really seen her pick her nose...but it's an idea, I guess! We'll just keep an eye on it!!!

I am so ready for the weekend!!! Only 7 (!!!!) more sleeps until we leave for vacation!! Michael was supposed to work next Friday for 24 hours so he wouldn't get off until Saturday morning. He has swapped with someone though and he'll get off Thursday night at 11pm. So we are thinking we'll leave Friday afternoon late and get 3 or 4 hours on down the road - get a hotel and sleep and drive the remaining 4-5 hours from there. At least it won't be a whole stinking day worth of driving that way.

Toodles!!! Have a great weekend to anyone that might be reading this!

The fruits of our labor...

I now know how much hard work goes into a garden! But when you are rewarded with things like this....it makes it all worthwhile! YUM!!!! Now to learn the art of canning from my dearest Suz Q!

Another thing that I learned is that gardens aren't just for veggies!! You can throw some beautiful flowers in there and they will make the whole place a little more colorful!

Here is a picture of Callie in her new playgym that she got for her birthday! It was the first night that she saw it. We got the initial excitement on video and I'll try to post it sometime when I figure out how to do that! HA! She is enjoying it immensely and so are we! Now if we can just get her to come down the big slide without holding our hands so we can sit on the back steps and drink ice cold adult beverages!! We need a deck though....Sitting on the back steps is hard on the toosh! :-)