If only I had the energy...

Sometimes... after watching my youngest practice for 2 hrs... every night... in the blazing heat... doing drill after drill... week after week... I feel incredibly lazy and pathetic. Could you IMAGINE the shape I'd be if I had one iota of determination that little Nugget does? I must ponder that while I have a snack ;)

The making of the fence

And now...finally... I bring you the making of the fence!

Old rusty chain link comes down...


Holes are dug...

Teamwork is the key...

Surprises unearthed...

Almost done...

A little stain and voila...


and then I did this...

The yard's really come a long way!

The return of my Sanity

The end of summer vacation means only one thing.... "Back, Back, Back, Back to Schoooool". I've been singing it for about a week now. The boys were eased back into the old routine by starting out easy...a half day. A teaser for parents, being our children were only gone for a mere 3 hours. A 3 hour time frame that I couldn't fully enjoy because I was on the constant move until they returned. To clean without children in the house... peaceful. And I baked... muffins and a cake. A Back to School cake.

Oh yeah, I went there. Move over June Cleaver I'm stealing the show. Hey, I'm a mom. I'm entitled to be a complete dork whenever I see fit and it just so happened to be one of those times. It was a day to celebrate...the return of my sanity. I love my boys dearly but believe me, returning to school was the best thing for everyone involved.
Totally forgot to take pictures when they left so I ambushed them when they got home. Probably the best thing anyway...they didn't know it was coming.



I admit I'm partial, but damn they're good looking! Enjoy the new school year boys. May you make many happy memories! Now excuse me while I enjoy this full day of quiet bliss... until 3:15 pm that is.

Good bye summer

School's starting back up. We say good bye to another summer that went way to fast. We took an end of the summer trip to Grady's with brother Steve and his family. As always when in their company, it was a good time. Of course, there are pics....
You can't even see the sweat we're drenched in.
Not a dry spot on 'em...bumper boats, not sweat.

I swear this one's gonna be a supermodel one day.

The three musketeers...One for all and all for one.

I love this photo! You gotta admit it turned out great Steve.

Miss Kylee wouldn't allow a photo of their family. So, you escaped my camera lens this time Melissa. Don't worry, I'll get you the next time around! hehe

New buns for me

I've recently started using these new flat buns.

I love them...all the varieties they have.
They're so thin I use them for not only bun worthy foods but for sandwiches too.

Being only 100 calories, hopefully these new buns will help me achieve some new buns!

Sight seeing in P town

Pontiac... or P town as we like to call it... so many strange, interesting things hiding in places one might never think to look. While recently visiting Miss C.J., she alerted me to the strange happenings going on in a back alley. While entering said back alley, this is what I found...

Look closely and you'll see me....

Cari even found a nice place to stop for a rest...and a prayer...

If only this soda shop was real...

You'd think they'd put this stuff out in the open! Don't worry, we didn't spend the entire day lurking in alleys. I was also introduced to Mr. Lincoln...
Taken to some of the finest clothing stores in town...and made it just in time for the fashion show..

Remember that punk ass blue dog? Well, here's another one of the fine crafted fellows which are strategically placed all over town...

Don't be embarrassed for us. Believe it or not, we saw many people wandering around with their cameras that day. Seems Pontiac's new found artsyness is quite the draw to travelers far and near.

Think fast...

I apologize for the shitty job of keeping up with my blog lately. I also apologize for the blog I'm about to do. It's going to be a complete mess of things thrown together randomly so as to catch you up on the life and times of us. Try not to get lost....

Baseball season is over! They played 17 games, lost 5, and tied 1. Way to go Orange Crush! Nugget's looking forward to the big end of season party coming up soon.

We took a day trip to Wild Life Prairie Park recently. We haven't been there since...

Yep, that perfect little butterball sitting so sweetly in the trucker hat is the one and only Pickle. Still wearing the trucker hats...

I have the rest of the pics on my Facebook page if you're interested. Sorry man...I got to move on to other things....

Let's see... Oh, Vacation Bible School has started at our church and Pickle has taken on the roll of Activities Director this year. Something he's quite proud of. Way to go Pickle! Nugget will only be able to attend bible school a couple days due to his schedule...I will elaborate on that momentarily....so he won't be attending until the night he must show up and perform at the program. That ought to be interesting to say the least.

Nugget has begun football again....2 hrs. a night...4 days a week. The driving back and forth sucks and trying to fit everything else in around that schedule sucks even more. Regardless...I love it. I love football season. I CAN NOT wait for the games to start. Pickle, on the other hand, acts as if someone is actually slowly sawing his hand off with a picnic spork. "Why do I have to sit there?" Teenagers.

We haven't completely finished the fence yet. Almost. We're about half way done with the staining. Just waiting for a couple free days with nice weather to finish it up. I'll post the pics when we do.

Summer is very rapidly coming to an end. School will be starting in a couple weeks. Mr. M will be going back to his regular schedule soon. I've mixed emotions on that one. Back to a regular routine...yeah! No more evenings together... :(

Buttercup went back for her second round of treatment and things seem to be good. She has another week of "light duty", then back to her regular duties of kicking kitty ass and poopin all over town. We'll go back in December for another test but like I said, she seems to be doing good.


Last but not least, I spent another adventurous day touring P town with none other than Snyder touring group. I bet you didn't think there was anything left to discover there did ya? Come on... a town with a B.E.L.T. is sure to have much more bizarreness to offer. I'll try to post tomorrow on my findings. Until then, a little something to hold you over...