This El Paso Wind Needs To Seriously *CALM* Down!! Seriously!

This El Paso wind needs to seriously *CALM* down!! Seriously! Well, I've seen it stronger! But at night when it is rattling my windows is when I would like it to calm down! Or any time I have to be outside then it needs to calm down! hehe! So hello hello hello blog world! How goes it?! It's been about 5 days since I last blogged! Right now the TV is on and I am actually watching it. Shocking, I know! But one of the shows I've always liked watching is on: Locked Up Abroad. I love NatGeo for shows like this! I hardly ever watch tv and when I do it is typically whatever the kids are watching. I used to watch a lot of tv but not for a long time now. But I guess when there is nothing else to do and it's after 11:00 PM and I'm not tired then I can either do something with my hairs or watch tv. And seeing how my hairs didn't like the last chemical treatments of 3 in a row I figgered I was safer with tv. Yes, someone asked me if I had my hairs trimmed. No, no I didn't. It just really didn't like the last coloring! At least it isn't breaking off much anymore! ha! See, it hasn't fallen out yet, but I guess I shouldn't put so much chemicals in my hairs at one time! hehe! I don' know, maybe one day I'll shave it off and just start over!

4 August 2011

The other day I went to the mall with Jill and we went into this one store that had lots of collectibles in it. And some of the collectibles were pretty old. Some were a, "say whaaaaaat?!" kind of moment like the following two pictures:

I don't get it?! Why?!

I've always wanted a toilet candle! Ha!

I really haven't done too much the last 5 days. Let's see, last Thursday I went to the mall with Teri. I haven't done much with her in a while. We spent a couple of hours together and then I dropped her off at home. She and her family left a couple of days ago to head up to Idaho. I texted a bit with her today. 

Ben (Heather's boyfriend) and his son, Kam, got here Thursday night. He is supposed to be moving here to expand their realty business. So he had some business here. Nathan was glad to have a boy his age at the house. They stayed with us until Tuesday when they headed back to K'town/Austin. He took Colby home with him. So I am one child less now and it's funny how you can tell when one kid is gone! Jannie's room has actually stayed clean since Tuesday! hehe!

Jill and her family finally returned to the Promised Land from Florida. They came home on Friday and we've hung out almost everyday. Glad she is home! And Lori and her family got home the other day too! And we switched cars back. But it seemed like everyone left last week at the same time with block leave! So yeah, last week was a long week! ha! 

Today, I took Nathan to feetsball super early. He is on 2-a-day practices and he is to be there super duper early in the AM. I have come home and gone back to bed after taking him. He is loving feetsball and is hoping to get running back. And tomorrow I will officially have a high schooler as we will finish registering him for school. He is supposed to get his school ID card and schedule tomorrow. I was going to go in the morning for that but if I do, then I would have to wait for the hour between practices and then his ID card would have him all sweaty and such from feetsball. So they're there all day so I figgered I would wait until he is done with feetsball and he could shower and such and be a bit more presentable! And not so stinky and sweaty! hehe! 

So tomorrow morning I will have to head to the girls' school to get their teacher info and the school supply list. So this weekend I will have to go school supply shopping. Oh joy! I am *SO* looking forward to that! ha! Know what I am really looking forward to?! School starting! WOOT! hehe! I told the girls that I was going to head there in the morning and they didn't act like they wanted to come. But I am sure they will be going because after all is said and done, then they really want to know their teachers and where their lockers are at! So I'll do this in the morning and then Nathan's school in the afternoon!

So today we hung out at home until about 3:00ish. Jill texted and wanted to know if I wanted to go to the mall with her to look for a new purse. I was game. We checked out one store called Charming Charlie and we found these really coughcough cool coughcough sunglasses. So I had to take a picture with us in them. But Jill pulled a face and then only gave me permission to use the picture if I cropped it. So y'all get our eyes in the super stellar sunglasses! hehe!

Jill and me - I had to agree to crop it! hehe

I took kids to the church for activities and chatted with Paul on the phone. I don't know what Nathan did but Meghan learned how to change a tire and such like that. So I watched them and when I wasn't on the phone with Paul, I chatted with Jill since she went with me. Jannie didn't have an activity tonight so she ran around with some of her friends. That is, when she wasn't in the car drinking her soda! hehe! 

At home the kids took showers and got ready for bed. I took Jill home and we walked the neighborhood for a bit since I've stopped exercising for a while now! UGH! So trying to get back into the motivation of things and doing it again! I am hoping once school starts back up it'll be easier to get back on a program!

After walking we ran to Wal Mart because we needed a few things. I am trying the no carb to low carb diet and I was out of eggs and a few other necessities for that. So we made a quick trip there. Then I dropped Jill off at home and headed home. Kids had gone to bed, I am assuming at the the time I told them to. School is fixing to start so now is the time to try and get them used to their bedtime again. For all I know, they heard the garage door open and they ran to bed! hehe! I know we used to do that when I was a kid and my folks left. When we heard the garage door open, we would run to bed and pretend we were sleeping! ha!

I checked on the kids and then went to sit outside on the patio. I don't know how long I lasted out there but not too long. The wind is super strong now and it was blowing my laptop off the table. Yeah that isn't a good thing!! So I came inside and got ready for bed and then sat down in bed to blog. Oh while on the patio, I took pictures of the two places that I am trying to grow grass. The one up against the rock wall is thicker and such because the water from the sprinkler system runs down and so it gets a lot of water and it typically stays in the shadow! But I'm happy grass is growing!!

More new grass!

Another area of new grass!

So I keep forgetting to tell ya that I've pretty much stopped drinking DDP. I will have one every now and then. Or a Coke Zero. But I typically don't drink any soft drinks anymore. Thought I would share. Anyway, I hope y'all have a great night!!