Labor Day Weekend!

First three day weekend (and probably the last) of the school year! It's about the only three day weekend we get off work since the rest of the school holidays aren't ones parents necissarily get off, so we have to work full days on those.

Friday we went and hung out with Emmy, went to Taco Mac and got some yummy wings (even though our overall service was decent, the cooking was questionable) and then went back to her place and watched "Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist" which was really cute. I don't know who played the drunk chick, but she was SO good! We dropped by the K's on our way home and hung out for a short while there, then headed home to get some sleep.

Saturday we got up early to go to race number pickup for Jeremy and Michael out at the Galleria. There was a whole little carnival type thing set up for the kids that was a lot of fun. Jeremy talked Julian in to the big slide, and I taught him how to shoot a wrist shot at the Thrashers tent! We finally headed out when Julian started getting grumpy and tired and Jeremy and I stayed and watched Violet while Michael took Jules to Dragon*Con-- since she crashed out pretty quickly, we watched "Iron Man" (IMO, the best superhero movie yet) and chilled on the couch. Then we just kind of hung around, watched some "30 Rock" and drank some wine!

Sunday we were going to go to OBC for services, but mom had swine flu (maybe, really, possibly actually did?) so we decided it was best if we stayed in-- there are so many old people AND little kids with all the adoptions there, no sense in us getting them sick (since we thought maybe we'd been exposed to it, or at least what the K's had last week) so instead we looked around the weak Labor Day sales. Jeremy did find some AMAZING deals on tools-- if he hadn't gotten the discounts he did, it would have cost him almost twice as much!! Now I can let him buy me a real engagement ring ;) since he's bought what he needs for work. I shopped around, got some more stuff at Target and Michael's for crafting and the wedding, a couple of tank tops at New York and Company.

Monday was Jeremy's 10k which he ran with Michael in under an hour (which was just for fun for Jeremy, but a new record for Michael!) and ended at White Water! We went in and I actually got to ride some of the rides this time, and had a lot of fun. Can't wait to go next summer!!

Well, my elbow is kind of hurting, so I'll just leave you with some pictures from this weekend. Ciao for now!

Julian-- not so much with the wrist shot

I don't knooooow about this, Jeremy!

Me and Jeremy taking Vivi on Lazy River

Vivi and her favorite "uncle" ever!

Julian's long weekend treat-- a popsicle.

At least

At least Friday wasn't a total loss-- I finished sorting paperwork for afterschool, put the finishing touches on the database, cleaned out ALL THE OLD PAPERWORK! since we were drowning in paperwork for kids who hadn't been there in two years, organized the immunization forms and created a binder for immunization compliance, and then balanced out the ledgers and started working on a new program which will send out weekly invoices to notify people of balances and credits.

Woohoo!

Last night, I went over and hung out with the K's and was happy to see Violet doing much better than last week and playing in the coolest toy ever that Michael bought yesterday morning. It's big and clunky as far as toys go, but she looooves that thing-- it's bouncy and has lights and sounds and things she can spin, it's her new favorite thing! Julian had his usual Friday night meltdown, but it's pretty much expected at this point, so we just wait for it to happen, toss him in the bath, and put him to bed; usually about half an hour to an hour before his actual bed time. This week, the fit was about a) wanting the cherry Meg had and b) wanting a new napkin since Sarah had taken his to clean up the Mac'n'Cheese he accidentally threw at her. Sarah and I try not to laugh, obviously it's a behavioural issue and we know it would be really irritating if we had to live with it, but when Meg tells him not to splash in the bath and he goes, "Mommy noooooooo, it hurts my feeeeeeelings!" we can't help but crack up! We also hope that he grows out of it, because otherwise he's gonna get beat up a lot on the playground...

Today I'm hoping to get some stuff cleaned up and put away so that there's less stuff in my room for when Jeremy gets here (which is ironic since I spent the rest of my summer trying to get things out of the garage and up here!) so he can fit in. I'm not sure what I'm going to do about my closet-- I have so many clothes!! I may have to hit up Target for some cheap storage bins to stick some stuff in the garage. I'm not sure how much he's keeping here or sending back to Southaven, so we'll see. I know we made some room for him down there, too.

Tomorrow, Richard and I are going shopping for snacks, office supplies, and some small games stuff, and then Monday morning we're working through the day to get ready for Monday afternoon. Wheee....

Exhausted!

But happy.

Good weekend with Jeremy, got some resumes in at shops around Atlanta and had some pretty positive responses, good 4th of July at the square with Sarah, made ribs for the first time (to great success), and introduced Sarah to Ru San's and sushi!

I'm pretty tired, so this is all going to be pictures so I can head to bed!

Went to The Matador with the Kavanaughs, Sarah, and her mom on Tuesday
Violet had refried beans for the first time! She loved them!

A heron we saw around the corner from my house--
he picked up and flew up the street just like he was driving through!

Some of our picnic spread and after dinner games-- Scrabble and Uno!

Jeremy and Sarah finish up a game of Uno after dinnerNo-holds barred Scrabble was fun! We did other languages, acronyms,
and all the other stuff you're not allowed to do in a normal game

Me and Jeremy before the fireworks beganThe fireworks display made Decatur sound like a war zone! We think we
know exactly where all those property taxes have been going...

Pictures! Yay!

I've got all my pictures up from last week-- all 103 of them! Thank goodness I got Flickr's Pro Account, I've taken so many more pictures since then! I also took a picture last week of my pepper plant-- it's gotten so much bigger!! I need to transplant it, and I just keep on forgetting... or walking outside and realizing how miserable it is. I know it's hot in other places, too, but we have gotten next to NO rain this summer and it is unrelenting!



Tonight, I went to Eats with the Kavanaugh's and Michael's sister and brother in law and niece. It was the first time I've ever been there, which is funny because all my friends in high school went all the time. That is exactly what I said to my mom before I walked out the door, and about a half hour before I ran in to... all the kids I hung out with in high school at Eats. I got to spend some time with the baby, which is always fun-- she's started laughing so much now, and thinks it's hilarious when I tap her nose and make a "boop" sound. It's pretty ridiculously adorable. Hopefully, Michael will put up pictures from last weekend soon enough because there was a really cute one of us making the same face at each other. I haven't had a picture with the baby in months, so I made Michael take a couple!

After dinner, we got his sister and her family settled at the Kavanaugh's and went to Meg's mother's house to hang out (they're staying there tonight) and chat. Turns out Nan's a big beader, so she's going to help me make the bridesmaids gifts for the wedding! I'm so excited!

Tomorrow is Julian's 3rd birthday, he's very excited, and he even got to talk to Jeremy on the phone tonight. We're going to Leapin' Lizards (which is full of moon bounce type stuff) and having pizza (which Sarah and I will pick up after moving her mattress and box springs in) and cake from Publix, so needless to say there will be *plenty* of pictures!

Ciao for now!