Sunday:
Slept in. Put on one of my "keep it simple stupid" outfits (a black jumper) and headed to Tim and Kate's for Father's Day.
We watched the Royal's game and then went to Longhorn Steak house. I have determined that the perfect meal would be a medium rare ribeye with mashed potatoes.
I wrote my dad a father's day letter and Zach and I headed back to my house with our very own waffle iron (Zach's got plans for this bad boy). Before we left Kansas City Zach took me to a place right by his local grocery store that was selling Italian shaved ice. I wan't disappointed. Zach and I ate while singing along to Meatloaf... I loudly and very much off key (thank God Zach will put up with me) on the ride home.
I gave my dad his father's day letter and he told me I was very sweet.
Not a bad way to spend a father's day.
Love you Dad!
Sunday, June 19, 2016
Saturday, June 18, 2016
Saturday
Farmer's Market. Actually a nice morning for being the middle of June... but at 10 AM I was starting to worry that I wouldn't make a justifiable profit: half of my stuff was still on the table! But everything turned out alright and I brought home only a few cookies.
My best friend and her boyfriend came and visited me and Zach; this always makes me happy! Ashley just gets me, and I get her, we've been best friends for 8 years and I don't know what I'd do without her.
Zach and I went to Bayleaf (an Indian restaurant) for lunch... they serve a buffet; Zach was in heaven. I was elated because they have rice pudding! This is one of my favorite foods. I was so full, but I had to have a second bowl, it was just too good.
Lunch = blood goes to stomach = additional tired feeling = nap. Only my nap wasn't as peaceful as I had hoped it would be. I live in Kansas... Kansas has unforgiving weather. Kansans experience the whole gamut of what mother nature has to offer (except for anything ocean or tectonic plate related; although we do get the occasional flash flood, and we are sitting on a major fault line... but we only get super mild tremors, and I've never experienced these. Right now it is horrendously hot... and muggy... it's like walking through a rainforest, with just as many bugs, but without the fear of deadly animals. And trying to sleep in the middle of the day, even with a fan on, is next to impossible. After I woke up Zach did a rendition of how I slept. Apparently I frequently flipped over, kicked off the blankets only to pull some of them back on seconds later, thrashed about in a manner most undignified and moaned and groaned as though I was dying... I was; it was too darn hot!
I decided to get out of bed after only two hours of sleep (I had much more to catch up on than that), and made some origami cranes for a few hours and then went back to bed. The sun was down so it was much more easy to fall and stay asleep.
Farmer's Market. Actually a nice morning for being the middle of June... but at 10 AM I was starting to worry that I wouldn't make a justifiable profit: half of my stuff was still on the table! But everything turned out alright and I brought home only a few cookies.
My best friend and her boyfriend came and visited me and Zach; this always makes me happy! Ashley just gets me, and I get her, we've been best friends for 8 years and I don't know what I'd do without her.
Zach and I went to Bayleaf (an Indian restaurant) for lunch... they serve a buffet; Zach was in heaven. I was elated because they have rice pudding! This is one of my favorite foods. I was so full, but I had to have a second bowl, it was just too good.
Lunch = blood goes to stomach = additional tired feeling = nap. Only my nap wasn't as peaceful as I had hoped it would be. I live in Kansas... Kansas has unforgiving weather. Kansans experience the whole gamut of what mother nature has to offer (except for anything ocean or tectonic plate related; although we do get the occasional flash flood, and we are sitting on a major fault line... but we only get super mild tremors, and I've never experienced these. Right now it is horrendously hot... and muggy... it's like walking through a rainforest, with just as many bugs, but without the fear of deadly animals. And trying to sleep in the middle of the day, even with a fan on, is next to impossible. After I woke up Zach did a rendition of how I slept. Apparently I frequently flipped over, kicked off the blankets only to pull some of them back on seconds later, thrashed about in a manner most undignified and moaned and groaned as though I was dying... I was; it was too darn hot!
I decided to get out of bed after only two hours of sleep (I had much more to catch up on than that), and made some origami cranes for a few hours and then went back to bed. The sun was down so it was much more easy to fall and stay asleep.
Friday, June 17, 2016
Wednesday... Thursday... Friday!
Friday was a very long day. Up at 5:30, in a field by 6:15... picking up rocks until 7:45... one more mouse found as well as a tractor blade. Said blade had been propelled off by a rather large rock.
To work, girls off at VBS. I worked on my dress... turns out I screwed up and will need to go back and rip out some stitches so that I can get the bodice to fit properly (the waist is too big).
Today I was asked to also pick up the neighbor boys today so that they could learn some origami. I got to borrow the neighbor's van.
After getting all of the kids signed out, M said, "Four kids are a handful..." My response clearly surprised some of the moms as we passed by, "Good thing I'm not having four kids." As a nanny, I am often mistaken for being a parent, and I love how people are taken aback when I say something that shuts down their preconceptions.
We got home and the girls and boys played "Star Wars" while I made Mac and Cheese for lunch. Here is one little rant/question I have: Why do toy companies make "weapons" for children? A plastic lightsaber in the hands of 5-8 year olds can do quite a lot of damage. Fingers, faces, pictures... even fish bowls are not safe! Luckily, specific instructions to play with it nicely and a warning of toy jail if done otherwise, was enough to make sure no one and nothing were hurt.
After lunch a mutual family friend of the boys and girls' mothers came over and brought origami supplies as well as cookies. We had a blast.
After work I went home and baked muffins and brownies.
Zach and I capped off the night by packing up some of our stuff. We will be moving into a house my parents rent out at the end of the month and I am super excited. I've been a Pinterest-aholic for the last few weeks... I love decorating.
Friday was a very long day. Up at 5:30, in a field by 6:15... picking up rocks until 7:45... one more mouse found as well as a tractor blade. Said blade had been propelled off by a rather large rock.
To work, girls off at VBS. I worked on my dress... turns out I screwed up and will need to go back and rip out some stitches so that I can get the bodice to fit properly (the waist is too big).
Today I was asked to also pick up the neighbor boys today so that they could learn some origami. I got to borrow the neighbor's van.
After getting all of the kids signed out, M said, "Four kids are a handful..." My response clearly surprised some of the moms as we passed by, "Good thing I'm not having four kids." As a nanny, I am often mistaken for being a parent, and I love how people are taken aback when I say something that shuts down their preconceptions.
We got home and the girls and boys played "Star Wars" while I made Mac and Cheese for lunch. Here is one little rant/question I have: Why do toy companies make "weapons" for children? A plastic lightsaber in the hands of 5-8 year olds can do quite a lot of damage. Fingers, faces, pictures... even fish bowls are not safe! Luckily, specific instructions to play with it nicely and a warning of toy jail if done otherwise, was enough to make sure no one and nothing were hurt.
After lunch a mutual family friend of the boys and girls' mothers came over and brought origami supplies as well as cookies. We had a blast.
After work I went home and baked muffins and brownies.
Zach and I capped off the night by packing up some of our stuff. We will be moving into a house my parents rent out at the end of the month and I am super excited. I've been a Pinterest-aholic for the last few weeks... I love decorating.
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Today was Zach and my 30 month anniversary (yes, we count months; perfect reason to have a date night and lets us feel like silly teens, and who doesn't like that?) and we had plans to go out to dinner... but plans in this house are quickly changed.
First; job. Today was the day I had promised the girls for so long; "Hoot"! I got the movie in the mail yesterday and I had everything necessary for pancakes (#7) so we were set.
After VBS, I made the girls lunch:
After our movie we made some pony bead key chains (#6). I decided on an alligator.
A went with an owl.
And M wanted to make a parrot.
Ta-Da!
Upon arriving home, I was asked if I wanted to go out to dinner with my parents and Rue and Zach to celebrate getting everything planted aside from the sunflowers. Of course! I had my aunt do my hair:
Today was Zach and my 30 month anniversary (yes, we count months; perfect reason to have a date night and lets us feel like silly teens, and who doesn't like that?) and we had plans to go out to dinner... but plans in this house are quickly changed.
First; job. Today was the day I had promised the girls for so long; "Hoot"! I got the movie in the mail yesterday and I had everything necessary for pancakes (#7) so we were set.
After VBS, I made the girls lunch:
After our movie we made some pony bead key chains (#6). I decided on an alligator.
A went with an owl.
And M wanted to make a parrot.
Ta-Da!
Upon arriving home, I was asked if I wanted to go out to dinner with my parents and Rue and Zach to celebrate getting everything planted aside from the sunflowers. Of course! I had my aunt do my hair:
I think it was pretty awesome. And then we were off. We gorged ourselves at LongHorn Steak House. I'm surprised I didn't have to be rolled out of the building... I was so full.
Monday, June 13, 2016
Monday, June 13, 2016
This morning I woke up about three hours before my nanny job starts. Why? More rocks needed picking up in another field and we wanted to beat the heat. Things were going great... and then the gator stopped working. We had to stop an hour before we had initially planned to, but this gave me some time to make myself presentable.
After I deemed myself ready I picked up the girls and took them to Vacation Bible School. The girls have asked me many times what I believe in; whether I'm Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or some other denomination. I've told them that I fall into the last category. They wanted clarification. I believe in a higher power, and I believe that everyone who is kind and peaceful gets to go where ever they want to go when they die, regardless of their religion or lack thereof. They accepted my answer and made me feel pretty awesome, and very accepted when they said, "It doesn't matter what you are because you're a good babysitter and that's what's really important." Have I said I love my job? I love my job.
After the girls were checked in I had a few hours to myself, I decided to run some errands. Zach went with me. We went to Michael's and I got some felt and pony beads for a craft we'd do the next day. Target for makeup and Starbucks (seriously, try the Cool lime refresher with lemonade instead of water; it's like drinking summer), then Aldi for a few supplies for pancakes.
I then picked up the girls from VBS and we went to their house, had lunch, made butter (#6), and made some origami.
When I got home, Dad called Zach and asked him to bring a "computer". I went along for the ride. After Dad had determined that the "computer" didn't have what he needed, I asked him if he wanted dinner... we didn't have anything really packable at home, so Zach and I drove to Sonic and got Dad a burger with tots. For our "trouble", Dad got us slushies. Not a bad way to end the day.
This morning I woke up about three hours before my nanny job starts. Why? More rocks needed picking up in another field and we wanted to beat the heat. Things were going great... and then the gator stopped working. We had to stop an hour before we had initially planned to, but this gave me some time to make myself presentable.
After I deemed myself ready I picked up the girls and took them to Vacation Bible School. The girls have asked me many times what I believe in; whether I'm Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or some other denomination. I've told them that I fall into the last category. They wanted clarification. I believe in a higher power, and I believe that everyone who is kind and peaceful gets to go where ever they want to go when they die, regardless of their religion or lack thereof. They accepted my answer and made me feel pretty awesome, and very accepted when they said, "It doesn't matter what you are because you're a good babysitter and that's what's really important." Have I said I love my job? I love my job.
After the girls were checked in I had a few hours to myself, I decided to run some errands. Zach went with me. We went to Michael's and I got some felt and pony beads for a craft we'd do the next day. Target for makeup and Starbucks (seriously, try the Cool lime refresher with lemonade instead of water; it's like drinking summer), then Aldi for a few supplies for pancakes.
I then picked up the girls from VBS and we went to their house, had lunch, made butter (#6), and made some origami.
When I got home, Dad called Zach and asked him to bring a "computer". I went along for the ride. After Dad had determined that the "computer" didn't have what he needed, I asked him if he wanted dinner... we didn't have anything really packable at home, so Zach and I drove to Sonic and got Dad a burger with tots. For our "trouble", Dad got us slushies. Not a bad way to end the day.
Sunday, June 12, 2016
Sunday, June 12, 2016
When I woke up this morning it seemed like a typical summer Kansas Sunday. It was sunny and warm with a light breeze. I went upstairs and shortly after getting breakfast my mom looked at her phone and saw that my aunt had texted and told us to turn on the TV. Then it wasn't normal. It was horrifying, upsetting, and ultimately heartbreaking.
We had learned the horrible news of what had happened in Orlando, Florida. 50 people had been killed and 53 others were wounded. This is the worst mass shooting in the history of the United States. What we were told was that the shooter had attacked a gay club because he was anti-gay and he was killed by the police, and other reasons behind his murderous rampage were being looked into. We are shocked, appalled, and feel so badly for everyone who was affected by this man's hateful act.
I know that it is easy to give into anger and hate when we are pushed to the limit, but I continue to hope that love will triumph over hate. This is my prayer for the day, the month, the year, and possibly my lifetime: May there be peace.
When I woke up this morning it seemed like a typical summer Kansas Sunday. It was sunny and warm with a light breeze. I went upstairs and shortly after getting breakfast my mom looked at her phone and saw that my aunt had texted and told us to turn on the TV. Then it wasn't normal. It was horrifying, upsetting, and ultimately heartbreaking.
We had learned the horrible news of what had happened in Orlando, Florida. 50 people had been killed and 53 others were wounded. This is the worst mass shooting in the history of the United States. What we were told was that the shooter had attacked a gay club because he was anti-gay and he was killed by the police, and other reasons behind his murderous rampage were being looked into. We are shocked, appalled, and feel so badly for everyone who was affected by this man's hateful act.
I know that it is easy to give into anger and hate when we are pushed to the limit, but I continue to hope that love will triumph over hate. This is my prayer for the day, the month, the year, and possibly my lifetime: May there be peace.
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