A Fairy Tale....or a complaint, you decide

A long time ago a wonderful prince named Sir Petty fell in love with Lady Labonte. They shared a love of all things Nascar and spent two weekends a year at the Dover Races. On Dover race weekends there are 3 races, one on Friday, one on Saturday and the big race on Sunday. At first Sir Petty would drive Lady Labonte back and forth daily, over 120 miles round trip daily (3 days in a row)....in traffic. This got old quick so Sir Petty and Lady Labonte bought an old (used and abused) travel trailer to take to the track on race weekends. Not only was this more convenient for the royal couple, but it was cheaper too. No more daily parking rates and gas guzzling. Plus it meant no more mornings being up before the sun to try and beat the traffic. Those race weekends were so special to the couple. It was their alone time (because Lady Labonte's son didn't like Nascar and stayed at his dads house on those weekends). Not much changed through the years except for a new travel trailer to replace the old one. THEN the royal couple had their first prince. Because Sir Petty has trust issues he decided that they no longer needed to go to the races....except for a quick shopping trip, with new Prince in tow. Eventually the royal couple had another prince, thus giving Sir Petty even more reason why any and all race tickets should be sold. Last spring, the princes were finally old enough to go to the track AND actually go in. Sir Petty planned to take Lady Labonte and the two princes to the Friday race since it is a shorter race and less crowded. Their royal outing was overthrown by a huge rainstorm which caused the Royal family to need to go back to the track the following day. This also gave way to the Princes attending the Saturday race. Which is longer and more crowded. Much to Sir Petty's amazement the older prince LOVED it. He was entranced and watched the entire race. The smaller prince lost interested but played nicely on the seat next to him. This made Lady Labonte happy. Very happy because she missed the long weekends at the track. Staying in the camper, with no long commute to or fro. This gave her hope....and plans for the future.
This is where the story remains. At a stand still. Sir Petty is not convinced that he should take his royal family down to the track for the entire weekend. Even though they have tickets for both Saturday and Sunday races. AND have had no luck selling the Sunday tickets. Lady Labonte suggested that Sir Petty take the oldest prince to the Sunday race since there are only 2 tickets. While she and the younger prince stay at the camper.

So what do you think? Is Lady Labonte right? Should the royal family reinstate their Dover weekend trips? Or should they just attend one day and try to sell the Sunday tickets.

And if you agree with Sir Petty.....would you like to buy two Dover tickets?

Changes

Oh Boy! So many changes in such a short amount of time. Most importantly is that J started his first day of kindergarten this morning. And yes, I cried when he left. He was all smiles and at least waved to us once he was on the bus. Me and R both started to cry about the same time....we both missed him right away. As I am writing this I only have 2 hours to go until I can hold him and hug him again. Apparently Hubby is just as anxious as I am with J going to school. Neither one of us really trusts other people with our kids (that is normal, right???) so sending him with a strange bus driver to go to a school full of other strangers is nearly panic inducing. We were discussing all our worries and fears last night when I mentioned a fear I have that really freaked Hubby out....What if he gets on the wrong bus home? I know! It could happen, and WE.WOULD.FREAK! Thankfully our school district is small and only has two buses. So we at least know where to find him if he does get on the wrong bus.

Another change is that there will be no more pictures of the boys on my blog (or facebook). Apparently me putting pictures of them online has been upsetting Hubby for a long, long time. I respect his wishes....I just wish he would have TOLD me earlier instead of letting his anger of the issue boil into a huge issue. I am not a mind-reader. Anyhow...from now on only pictures without the boys will be posted. Pictures with the boys will be emailed only to family and close friends.

I only have today and tomorrow left with my Mom taking care of the house. My parents leave on Thursday to head back to AZ. Boo! Right now my house is picked up, laundry is done and kitchen is clean. By monday Im sure it will be a disaster around here. I still have all my restrictions for a few more weeks....no lifting, pushing, pulling, picking up, vacumming, etc.
Wish me luck....or send me a maid. Otherwise things will be getting real ugly real quick.

Happy Labor Day!

I hope everyone has a safe and fun holiday.

Grumble, Grumble

I chose that title because it covers BOTH topics of my post. My complaining and our Dinner (actually my stomach rumbling).
I will start with Dinner, cause it is going to be AWESOME. Hubby has been rocking the smoker all day. He is making Ribs, chicken and sausage. All smoked to perfection. We are also having Crabs!!! YUM. I made coleslaw and deviled eggs to go with our feast. I sure hope Mom and Dad have lots of room in their tummys because we are going to feast like Kings tonight!!

On to the complaining. I hurt. Not so much from the surgery but from my Sjogrens and Fibro. Yesterday was awful and today isn't much better. I am very thankful for my non-stop prescription for Percocet but HATE HATE HATE that I need them. I also hate that this stupid disease(s) practically run my life. We have been talking about making a trip to FL after my parents move, and all these plans are wrapped around me. How I will feel and how my limitations will effect our trip. UGH! I don't want to be sick! I want to be normal!!!!
Sorry...sometimes I need to do that. Does it help? No, not much...but it is better than letting it swim around in my head and infect my moods permanently.

How are you enjoying your Holiday weekend? Whatever you do...keep if fun and keep it safe!

Friday nonsense

This post has no real theme or message....just a bunch of nonsense that is in my head and needs to come out. Random things I suppose.

-I am really enjoying the visit with my parents. Its great having them here. And Mom ROCKS! She is doing everything and not letting me do much of anything. Yay Mom!

-Soccer practice started last night. Both J and R are playing this year and are on the same team, thankfully. I LOVE watching the little ones play. It is so cute.

-Our weather has been great. The temps are lower and so is the humidity. I wish it was like this year round.

-We went to the Back to School picnic yesterday. It was nice. J got to pick out his seat in the Kindergarten room and see some of the the fun stuff he will be doing soon. They also had lots of games and prizes and food. Crabs and hotdogs actually. Not too shabby for a school picnic, huh??

-Looks like my parents will be moving from AZ to FL next spring. That means we will most likely be traveling down there next year. I have been on the Disney site and am SHOCKED at how expensive it is, and unless someone can direct me to some miracle site that has extremely reduced prices then my kiddos will have to get their fill of Mickey off the TV.

-I 100% agree with EM on THIS. You really should check it out, and besides that EM has nice CANS.

-Does anyone else do Swagbucks? I signed up and forgot about it until recently. But I am making a conscience effort to earn more "bucks", which will help to support my growing MP3 download habit. (If you plan to sign up, please do so under me so that I will get more credits. Thanks!!)

Pictures

Dad with R

Dad with J
J and his lego creation
R with his cake
Dad and Poppop

R's "puppy" birthday cake
Mom, Poppop and Dad

Weekend

Are there any people in your life that take you WAY back to a happy time in your life? Or ones that make you happy and laugh constantly, no matter what else is going on around you? I am lucky to be blessed with a friend like this and even more blessed that she is back in my life. I just spent the weekend laughing NON-STOP. Even my kids laughed all weekend. MA is just fun to be around. Hubby enjoyed her visit too, but not as much as I did.....because (unfortunately for him) we have a lot of "inside" jokes. Even if we try to explain, he just doesn't get it.

So needless to say, this was the BEST weekend I have had in years. And now I am sad because she is back in VA and I miss her already. But I do have a very nice distraction. My parents are here now. We picked them up at the airport yesterday afternoon. Mom has been super busy doing all the stuff I shouldn't be doing now that Hubby went back to work. She keeps telling me to sit down and relax. And telling me how stubborn I am, lol. Who Me?!?