so last friday

from tennis camp: coach ro

1.  before school, mike texted me saying we should get kaylee out of school early and go and visit ham up in college station. (kaylee read the text before me) 

2. we couldn't go because she has tennis from 4:30-5:30 and this is only her 2nd lesson.

3. she was not happy when i dropped her off at school that morning but seemed fine when i went to eat lunch with her.

4. mike picked her up after school and she went straight to her room.  she was pouting that she had tennis and that she didn't want to go and that she doesn't like tennis.

5. mike took her to her lessons so he could watch her but next thing i know, he's back home and says she's laying down in the back of the car crying and she wouldn't get out.

6. so i had to be mean mom and told yell that her tiny butt was going to tennis even if that meant that i had to carry her! i stayed to watch just in case she decided to be a butt and not play. 

7. after practice, she was happy again and said it wasn't bad. an hour and half long tantrum all for nothing.

8. guess she ended up having a bad afternoon. her friends got her in trouble for talking and another friend said that they were invited to another friends house and she wasn't able to go because of tennis.

9. since she said she was sorry for throwing her fit, we did let her go to friday night live with her friend meredith that evening. (a church that has events for kids so they have something safe and fun to do)

10. coach ro calls her my because on the first day of camp he asked her what her name was and she said my name is kaylee. (i think its cute)

brain dumping thursday

1. this is kaylee's first day of school photo. i'm still too lazy and won't get my phone to load up ham's. he wouldn't let me post it on facebook.

2. mike said i should do it anyway but i'm friends with a few of ham's friends and they will tell him and then he won't send me any more photos of himself.  i still have at least 2 more years of school photos of him to be taken. (he's a junior but decided to change majors)

3. my grandpa jack was in my dreams last night. i miss that guy.

4. yesterday at boot camp we did time trials to see how much we've improved.  i'm happy to report that i kicked boot camp's ass and finished it. i came in 3rd in my group and my time was 6 minutes.

5. we had to run 400 m, do 40 squats, 30 sit-ups, 20- pushups and 10 burps.

6. we also had to see how many sit-ups, push-ups and squats we could do in 60 secs. i improved on everything.

7. we start a new session on monday. mike has decided to give it a try as well. just to change up his workouts.

8. ham texted me yesterday needing more money and how his car is not running right. i've dubbed him H.A.M = huge amounts (of) money! haha!

9. still dog sitting. i'm ready to be a one dog person again. 3 more days...3 more days....

10. okay, off to find something to make for dinner tonight.

currently

tennis camp 2014

1. being lazy and won't get my phone to load up 1st day of school photos.

2. dog sitting again. [only 5 more days, only 5 more days... seems to be the chant]

3. getting her involved in a sport and tennis is the sport of champions. today is her first lesson.

4. thinking about gymnastics too just because it would be cool to see her do some tumbling action.

5. went up to the woodlands saturday for labor day fireworks. we spent most of our time in line to get kaylee's face painted but it was okay because the music wasn't as good as last time.

6. the johnson's came over sunday with steaks and ribs, garlic bread and baked beans for a cookout. i made meatballs + weiners, hot pizza dip, fruit salad, chili cheese tator tot casserole, crockpot mac-n-cheese and kaylee made brownies for dessert.

7. we did absolutely nothing on monday except order chinese food for dinner.

8. ham didn't come home for the weekend. it was a big party weekend i'm sure at school.

9. freaked out last week because i saw TONS of gray hair so i got myself an appointment at a new place and they did a fantastic job!

10. mike is going to join me for bootcamp next week. a new class starts at 7pm monday, tuesday and thursdays.

since i've been gone [in photos]

 1. payed ham to sweep and steam mop the kitchen.

 2. made kaylee clean up her room. this is just from her closet.

3. mike surprised me with dinner and a this show. it was awesome! 

 4. this is what kaylee texted me when asked for mike's car keys. (thought ham was taking her for ice cream. i thought wrong.)

5. my sister and her girls came to visit for a few days.

6. i got bit by a few fire ants. think i'm slightly allergic. both of my wrists got all swollen and they were in lots of pain!

 7.  took the girls to the pottery's wheel to paint some ceramic pieces.

9. signed her up for tennis camp. it was only for 4 days.

10. ran The Color Run again this year.  it was HOT and SWEATY at 8AM!

boot camp and the weekend

1. i totally needed this reminder.

2. i'm blaming bootcamp and all the aches and pains is making me a grumpy cat.

3. monday bootcamp totally kicked my ass. i did want to see what i was capable of and went running in high speed. with the texas heat a blazin- i ended up not finishing the workout, got dehydrated and might have thrown up a little.

4. wednesdays and friday's class was much better but my poor "muscles"are not use to being abused like this.

5. friday, we took kaylee and a friend up to blue bell ice creamery for a tour.

6. i love that the company is old fashion. they close up shop by 4pm everyday and there's no working on the weekends so employees can spend time with their families. how awesome is that?

7. finally got my flower bed finished on thursday. went to plant garden and got more hostas and tall grass. also went to arbor gates for some lawn decorations. got a metal monkey, a cat marker for our beloved boo-ah and glass bowl bird bath.

8. we've been eating out way too much this week. fuzzy tacos, chipotle for ham, dominos pizza for the girls, jimmy johns because ham has a weird eating schedule, mellow mushroom for pizza and buffalo wild wings twice. once to meet up with friends. and i actually made a meal too!

9. ham's car got fixed and new tires are on order. [fingers crossed nothing else breaks down for awhile so we can recoup]

10. just need to remind myself that its better to have his car fixed then to break down someplace creepy. 

a new day

taken one morning last week

1. it was nice having our house back to normal yesterday. no more noise or trucks in the driveway that wasn't ours.

2. the paint choice turned out awesome. mike likes it a lot.

3. i was kinda down again yesterday.  just felt like we can't get a break with things breaking apart.

4. i could feel our main a/c blowing out hot air.  that would make all 3 of our a/c units having to be worked on this year and in a months time.

5. and ham's car isn't running right and a tiny rubber hose part fell off??? 

6. and i also feel like i'm failing in the fun mom department. i had things planned for the summer but we've done none of them.

7. and none of my weight is coming off.

8. and i still have no friends.

9. but today is a new day.

10. going to wait and see what the a/c unit does today before calling for help. our neighbor friend is getting that hose part for us and i joined a bunco/reading club, just waiting for approval. monday i start boot camp. so glad its a new day.

siding and my instagram is my only friend

 the old roof being taken off

 don't know how those guys can just stand up there- so scary!

 the mess and see our falling siding?

 the new roof -almost done

 old siding off and new siding on or as they call it hardi plank

the backside getting a make over

1. the siding guys fixed and repaired all parts that were falling apart in the front and back of the house. the major part was the back.

2. they're already here to start painting which means they are almost done!

3. i had a color picked out but the guy forgot to save it so they could color match it. [i had mixed 2 paint colors together.]

4. so we went with one that i thought was the color, ended up being the dark color i had originally wanted. guess its a sign.

5. its called texas leather and i found it on pinterest.

6. been a little homesick again. reading what everyones doing on Facebook does that. 

7. and having instagram be your only friend doesn't help much.

8. last friday we did go to a showcase of homes since i had 2 free tickets. [mike got lunch out of it so he was happy]

9. we liked 3 out of 12 homes and of course my favorites were the craftsman style and beach home.

10. hopefully we will be able to build one [craftsman style] by the water