My Week of Excitement

Well hello blog-land!  I haven't posted in so long that it feels foreign to me again.  I got into a bit of an emotional funk, but that isn't the point of this post today.  The point of today is that I'm pulling myself out of it and I've had a GREAT couple of weeks!

To be honest, I would love to give the play by play of the past ten days - just because they were so jam packed and so super fun.  However, I do realize that not everyone wants a detailed account of my every minute (although I can never figure out why not - haha).  What I will do is point out the highlights of my "week of excitement" (as my daughter called it).

First of all, my girls had Vacation Bible School last week.  This is only our second year doing it and I have loved it both years.  It is such a positive message, the kids love learning about Jesus and we got a CD with all of the fun songs that they sang.  Also, some of my friends' kids attend as well, so I get to see some of my buddies. 

On Monday, we went to Chick-Fil-A with one of my friends and we ran into three other friends there.  I know this doesn't sound too terribly exciting, but I'd always wanted to live in a neighborhood where you would just "run into people you know" everywhere.  Well, the only place I "run into people I know" is Chick-Fil-A.  Is it a sign that I eat there too often?  Maybe.  However, it was super fun to see my friends.  It was later that day that I realized that if they made a "Sex and the City" type of show about my life.  I wouldn't always be having lunch in some trendy, high-priced restaurant with my friends all the time - we'd be at Chick-Fil-A!

We got to go swimming twice last week - which isn't unusual for us in the summer.  However, both times this week were a bit of a treat.  On Tuesday we celebrated a friends birthday (again got to see a bunch of friends) and on Wednesday we got to go to a new pool with another friend.  Both of my girls could touch almost anywhere in the pool, so I actually got to sit with my friend and just enjoy her company.

I hiked at Chautauqua and I couldn't believe the size of the poppies as we started our hike.  They were so beautiful.  I was reminded once again of the glory of God and how blessed I am to live in such a beautiful place.  I also couldn't believe how brave I was.  There were bees buzzing, grasshopper wings flapping and crickets chirping - and I just kept hiking.  I only shivered once and I didn't freak out or run from an insect even once.  I hadn't been hiking in a while and I was proud of myself for getting back out there.  I was impressed that even though it had been almost two weeks, I wasn't exhausted (woo-hoo).  Mostly, I was thrilled to be moving and thankful that I could do it surrounded by beauty alongside a friend.

My big accomplishment for the week was that my cousin and I re-did the floor in my kitchen.  Yes, you read that right - I did it myself!  Of course I underestimated the prep work (and the cost of the tools I hadn't realized we would need), but we had fun.  My cousin is such a good guy - and he is super funny!  He's also laid back, so when I had a moment of OCD he just rolled with it.  (Love that!!!)  I knew that I wanted to do this project myself, but I didn't know how much I would enjoy it.  One of my favorite parts was sanding the floor - who knew?  I also enjoyed laying down the tiles and making it all purdy!  But my favorite part was laughing with my cousin.  Sometimes, our conversation just led to laughter, sometimes it was my singing (not that I don't have a lovely singing voice - it was the songs I chose) but my favorite was when we thought we messed something up (or when we really did mess something up).  Instead of freaking out or getting mad, we would both just start to laugh.  Gosh I love that boy!!!

I also managed to get in some scrapbooking with friends, eat at one of my new favorite places, worked a bit, got a new refrigerator, spent time hanging out with two of my fave friends and had an awesome day with my family for Father's Day.  Of course, I still have some of that emotional funk left over, but I have to tell ya' - life just doesn't get any better than this!