121/365 Dreary

The air was so thick this morning it was like breathing water. Ugh! Lots of coughing from the little asthma man. We didn't let it stop us, though. We had breakfast, then hit a couple of yard sales, then it was time for all the men folk to do the Home Depot Kids Clinic. (Tons of girls and mom's there, but not my thing.) Afterwards we stopped by Lowe's and picked up that project to go. It had been a long morning and they were ready to go home.





Being one of the first at Lowe's they scored a previous project they'd missed, and an Earth Day bag and coupons to go along with today's project. Can't beat the free!

120/365 A rare Blair visit!

We meet at Red Robin because she'd never been. It was pretty bad, including service, so blah on that. We did get free appetizer out of it, so I guess that's something.

It was so great seeing her and Nora, and I loved meeting Anneliese! After the RR experience we went to Optimist Park and let Nora and the boys play while we visited. Definitely the high point of my Friday! <3

119/365 Thursday, and needing sleep

Stayed up until 4 am finishing this. Was so glad to get to bed after Vampire Diaries, and Fringe.

118/365 Pink Bronco

This afternoon Vaughn dragged my reluctant-to-leave-the-house-because-I-felt-bad-and-was-super-grumpy self, along with the boys, out for pizza. Okay, so the boys didn't take any dragging. Anyway, he ended up with a grinder and was very happy with it, and my mood got a little better I guess just being with these goofy people that I love so much.

His grinder.



And when we were leaving I noticed a pink Bronco across the street, which meant I just had to get a shot. I'm not happy with it, but here it is anyway.



Just to note, paid $2.81 a gallon for gas today.

117/365 Gross Things Amuse Me

I have a weakness for bacon, egg, and cheese biscuits. I don't get one every day, or every week, but probably at least twice a month after I take L to school I swing by Hardee's and get one. Their newest breakfast promotion had me laughing. Previously it had been a double sausage and egg biscuit, and I couldn't help but imagine someone saying "Now, how can we make that even more unhealthy?" Of course the answer is adding gravy!



Tuesday April 27, 2010

116/365 The silly things I hold on to.

I can't remember the name of the hurricane that came through. It probably was Erin, Erin did a lot of damage. We were without power for over a week and lost a lot of trees. Anyway, at some point after whichever storm was over my nieces were visiting. They liked to go out and sit by the water, and on this day went to Wayside Park. One had to climb down a retaining wall to get this. It was soaking wet and lodged in some rocks. They brought home their "hurricane find" to give to me, and I've kept it ever since. I can't even remember what storm, but I can remember my beautiful girls laughing as they described the perilous descent to the rocks, an almost busted butt thanks to a slip, and how pleased they were to give it to me. So it's traveled from Pensacola, to Nashville, to Oakville, and back. I'm a sentimental fool when it comes to my kids.



Monday April 26, 2010

115/365 Sunday Drive

With the end of the rain and the return of the sun the plan was to go to Scratch Ankle but early in the morning Lucian woke up coughing and struggling to breath, and through the rest of the day he coughed and wheezed and sounded awful. He was still happy, and would have loved the chance to try something fun, but it wasn't an option. Running would have put him in a bad place, and not running is something he can't manage. So we went for a Sunday drive.

First stop, car wash. They love those, and they prefer Ronny's but we were out too early on a Sunday for that.




We drove through Pensacola and saw the Krispy Kreme hot sign was flashing, the only time I think they are worth eating at this point in my life, so we each had one plain glazed. The woman at the window tried to sell us on a dozen, which would only have been a little more than the cost of what we asked for, but we didn't want a dozen. She didn't seem to be able to understand that and asked if we were sure, then gave us a look like we were idiots when we said yes.

After that we headed over the 3 mile bridge and decided to take a drive along the beach. The flag was red as we headed into Pensacola beach and then as we made it to Navarre the purple was added to it. It was a peaceful drive, nice to smell the Gulf and just to see it. There was no fussing that we weren't stopping, we just all talked and looked.





As we went through one part that was very flat and had a dirty look from all the asphalt that was destroyed during the storms (you can see some in the picture above) the boys began referring to it as the poison land. "When we are out of The Poison Land can we stop and get some lunch?" "Look at that big truck coming! It looks like it lives in The Poison Land." I have no idea where they get this stuff.



Earle Bowden Way has only been open a little over a year. It took them almost 5 years to get it open after Ivan, thanks to additional damage by other storms that came along. I miss all the big dunes, and the pure white of the sand, but I missed being able to drive it even more.