Vacation: Part One

I' m gonna break this down the easiest possible way (for me that is...).

Friday Night: After work Drea came over to work on some school stuff. I took her home when she was done. I had an Easter present for Mia (Drea's two year old daughter, oh, and Drea is Renee's daughter BTW). Collin and I found this HUGE Dora the Explorer coloring book at Costco. I mean it was like HUMONGOUSLY HUGE. And , it came with a full page of stickers (over 100). I gave it to Mia when we got to Renee's and she was so excited. Then I went home. About twenty minutes later I get a text from Drea, Mia kept sticking the stickers on Drea and Renee, then she'd say, "Feel better?" Mia thought the stickers were BANDAIDS!! Too freaking cute.

Saturday: We did our monthly uber grocery shopping (loads of fun). Then I went to get an outfit for our lunch with his family. While I was walking through the clothes section at WalMart I heard, ever so faintly, "LiLi." It took a moment to register with my brain. "LiLi!" I turned to my right and there was Renee, Drea, and, of course, Mia. We talked for a few and then I needed to be on my way, it was 11:30 and I still needed to get home and get ready for the lunch thingy at 1:30.

The lunch thing was at the Markum Inn in Marquam (little itty bitty podunk town outside the Mount Angel/Silverton area) for Collin's Grandma. It was arranged by the nursing home she's in. It was nice and the food was good and inexpensive. Collin's cousin James overdid it a little... He has been a vegan for about four years and recently decided to eat meat again. This was his first real burger, and he got a Jumbo Markum Burger (which is like a 1/2 pound of beef with ham and cheese and so on) with fries. Poor guy should have stopped at the halfway point when his stomach first got upset... But he didn't. He ate the whole thing, and then subsequently chucked it once we got outside before we took the big group photo... Nothing else eventful happened after that... I think.

Sunday: We picked up Joshua bright and early, came here and had breakfast, and just sort of chilled. Then around 12:30 we headed over to dad's. Jenn made an early dinner for us. She also showed me a picture from her ultrasound. Sooooo cute.... Little itty bitty parasite growing in my sister to become an even cuter baby niece or nephew. Four weeks and she should be able to find out whether it's a boy or girl. Jordan was fun... At first. Right before we had to leave he started acting out (he didn't know we would be leaving shortly), and threw a huge tantrum. This involved kicking, hitting, screaming, and biting. It was bad. After he calmed down he apologized and gave us all hugs and kisses before we left. Then we took Joshua home, and picked up some dessert. Mind you, it was still Easter Sunday. We stopped at WalMart and thought maybe we would hit up the Easter candy, but it was all gone already! They had cleared it out and put out the "summer" stuff... It wasn't even 7pm on Easter Sunday! WTF people?

Monday: We went to the park, and his parents house to borrow a shovel, and bought plants at Costco (I forgot we had bought a plant at WalMart Saturday night...). While we were at his parents we got a really cool plant from them. It's like grass, but it's black! He (I decided it's a male plant) looks emo so I named him Trevor. Collin named the plant we bought at WalMart (he also picked it out). He's a Blue Star Juniper, and Collin named him Frederick.

Tuesday: Collin had to go to work...(sad)... I cleaned the entire house before 10am, and this was taking my time. Then I got to work in the flower bed. I turned the soil, then mixed in the potting mix we bought on Monday, and then arranged the flowers (in their pots) so I could get an idea of what they would look like. At this point it was time for some lunch so I took a break. After said break I planted everything (except the Begonias, I will plant those as I feel like it), and watered them. It looks AWESOME! There will be pics on MySpace in the next couple days. I never caught the right sunshiney moment today for me to get good pics of the finished product.

Today: Went to the park and managed not to get attacked or killed by hobbits. Did some laundry and mostly chilled. Renewed our Costco membership. Watched a movie OnDemand. Nothing too exciting.

The past two days have re-enforced the fact that I could not be a housewife. I would be bored out of my mind or would have to redecorate our home every month. It'd be one thing to be a stay at home mom where you have a child or children to keep you more than busy enough, but as just a house wife, no kids, would lead me to drink. I'm sure there are rich housewives out there who keep themselves more than occupied (with the pool boy), but that's not for me. Even if I won a BIG lottery prize I would still have to work or I would go absolutely mad as rabbits.

To be continued...

Tune in next time for Vacation: Part Two.... Though I may post between now and then... We'll see won't we. Now it's time for bed (it's 10:24.)

Good Night!