VOTE!

I am not going to tell you who to vote for. I'm not going to tell you how I voted. I just want to remind everyone to go out and vote. It is a beautiful day here in Ohio so no excuses involving the weather!

Yoga

We all know how the holiday season can be with stress. Add to that the happy homecoming of a soldier and being a part of the FRG and you have Super Stress!
So I'm trying something new tonight. I'm going WAY outside my box and going to a yoga class. I am a member of our local rec center gym and they have a yoga class twice a week. So we'll see how it goes. It's pay as you go, $3 per class so if I dont' like it, no biggie because no committment.
I was supposed to start last week but my babysitter forgot. I'll let her claim preggie brain, hehe. She apologized and even gave me pumpkin cookies. But I am going tonight and hopefully I'll like it.
Being a stay at home mom of 4 with a spouse on deployment, I don't often get the chance to get out of the house in the evenings without the kids. So that in itself will be a good thing, lol. Plus it will give me something to look forward to every week other than the latest episode of NCIS or ER.
Originally I'd wanted to try yoga on the Wii Fit but I can't find a Wii Fit to save my life right now with the Holidays coming up! So I guess I'll have to do the 'real deal' for a while.

18 years

18 years ago today my husband left for basic training. It was also the day of my friend's funeral. I cannot believe it's been 18 years. A blog post about a rainbow reminded me.

At long last, my baby started Kindergarten today. All 4 kids are in school now. It was very quiet when I got back in the house after dropping them off. They all looked cute in their uniforms. Andy came home with a new pet called Stryker. He's a praying mantis one of his friends brought in for him. Those that know Andy know of his obsession with bugs. And fish. And turtles. He's going to be a Herpichthyentomologist some day. The girls enjoyed their day as well and are excited to go tomorrow.

Zucchini

From the time I was little, my mom always tells about how their first garden in this house grew monster zucchini. I planted a garden this year, a little late but it's just starting to show what we'll be eating fresh here in a week or so.
Yeah. A lot of zucchini, lol. So I'm sure I'll find some inventive ways to prepare it. I'm not a fan of zucchini bread or muffins. I don't like it sweet. I like it with garlic and olive oil or mixed in with spaghetti. Not sure what the kids will think, lol.
I'm making my corn-stuffed tomatoes for dinner tonight and I might try adding zucchini next time. Or stuffing the dang zucchini, lol. If anyone has any other ideas, I'm willing to try just about anything.
And just beware. If you come to visit in the next month, you may be sent away with a gift from the garden, haha.

sniffle, hack, cough

I hate summer colds! It started with a slight sore throat, then a cough, minor laryngitis, and now it's sneezing and blowing my nose all the time. It's a gorgeous day outside. I had things to do today. But today was the most miserable I've been since this all started.
Thankfully none of the kids are sick and they've all been great, playing outside and having fun with their cousins.
Hopefully this goes away soon, been 4 days now. I had about 3 weeks of colds/allergies in the spring and was hoping to not deal with it again this year. It must be stress that is making me more prone to getting sick this year.
What's worse is with my husband gone, I sitll have to do all the housework and yardwork, deal with the kids, and cook. I just want to curl up in bed and watch stupid tv shows all day but I have to stay downstairs to keep an eye on things.

In his own time (but finally!)

My son is himself. He's stubborn. Those that know him, know this, lol. He is almost 11 and never learned to ride a 2 wheeler. He had one with training wheels for a while and rode it all the time. I took off the training wheels, he fell a few times and gave up. Refused to try. So I gave the bike to my friend's son. Too big for him but my nephew needed a bigger bike so Hunter got Robert's, Robert got Andy's.
Well, we've kinda been asking him if he wanted a bigger bike to learn to ride. His best friend has one and rides to school. Andy always rode his scooter around with his friend. I think when I got my new bike the other day, he finally realized he should do it. All 3 sisters know how to ride so he was the last hold out.
Well, I guess after riding his scooter around the block with his two sisters and cousin on bikes, he and Bethy got to work. They secretly had him practicing on Bethy's hot pink mountain bike out back, lol. Well, he got it!! They came running up yelling that he did it. I wish I'd gotten it on tape with him on the pink bike, lol.

So since Daddy is still home on leave they are now shopping together for Andy's new wheels. And now that I have a bike, the 4 kids and I can all go on bike rides together now. I'm pretty excited about this, especially with gas prices. Too bad it's dark out now and we're going to Cedar Point tomorrow. That means no more riding til after Daddy is gone again. Next summer however, all 6 of us will be cruisin around town on our bikes.