Wednesday, May 30, 2018

{May Recap}

Another one bites the dust.  Month that is.  Y'all, May has come & gone as well!  How did that happen?!  Even though it's not official, summer is in full force here in Texas....y'all - it's H-O-T and I am over it already.  No rain & triple digit temps...and it's not even June yet. =(

Anyway.  Moving on. Here's a quick recap of what I have been up to!

May 15th will always be a date on the calendar I will never forget...it was the date of the Blue Bell layoffs & this year was the 3rd anniversary.  Hard to believe, right?!  So to remember that day, we always try & get a group together and head back to On Deck {which is where we went 3 years ago after we got the news}.
I had to cut my evening short & head to Blinn to watch Morgan perform as a chimney sweep in Mary Poppins!
That Thursday, Gail, Connie, Erin & I went and watched the Aggies BTHO south carolina on a gorgeous night at Blue Bell Park!
Friday evening I watched this cutie...
And Saturday I was up early to watch the Royal Wedding!  I watched some at 4am & then headed back to bed and watched it on DVR at a more reasonable time later that morning.  But y'all, I loved it & couldn't stop watching!  My favorite part was when they sang Stand By Me during the service.
Later that afternoon I headed to Houston to do a little shopping & hello!!  I am so glad Hobby Lobby gets me.  =)
This past weekend was Memorial Day so I had Monday off from work.  I spent Saturday out at Corey & Amanda's decorating and Sunday & Monday were all about yard work, yard work & more yard work.  And seriously y'all, I thought I might die a few times....not only because of the heat but because I killed 3 - yes 3!! - snakes.  What the heck?!  And check out those legs...that was after 4 hours of mowing, weeding a flowerbed, putting out an 80 lb. bag of peat moss, mulch & grass soil.  Let me tell you, by Monday night - I was done!!
 These cuties stopped by & swam {clearly we need a bigger pool}.
And I finished my back patio that I had been working on & I absolutely love how it turned out!
Speaking of yard - y'all, look how great mine looks now!!  Seriously, Glasco's worked miracles!
Yesterday the Astros World Series trophy made a stop by Blue Bell which was fun to see!
And this chick, well - she's still living the life! =)
Happy {almost} June! 
Stay cool!

Monday, May 14, 2018

{Happy Mother's Day!}

Happy Monday, y'all!  So a little birdie told me that Hobby Lobby started putting Fall stuff out this weekend.
Guess where Casey is going on Saturday? =)

I know, I know.  It's too early to start thinking about fall, but y'all - we have temps in the upper 90's this week & I am already over it.

Anyway, back to May & Mother's Day!  

I rarely cook these days, but Friday night I decided to stay home & have a "me" night...complete with wine & a steak on the grill!
We celebrated Mother's Day on Saturday evening at mom & dad's.  It was a gorgeous evening complete with BBQ & a ride on the Ranger!
Sunday was church, lunch with mom, yard work & the start of a project...which I do not like so I'll be redoing it this week.  Clearly I like to make extra work for myself.
I'm feeling a day off in my near future.  Or a vacation.  Something! 
What to do?!  What to do?!  Hmm...stay tuned! =)

Monday, May 7, 2018

{Weekend Recap}

Happy May!  We are actually almost 1/4 of the way through...how did that happen?!  I've decided that May is almost as crazy busy as December!

This past weekend was the 128th Brenham Maifest!  {You can read all about it here.}  Rain threatened on Friday, but thankfully it held off & everything was able to go as planned.
Saturday was Cinco de Mayo & of course it could not go uncelebrated so margaritas & queso it was!
Sunday I was up early & back down at Maifest to help cleanup {I'm on the board so it's part of my duties}.  A quick trip to HEB & Lowes afterwards and then it was home to work on flowerbeds.  I have one along my back fence that was about 16' long...but I decided to double it.  I was pretty sure I was going to die a few times.  Seriously I'm getting too old for stuff like this. =)  It will take a while to all grow & fill in, but I can't wait til it's a wall of color!
After I finished that, I spent the rest of the afternoon/evening with this cutie!
...who was super proud to be helping me walk Nola... =)
{and yes, he's holding on to her CLEAN!! poop bag that's attached to her leash.}
And here it is Monday again & another busy week ahead!