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Having spent far too long lazying away the summer, I have decided that since it was essentially my last real summer with the kids before I would have to be working full time, that I really needed to make it worthwhile! So today, I got up early and got the kids rounded up into the car. First we headed to the library where we all got new library cards. The kids each found four books and we decided that this is something that we could do each week! Next we stopped at Hobby Lobby where we picked up watercolors, brushes, and watercolor paper so that we could try our hands at PAINTING! Then we headed to wal-mart for some groceries! We came home, made some lunch, cleaned up (and let the kids put away the dishes 
and headed outside to enjoy nature and PAINT! Michael was inspired to paint some of his new Pokemons 
while Audrey was inspired by the nature around her 
Here is some of Michael’s work…
Audrey’s work…
and my first shot at painting…
After we were done painting, we pulled out our yard games and decided to play some Horseshoes…
After dinner at Drew and Erin’s, both kids settled into bed to read their library books…
Michael reading his Snoopy book…
Audrey reading one of her Arthur books…
This weekend started off with a bang with Becca’s Thursday night arrival! She was able to get away early (Thank you Aunt Elise!!!) and get here Thursday so we would have some extra time together! That night we played cards with Drew and Erin and watched 27 Dresses into the weeeeee hours of the night. Friday, we dragged our bootays out of bed around 11:30AM and then headed out to the Salvation Army to discover that $0.25 FRIDAYS ARE BACK!!!! We were thrilled and my kids enjoyed looking through ALL of the clothes for anything that had a yellow tag (rendering it a QUARTER).
Friday night Drew came over and we played some more Euchre and Durock (that is sooo not the way to spell it, but it’s Russian so I have NO clue). It was great fun! After Drew pooped out and Chris headed to bed, Becca and I watched The Perfect Man. It was mindless and fun, but we were up late AGAIN!!
Saturday brought even more fun as Becca, Chris and I prettied ourselves up (and the kids got to spend some time with Grandma and Grandpa Staley…THANKS Mom and Dad!!!) to attend the wedding of Sarah Benson, one of my friends from school 
It was a beautiful wedding and a fun reception! When we got home from the reception Drew came over yet again to get some more card playing in! We had to kick him out by midnight however, because we all had to be up early to head to Muscatine. Chris was meeting his friend Lori for lunch at his favorite restaurant Peking while Becca and I were heading to our friend Jeanna’s Garden BABY SHOWER 
We arrived early and took in the beautiful decor 
and the yummy food 
Soon our other friend Danaka arrived 
and we sat together to gab a bit waiting for the festivities to start 
There were several fun games, one being Baby Jeopardy which our table totally RULED on! We all got fun prizes! Then it was time for opening the gifts 
and cake 
Then it was time to head out so that we could pick up the kids from my Mom and Dad, but not before saying goodbye and talking about when we would all get together to play SingStar again 
!!!!
As we picked up the kids from my Mom and Dad we were lucky enough to get to spend some time with Uncle Ben and Dom, Nova, and Lola! We always love to get to see THEM!!! Sadly, soon after Becca had to head home and even sadder, I couldn’t go with her… It was still a GREAT weekend!!!
So the news has been reporting for a few days that President Bush was going to visit Iowa and tour some of the flooded areas to see what was going on…
Anyways, this morning my carpool buddies picked me up at 0900 and we start heading up I-380 towards Cedar Rapids. At around 0915 we get passed by a state trooper. Big deal, you might say. Well, right after the state trooper is a black SUV, then another, then another. Holy crap, we realize it is the Presidential Motorcade. So the motorcade consists of the first state trooper, followed by about probably 8 of the black Chevrolet Suburbans, followed by probably 8 white vans marked “Media” or “Support” or something similar. Then a few other cars behind that. So they passed us and KC (our driver) pulled into the left lane, only for us to realize, we just broke into the presidential motorcade!!! OOPS! So he pulled back in to the right lane and let everyone pass, then at the tail of the motorcade was another state trooper, who promptly moved over to the center lane of the interstate, so both lanes were blocked. Continue reading ‘Something you don’t see everyday in Iowa’
I just saw one of the most amazing things I have ever seen in my life! More to come in a few hours…
So now I will entertain you with “before” filthy pictures and the “after” clean pictures. It is really ridiculous!
My bedroom before:
My bedroom AFTER:
My living room BEFORE:
My living room AFTER:
My hallway BEFORE:
My hallway AFTER:
Michael’s room BEFORE:
Michael’s room AFTER:
and finally my kitchen/dining room BEFORE:
And my kitchen/dining room AFTER:
Yay it is DONE!!!!
DEEP CLEAN!!! I have assured Chris and people who may have left stuff at my house that there will be unprecedented purging this deep clean cycle! I am TIRED of seeing so much JUNK! It’s all gonna GO! I am too ashamed to show you before pictures before it is actually clean because quite honestly it looks as though I have been absent from LIFE right now, which is pretty much true. Alas, I can stand the mess no longer so here I goooooooooooooooooo…
OK, so I have a very important question…
Which of these colors BEST matches color “GB”?
I need to order scrubs and they have to be the closest to GB as I can get.
Hurry, please let me know!!!
So those of you who know me know that a few years ago Audrey chopped off all of her hair… well, she cut it in such a way that I was forced to chop the rest of it off. It was difficult for me and I vowed that I would not cut her hair again until it was long because I wanted to see what it looked like long.
I have kept this up for two years and now I can say without a shadow of a doubt that… apparently Audrey can not grow long hair. Ehh, even that isn’t true, she can GROW it, it just doesn’t do anything but spiral up into a curl unless it is soaking wet like this
Sadly, with the summer heat and humidity all this really leads to is tangles, tangles, and more tangles. I finally had to give in and just make the CUT! Here’s a BEFORE 
and here is the AFTER
After her haircut we decided to put the finishing touches up in Audrey’s room. For her birthday we had redecorated and repainted and had to wait for the paint to dry. So here are the new additions to Audrey’s room…
So a few months ago I was driving with the kids in some bad weather and I pulled over because it was raining so hard I couldn’t see. We went inside Walgreens to wait for it to clear up when they informed us there was a tornado warning. They locked down the store and I had to wait in the little break room with the kids and the employees. It really sucked. I didn’t have any idea what was going on so I kept texting Kate, who was in class with a computer and internet access, to find out what was going on. As it turns out, the tornado didn’t get too close to us, but I was still a little freaked out knowing there was a tornado warning in effect and I was away from my computer and TV and couldn’t figure out what was going on.
So later that night I signed up for some free severe weather alerts at http://www.weatherusa.net/alerts/. You have the option of having text messages sent to your phone, an email, or both. So far it’s been working well. Now when there is severe weather we are notified immediately.
I have no affiliation with this site other than being a satisfied customer (am I a customer if it is free?). Anyways, just wanted to let you all know in case you wanted to sign up.
