Weekend fun

134/365 - How I spent Friday evening: Editing pictures and watching Vampire Diaries.


135/365 - Carus was goalie again for the first half of the game.


After the game Saturday we went to lunch and then shopping for some last minute things for our trip to Hawaii coming up and then we stopped at our friend's house. He and his fiance were working on trying to tame the jungle of their backyard, mowing it.


Then Adam volunteered to help out (hoping for a little compensation), which worked for them.


While Carus played around with dandelions.




But their mower stopped working before Adam was able to finish the job...so he decided to relax.


And I played with my camera and the stuff laying around the backyard. Like this:


And this:


And then we stopped by Costco for some supplies and Robert said we could get the 13 piece pan set I've had my eye on for awhile.


136/365 - Today I took Carus to a friend's pool birthday party.


Now I'm off to make dinner because apparently my family is starving...

Sensing a theme?

Having my wisdom teeth pulled kicked my butt! I've been exhausted and hurting and cranky and sore and starving. It was too much work and suffering to eat and soup is not that filling anyways so I wasn't eating much... In case you're wondering, I got tired of ice cream, mac'n'cheese doesn't take much effort to eat and is a bit more filling than soup, and soup just isn't as good when it is sunny and 70 degrees outside.

Finally feeling much better now and starting to get back my energy now that I can eat.

So catching up! (again)

128/365 - Carus in her soccer game last week.  They didn't win, the team was a tough one.  I can't remember the score now.  Carus was goalie first half and blocked many shots, and she played the second half until she took a ball to her stomach that knocked the wind out of her for a bit.


129/365 - Mother's day. I put in the garden, not much now but hopefully in just a little bit I'll start pulling vegetables out of it. In the background there, Robert is working on leveling out all the dirt he dug up for the trench for the retaining wall. He almost has it leveled how he wants.


130/365 - Yoda running at soccer practice. He loves running the field.


131/365 - My lilac bush is blooming and it smells sooooo good!


132/365 - From my snowball bush. I have no idea what these flowers actually are - but beyond excited to see them blooming again this year. Soon they will all turn from this green to a white.


133/365 - I made the kids work together and make cookies. It might have been easier to just make them myself - BUT they learn how to bake cookies and get along (sort of).


See ya tomorrow - or in a week. HA! :P

365 catch up

121/365 - Team photo. The Fireballs. I got permission to post it so voila, last Saturday's picture.

124/365 - Sorry, blurry pug. But that's what you get on the day I had my wisdom teeth pulled and then realized 10 minutes before bedtime I still need a picture.

125/365 - But it's okay cause I made up for it with Smiley pug!! Yoda loves soccer practice.

126/365 - Carus wrapping a gift for her friend's birthday.

127/365 - Carus went to her friend's princess party and came home with a tutu - which we tormented the dog with, of course.

Busy Saturday...

120/365 - A flower from my yard. This bush is actually scheduled to be ripped out in the future because we want to redo the flower bed it is in with something different...but then it starts blooming and I wonder if I still want to... we'll see. 

Photo SOOC (straight-out-of-camera) with no editing or cropping.

That was yesterday (Friday's) 365, and right now I don't have my 365 for today. Well I do have it, but I don't have permission to post it. I took a team photo of Carus's soccer team today after the game, but I want permission from the other parents before I post it...sooo we wait for permission and get it and then I post it OOORRR I don't get permission and I find another photo.

Now on why today was busy - We had Carus's soccer game this morning. They tied, 2 to 2. The girls did so good. Carus was goalie the second half of the game and in the last moments of the game, when the other team tried to make a goal, they kicked the ball and it went up and Carus caught the ball in mid air. I didn't get the shot before it got to her arms, but I did get it after. She looked so happy, surprised and proud of herself for catching that ball. See: 


This photo is SOOC as well, but is cropped.

Hhmmm, maybe this will be my backup 365 photo if the team photo one doesn't work out. 
After the game we came home for lunch and then the kids and I went with some friends to the Faire in the Grove (Renaissance Fair), which was fun!! And I have tons of photos to go through from that.  I will work on getting a set put together on my Flickr and will post some here too. 

There was sword fighting by the kids and by Faire participants that we watched, archery (kids participated), handmade goods to look at, we learned how they made glass beads, what games they played, what music they heard, how they did workworking, how they spun wool into yarn, how books were made/written before the printing press, and how they were bound, and had tons of fun. 

After that, we headed home to veg on the couch, have some dinner, and/or do whatever but I found I didn't have my house key (Robert was out with friends because he didn't want to go to the Faire, and over two hours away).  Carus had taken my mailbox key to go check the mail yesterday (and my house key was on the same detachable key ring as the mailbox key) and then she forgot to put it back. 

So NEW PLAN!

We'll go shopping.  We need clothes for summer and Hawaii (if you didn't already know we are going to Hawaii in a few weeks to celebrate Robert and mine 10 year anniversary) so the kids and I went shopping and out to dinner to kill some time before Robert got back this a-ways to let us in. 

It was a great, busy day and I have the sunburn (just a little one) and sore pocketbook to prove it!

Rainbow over soccer practice

116/365 - One good thing about all the rain we get in spring, the rainbows. Well when the sun does have a chance to pop out anyways.


In other news, I FINALLY! got my temporary filling taken out and the permanent put in. I'm the proud owner of a brand-new gold filling. It wasn't a totally horrible experience getting my first cavity found, drilled, and filled BUT I definitely want to avoid more! All this dental drama has helped Robert and I remember to remind the kids to brush their teeth, and to brush ours a bit more, which hopefully will keep the teeth drama down. 

Next Tuesday I am scheduled to get my bottom two wisdom teeth pulled and while I am a bit nervous, my dentists' confidence in how easy it will be does make me feel better.

Toe-fu

Adam's little ingrown toenail surgery went well. The doctor was super nice and joked and teased all of us the entire time. Including a really good one about toe-fu. I think it helped distract Adam a bit from the pain. The only pain he had was from the injections of the anesthetic that numbed his toes. Tomorrow I'm sure he will be a little more sore though.

In the exam room he had these 2 soda can planes hanging up. Made for him by an old patient of his. How many cans do you think it took to make one of those planes?





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109_365 - Carus post soccer practice.


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While taking a few pictures of her Carus started swinging her water bottle around. I thought it was pretty cool that I caught the water drops.

365ers

96_365 Carus has found her medium - chalk. Our driveway is covered with drawings, and Oregon is helping her by cleansing her canvas often.



97_365 My camilla is blooming.



98_365 The bluebird of the neighborhood. He's pretty camera shy, but I'm determined to get some good pictures of him.



99_365 Adam with his hair done up for crazy hair day at school, and giving me a goofy pose.



100_365 Carus in her soccer game.  They didn't win this game either, the other team had enough players for 2 teams so they didn't tire out as quickly as ours.  It was a GREAT game, the score 3 to 6.

Man, I love this photo.



101_365 Adam making salsa for dinner.

I am my mother's daughter

A few weeks ago, my mother was out walking when she tripped and fell, and when trying to catch herself with her arm, broke her arm; both the radius and ulna.  She had to have surgery to place a couple plates and screws and is healing nicely now, albeit slower than she would like.

Why am I telling you about it now?

Um, well because it shows where I get my clumsiness from. I'm a bit embarrassed to admit how clumsy I am, but I suppose it is just how I am...so I confess away!

Which leads me to the newest way I've injured myself. 

This morning as I was leaving to go grocery shopping (WOO fun!!!) and I was going down the front steps, I missed one or two at the bottom, came down funky on my foot and rolled my ankle. Thankfully no one witnessed my fall so the embarrassment is all my own (and now the internets), and after the initial throbbing let up I felt I was okay and I went shopping.  Two hours later I came limping home and put my foot up with an ice pack on it and Robert wrapped it with a bandage. I don't think I broke anything - but it still freaking hurts. I probably sprained it or something. We'll see how it goes...

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Now for the 365s!
91/365 - Can I come in now?


92/365 - Yoda watching the neighborhood, waiting for the kids to come home.


93/365 - Carus's first soccer game was Saturday morning, bright and early.  We had to get up at 7 am on a Saturday morning to get ready and get to it..not too much fun and we will do it again this weekend. But the games are so much fun! She scored the first (and only) goal Saturday, and while her team did lose it was still a great game and the girls played so well.


94/365 - Even though I was hurt I was determined to follow through on my plans anyways. After shopping and the little rest I gave my ankle, I went to work on this little flower bed on the side of our front yard and driveway. Last year I had petunias in it and it had a black plastic border. We pulled that out and then Robert suggested putting a stone border in. I liked it so much that when he went to get his stones for his retaining wall project I had him pick me up some more of these stones (we have them lining a little flower bed in the backyard too).  Then he helped me get all the weeds and grass out of the bed and put the stones in. Then Carus and I planted some pansies and violas.  I'm going to top it off with some bark mulch, but didn't do that today. 



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It's a bit cold and I know the rain will not let up too much for a few months yet, but I'm so happy that spring seems to finally be here.  Grass everywhere is green and growing fast.  Weekends are filled with sounds of lawn mowers and weed eaters. Stores are filled with garden soils, bark mulch, compost, starter plants and seeds, seeds, and more seeds. Trees are blossoming, daffodils and tulips are up and blooming.  Birds have been seen building nests everywhere (including in a neighbor's gutters). Spring, thank you for finally making it to Oregon!

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Carus might be a bit related to Dr. Seuss.  She decided to use some chalk to color our stone border. It will wash away in the rain that is expected tomorrow - but we are supposed to dry up Wednesday or Thursday this week and stay dry until at least Sunday (hopefully a bit longer).


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Saturday after getting up super early for the soccer game and doing some yard work I decided I didn't want to cook and Robert took us out to dinner at Mazatlan's (a mexican restaurant), my fave! So the kabobs got moved to the next day.

Menu this week

Sunday - Beef & shrimp kabobs, roasted veggies
Monday - Beef and broccoli
Tuesday - Garbage
Wednesday - Take & bake pizza
Thursday - BBQ chicken legs & thighs, potato salad (?)
Friday - Chicken tacos
Saturday - FFY

365 last week

76/365 - Carus at soccer practice


77/365 - Making dinner with the kids. We made this.  Needs a little less green onions.


78/365 - My friend's dog Ricky.


My 7days photos day 1 and 2 are 79 and 80. They can be seen here in this post.

I'll show 81 tomorrow when I upload today's 7days photos.

But for now - random pictures!
Soccer practice:


Ricky grinning for her ball:


Pretty Monet:


And one more:


Itty bitty Cisco:


Cisco and Monet are my friend's dogs too.

Soccer practice today. LOOKIE LOOKIE LOOKIE We have blue sky!!!


There was a bit of sun too. No body better jinx it away!

Now off to comment on a few 7days portraits. Been looking forward to it all day!