It’s hard to believe that it’s already August! Moco and Bubba will be home in 16 days. Auntie Mariah will be home in 17 days — the same day that Moco and Bubba start school! Mariah starts classes the following Monday (8/22). This is peak time at work as well, so August will feel like it’s dragging but at the same time, it will be over before we know it!
Life hasn’t changed much for me… it’s mostly work and hanging out at home with Deacon.
The kids, however, have had a great time with Gamma and Papa. They spent part of their first week in Durango, CO, visiting our friends Linda and Richard — better known as MeeMaw and HoHoHo. They returned to NM just in time for Daddy’s arrival to spend this past weekend with them. I wish I could have been there, too!!! They did a lot of biking and put up a zip line in the backyard. They ate at Rancho de Chimayo, which made me a wee bit jealous, but I’m glad they had the chance to experience one of my favorite places in NM. I know that I can’t be in 100% of the memories that they will have in life… but I’m glad that there is a little piece of me in those particular memories from this weekend.
Also, in typical Gamma and Papa style, they are returning Bubba as a training-wheel-free-biking-riding-machine. Well, okay, except for the fact that he doesn’t really know how to slow down or use his brakes, so he is a little prone to “wipeouts” right now. First potty training, now two-wheel training… they make parenting so much easier for me and Daddy! ;)
Daddy is now back in Tulsa, and the new football players report tomorrow. We’re looking forward to traveling to Tulsa about once a month to see Daddy and to watch some Golden Hurricane football, but this is when reality starts to kick in with this whole long-distance thing!
It’s a good thing, then, that my new ErinCondren.com life planner arrived this weekend, so I can start to organize and plan our weekends between Moco’s travel soccer, Bubba’s rec soccer, trips to Tulsa, and everything else that we have going on! I agonized over the cover design, but finally settled on the “favorite things” cover:
I haven’t used it much yet, so only time will tell how much I love it — but I have a good feeling about it. I absolutely love how the cover looks, and I’m probably going to wear this thing out! I also have to put in a plug for Zulily — which is where I discovered ErinCondren.com when I bought three $50 gift certificates for $20 each (but paid only $45 because I had $15 in referral credit). This planner was quite a deal — but that shouldn’t surprise anyone since I’m always on the hunt for a good bargains!
Anyhow… I’m going to settle in for the evening with the iPad. I downloaded my first real e-book, Catching Fire, which is the second book in The Hunger Games trilogy. It has taken a bit to get used to swiping to turn the pages, but I have to admit, I’m enjoying the Kindle App for the iPad, so there will be plenty more e-books in my future!!
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