Vacation has been great...

But I am sad that it is almost over. I do have three more days off in the next two weeks though (outside of Sundays) so at least it won't be so terrible. And next week I don't have to close any days next week! Yay! So here is my timeline of what our vacation has looked like. We have been busy so you might need to sit down while you read it! :)

Saturday:

• Swimming at my mom's
• Went to dinner at Wendy's on our way too...
• Wichita Wild Arena Football game (they won!)

Sunday:

• We did nothing all day until
• We rented a few movies
• Watched Taken with Liam Neeson (it's pretty good)
• Ate at new restaurant in town Smashburger. Also good but very expensive.

Monday:

• Went swimming at my mom's
• Started our Scrubs Marathon

Tuesday:

• Took monkey to daycare
• Tore up carpet in our living room/hallway
• Ate dinner at my folks house

Wednesday:

• Took monkey to daycare
• Finished pulling up carpet
• Went to Wal-Mart to complete project
• Made delicious Szchecuan (sp?) chicken waiting for Leo to get home from golfing
• Continued Scrubs marathon

Thursday:

• Went to the zoo
• Met the hubsters sister for lunch at delicious La Chinitas
• Went to the mall to use a gift card for the monkey from his birthday at the bookstore. Got 7 books for $4! We are excellent shoppers!
• Came home, waited for the monkey to take a nap, which never happened so we did not get to go swimming.
• Continued our Scrubs Marathon (Best. Show. Ever.)
• Went to Dog and Shake for dinner (pure deliciousness)
• Watched the Cavs beat the Magic (Which I actually didn't see happen because I fell asleep!)

Friday:

• Got up and ate doughnuts
• Did some laundry
• Swept our new, glorious hardwood floors!
• Gave the monkey a bath
• Fixed lunch

Now he is napping and this afternoon we are going to see Pixar's UP and then go to the Derby Days Parade. It should be a blast! Then tomorrow we don't really have a lot of plans other than Leo's sister who just semi-moved to Wichita from Western Kansas wants us to come over to where she is staying so she can hang out with the monkey. We may end up eating dinner with her. Depends on when we head over there. And then Sunday (Our last day of vacation) I have a baby shower to attend. That is why I have been cleaning today so my last two days I don't really have to mess with much. I really need to clean the bathroom and I got some new cleaner so hopefully that will help. Sorry I haven't posted much this week. As you can read, we have been busy and the computer wasn't even plugged in until yesterday, so there wasn't much time! Hope everyone's week has been as fantastic as mine. I will post pictures probably this weekend or early next week! Have a happy Friday and a great weekend!

Spin Cycle: Freckles Rock

This is my spin about my beloved Freckles. If you want to see other spins about their wonderful pets check out Sprites Keeper at http://www.spriteskeeper.com/my_weblog/2009/05/spin-cycle-no-matter-what-way-you-spin-it-the-gerbil-still-dies.html

I got Freckles 12 years ago tomorrow. What a fitting post about animals. She was my early 13th birthday from my parents. We were moving into our new house and the puppies were ready to go home. I chose the smallest one. I'm not for sure why, she just stuck out to me. She was a little black and white spotted shih tzu. (bless you!) I named her Freckles so aptly! I was a real smart 12 year old! :) Anyways...her first days at the new house were traumatic for her. She just kind of hunkered down and didn't really move. This was foreshadowing for the future of my dog who likes to act like a cat.

As the years passed she was "my" dog. Not really anyone elses. My brother's dog was our family lab Sunny. The two dogs got along really well. Sunny would put Freckles in her mouth like the little furball that she is and Freckles would jump all over Sunny like a trained circus dog. The years passed some more and I went to college. It was just in another town about 10 minutes away but I was getting settled into my new apartment. I finally brought Freckles with me after a few months missing her. Everyone loved my dog. She was the crazy looking dog with the messed up teeth (She has a profuse underbite). And Freckles got along with eveyrone. I think it is because she really is a laid back dog.

Then came the next phase of my life. The boyfriend moved in. She was kicked off the bed and onto a pillow. He isn't much of a dog person but understands that she is a major part of my life. And then the biggest new phase of all. The new baby. This one was the one that probably hurt her the most. Not as much playing with her. More telling her to get out of the way. But now that the baby is over 2 she has a new playmate. He will chase her but in a playful way. And she is played with more by me. And anytime we are able to go outside she comes right along with us. SHe loves being outside.

She will just lay anywhere for hours at a time. She really isn't a lap dog unless she needs some love. It is funny because we won't be able to find her so we look around everywhere and find that she has burrowed into a clothes basket (regardless if they are clean or dirty!). She is a good dog and even though I don't always show her how much I care about her, I'm sure she knows. She is a good dog.

7 days

No, I am not some creepy chick going to kill you like in the Ring. It is 7 days until my vacation! I am so excited! And we don't really even have that many plans. We want to do a few things around the house like paint the bathroom and pull up our beautiful mauve carpet in our living room and clean up the outrageous amount of branches in our backyard. I'm pretty excited. I'm sure we will grill out a lot, maybe hit up the local zoo and water park. It should be a pretty fan-freaking-tastic 9 days of non-work!

On the other hand, I will be dreading the next 7 days. I have to work 6 of the next 7 and my days are not short. I even work one 8-8:15. Oh joy! So I probably won't be on to much in the next week but the week after will be a week filled with what I hope are amazing posts and pictures depicting my awesome vacation!