Weekend Wrap Up

I would like to send a belated Happy 6th Birthday to my buddy, my nephew "Big E"! He had an awesome Karate party with pizza afterwards on Friday. All the kids loved it. You couldn't pay me enough to be that karate instructor putting up, I'm sorry, teaching 15 kids karate for an hour. My Dad came and believe it or not so did "The Witch". I guess it was because the party wasn't at any one's house so there was no need to be jealous. Any whooo "Big E' loved his present, Star Wars action figures and Camp Rock soundtrack. My sister said he hasn't stopped listening to it yet. What can I say I'm a good Aunt and I know what my nephew loves. That was our Friday night!

Saturday started out normal until we went to Home Depot and I decided to paint the kitchen. I needed color, the white walls are making me crazy! So I picked out this Golden Mustard color, it looked good on the little paper swatch but I'm still not too sure. I got 3 walls done during nap time and bed time. I would like you all to know I did it without taping the edges, I did it free hand, and I'm not bragging but it looks pretty darn good. I am still trying to decide if I like the tint of yellow. At some angles and in certain lighting the color looks great, but at other angles and brighter lighting the color is a little too yellow. I don't know if it is the color or if it is because I'm so used to it being white and everything else is white. I am thinking once I paint the living room and dining room the yellow kitchen might be Ok. We will see.

Today was a stay at home day. I transplanted 2 plants with help from the Little One. Painted some more of the kitchen. And did my Sunday chores. Other then that nothing much happened today.

It was a low key weekend but a good one! I have a very busy week ahead of me so the low keyed weekend was a needed.

NJ or bust...

Yesterday KC and I decided to go down to NJ and see her sister and kids and go swimming. We headed out at 10am only to get pulled over for speeding at 10:15am. Operation "Smooth Operator" was in full force and caught me doing 41 mph in a 25 mph zone. The thing is the officer keep saying he hates giving tickets and it really sucks but he had to give me one because the state was paying for "Smooth Operator". What ever pal you weren't going to ruin my day just my budget!
We got down there just in time for lunch and rain clouds. When the sun finally peeked through we all went down to the pool. It was freezing! Don't ever believe anyone who says "It's cold at first but warms up once you are in". The poor little one's feet and hands were blue, they were both shivering but neither one of them wanted to get out of the water. But eventually they got out and shared a snack.
The ride home was uneventful, no tickets, just chit chatting!
All in all it was a good day spent with good friends!

Self Improvement

Well last night I took the first step in helping myself become a better person, better wife, better mother, and a better friend. I started to see a therapist. Something I should have done years ago but I kept pushing it off thinking that I would get through it and be fine. I guess what turned me off was that I went to a support group monitored by a therapist right after my Mom died. It was horrible, so depressing and not very helpful. So I just pushed all my feelings down and kept going on with my life. But since then I have had a lot of life changing experiences and I really need to talk to someone who is an outsider and doesn't know my crazy family. I really need to learn how to relax and stop stressing on the little stuff. That will help me in many ways, especially my health. This poor lady doesn't know what she is in store for. I feel better already, I feel like just admitting that I need help took a ton of bricks off my shoulders.
So maybe in a couple of weeks I can change my site from Crazy Caucasian to Semi-Crazy Caucasian. Ha Ha!

Summer Read #2

I finished my second book of the summer, "The Other Woman" by Jane Green. It was a very good read, 389 pages. The Other Woman is the Mother-In-Law. All of us girls who are married can relate to this book. We all feel inadequate and feel that we aren't good enough for Mommy's Little Boy.

The main character Ellie's alcoholic Mother dies when she is 13 years old and her Dad remarried and disconnected himself. She has been looking for a close-knit family, something she never had. When she meet Dan that is exactly what she got and more. Linda (Dan's Mother) was too involved, had an opinion for everything and intruded in their lives in every possible way. Of course to make it a good book things got really bad and Ellie had to do a lot of self discovery before things could turn around.

One of my favorite parts of the book was the Epilogue. I hate finishing a book because I hate not knowing what happens to everyone. Well this book had an Epilogue or a character wrap up. I got to read exactly what happens to everyone. So I finished this book and I wasn't as sad.

So now on to book #3. I'll let you know how that one is.

Early Bird

The early bird doesn't necessarily catch the worm. My Little One has been waking up at 6am the past couple days again and I still haven't caught the worm. The only thing I am catching is exhaustion. When I get up earlier it doesn't get me motivated to start my day and get more things done. It's just the opposite I end up sitting around in my PJ's longer.

Let's hope for another 3+ hour nap today!

Happy Friday!

Scale vs. Compliment

I went to the gym today and the gym scale shows that I lost about 8 pounds. I don't believe it at all. I never believe scales whether I gain or lose weight scales are always wrong in my mind. But 8 pounds...I don't feel it, see it, or can't tell it by the way my clothes fit. It's not completely crazy since I did spend all last week in the bathroom with a GI bug/colitis thing.
Then I run into my friend's cousin. We were chatting and he says "you're looking like you are back in shape, looking good"! He is a nice guy and I don't want to call him a liar. So I guess I'll believe him and not the scale. I didn't tell him my secret was a colon cleansing!
So watch out I'm back, feeling good, apparently looking good and eating good! Pizza, chips, brownie and cookies for lunch! Yeah!

Morning Visitor

This morning I had a visitor for breakfast! The picture is a little blurry I was trying to take it without scaring the bunny and keeping 2 cats, 1 dog and my child inside. The baby bunny was right outside of my sliding door off the kitchen. He stayed for an hour or so then off he went. It was a great way to start the day! Thanks Bunny!

Oh, I would also like to point out our grass. Doesn't it look great!