Could we reach 110 today??? Most likely!!
I am so thankful to have some air and dark curtains to keep the house cooler... But praying for my husband who is out installing windows in all of this! By noon we should be in the 90's... I do pray for his safety also because when one is hot they tend to not function well.

Went out this morning and it was already in the 70's... got the plants watered really good so that there will be no deaths in the garden. Need to do something with the kids though... they are antsy. Watching "Robots" right now and I will be making chicken salad sandwiches for lunch. Need to get some reading done and will have them do something crafty for me.
I really need to get in a work out it is half way through the week and I haven't done anything like I had planned to do.

Isn't it funny how everything/one slows way down when it gets this hot... hope August and September are kind to us!

It's hot so we are sitting in a cool dark cave for the next few days!

The kids played in the pool this morning... it was in the 70's. and now they are relaxing in the dark with me. So far the window air conditioners are keeping up.
My guy has a light week of work this week so he doesn't have to be out during the hottest part of the day! So that is nice... he is on his way home now and it is a little after 1:00 pm.

In the mood to be crafty but there are so many choices that my brain can not decide... Need to paint for a friend because I said I would... haven't decided what though. It always takes me a while of thinking things out before hand... It will come to me soon enough I guess.

Didn't mention anything about the weigh-in on Sunday because it wasn't good... but not my fault I tell you!! I worked out almost all week!! It is water retention and bloating... I think we need to add a pound to all the guys weight once a month. ;)

Well off to do something productive. =) like fold clothes and wash dishes!

Monday and it's gonna get hot around here! Up to 100 +

So air conditioners on and we will pretty much be hanging out on the inside... I might have the kids go out in the pool before it gets to hot so they can have some fun.

I was planning on cleaning rooms and kitchen and doing a work out... but things don't ever seem to go the way I had planned. So I guess today we will be what it will be.
This weekend was fun...Family day trip up to Astoria and then down the coast line to Cannon Beach!!! We saw Mikey's house from the Goonies and of course a few other places that were in the movie!!



And headed over to the Columbia River Maritime Museum... I love this museum!! It is well worth the money spent I think.


Then in Cannon Beach we did what apparently the rest of Oregon did and headed for the water...
There were so many people but it was nice for the kids to be able to play in the water a bit before heading back home to the humid heat.


It was a nice trip that we don't get to take often and it all happened in one day and it was a beautiful day filled with memories I hope the kids will remember for a very long time!

Now the week has begone and we have things to do around here to get ready for August... Hard to believe this year is almost over with only 5 more months to go... I wonder what the next few month will bring. *thoughtful* =)

This morning the boys were singing the Imperial March... it sounded really good! They both took on their own notes and harmonized with each other!!
Wish I had sound on my camera or I would have recorded it. :(

It's Friday... doing the usual cleaning at the church so nothing else will get totally done around here.
Don't know how the weekend is going to go but I should have photos next week of our adventure if things go as planned.

Tired... Did get my workouts done the last three days!! That feels good, I already notice a difference in my face. Did Turbo Jam and I have to say that is one of the funnest work out programs EVER!! I highly recommend this one, it's easy and upbeat. I actually do a few of the sections because it doesn't feel like a work out. The trainer is sweet and the music is fun!

Oh need to go and get breakfast finished... the kids are hungry.

Is having one of those "feel sorry for myself" kind of moments. Little things have set it off and I hate it when that happens. Guess I could say I am still struggling with Friendships/Friends and what it really means and who can I really call a Friend and who do I consider just an acquaintance. I am one who doesn't usually just throw myself out there and call everyone who speaks to me or takes the time, a friend... I have been hurt to many times. So it takes me a while to consider someone a true friend. Yes, there are times that I have called someone "friend" but even then I feel a part of me step back a bit with caution.

Friendship isn't like what it was when we were kids... As adults things change and sometimes not in a good way especially now days.

I am looking up stuff on Friendship/Friends... So I headed over to www.biblegateway.com
and then I found www.gospel.com
There is a lot there that is pretty good.


Well I'm off to get in the word and get my focus off of self.

It was one long weekend with a few long week days.

Saturday we headed out early to the mall for the grand opening of the new Star Wars Store... Waited an hour and had a really sweet time seeing the excitement in the kids faces when they got to see actual characters walking around and talking with them!

Then my friend and I took my girl off to Barnes & Noble for a Fancy Nancy Party...

It was so very sweet to see all the girls dressed to the nines. They had a little fashion show so that the girls could show off their outfits and then listened to a story, played Fancy Nancy Bingo, colored and made paper bows for their hair and then had some sweet little sugar cookies from the Starbucks.

This was my girl getting her Bingo paper ready for the game.
It was her Birthday so this was a sweet gift for her and everyone sang Happy Birthday to her which made it all the more special.

Sunday was the big Birthday Party.
She celebrated in style and we had a wonderful time with our friends and family out in the warm, well, hot sun... there was a breeze but it was so much nicer then everyone trying to squish in the house... which usually happens for our other Birthdays because they are either during the wet season or the cold season.
All in all it was a very busy weekend for me!!

Monday morning went walking with the gals then our friends came over to do laundry and hang out all day... it was pretty nice, but still I was so tired and ready just to vegg...
Today though it doesn't seem like I have had any down time. But the difference is...
my children are quiet today!
Got my laundry done, worked out for over an hour... I will probably feel it tomorrow but it did make me feel good doing it even though I started out sore. Got the sewing project finished for a friend, still have to do the dishes but that is not one of my favorite things to do... so it makes it hard to get into it and just do it.
It's gorgeous out... but I have been in it a lot this weekend and yesterday.
Of course I have no tan to prove it and am really longing to go down the street and lay in the tanning bed for a little while.

Well need to go and try and get at least most of the dishes done so that I can messed it all up again with dinner prep.

Sewing on my mind...
First off though, getting this house in order.
I'm craving simplicity and this house is not!
I'm thinking never staying in one place for long periods of time is a good thing because then things always get left out when you move and you get to start out with a new canvas so to speak.
I don't want to move!!! That would be bad at this moment in time... but I do want the house to look like we just moved in.

It's hard to believe July is half way gone... School is just around the corner...
So much that needs to be done before we head into this new adventure.
The kids are very excited and I know they will do well.

Off to try and get myself motivated and things moving around here.

Another Monday almost gone.
Day has been full of clouds and cooler then normal, but it has been nice to be able to have the doors and windows open, allowing the cool breeze in and the sounds of the singing birds and chattering squirrels, that keep running back and forth along the backyard fence.

Craving campfires and the things that surround it... Fall is around the corner!
Which means school will be starting up again!!

Our baby is becoming a young girl and will be turning six this weekend! No more toddlers in this house... she is a big girl now, losing teeth and everything... Praying she does calm down a bit and that she will have a sweet heart towards the Lord and others.
She is very stubborn ;0)

The weigh-in on Sunday put me at a 10th of a lb down... not very happy about it but am going to do my best to make it a bigger loss by the next weigh-in. At least I didn't gain.
Went walking this morning with the girls... hopefully I will be able to do this the whole week!

Am going to be apart of a book club my friends put together... We had our first meeting Saturday and looks like there will be a good handful of people joining us! I haven't done this before, heck I hardly read or even have the time to!! We picked from a huge list of Classics so they will be putting together the books that were chosen the most and those are what we will be reading... We are starting with Hinds Feet on High Places though. Can't wait to see what the rest of the books will be that we are going to read.

Well, it's 5:30 the kids have finished their dinner and are outside playing/fighting... so I guess I should go and see what's going on...

Feeling better today despite not being a morning person and waking up achy.
Have been trying to think of creative things to write about but nothing ever seems to come up anymore. What an uninteresting life we live over here.
This week our oldest headed down south with his grandparents to visit his great grandma for three days. Monday we went walking, Tuesday worked out, Wednesday headed out to see the free movie with the younger two... we watched "The Pirates who don't do anything movie" was surprised that the theater filled up so fast and those that showed up late had to go watch the other free movie they were showing. Today I was going to work out but can't find the DVD that I had planned on following :( So I have a choice to make... do I wait for my husband to get home to help me find it and just not work out today or do I pull out the other DVD I have and do that, which is harder.
Or I could get a good work out by deep cleaning the whole house... Think we might go with the house cleaning... it is in desperate need of cleaning out!

Big J came home from GGrandmas and they all have been fighting ever since... Gotta go stop the war going on in the other room... Have a good day!

These really have nothing to do with anything but I thought we could use some pictures. =)

Weigh in was this morning... I knew I gained, because I didn't do a whole lot this last week, but I thought I had gained at least 3 lbs...
Thank goodness I didn't!! I did gain but it was only .2 lbs.
This week though I will be walking in the mornings again and hopefully will get some work outs done. Really tired of feeling bulgy and tired all the time...
need more energy and this will help me a lot!

Our 4th was pretty good... it seemed like a long day but it was pretty laid back. We went over to his parent's house as we always do, the kids all played, the adults sat in the house and enjoyed the air conditioner, then around 8 I think it was we all went out and the guys set up the display of cheesy fireworks... Don't you think it interesting that all the fireworks do the exact same thing yet they all have a different name on them?. The neighbors on the other side of the house had the illegal fireworks and they were going off right above the house... we were all watching them instead... it was funny when the guys realized this and said something... we got a kick out of it. =)
Would have had photos but I left my camera at home!!! It was a depressing moment :(
I did get to take some with my mother-in-law's camera but don't know when I will get any of them emailed to me... will most likely need to take over something to download them onto.

All in all it was a pretty good weekend... Feeling some pain and swelling in my body but it will be a bit cooler this coming week. I wish I had insurance, I would go to the doctor and see if we could get some blood work done to either confirm Lupus or not.
Or it could just be arthritis and nothing more...

Well off to hang with the kids and eat before I send them off to bed... OH how I love bedtime!! ;)

The summer heat is finally showing up today... thought I was going to sit out for a bit as I did the day before but doesn't look like that is happening... still in my pajamas and it is almost noon.
Having a hard time waking up in the morning so spend most of it on the couch in deep sleep after I get up with my man before he goes to work. Haven't had this sleep pattern for a long time... hoping it goes away before the kids have to go to school or I'm gonna be in some big trouble.

Walking started a few weeks ago and I have only gone one week... It's a little frustrating but what can one do. I will just do my working out and home and walk when I am able to.
Our church started a "biggest loser challenge" I think there are almost 40 people getting involved!! Our first weigh in was last Sunday... I thought I was going to weigh a lot, but when I stood on the scale I was shocked to find out that I have lost 8 lbs and we hadn't even started yet!!! I don't know what this Sunday will bring but I am doing my best to remember to eat and to do a work out activity.

My baby girl will be turning 6 in a few weeks... while my friend and I were walking the Mall the other day we found that the day of her Birthday Barnes & Noble will be having a Fancy Nancy Party, so I called and let them know we will be there... AND they are opening a Star Wars store the same day so the boys and their daddy will be able to go to that!!! I think it will be a sweet surprise for the kids.
I'm just praying that it all works out.

Well, I think I am ready to get dressed and get this day moving forward. Praying for my husband who has to work out in the hot sun!! He doesn't do to well when he gets really hot.
Have a good day!