Monday, June 18
Monday we were up bright and
early to get the kids ready for their first day of Vacation Bible School
After I dropped the kids at
VBS I could not get to the gym fast enough… I was SO EXCITED! I do work out at home a good bit, but I
hadn’t been to the gym since the third week of May and it was long overdue. I was worried I was going to struggle with my
workout, but I easily rocked my 3.6 mph on an 11 incline for 30 minutes with a
5 minute cool-down. I think I burned
more calories this time than ever! For
the remainder of VBS I dropped the last of the yard sale leftovers at the
donations center, did some laundry, and worked on some blog catch-up, and
before I knew it, it was time to go get the kids. Three hours flies fast when you’re on “me”
time!
After VBS, we rushed home
and the kids had a lunch of leftover pizza and strawberries, and then it was
time to get dressed and head to swimming lessons. Swimming lessons lasts for two weeks, and
this was week two. Both of the kids did
well. Olivia finally stopped crying, but
she still wasn’t remembering to kick her legs so Mrs. Joni worked extra hard
with her that day.
The kids are always pretty
exhausted after swimming lessons, so when they came home, they changed out of
their wet suits and I let them watch TV for a bit while they rested on the
couch.
Tuesday, June 19
Tuesday was almost identical
to Monday – up early for VBS, me at the gym, doing laundry, and doing some blog
work, pick up from VBS, and then home for lunch. The kids had sandwiches, cheese puffs, and
blackberries for lunch, and then we headed to swimming lessons. It was so HOT Tuesday that I thought I was
going to have to jump in the pool myself.
Whew! The kids watched TV again
after lessons while I worked a little bit, and that was our Tuesday.
Wednesday, June 20
VBS for the kids first
thing, but I skipped the gym because I had to go get my allergy shot and pick
up some more medicine for my stupid allergies.
I was still feeling pretty bad Wednesday so I had to get something to
help alleviate some of the symptoms. B
took a half day at work Wednesday so he could take the kids to swimming lessons
because I had a doctor’s appointment in the afternoon that I couldn’t miss, so
he met us at home for lunch. The kids
had hot dogs and bananas, and then they all headed off to swimming lessons
while I headed to the doctor. It was
another hot day so I was a little thankful to get a reprieve from the heat for
a day! :o)
Thursday, June 21
Thursday while the kids were
at VBS, I took my car for a much-needed oil change. I’m supposed to get it changed when the light
comes on at 15% for the oil life, and my car was already down to 5%. Sheesh.
The kids were extra excited when I picked them up from VBS on this day
and they were all a chatter about what they learned. We went home and had chicken nuggets, sweet
potatoes, and blueberries for lunch and then it was off for more swimming
lessons. Jacob was so comfortable in the
water at this point that he was pretty much just wanting to do his own thing…
he was only interested in diving for the little toy truck that they had. Haha. And Olivia finally made lots of progress and
she finally started kicking those legs really well!
When swimming lessons were
over, I took them for a little treat. We
went to Chick-Fil-A (through the drive-thru since the kids were wet) and got
milkshakes! Jacob opted for strawberry
(which I thought was an odd choice for him), Olivia grabbed chocolate
(typical), and I grabbed vanilla (also typical), and Jacob ended up not loving
his strawberry shake. I felt so bad that
he didn’t like it! Next time he’ll be
getting the cookies and cream one, I’m sure!
Friday, June 22
Friday was the last day of
VBS so after I dropped the kids I went home to try to accomplish #ALLTHETHINGS,
but three hours is just not a lot of time when your to-do list is a mile long,
so I ended up heading to pick them up still feeling behind. Oh well!
There’s always tomorrow!
Friday afternoon the kids had turkey rolls, cheese, strawberries, Goldfish, graham crackers, and Greek yogurt for lunch (a little bit of everything), and then it was our
last day of swimming lessons. Jacob was
super comfortable and swimming the entire length of the pool by the time it was
over, and Olivia was way more comfortable and swimming the entire width of the
pool by the time it was over. She still
doesn’t kick her legs as much as she should but she made some serious
progress! All in all, swimming lessons
2018 was a success!
The rest of the day was
spent relaxing at home. The kids watched
a couple of shows when we got home and I finished reading my book, and then
when B got home from work we all headed out for Mexican for dinner. We came straight home afterward because the
kids were pretty whooped and we watched The Incredibles. The kids had never seen it, so we had to get
them primed and ready for Incredibles 2!
I hope to take them to see it at the theater soon!
During the movie we had a MASSIVE storm blow
through. It poured and thundered and
lighteninged (is that a word?) so much I was worried the power was going to go
out. It did flicker once, but
fortunately ours stayed on. A quick
check of our local news station’s coverage showed that the storm was packing
hail (although we didn’t see any at our house) and 60 mph winds. Yikes.
We were fortunate not to have any damage, but lots of people around town
did. The top of my parents’ tree fell on
their driveway where their car is normally parked, but fortunately they weren’t
home at the time. They were without
power until 3:30 AM, so I was thankful we weren’t in their boat!
After the storm was over we
put the kids to bed and when I walked out of Jacob’s room, the inside of our
entire house was bathed in hot pink. It
looked so odd that I went downstairs and stepped outside, and I saw one of the
most gorgeous sunsets I’ve ever seen in my entire life. The storm clouds were in the process of
moving out so half of the sky was bright hot pink and orange like this:
And then when I turned to
the east, it looked like this:
Dark and ominous where the
end of the storm was heading away. And I didn't edit those pictures not one bit. Those colors were really that vibrant!
I stayed outside and took it
all in for a few more minutes, and then B and I spent the rest of the evening
catching up on some TV from the week – like Dave Matthews Band on Jimmy Fallon. I had already watched it, but it was so funny
I had to watch it again. Dave and Jimmy
are two of my favorite people and I love when they come together to do
hilarious skits.
Saturday, June 23
Saturday morning I was
feeling ambitious, so I made some homemade chocolate chip waffles for
breakfast, and then after nine years in our home I finally decided to paint my
master closet! When we first built and
moved in all those years ago I had every intention of painting the closet
pretty quickly because I knew I didn’t want it to be that same color as the
rest of the house. I wanted it to be
white. Well, through the years I painted
my office, the front sitting room, the dining room, Jacob’s bedroom (twice),
Olivia’s bedroom, the play room, and the downstairs half bath, but never my
closet.
This weekend it was finally
time, though! While I don’t typically
love white walls, I always knew I wanted a white closet because it looks so
nice and bright and clean behind the colors upon colors of clothes and shoes
and handbags. I started at 9 AM and I finished
up just before 4 PM. I did stop to take
a lunch break so it took about six hours to get the whole job done. I think it took an hour just to get
everything out because there was so much stuff!
It took two coats (which I expected), but man oh man was it a pain in
the butt trying to paint around and behind all of the shelves on the walls! We weren’t able to remove them before
painting because I was worried it would weaken them, so I just did the best I
could working around them. One of these
days I’d love to have custom wood shelves built, but that’s another project for
another day!
Anyway, here are the before pictures:
Here is during:
And here is the finished
product!
I FREAKING LOVE IT!!!!
We rushed off to church
after I finished, and our priest gave one of the best homilies ever. He’s leaving soon to go to another church and
I’m so sad because he’s a really great guy and he always delivers a really
great message.
During church Jacob was
complaining of a headache which I thought was really weird as that’s never
happened before, and then toward the end he started saying his tummy hurt. I was worried he was coming down with
something, but he rallied shortly after and we ended up going to my grandmother’s
for a family get together as planned.
Everyone brought their own
food – we grabbed a pizza – and everyone brought their own drinks – we grabbed
some craft beers – and our whole family spent the evening hanging out together
at my grandmother’s house. She and my
grandfather have lived in that same house since before my momma was born so I have
been going to that house my whole life. When
I was little our entire family used to go over there nearly every Saturday night
after church and I have the fondest memories playing with my cousins in the
back room and popping out every now and then to eat some Wheat Thins with cream
cheese or Bugles that my grandmother had left out. We don’t go over there nearly as much as we
used to, but I always love when we do.
<3 I also love that my babies
love going over there as much as I did/do.
Jacob didn’t eat very much
at dinner and shortly after he was complaining that his tummy was hurting
again, so B ran out to grab some childrens’ Pepto and that seemed to alleviate
his pain for a bit. He started going
downhill shortly thereafter, and he pretty much just laid around all
evening. Just as we were leaving for the
evening, he turned white as a sheet and he started crying and I thought for
sure he was either going to be sick or pass out, but he didn’t. We hightailed it outta there with a quickness
after that to get him home because I was just sure he was coming down with a
stomach virus, but when we got home he fell asleep in about ten seconds flat
(literally) and he slept all night without a peep. The only conclusion I could come to was that maybe
he was mildly dehydrated. I have no
clue, but I was relieved that he didn’t have a tummy bug. UGH.
Those are like death.
Sunday, June 24
Sunday morning Jacob was as
good as new so we went about business as usual.
I spent the morning getting everything back in my closet and I started working
on a new project for the closet that involved gold spray paint. Then we all got ready and headed to my MIL
and step-FIL’s for lunch. They had fresh
green beans, okra, carrots, blueberries, and cucumbers from the garden, and
they made my favorite cheesy bites with jalapenos from the garden as well,
along with some pork tenderloin and cheesy potatoes. Man oh man, it was all fresh and delicious!
After lunch we went out to
the garden to eat some more blueberries off the bush, and we also picked a
couple of cucumbers and green peppers for me to bring home for my salads! Yum!
The kids bounced on the mini trampoline for a bit, and then we headed to
Lowe’s to pick up a couple of hooks for our outdoor storage closet as well as a
couple of new house plants. I read that
Pothos plants are easygoing and really hard to kill so I thought I would try my
hand at a couple more live plants since I’ve kept my grandmother’s old plant
alive for over a year now.
Sunday evening was spent at
my parents’ house and it was the first time in a while that the whole gang was
there together. We’ve had someone
missing (my uncle or his girlfriend) each week for the last couple of months,
so it was nice to have everyone back together.
Momma and Daddy recently did a few kitchen updates – new counter tops
and new paint, so I was really excited to see it. It looks so nice! Aaaand it REALLY has me itching to have white
cabinets in the kitchen.
When we built our house I wanted
white cabinets, but I let the builder convince me to do the “trendy” thing and
get the dark merlot stained cabinets instead.
I have regretted that decision every day for the last, ohhhh, 5-6
years. I loved the trendy cabinets for
several years in the beginning, but my love for them died pretty quickly. Then when we added on across the back of our
house in 2015, that took away a lot of the natural light from the back of the
house, so now it’s SUPER dark in the kitchen and I can’t stand it. SOMEBODY COME PAINT MY CABINETS WHITE! PLEEEEASE?
I’m just not doing it. Been there done that. And it ain’t fun!
Happy Monday, y’all!
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