Aaaaa-CHOO!

My 12 yr old son, Alex, is going off to Science Camp next month. Anyone who has to take medication on a regular basis has to have each and every med approved by their doctor, even over the counter stuff. It's got to be written exactly how it should be taken, when and how much.

Alex suffers from seasonal allergies, thankfully for him (and me!) he really only has problems in the spring time. Hopefully, he won't have a problem while he's gone.

Which leads me to my next (very random) thought, maybe I should invest in a dehumidifier? I've been reading up on them because I didn't even know what they did. I know about humidifiers, just not dehumidifiers.

This site I am reading though says that if your room is air conditioned then you probably don't need a dehumidifier, or at least you shouldn't need one. So there you have it.

Anyway, back to Science Camp. This program is so much fun. The camp they are going is to has been used with the Bay Area schools for something like 65 years. I'm pretty sure I went when I was in school. We took a trip in the 6th grade, all the 6th grade classes went. This was our big end of the year class trip.

927 acres of Redwood forests and just a few short miles from the ocean, what more could a kid ask for? My son, Kyle, went last year and had a ball. I know Alex will too.

It's sounding better by the minute...

I am seriously thinking about taking my laptop and going to sit in Barnes & Noble just so I can get some work done. Kids are fighting, tearing the house apart, and not listening. Ugh, it's 4 pm.. off to straighten up....the story of my life.

Catch ya later.

Been Sick..

I just noticed after posting earlier today that it's been a whole 4 days since my last blog, so I thought I owed you a little explanation. I got sick over the weekend, I started feeling yucky on Sunday and by Monday I was officially feeling run over.

DH stayed home Tuesday to let me rest and I slept til 11 am. He's so sweet.. I felt tons better the next day.

Not to mention, I've been busy helping Amanda get things ready for the Grand Opening at PPF.

Tomorrow is the last day that my products will be available in my OAKS store. Some things will be getting retired but most will be in my NEW store at PPF. There will be very little downtime between moves.

And of course my new little secret project has been keeping me busy as well. I can't wait to let y'all in on the little secret! Stay tuned!

That Wacky Mailman!

I find this utterly hilarious but I get a ton of mail order catalogs that I didn't ask for. More often than not they are for a past tenant, I'm not on too many mailing lists and the ones I am on, I put myself on. But I do enjoy flipping through catalogs looking at things I think are pretty but will probably never buy. It's kinda fun.

Anyway, today I got one that was totally out of the blue. It was for equestrian riding apparel. Now, I live in a mostly suburban area.. I don't have any horses, but I am a country girl at heart!

In fact, I used to ride in my "younger days". My grandmother has had horses since my mom was a teenager. It was one thing that I really enjoyed sharing with my Gramma. You know how most little girls fantasize about having a pony? Yeah well, I had a pony. My Gramma had bought him for me when I was about 4 or 5. She actually put me on a horse for the first time when I was 2. She had me taking lessons up until I was a teenager. I had stopped riding for awhile and really haven't been since I started having kids. I do miss it.

I remember, when I was about 9 or 10, I had started taking lessons with a new trainer. He put me on this HUGE horse. I am not a tall person as an adult, I'm only 4'11". So you can imagine how tiny I was at 10 years old!

He was teaching me to jump on this huge horse. Once I got used to being up that high, I didn't give it a second thought. But for balance and trust he had me jumping short hurdles with my eyes shut and no hands. My arms were spread out at my sides horizontally. it sounds alot scarier than it really was though. I totally loved this horse.

So I guess this catalog wasn't completely out of nowhere but still it was kinda odd since I haven't ridden in 12 years LOL! Not to mention.. it wasn't even for me!

Puuppy Power!!

My brother called me last night to ask me if the kids and I would like to come over to his house today. I asked why and he said to see my new puppy.... so you can photograph him. LOL!

Ok sounds like fun to me. My brother and his cousin, who is also his housemate, recently got purebred boxer pups. They are brother and sister and oh so sweet! The little white one in the sweater (*IBERH), is the cousin's little girl puppy.. she doesn't have a name quite yet.

The little brown one is my brother's and his name is Bailey. No doubt named for Bailey's Irish Cream. My brother has been woring in the Wine & Spirits business for the last few years so that was a given lol.

Watchin the Boob Tube!

**IBERH= Insert Big Eye Roll Here

American Gladiator-WOOHOO!

I am sitting on the couch with my husband, who is watching American Gladiators. I used to totally love this show whenI was a kid, that's really not saying too much since I also used to watch WWF on USA, haha!

Anyway, the first two contenders went up against each other and they had to do this obstacle course. At one point they had to go up this pyramid that had these big treadmills on them going up the pyramid. They had to run up the moving treadmill and near the top there was a rope they could grab for leverage.

Well, the one girl was way ahead of the other one but she got stuck on this treadmill portion and she kept getting to the top then her legs would give out and she fell, this happened a few times. Enough so that the other girl caught up and WON! She was so cute.. I was hurting just watching her!!

Kind of fun to watch!

Fooooooooore!!

So, those who read daily or know me offline, know that my dad is back in town. My kids are very excited about this. My 12 year old is especially excited because one thing he and my dad did together was golf. Even my husband went out golfing with him. It's nice because they really have alot of fun golfing. Now, even my 6 year old wants to go golfing.

Alex, the 12 yr old, gave his little brother his old golf clubs because my dad got him a new set of Nike golf clubs last year. Braeden, of course, is going to be crushed because he is still too little to go. My dad said something about the place they used to go doesn't let small kids on the green anymore. I think Alex started going when he was about 8.

I guess we'll see what happens, I'm sure they'll find somewhere they can all go and have fun.