Enjoyed some time alone with her and Molly 4 last night after Chase went with Mark. Got to give her the update on my workplace antics. Jeremiah was doing his usual Friday night with Brett playing Frisbee golf and Dad was at my sister Cathy's eating scallops I was told so it was just the two of us. I mean 3 with Molly!
This is Molly. She's really much cuter then this photograph but it's all I have to work with at the moment. I'm sure there will be more to come as she grows. She's actually about just the right size right now to be one of those dogs women in Beverly hills carry in their purse ;)I also spent some time with Shawn talking and taking an October evening drive around town with the windows down. It's not going to be this nice forever so I thought we'd make the best of it. Soon enough the weather is just gonna get stupid and I am NOT looking forward to that. The trees already depress me turning colors as I've decided I love them green and full not colored then bare! Yes as I grow older I also hate winter more and more. But for now I'll just accept that it's Iowa. What did I expect?
Work has been crazy for both Jeremiah and I and were both in need of decompressing. We rubbed some chicken with a homemade spice rub and it's sitting in the refrigerator 'curing' until it's ready to go in the smoker tomorrow. Here's the 'before' picture. I'll let you know how it turns out 'after'.
Jeremiah is enjoying experimenting with different types of seasonings, meats and types of woods with his Masterbuilt. We'll try the hickory pieces tomorrow and he's planning on giving it a heavy smoke.Chase has been enjoying Saturday morning bowling's these past few weeks at league. He's averaging about 5-6 strikes a week and today he's trying to qualify with Mark for the family doubles tournament. We'll have to wait til Sunday night to see how that went though. I like giving he and Mark space on their weekends so we don't go watch Chase bowl those Saturdays. I think it's worked out pretty good. He's started selling frozen cookie dough and other sweet treats for the bowling fundraiser and will be doing so through October 22ND. So if you would like to contribute just drop me an email and I'll hook you up!
Some of my personal favorite ways to decompress is doing things like going to the dog park, watching movies with Mi, enjoying good food and watching episodes of XFactor, The Mentalist, Drop Dead Diva and Survivor! The X Factor in fact this past week finally has begun to live up to it's hype and I think I will really enjoy the rest of the season. It's slightly different from American Idol and I like the diversity of ages and styles in this show. Not to mention I do love me some Simon! I'm waiting to watch this week's Mentalist/Drop Dead Diva with Chase. It's kind of like 'our time' and he enjoys it as much as I do. Our direct TV thingy died this last weekend so it's been wonderful having the new one this week even though we lost all of our dvr'd shows. This new one is much faster and responsive! Luckily I didn't miss even one minute of Survivor thanks to my husband :) He's the best.
It's only Saturday though so cross your fingers Decompression Weekend doesn't get interrupted by unexpected drama. Which reminds me! Shawn this week was traumatized when an idiot pulled right out in front of him and wrecked his car! Luckily he's physically fine but the stress of suddenly having your life and freedom stripped from you and not knowing what's going to happen with the insurance companies on if it's going to be replaced or what, is a definite learning experience. We're all hoping it turns out for the best and the guy's insurance pays quickly since he was at fault after obviously being sited for failure to yield. Shawn had put a lot of work and money into the car though that we are concerned won't be compensated for or what they think the car's value is since it was an older used car. All of those 'unknowns' even for a seasoned older adult can be challenge but we need to remind ourselves no matter we'll figure it out as long as we work hard, stay grounded and use our heads on how to best utilize our assets. Instead of focusing on what ifs and why Me's. Life lessons are indeed painful but necessary to become the strong survivors who are wise and can share what they learn with the next generation. And so on, and so on and so, on life. goes. But definitely DECOMPRESS Y'ALL!!
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