Happy Memorial Day! What a beautiful weekend we had here. Our holiday was very relaxing-- no big cookout or party to attend. Saturday was typical with me wrapping nearly 300 newspapers in preparation for delivery of the Sunday paper and Olivia has her cello lessons on Saturdays while Phoebe works until 3.

Hubby and I also gave our garage a make-over. We had a box spring, love seat, chair, dresser, side table, bike, metal bed frame and a lamp that we needed to get out of there. I couldn't even concentrate on organizing until they were gone. Now had I prepared, I may have gotten a little money for a few of those items, but I was not going to be patient. So I checked the price of junk removal and almost passed out at the estimate. Yeah right! I immediately advertised a few of the items on Craig's list for "free" and within minutes, I had emails and every item advertised was picked up with in hours! A few items, such as the 30 year old dresser, were not worth advertising. So, my husband had a fun time busting it up with his foot. It was more difficult than he thought--it was solid maple. But he enjoyed doing it. We then took the destroyed dresser and a few other items to our neighborhood dumpster and finished organizing the garage. It feels amazing to have that mostly finished. I just have about 10 boxes of books to go through yet-- most of which I intend to donate to the library-- we are huge fans of the public library and there nearly every week or two. They have the room and the book shelves; I do not.

Sunday I went to church alone. It wasn't supposed to be that way, but Phoebe spent the night at a friends, and my hubby overslept. I had to be there an hour early because I am a greeter and because it was so nice out, I decided to ride my bike (which is in rather bad shape). I didn't have time to check over the bike too much, but quickly inflated the tires and took off. Half way along the mere two-mile ride, I noticed the tires had gone flat making it rather difficult to move along and the gears kept slipping. With my pants rolled up to knee, I spent most the trip peddling in the standing position to keep the bike moving and felt super ridiculous! I pictured myself sweaty and red-faced with bugs in my hair by the time I reached church. :) I think I will get my bike serviced before I attempt that again.

We had a wonderful lunch after service at my parents house and later enjoyed some Maggie Moo's ice cream and mini-golfing.

Good morning! :) I just opened all my blinds which instantly boosts my mood from "ok" to "awesome".

So Olivia had her first horseback riding lesson in two years and loved it. It is amazing the joy that a parent can feel watching their child truly enjoy something. I love being around the horses too, and if I were willing to spend the money on myself, I would be taking lessons with her.

She also had an eye appointment yesterday afternoon, and her sister, Phoebe joined us. Well it's always interesting when the two of them are together in a place where they need to be somewhat serious-- the giggles hit. So the optometrist was asking Livi questions about her contacts and she was struggling to answer with a straight face. I wasn't seeing the humor in any of it, but remembering back to when I was a teen, I laughed at absolutely everything (and at all the wrong times). Oh the looks I would get from the elders in the church! Well both girls decided they wanted to try colored contacts, so their doctor gave them trials. I tried to convince them that God knew what he was doing when he decided on the color of their eyes, but I figured it was harmless to let them try.

My hubby, Santino, got something new as well-- an enormous printer for his photos: Canon Pro9000 Mark II. He is in heaven! He has been going back through years of digital photos and printing out his favorites as we reminisce.

So today is a major garage cleaning day. It's been on my "to do" lists for months now, but I have no choice today. I found an inch of water in the back corner of our garage that I need to get to. Hubby is sure it has something to do with the air conditioning. He did tell me exactly what, but now I forget! It's all gibberish to me. But I am excited to be "forced" into this project knowing how great it will feel to have everything organized in there.

Well, first I am off to take Phoebe to work (she's a hostess) and have breakfast with my parents. They are bringing me a wet/dry vac so I can start my work after my favorite egg white omelet with feta cheese! Yum!

First day of blogging-- let's see how good my grammar is since college. This should be humbling. I don't have anything wildly prophetic to say, and maybe nothing interesting either, but I am just warming up. I am more into math and science than writing, and although I did well in my English courses, I prefer to write "to do" lists over my deep (or not so deep) thoughts. I try not to over-think anything-- might explain why I am almost always cheerful. Ignorance can be bliss!

Yesterday, My 14 year old, Olivia, made a fabulous dinner of Enchiladas and salad. I have been logging my food intake and exercise on My Fitness Pal and because of Livi's wonderful meal, I had gone 500 calories over forcing me to run twice as far as I normally do. Not fun, but worth the look of joy on her face when we all devoured her delicious dish.

Then my family and I watched the exciting American Idol finale and were thrilled with both finalists-- Lauren and Scotty have been our favorites from the first episode.

All in all a fabulous day yesterday, and I am looking forward to what God has in store for me today!