Kevin and The Boy made a trip to DC in early August, which was a lot of fun!

This past weekend, I went to a DC United game and toured the Capital and Library of Congress.

This picture is from 2004 while we were in Turkey. Kevin had a couple of days off, so we spent one in Efes, Turkey (Ephesus) . We also made the trek to the house where Mary is said to have died.

Efes (Ephesus) Turkey 2004

In the midst of the chaos, I did take some time off to go to a ball game with some people from church. It was a lot of fun, and I found out that Driller’s stadium has some good beer.

Before anyone thinks I got too lazy, I worked hard last weekend to do some upgrades to our landscaping.  More specifically, I dumped dirt and mulch in to the front bed, after tilling the soil by hand, and then planted some azaleas and flowers.  I also mowed the lawn and finally relieved my backyard of this mountain of sticks.

Yesterday, I was busy picking up trash with a bunch of my coworkers. It was gross, but necessary. I really do not understand how people are so lazy that they cannot put their trash in the cans provided. There are three or four around the pond near my work, but hardly any trash actually IN them.

Last night, there was a nice surprise.

OK, not too big of a surprise, because I did order the Vita-Mix. I love it already. I made a lovely green smoothie that was really brown. I should have listened to my friend, Solange, when she told me that red fruit plus green spinach makes a poopy brown color, but guess what? It still tasted GOOOD! MMM…nummy!

Today I am off working on my papers. I pray I can get this all done! STRESSED, but smiling!

Kevin’s team lost in double overtime today. They play again Monday. Pray for his knee and its healing! And a win! Please!

OK, back to “real” writing, and I promise to get pictures of The Boy and video on his blog soon! I have a TON!

Let me share the excitement first. I bought an iphone. My Q had  been bad. Very bad. It was constantly restarting itself and crashing, slow, and a real mess. Bye bye Q. Hello iphone. (Thankfully, I was upgrade eligible!) I have a whole post for the iphone and what it means to me. After welcoming the iphone to my life, I went to The Boy’s party at school.  Fun times for the parents too! After the party, we had another lovely spring storm complete with hail and the works before jetting off to gymnastics.

Friday night we had Ryean over for dinner. Her husband was out of town for work, and I love to cook. Good mix! (Recipe to come soon… ignore the excessive amount of ranch dressing on my salad. There was an “incident.” LOL!)

Saturday, we went to the very first Cherry Street Farmer’s market of the year. Oh, how I love the farmer’s market and the entire atmosphere that surrounds it! The Boy and I made a top secret appearance on Tasha’s blog as a result of our lingering. Can you find us on there?

After the market and a quick Target run, I finally cut up that lovely limb that fell during the wind/snow storm a couple of weeks back. We do not own a chainsaw. I cut the entire thing up with a handsaw. I was exhausted when I finished. There are more logs hiding behind the brush pile. I forgot to buy some string/twine though, so the brush pile is still lingering in the back yard. The Boy was wonderful enough to “help” (trust me, lots of not help mixed in) pile the sticks for ten minutes or so before he mowed the lawn with his bubble mower. I, however, did NOT get the lawn mowed. I did, however, take a three hour nap with The Boy. LOL!