April turned out to be a month of downs and ups. We started off the month trying to figure out how we'd make it through financially because Josh had lost his job at the end of March. Things got better towards the end of the month when he started his new job on the 19th. Woo hoo! One of the drawbacks though is that he's gone during the week and only home on the weekends. I now call him my weekend husband. The kids and I are adjusting to not having him home and we've gotten into a pretty good routine. And since I'm taking care of them by myself during the week, daddy is on doggy duty (and doodie!) when he's home on the weekends. ;) I've managed to wrangle them enough so we're able to take a 2 mile walk around the neighborhood and not have me come back with any scrapes from falling.
Since Josh wasn't home on his 30th birthday (on the 22nd), we celebrated the following weekend with my parents, Big Gramma, and aunt Nan by going to eat at a Mexican joint near us called El Palmar. Josh and I found it kinda by accident one day and the food is goooooood. It's our new hole in the wall-ish favorite place to eat. Plus, they have our favorite tequila there so that gives them bonus points. HA! We went back to gramma's for dessert and presents where he was surprised with his new favorite cake: a raspberry budnt cake thing. He also got a new tent which we're very excited to use for our Memorial Day camping trip.
The next weekend, I took him out on a date to Cattleman's because he wanted a nice steak. Which he got, in the form of a HUGE porterhouse. More than half of it got taken home to the dogs and for leftovers though. But man, it was good!
The rest of the month was pretty uneventful. The dogs didn't have any vet emergencies or eat anything they shouldn't. It's just been pretty quiet since I'm the only one home during the week. We have some things planned for May that we're excited about so I'm hoping that the next month's recap will be more eventful.
Monday, May 10, 2010
May 5, 2010
So now that the show is ending, I figure that it'd be a good time to start watching it! Netflix has all of the seasons on DVD so I've been renting and watching them while Josh is gone.
May 3, 2010
Josh's blanket #2. I'm at a stand-still right now because I ran out of yarn and our local store has yet to stock the color yet. Grrrr....
April 30, 2010
Mom, mom, mom...I'm ready to go for my walk now.
If you can see it, I have all three leashes hooked to that large caribeaner. I was a little apprehensive at the thought of trying to walk all three dogs at once, by myself, but it hasn't been bad! The only times where I'm sure it's comical to onlookers is when Hayden and Legion start pulling towards something and Abbi and I are taken along for a ride.
April 29, 2010
Grilled flank steak with cumin and other spices, topped with a homemade chimichurri sauce. Not a repeater...
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
April 23, 2010
Little Abbi-beetface. She loveslovesloves beets. We just have to make sure to swoop in with a towel after she eats them because she likes to come show you just how much she enjoyed her food by rubbing her jowels across your legs when she's done. Thank you, Abbi...
April 22, 2010
One of the most funny scenes from the movie The House Bunny. Anna Faris is freakin' hilarious.
April 21, 2010
Legion is official!!! We got his papers back from Puerto Rico (don't ask me why we had to send them there...) and now he can be shown in the AKC shows. Now to get back to practicing...
April 20, 2010
The dogs and I are constantly watching the calendar now to see when daddy is gonna be gone...
April 19, 2010
I'd signed up to get some free samples of this True citrus stuff and it's actually pretty good. You can use it in cooking (I haven't yet) and add it to water to make quick lemon/orange/lime-ade.
April 18, 2010
Evidently, when you actually feed the roses and get rid of the aphids, they actually look really pretty. This is from the vining bush we have in the backyard. That Legion grabs branches from...thorns and all...
April 16, 2010
Our last supper....before Josh goes on the road for work. It's a *breaded* fillet of cod, green beans, and quinoa. Josh had rice. He didn't like the taste or texture of the quinoa. It think it tastes kinda like brown rice, which I really like. The dogs liked it too. Kinda freaked me out though when it came out the other end, it looked like they were infested with worms. The wine...oh, the wine...it's a Luna pinot grigio. We had it at Scott's Seafood one time and had been trying to find it ever since. We ended up finding some at Costco for a reeeeaally good price so we picked up a bottle and were saving it for an appropriate dinner. I think this was it.
April 15, 2010
Big Gramma unloaded several puzzles on me. Much to Josh's frustration... But my to MY pleasure. I love puzzles!!
April 14, 2010
Our first real bbq of Spring. The turd-looking thing is actually a perfectly 'qued piece of filet mignon. Paired with my aforementioned world-famous potato salad, a green salad, a glass of Zin, with a Diet Pepsi back.
April 12, 2010
The little toy that could... We got this when Abbi first came home to us and we've just now had to retire it. Good-bye little purple barbell. You'll be missed.
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