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!!****