From the Garden:

Kale

 

Lettuce

Father's Day

Immediately Following Move-In Day

was Father's Day!



Somehow,

I was able to keep track of My Father's Day Purchases over the Move,

and We were able to Shower our Favorite KC Chief's Fan

with Some Chief's Gear for his new Truck,

Followed by Breakfast on the Deck!

[Eh-hem, mostly due to the fact,

that Beds had not been set up,

and the table and chairs had been purchased

by the Buyer of our Home]

 

We were also able to have Pa-in-Law for Dinner!

 

 

The Man I Married,

sure makes the World's Best Dad!

I've never known a Man who wants to be with his kids

and involved in their lives,

as much as He does!

 He loves to spend time with them, and do one on one things with them!

He's Silly, He's Rough and Tumble, and He's Affectionate.

He wants to teach them life skills,

and help them improve their talents.

He loves to talk with them,

and let them know He absolutely Loves them!

We sure are Lucky to have Him!



Moving

After We Listed our House,
[See This Post]

and Showed it Like Crazy for a Week,

It was Under Contract!

So Between and Around

Soccer and Scouts and Running and School, and Karate,

and Church Duties, and the Crazy things that make Life,

We packed up and Moved on Out!

We were able to Squeeze in One more

Outside Movie Night for the Neighborhood

and We then We were Outta There!

Can We all agree that Moving is Exhausting?!

Maybe it was because we live about 10 Miles from where we are moving,

so we made a Gazillion small loads for several days,

and several late nights,

 instead of One Ginormous Load!

Thus, We've Declared that We are Never Moving, Again!

[I'm already envisioning Back Yard Prom Date Dinners,

Wedding Receptions, and Grand kids!]

 

PS

I do have a Remodel of the New Home in Mind/Coming Up,

and a Big Stash of Furniture I've been Collecting to Re-Do,

so if that's what strikes your interest,

stick around!

 



1000th Mile

06.01.13

Ran My 1000th Mile!

From Someone who didn't start Running,

until after she was Old and had 3 Kids,

and who had never liked running,

Even uttered many times the phrase,

"I Hate Running!",

it was a Milestone of a Run!

It's a Goal that I've been working on for a

Long, Loooonnng Time!

It started with 2 mile runs,

then 3 mile runs,

and eventually all the way to 26.2 Miles!

All I had to do was keep getting out there,

and keep putting One Foot in front of the Other,

Over and Over,

and Over.

Dance Recital

I've been part of a Ladies Dance Class,

the last couple of years,

and one of the understood conditions of being part of the Class,

is that You WILL Perform in the Spring Recital!

 

 

I think the Spouse is always surprised to see

that even though its a Dance Class

for Old Haggard Ladies,

Like Myself,

We learn difficult routines,

We Practice Hard,

and We Bring It to Recital!



Graduation

Of the Pre-Schooler!

Watch Out World,

Here He Comes!

 

....And that Wraps it up for Us!

We've run out of Hooligans to send Miss Shannon!

She's taught all our Crew over the Years,

and We think she's done Us an Absolute Wonderful Service! 

The Rainy Half Marathon

05.18.2013

What started out as a constant drizzle as we loaded the buses at 4:30 am and waited for the Race Start, turned into a downpour about 10mins before Start Time! Fortunately, my running partner had grabbed trash sacks for us, and I joined all the other trash sack poncho wearing runners and sacked up! I tend to get rather warm while running, so I ditched all the long clothes and jackets and went for lighter clothes, planning on the body heat the bag would generate to keep me warm- and it worked great! I was warm and ready to ditch the bag at mile 4, so I tore off some of the bag, wrapped it around my phone in my arm band, and trashed the sack. Even though it continued to rain the ENTIRE time, and I was completely Soggy from head to toe, I was comfortably warm enough- uh, except my hands- they were Freezing!

My body felt great, I had good energy, and if the energry started to wane a little, I just reminded myself of the dry, warm clothes waiting at the finish! I was actually amazed about how wet a body can get, and it doesn't seem to bother it a bit- it doesn't rust or leak- the water just keeps rolling off that wonder of a water-proof thing we call our bodies!

The only time I felt like I was freezing and started shivering really bad,

was at the end, when I stopped running and had to stand in line to get those warm clothes!

And,

Of Course,

Seeing My Biggest Fans standing in the Rain at the Finish,

was a Wonderful sight!

Knowing that they're there waiting for Me,

always makes Me want to Hurry and finish Strong!

Definitely wasn't my fastest Half Marathon time,

but I had such a blast,

I really hardly noticed!

That was Fun!

Garden:

Planted.

 

We were able to go over to our New House,

and Plant the Garden Boxes,

So, when we moved in,

they'd be in Full Growing Mode!

 



Mother's Day

J's preschool planned a

Snacnic

for the Moms.

J was sick that day,

but his teacher put together our Snack Sack,

and put his gift to me in it,

and we went on our very own

Snacnic when he was feeling better.

He even sat and looked right at me,

and sang the Mother's Day song,

he had learned to sing for me.

I LOVED it!

I Loved the Hot Pad he made me

(using lots of my favorite colors!)

and on the back he answered a few questions about his Mom,

he said he Loves it when Mom plays Soccer with Him!

Awwwww. I Love that, too!

We stayed at the park,

and we played on every toy,

then we laid on our blanket,

looked at the clouds,

and rested.

I asked him Over and Over to sing the

Mother's Day song to me, and He did,

each time, looking at me, like he really meant it.

I Loved our little Snacnic,

and smiled about it for days afterwards.

Then, On Mother's Day,

I was treated to Breakfast in Bed,

and lots of Lovin and Spoilin!

They sure worked hard

(with lots of Behind the Scenes Help from Dad)

to make sure I was treated Special!

What a Lucky Girl, I am!

For Sale

The First Weekend in May,

We put our Little Labor of Love

On the Market.

It was a tough decision,

but once we decided that's what we were supposed to do,

We knew it was Right.

We get the Grand Opportunity to

Adopt a 78yr Old Man, 

(aka Pa-in-Law T)

and we needed somewhere to cage Him!

We were able to Purchase a Home

that We've always Admired,

in a Beautiful Area,

with a separate, detached Apartment

(aka Slave's Quarters)

So,

We think it will work well!

The hardest part is that we absolutely Adore and Love 

the People and Area where We currently Live!

We feel really blessed to have been able to live there

and have such Wonderful People in our Lives!

By the Way,

I don't think I've shared on here,

that this Home was a Surprise Christmas Gift to Me,

More than Ten Years ago,

after we had just had our First Baby!

We were looking for houses,

and I really loved this one. We made an offer, and to My knowledge, the offer had been rejected. I was very sad and disappointed, because I had really wanted it.

Several weeks later,

Christmas Morning,

I open a little Christmas Tree Ornament in the shape of a House.

Husband says, "You know that House You wanted? Its Yours!"

I was so Happy and Surprised I sat there Crying!

Then He said,

"Let's Go See It!"

It was all empty, he had the key and everything!

The next day we went and signed the papers,

and we started packing!

Our first night there was New Years Eve,

and we looked out the top story windows

 at all the Fireworks that night, 

and we thought it was the most glorious House and View

in the Whole World!