Cinco de Drink-o

I have to give credit to my co-worker Judith for that title. I loved it when she shared it with us this afternoon over luch. Tonight was day 2 of my b-day week festivities and it was even better than yesterday. Robert took over dinner again tonight with a little help from some friends to BBQ some fajitas and chicken. They then made some yummy quesadillas and margaritas. He even bought me some of these which I had been dying to try:
It was perfect with dinner. The fact that some of those friends are still here glued to the TV watching the Mavs play makes me think maybe today was not so much about me. Oh well I got dinner and drinks out of it without much effort from me and that's always a good thing. :)

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Let the Birthday Festivities Begin

My 5th graders have been asking me for a couple of weeks now when my birthday is and what I'd like and how I'm going to celebrate it. Since they seemed to be so excited about it I thought I'd get into it too. On the way home from lunch yesterday I decided to try and do something every day up until Thursday to celebrate. Robert stepped in tonight and swapped places with me in the kitchen to get dinner ready. It was perfect he did the grocery shopping (for the most part), prepared everything while I went out for a short run and had it ready by the time I got back. It was so nice to not have to worry about making dinner tonight. Here's a picture of him in the kitchen getting things ready: Tomorrow we've decided to celebrate with quesadillas and margaritas in honor of Cinco de Mayo. He did such a good job today he's getting another guest spot in the kitchen tomorrow.:)

What a Sunday!

I'm so glad I got to bed early last night because we had a full day today! The long run I wanted to take this morning didn't happen in the A.M. Instead we enjoyed breakfast at his grandmas. As we walked in they were already starting to clean up but she took our "breakfast order" right away. She is so good to us! On the way home we both decided that we needed to get our chores done today. For Robert that means cutting the lawn, for me it's laundry, picking up and MOPPING! I hate mopping but am so glad I got it over with! We decided to reward ourselves for our hard work by going out for lunch instead of making something at home. The rest of the afternoon was spent browsing the aisles of Tuesday Morning and Target. We have some graduations, baptisms, and communions coming up so the search for gifts was on. We ended up with a couple and a some cute ideas for the others. After I got home I decided it was time to make up that long run I missed this morning. I met Aurora out for a run and it was just what I needed. I set out with a goal and made it and she did awesome too. I ended up running 8.15 miles! I'm sure I'll be hurting a little tomorrow but it's so worth it.

Leelou Giveaway

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The ArtWalk last night was fun and Jesse's art work was awesome! His creativity and talent is unbelievable. On our way home Robert and I talked about how we need to invest in one of his pieces. I think I have a favorite but everytime I see something new of his I change my mind. Here are some pics of some of his masterpieces:

This morning started off rough. I woke up to realize that I had left my debit card at a bar we stopped at on our way home. Actually we realized it last night but didn't want to go back and get it. That was my first stop. I then rushed to Wal-Mart to pick up some food for Charlie. I'm seriously such a neglectful mother. On my way home Robert called me to tell me he had just received a call from his dad and it wasn't good news. His grandmother had suffered a heart attack and was in the hospital waiting to be taken into surgery. :( I rushed home to change so we could head to the hospital. Half way there we got a call letting us know to head back home. His grandmother was going to be taken in for surgery and we wouldn't be able to see her until 5. We both napped for a while and then went back around 4. We finally got to see her and she looked so good. She was still a little out of it from the meds but said she already felt better. We'll be back to visit her tomorrow and hope it's more good news. I've really slacked off with my running and am starting to feel it. I NEED a long run tomorrow and am going to try and get it in early. Off to bed now, need to be ready when that alarm goes off!

Goodbye April, Hello May!!!!

Where did April go? When I woke up this morning I couldn't believe it was already the first day of May. I think the fact that we tested twice this month (beginning and end) played a huge part in April flying by. May is always such a busy month for us. We called the park at the beach to cancel the reservation for our RV for the month of May yesterday.:( As we talked about what will be going on in May we thought it might be better to just save that money for something else. The next few weekends we will be busy with graduations, baptisms, birthday parties, Mother's Day, the end of the school year, and of course Memorial Day weekend! Just typing them all out tired me out! That tired, worn out feeling must be going around because today I had 4 students out! I know for sure 1 was sick but the others I'm not so sure about. Tonight I'm looking forward to the last ArtWalk of the season. One of my friend's husbands is having a solo art show and I can't wait to see his creativity displayed for us all. I had thought about running in another 5K tomorrow but that may change if we decide to stay out a little late tonight. :)