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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Sunday, July 8, 2012
I've sucked at posting lately
Not sure why, it just seems like it's been busy the past few weeks, that or maybe I'll just blame the heat. It seems like a good scape goat!
I haven't seen highs like this since I lived in SE Alabama, so it's been a while. But you know, as much as I dislike it, I've really tolerated it pretty well. I think the combination of not having central heat and air in our house and the office (just window units in both) so it's probably never cooler than like 75+ in the house anyway, and going to hot yoga, I'm just coping better. I'm annoyed I can't really run much outside unless I get up early, but otherwise we've just been chilling out in the pool!
The few time I have gotten up early to run I've gotten some great shots. I've been running through the farm between us and dad. It's safe, great views and a heck of a workout running through the grass, especially when pushing the jogging stroller, but Bean loves all the bumps!!
Since I posted last we all got over our nasty stomach bug that ruined our birthday/father's day weekend and we pushed it back to the weekend of the 22nd. We had a nice, but hot, cookout at mom and dads.
I finally got to sneak in a ride on my new bike and let me tell you, it's like riding a bmw compared to that crap thing I had before! Triathlon's will be fun with this thing!! I can shave a ton of time off my first one now because biking is what took me so freaking long!
Ben's been going crazy playing with his new golf clubs at the country club and taking some lessons. He has good days and bad days but practice is what he needs. Although there's no way in hell you are going to find me out on the golf course in this crazy heat!
Because it's been soooooo dry they canceled the great, and I'm not saying that sarcastically, fireworks that Elkton puts on every year....well I guess the postponed them until damper conditions. We headed over to some friends for the evening of the 3rd, which would have been the night of the fireworks and we could see them well from their house but instead we just ate and socialized!
Mallory had a ball running around with her cousins Luke and Allie.
The 4th was just perfect in my opinion, a lazy morning with an afternoon spent at the pool while Ben played golf and then we had hot dogs at mom and dads. And we actually got some really good rain late in the afternoon!!
We converted Mallory's crib into a big girl bed, we skipped toddler bed and went to full size. Mainly because Ben's parents really don't have a good place to sleep when they are here so that solved that problem too. She did pretty well the first night, has had a few naps in it now and we will be on night #2 tonight since Bud and Susan were in it the past couple nights.
I did another Paint and Sip on Friday night with Stef and we did some cute daisy's and I hung it over Mallory's bed!
I love getting to paint again, it's my medium of choice!
Here's more pictures from the past few weeks!
Ben brought back a Kringle from his week in Racine!! Yummy!
Stef and I in line on opening night of Magic Mike, yes, we enjoyed our stripper movie : )
Bean is just too cool for words as she rides in the ranger!
Sweet corn is in!!! Guess who LLLLOOOOVVVVEEESSSS it??
Katie the dog give Bean kisses!
Apparently she doesn't trust my driving.....
Bean wearing Grandpa's hat and playing with Grammy's iPhone!
I haven't seen highs like this since I lived in SE Alabama, so it's been a while. But you know, as much as I dislike it, I've really tolerated it pretty well. I think the combination of not having central heat and air in our house and the office (just window units in both) so it's probably never cooler than like 75+ in the house anyway, and going to hot yoga, I'm just coping better. I'm annoyed I can't really run much outside unless I get up early, but otherwise we've just been chilling out in the pool!
The few time I have gotten up early to run I've gotten some great shots. I've been running through the farm between us and dad. It's safe, great views and a heck of a workout running through the grass, especially when pushing the jogging stroller, but Bean loves all the bumps!!
Since I posted last we all got over our nasty stomach bug that ruined our birthday/father's day weekend and we pushed it back to the weekend of the 22nd. We had a nice, but hot, cookout at mom and dads.
I finally got to sneak in a ride on my new bike and let me tell you, it's like riding a bmw compared to that crap thing I had before! Triathlon's will be fun with this thing!! I can shave a ton of time off my first one now because biking is what took me so freaking long!
Ben's been going crazy playing with his new golf clubs at the country club and taking some lessons. He has good days and bad days but practice is what he needs. Although there's no way in hell you are going to find me out on the golf course in this crazy heat!
Because it's been soooooo dry they canceled the great, and I'm not saying that sarcastically, fireworks that Elkton puts on every year....well I guess the postponed them until damper conditions. We headed over to some friends for the evening of the 3rd, which would have been the night of the fireworks and we could see them well from their house but instead we just ate and socialized!
Mallory had a ball running around with her cousins Luke and Allie.
The 4th was just perfect in my opinion, a lazy morning with an afternoon spent at the pool while Ben played golf and then we had hot dogs at mom and dads. And we actually got some really good rain late in the afternoon!!
We converted Mallory's crib into a big girl bed, we skipped toddler bed and went to full size. Mainly because Ben's parents really don't have a good place to sleep when they are here so that solved that problem too. She did pretty well the first night, has had a few naps in it now and we will be on night #2 tonight since Bud and Susan were in it the past couple nights.
I did another Paint and Sip on Friday night with Stef and we did some cute daisy's and I hung it over Mallory's bed!
I love getting to paint again, it's my medium of choice!
Here's more pictures from the past few weeks!
Ben brought back a Kringle from his week in Racine!! Yummy!
Stef and I in line on opening night of Magic Mike, yes, we enjoyed our stripper movie : )
Bean is just too cool for words as she rides in the ranger!
Sweet corn is in!!! Guess who LLLLOOOOVVVVEEESSSS it??
Katie the dog give Bean kisses!
Apparently she doesn't trust my driving.....
Bean wearing Grandpa's hat and playing with Grammy's iPhone!
Sunday, June 17, 2012
A Funeral, A few birthdays, Father's Day, and well nothing went as planned
As I mentioned in my last post we lost Ben's grandmother, Grandma Lilly, last weekend. We headed over to MO to attend the funeral on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Grandma had a good life, she was 87 and is no longer suffering, in a better place, so it was more of a celebration of life than time to mourn.
We also got to see cousins and family that, well, we just don't get to see very often other than events like this.
Girl's have taken over the Werner family. When Ben was growing up it was like 7 boys and 1 girl and now the Great Grandkids are all girls and 1 boy I think!!
Mallory had a ball running around, most literally, with her cousins and meeting other family.
Here's her and Grammy at the lunch after the funeral.
Thursday was back to work and Zumba for me, Ben had to head to Chicago after the funeral, so it was just me with Bean until Friday night when he got back.
I woke up at 2:30 am on Friday morning when a stomach bug hit me. That pretty much kept me totally down all day Friday. And to make it worse, Mallory had to be home with me because Tiffany and her family had headed to the beach on Friday (although come to find out she got sick Friday am as well and called into the dr for some meds so they could get on the road, just later than planned) and Mom was working and Ben was out of town.
So me with a nasty virus trying to somewhat tame a 2 year old. needless to say the house looked like a war zone because as long as it wasn't something that was going to hurt her, I really didn't care what she did or what she pulled out.
I was SOOOOO ready for Ben to get home Friday night so he could take over watching her and guess what, she fell asleep in her chair about 10 minutes before he got home and didn't wake up until the next morning! He got off easy.
Saturday was my birthday and I had big plans, go get my bike, then go to Hot Yoga, spend the afternoon at the pool and then go with Ben to the Black Horse to eat. Yeah, well, only half that happened.
I did feel better Saturday morning, but I knew I wasn't in any condition for Hot Yoga, so we slept in and I went and got my bike. Oh and I found out that now Mom had the virus, great.
Got my bike, yeah, now I just have to feel well enough to ride it!
Came home and then after lunch, although I still wasn't hungry, Bean and I went to the pool for a couple hours.
Since mom was now sick and I was in no place to enjoy a good meal and beer at the Black Horse, I told Ben he could play in the glow ball tornament instead. Bean and I rode around with him in the golf cart for about 3 holes.
Bean and I headed home and watched Cars on tv and crashed.
Oh, and I found out Ben's mom was also sick on Friday, so far it's hit 4.
Now 5, Sunday, and Dad's got it. So scratch all the Birthday/Father's Day plans for Sunday night. We will just plan on doing it all next weekend.
So now I'm just enjoying a lazy Sunday afternoon watching it rain. I feel a little more crummy today than yesterday so I'm just trying to take it easy.
Here's a few other pictures.
Bed Head!!!
Stealing Daddy's Orange Juice!
Mallory playing with lip gloss....obviously the little chat we had about keeping it on your LIPS didn't stick....
My sleeping beauty!
Kicking back watching it rain!!
Grandma had a good life, she was 87 and is no longer suffering, in a better place, so it was more of a celebration of life than time to mourn.
We also got to see cousins and family that, well, we just don't get to see very often other than events like this.
Girl's have taken over the Werner family. When Ben was growing up it was like 7 boys and 1 girl and now the Great Grandkids are all girls and 1 boy I think!!
Mallory had a ball running around, most literally, with her cousins and meeting other family.
Here's her and Grammy at the lunch after the funeral.
Thursday was back to work and Zumba for me, Ben had to head to Chicago after the funeral, so it was just me with Bean until Friday night when he got back.
I woke up at 2:30 am on Friday morning when a stomach bug hit me. That pretty much kept me totally down all day Friday. And to make it worse, Mallory had to be home with me because Tiffany and her family had headed to the beach on Friday (although come to find out she got sick Friday am as well and called into the dr for some meds so they could get on the road, just later than planned) and Mom was working and Ben was out of town.
So me with a nasty virus trying to somewhat tame a 2 year old. needless to say the house looked like a war zone because as long as it wasn't something that was going to hurt her, I really didn't care what she did or what she pulled out.
I was SOOOOO ready for Ben to get home Friday night so he could take over watching her and guess what, she fell asleep in her chair about 10 minutes before he got home and didn't wake up until the next morning! He got off easy.
Saturday was my birthday and I had big plans, go get my bike, then go to Hot Yoga, spend the afternoon at the pool and then go with Ben to the Black Horse to eat. Yeah, well, only half that happened.
I did feel better Saturday morning, but I knew I wasn't in any condition for Hot Yoga, so we slept in and I went and got my bike. Oh and I found out that now Mom had the virus, great.
Got my bike, yeah, now I just have to feel well enough to ride it!
Came home and then after lunch, although I still wasn't hungry, Bean and I went to the pool for a couple hours.
Since mom was now sick and I was in no place to enjoy a good meal and beer at the Black Horse, I told Ben he could play in the glow ball tornament instead. Bean and I rode around with him in the golf cart for about 3 holes.
Bean and I headed home and watched Cars on tv and crashed.
Oh, and I found out Ben's mom was also sick on Friday, so far it's hit 4.
Now 5, Sunday, and Dad's got it. So scratch all the Birthday/Father's Day plans for Sunday night. We will just plan on doing it all next weekend.
So now I'm just enjoying a lazy Sunday afternoon watching it rain. I feel a little more crummy today than yesterday so I'm just trying to take it easy.
Here's a few other pictures.
Bed Head!!!
Stealing Daddy's Orange Juice!
Mallory playing with lip gloss....obviously the little chat we had about keeping it on your LIPS didn't stick....
My sleeping beauty!
Kicking back watching it rain!!
Monday, June 11, 2012
Relay For Life and we lost one as well
This weekend was Relay For Life in Todd County.
My Bunco Group has been having fundraisers since earlier
this year and Friday night was the ending shebang. Unfortunately the woman who was in charge of
the TC one this year never really involved any of us in any of the meetings or
communications for that matter and did a very poor job of advertising, so it
was probably the worst Relay I’ve ever been to, but we were there and we did
our part.
I guess the only good thing to come out of a smaller relay
is they decided to close down shop at midnight which suited me just fine. I’m not one for staying up all night anymore
anyway and I’m pretty sure none of us will be involved with it next year after
the way things happened this year.
So that was how I spent Friday night.
Saturday morning we got up and I worked on doing some house
work and then Bean and I went Grocery shopping.
That’s when Ben called to say his grandmother had passed away. We’ve known for several months that there was
nothing else they could do for her so it was probably just a matter of
when. Thankfully she’s in a better place
now and we will be heading to MO for the funeral on Tuesday and Wednesday.
So Bean and I wrapped up grocery shopping and our plan was
to then go to the pool but someone fell asleep on the way home and then
proceeded to sleep until 4:30! So we
went for a little while when she got up but we were probably barely there 45
minutes.
Oh well. We made some
grilled pork chops for dinner and had a nice evening at home.
Sunday was church and the plan was to go to the pool after
church and lunch but it was rainy and cloudy, so no go on the pool. We cleaned up some more and then headed to
Clarksville for a few things. Came back
and had Susan and Nick and Heather and Jason over for burgers and fixings.
And another weekend went by way too quickly.
Elmo butt makes for the best sleeping aid!
Having fun with her new potty!
Everytime she goes she will get an Elmo sticker on her pot, although we aren't actively in training mode yet.
Having fun by Grammy's fern!
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Monday, June 4, 2012
The Zoo, and, oh, THE HOUSE IS SOLD!!!!
we FINALLY closed on Thursday afternoon, I'm so excited. Turns out we know the brother of the girl who bought it, funny.
That's a huge RELIEF!!
Friday night I did a "paint and sip" with the girls. In other words, you drink wine, socialize and somehow manage to paint a picture during that time. Turned out pretty well, Ben was impressed. He said he wasn't sure what to expect, lol!
Saturday Dad and Ben were cutting wheat, so Mom and I took Bean to the Louisville Zoo for the NICU reunion. It was great since it was barely 70 degrees on Saturday!!
This was not for us but I found it hilarious!
When we got home Mallory found one of the very few pairs of heels I own and decided they are now hers:
Then she decided to take a few pictures of herself:
We were having fun in the tub Sunday night:
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That's a huge RELIEF!!
Friday night I did a "paint and sip" with the girls. In other words, you drink wine, socialize and somehow manage to paint a picture during that time. Turned out pretty well, Ben was impressed. He said he wasn't sure what to expect, lol!
Saturday Dad and Ben were cutting wheat, so Mom and I took Bean to the Louisville Zoo for the NICU reunion. It was great since it was barely 70 degrees on Saturday!!
This was not for us but I found it hilarious!
When we got home Mallory found one of the very few pairs of heels I own and decided they are now hers:
Then she decided to take a few pictures of herself:
We were having fun in the tub Sunday night:
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