Weekend Recap

I can't believe the weekend is already over. It doesn't really matter though because we are on spring break. Spring break 2012--OXFORD. Should I get an airbrushed t-shirt? :) We are staying here this week, but we will still have fun. I saw the Hunger Games on Friday night with the Varvell crew. I had planned to go and see it on Saturday. So I texted Jennifer to see if she wanted to go. She didn't respond, so I went on to Heather Varvell, and she, Luke and their boys were going that night, and she asked me to join them. It was a LATE movie. 9:45-12:15. That's 12:15 midnight, and I found myself yawning a few times, but we had a good time, and the movie was excellent. It doesn't touch the books, but everything is so much better in a book. I like myself better in writing, so I knew I'd feel the same about a movie. We are still thriving. I've made it through my first week. Travis is actually doing a lot better than he let on that he'd do. It seems crazy that it's only been a week because it feels like SO much longer. But I'm feeling better about it all. I'm out of sugar detox, and I don't hate the world anymore, so that's good. And we are seeing some benefits already.

Several weeks ago, I decided that I wanted a Shark steam mop. My downstairs floors, particularly the family room, get dirty REALLY fast, and mopping them with just a regular mop and spray wasn't fun. So my mom told me to wait until Khols marked them down and for when I got a coupon that they send. Well, sure enough, I got a coupon, and I told myself the next time that I got an extra 30% off that the Shark would be MINE. Last week, they sent me one, and it's always 15%, 20% or 30%. Lo and behold, I got a 30%. Jackpot for me. But I ALSO wanted the Shark to be marked down, which is regularly $129.99. That day it wasn't. Sooo, I checked it the next day, and sure enough, it was marked to $109. That plus the extra 30% was the deal I wanted. SO...I went to Khols and they had 2: the one I was looking at for 109 and then the professional for $170..not on sale. When I went to check out, it came up $170. I said, "Oh..that's supposed to be $109...but I guess I grabbed the wrong one." She immediately goes, "That's okay," and marks it to $109 and then takes off another 30%, making it $86 with tax." I was like, "No really, there is one back there for $170...I must have grabbed that one, like it was under the other display." She said, "No, it's fine." SO...:) after telling her several times, I said, "Okay!" And I, indeed, got the $170 one. Oh yeah, the one with 3 heat settings and FIVE covers. Thrivin' baby. That's how it works! It's pretty amazing too. I do realize my life needs something exciting since I'm so excited over a mop, btw. I'm clearly old now....but it's still great!! :)

Sage thought she'd play a little, "I don't feel well" on her last day of school before break. I have NO idea why, but I just knew she was lying..or exaggerating I should say. I believe her stomach may have ached some. I don't believe it lasted long nor was it a stomach virus of any kind. So I took her a little late on Friday in case she was going to throw up like she said. She seemed perfectly fine, but I got a call from who I assume was the nurse saying that, from what Sage was saying, it sounded like she had gerd. I almost laughed on the phone. Really? Overnight? Um please don't diagnose my child. He said if she didn't feel better in a day or two, that I'd want to get her checked. To anyone that actually does suffer from reflux, it's not funny at all, but I knew this was such bull. So I go and get her, and lo and behold, she made a MIRACULOUS RECOVERY. Amazing, right? I informed her that she and I both knew that she could have stayed at school, and that that was the first and last time she would play that trick without being punished. Doesn't this start in like middle and high school? So, I called Travis' mom later and asked if Sage could spend the night, which she did. I wasn't really mad at her (who didn't do that when they were in school??), and I thought it'd be fun for her to kick her spring break off like that. That left us with little J to ourselves. I thought he'd be sad that he couldn't go (we didn't want to tamper with his sleep habits in ANY way yet), but he was just fine being the only child. We took him to 32 degrees.

So hard to just spectate there, but I wasn't about to take a bite with the initial shock of no sugar out of my system. Once I get going, I'm good, and I'm not going to mess that up any time soon. But for this guy, he totally enjoyed it.

And then today: Sunday. If you ever wonder how we prepare right before we sing, it's important stuff like this. Look at Jen's sassy streak in her hair. She's so pretty.

She and I are going to be sharing clothes soon. She has lost 23 lbs on Weight Watchers, and I'm very proud of her. She looked beautiful today.

And last but not least, my brother drew this! He's taking some art classes, and he has to draw certain things for class. I think the subject for this was "breathtaking beauty" or something like that. ;) He got the picture from this post. Pretty amazing.