Labor Day...

Hello 4 day weekend! This is a bitter sweet weekend it is great because there is an extra day added on, but it is sad because it is the last weekend of the summer! No more wearing white pants, shoes or carrying white purses after this weekend. We have a busy weekend ahead of us.
Today I'm busy cleaning and preparing for our BBQ tomorrow. Sunday we have 2 BBQ's to go to-our neighbors and our friends. Monday we have another friend who is having a BBQ! So it will be a good eating and drinking weekend!
What are your plans?

To Do or Not To Do...

The other day I got a flyer in the mail to run a 1/2 Marathon in January for Chron's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. As soon as I saw it I immediately wanted to do it. I have done so many walks for all kinds of other causes but nothing for something I battle with every day. I think I would really love to do this, but now I'm making excuses. I would love hubby to do it with me, but that will make things even more difficult with The Girl. Who will watch The Girl when we have training sessions? Will I be able to do it? Will I be able to make all the training sessions? Will be body hold up to it with my Rheumatoid Arthritis? Who will watch The Girl while we are in Florida running this 1/2 Marathon? Will we be able to get enough sponsors and make enough money to get me down to Florida? Then I was thinking maybe we could get a good jogging stroller and have The Girl join us. I don't know what to do? Please help me. What would you do? Check out the website: Team Challenge

Busy, Busy, Busy!

Wow, I haven't updated in awhile that is because I have been busy.
Here is a wrap up:
Monday 18th-Neighborhood Girls Night Out, we went to V.F. Pizza, it was fun, got home 10ish, much better than last time.
Wednesday 20th-actually went out to a site for work. Whoo big day!
Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd-we went back down to OC N.J., Hubby came with us this time. We had a great time!
Saturday 23rd-errands, clean, do wash. Purchased patio funiture. Painted the back wall in the family room. Oh and hubby got another new car.
Sunday 24th-Baby shower for a few good friends of mine.
Monday 25th-back to work, back to the old grind. Home Depot was already here delivering our decking, waiting for our contractor to get here to start working on the deck again and also waiting for the home warranty guy to get here a replace our big foyer window.

So that's what has been happening here in a nut shell!

I had a bad day...

Yesterday was a bad day. It was probably my fault because I already had it in my mind that it was going to by a bad day. Hubby was gone all day, so as soon as I found that out my mind decided to have a bad day. Not that I need him home but I like him home with us especially on the weekends. After being with a 21 month old 24/7 it is nice to have another adult around. Not just for company but for help too. So that was the start to my Sunday, actually the start to my Sunday was a blood startling cry at 5:30am, and I had to spend the rest of the morning sleeping on the floor next to my daughter's crib. At 9:30am I decided to go shopping and get out of the house. Off I went to Kohl's and Marshall's. Well Marshall's didn't open until 11am so I had to head home before wanting to. No biggie we will just have lunch and go in for a nap. The nap only lasted for an hour, it is usually a good 2 to 3 hours. Since she got up early I decided to head back over to Marshall's. But this time I couldn't find my keys! I looked every where! I finally found them under the passenger's seat. I get us all packed up and close the garage door! Wait a minute the garage door wouldn't close. I checked the sensors everything looked fine but it isn't closing. So after hubby told me to just leave it open and get out of the house I decided to go. I didn't find anything shopping for myself, but got two cute bathing suits and 2 pairs of sneakers for the Princess. Then off to ACME we go because we found out that they sell EZ Pass. Well they didn't have any left there is a hold up in Harrisburg. No kidding, of course, why should something go my way. Then on my way around town I saw a nice corvette. I always notice them because my Mom always wanted a vet but never got one. Then weird thing is the license plate said "Bev's Vet" which was my Mom's name. So seeing that helped me, it was like a symbol telling me she is still with me. Any way for the rest of my day we went up to my sister's for dinner. I had a nice big frozen strawberry margarita. It was exactly what I needed. Gave the little one a bath at my sister's house, took a pair of PJ's from my nephew (batman) and off to home/bed we went. At least my day ended on a good note!

Deck Phase 1

Our deck is framed out! It is bigger then I was expecting. But then again we did get 2 feet more then was planned. Here the guy at home depot ordered 12 foot boards instead of 10 foot boards, so why waste 2 feet-add it on. The first deck is 10x12 with about 2x6 bump out for the grill. The second deck, which is 2 steps down from the first deck, is 16 x12 with the steps fanning out in front 2 more feet. The first deck party is already in the works!
The contractor is on vacation next week so now we have to wait for it to be finished until he gets home. I can't wait!

Painting Fools!

Hubby and I have been some crazy painters the past couple of weekends! Here is our new family room. Bonjour Beige with the accent color Haypenny. The kitchen was done twice the first color was just a little too bright and bold for us, Mayapple. Now it is a darker yellow, Sweet Maple. I'm still trying to get used to it. Hubby is calling it my French Bistro! It is just so nice to have some color on the walls!

O.C.N.J.

You may have been wondering were I have been, well the Little One and I decided to take a mini vacation and go down to Ocean City, New Jersey with my sister and her boys. We had a blast! We left Wednesday packed up the car with all our luggage, 2 adults and 3 kids. We rocked out to Barenaked Ladies, Snacktime on the way down. We got there just in time for lunch. After lunch it was off to the beach. My Little One loved the sand, she wasn't too sure about the ocean. Then it was dinner time then off to the boardwalk. Thursday we went to the rides. The first ride was so so she hung on for dear life and looked terrified. But then the boys took her over to the big kids rides and she rode them with no problem. When I took her back to the little kid rides she looked so bored and pissed that I actually put her on the ride. It was so funny. Friday was an early day on the beach. Where we saw a whole school of dolphins swimming and playing in the ocean. My Little One even went in the water for a short time, she liked it better then she did on the first day. Maybe because it was a little warmer. After lunch we headed home. It was a quick trip but well worth it! We are planning another quick trip at the end of the month. I'll let you know how that one goes!

Friday At Last

I don't know what happened this week but it felt like it took forever to be over. I don't know if it was because I started it off wrong by going out until midnight on Monday night. Or if it is because my Little One has been spiking a fever off and on so we really haven't been out of the house. If it is because my one friend who I usually talk to all day via IM, email and phone wasn't home so my days went on forever. I don't know what the problem was but it is Friday at last! Hurray! Bring on the weekend!