Weekend Recap

The Summers family had a fun and tiring weekend.

It started early Saturday morning as I got everything ready for my very first 5K. I fed the baby, got dressed, had a bagel thin and waited on Danny to get home. We dropped the babe off at his mom's and headed to the middle school where we got our packets and I prayed the school was open so I could pee, again. Everyone gathered at the start line about 5 minutes before it started and then off we went. Danny hadn't ran at all basically since last June and I didn't make it all the way through C25K so we agreed that walking in the beginning was in our best interest. After we walked about a 1/2 mile, we started jogging. I ran most of it, but I slowed down to wait on Danny and he said "WTF are you doing? Don't wait on me" So, off I went. I ran up the dreaded hill that Danny warned me about just to say I did then walked just a little bit before I jogged the rest of the way. I would guess I ran about 2.5 miles out of the 3.1. I will say this, running in the morning versus at 5 pm, aka the hottest part of the day, is so much better! I may keep running up on the weekends. But we'll see. My time was 38:20something I think and Danny finished about 30 seconds later. I wanted to make it under 40 minutes and I did just that. So yay!

 

After the race we picked up some breakfast and got ready for my mom's work picnic. We got to her place, got the coolers loaded in the vehicles and headed to the park that was 20 minutes away. It took us a damn hour to get there. Note to all work event planners: Pick a location that isn't nestled in the middle of a damn extremely wooded park with shitty signs. We got so f'ing lost. Gigi had a great time showing off her grandbaby in person. Of course everyone already knew who Tuck was since as we walked up we heard about 3 people say "Tucker's here!" It was pretty cute. After the picnic, Danny and I dropped my brother and Megan off at a concert and we headed to Sams Club. That was our date. Never again will we go to Sams without a list and a plan. We just started grabbing shit. $430 and a packed to the gills Jeep later, we headed to get Tuck from my mom and headed home.

Sunday we got up and went to church then took Danny's mom to Cracker Barrel. They had the best high chairs by the way. Tuck hasn't mastered sitting yet so they were perfect for him. 

After breakfast we headed home, lounged for a bit, and visited with some family. After they left, I dozed off a bit then got dinner in the crock pot and cleaned the kitchen a little bit. Sunday was just a random ass day. Which is fine. After Tucker went to bed we rearranged the living room so we could see if a recliner would fit. Good news is it will. We also have so much more room for activities!

Now its time for another work week. I have a feeling its the last calm one before it gets crazy around here. Have a good Monday everyone!

Five on Friday: Dad Edition

Today marks 4 years since my dad passed away. Last year I talked about what that horrible day was like. This year, and hopefully for all the years to come, I want to remember the good things about my dad. The happy times. He was a fun guy who made everyone around him laugh, even if you didn't want too. He was a straight shooter too. So, my 5 things today are going to be about my dad. Stories, things he did, whatever. All happy stuff!

1. The man LOVED Pizza King. Every Sunday, and when I say every I mean no less than 3/4 of the Sundays in a year, he ordered Pizza King. It didn't matter if the rest of the family wanted it, he ordered it. If we didn't want it, that was okay. He would order a pizza for himself. We ordered it so often for a couple years that they knew my mom's voice, my dad's voice, our phone number and where we lived. They didn't ask for the address anymore. It gets better though. They sent us a CHRISTMAS CARD which included a free pizza. The Alexandria Pizza King was his favorite. There are some all over Indiana, owned by different people. No one can make a pizza quite like ours though.

2. He also loved Thirsty Thursday. From the time I was a little girl all the way up to right before he passed away, I always knew Thursday was his night. His night to relax, hang out with his friends and have a few drinks. When I was really little he bowled. After he hurt his shoulder, him and a few guys just started hanging out at his office and I think they played Craps. The all even had special John Deere cups (one guy worked for a John Deere dealer) with their names and their "Titles" on them. After the office moved and we built the barn, Thirsty Thursday moved out there. I loved it. When I was home on breaks or during the summer, I joined. I LOVED hanging out with my dad and his friends. I don't know why, but I just did. It was only fitting that his funeral was on a Thursday. You better believe we all gathered at the barn after and had a few drinks.

3. One of the funniest things my dad ever did happened on the way to a baseball game. We were in the middle of some little Podunk town that we had never been too trying to find the ball diamonds. We were at a stoplight and the 4 of us were just minding our own business. Then all of a sudden my dad rolls down my mom's window and starts talking to this old lady. She asked where the farmer's market was. My dad, without missing a beat and as serious as could be, told her to turn right at the next light and then it would be a few blocks down. It happened so fast we didn't know what to do. I'm pretty sure my mom's jaw, along with mine and my brother's, was resting on the floor of the car. And I shit you not, I think my mom and I got lost of the way to a dr appointment a couple weeks later.

4. He wore 2 types of shirts, and 2 types only. T-shirts and Tommy Hilfiger polos. He wore striped Tommy polos for a while, then when the guy that worked for him started wearing stripes, my mom and I were ordered to only buy solid ones from then on. He had probably 25 polos hanging in his closet. My mom and I tried to get him to branch out and I bought him a button down Tommy shirt for Christmas one year that we thought he would look great in. I gave it too him since I thought being a "daddy's girl" might help me win the battle a little bit. He opened it, and without even holding it up or taking it out of the box, gave me a side eye and said something like "you're not serious." I admitted that I knew it was a long shot and that I would take it back. He said "Sorry but you know better" And he was right. In the fall he would wear a pullover. One of those windbreaker, golf looking things. Those were his favorite.

5. He did things BIG and on a whim. I will never forget a softball tournament I had in July one year. It was hot. as. balls.  As most tournaments were. This one was apparently too much for the guy to handle. We got in the car during a break and he said "We're going to Watsons" (it was a place to buy fun shit... pools, playsets, pool tables, game room stuff) 2 hours later, there was a date and time scheduled for a pool to be delivered and installed at our house. One year for Christmas when my brother and I went shopping with him for my mom, he was planning on buying her a pair of earrings. He went to Kay while Drew and I went to find her an outfit and some other things. We met back up outside Kay and he held up the bag and said "I bought 2 pair" He bought a big set and then a set with a smaller diamond. I looked at him so confused and told him she didn't have her ears pierced twice. He basically told me tough shit, she's going to get them done. He couldn't wait the 7 days we had until Christmas and gave them too her that night. He was SOOOO proud of himself.
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June Goals

Its time for me to nail down what I accomplished over the past month and figure out what is next on the agenda.

Lets take a look at May first.
1. Again, organize craft supplies - This is DONE and the eye sores of containers are tucked neatly away in the spare closet. Freaking finally!
2. Spring cleaning - Got our bedroom, the living room and the bathroom done. Danny did the bathroom and I did the others. The kitchen still needs cleaned really good, but that's going to require a babysitter and beer.
3. Come up with a weekly cleaning schedule - Didn't do it.
4. Finish C25K - Nope. Just nope.
5. Get one of the rentals ready to sell - Its close! My brother and I, well mostly my brother, got one of the garages cleaned out and the surveyors are doing their thing. Just need to get the carpets cleaned and burn some old work files from the garage and then we are ready to list it!
6. Plant the garden -  This did happen. I planted the tomatoes and Danny  planted the rest. Everything is coming up nicely and we might actually have a successful garden this year!

Here is what I'm thinking for June.
1. Make some freezer meals - I found a great list of freezer meals that you literally just throw the shit in a Ziploc bag and then when you're ready to use it, put it in the fridge the night before and in the crock pot the next morning. Too easy. I'm entering the really busy season for work and dinners are going to have to be quick and require minimal work. I need to get this done soon.
2. Come up with a cleaning schedule - I did really well with staying on top of housework last week without feeling overwhelmed. I need to maintain that, or tweak it enough for it to last. I'd like to make some sort of fun to-do checklist of weekly chores so I can keep track. I just like lists. A lot. Hence these posts.
3. Wine bottle craft - I want to do this. Or something similar.

I tested my string wrapping ability on a bottle last year and it turned out pretty good. I have 3 bottles sitting by the sink that have had soapy water soaking in them for a couple days(so it might be more like a couple weeks) so I just need to get too it. The hard part will be picking out the embellishments and what to put inside. I'm very particular and hard to please when it comes to these things.
4. Take Tucker swimming - My brother in law has a pool, my mom's apartment complex has a pool, one of my good friend's parent's have a pool and I can count on one hand the number of times I've been swimming in the last 3 years. We're going swimming.
5. Plan a one night trip for Danny and me - Danny has been wanting to get away and I have been hesitant leaving Tucker. Its not that I don't trust one of our moms to keep him, I would just feel like I was missing something. I have not spent a single night away from him since he was born. Danny does it 3 nights a week so it wouldn't be a big deal for him. Plus a lot of planning would go into pumping, and bottles, and making sure I left enough milk, blah blah blah blah blah. It needs to happen though.

That's it for now. I'm keeping them simple this month since I'm getting ready to get super duper busy!

Transformation Tuesday: I forget what week

We are a tired bunch around here today.  Tucker fell asleep during his breakfast, Diesel was asleep beside us on the couch, I dozed off halfway through my coffee, Danny slept through an alarm at work and one of the other firefighters slept late too. Not real sure what is in the air around these parts, but it's making us tired!

I missed Transformation Tuesday last week. Having a Monday off threw my whole schedule out of whack, blogging and otherwise. I even had lots to share! One of which being that this bitch ran for 20 minutes straight, which came out to 1.75 miles. Not too shabby!

Anyways, a lot happened last week as well. I ran for 22 minutes and did just fine. I was about 30 seconds away from reaching the 2 mile marker, but wanted to follow the program so I stopped. Now, this week I am going to completely contradict that thinking. I am about 4 runs behind schedule for C25K. That wouldn't be a big deal if the 5K wasn't THIS SATURDAY! Yep, this Saturday is when I am scheduled to run 3 miles. The baffler of this though is that I freaking paid to do it. Who am I? So, the plan for tonight and Thursday? I'm skipping Week 7 (run 2.5 miles or 25 minutes) altogether and just heading straight for Week 8 (run 2.75 miles or 28 minutes). If I have to stop, then I have to stop. Its not going to be pretty though. I haven't ran since last Thursday and I can only run twice this week. My free childcare with lax drop off/pick up times is in North Carolina this week and Danny worked yesterday and works again tomorrow and Friday. Sooo that's what is going on with the exercise portion of this equation.

Now for the eating. This has been going well for the most part until this weekend. Ooooooof course. I slipped up on purpose though. My milk supply took a hit Thursday and Friday. I don't know if its from not eating enough, not drinking enough, because I dropped a pump session, or because parts need changed. Or a combination of all of it. So, I added some delicious unhealthy food back in and replaced some parts and things are getting back to normal. I need to find the right mix of things so I can lose weight and still maintain my milk supply. Breastfeeding is so damn tricky.

So, this is the last week of the first "phase" of losing the baby weight. What is next? I ordered T25 from Shannon @ Life After I Dew a couple weeks ago. If I start it next week, my last work out will be the day of a sorority sister's wedding, which is also my birthday weekend. Pretty perfect timing if you ask me. So, I think that might be next on the agenda. I'm not sure if running will be mixed in though. We'll see if I get that "runner's high" after the race. I'm kind of doubtful but we'll see. I also don't know if it is realistic for me to fit 2 workouts in on one day, but I've made so much progress running and I don't know if I want to give that up just yet. If anything, I can stick it in my back pocket for when I'm done with T25 knowing that I can run. So much to think about.

Oh this weekend

This weekend was exhausting.

It started Friday afternoon when I rushed home from work because Tucker was screaming hungry after all of his bottles. Between his hunger fits, we managed to go eat with my mom, brother and his girlfriend at what used to be our favorite Mexican place. Nope. Not anymore. My mom found a hair in her food and the beyond rude waitress gave what seemed like a well rehearsed response of "we don't have women in the kitchen" Oh bologna. This was after she very rudely climbed in our asses about how she "asked us 5 times how we wanted the bills."  It'll be a while if we ever go back. My brother probably will because he refuses to cook and the food options in town are limited, but this is the second time in about a year I've had a really bad experience there. The owner, who has moved to Indy and opened another restaurant, use to be amazing. He probably still is. But since he left his brothers in charge, its gone way down hill. Its sad really.

That brings us to Saturday. Saturday was the most exhausting day I've had since Tucker was a newborn. Two words: Growth Spurt. He was up at 5 am, for the 3rd day in a row, and ate EVERY. SINGLE. HOUR! Every hour until 9pm. He may have gone an hour and a half once. Just once though. Danny was at his other job and then helped his brother get his fields ready to plant after that so I was on my own. I luckily was able to shower and at least eat a decent breakfast. Lunch was popcorn until Danny could bring me home a McD's salad and then dinner. It was a long, long day. I basically sat on the couch the entire time. I watched A LOT of Parenthood. Like 8 episodes and that was after the 3 episodes of General Hospital.

Before the madness. This must have been my warning look.

Sunday was MUCH better! Tuck woke up around his normal time. I ended up being able to meal plan and go to the grocery as well as do a load of laundry. I could have done more but I was still feeling the effects of the day before and Danny was gone helping his brother again. So, more Parenthood it was. That was the extent of my Sunday. Oh, except for Tucker's new favorite thing to do: play with my mouth. Forget the toys, he's got lips and teeth to grab.

That was it for us. I'm hoping for a more fun weekend next weekend.