It's Almost Over

I cannot believe how the time has flown by while Lee has been gone. I guess it helped since I went to see him 3 weeks into his trip. I can't believe we have just a little over 2 weeks left. I know the kids and I are excited to have him come home.

This weekend was pretty uneventful. On Saturday we picked up Jana and went a few places, but to be honest as I'm typing I forget what they were. Oh yeah! We went to Destin Commons and Mackenzie got her ears pierced. I don't know what made her want it done so bad but she did. She was such a big girl and didn't even cry. Of course I took picture of her getting them done. It reminded me of when mom and Avonelle went with me to get mine done. I was 9. I have to say she looks darling with her earrings.

We walked around the shops and the kids loved playing at the playground and the water fountains there. It's neat b/c they have these huge water fountains that will shoot up and down and make patterns. There were tons of kids there and there were a lot in their swimsuits. I was holding Jackson over one of the water holes and it just started spraying up. It scared him but then he had fun walking around the water holes. Now little miss priss was told not to get wet. I could tell in the beginning she was testing me and then at the end my child is walking in between 2 rows of the water holes and gets soaked. Yes, mama wasn't a happy camper.

We then went into Books a Million and the kids looked around. I've been searching for the book "Hollywood Car Wash" and of course they didn't have it. Blah. Jana got each of the kids a book. Very sweet of her. Then we headed over to Sonic for slushes. We dropped Jana Banana at her house and went in to CVS. Man how I've missed that store. It was fun to get the 2 $100 worth of items (I had 2 transactions) and to seriously pay $1.38 for one and .49 for the other. Between my coupons and ECBs. Man it's great.

Yesterday I slept in a tad and the kids and I straightened up some. I cleaned the kitchen and started working on the mounds of laundry. Kenzie was outside playing at Stellas and then the girls came over to our house to jump on the trampoline. I took Jackson outside and we had a good time playing. When the girls left he and I got on the trampoline. He loves having me lie down and he'll run around me.

I decided I needed to bite the bullet and cut my backyard. That was not fun. Somehow I broke off the handle that controls the self propel. So up and down the 1/3 acre and the hills and mounds. My hands are killing me today from pushing, actually my left palm has a bruise from pushing so hard. The weeds were so thick in some areas and it's going up hill that I pushed so hard I hurt my hand. My arms are also killing me. Although I did get a ton of sun. I actually got a little sunburned. My left arm was already really tan from riding in the car but now the other arm matches and my chest is burnt slightly. I figure I'd rather be tan and fat (or burnt and fat) than just fat. :-) My feet look real smooth too b/c of the strap line from my flip flops. Oh yeah, styling and profiling.

Jana left today to go to Virginia b/c they are inducing her sister. Her little newphew Gabe should be born by tomorrow night. I know Jana is excited to finally have him here. It's also so cute to see how excited her dad is about his arrival. I know they've all been through ups and downs but this is a great thing. I know Carrie will be coming down to stay with Jana after the baby is born. I think she's taking off 3 months from her job. It wouldn't surprise me in the least bit if she ended up moving down here.

I'm off to finish stuff. Gotta love work and kids and life in general. Fun fun fun