Reliving my childhood...with my kids

We've been escaping the soupy heat here at our house by spending time in our 82 degree pool water. I can't lie, it's been fabulous! I know I've mentioned it before, but are  you really aware of how entertaining my sister can be? No, I didn't think so. You could really only know if you had grown up with her like I did.

Now, I did not know until recently that my sister has this odd affinity for synchronized swimming. (You know where this is going, right? lol) So yesterday, in the tradition of our childhood and living her dream, we tried it in our little pool. Angie, Jordan, and I all tried to do some things together (while treading water with our hands to hold us up) It was a huge giggle fest, especially after we all started taking turns making up new moves. We never really got back to the synchronized part, but it was very much like my childhood in the town pool with my sister back in the 80's. I even did my longest handstand (as an adult...in a shallow pool) this season. I hear the landing was quite nice. lol Jaxon even got in on it, though he didn't do to many moves on his own, doing most moves with one of the three of us.

(this photo is not from yesterday, it's from the beginning of summer. That kid on the right is my friend's son.)

We're an entertaining crew, and I'm sore all over today. :o)

Yay!

Hey there, it's your rebellious leader here. (like how I gave myself that title. lol) I have fabulous news and a blurry picture for you today! (p.s. my computer is pretending the blurry scales pic doesn't exist, so I'll have to leave you with the measuring tape pic instead.)

Drum roll please... (pretend this next part is the drum roll)
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I lost another pound!  This gets me just beyond a barrier I haven't crossed in about 4 years! Which is why this one little pound means so much. Thanks for joining me for this joyous moment. Have a nice day. :oD

Could it be?

Could it be? Are my "everyday Monday's" turning into Tuesdays? Is that the light at the end of the tunnel I see? It would seem our "epidemic" is tapering off and could quite possibly be over, but I won't be convinced just yet. I need time to convince me it's over for good.

Exhaustion has taken me over, and I still managed to mow the yard Saturday. I wasn't good for much else the rest of the day though. I feel like I could sleep for a solid week, and just maybe then I would feel alive again. In the mean time, the laundering and head checks and dishes and life just go on and on and pull me along with them. Oh, and I have a few design jobs that I have to keep going on with also. When I hit the tail end of this thing, I'm going to spend an entire day doing absolutely nothing. :o)

Just in case you are like me and need the visual to make it believable... hehe..... here's is my Saturday picture.

What? It's Friday again? Already?

HA! All joking aside (not really), I've spent the last week in a blur of laundry and head checks and blah, blah, gross, blah, gross, blah, blah. I'm terribly sorry for all the yuck I have bestowed upon you lately. I could not help myself. Can you ever forgive me? (this is the part where I tip my head down and give you my best puppy dog eyes I can. Pouty lip and all)

So I think my blog is boring. I need it to be fun and interesting, if not for me, then for you. Any ideas? Anyone?..... huh, I seem to be all alone here........(looks around) in my room........ all by myself. Ok then. I've decided I need WAY more pictures and fun stuff and sillyness to go along with the basicness of my rebellion. I need it to be interesting, because if I'm losing interest, you surely are. I can't promise immediate results, as I have been super busy and now have a big design job to start on, but change is coming.

Really all I can report now is a large number of trips up and down the stairs, and hours upon hours of standing hovered over heads that have left me sore from head to toe. (literally) Oh and I have also learned that stress makes me bloat like crazy and makes my tummy just plain hurt. So, yeah, that's been sucktastic as well.

Oh, and I miss my craft room. We had it almost finished when this "epidemic" hit. Please join me in the future for more posts that are way more interesting than this one, or the one before it, and the one...ok, you get the idea. Smile! (it really does make you feel better) :o)

So tired

I went for a walk with my sister this morning, then it was back to grossville decontaminating the house. I'm so tired. Tired of the bugs, tired of the laundry, tired of the stinky spray, tired of feeling sick because I'm completely grossed out 24/7. I wish I could snap my fingers and be done with it all.

But hey, at least I got a walk in today... and lots of trips up and down the stairs doing laundry.

Life can be exhausting

I'm pretty tired, yet I can't sleep. HA! My sister and I painted and organized our craft room last week. I got pretty sore  from going up and down the step ladder and bending down to get paint. Sounds silly, I know, but what is even more silly is the fairly large bruise I have on my right leg. I hit it on the frame of a door while stepping over a box in the hallway. (strategically placed to keep  Jax from getting his fingers in the wet paint.)
I hit the corner exactly on a vein, so now I have a massive bruise that doesn't even hurt.

I've been super slack on the workouts, no excuses either, I've just been slackin'.

Lately, (the last 2 days) I've been battling some critters my daughter brought home from a friends house. Two days and I'm still not done making sure the house is clear of the little buggers. The girls craptastic parents didn't feel the need to inform us their kid had lice...2 days after she spent the night here...3 days after my kid spent the night at their house. So now both my kids have it, and the rest of us are freaking out and cleaning everything we can get our hands on...and spraying everything else. It's a nightmare I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. Completely sucktastic...that's what it is, sucktastic.
EVERYTHING in my life has been put on hold for the sterilization of the epidemic some little punk brought upon us. I hate this.

Here's to hoping we wipe this crap out in the next couple days. Sheesh, this is awful!