Last Week of July

SATURDAY JULY THE 22ND. Kyle, Blake and I went shopping 1st thing to get Kyle boots. That went well and we did some additional shopping ... Oh I bought new coffee cups for the lakehouse, lol. I have been looking for some nice cups for months and just have not seen anything I wanted. Kyle was in the Camoflauge store and I noticed some nice cups on sale that had to do with fishing, lol I figured that was just the touch I needed or Pat and the men folk who drink coffee would enjoy them anyway. We headed back to the lake to meet up with Marcia and her grandkids for tubing etc. They were all there waiting for us. We went out for a couple hours and would go back to pick up Chloe when she was ready. Most of the kids rode the tube behind the jetski.... Marcia did as well.... she made me look like a wimp. I am thinking about it, lol. She did admit she would be buying BENGAY on the way home. We went to Raccoon Creek to check out this wooden boat that a guy I work with had told me about. His bro-in-law has a place there. The boat was sharp but I guess its a boat for looking at, lol or braggging rights. When we picked up Chloe we headed to the Aumei Cliffs, we were all keeping close then all the sudden we did not see Kyle, Chloe and Jacob with the jetski anymore.... they did not catch up by the time we got to the cliffs.....so we pulled in our tube and loaded all kids and went back to locate them. We figured they had some problem and was just hoping it was equipment problem and no one hurt. When we reached the point where we could see to the bridge and no jetski appeared to be stranded and no one seemed to be giving assistance to folks ... we grew more anxious to get to the lakehouse to see if they were there. Just as we turned into our slough my phone rang and it was Kyle they had been towed in by one of Chloe's friends. Seems they had sucked the rope of the tube up in the jetski. Well that ended the fun for all. The remaineder of the day the kids swam and played. Chloe got her lip busted by a softball that was not so soft when Kyle threw it. Chloe spent the night and on Sunday we all got up soon as we could and Pat carried then kids tubing and to Aumei Cliff while I gathered and loaded for the trip home. We left at lunch and stopped for SUBWAY. I was really stressed the entire weekend. I was ready to get home and chill . I guess I pissed all the kids off or they took me serious when I told them to SHUTUP...EAT.... AND GO TO SLEEP and of course I did tell them I was just stressed and on edge to just be good for me. That was the quietest trip home in a long time...Tanner went to sleep so did Brooke and I think Blake did tooo. We did not even stop til just before Jackson at the rest stop. I dropped Tanner off and then carried the rest to the house. Chris got in just in time to see the boys a short bit before Squeekie picked them up. The boys have been at thier Mom's all week and Chris and I have worked. Brooke has hung out with Tanner most of the week but she did stay home a couple days with Chris when he was sleeping days. Pat has been trying to get the jetski's all working and some of the summer fun things put away. I think he will be coming home for a couple weeks to help out until my ANNUAL REQUAL test is over. I just have to pass this test 1st time so I can get on with life.
THE WORK WEEK...Work has been steady and I have tried to do some study at work as well as home. I have been making cd's with some notes on them that are just things that don't stick for whatever reason. I really think this is helping.....but I am far from a good reader lol. Brooke and I have a shopping trip planned for Friday when I get off ... just to pick up supplies but we are both looking forward to it. Oh! I forgot to mention I have been on Atkins diet all week and have done GREAT. I figured while I was focussing on studing for annual exam, it might be a good time to start a diet. Brooke made brownies one night and cookies one night and I never even wanted either. Thursday night was tough for some reason and no goodies were being cooked .... I decided to grill a steak and see if that helped.... I had planned to allow myself steak on Monday's as a treat if I stay on Adkins all weekend. Well I think the steak is all that kept me from some kinda binge last night... So wish me luck thru the weekend, lol. The boys will be here Saturday night and Sunday while Chris is off and that could be a challenge. My house is a wreck so maybe I can divert my cravings to energy lol. Photo's are all posted below.