Poolicious!

Cooling off last weekend in the pool! Taken at Heather Farms in Walnut Creek, CA. 

I'm back...

I've had no time for bloggin' lately...

I had a stupid little cold all last week. Jeff got it too. It was enough to kick my butt, but not enough to do full-blown damage. Travis had a runny nose for like a day, and that was it. A big Woo Hoo for breastfeeding antibodies! :)

Every one of the weekends since our trip have been family stuff... water park, amusement park, MIL's house, Jeff's Grandma's, etc.

I just want to do NOTHING this weekend! Stay home, and clean up the apartment togeether. It is unbelievably messy right now... I have like 6 loads of laundry to be folded, and a sink of dishes that needs to be pre-washed and loaded into the dishwasher... I'm sure I'll get to some of that tonight. The bathrooms and kitchen need a top to bottom, and the whole apartment needs to be vacuumed. Trash and recycling need to go out... it's truely a sight.... but I can't get a lot done with the baby... when he naps, I need one too sometimes, or at least a breather.

I am 3/4 of the way through my coursework for my measly 5 credits... then I will finally be a high-school graduate. Better 10 years late than never! :)

I just got done with The House on Mango Street for my class. I picked it up yesterday morning. I am already done with the study guide. I am going to take the end of book test tomorrow. Then I need to watch a film (West Side Story) and do a 5 page essay. No big deal. I do need to get it done before Aug. 13th to avoid taking the exit exam. That's the new requirement. That would suck ass, as I do not like math one little bit.

So, I have been busy... and Travis has two new teeth. Still not crawling yet... I think he's just lazy. Ha!











I'm getting a new Hotsling. :) It's purdy. The black one didn't fit right, so I exchanged it, and should get it soon I hope!

Buttcrack O' Dawn

So, I've been awake since 5:00am. Why? Don't know. I woke up around 4:30ishto pee and get my usual ice water ... and I couldn't get back to sleep. Weird. So, I nursed the baby, and came out to the livingroom for early morning interneting.

And I just put in 3 loads of laundry before the complex wakes up and decends upon the laundryroom. Ha!

The last few weekends have been busy... last weekend we went to Paramount's Great America with MIL, and SIL. It was way fun. We took turns handing off Travis so we all got to ride rollercoasters and such. The weekend before (Sat of the 4th weekend) we went Jeff, me and the baby to Raging Waters for the first time together as a family. Aww... yesterday we went to Raging Waters again. We bought the Season Pass for R.W. and the Great America season pass was free with admission. Woo hoo! :)

Tonight we're going over to Jeff's Grandmother's for dinner. Mid-afternoon-early-dinner... :)

So, I'm waiting for Tori Amos tickets to go onsale at 10am. She's playing in Concord on 9/11. Weird date, huh? So, yeah. I'm actually going to go all by myself! I am stoked! Jeff and Travis are going to hang out at MIL's up there while I go. I have NEVER been to a concert alone before! Or a movie, either. Strange huh?

So, that will be my b-day gift. I am so stoked about that!

I am anxiously awaiting my other b-day gifts (to me!) My Kitchenaid Food Processor should be here any day. I got my Super Baby Food cookbook, and can't wait to start making Travis' food with my new processor! Also bought a black Hotsling! Woo Hoo! Hopefully that will be here soon... I think it may be on backorder, though. :(

So, yeah... and this coming week some moms from my group are meeting up to iscuss a babysitting co-op. How cool is that? I really wanna join the gym... and maybe take a yoga class so that would be good... to trade hours, and stuff.



Also, this site is amazing!!!

That's it for now... yawn.

MMM!

My apartment smells so yummy right now! I heart my slow cooker. I don't use it enough, really. But, when I do it makes me so happy! :)

Minimal effort, and dinner is done. Plus the yummyful smells all day, of course.

I'm doing BBQ in the crockpot tonight. 3 1/2 lb chuck roast, sprinkled with s & p and onion and garlic powder. Pour 2 1/4 C. Cattleman's BBQ sauce on top... cook on low for 9 hours. Couldn't be easier! I'm going to add sliced Vidalias toward the end and also make cauliflower, and something else... mashed potatoes?

Travers is throwing a fit... be back later.

Travis' First 4th of July!