Consumed

Today was so busy at work (we were covering for the attendance secretary while still doing our job) that I only managed to consume the following...

44 ounces of Coke (which took way longer than usual to drink)
1 Rice Krispie Treat
1 Mini bite-sized Butterfinger
1 Handful of popcorn

Shockingly I'm not shaky, nor do I have a headache...I'll never understand.

Summer of Amie

I hardly ever get to see Amie during the very busy school year, so summer is usually the time when we hang out. In the past, most of this hanging out has happened at my not-so-favorite waterpark, but this summer has been different because we've gotten together for impromptu outings.

Amie texted me the morning of July 2nd to see if I wanted to meet at Cafe Rio for lunch (um yes please). It turns out her daughter Jessica had a friend visiting from out of town so Amie had agreed to shuttle them around a bit and wanted a friend too, I was happy to oblige. We stuffed ourselves silly at Cafe Rio first.

Then we waddled around Target for awhile while the girls wandered in other parts of the store. Amie has all kinds of tricks for managing her curly hair and these tubs of gel are part of repertoire.

It was beasty hot that day so we tried to cool ourselves with the car's air conditioning. I had to keep checking to make sure the seat warmer wasn't on because my backside felt too hot. I really need seat coolers, not warmers! We found some good stuff at the dollar store (Sudoku books and treats).

We met up with the girls again (they had walked down to Old Navy) for some funny group shopping at Costco. I will admit that I caved to a sample situation (normally I'm opposed to this on principle) because they were giving full-sized yogurt Creamies.

I just had to document the amount of animal food Amie had to buy!! Dog, cat and chicken food!! These items are never on my shopping list, no wonder she's so strong...it's all that heavy lifting.

Since our birthdays are one week apart we usually get together for some sort of outing. This time we went out on Amie's birthday (the 16th).

We were debating between Which Wich and 5 Guys and made fools of ourselves standing in front of the restaurant trying to make a decision, eventually we concluded that fries were more appealing than chips on this particular day. Oh my goodness, it was such a good choice, those burgers were the best ever. They were bigger than we expected, but we ate them all!

After lunch we went to the mall to go to Bath & Body so I could get some sort of air freshening plan since my house has a tendency to default to a musty old, people smell. I don't notice it most of the time but when I came back from my trip I could hardly stand it! (This is a cruel irony for me since I'm always cleaning and like to have the windows open.)

After the mall visit (I bought Eucalyptus Mint because I enjoyed it so much at Collette's house) we went for pedicures. I had never gone with a friend before because I usually enjoy reading my book for the hour, but it was fun.

Our last stop was the grocery store for a few items, but since Yogurt Bliss is right next door we had to go there for dessert.

This is the present Amie gave me, inside was a skirt, 2 pairs of earrings, 2 Twix bars and a lip gloss. What can I say, she knows what I like.

SPT--I Love It When You...

Is it wrong that the first thing that came to mind for this SPT topic was "I Love It When You...Bring Me Food!" Maybe it's not wrong, just embarrassing. But Randy is great about doing late-night runs to get food for us or even just for me if I'm craving something.


On Sunday afternoons when we get home from church he always makes me a perfect, little sandwich and brings it to me at the computer so I can eat while I type my Sunday Thoughts post. This act of service is something I really love and appreciate.

So the "self" part of this Self-Portrait Tuesday is my writing, because I didn't think to pose for a picture with this Sunday's perfect, little sandwich.

**Was this topic hard for you?
What do you think?**

It's All About the Funnel Cake

Our city's annual carnival is this week and the kids have been working on me and Randy for days trying to get us to commit to going one night. We've missed going the last two years kind of by accident, kind of not.

What a happy sight to see!

We opted to go Thursday night around 8:00 so that it wouldn't be too hot and so that we'd miss the scary weekend crowds. Our last visit to the carnival 3 years ago was late on a Saturday night and I was actually scared to have the kids there because of all the creepy people.


Not surprisingly carnivals aren't my favorite thing. Since having kids I have no capacity for rides, even the flying swings make me feel nauseous. I just love having one more thing that makes me the life of the party...argh. For me the carnival is all about the funnel cakes!


We were there for 2.5 hours last night before we ran out of tickets, so that made for a long night of standing around taking pictures for me and lots of fun for the kids.


Getting those hot funnels cakes at the end of the night was glorious. We walked over and sat on the stairs of the Alpine Tabernacle and shared them. It made our time with the dregs of humanity worth it! Now we're in the clear until next year but still have two more nights of being able to get funnel cakes! (Randy will be running out to get one after the kids are in bed tonight.)

{More points for wonder dad Randy!}

It's a thing of beauty inside and out.

Things I saw...
A LOT of tattoos, including some full-body coverage...yuck.
A LOT of people who probably shouldn't be parents...yikes.
A LOT of pregnant women about to pop...they were probably motivated by funnel cakes too.
A LOT of badly done air-brush paintings on the rides.
A LOT of carnival workers missing teeth...is this a job requirement?
A LOT of people trying to provide a good time for their kids...we're really all the same right?

**Do you love funnel cakes?
Does the carnival crowd scare you?
How do you feel about tattoos?
Can you stomach rides?**