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July 12, 2009

hi ho hi ho

Kendall leaves for camp today. One whole week without her help. I'm probably going to be committed to nuthouse by Friday. Jake just got back from Fredcamp yesterday. I hardly missed him because he's never home, but just like every year, I went to watch their closing ceremony thing and just like every year, I cried. I love watching the slide show of all of the houses that the kids renovate in a week. It's also fun singing hippy songs with teenagers. They sang "if I had a hammer" like it was written just about them. They all hug goodbye like they're best friends and as I'm leaving, Jake's adult (he actually said "mom, this is my adult"), said to me that Jake is a natural leader and that she was so proud to have spent a week working with him. I was pleased as punch, but then when he got home I reminded him that he has one week to take his driving improvement class before losing his license and then we put him on his own insurance policy. He said "i gotta get out of here!" and we're back to reality. Huzzah!

Trevor is going to his friend Patrick's house for the week. I'm not sure what's behind that but it means that the house will be quieter for sure. I am a little sad because he and I had a date to go see Harry Potter this week. Now I'll have to go with just Jake. It's ok though, I could go alone and I'd be happy to see Harry.

This weekend has been relaxing so far. I spent most of the day outside with Tessie and Max and Kendall in the pool. I turned on classic country songs and sang along all day. I'm sure my family hated it, but I was so happy to hear Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, John Denver, Hank Williams and the rest of my favorites. I was taken back to when I was a kid and we'd go down to the river and the men would play guitars and we'd all sing those wonderful songs. I played "it's good to be back home again" by John Denver at my guitar recital when I was 10 so when I heard it yesterday I wanted to cry because I was so happy. It's not like you can't get these songs on itunes, but it's so awesome to be surprised by them. Last night I cooked satay chicken on the grill with some naan and corn on the cob. We ate outside under the fairy lights and then I fell asleep during the movie that Dan and I have been waiting to watch for a few weeks. I imagine it was a good movie but it wouldn't be the same if I didn't sleep through it.

This morning Tess and Max woke us up TOO early so I made them some toast and then Tess went for an early swim. She is such a chatterbox. She spent 20 minutes trying to convince me that hyenas aren't ALL bad, just the laughing ones. I admit I'm not good at indulging her in this weird talk and I just nod my head and say "uh huh". Dan would have talked to her til they were both blue in the face about how this is or is not true, but he was sleeping in. I guess she gets what she gets.

We also filled out re-fi papers with Mary the loan lady yesterday because interest rates are going down and we're down with saving some money. Now...if I could just wiggle my nose and get Kendall down to camp, I'd be so happy. I dread that drive as much as I dread spending a week without her.

Posted by krystal at 11:25 AM

July 10, 2009

pink

The plan for Thursday afternoon was that we were going to have a hair-cutter lady come over to Suzies to get our hairs did. I have come to love Thursdays in the summer the way I love Fridays during the rest of the year. After putting in 40 hours in 4 days, it's time to relax. Well, the hair lady changed her mind and wanted us to come to her house. That would mean hauling 10+ kids to someone else's house. The hair lady decided that she wasn't down with that idea since she has um...a pool. I guess normal people don't let kids in their pool? Whatevs.

I didn't even really want a haircut, I wanted something different though. Either highlights or just a trim or some long bangs or something. But we really just wanted to hang out and get girlified. Teddy had been saying that she was going to get barbie-pink streaks in her hair and Kendall seemed intrigued by that one so when I picked her up to go to suzies with me to not-get-our-hairs-did but drink beer instead, we ran by the beauty supply and picked up a package of pink dye. The girls went upstairs and did their hair. Teddy got pink streaks and Kendall dyed the tips of her hair pink. Both girls looked fabulous dahhling. So then they talked Tessie into letting them streak her hair with pink too. Ummm, by then Suzie and I realized that pink was most likely necessary for us as well. So I have a pink streak, Suzie has one and Isabella has one.

We drove home to fix dinner and I have to say that when I got home and saw my streak, I was tickled pink. /cheese

Posted by krystal at 7:59 AM

July 8, 2009

dream?

I can't figure out if I was dreaming or if my dad really did tell me that he was mad because everyone at his job got a new flip-cam except for him. I also couldn't remember if a guy at work sent me an email telling me that he's only waiting on ONE red box to be delivered...and that's from me. I checked my email to find out that I did dream about not delivering the redbox (even though I haven't yet...but they're waxing the floors so I can't). But i'm pretty sure my dad isn't having envy over a flip-cam. In my dream I was really singing the praises of flip cams because I do carry mine around with me all the time even though I don't use it.

I am sure of the dream I had last night where I was mad at my mom and dad for going tubing and leaving me behind even though they knew I was there to go with them. To show them how furious I was, I bought a yellow vw bug and left without them, taking only Tess along with me.

Before I met Dan I rarely ever remembered my dreams. Now after years of talking to each other about our dreams, I remember them a lot better. Even the kids talk about theirs, too. I guess that makes Dan the man of my dreams.

Posted by krystal at 9:57 AM | Comments (2)

July 6, 2009

freedom rocks

One thing that I've learned this year is that I've certainly learned to pack as much fun into the weekend as I possibly can. I feel like every single weekend since Easter has been packed full of things and stuff and people and drinking and having fun.



This past weekend started on Thursday because I was off for the holiday. We had another installment of the mean mommies and babies. I believe we had at least 23 people at the house eating burgers and dogs, drinking beers, swimming, laughing and enjoying the summer. It was so awesome to have everyone there. We got up Friday and left for the river where we spent the entire time eating seafood and steak, boat riding, floating on tubes in the river and watching my mom completely school my kids at badminton. She kicked everyone's ass who came up against her. Jake is in awe and believes that she's been holding out some super powers or something. Saturday night the kids did a fireworks show for us right out on the beach. It's so nice that they're big enough to entertain us for a change.

Yesterday we packed up and came home. Gracie was so tired that she hardly moved all day. Max and I took a 3+ hour nap and then Dan and I went out for thai food and ice cream last night because I realized we hadn't had a moment alone in 4 days.



This week Jake is off at Fredcamp and next week Kendall goes to camp. We may or may not go back to the river this coming weekend for the church picnic. It's usually fun, but I really have to admit that floating on the river without a nice cold beer is just not the same.

Posted by krystal at 9:28 AM