what I’ve been up to

Thayne reminded me yesterday that I haven't updated my blog for a few days. I forget that he likes to read what happens at home when he is gone.

I have actually been kinda busy so not sure where to start. I really hate the weekends when Thayne is out of town.
Friday I was up in Gilbert and decided to stop by my sisters and we ended up going out for a quick lunch. It is always nice doing that in the middle of the day because usually I am by myself all day long when my kids are in school. Friday night I did a whole lot of nothing. I was going to put in a movie to watch but ended up just watching 20/20 and Dateline. I know I am a blast to hang out with.

Saturday I had a baby shower on my calendar and that was it. So I got up early and took TJ to his Young Men's activity. They are getting ready for a 3 day horse outing next month, so Saturday morning they went on a short horse ride up in the mountains by our house. Ok I use the word mountains lightly because they are actually the size of hills. Everyone who lives here calls them the San Tan mountains, so I am going to go with it. I remember when we were moving to Arizona and we were looking at houses. On many of the home flyer's it would say "beautiful mountain view" and Thayne and I would laugh. So just so I make this completely clear, we live in a home with a "beautiful mountain view". I will have to post a picture soon. So I got TJ out the door and then went out and shopped for a baby gift. The outfit I got was so cute if I do say so myself. Thayne is convinced that the best gift to give is diapers and I agree, but they are not as fun to shop for. I had fun at the shower with all the girl talk. and can I just tell you that I had the yummiest cupcake ever. I seriously picked the one with the most frosting and was licking it off of my fingers to make sure I got every drop. DELICIOUS!

Saturday I night I decided I was going to go out and not stay in again. I took the kids to the mall. Well, Jessika wanted to stay home and TJ was already there hanging out with the guys looking for babes. Ü I took Wyatt and Sam. I really just wanted to buy a new pair of jeans. Not the jeans that I won from a bet Thayne and I made, I will go back and get those another time. I had a gift card from my kids for Christmas I have not used and decided last night would be the night. I dropped Sam and Wyatt off at the Apple store and then headed straight to BUCKLE. I like the jeans there but holy guacamole they cost so much. Anyways I think it is fun to get nice jeans once in a while. After explaining to the pushy sales guy that I really can handle shopping on my own I was on my own to find a cute pair of jeans. With a stack in hand I went to the fitting room. As soon as I got the first pair on " RING RING". Ugggg who is calling me now. It was TJ and his friends telling me they were in the store and wanted me to come out of the fitting room. Did you hear me? They wanted to see me at the mall. Remember Jessika avoiding me at school? This is a boy with his teenage friends and they weren't embarrassed at all. They were even nice to tell me that my jeans looked good. Well they aren't the jeans I bought but I did find some I like. When I told Thayne how much they costs he proceeded to remind me of how many Costco jeans he could buy for the same amount. I just love that even thought he doesn't understand why people pay so much for clothes, that he lets me splurge once in a while.

So this is what happens when I wait days to post something, it turns into this ginormous blog of nonsense.

Today is Sunday. We have church at 8am. TJ said he wasn't feeling well so he stayed home. Not sure if he really was sick but he was convinced. So we went without him. It was kind of a different day. Julia was sick. I really missed her, she helps so much. I am not sure where my secretary was but we missed her. I can't say it was a crazy church day, but I definitely let things frustrate me more than I need to. I won't get into it but I need to learn patience and need to learn to understand that everyone else will not do things the same as myself, but it sure would be nice if they did. After church I had ward council meeting. It ran longer than usual which means it was to long. I like sitting by the men because they laugh at my jokes. I know I should be more reverent in the meetings, but come on, if they last for over an hour and a half I need to entertain myself to make it through the meeting. Hey, by the way, I sat by our High Council guy who played with silly putty the whole time. He said he has to keep his hands busy. I say next time he needs to bring enough to share. After my meeting I was able to go home and try to nap. Then, off to stake choir practice. I got home and started making spaghetti and after making the sauce realized "NO NOODLES". Grrr. I called my trusty neighbors the Smiths and she gladly gave me a box. I love having neighbors that I don't feel weird asking them to borrow something.

Well that has been the last 3 days of my life and not a single picture to go along with it. I am now going to go watch the Grammy's that I tivo'd. I can skip through all the crud and just see the parts I want to watch.

I am counting down the days until Thayne comes home.

10 to be exact.