So...how's it goin?

Yesterday, my family gathered together in Utah for the baptism of my beautiful niece. I've lived away from my family for near a decade now, I miss family functions a lot. Even though its been a long time I still get a little homesick for my family when I know they are all together and I'm not there. I guess I just feel like I'm missing out on all the fun. (And maybe I'm a little scared that they don't miss me.)

I set out for a little reassurance in the form of a short, nonspecific, text message to my sister- "So, how's it goin?" and in response, I got these:

"Goin Good"



(My little bro Tay-luh and his cute wife Tara)



(My Mom on the right with my Aunt)



"We miss you"



(My sister Lisa strategically placed to show my cousins in the background)

Yes, that's exactly what I wanted to hear, and yes, I teared up for a sec. Thank you, Lisa! (BTW, super cute glasses!)



Rut-Rohh!

1. It's Fall again, and again I am obliged to say, "I hate fall!"
2. This is also the point in the semester where I think I'm horribly failing at EVERYTHING, but soldier on anyway.
3. I just can't seem to get enough sleep, and believe me, it's not for lack of trying. I've been taking naps and sleeping through the night, I'm just so tired all the time.
4. *Sigh* you guys! A few of my in-laws decided to show up to church on Sunday. Surprise! Yeah, thanks for letting us know, jack holes. I love walking into extremely stressful situations with my in-laws, at church, with absolutely no warning. It was lovely.
5. Going back to #4. Yes, there is now cause for repentance. Apparently, it doesn't feel good to be rude to someone at church, which just made me more mad. It was awesome.
6. My transmission went out. :(  I have to ride up to school with my husband 3-4 hours before my class starts. It's really not sooooo bad, except when it is. Also, I haven't been able to exercise as much as I want. I'm only getting 2 workouts in a week, which, lets face it, is lame-O. Special thanks to Steph who keeps giving me rides. She's so nice.
7. But all these crappy happenings aside, things really aren't so bad around here. It just seems like it, I promise.   **SMILE**
8. I made a nice diner and sugar cookies last night. I asked my husband if the fact that I cooked that night made me more sexy. He said that, yes, in fact, it does.
9. My little boy has another ear infection. It's one those really bad infections were the doctor seriously cringes when they see it, and there he was, jumping around, laughing and smiling. I swear if the school nurse didn't call me, I would never know he was sick.  
10. Oh this just in! I went up to school at 9am for my 12:30pm class (remember my car broke down) just to have my class cancelled. Hooray. I love wasting time like that.

Right.

1. So the count down to Mockingjay came down today. I'm actually really sad to see it go, it's been on here for hundreds of days. Now I feel like I have nothing to look forward to.
2. Speaking of Mockingjay, I have finally read it and I liked it. What's your problem with it anyway?
3. We went to Minnesota for Labor day. We had fun and I still can't get over how good that Juicy Lucy with the blue cheese was. Holy Moly.

4. You know? That actually pretty well sums it up. Not a lot going on around here. Then I guess there is  nothing left to do but look at some pictures.

There, I posted.

I Just Got Done Folding The Laundry

Is it silly to say that I feel like taking a victory lap? I mean I would say yes, but I still really want to take that victory lap.

I do know that if my husband had folded the laundry, I would have been all, "What? You want a trophy or something?"

 But sure as heck, when he comes home from work tonight, looks around our messy house and asks, "What did you do today?" I'll puff my chest out, throw my hands on my hips and declare, "I folded the laundry!" like I was announcing that I found the cure for cancer. Then I would expect applause or something equally gratifying, like his standard response, "Wow, you're wonderful."
Oh wow!! I just had an epiphany. When my husband helps around the house and wants major praise, I should give it to him, because I expect the same thing! Whoa......I did not expect this post to take this kind of turn.

Neat, blogging totally "marriage counseled" me today. I should do this more often.

I'm Totally Going to Get in Trouble for This

But, I don't care! Because it's so funny!

If you have met my husband, than you know he is about the coolest person you have ever met.  You see, I can prove this coolness. Someone who knew my husband "back in the day" posted this photo on facebook, and of course I stole it (Ha,ha!). I'm guessing it was taken between '90 and '92 sometime, that would make him 16, 17 or 18.

Now, I know what you are thinking, that this is just some stupid photo of my husband chasing a girl. But I say, forget about the girl already, and let's take a closer look at him.

Isn't he the dreamiest?

He is totally my density.

(He just didn't know it yet.)

First Day of School, 2010-2011

Did anybody else recite this to their kids when they woke them up this morning?

I did. This what he looked like after I did it:

"Good morning, Sunshine!"

Here they are, waiting on the bus.

And then they were gone and I wasn't quite sure what to do with myself. I wasn't expecting that.

But then they came back, so it was okay.

(My kids are awesome 'cause they ride the short bus.)

Keep Your Eye On the Sky

(This isn't gonna be the most exciting post, just wanted to post something, so here it is.)

In my little town are two airports. One is a little bigger and accommodates private jets and also has a military hanger. The other is a municipal airport and serves mostly hobby fliers. It just so happens that we live under the flight path of both airports. We see lots of stuff fly over, some more noisy than others.

Military. They were hauling something that day, you see that long pole attached to the side? These helicopters are by far the noisiest that fly over.

There was a Hot Air Balloon festival in town over Memorial Day Weekend, I didn't get to go, but they came to me so it was okay.

I assume this is military also, I have no idea what it is.

This guy flies over our house often. Mostly on Saturdays.

When the Stealth bombers were stationed at Whitman Air force base in Missouri, we would see them fly over all the time, also. We see lots of old war planes from World War One and Two as one of the airports hosts a fly in every year. I guess some might consider all the noise a nuisance, but I like to hear the rumble and run outside to see what is flying over today. It's fun.