10 Things Tuesday: Things I Cannot Stand!

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Top 10 Annoying things.  Bahahha.  Just 10? 
Here I go...

10.  Seafood.  People that make a big deal out of me not eating stinky, nasty, disgusting seafood.  It annoys me.  For one, it smells.  Two, did I mention it stinks?  Three, it squishes around your mouth like liver (or what I think liver would squish around your mouth like).  Yes, I have had it before.  I used to eat fish sammies as a child.  And, tuna fish.  But, this one time I got a bad, bad sammie.  Like, if I explained to you what it looked like or smelled like you'd probably vomit.  And, when I say "people", my husband is included in that broad term.  He thinks I'm missing out on life because I refuse to eat seafood even at the beach.  Get ov'a it dude...it's not happening.
9.  Dirty Potty's.  Like really people, clean that crap (literally...lol!).  And, how does a woman make a mess?  Ewww, ewww, and ewww. 
8.  Selective Hearing.  I won't even go there with the "people" or "person" but you know that recent episode of KUWTK where Bruce has his hearing tested and nothing is wrong?  I felt like I was Kris during that episode.
7.  Voicemail.  I hate everything about it.  It also ranks right up there with "cell phones and always having to be "available".  I have 2 boys.  2 young boys.  9 times out of 10, I'm dealing with poo, baths, feeding them a never-ending list of "snacks", etc.  I can text like a champ, but if you leave me a VM I have to call it.  And, that's annoying. 
6.  Going to the grocery with 2 kids.  Where am I supposed to put my groceries?  (and, for the record, people who lolly-gag at the grocery because they don't have a clue what they want...well, it gets on my nerves that you end up seeing them for your entire trip there because they go to the same aisles you do!).
5.  Ordering food for Todd.  Lets take Texas Roadhouse.  We love that place.  But, the wait is usually like 2 hours. Luckily, our's has a drive-thru
!  You have to call ahead though.  So, ordering for Todd goes like this:  I want a salad with no tomatoes, extra egg, extra cheese and double ranch.  I want a filet, you can butterfly it, well done and a side of mashed potatoes with white gravy (ewww).  Dude, can't you just say I want a salad with ranch, a well done steak and a side of mashed potatoes?  I blame him for restaurants always messing up our food.  Always.  It's never right. 
What's even better is our friends and family could order for Todd anywhere we go because he gets the same meal everywhere.  He's even known to ask for it if it's not on the menu.  God love him...and his metabolism of a race horse!
4.  Dirty fingernails.  I say this because I have to clean Ty's fingernails each day from being outside.  And, they're short.  Ewww.
3.  When people talk while you're video taping.  I'm guilty of it (ummm, I'm a Mom.  I am THE videographer of the fam because I'm the only one who remembers to record things).  When I watch the clip's though, all I hear is my country accent.  If we're recording, 9.99 times out of 10, it's of the kids.  So, the comments and noises drown out what the boys are doing.  Just sayin'
2. The dirty microwave at work.  Okay, if someone's Hot Pocket exploded in the microwave don't you think they would have seen it?  Ewww again.
1.  Ohh...the coveted #1 spot.  DumDumDummmmmmm...
Let's go with my closet.  It's annoying.  I'm going to sound like a spoiled brat here but it's too big.  I mean, if it was organized it wouldn't be an issue.  But, it's been our catch all since the day we moved in.  It's also full of clothes I'm trying to fit in.  And, wrapping paper.  And, beach towels.  And, some random pictures.  And, birthday cards.  And, Ty's birth certificate.  And, ankle weights.  And, recipe books.  Yeah, so you get the point.  It's a mess.  A hot mess.  I'd take a picture but I fear someone would try to get me on an episode of Hoarders. 
My clothes are hanging up in an organized fashion, but that's about it.  I'll take a picture.  One day.  Hopefully before my kids granduate college.

Y3W: Embarrassing Mom Moment

Ace is all, "who's the monkey in the cart?"

Oh Target how do I love thee.  We are regulars at our Target (pronounce it with a French accent and it sounds so much more glamorous).  Todd is usually at the field or the golf course on Satudays and today was no different.  Ty gets bored about 2 seconds after we're in the store, so he entertained Ace and him while I looked at some clothes and shoes.  The entertainment?  Fake sneezing. 
Ace cracked up each time...like crack up belly laughing.  Ty got louder and louder and I'm pretty sure people could hear us outside in the parking lot.
Ty knows I usually keep an assortment of snacks in my purse at all times so of course, he was all over that.  I just gave him my purse and told him to find something. 
Bad idea, right?
I never do that.  Swear.
So, as we enter the dorm/picture frame aisle which was PACKED Ty raises up a tampon. 
I could feel the blood RUSH to my face.  I tried to quietly tell him to put it back, but it was too late.  He was standing in the cart, screaming, "no Mama, I wanna play with it." 
Did I mention the wide aisle we were in was packed?  And, to make it better, we were trapped.  Carts were in front of us and behind us. 
Ty was standing in the cart (sorry Mr. Target Employee, he just won't park it in the basket of the cart.  he says it hurts his bottom.  fix that.  it's just like church.  they cushion the pews for comfort, you cushion the carts.  deal?).  He was all hovering over his hand and trying to hide the stupid tampon from me and at this point the scene we were making was ridiculous. 
What's funny though, is I just ignored him instead of wrestling.  As soon as I ignored him, he put it away and continued to search for snacks. 
As we "rolled" away, we got some laughs, some "omg they are soooo cute" comments from teenage girls, and 1 "honey, it's only the beginning!". 
Then I laughed.  At me.  It's a freakin' tampon Audrey...it could always be worse.  I could be my sister in the Dermatologist office and have my child get a tampon out of my purse playing it like a trumpet while I'm getting a mole removed and I can't move.
Now that, is funny!

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10 Things Tuesday: Mommy Confessions

10 Mommy Confessions.  Ouch...this is kind of like telling on yourself!  T did it, so I will too. 
In no particular order:

10.  I hate daycare pick up.  Hate it.  Don't get me wrong, I love my boys more than words.  But being all dressed up and having to trek down 2 kids in a large school (Ty is always in a different spot each day-the gym, the playground, upstairs, who.knows.where) and Ace ALWAYS see's me first.  So by the time we're back in the car I'm sweating (or freezing in the winter) and it's just...annoying.  Don't even get me started on rainy days.  Where's that drive-thru pick up lane?!?
9.  My boys don't get baths daily.  Yuck, I know.  But, they have eczema like woah.  And, the Dr. says not to bathe them daily.  They get baby wipe rub downs on the off day, but seriously, daily just doesn't happen.
8.  Ty thinks Happy Meals are a part of the food pyramid.  I may or may not have helped attribute to that. 
7.  I lie to my kids.  Like, fake lies.  Gosh, that sounds terrible.  Okay, so I lie about things like "it's bedtime (when it's really 30 minutes away), and "we don't have anymore popcorn--you ate it all" and that's Todd's cue to go hide the stinkin' popcorn in the pantry.  It's the little things!
6.  I'm kind of weird about babysitters coming into my home and watching the boys.  Grandparents are fine, but I think about the things I used to do in high school and I know I was easily distracted.  For example, we don't have baby gates on our stairs.  We taught Ty to go down the steps on his belly and it worked and Ace is learning.  We use an ottoman when we're upstairs with Ace.  It works for us because we're paying attention, but what if they forgot or turned their head?  I don't think of myself as an over-protective Mom, but I think of all the bad things that can happen...
5.  I had to call Poison Control like 3 months ago because Ace bit into a Cascade Complete gel pack.  He was fine.  Bad Mom moment, I know.
4.  I about have a panic attack when one of the boys are sick and can't go to school.  I hate to take off work (even for myself).  I hate letting people down.  I will work sicker than a dog.  I seriously have issues with it...thank goodness my MIL can help so much.  It makes me a nervous wreck.
3.  I think I want a 3rd baby.  Think. 
2.  Paying Daycare seriously sends chills through me.  We spend WHAT each month in childcare?
1.  My kids watch way more TV than they should, they eat processed foods more they should, and they have said "shit" before because (whoops) I've said it and they heard me.  (hey, shit happens). 
I'm not perfect...I'll admit it.  I can promise though, that I love my boys more than anything in this world. 

Ramblings...lots of 'em

-Sat. I went to Cincy to go dress shopping with Dena and 2 other bridesmaids.  It was a short day trip, but we had fun!  Her wedding is May 19th, next year.  I think I need to start working on my speech.  (anyone know how NOT to cry while giving a toast?)  And, my pooch.  And, my legs.  And, my arms.  Is anyone a plastic surgeon?  Mama needs some help!

-We went to the KY State Fair this weekend.  We usually go each year--I mean, it does take place like 10 minutes from my parents house.  And, where else can you get Fried Kool-aid (What the???) and people watch like no other?  It's better than the airport.  I mean, we are in KY people!
Here are just a few of the pic's:

Ty kind of thinks his big cousing Ethan is a big deal!



It's a blury picture and a fake cow, but Ty was really digging the whole milk a cow thing.  I mean we live in KY, but we're not farmers!



The KY State Fair...where ANYTHING can be fried up!  Kool-Aide.?  Really?  Derby Pie (maybe), but Kool-Aide?  (for the record, Derby Pie is a "secret" recipe.  However, my Mom's recipe for it is better than REAL Derby Pie.  Email me if you want it!)

Watch out...Ty's driving!  (he actually did really good.  he must have known there were suckers in the end!)

Sweet Acey...I think he smiled the entire time we were there!

-You know that Lose It App. I've talked about?  Well, it's not really fun to utilize that app. at the Fair.  Corn dogs and nachos pretty much max out exceed your calories for the day.  And, I have some friends on there now and they're totally seeing my RED "overrage" on those days.  Oh well, I was under for the week WOOT!  Weight loss?  Stalled.  Grrrrr...

-My husband's working like 7 days a week.  It's freaking August.  It is NOT college baseball season.  Another Grrrrr.....

-Ace went in for his 15 month check-up yesterday.  Here are his stats...

88% weigh 27.14lbs., 98% head, 81% height-32 inches

He also got 2 shots, which resulted in 2 "bam-baids" (according to Ty)...and Ty Man was JEALOUS!

-Ty went to the dentist today.  His Nana took him and he cooperated like a little Man!  Maybe he'll be a dentist one day?

-I'm kind of over the college football schedules being out, but not all the game times are announced.  Really?  I mean I know it's a Media war out there but people, Mama's got to plan.  Ty's a Soccer star for the first time this fall and that's going to be tricky trying to multi-task in 2 cities this fall. 

-Speaking of soccer...

Ty's playing this year.  I signed him up and I kinda-sorta put on the form that we'd be glad to help with whatever they need.  Well, considering Todd works like 7 days a week it's more like "I'll" be glad to help with whatever you may need.  Coaching?  Yeah, that's my style. 

Soccer coaching?  Ummm...well, I could probably do good on the 3 year old level.  But, Acey will be DYING to get on the field this year.  Coaching AND chasing a baby?  Not gonna happen.

So I freaking volunteered to be the Team Mom.  WTH!  I'm pretty sure I signed myself up for more work...whatever.  It's for Ty Man.  And, he's excited.  Let's hope he doesn't get all stage-frighty when it's his time to...shine.

And, that is all. 

Oh wait, if you live near (or know someone who lives near) Owensboro, KY (Evansville, IN area), check out the giveaway Here.

Peace out ya'll!



Y3W: 16 and counting!

So, it's time to toot my own horn for a second. 
I've lost 16 lbs. since July 6th.  16.  16!
Has it been easy?  No.  Well, sort of no.  Annoying?  A little.
I have done some Bootcamps at my gym (the YMCA) since Ace was born.  I have tried different plans in my head on Sunday night too many times to count...only to screw them up by lunch on Monday.  Yes, I've lost weight since I made a committment at my first bootcamp last September, but not enough.  I'm talking wedding weight people.  That's my goal.
I still have 18 lbs. to go.  Yes, having 2 babies in 22 months pretty much made me a sloppy mess. Yes, 18 pounds would take me to my wedding weight.  Yes, my heart is set on "a number".  Yes, I'm going to do this.
How have I lost 16lbs. so far?  Several things have attributed to my plan:

-Insanity.  This is pretty much the toughest workout DVD I have ever seen.  It's a series of DVD's and it works every.single.inch of your body.  I do this M-F.
-Run/Cardio:  Saturday or Sunday, I do 45 min.'s of cardio.  This Elliptical, a light jog, or the stairmaster.  And, I also do this each day for 15-20 minutes before Insanity each day. This is a work in progress.  I am working at my mph and my intensity.  It's getting better weekly, which is what I life.  Results.
-Eat Smarter.  Make it a lifestyle change not a "dieting" program.
-Document.  Write things down.  I had fiddled around with the Lose It app. before.  But, I'd quit before making it a habit.  Then, I would document a day, and quit again.  I was writing a summary of what I was doing until this week.  This week I started using the app. to the extreme.  Today I even ate McDonald's and still stayed under my daily allowance to stay on pace. (Holy Rewards Batman...that was the best Quarter Pounder with Cheese and fry I ever did see!)
Next up?  I'm not sure.  I want to continue seeing my numbers go SOUTH.  My baby is now 15 months old.  I can't use the "baby weight" excuse anymore.  I may do a detox when I see my first plateau.  I am also starting the nutritional line with ItWorks! to make sure I'm getting the vitamins and nutrients I need each day.

What's easy for me?  Exercising.  I love it.  It's MY time.  I've played sports all of my life, so this is my norm.  I need. it.  But, there's a difference in exercising and pushing yourself and exercising just going through the motions. 
What's hard for me?  Splurging.  I've always been active enough to eat CRAP food if I wanted to.  Well, I sit at a desk and I am on the go all.the.time.  Convenience foods (fast foods) are not always good for you.  With Lose It, I can hold myself accountable.  I also have to make sure I don't eat what my husband does.  He has freakishly fast metabolism (yes, I'll admit I'm jealous!) and I just can't eat like him and expect to fit in my clothes.
Speaking of clothes, I've set a few goals for myself.  At each 5lb. increment, I have a treat.  It's something to look forward too.  Not to mention, I have a ton of clothes that have been sitting in my closet for a long, long time that have not been worn...
So, if you want an accountability partner, find me on LoseIt! You can search for me by email!
(This is not a paid review from LoseIt!  I just like their program THAT much!)

WW: What the...

Classic week-night at Casa de Lillpop:
Mama goes to laundry room to swap the laundry created by 2 little mess makers.  Mama is gone for 1 minute tops.  Mama returns to this...

One day I'll be begging for my house to look like this...

Ty's on "stage".  Said "stage" is actually a toy trunk where all the itty-bitty toy "bad guys" and puzzle pieces always get lost in.  We have a playroom upstairs by the boys bedrooms and all toys are supposed to STAY there.  Jokes on us right?
Acey found the laptop and is pissed because he can't get it open.  Ty's holding his ears because I was telling him to clean the mess up...yet he was still able to balance on the "stage" to do the Umi-shake.
And, just so you know, I'm Millie.  I can make any pattern...
Yeah, I'm a super-hero like that!

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10 Things Tuesday: 10 Things You May Not Know About Me



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This is the first "10 Things Tuesday" post from the one, and only TARYN!!!
These are in not particular order AT all...

10.  I have been to Florida at least 60 times in my life.  That's 2 times each year, in which I know I've done...some years though (like 2011) it'll be 4 times.  What can I say.  THIS GIRL loves the beach!
9.  I've recently lost 15 pounds.  I did it in 5 weeks.  OMG, did I just type that?  15.  Only 19 more to go.  2 more until I can drink a Real Coke (from McDonalds...how I love thee) and eat fries and a cheeseburger from there.  There are some billboards currently out that are pictures of Micky's D's Quarter Pounder with cheese value meal and I literally drool all over myself when I see them.  Seriously.  (okay, and I'll be sharing more on this weight loss PROJECT soon.  I'm getting my Sexy Back!)
8.  Ummm...this is harder than I thought. 
So, I guess it's safe to tell you all that my hubs and I are ItWorks Distributors.  Officially it's his baby, but I mean come on...what kind of wife would I be if I didn't work it too?  And, the Body Wraps DO work.  We just started last week and we've had to re-order our supply twice!   I lost 1.5 inches off each thigh 2 weeks ago from a body wrap that's still gone thankyouverymuch.  Yes, it works.  Tummy trouble?  Cellulite?  Oh girl, contact me.  Questions:  Email Me!
7.  I just changed the blog title to http://www.homerunmama.com/.  This matches my twitter name.  Do follow.  Changes are a'coming my friends.  Step 2 is design.  I've been working on this one.  No ETA, but let's just say soon.
6.  Back to just me...well...when I was younger, I spit.  Like a boy.  Yeah, gross I know.  But for some reason when I was like 7 or 8 I saw some boys spit when they played baseball so I thought I was cool when I spit and played softball.  With a bow in my hair and painted fingernails.  Yeah, keep it classy Aud!
5.  So, this is kind of gross too.  Well, maybe to you but...okay, umm...well, potted meat.  Heard of it?  It's the shit in a can that kind of looks like cat food.  You get them by the vienna sausages in a small blue cans at the grocery.  Yeah, well potted meat on a ritz cracker is yummy.  And, before all this "making smarter food decisions" crap started, sometimes I'd eat potted meat at work for lunch.  But, I had to hide it because I didn't want people to think I was eating cat food.
4.  I played College basketball.  My high scoring game was 33 points.  That was also my jersey number. 
3.  Sometimes I still talk to my dog.  Winki has been in doggie heaven for 1.5 years, yet I have pictures and whenever anyone in our family talks about her we start talking in baby doggie talk. 
2. If we have any more babies (BIG if), the boy name is Cruz and the girl names is Addy. 
1.  And, #1...I want a vacation.  In my house.  No kids.  No hubby.  Just a weekend to myself.  I want to organize my closets and go through boxes of stuff in the basement closet we still haven't opened from our move in March of 2009.  I want to clean out the garage.  Just typing that gets me all excited and pumped up to work on "mom-chores".  Fun stuff!

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Y3W: Papaw's in Heaven

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This week was Bittersweet.  My Papaw passed away early Tuesday morning, August 9th, 2011. 
Yes, that is 3.5 months after my Memaw, his wife, passed away.  Yes, it's also 2.5 months after my Aunt Dorothy, my Memaw's sister, passed away.  And, 2 months after my Mamaw Lynch, my babysitter growing up who we considered family too.
2011:  I'm over you.
Papaw was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in the fall of 1998.  It was the fall of my Senior year of high school.  The beginning stages were...well, we were able to laugh.  See, Papaw was a man of few words.  He smiled 99% of the time and he would do anything...ANYTHING...to make you laugh.  So, at our weekly family dinner's in my Mom's dining room when he started to put A1 on his salad, we joked about it.  "Papaw, dude...now THAT's one heck of a combo there".  Or, when he tried to swipe the cutlery from O'Charley's.  we're all, "Papaw, you're gonna go to Jail you thief!".  He'd just laugh with us...and smile.
I went to college in my hometown.  Bellarmine University (WOOT!) was about 20 minutes from my parents house.  (best of both worlds...lived on campus but my Mama would cook and wash my clothes!!!).  My Memaw and Papaw were at every.single HOME basketball game I played.  Truthfully, that played a big part of me staying home for college.  How do you play a game and not have a fan-club?
Papaw's alzheimer's was a slow process.  He gradually became more quiet.  He slept more, and more as time went on, but nothing kept him from smiling.  And laughing.  I remember being at their house during college (Memaw would pay me to do anything.  Like, anything at all.  Don't judge.  I was broke!) and I was mowing their grass.  Usually I'd pick up lunch on my way and we'd all eat, then I would mow.  Memaw would go in and watch her Soaps and Papaw would sit in a chair on the driveway to watch me mow.  He'd watch his grandkids do anything.  That always made him smile.
But this one time in particular, Papaw waved at me each time I turned around and looked up.  I was mowing in lines along their long backyard so it was about every 2-3 minutes.  He was cracking himself up!  It was then that I remembered sitting on Papaw's lap as a child as he mowed the same yard.  He let me "think" I was driving and he'd turn the wheel for me, but never let me think I wasn't doing all the work.  Then he'd give me money--he always had money in his pockets for the grandkids--to go to the gas station through their backyard to get candy.  Yeah, he was pretty cool. 
I will never, ever forget the last time I heard him laugh.  Ty was playing "Woody Buzz" with him at the nursing home and loved it.  Ty was going over the character names and Papaw just laughed and smiled.  Ty thought he was a hoot!  I remember kissing him that day and wishing I could just talk to him one more time and him understand me.  I wanted to hear him call me "Audie" again...as he always did.  I wanted him to tell jokes and scare me (he loved to come up behind us and tickle our sides).  I wanted to see him smiling on the tractor at the softball field at Shively Park...because that made him happy.  I wanted to see him on "stage" at church--he was the moderator and I thought it was so cool to see MY Papaw at the pulpit taking a vote.  I wanted to look in the stands just one more time and see my Memaw and him cheering. because that meant more than anything to me.
I'm so glad we celebrated Ty's 3rd Birthday in honor of him this year...exactly one month before Papaw went to heaven.  When that #3 horse won that race....my goodness what a smile Papaw had on his face.  I just know it!
He actually passed away on his Mother's Birthday--something we didn't know until we went to the grave site.  And, at the grave site, 2 handsome Navy Sailors saluted him and folded an American flag to present to the family.  They played "Taps" and we cried happy tears because we know Papaw was smiling too.  He was so proud to be an American--lying about his age at 17 by fooling his parents with "Mom, Dad said he'd sign if you'll sign".
He served in the Navy and was in the Phillipines during WW2.  He wrote letters home and he always signed his name "Bobby Lee"...even to his Mama.  And, our family will never forget the jokes about Lola...
As we drove though the town square in E-town, 2 Army soldiers on the side of the road saluted him as they saw the American flag through the window of the Hertz.  Every car we passed pulled over to respect him, and our family.  Because that's what small towns do. 
This week was bittersweet.  We've all grieved in our own ways over the last 12 years.  My Mom and my Aunt have devoted the last 12 years to their parents--making sure they were cared for and loved on until their last breath. 
So, as Papaw's funeral service ended yesterday, we all felt mixed emotions.  It's still hard to say goodbye, yet it was time.  But this gave us all a feeling of pride:

Robert E. Lee

We're proud of our Papaw.  We're proud of our FAMILY.  We're a close knit bunch--my grandparents made us that way.  They took us on vacations (Hawaii, NYC, and Florida too many times to count), they always bought us back to school shoes, and they spoiled us rotten.  They worked hard and they played hard--their group of friends became our family too.  They loved their church and they loved life. 
Memaw and Papaw, thank you.  You will never, ever know how much of an impact you had in our lives.   You taught us so much, sometimes by not saying anything at all. 
I know you're having a card party up in heaven.  Papaw's eating Charlie's Chips and Memaw's eating Fig Newtons.  There's a UofL game playing (because in heaven they play 24 hours a day and they always win) and Papaw's decked out in his fashionable Cards gear.  There's Krispy Kreme's on every corner...because Papaw likes their "cupa-coffee's" best. 
Memaw and Papaw, you are missed my many.  But most of all, your family.  Thank you for being so good to us.  Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Y3W: Shake It Boys

Now this is just funny:

The good ol' Handy Manny toolbox.  Ty loved it, every.single.kid that comes over to our house is obsessed with it (and Mimi is too...lol...she likes to talk like the tools.  Stretch is her favorite!).  Now, Ace it's Ace's favorite toy too. 
Ty didn't want us to look at him...my little under-cover dancer.  Acey is just laughing and dancing away.  One day, Ty will hate me for this.  His wife and kids though...oh man, they'll love it too!

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WW: HomeRunMama

The day of our wedding, Todd and I wrote a note for each on a baseball.  After we said our vows, we gave them to each other.  We pretty much wrote the same thing..."I hit a homerun when I found you!".  So, follow me on twitter...I'm @HomeRunMama (thank you Taryn for the name idea)!  And, since I became a Mama...

let's just say life is Grand.  A GRAND SLAM!

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BIG (3) O Festival!

SO...since all Birthday events are OVA here's the recap...
Last Saturday, my Mom and Sis were in town.  We had a girls night and went to dinner and out for drinks.  Peach Martini's are good.  Fresh Peach Martini's are Delish!
Fast forward to Thursday...the big 3-0 day...
I walk into work and my desk was COVERED in goodies.  2 cakes, presents, decor, and cards galore.  Facebook also really knows how to make you feel good on your Birthday...hundreds of messages and 3 from friends/family in different countries (Costa Rica, Austrailia, and Sweden!).
I took off Friday and had a day with no "real" agenda.  Todd and I went on an early dinner date and went shopping. 
Sat. AM, it was pampering time!  Mani/Pedi...yeah, this girl was happy.
Then, it was time for...
The Big O Music Fest!  We were VIP's...(thank you Katie!).

Amber, Katie, Steph, and I taking cover for the storm that was brewing!

It was a blast!  It was hotter than hot and that good ole' KY humidity was in full force, but it was still fun.  Dierks Bentley, Steve Holy, and Jake Owen were awesome.  Lets not forget Colt Ford...Todd's favorite because he threw some Rap in there! 

Steph and I...geez it was HOT!

Jake Owen...in Owensboro!

And, just because I think this pic is funny...

Ty's hiding the goods...funny boy!

There you have it.  Sort of an I=Phone photo dump and sort of a weekend recap all rolled into one.
Coming soon: Some new updates to the ol' Bloggeroo.  I've been thinking about it for a long time...but the action plan is in the works.  So...give me some suggestions if you wish.  And be a follower all you undercover readers!  I know you're out there...I can see the stats!  Say hello and give me some blog advice.  I need it!