Happy Monday!!

I can say that now because the work day is over! I had a lovely weekend. No working! YAY! I don't know if I can say the same for this weekend. We'll find out Friday. Regardless of what happens with work, I have a hair appt. that cannot or shall I say will not be changed! Aside from me starting to have roots, my Stylist called & said that July is the salon's anniversary month & all services are 50% off. No way am I going to miss out on that.

I worked a little late Friday & then we went with 3 other couples to dinner at Louisiana Lagniappe. It's always so good & Friday was no exception. Then we all went to The Wine Loft for a couple of drinks. I had something called a Ruby Mimosa. It was pineapple juice, champagne & chambord. Really, really good!

I got up early & went to Yoglates Saturday. I'm so glad I went. People always say you never regret a workout & that's really true. It was a tough one though. I met my friend Joni for lunch at Jimmy John's & I went to Mass.  Saturday night we went & visited Dean's cousin. He was transferred to a rehab facility. Then we had dinner at Applebee's. Have y'all ever had their club sandwich? SOOOOO GOOD!

Sunday morning I got up early & went for a 35 minute run. It was so humid. I got in the pool as soon as I got home. I even swam some laps. I don't know when I'll get to go to Yoglates this week with work being the way it is. I plan to run in the morning. Yesterday afternoon I went to Allison's for a Stella & Dot party. They have some really cute stuff. I just got an email saying my stuff shipped today. I can't wait to get it.
Did y'all have a good weekend?

Toodles!

Checking In

What a week! I'm behind on everything. Writing blogs, reading blogs & work. Even though I've been at work more than anyone should be I'm still behind. I see lots of long hours in my future the next few weeks.

I've only been to Yoglates once this week due to the long hours at work. I did manage a 35 minute run this morning. I've discovered that I really need to exercise. It helps with my stress.

Dean's cousin is doing good. He's still in the hospital but out of ICU. He's still in a lot of pain though. Little Maddie is doing ok. She saw a Neurologist & they're going to do some test but he said sometimes people will have a seizure & then never have another one & nobody knows why. Let's hope that's the case. Thanks for all of the prayers.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Toodles!

Prayers please!

Yesterday, Dean's cousin was in an accident at work. He works in a plant. A 40-50 lb. metal thing fell 40 ft. & hit him in the head. Thankfully, he was wearing his hard hat because he still managed to get a fractured skull, broken bone in his face, a broken shoulder & broken ribs. He's going to be ok but he's in for a long & painful recovery. He needs lots of prayers.

Maddie is Scott & Lydia's (my brother & sis-in-law) neighbor. I'm not sure exactly how old she is but in the 10-11 yr. range. Yesterday, in the car on the interstate she had a seizure. She's ok. Please pray that they can figure out what's going on with her & that it's not serious. I can't imagine how scared she must be. Poor baby.

In other news, there is no other news. I didn't feel good at all Saturday. The whole sinus, ear ache, headache thing was going on & I didn't leave the sofa. Sunday, my mom came over for a little while. We floated in the pool & then it rained & I returned to my spot on the sofa. It was a 2 nap day.

Toodles!

Happy Friday!

I saw both of these today on Facebook & they made me laugh!

And y'all know I love Snoop!!

Happy Friday!

Toodles!!!

Weigh In Thursday

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July! We spent the morning at home relaxing & the afternoon next door with all of our neighbors. It was a nice, relaxing day. I didn't eat too much either. That's always a good thing.  Dean made bread pudding & I made an ice cream sandwich cake. I completely forgot about taking any pictures. The ice cream sandwich cake is super easy. A layer of ice cream sandwiches, then cover with caramel, Hershey's chocolate syrup or hot fudge & cool whip, then add another layer of ice cream sandwiches, caramel, Hershey's & cool whip. You can put crushed candy or something as a topping but I didn't.  Put it in the freezer. That's it! My kind of recipe. It was good too. The only mishap I had was that I bought one box of sandwiches & I needed more than that for the 9x11 pan I used so I had to make a quick trip to the store yesterday morning.

This week I lost 0.6 pounds. I ran Monday, went to Yoglates Tuesday & did absolutely nothing yesterday. I have Yoglates today & I'll run in the morning. The weekend will probably consist of swimming laps. I'm not sure yet. I have a birthday party to go to Saturday & there are things I need to do around the house so pool time may be limited. I really need to run Sunday so I can keep to my schedule next week. I really like the Yoglates routine this week. Figures since I'm only going to make it to class twice. Oh well.

In other news, the raccoons have been spotted this week. Notice I say RACCOONS plural?? Thankfully, I haven't been witness to any of the coon shenanigans but I'm not happy to hear about it. Our neighbor that spotted one on his patio & walking on the fence between our houses saw 2 on his patio the other morning. They were just hanging out. He knocked on the window & they moseyed into some flowers. About that time a bigger coon came onto the patio from his carport. He knocked on the glass again & it went through the yard & met up with the other two & they proceeded to walk along the top of the fence & disappear. We've lived in our house 7 years & we've seen raccoons behind our lot & crossing the street at night before but never these broad daylight, on the patio, close to the house shenanigans. It's worrisome. I find myself looking on the patio numerous times a day & checking before I walk out the door to make sure they're not hanging out. Yesterday, while we were talking about it with the neighbors it was like I could feel them watching us, ready to pounce as soon as we went inside. I fully expect to find one swimming in the pool one day. sigh.

Toodles!

Here Lizard Lizard

I have a case of the blahs. Anyone else? My main problem is the beach & the fact that I'm not going. Everyone I know is either at the beach now, going to the beach soon or just got back from the beach. All except Dean & I. sigh. I pretty much have myself to blame for this. When Dean agreed to the granite we agreed that we wouldn't go on a summer vacation. This was my idea. What can I say? I wanted the granite. Now, don't get me wrong, I love the granite, I love the kitchen & I'm not at all sorry that we spent the money on it but I love the beach too & I'm very sad that I won't be visiting this summer. We are planning a trip to Vegas in October with our friends Allison & Joey but that's October & it's July so that really isn't making me feel a lot better.

In other news, we haven't laid eyes on the raccoon. Thank goodness! The only visitor we've had is a little lizard. I don't know about y'all but we seem to have an abundance of lizards this year. I can't go outside without seeing at least one. 3-4 weeks ago I'd gone to the laundry room before bed & there was a lizard on the wall. I just told him to stay on his side of the house, turned out the light & shut the door. Lizards don't bother me. Now, I'm not going to touch one or let it hang from my ears or anything but as long as he doesn't crawl on me we're good. Fast forward to a couple of days later when I was going to run one morning. I turned on the light in the foyer like I always do & I spotted the lizard by the door. I was impressed he found the door, although the back door was much closer to the laundry room but whatevs. The only problem is when I start to open the door he freaks out & takes off to the dining room. Every single morning that I've run since then he's sitting by the door & every single morning he takes off.  I really can't believe he's still alive.  Yesterday, I thought about it when I turned on the light. Poor little lizard thought he was hiding but I guess he forgot about his tail. His whole little body was hiding under the rug but that long tail was sticking out. I'm really feeling sorry for him because he's starting to look a little shriveled up. I managed to block his way to the dining room & open the door & shoo him out. YAY HE'S FREE!!! I hope he was able to get some food & water & not be eaten by something bigger than him or those crazy birds we have. Do birds eat lizards??

Toodles!

Hanging Out

This weekend was just a lot of hanging out & it was great! Friday night was an impromtu get together with the neighbors for drinks & grilling.

We had margarita's. I splurged & ate a mini cupcake. I couldn't resist. I thought it was ok since I didn't eat much dinner. Believe it or not we didn't go out to eat one time the entire weekend!

Saturday I hosted the ladies from the Worse Book Club Ever at my house. I cut some flowers from  the yard to use as a center piece.

Everyone brought something so we had a ton of great food.

We had such a great day. After we ate lunch we spent the rest of the day in the pool & we actually discussed books. That doesn't happen all the time. Fifty Shades of Grey was a hot topic. I haven't read it & I don't have any plans to. Have y'all read it?

We went to Mass this morning & did our grocery shopping for the week. At some point today I need to do some ironing but for now I'm going float & read!!

Toodles!