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Happy Mother’s Day!

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Happy Mother’s Day Everyone!

Trent, Mom & Me

Trent, Mom & Me

I want to wish my Mom a very Happy Mother’s Day. She is down at the beach spending time with my brother and his family. I hope they have a wonderful day! I think I will be taking The Boy to the club to go swimming, since we are still filling our pool! Actually, My Man just moved the hose to the spa to start filling it up. The pool is full!

IMG_2300Last night My Boys took me out to dinner for my Birthday. We went to The Optimist. It was very yummy!

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We then came home and sat out on the screen in porch listening to jazz, having some bubbly and talking. It was a very nice night.

Question: What are you doing for Mother’s Day?

Pool and Birthday updates…

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Happy Saturday!

I hope you are all having a great morning. We here at Hotel Yorba are having a great day so far. We got some good news on Wednesday afternoon. Bob, our pool guy, called and told us that they were going to be able to do the pebble-tec on Thursday and Friday. They got here at 7:30am on Thursday and were done before noon on Friday. It looks great!!

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My Man and I are very happy with it. Can I tell you how excited I am that we are now filling the pool with water? Can I tell you how I am not excited to get the water bill? We started filling the pool on Friday afternoon and it is still going! I think it will take till Sunday to finish the filling the pool and then we have to fill the jacuzzi. Like I said, not looking forward to the water bill.

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So my big birthday is on Monday. I will be turning the big 40!! Woot! Woot! My Man gave me my gift early on Friday night. Isn’t it pretty?! Love it! It is all shiny and it sparkles. I am such a girl.IMG_2288

This morning we woke up early and went downtown for breakfast. We had to get to the jewelry store, Worthmore Jewelry, where My Man got the watch, so they could take some links out. While we were there, we had our rings cleaned and I gave them my older Tag to get serviced and cleaned.

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While out and about, we found a bakery and bought some challah bread so that My Man and The Boy can make me french toast tomorrow morning! We also bought a loaf of olive bread. I can’t wait to dig into that! The boy also got two cookies and ate them…it was 9:45am!

IMG_2289Tonight my boys are taking me out to The Optimist for my birthday dinner. I will make sure to take some pictures and post them. It now 11:30am and I am going to go check on the water level of the pool and then hang out with The Girls before it starts raining. Oh! While checking out the garden yesterday, look what I found!

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My first tomato of the season! Woot!

Question: What is your favorite way to eat tomatoes?

Rain, Rain, Go Away….

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Rain. I know we need it but I have had enough! It has been raining for days. Not only that, it is cold! It is warmer in Montreal, Canada today then in the ATL. I had to turn on the heat today. I was working from home today and my hands were freezing! Plus, all this rain has put a stop to the pool renovation. My Man talked to Bob today and he said the plan was to lay the pebble-tec this Friday but due to the rain it has been pushed backed. UGH! He did say we would be swimming by Memorial Day weekend. The patio my not be resurfaced but the pool will be ready. Fingers are crossed!

The poor Girls are all wet and muddy. Their water container keeps getting full of dirty water and yesterday I had to throw away all of their food because it got all wet and gross. I want the sun out now!

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We had a fund weekend. On Saturday we went to a First Communion of a friend of The Boy’s and son of our good friends. Afterwards we went back to their house for a party. We got home around 7:30 and spent the part of the evening sitting out on the porch watching the rain and listening to music.

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See those lights? Got them at Target. No more “real” candles for outside. These take AA batteries. I think I will get more for outside too.

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On Sunday, I went to the gym to workout and then hit the grocery store. The Boys went to go see Iron Man III. They loved it! The Boy thought it was the best one yet. There is less than three weeks of school left. I am soooo ready for school to be over. I am tired of homework. I am tired of studying for tests. I am tired of looking at grades. I am tired of waking up at 6am. I am tired of forcing The Boy to get up and dressed. I am tired.

Question: Are you ready for Summer?

 

Pool 2013 Update

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On Saturday Bob, from AquaVision, came and set up the drainer thingy to drain the pool. Here are some pictures!

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Empty Pool!

Empty Pool!

Of course on Sunday it poured down rain all day!

By Monday morning it had stopped raining and the tile crew came. The took down the old tile and out up the new square ones around the pool and spa. I love the tile (I should…I picked it out!) and the dark grout they used.

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Today they worked on getting the main part of the pool and spa ready for the pebble surfacing. The also patched up some holes. I am not sure what they will be doing next….But I can’t wait!

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Pretty tile!

Pretty tile!

The Great Clean Up of 2013 continued…

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Today I worked on cleaning up the screened in porch which was covered in pollen. This happens every year here in the ATL. It is a gross job but since it is pouring down rain today, is isn’t like I have anything better to do.

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I really want new furniture in the screened in porch but I don’t want to pay for it. Story of my life! So I decided I would move things around to give it a “new” look. The Boy gave me some suggestions and after three wipe downs with water and lots of vacuuming, I think it turned out pretty nice!

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Now if only the sun would come out!!