Good Morning!

I actually hate mornings!  The ones when I have to get up early anyway.  I love Cade and I miss him when he's gone, but man I miss sleeping in!  Anyway....What have I been up to?  Let's see:
Alex came on last Sunday!!!  I'm so happy to have him home for a while.  :)   I like having all my chicks in the nest, under my wings.  I'm really going to miss him when he leaves for school.  I think I've gotten "most" of what he needs.  "Dorm" stuff.  Comforter, sheets, towels, washrags, stocked up on toiletries, a few snacks, laundry detergent, fabric softener, first aid stuff, etc.  I even bought cough drops, Motrin, Zicam, etc for when he starts to feel a cold coming on.  OH and hand wash!  LOL  Those that know me, know how important that is!  I'm under no illusion that he'll use it though.  :)

In other news....hmm....not much going on.  Band camp started this week for Kayla so she's gone from 9-2 every day.  Alex and Dylan have been hanging out some.  Alex even took him to the pool with him on Monday!  Last night they had their cousins spend the night.  Swam.  Rented movies.  They're still sleeping right now. Cade's been pretty quiet this morning, so he hasn't woken them up....yet! 

As for me...well...I'm still trying to lose ten more pounds.  I lost it all last summer and around four months ago I gained 10-12 back and I cannot get it to move!  It's making me so mad!  I'm eating terrible. IF I snack at all it's something I'm "allowed" to have or if it's not, I skip something else to make up for it.  AND....I've been walking!  Grrr......
Dinners this week, so far have consisted of:  Monday- scout cook out here, so it was hot dogs, baked beans, macaroni salad and desserts.  Tuesday- Breakfast casserole, biscuits and gravy.  Today- BBQ meatballs, mashed potatoes and fresh corn on the cob a friend gave us yesterday. 

I guess I'm signing off for now.  I need to wake up Kayla to get ready for band, walk my mile with Cade, clean bathrooms and FORCE myself to do the dreaded bills that I keep putting off.

See ya!

No Cade today!

     I have today off from babysitting and I always have Fridays off, so welcome four day weekend!  Today I'm finishing making the zucchini bread.  I'll have nine loaves in the freezer (5 regular and 4 chocolate) and we will have consumed three.  LOL  Not me!  I've had two or three pieces over three days and the rest have been the kids and Tim!
     I need to clean these wood floors really bad, so when the last loaves come out of the oven, I'm steam mopping!  I think I can make time to lay out and read a little today too.  Yay me!  Oh, and of course laundry!  Last load is in now.  See ya!

Wednesday

Wow.  Didn't realize it had been several days already since I'd posted.  Busy, busy, busy.  Let's see.....since I last posted, can I even remember what I did?  Last Friday the kids and I went to the Wave Pool with Cathy and her kids.  A great time as always.  Man I miss having her around.  Wish she still lived here. 
Saturday we spent the day working around outside.  Tim and Kayla did the mowing and trimming here and at the church.  Kayla and I cleaned the church.  Dylan and I cleaned out the inside of the van and washed it.  Dylan pulled leaves and raked grass. (He needed to EARN some money for the fair this week).  Dropped the kids at the fair that evening and Tim and I went out to dinner. 
Sunday was lazy.  Yay!
Monday, Cade was back of course.  I did a little cleaning, Kayla and I played in the pool with Cade for a while, laundry, cooked dinner, then dropped the kids plus cousin at the fair again. 
Tuesday I was exhausted.  I've been trying to walk every day, but not sleeping is really wearing me down!  Skipped the walk today, but managed to make 6 loaves of zucchini bread out of the giant zucchini someone left on my porch last week along with some huge cucumbers.  I suspect it was my next door neighbor, but haven't seen him to ask.  Dropped the kids plus Jake and Bailey at the fair again, then they spent the night. 
Today:  Leaving the boys at home and taking Kayla for her orthodontist appointment with Bailey and Cade in tow.  Then we head to the  mall.  (See why the boys are staying home!?  lol)  Later, I'm sure I'll be dropping multiple people off at the fair! 
I think I'll list what I have cooked for dinner this week so far.....Mon- BBQ chicken on the grill, potato casserole and green beans.  Tues- Taco Ring and salsa rice.  Today- Roast in gravy, mashed potatoes and corn. 
So excited for Alex to come home this weekend!  He'll be home sometime Sunday.  I've missed that boy!  I have to enjoy the next four weeks because then....it will never be the same.  My life will be forever changed because he leaves for college.  Hmmm.....I think I'll do a post on that at a later time.
See ya!

Thursday

Sleepy!!!  Didn't sleep that great and now I'm getting ready to take a lil nap.  Cade is sleeping, so I'm going to take advantage of that today.  I've already gotten my walk in for the day and I have a full list after I get up from naptime.  Book Club is tonight and I'm ready!  Love those ladies and love my downtime with them.  I'm bringing snacks tonight, so I'm making cinnamon roll ups and chocolate fudge! 

Had a Great time with my best friend for life, Cathy, who is in from NC.  I miss her so much!  We only get to see each other a couple of times a year. We met at Fat Patty's for dinner last night and spent a good long time talking.  Miss that! 

Today, I hope to get the snacks made for Book Club, do a load of regular laundry, strip beds, wash sheets and put on clean ones and working a little in Dylan's room.  He's been at camp and comes home this evening.  I wanted to do a "semi" deep clean of his room while he was gone, but I haven't gotten it done yet. 

Tomorrow:  The Wave Pool with Cathy and her kids!!!!  Yay!

Until next time.........

Hello World!

Well here I go again.  I've tried many times to create a blog and I just never keep up with it.
 It's summer, so I would like to say I'm not as busy as usual, buuuut......It seems like it never stops anymore!  Alex is on week five at Boy Scout camp and this week Dylan is there too.  Kayla has been to California with FBLA this summer and has had some sleepovers too.  They've been to the pool, had friends over, Kayla's had band and next week the fair starts.  For the first time I bought the kids fair passes.  So I guess I'll be running every evening dropping and picking up next week! 
I guess that's all for now.  I was just trying to come up with some things to say to test this out.  Hope to be back soon!!!!