Catching up... Again

Let's see, where was I?? Ah yes, Wednesday. Er, I mean Tuesday. Just that kind of week. Tuesday was spent planning for Wednesday's BBQ party. And partaking in a "bbq" at work. We hit 12 million work hours without a single lost-time incident. So we got free lunch. That's really all there is to say about that. When I got home, I started working on getting the yard ready for the party. I cleaned out the big cooler and sprayed down the front entry-way. Put up this cute little decorative fence and some solar path lights. I put things away, power-washed the patio and generally cleaned up. I also made key lime pie ice cream sammiches. Wednesday my man woke me up *asking* if I wanted to go to the gym with him. And by "ask" I mean he worded it as a question, but said it in such a way that I really couldn't say no. We got to the gym at 7, to find it didn't open until 8. I was SO dissapointed. (this is where a sarcasm font would come in handy) I texted Peggy and we started our day! First it was off to Big Lots, where I'd never been before, to get some decorations. I found some awesome tiki torches and a little American flag lawn wind spinner thingy. And red, white and blue star lights. And some more solar path lights. Then we hit up Walmart. We found cute bikini tops to go under our shirts. 'Cause we totally need more clothes. Grabbed some soda and ice and a pool for Pepper and headed back home. About two hours into decorating and setting up the yard we realized we hadn't put any sunblock on. Pepper kept us company the whole time. She enjoyed running free, and playing in her new pool. It's pink :) I'll post a picture when I get home. After we got everything set up outside and most of the food ready, we got ourselves ready. A cool shower does wonders to revive a body! The party was great. Lots of good food and better company. The weather was great for my thick-blooded self, although everybody else was cold. The only bad part of the party was that Peggy had to go home early 'cause she had to work Thursday. I took the day off, even though I only had 7 hours of PTO. I even managed to stay up for the fireworks (pictures of that later too). Thursday we got up and started to get ready to go fishing. Normally, when my man goes fishing he leaves before I get up. This time we didn't get going quite so early. Ok, we didn't get going early at all. After a couple false starts, we finally got to the fishing hole around 2pm. I had my awesome camp chair and my Kindle. And lots, and lots of sunblock. Aparently we needed bug spray too. My man's mom quickly caught two trout. After that the only ones getting a bite were the moscuitos! It was super peaceful at the fishing pond though. It was hot and sunny, but not opressive. Birds were singing, a light breeze blew through the trees. We spent a couple of lovely hours sitting by the water. Not much to show for it, but a slight pinkness on my shoulders and some weird tan lines. After scarfing some dinner we packed up for our mini-cation. This morning I went for my Friday visit with Brian where he developed some lovely new forms of torture. First he put straps around my thighs which he then hooked bungie cors to. So my legs were strapped together basically. This is when he put me on a treadmill at 14% grade and had me walk with "long strides." I hate him. As if that weren't enough he then pulled out an oversized rubber band. He had me step on it, then put it over my shoulders. At that point he told me to do squats. With my legs still stapped together. After that point I got to do what I dubbed the penguin walk. It hurt. A lot. Brian must be a sadist. Anyway, I finished my workout without crying or passing out. After my lovely workout I took a shower, we loaded up the car, and headed out. Off to our lovely mini-cation for my birthday! We saw the Amazing Spiderman in IMAX 3D :) And we had an awesome dinner at the Moon Time. Tomorrow we're off to the theme park! If I'm lucky I won't get totally burnt to a crisp. Now I think it's time for bed. I'll have lots of pictures for you all when I get home! 'Cause there's totally more than 2 people reading this :P G'night!