Time for a weekend recap...again!

This year has been flying by for us! I always have good intentions to write for this blog during the week, but I never seem to find the time. After Monday nights, it is like I look up and BAM it is the weekend again. Last week was a very hard week at work for me. I had a migraine pretty much every day. I think it was a combination of stress and the massive amount of pollen in the air right now. Every day when I go out to the car, it is covered in a thick yellow dust. The headaches and low energy left me feeling zero desire to be productive once I got home. We had an eventful weekend. On Friday night, the local Junior Auxiliary met for a girl's night at a local restaurant. I got to eat some seared tuna, grilled asparagus, and sweet potato fries. They always serve it with a wasabi soy sauce that is amazing! I had a fun time hanging out with RunninRob. We made some plans for the warrior dash coming up in May. I am trying to convice hubby C that he wants to race, too. I know I will need someone to help haul my butt over some of the big obstacles.




On Saturday, hubby C, baby O, and I spent some family time playing at the house and eating good food. Baby O is now officially into everything. She never stops moving and investigating everything she can get her hands on. Sunday afternoon we grilled out with RunninRob and her family. Baby O really likes to go visit RRob because she has two boys around O's age. I attempted to contribute a fruit pizza for dessert. It was a disaster. When I formed the cookie dough into a 'pizza' shape, I forgot that cookie dough rises as it cooks.

About ten minutes into baking, I start to see smoke rising out of the oven. The cookie had started dripping off the pan and into the bottom of the oven. The whole house filled up with smoke. Hubby C helped me put a bigger pan under the orignial one, and we just let the oven burn off the rest. We cut off the weird edges. I think it turned out pretty well. I will just remember to leave some room for expansion next time.

I spent the rest of the weekend getting ready for the work week: laundry, dishes, grocery shopping. So much fun I can barely stand it! Cheers to a happy and healthy week for everyone!

A Case of the Mondays

Another weekend has gone by at the Cromer house. My only complaint is that it was way too short! On Friday night, we ate out with our friends Clay and Leah. For the last few years, we saw them a few times a week because we always lived very close. Since we moved out to the country, we see them much less often. RunninRob was our waitress for the night. I got to have a margarita, and it was the perfect end to a very long week at work. For only 4$ I got to have the drink and keep the mason jar it came in! Of course, I totally walked out without my cup. I guess I will HAVE to go back again soon. After dinner, we went to hang out at Clay and Leah's house for a few hours. We talked about how life was going and watched baby O do all her newest tricks. It was good to catch up with our friends. It made me sad to think about the fact that in just a few months, we will be living several hours away. I am still in a sad mood about the move. I have turned into 9 year old Linda..."But I don't wanna move and leave all my friends!" I try to avoid complaining to hubby C, because I know how excited he is to be going to graduate school in the fall. I am very excited for him, too. I think it is okay for me to be a little nervous and a little sad about such big changes. I haven't made any progress on finding a new house or a new job. I have made a rough outline of a new resume. It has been about three years since I have even looked at my old one.
On Saturday, we headed over to our nephew's 2nd birthday party. They did a really cute Sponge Bob theme. We ate crabby patties (hamburgers) and drank out of coconuts. Baby O really enjoyed her cupcake. She decided it was too much work to pick it off the table to eat. She was a fan of the dog chowing down method. She also had her first taste of Cheetos. She is a really big fan. After we went to the party, we headed home to work on cleaning and doing laundry. I am so much fun, I know. I did get to go for a 30 minute walk (with a little jogging thrown in here and there) on Saturday afternoon. My new running shoes fit great, and my feet were much less sore after the workout. Success!

We had a lazy day Sunday. It started with our weekly grocery shopping trip to WalMart (where we bought everything in the store). For lunch, we ate some barbecue at hubby C's grandma's house down the road. She is 90 years old, and still very independent. I hope I will be as healthy and as active when I am her age. We worked on cleaning the pool Sunday afternoon. It turned into a pond during the fall/winter because we didn't keep it running. I was in charge of scooping leaves off the bottom of the pool. It is so gross. In between the slimy leaves are worms and frogs and dead snakes. Yuck! It will be worth it once we get it cleaned, or so I keep telling myself... Hubby C and I also walked down to the pond. I was on the look out for snakes, but I didn't spot any. I probably wouldn't see one until it jumped up and bit me. I am not very observant. We grilled out with the family on Sunday night. Hamburgers, sweet potato fries, and cupcakes. I made yellow cupcakes with a creamy chocolate filling and double fudge icing. They are pretty tasty. As you can probably guess from this post, my diet has sucked since baby O's birthday! I celebrated losing ten pounds by gaining back 5. I know I will eventually get back on the diet bandwagon....I am just not quite there yet. All in all, it was a very relaxing weekend at the Cromer house. I hope everyone else had a fabulous weekend as well!

****Cheers to a quick week and a return to the weekend!!****

Weekend Update...Easter Style

We had a packed Easter weekend. We went up to hubby C's new graduate school for a tour of the facilities on Friday. We ate breakfast at the Little Bread Company downtown. I was nervous about meeting new people (hubby C's professors), and I ordered a lot of food. It was delicious but way too much. When I sat down at the table, everyone stopped and stared at how much I bought. A chocolate croissant the size of my face and a giant poppy seed bagel. I have a complex about not wasting food...so I tried my best to eat most of it.

While in Fayetteville, I bought some new running shoes! I didn't know we were going shoe shopping, so I was not wearing socks. For some reason, my feet stink REALLY bad when I wear flats. (Must be the lack of socks...) They were having a buy one, get one half off sale. I couldn't pass up a good deal. I went to an area of the store where no one else was shopping and put on one of those panty hose things they have in a Kleenex box. Of course (just my luck) a lady and her daughter walked by and the daughter was like, "Oh God, what is that smell?!" It was my foot. It was worth the embarrassment because I got these awesome shoes! I haven't actually worn them outside because it has been wet and rainy. I will run soon, and I just know I am going to be running much faster. Right?

On Sunday, we had Easter lunch at my husband's grandma's house (Gramelen). I made some sugar cookies and a simple glaze icing. They were delicious. Baby O looked really cute in her Easter dress. She did not like the Easter grass, but she did like playing with the basket.

Me and baby O...

Hope everyone had a fabulous Easter weekend! Cheers to a quick work week!