FINALLY!!!!!!! SUMMER IS HERE!!!!!!!!!

AHHHHHH!!!!!! Amazing!!!!! Spent the morning cleaning a bit (and sitting on my arse on the patio with my coffee and my husband). Then took the kids to the pool for 2 hours! It truly was such a great time, as if it had been years since we'd been to the pool. And of course did not even think about sunscreen and so we are all sporting the first sunburn of the season. Ouch. Not a drop of aloe vera in sight either. Then as I pondered dinner tonight (I had watermelon on the brain), my sweet man texted and said he was bringing home dinner.... filet mignons to grill, big fat beefsteak tomatoes, asparagus and corn on the cob. So I picked up a watermelon, a pie and some charcoal. TASTY. I even splurged and had a 1/2 glass of vino. Gasp!!!! The pregnant lady had wine!!! :0) Again, all I can say is ahhhhhhhhhh, summer!!!! Next time I will make Eric bring home more food so the neighbors can join us.... you know who you are.

Sunday morning...

So this morning, Victoria gets ready to walk out the door for church... and apparently she had decided, in addition to her blue gingham dress, that she needed: her Bible, stamps on her hands & arms, red plastic sunglasses, and the red faux-snakeskin purse and wallet (that she absconded with from the donate pile a couple months ago). She was a sight to be seen. I'm regretful now that I did not take pictures, but I was having "getting ready" issues of my own: (in addition to the too much time spent making blueberry pancakes that stuck to the pan) I spent more than 20 minutes tugging, moaning, cursing (silently), & crying over the stupid medical compression hose that cost $40. YES $40. For all that misery. I'm still wearing them and other wretched undergarments, and this varicose-veined, almost 26-week pregnant lady's emotions are directly tied to the severe lack of comfort that I am feeling right now.

Hindsight: I find it interesting and wonderful that part of the sermon this morning was on linking your emotions and thoughts to God.

Also newsworthy: I made yet another successful batch of cookies WITHOUT burning them. Luke was ecstatic.

Elephants are cool.