Party time!

Good Morning Reader’s!

Sun is out here int the ATL. The weather has been kinda crazy here this past week. It will start out sunny and warm and end wet and muggy. We have been getting a lot of spring showers! It has been great for my garden. I have many green tomatoes popping up and my cucumbers/squash are growing well. Last week I also planted corn, peas and parsnips. They have all sprouted over the past week. I am so excited!

Ouch!

Ouch!

They Boy had a crazy few days. The other day at camp he slammed his finger in the door and then it got stuck. It was very painful for him and is still swollen. It is finally feeling better which is good because he has Rock Camp next week and will need to be able to play the guitar.

That is not nail polish.

That is not nail polish.

Right now in his room there are 6 9-10 year olds. We had a full house last night. The Boy invited 5 of his buddies over to swim and spend the night to celebrate his birthday. They swam three different times, played video games and watched movies. We had Mellow Mushroom pizza and cake.
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Timber the Life Guard

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Everyone has gotten along great and they are all very sweet. We had one issue last night at bedtime. One of the boys was kinda scared/sad and was crying. The Boy came in and told me that his buddy usually listens to wave music to go to bed. I set him up with headphones and my iPad and had him listen to my yoga music. Worked out perfectly. The whole time The Boy was telling him that is was ok and everything would be fine. He then came and thanked me for helping out his friend. So sweet!

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Today I need to run some errand and then we are going to spend sometime with friends we haven’t seen for a while. Should be a great day. I hope you have one too!

Needs more salt…

Reader’s!

Chillin' at Dr. Reads

Chillin’ at Dr. Reads

I got some good news today at Dr. Reads office today. My blood tests came back great! My white blood cell count was good, liver and kidneys look great! The only issue was that my sodium level was a bit low (128 whatever that means), lower than it has ever been. Low sodium!?! I love me some salt! Dr. Read is very happy with how things are going which makes me very happy.

Waiting....

Waiting….

The white hair has started to appear. It’s crazy! Good thing I will be going to get my hair colored next week. Don’t think I could stand to much of it. The pain in my side is still there and Dr. Read seems to think it is possible nerve damage from the surgery since it is at its worse in the morning and better when I am up and moving around. All I know is that it hurts and sneezing is a b!tch!

I am off to ProCare today to get my two new legs! Can’t wait to test out the sporty on tomorrow during my workout with SK. Bouncy! Bouncy! Bouncy!

Reader’s, how is your week going?

 

 

Pictures from Memorial Weekend!

Reader’s!

I hope you had a great weekend. We here at Hotel Yorba did. There was swimming, good food, great friends, games and laughs. The following are some pictures of the fun time that were had!

So pretty!

So pretty!

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The Boy

Timber Was here!

Timber Was here!

Iron Horse!

Iron Horse!

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Fun Times in the Spa

Fun Times in the Spa

Woot! Woot!

Woot! Woot!

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The Boy masking.

The Boy masking.

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Go Oliva!

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Kobie in the house!

Kobie in the house!

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Vinny!

Vinny!

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Good Times

Good Times

What????

What????

You do not hold Panny like a baby. You do not hold Panny!

You do not hold Panny like a baby. You do not hold Panny!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

So fast!

So fast!

Boots!!

Boots!!

Super Yummy!

Super Yummy!

Yummy!

Yummy!

Tomatoes are growing!

Tomatoes are growing!

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Planted Corn and snap peas!

Planted Corn and snap peas!

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Hello…Is it me your looking for?

Me and The Boy

Me and The Boy

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New headband from Dee!

I hope you all have a safe and fun Memorial Day. Remember the reason for the day!!

Picture Time!

Reader’s!!! How the heck are all y’all? I am doing good. I am loving the weather that the ATL has been having the past few days. It looks like it will continue through the weekend too! We are having friends coming into town tonight and still have a lot of cleaning to do. I am feeling kinda tired right now but I am going to have to get passed it and vacuum!

Mustache Boy

Mustache Boy

This morning I was up and out early. I stopped by Dunkin Donuts to grad 50 donut holes for The Boys class. I then went to Home Depot to get more plants for around the pool and more cucumbers (I have a fear none of the other 5000 I have bought will grow!) then to Trader Joes to buy food for tomorrows party. I headed home and cleaned bathrooms. I really wanted to go to sleep! Instead I went back out and hung out with The Boy’s class and gave them donuts holes after they were done with their lunch for The Boy’s birthday. Their classroom had already been broken down. His teacher was so excited today was the last day. I bet she was!!!

Car full of balloons!

Car full of balloons!

After the school, I went to the $$ store and bought nine balloons for The Boy’s big day. Buying the balloons at the $$ store is the best deal! All the balloons are $1! You can’t beat it! Then it was time for my workout with SK. I was tired and my knee hurt but I made it through.

So soft!

So soft!

When I was leaving Austin bright and early at 6:30am last Saturday my Guru, Judi, came down to say goodbye. She was wearing these super cute PJ’s and I asked where she had got them. When I got back home I went straight to the website and order myself a pair (not the same pattern). They came today and I soooo wanted to put them on and climb into bed! Instead I put the in the washing machine and am typing away to y’all.

BFF's

BFF’s

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Timber and Panny

I love that picture of Timber and Panny. We were just hanging out in the screen in porch watching the baseball game. The weather was so nice, the toads were talking and the lights! Oh I love the lights!

My Man and his dog

My Man and his dog

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The rest of the day will be filled with cleaning and laundry. Our friends won’t get in till around midnight so I guessing I will be taking a nap at some point tonight. I hope y’all have a wonderful and safe holiday. If you see a service man or woman this weekend or have a grandparent or uncle or aunt or parent, go up to them or give them a call and say Thank You. If not for them, who know where we would all be!

 

Lights! Puppies! Shout Outs!

Happy Wednesday Reader’s!

Only two more days till Friday and a three-day weekend! Woot! Woot! Are you doing anything special for Memorial Day? Our very good friends/The Boy’s God Parents are doing down in Friday and will be staying the weekend with us. The Boy’s big day is on Saturday and we are having people over to Hotel Yorba for swimming and grilling. It should be a lot of fun with good weather (fingers crossed) and good food.

Gift from Nana Pete & Papa!

Gift from Nana Pete & Papa!

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The Boy got a gift and some $$$ form his Nana Pete and Papa today in the mail. He has been working on his legos ever since! Loves working on them. The $$$ will go into his college fund because nothing is as fun as a good college education!

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Lights!

Lights!

O Tuesday we hung lights in the screened in porch. I have been wanting to do it for years and finally decided to just buy the damn things. It got a bit crazy but we got them up and I love them! Makes the porch come alive! My Man did most of the work and he did a good job.

We are heading down to the Braves games in a bit. It should be a good game, they have won the last two games in the series. Let’s go number three!! Go Braves!

Pet Cam

Passed out Puppy

Passed out Puppy

Kobie- Timber's new buddy!

Kobie- Timber’s new buddy!

Isn’t Kobie a cutie!?! I love to watch his little legs run!

Shout Out!

I want to give a shout out to my Uncle Roone. He is done with round 2 of chemo and is starting to feel the oh so wonderful side effects of the crap (good crap cause it will save your life but crap just the same). Hang in there!!

Also to Tammy R.! I know she should be getting new boobies soon (so jealous). Let us know how you are doing Tammy! And I want to see how our hair is growing in!!

Be Good Y’all!

Happy Tuesday Reader’s!

Looks like it will be another nice day in the ATL. Which is nice, since Sunday was dark and rainy. I kept busy though. Spent sometimes with the girls, Zazzles and Terrance Peterson are growing up nicely. They are also getting along pretty well with Turbo and Poppy. The two older ones still squawk at they young ones but not as much as before.

Sunday I spent a few hours getting ready for this week. I got an idea from one of the ladies (Adrienne!) this weekend in Austin. She makes a big batch of soup on Sunday’s and ate it for lunch during the week. In mine I have onions, carrots, celery, kale, bok choy, a whole chicken and potatoes. I had some yesterday for lunch and it was really good.

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I also chopped up fruits and veggies for my daily juicing. Carrots, kale, spinach, apples, cucumbers, celery and lemon. It makes juicing each morning much easier. I took up both crisper drawers in the refrigerator!

New earrings!

New earrings!

My gal Judi gave me these super cute earrings for my birthday while I was in Austin. Aren’t they cute? I like to think of them as baby chickens.

Dirty Paws

Dirty Paws

On Saturday it is The Boy’s birthday! He will be 9 years old. I can’t believe how fast time has gone by. School ends on Friday and I think I am going to bring donuts at lunch time for his class. He asked for them. I am solo happy school is out soon. It will be nice to sleep in for an extra hour and no homework!

How is your Tuesday?

Austin, Texas

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I am back Reader’s!

My trip to Austin, Texas was wonderful! What a wonderful city and a WONDERFUL group of strong, independent, fun ladies I got to hang out with for three days.

Rock Texas

Rock Texas

We stayed at the downtown W in Austin. It was a very nice hotel and almost everyone there was super nice. I had a room with two double beds that was pretty big and the bathroom was great too. We spent Friday afternoon out by the pool where we did a lot of shop talk, had some food, drinks and big laughs.

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Very windy out!

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Fancy but COLD!

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On Thursday night we had drinks and food at the W’s outside lounge area. Once again, great Shop Talk, getting to know each other and laughs were had. We then walked to the a bridge at dusk to se THOUSANDS of bats wake up and fly out to start their day. It was amazing!

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Me and Willy!

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My new BFF!

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Waiting for the bats.

Bats! -Not taken by me.

Bats! -Not taken by me.

Our hotel was right next door to where they host Austin City Limits and record the show. My man and I hope to see a show there one day.
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I was able to find a place to get my daily juice/smoothie. It was right by the hotel and is called the Daily Juice. They had so many fruits and veggies in that place! I had a really hard time choosing. The first day I went totally green and bought one that had kale, cucumber, parsley and celery to name few veggies.

Super Green!

Super Green!

On Friday morning I went for a smoothie that had blueberries, strawberries and peanut butter among other yummy things. It was really good. I hadn’t thought to add peanut butter to a fruit/veggie smoothie before.

Yummy Good!

Yummy Good!

We ate at some great restaurants for lunch and dinner. At dinner we had two different signature cocktails made for us. Both were very good. IMG_4025

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The food was soo good. Judi (head gal) did a wonderful job picking the restaurants (with the help of her hubby Theo) and the tasting menus. IMG_4062

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Our class field trip was to the Zilker Botanic Gardens where we had a guided tour. It was a beautiful garden and they even had fairy houses!
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Overall it was a wonderful trip that I feel lucky to have gone on. I learned a lot, saw some cool things, ate some yummy food and most importantly met some great ladies!!