I’ve been having so much fun this last week that I haven’t wanted to even go near the computer. I’m sorry but that just the truth. It started with Jarell and I celebrating last weekend. We were celebrating having our house to ourselves for a few days before my brother got here from California. We went out to eat and then on the way home we stopped at Wal Mart where Jarell bought me a belated birthday gift in the form of a Wii Fit. Now some of you are probably thinking, “How awful!” or something like that, but I was standing there with big sad puppy eyes holding it and saying “Pretty please!” so it was completely my idea. And I’m glad I got it because its so much fun to play with. It insults me a lot and sometimes I want to punch Javier (the name I gave to my trainer) but I actually enjoy doing the workouts and I like stepping onto it and having it tell me I’m on track for my weightloss. Its someone besides my loving husband to be accountable to for all the extra snacks and bad food choices I make.
Wednesday Kevin and Emily got here and they are officially at the top of the list for best houseguests ever. Its been a blast having them here and I wish the time would pass a little bit more slowly because I’ve always been close to my brother and his girlfriend is the sweetest girl in the world. We’ve just spent time hanging out catching up, playing games and enjoying each other’s company. Its been pretty peaceful aside from this weekend which was total chaos.
Three of my sister in laws and one of my brother in laws are participating in the Kansas City Renaissance Festival this year and they have some major requirements involved in this. They have rehearsals and meetings every week and often several times a week which becomes a bit taxing on one of my sister in laws because she lives about 35 miles east of me but the place where the rehearsals is held is about 30 miles west of me. Its hell on gas and time and so this weekend we offered her and J7 a bed here at our house since she had to be in Independence at 9 o’clock on both Saturday and Sunday. This would have been all fine and dandy if Jarell hadn’t also decided to have one of his friends over for the weekend so that all the guys could have a Halo tournament complete with two extra tv’s and J12 and J14 as well. It was a very full house and I was cranky and hormonal and by the time all was said and done I felt like the house was going to drive me insane. It would not be possible to find someone happier than I was last night when everyone finally left and it was back to just the four of us. Oh my gah I sat down and breathed deeply and then we watched a movie while enjoying a supreme feeling of peace and tranquility.
In the midst of all that chaos I managed to finish most of the replacement curtains that I have been making for the 17 year old camper that we’ll be using for this year’s family reunion because the poor thing was originally decorated in shades of yuck and Oh my god thats Ugly! (or dusty rose and watered down powdery blue with hints of beige beige and more beige) I’ll see if I can gets some pictures so you can truly understand my trauma now that my camera is functioning again. Not only did I manage make new curtains which were fairly simple affairs, I also made slip covers for the ugly ass couch so that it wouldn’t give me nightmares for the whole two weeks we were camping. It has a matching chair that will just have to be covered with a blanket or sheet, but anything is worth it to make that all slightly less unappealing and I am succeeding slowly but surely.
Finally and this is a bit out of order, during the Memorial day weekend my cousin and her husband came down from Michigan to visit her mom and we had a chance to all have a nice barbecue and do some catching up. I only wish we all lived closer because my family spreads literally from coast to coast and that makes it kinda tough to stay in touch sometimes. Thank goodness for the internet or I don’t know where we’d be.
