We survived! A week a the beach with 4 teenagers. It was a challenge, but someone had to do it.
We all departed last Saturday (09 Aug 2008) and arrived back home, yesterday afternoon (16 Aug 2008)! There were no major fights, disputes, etc.. Just a good old fashioned trip to the beach. Everyone really enjoyed themselves. We ate a lot and got a lot of sun.
Let me start this adventure by ‘explaining’ to you how OCD and anal I am. I made a menu for the week that even included snacks… that’s right! So, this meant there were to be NO deviations from this menu at all… “it would throw my entire week to helter skelter”.. and we could not have any of that! So, we stuck to the menu.. ate enough food and fat for an entire army. All was good.
There was 1 minor incident, but NO one left and all was good! A special thanks to a wonderful gal in Oklahoma for some wonderful recipes. If you have not seen or tried them, go here: www.thepioneerwoman.com
You will THANK me later, trust me!
I believe that me and my family have ‘New Best Friends”, excluding my mother…
Grab you any Margarita mixer with these, and you will be good!!!!
Other than that.. We woke up, ate… went to the beach for the day… came in and ate, went back to the beach… and finally came in for dinner. We did the same thing all week and it was WONDERFUL!
Each of the kids had a friend, so it gave me even more time to do NOTHING!
There is more to share.. but that will have to be another time.. I am having ‘lense’ issues… or maybe it is just me….
Acause I was tagged by my bestest friend in Austin
What was I doing 10 years ago?
Ten years ago (1998) I lived in Crozet/Charlottesville, VA, worked.. doing the same thing I do now, but with a different company, The oldest was 7 and the youngest was in the ‘terrible’ 4’s. I had NO idea that I would be moving in a few short years to start a whole other chapter of my life.
Five snacks I enjoy in a perfect, non-weight gaining world:
queso and lots of it!
tortillas
white chocolate
Marshmallow fluff
Chick Fil-A Sweet tea
Five snacks I enjoy in the real world:
Cashews
Protein Bars
almonds
Rice cakes
Fresh Cherries
Five things I would do if I were a billionaire:
pay off all of my debt
pay off all of my family’s debt
donate to church
take my children anywhere they wanted to go
Move to Dallas
Five jobs I have had:
Babysitter
Dental Assistant
Nursing Assistant in nursing school
Clinical Data Specialist/programmer
Clinical Auditor
Five habits:
Pop bubble wrap, excessively
Change the sheets on my bead every morning
Fall asleep with the tv, blaring
I shower in the morning and bathe at night
Check Google reader constantly
Five places I have lived:
Crozet
Charlottesville
Kansas City
Cary
Apex
Five people I’d like to get to know better:
Everyone… I can’t remember CRAP these days!
Well, we all survived another July 4th. My mother and father came from Charlottesville to visit and stayed until Saturday. Good times were had by all. Matt also celebrated his 17th birthday on the 4th. Wooohooo!
I might add, it is awesome having another driver in the house! I lurve it. I heart you big time, Baby Boy!
On another note; Delicate has qualified for the NC Senior Champions meet and is on the ’short’ list for the Southern Zone Team. She is mucho excited!!! I guess I would be to, if I had time to do everything… HELP!
Above you will notice, Baby Girl… doing her usual gangsta face and hand gesture. Well, while at the beach meet the child above decided to call herself ‘Delicate’. You heard it and I did not make a typo. So, having named herself ‘Delicate’, she then insisted that I have a name. My new name to Delicate is ‘DA (Duh)’. That would make me Delicates Assistant (DA)!
Delicate no longer rides in the front seat beside me, she rides in the back seat and barks 0ut her orders, wishes, and commands. Often, Delicate refers to herself in 3rd person so this can make things real interesting.
Have I mentioned that there is nothing delicate about ‘Delicate’. She is almost 5′9, all legs, not very graceful, and has the build of a competitive swimmer. Delicate doesn’t have enough coordination to play any sports outside of the swimming pool, so without water… Delicate would be nada!
So, if you are ever bored with your everyday life… think of me (DA) and how interesting mine is…. Just sayin.
It was really a good weekend at the pool. Please read the following:
Wave Swims “capitally” At Cap City
Congratulations to all of the WAVE athletes who swam in the 2008 Capital City Invitational. 22 WAVE athletes swam all best times in each of their individual events, 37 WAVE athletes placed in the Top 8 and EIGHT new team records were set. The coaching staff is very pleased with the number of best times and new time standards achieved and racing efforts demonstrated by the WAVE athletes. Specific accomplishments by WAVE swimmers include:
New Team Records:
Abby Johnson – 13-14 Women’s 50M Backstroke – 33.68
So, this weekend we are off to another swim meet. This meet is at the beach, so it should be fun. At least we can sit in the sun, while we watch the meet, and catch some rays!
Again, Matt is a legal driver and it is awesome! Somehow he grew up over night… I thought it would be very tough on my.. but I kind of like it.
Wish us luck this weekend!
Sorry for the delay. I have been busy.. Shut it, I know that is no excuse… but it is all I got.
We started Long Course swim season… that always makes for a LONG hot summer. Baby Girl..aka… MealTicket… Rocked the house!
On another note… Young Boy Genius in the house can now legally drive, with no adult in the car! Yep, that scares the hell out of me…. straight to the bone… He turns 17 in 2 weeks… I am getting OLD.. and so is he!
Now that I feel 10 years older.. I must go to bed.
Later!
Ok.. I couldn’t stand it… I AM BACK!
I needed to vent, had no way to vent… so this ‘friend’ of mine had to be revived!
More to follow….Promise!