we're back...

I didn't mean to, but I seem to have abandoned the blog again...

We had our much needed vacation and are back and feel very rested and relaxed.   I have been working on pictures this morning (and avoiding going to the grocery store) and plan to do a full re-cap soon.

The best idea I've had in a long time was to tack on a couple of extra vacation days after I knew we'd be back in town, and they've been well worth it!  I had time to get the house back in order and spend a little time adjusting back rather than coming back from vacation and immediately going to work.

As a teaser, here is one photo of what my view looked like much of last week..

PS -- if you can, watch Kids Jeopardy this week.  At first, I was disappointed that the few days I'd be able to watch were kids rather than the regular version, but I actually like it.  I know more of the answers and the kids are so fun to watch -- Sallie on yesterday's show was so excited each time she'd buzz in and put her whole body into pushing the buzzer.

Jeopardy

Bad news...I'm home sick for the second day in a row.

Good news...since I am home I get to watch Jeopardy!  

Smokey sings/cries to the Final Jeopardy song, and we got it on video...you can't see him very well but can HEAR him which is what matter for his reaction

Hope your week is going better than mine!

I'm still somewhat technically challenged...I went to load it to youtube and was like "what is a channel?" and can i have it be something besides me google profile?!?   I gave up and just loaded it but as private.....

4th of July

Happy Independence Day!

We started our day with fresh made blueberry muffins -- using some of the blueberries I picked with my dad a few weeks ago.   They were delicious and pretty to look at.  I had looked at several recipes and chose one on Pioneer Woman's website, and they are the 'awesome-est' muffins....  I would have never thought to put yogurt in muffins and didn't tell K until after he'd tasted them (he liked them too).  This recipe is a keeper.

I even logged the recipe into myfitnesspal to figure out the calories, and that helped me stick to only 2 of them...though I wanted another one!

We have a pretty laid back weekend planned -- I took Friday off to give myself a 4 DAY WEEKEND!

A neighbor invited us to a block party today, so we'll check that out - 4 years in we're still getting to know our neighbors - and I hope to see some good fireworks tonight.  Smokey hates them, but I love fireworks, and some of the people in the neighborhood go all out and buy fireworks so we get to see a show without leaving the house!!

another (almost) Wordless Wednesday

I nicknamed Smokey our "hot dog" this weekend.  It was over 100 degrees and he still wanted to be let out the back gate so he could go off-leash and explore.

I had to tell him no, it was too hot and we'd already been for a short walk.  Its tough to say no to that face....

I think this was the happiest he was all weekend.   Kevin had a quick one-night trip to Austin with friends so it was just me and Smokey at home, and Smokey sulked the whole time....a little taste of what he does when we're both on vacation.  K got back mid-day Sunday and all was right with the world again.  I haven't had the heard to tell him we'll both be gone on vacation soon.....

Sunday was also our anniversary -- six years!   We had a very low-key anniversary.   I looked up the traditional gift - candy/iron.   I'm not sure how those two items go together.   We substituted frozen custard for candy and had it for dessert after I'd made spaghetti and salad for dinner.   I'm thinking we may've had spaghetti last year too....obviously we like it!