I'm Hot and Tired

I just finished mopping the kitchen. Didn't realize how much scrubbing w/ the mop would be invovled. Probably not nearly as much if 1) Lee and the kids didn't live here and 2) if it hadn't been so long since I last mopped. I also vacuumed the den as usual and the kitchen. My routine Saturday items. The den was still picked up so didn't have to go picking up toys over and over again. I've also started my laundry. I just love my relaxing routines.

Lee is off today so he let me sleep in. Jackson woke up first and he and Jackson went outside to cut the grass. I think I got up right at 9. I didn't feel to horrible by sleeping that late but I did enjoy the sleep. I was a tad cranky when I first got up. I had to go outside to get all of my meds and it was hot. When i wandered out there I discovered Lee was cleaning out my car. Not a good thing. I cannot tell you how many pieces of important papers he's trashed by helping. But I think he did okay this time. He unloaded the fishing poles, pool toys and cokes from the car for me. So I put up the multitude of 12 packs, put up all of the items he brought in from my car, changed the kitty litter (it was bad), cleaned the kitchen, cleaned up some of our bathroom and now I'm exhausted.

Jackson is w/ Lee right now running errands. Lee had to take the lawn mower into Sears b/c after he cut the front yard something happened. Luckily it's still under warranty. He was also dropping some things off at his work and picking up steaks for us to grill out. Man, it's already 5:11 and I don't think I want to cookout now. By the time he gets here I won't have enough time to cook the potatoes in the over and if I microwave them they aren't nearly as good for making the twiced baked potatoes.

My ankles swelled up today from standing on my feet all day. After I took a shower and spent a few minutes of down time they went down a bit but now they're back up. They dont' feel so hot. Thursday night I took the kids fishing with our friend Kerry. I am helping Kerry buy a house in our neighborhood and he had stopped to drop off some paperwork. He told me that he was going fishing at the 331 bridge (1 mile from my house) and I should really bring the kids. I knew the kids would love it and it was almost quitting time so I met Kerry at WM to get the kids fishing poles. I got Kenzie a Disney princess one and Jackson a Spiderman one. I thought they'd enough having cute poles. I also got a fairly inexpensive one for myself.

The kids and I met Kery and his friend Matt (and later Matt's girlfriend Christy) under the main bridge. It was an interesting group of people. At the very end of the old bridge turned pier was a group of 4 superduper rednecks. I'm serious as a heart attack. One of the ladies introduced herself as so and so's girl. Yeah, they were older, in their late 40's maybe or perhaps the sun and trailer park aged them. Oh... that was so cruel. Then there was the really nice black guy who was having a hard time catching anything. Apparently he and Kerry had met up there the weekend before and helped each other out. Then down at the first part of the bridge were the hispanics. They kept through the net out and catching mullets galore. I didn't know this but you can't catch a mullet on a fishing pole, they don't bite at them.

Kerry and Matt and the nice black guy were trying to catch bait fish. Now I know what those weird looking circles are in the water in the mornings. It's a school of "bait" fish. I had always wondered if it was oil from an engine or gas from a boat but you learn something new every day. The kids were so thrilled to be there. Kerry was so kind and patient and hooked up the kids with a wait and bait and showed Kenzie how to cast it even before he started fishing. Jackson was just as cute as could be. It wasn't to too exciting and then the shirtless redneck man was so nice and took one of the mullet's he had gotten from the Mexican's and slyly hooked it to Jackson's pole so Jackson would think he got a fish. You should've seen the look on his face. It was so sweet.

One thing I learned is that those out there fishing worked together as a team and would help each other reel something in and call out when bait was coming by, etc. I was trying to think of a sport that was like that and I couldn't. Everyone was super nice. Kerry finally got his new huge fishing pole out in the water and used the head from one of the mullet's for bait. He ended up snagging a Gar (not sure how to spell it but that's how it sounds) and that thing look vicious. It's head was shapped like a swordfish long and pointed but it was just a snapping away. The others tried to help him reel it in and just as it was almost up the line snapped.

Needless to say once dark came we all started catching sail catfish like crazy. Kerry got a huge one they said was about 7lbs or so and then Matt got a big one, then my pole got one that was 4lbs or so. I think all together there were 8 or so and the black guy ended up taking them. We didn't leave until 9:15 and we were all exhausted. Matt and Kerry stayed behind and finished up fishing. I had a blast and I know the kids did too.

I'm excited that Kerry is going to be moving in our neighborhood, well our backyards will touch. His girlfriend Katie is very nice and she has 3 kids and Mackenzie goes to the summer program with them and after school care program. Caleb and Mackenzie will both be in the 2nd grade at Butler. Chloe will be in 1st grade there. I think Sam will be in his last year of pre-k. Kerry was an AM with Lee at the Back Porch. I think it's nice to finally perhaps have people we can be friends with. Another couple that has kids. Even though those kids aren't Kerry's I can tell he truly loves them. And he's so great and patient with our kids. I look forward to getting to know Katie better too.

I had the craziest busiest day at work yesterday and it was like a rat race. I'm still exhausted from it. I feel like I've wasted this entire day. It's already 5:28 and what all have I done? Some stuff but not too much. I have so much more to do but I'm giving up for the day. I'm hot and tired. I think I might take the kids to jana's pool again tomorrow. I didn't capitalize the J in Jana and I'm anal about those things but I'm not going back to change it. Just thought y'all would like to know.

I think I'm still going to my parents house next weekend. They close on their new house on Monday. So they will be a whole lot closer to us than before. We don't even have to go up into B'ham to get there. Yippee!!!!

Bonnie and Clyde are doing well. They are cute as can be. Tux has semi warned up to them. They play nice and are super cuddley. I'm going to stop typing as my hands are starting to get sore. I may even take a nap before Lee gets home. Kenzie is down the street at a birthday part so no telling when she'll be home. Good bye y'all!