I honestly cant believe we're in the 6th months.
I saw a post that said - only 14 more weekends till Fall & I was mind blown. That means it'll be like 10 weeks till Pumpkin flavored things explode everywhere. Isnt that wild to think about....
Anyhoo... here's some highlights over the weekend
FRIDAY
* Ricky was on his way home while I worked from home & he asked if I wanted anything. Tell me how great apps are when I can order what I want at Starbucks & he can just zip right by & pick it up. The future is good. & the burst of green tea caffeine pushed me through the rest of the day.
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| Even got a little smiley face - I think? |
* It had rained most of the day - gloomy, chilly rain - so when it finally broke & the sun came out, it was such a beautiful evening. The clouds were just so fluffy - totally fall like clouds. I'm done with rain now for a bit.
We had gone over & fed the horses & I sat with mom's cat for awhile. I was just so tired & decided to stay home & rest for the evening.
I must have been really tired because I dont even remember what I watched on TV that evening.... brain shut down
SATURDAY
GLORIOUS - I slept in. I rarely sleep in & most of the time, I dont like the way it makes me feel. Like I missed a part of the day. Morning is my favorite time of the day - watching the world be quite & still - coming alive slowly. But we're talking perfect sleeping in conditions. Fans on - window open & crisp cool 50 degree air - I ended up sleeping in till nearly 8am. What am I? - a teenager? ... nah - teenagers sleep till noon. But it felt the same to me.
I made some coffee & wrote in my journal for the morning... & grabbed my book & started reading. OMG - this book is the CUTEST book. I'm really not a big fan of romance books - but this is just adorable. The perfect Rom-Com vibes - I think I laughed over a dozen times - LOUD laugh. I even choked up & cried. This was just precious. It had one part at the end that I was side eyeing - I dont care - the vibes carried it through - pure 5 star read for me.
Speaking of side eye.... look at this dog saying "you're going to read over playing with me?"
I am a serious reader too....I love annotating books with flags & highlighters... & I keep a notebook for all the books I read. It's come in so handy to look back when someone asks about a book - I have characters & plot points & quotes... I dont play around when it comes to books. LOL
I'll have you take note of the rocks at the top of that page too.... those are all ROCKS I've taken out of RUSTY'S MOUTH! ... that dog! My goodness - he loves to chomp on some rocks. We've dug up half of our landscaping but he still manages to find them. Drives me INSANE
I finally had to get life in order & went to do some laundry, clean & vacuum the house.... & of course, I lean down to get dog toys out from under the bed & lovely .... I hurt my knee. It only hurts when weight is on it. So if I'm standing, I can put all my weight on my other leg & its fine - but take a step - put any weight on the leg & NOOOO! .... oh well, perfect time to sit & ice it up watching some French Open. GO USA & COCO!!!!
I ended up getting more done around the house - limping the whole time - & of course more reading.... & then Ricky said, lets go get some dinner. Works for me. We went & took care of the horses & gave mom's cat some love & then headed out. I got some Veggie Fajitas & these were AMAZING! Broccoli, carrots, mushrooms, red peppers, onions, green beans.... I could have just eaten this straight off the frying pan with a fork - but of COURSE I'm gonna put them in a tortilla & put on some cheese, guac & lettuce!
I left there & headed down to sit with mom for a few hours.
She is still doing really well in rehab. I was so happy to get her bed fixed though. She had been looking like she was hanging off the edge of it & her feet were hitting the foot board. She's not a tall woman so it never made sense.... but after getting some nurses to come look, they figured out what was wrong. They pulled the mattress back, fixed the bed adjustments & AHHH - mom looked so comfortable when I left for the night. Sweet dreams mom!
I got home & just devoured my book.... I only had like 50 pages to go & I just left to enjoy in the morning - didnt want to rush.
Plus, I had to catch up on The Love Hotel on Bravo..... Ashley - girl - you are a mess!
SUNDAY
I slept so well again with this fresh cool air - so UN-JUNE like. The dogs were all cuddled in bed with me & I couldn't understand why. Usually, they're with Ricky until they hear me wake up.... but I got up, went to start the coffee maker & my cell phone rings... & its Ricky. WHAT IN THE WORLD?
LOL - he was craving a Starbucks coffee so went down - at 7 am to go get one - he must have REALLY been craving it. He asked what I wanted & I was like, works for me - put up the coffee maker!
I finished up my book waiting for him to get home with it....& perfect morning
I was playing with the dogs & straightening up & all of a sudden, see a commotion out in the back yard & that coffee must have hit just right because Ricky had a ladder out & chopping parts of our tree off. He gets in his tree cutting moods.
He spent the WHOLE day cutting down trees - back in the woods, he took out a HUGE one. He terrifies me when he does it. He acts like he knows what he's doing - but I question it & remind him - he's gotten very LUCKY with each tree he's taken down.
I wonder if there's a school to teach how to cut down trees .... he'd love it - that's for sure.
I started a new book & was in & out of it through the day - watched some more tennis with Shelton & Alcarez playing (those young kids are BEASTS), seeing mom, prepping for the week ahead, paying bills - the weekend just needs more than 2 days - so not fair.
I got an early shower & then spent most of the night picking ticks off Ricky where he was in trees all day. SO MANY TICKS!!!! ....ewww....
I ended up finishing this book & can I say - NO - just NO.... not a good one. I listened to a podcast on it today & they agreed - which makes me feel so validated. Its noted as the next Adie Larue - I can assure you - it is NOT. This just got a big 1.5 stars from me. & that half star is being generous.
& another weekend in the books...
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