It's the weekend!

Yeah for us! I love the weekend. Mostly because I get to spend 48 uninterrupted hours with Matthew and Kevin!

Weekend plans include:

• A picnic party this evening at one of my co-workers who lives in the posh section of town and has a home that I only dream of having (yeah because we would so need to change jobs - she was lawyer for a high end firm for almost 20 years and her hubby is a prof with tenure in the business dept) - I mean come on it has a turret and a pond in the backyard - who wouldn't want this house!?

• I have my 1st weigh-in at WW. Hip hip hooray. NOT so much. I doubt I have lost weight. I have been a good little point keeper and not ONE dessert (that ought to read ICE CREAM) has passed my lips but not one day of working out has occurred either. Plans to start that next week are in play. I think that will be the kicker - working out and eating right - what a terribly novel thought!

• The farmer's market just because and I want more corn from the that little booth with the nice lady (screw the long line - that corn was not as great everyone told us it would be so for us it is not worth the wait!)

• I need to clean clean clean the house. Our bathrooms are shameful. Still no house cleaner... Cannot decide who to go with and still not sure how comfortable I feel letting a stranger in my home to clean... UGH. Getting over it, slowly.

• Go shopping. I just want to. I need to. I have no idea what for but I feel the urge to do this again and again and again... Oh but I do want to get Matthew a baby doll. That is high on my priority list - ah that mean Tarrrrrrrrrrget... said in a dreamy way!
  

• Call my Daddy because he is freaking 66 years old today. Holy crap - yeah I about pooped in my pants when I did the math today. It seems impossibly old for my dad! Happy Birthday!
  

• Maybe go for a bike ride depending on this oppressive heat, maybe a walk... something to get the above planned workouts started.

• Groceries - oh how I hate thee but need thee to sustain my family from eating out every day of the week...

• Go to snapfish.com and get a few more photos printed for Matthew's construction themed room that seems to be taking me FOREVER to put together. By the time it is done he will have moved on to other things...

• Finish reading that Cooking Light magazine before the next one comes and maybe, heaven forbid, finish reading that book I have been reading for what seems like a year so I can start to tackle the pile beside my bed which is threatening to topple on my head as I sleep at night...

• Certainly and most definitely not the last thing on my list, but I wanted to save the best for last, snuggle, cuddle, and play with Matthew. He is loving that pool right now - he likes it best when I actually jump in and get wet with him. He finds it particularly amusing when he gets me sopping wet while fully clothed (yeah because I am SO not putting on bathing suit... hahahahaha...)
  

What are you doing this weekend? Hopefully you can escape the heat and enjoy your weekend!

Mulching IS fun!

The retreat was, as I suspected, VERY boring and long and I was glad to finally get home on Friday evening to start the weekend!

We had a rockin' good weekend doing all whole lot of nothing but fun stuff for us and Matthew.

We hit the Farmer's Market and listened to all kinds of good music and watch the odd tap dancing lady who freaks me out personally but the kids seem to like her though Matthew clung to me in fear of her clogging feet but whatev, it's a good growth experience. We went to the best park in B-town and burned all of the energy Matthew could possibly muster plus some. We hit the mall, two grocery stores and a second park on Sunday evening (not the best but it was nice!)

I hit the bike trail for a 50 minute ride - it was lovely but my ass hurts (TMI?) Matthew spent most of the weekend rolling in the dirt - literally. He was one dirty boy but he was also one happy child as well! We washed both cars (inside and out minus vacuuming) and Matthew's bike with the cool new hose that Kevin bought. Matthew had so much fun cleaning the cars the first thing he said this morning was "clean cars?"

We did house work including vacuuming the upstairs (so you can bring your kids over without fear of hair balls attacking!), sweeping the front porch, moving what seems like 50 bags of sand (need sand for your sandbox? We have enough sand to keep that thing filled until Matthew is 17 or so...) and FINALLY doing something with the pile of mulch in front of the house. It was so cute I documented it for your viewing pleasure!

Please note the fun shirt I bought for Matthew at Target this weekend! I love those "Mom" shirts! I still want to find the Coexist t-shirt and the "I do my own stunts" shirt (but NOT in white.) Do you love the hat? My poor child always has that huge hat on and I plan to buy this hat for EVEN more coverage. Matthew is always the only kid at the playground, beach, out & about with a huge hat on his head. Oh well, red haired, blue eyed boys do not fair well (get it, get it?!?!) in the sun burn department so he will have to suffer through the hat phase as long as I am in charge!

How was your weekend?

On a side note, I most likely will not be able to post as much from now on. I am making work a priority - I know, what a novel concept. I will try to write as often as possible but won't be able to spend as much time on here or e-mail. I hardly touch our computer at home (except to check on work... ah the cruelty of life) but that may have to be the option to keep up on everything!