iphone photos from the weekend

 kaylee had invited all of us to chubby the bears bearmitvah friday night. 

it ended up being a last minute throw down saturday afternoon. 

ollie, the neighborhood thug, was even invited.

 the hostess and guest of honor. 

he's wearing only a shirt so he could sit up. his pants made him fall down.

 ham telling me to stop with the photos

 then ham decides to confiscate my phone and take pictures of me.

yum- CAKE!

 saturday night we decided to take advantage of ham being home so we did a last minute date night. we went to landrys for dinner and ate outside under the shade. not sure when i wore a short skirt last and see that wad of hair on my shoulders? its heavy and hot. maybe time for a haircut?

then on sunday we went to get this crape myrtle. it was 70% off. we were going to go for a taller one but didn't want to bug our neighbors to borrow their truck. i also wanted a fig or olive tree instead but they didn't have any and we didn't want to go anywhere else because it was so stink'n hot out.

ollie, name change and diy fever-sort of

ollie with a feather in his mouth

1. not sure where he got that feather and i didn't go and investigate. 

2. when i saw him like this i had to laugh, it was like he was saying " just chill'n ma, just chill'n".

3. after reading some blogs, i've decided mike needs to change his name. its so "normal" unlike tec, cree or ithyle.

4. kaylee suggested we change his name to bon jovi. not sure where her fascination with that name came from since she doesn't even know who he/they are.

5. i'm super sad that i will be missing the train concert on friday night. they're 30 minutes away from my house. 30 MINUTES AWAY!

6. mike is out of town and i have no babysitter.  [the bad part about living away from family and friends]

7. i'm going to try my hand at making one of those yarn wreaths in aggie colors- gig' em!

8. those aggies sure have a lot of songs, signs and cheers. 

9. and while i'm feeling crafty and gutsy- almost got myself talked into doing a fireplace make-over this weekend.

10. which is a funny thought because i haven't even started a little task like painting ham's room and bathroom yet. [in my defense, ham is super picky about the tan color i pick]

crazy ideas, budgets and dogs

one year ago today; on our way to hawaii

1. i can't tell you how many times i have pleaded, begged, texted, demanded and emailed mike that we should sell all our shit  stuff and move to hawaii.

2. we do consider it. then all things comfy comes and wipes out that crazy idea.

3. it would be much easier if we didn't have kids.

4. so yesterday, kaylee got yet another swim suit because it was only $10. i noticed when i take other people with me, i tend to buy stuff i hadn't planned on.

5. i'm trying really hard to keep us on a budget only giving us so much money every 2 weeks to spend.

6. though i didn't count the $175.00 for mike's speeding ticket. 10 miles over = $175.00 ticket- isn't that kinda steep texas?!

7. though he does have the option to take a $115 on-line driving course which will clear all records of it every happening but mr. moneybags has no time for that.

8. we had friends come over to swim yesterday.

9. and having 2 dogs in the house has made my statement of "i'm not a dog person" even more true. [no matter how cute they are]

10. so for once in my life- i can not wait to disinfect and clean my house![after fiona goes home tomorrow]