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So last night I took Kevin to his single stick and double stick clinic for karate. Afterwards we went back over to my parents and hung out there for a little while before heading home. What was wonderful is when I got home I noticed there was a message on our answering machine. Here I just assumed it was Paul wondering how Kevin’s clinics went, but instead it was the computer place letting me know my laptop was fixed and ready to be picked up!! Needless to say I did the happy dance and couldn’t wait until this morning so I could go pick it up! The only sad thing is as soon as I picked it up, I guess I didn’t HAVE to, but I wanted to really badly take Kevin to the black belt test at his karate school as he had never seen a test before. So it wasn’t until we got home, that I was able to jump online to make sure everything was working.

All I can say it feel so good to be able to be online again upstairs during the day in the living room versus in the basement once the kids are finally asleep. The only thing was I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do first. Of course check my emails as I admit I wasn’t doing the best at keeping up with them. Then I just had to check Facebook to see what was new there and then I thought I better start blogging again. (Now you know what I haven’t been around much)

What I want to do next though is check Craigslist to see if anyone posted a wavemaster (punching bag) in my price range or a Mulan costume for Katie. (That’s what she wants to be for Halloween this year) I’ve been trying to keep my eye open on there for those items, but unfortuantly haven’t found them yet. I did find a wavemaster that was like new for cheaper than what I was willing to pay for it, but since I wasn’t checking it all the time it was already sold. All I know is you can sure tell college is back in session because it seems like there are quite a few people trying to sell textbooks on there.  Oh how I wish Craigslist was around when I was in college.  It seemed like no matter what class it was, after I took the class they always decided that they would switch school books so they no longer had any use for the book I had just paid full price for and was hoping to get a decent price back for it.   I can’t imagine what it will be like when the kids are in college.  Will they even have school books?  Or will all their books be online?   Now wouldn’t that be nice?

So that’s what’s new over here.  How has things been going for you?  Have you done anything exciting the last couple weeks?

Since my laptop is in the shop (and has my most recent pictures) I thought I would post one from a few years ago that is on my desktop!  Oh how my life has change!   I might of had this before as my Wordless Wednesday, but since it’s one of my favorite picture from when Katie was born I thought I would post it again.   Fun thing is Kevin still covers her ears when she “sings”.  LOL

AUGH!!!   Is it September yet?  I’m not sure about you, but I just can’t wait for the school year to start so I don’t have to listen to kids fighting or hearing those words “I’m Bored” even though both kids had two sessions of swim lessons and Kevin has been going to karate just about every night during the week.

Last night while at karate a bunch of us moms were talking about the weapons clinic that was coming up in a couple weeks and one of the moms informed us that her kids weren’t going to be there as they were going to be on vacation.  Not only any vacation, but to Outer Banks in North Carolina.  Oh how wonderful that sounds, to be laying out on a beach listening to the waves crash.  Just closing my eyes dreaming about it makes the stress of the kids fighting start going away. 

I can hear the seagulls in the distance squawking… sounds like they are coming closer, but the waves are still crashing louder than them.  Now I hear the kids laughing which makes me even happier as they are actually getting along!   Then it happens WHAM!  I look and there is a piece of bread that has landed on my stomach and that’s when the squawking really starts in and I look up in the air and here comes all 100 seagulls swooping down trying to get that one little piece of bread!  (no wonder the kids were laughing)

Ok, maybe it wouldn’t be so fun to have a family vacation there, but since our 10 year anniversary is next year, maybe Paul and I could have a second honeymoon there.   Let’s see how that would be…..   we drive there and by the time we get there it’s bedtime and we go to bed.  Wait, I get to sleep right next to my husband the whole night without a kid (or two) climbing in between us?  WOOHOO!!  We wake up and realize we actually got to sleep in!  We got a full nights sleep, so far so good!  We have breakfast and take a stroll down to the beach.  We head back to the rental and change into our swimsuits and decide to enjoy the sun and lay out.   Thankfully Paul had put suntan lotion on me so I didn’t turn into a lobster.  We then go back inside for lunch and decide to go for a ride to see what else is around.  We take some tours of lighthouses, the Wright Brother’s National memorial, Ocracoke Island, Elizabeth Gardens and the list goes on and on.   While we are enjoying our alone time, I can’t help but think of all the fun the kids would of had too and my heart starts aching for them.

Maybe the best bet would be to bring either one of the Grandparents or a niece or nephew to come with us so they could help watch the kids so I could get some relaxing time but yet they would be with us so they could also have fun and have an educational experience as well!  

After looking up Outer Banks vacation rentals I found the perfect place to go!  The Seahawk!  It’s a 5 bedroom house (so there would be room to bring either the Grandparents, niece or nephew) and not only is it a short stroll to the beach, but it also has it’s own private pool, hot tub, game room, etc!    Just check out their kitchen!   I can promise you that I would not mind making meals and doing dishes there!  Just check out that view!   Even though I would still be cooking, I can’t help but think it would be a relaxing time in the kitchen!  Just looking at the pictures it’s calling out our name!

Have you ever gone to the Outer Banks in North Carolina?  What was your favorite thing to do there?  If you were able to go, would you want to go just the two of you?  Or would you rather bring the whole family?   Even though I dread having 100 seagulls land on me I’m thinking it would be best to bring the whole family along. 

While looking for a Sunday Meme to do.. I ended up coming across Straight Out Of the Camera from Murrieta 365. It’s actually quite fun because it’s another picture meme where you can show off what pictures you have taken. The only thing is you can’t do any tweaking or altering, but that’s ok with me as I usually don’t do that anyways.

If you’ve never seen Aloha Friday then here is the run down from Island Life….

In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So I thought on Fridays I would take it easy on posting too. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response.

If you would like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave the link below. Don’t forget to visit the other participates! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!

Now on to my question of the week:

Did you watch the Meteor Shower this week?  If so, was this your first time watching one?

I forgot all about it until my friend posted she saw some and I went outside and ended up seeing 3 in 5 mintes!    This was the first time I saw one and was amazed at how fast they were.  I was hoping to get a picture of one, but knew there would be no way that would ever happen.   It was very cool though.. I ended up waking Paul and then when Kevin woke up and crawled into bed with us I told him what Daddy & I saw and he wanted to see, so out we went in our pj’s and he was able to see a couple too!  So 3 out of 4 of us in our household saw some last night! 

This year we ended up buying a new truck and I have a feeling once that is paid off (hopefully in a couple years) we will then start looking at buying a used camper/trailer so we can start camping!  At first we thought we would just get a truck camper so we could still haul our boat, but now we are having second thoughts about that.  (Good thing we have a couple years to figure it all out)  I also have to remind myself though that there are more expenses that comes with just buying a camper/trailer.  While we will be having camp fires and cooking that way, we also might want to look at outdoor electric grills to see if something like that might be handy.  

Do you have a camper/trailer and go camping?  If so, what is one thing that you have that you wouldn’t leave home without?

I have to laugh at how styles come and go.   Looking through magazines at the dentist office yesterday I had to giggle (inside, not out loud) at how the 80′s look is actually starting to make a come back!  I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would ever see people wearing clothes that looked like what I used to wear, of course in a way it shouldn’t surprise me since it’s seems like a lot of the 80′s is making a come back.     How many re-makes of 80′s tv shows or movies are happening?  (for example Karate Kid and the A Team) and watching commercials for some new movie has 80′s music on it as well.

All I’m waiting for is for people to start wall papering their kitchen’s again and more people going with the contemporary furniture look versus the country style.  (Of course according to my Mom there isn’t to much of the country style out there as they have been looking for a new love seat and want that style)

Are you kind of excited for the 80′s look and style to come back?  Or do you cringe at the sight of it?