We Never Agree About Traveling

He drives me CRAZY! As much as I love him, sometimes when we travel or get ready to travel, I would rather kill him than travel with him. Here are the things about traveling with him that drive me crazy:

• He packs way too much- when we went to Mexico, his bag weighed 10 pounds more than mine!
• He won't use luggage like the rest of us humans, he wants to use ugly blue duffel bags that he has had since college!
• He packs stuff in Wal-Mart bags (how embarrassing!)
• He refuses to pack shoes- he either stuffs them in around the luggage or puts them in plastic bags!
• He gets so excited that the week before vacation it is like having 3 kids.
• He prints directions from every possible mapping site, even when he knows how to get there, and he prints them 6 days before we leave- like we're going to keep up with that!

This year he wants to drag a trailer to the beach. He keeps saying it will be a great way to get all of our stuff there, I keep saying you could just not pack so much stuff! I could make a list of reasons we shouldn't drag the trailer but the list would be too long and redundant considering the list above. So I will pray, for patience mostly as we get ready to leave!

All the Chicks are Home!

Well, he finally got home! We were all waiting for him on the front porch when he got home. He is tan, blond and a sight for sore eyes! His feet are all cut up from fishing with the cast nest on the rocks, but mostly he is in one piece. I will sleep soooooooo much better tonight knowing that he is safely home. He came home with a new cast net, a skim board, and a cool remote control car that he built himself, and I got change. I think he is glad to be home, yet ready to go back in a week with the family! Welcome home, my most precious son!

I don't think I ready for him to go off to college!

Is it Friday yet?

It is so quiet around here. The Pickle is gone to the beach with Beau. It is amazing how much quieter it is without him here. I guess there is no one for her to fight with, and no one to complain about being hungry all the time. At any rate there is certainly a hole in our family this week. We are all looking forward to Friday when he returns home and our family is whole again.

Is this what it will be like when they go off to college?

$150??????????

Okay, I knew cheer was going to be expensive, but I want to know if you think the uniform pictured above looks like $150 worth of uniform? Then of course she is in LOVE with it, and wants to play around the house in it... I don't think so!

I'm trying to decide other than my wedding dress, have I ever had a $150 outfit? I don't think so. I'm trying to stay all positive, because at least I bought this one second hand and didn't have to pay $220 for a new one plus the $70 shoes that she will probably outgrow before the season is over.

I guess the point is for her to do something she loves.... and she is going to love it whether she likes it or not!

I Found Curtains!

After my living room looking like a circus tent all week (4 different curtains hanging on 2 windows) I finally found some curtains today! My dear friend Cora went with me and of course she right away picked out the right ones! They look really red in the picture, but look more rusty red in person. I really like them and when you add in the rug we bought two weeks ago, my house is finally starting to look like a home, better late than never!

Thanks Cora, for your help!

Someone Other than Sandy Reads my Blog!

So tonight I am sitting at church eating my nasty pizza and someone comes up to me and says "I've been reading your blog..." Imagine my shock that anyone other than Sandy, my mother-in-law (who's son calls her far too infrequently) and my newest fan Malia, actually reads my blog. She even made a comment about the tree that fell in the road yesturday, that means she had even read it within the last 24 hours!

So to Amelia, my newest reader, welcome, I'm sure that you will find my content lacking at times, yet most always from the heart (or close to it.) At any rate, it is my world, as seen by me.

In the Zone

This afternoon I was cleaning away in the kitchen, I did not even notice or hear the big tree that fell across the street. The nearly one inch of rain was desperately needed, the tree across the road, not so much.

HENPECKERS MEETING

Last night we had a meeting of the Henpeckers (as my dear sweet hubby calls us.) We discussed school next year and made a few decisions regarding Loaves and Fishes. It was nice to catch up with everyone and get some of our decisions made for next year. There was very little "henpecking" but we definitely laughed A LOT!

We're the most productive "Henpeckers" ever!

They're Gone!!!!!

Sock Update....

I noticed this morning when I got up the socks are gone! That was only 4 days, I was expecting at least twice that long. As a bonus, he even washed a load of towels. Thanks Jon Boy!

Social Experiment

These socks are laying in my bathroom floor. First they were on the back porch where the boy left them on the last day of camp, then the Dad picked them up and put them in the bathroom on the floor. I know you can't tell from the picture but the closet where the dirty clothes go is literally inches from where the socks lay. I decided to see how many days they would lay on that floor before someone other than me picked them up. Two days and counting.....