When I first started
blogging, all of the events and fun things we did were pretty much contained to
the weekend. Now that I’m no longer
working a corporate job and because the kids are getting older, we often have
many things that happen during the week that I never have a chance to
recap. Because of this, I’ve decided to
change my weekend recaps into weekly recaps so I can recap any other events
that may happen throughout the week.
Here’s how we spent this past week…
Monday, August 26
Monday morning I had another
skin test at the allergist to see if my allergies had improved since taking
allergy shots for the past two years.
Well, I’m happy to report that I no longer appear to be allergic to
trees or weeds (both of which used to be pretty bad) but I seem to be even more
allergic to grasses than ever. Womp
womp. Because of this, my doc wants me
to continue taking allergy shots for one more year, and after that, he thinks I’ll
be able to discontinue them.
On the morning of my skin test,
I also happened to be having a lot of breathing trouble. It felt like possible asthma issues, and it
felt so bad that I felt the need to use my inhaler. Well, the lung tests that they ran in the
office showed that my asthma was not flaring at all and that my lungs looked
fine, and my inhaler didn’t even end up helping with my issues. That prompted my allergist to dig a little
deeper and his opinion was that I needed to see an ENT again to rule out vocal
cord dysfunction and LPR, which is a specific kind of reflux that occurs in the
throat.
I ended up getting in to the
ENT later that afternoon and he ran a scope through my nose and down my throat
(yes, while I was awake, and I don’t recommend doing that unless you absolutely
have to) and the conclusion was that there was no evidence of vocal cord dysfunction
or LPR so we don’t know if it’s just
my regular reflux that’s causing the symptoms or something else. Sigh. My
ENT suggested another possibility so I’m going to start pursuing that and go
from there. Ugh.
Tuesday, August 27
Tuesday morning was a gym
day and then I had to get my allergy shot.
I wasn’t able to get it the day before because I was off of my meds for
my skin test. After all of the poking
and prodding from the two days combined, I decided a treat was in order, and I
grabbed my first PSL of the season and spent the rest of the morning wandering
the fall aisles of Hobby Lobby. :o)
The rest of the day was the
usual blog work at home and car line pick-up, followed by the afternoon hustle
and cooking/preparing for the next day while B took Jacob to baseball
practice.
Wednesday, August 28
Wednesday was packed full of
stuff all day long. Immediately after dropping
the kids at school I had my first Home and School Association meeting at the
kids’ school (Home & School is like the PTA). I decided to join this year to do some extra
volunteering and I’m excited to be able to help out even more than ever this
year.
The meeting ran long and I
had to book it to make it home in time for a conference call with a brand with
whom I’m currently working. Once that
call was over I headed over to meet one of my old coworkers for lunch and he
and I spent the next hour catching up.
Thursday, August 29
Thursday was another gym
day. I’m trying to make it to the gym at
least two times each week because I always seem to feel my best when I get my
cardio in. I’d love to make it 3-4 times
per week but that’s just not feasible most weeks as we just have so much going
on.
Jacob decided to run for
student council for his third grade class this year. This was the first year that he was eligible
since they don’t have student council reps in the lower grades. I was actually pretty surprised that he wanted
to run in the first place, but he was adamant about it. He made a poster and wrote a little speech
and took it to school on Thursday, but he didn’t end up winning. They had quite a few kids run in his grade so
there was a lot of competition. He wasn’t
disappointed at all that he didn’t win, though, and he handled it really well. Win or lose, I am a proud momma!
Friday, August 30
Friday, I had lunch with my
friend Adrienne. We hadn’t seen each
other in weeks so we had lots of catching up to do. We met at one of my favorite local
restaurants and spent the hour chatting.
By the time we finished lunch, B was already off of work for the long
weekend and he and I hung out at home for the rest of the day until it was time
to pick up the kids.
I grabbed the kids from
school and dropped my nephew off at home.
We’re taking him and picking him up several days a week now because he’s
attending school with our kiddos this year!
Since B was already home when we got home, we decided to load up and
head out of town for the evening. There’s
a place in Georgia called Callaway Gardens and they’re known for having all
kinds of special events. They’ve been
hosting a hot air balloon festival for 25ish years and I’ve always wanted to go,
but I’ve never had the chance.
This year was finally the
year! We ended up arriving pretty early
in the evening so there was plenty of time to do lots of stuff. Upon entering, the kids saw the bouncy
houses, so job one was to let them go bounce out all of their sillies after
being cooped up in the car for a while.
We played miniature golf
after that, and by the time we finished, it was just about dinner time. They had several vendors there selling all
kinds of fair/carnival food, so we grabbed corn dogs and hamburgers and ate
dinner in the shade under the pavilion. The
weather has been brutally hot this past week, but we somehow managed to have
crazy low humidity Friday evening so it actually felt pleasant in the
shade.
The hot air balloons weren’t
due until dusk, so we had a few more minutes to burn after dinner. We headed over to the shuffleboard area to
play that for a bit until it was time to watch the balloons. I had never played shuffleboard, nor had the
kids, and since the equipment wasn’t in great shape we didn’t actually play any
real games. The kids had fun making up
their own games, though.
After shuffleboard we
grabbed some snow cones and ice cream and then it was time to settle in for the
hot air balloon show. There was a band
playing on stage down in the sand by the lake and we enjoyed listening to them
as we watched all of the hot air balloons inflate. The first one to inflate just so happened to
be the one right in front of us, and it was truly a sight to behold! I enjoyed watching the whole process of
inflation since I’d never seen it happen.
I’ve seen hot air balloons in the sky in person before, but I’d never
seen one on the ground up so close, and it was such a sight to see!
Before we knew it, all 16
balloons were fully inflated and they started the show. The band finished and the emcee came out, and
for the rest of the evening the hot air balloons lit up the beach, dancing to
the music and doing the wave, and they did several “all burn” moments where all
16 balloons lit up at the same time. It
was truly an amazing experience and I was so glad that we finally had the
opportunity to go!
We ended up getting home
super late, so the kids went straight to bed and crashed and that was our Friday
night!
Saturday, August 31
Saturday morning was the
start of college football and I was feeling in the biggest fall mood ever! We made some cinnamon rolls and watched ESPN
College Game Day and then I spent the rest of the day decorating the whole
house for fall while watching football.
We went to church at 5:30,
grabbed a pizza in the pouring down rain on the way home, and the spent the
rest of the evening cozied up watching Georgia defeat Vandy. There was actually another game on opposite
of the Georgia game that we wanted to watch, so B brought our outdoor TV in the
living room and set it up on the floor so we could watch both at the same time. It was our own private little sports bar
right there at home. Haha. #ObsessedMuch
Sunday, September 1
Sunday ended up being
another super fall-ish day! We started the day with pumpkin donuts from Krispy Kreme and a Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbs... major sugar rush, but it was worth it! The weather
was gloomy and much cooler than recent days (although still very humid), but I used
the opportunity to wear my favorite outfit combo of all time… shorts and a long
sleeve tee! B’s momma didn’t cook on Sunday
so we had Panera for lunch (broccoli cheddar soup!!) and then we headed to
Target to check out their Halloween selection.
We managed to buy all of our
Halloween candy for the season as well as some Halloween Funfetti cupcake
mix. Oh, and PUMPKIN PIE KIT KATS. OMG we cannot forget those! If you love pumpkin and you love Kit Kats,
FIND THESE! They are delicious.
We also discovered that the
Spirit Halloween store had opened that day in our city, so we headed there
next. As always, the kids amused
themselves by looking at all of the scary props and then we somehow managed to
buy both kids Halloween costumes! At the
beginning of September! Neither of them had
any idea what they wanted to be this year, but both of them picked their
costumes almost immediately. When you
know, you know, I guess! So I guess you
can say that we’ve already checked off several items from our fall bucket list
and it’s only September 3. Haha.
After Spirit Halloween I ran
into Bath & Body Works to grab some fall soaps that were on sale, and then
we drove home in a downpour that lasted the rest of the afternoon. Since the weather was dreary, a little Sunday
baking was in order, and Olivia and I baked her Halloween Funfetti
cupcakes. She received a little baking
kit complete with an apron back in February for her birthday and we had yet to
use it, so she was ecstatic to finally have the chance to put it to good
use. I let her do most of the work for
the cupcakes, including frosting them, and she did a great job!
We ended the evening at my
parents’ house for Sunday dinner. My mom
made a goulash that was SO good and my Daddy, B, and I split a bottle of red as
we always do. Since it had been raining
all afternoon and evening, it was a nice and cozy way to end the day. And then, of course, we had our Halloween cupcakes
for dessert!
Monday, September 2
I wouldn’t normally include
two Mondays in a weekly post, but since it was a long weekend, I wanted to have
it all together with the rest of the weekend.
Monday was spent preparing for the week ahead. I know we’re not supposed to “labor” on Labor
Day, but B and I both ended up having some work to do. He spent the morning mowing and I spent the
morning doing laundry, and then we took the kids to Chick-Fil-A for lunch. The sun and heat were back out in full-force,
so we let them play on the indoor playground at CFA for a nice, long while so
we didn’t have to sweat to death outside.
We went grocery shopping as
a family afterward and Publix was the busiest ever, so probably not our
smartest idea, and then the rest of the day was spent relaxing, playing video
games, and getting this post up.
Well, it’s Tuesday now, so
happy short work-week, y’all! And if you’re
looking for my Amazon purchases post that’s normally up on the first Tuesday of
every month, I actually put that post up yesterday. You can see it here. Happy Tuesday!
