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Ok Ok Ok...I know I know, SLAP the wrist....it has been 10 days since my last blog...but in my defense...well i've just been lazy and distracted!

As soon as we got back from Monterey, I went back to work and WHAM! I haven't stopped SINCE! I'm actually going to be working some OT this week to catch up! Absolute insanity. I have spreadsheets coming out of my ears and have dreams about completing tasks at work...sad i realize but i love it.

Sean's been gone since Saturday doing his carrier qualifications. He gets back tonight! i'm so excited! I can't wait! While he was gone...I bought a new piece of furniture! My friend Kaitlin bought a hutch at an antique store (with a little encouragement from me...) and then brought it home and it just didn't feel right to her. So last weekend when we were all over at her house Sean said he really liked it, so while he was gone i bought it from her...I LOVE it! I think it looks great in my kitchen! I want to stain it or paint it or something to make it match the rest of the wood in our kitchen and dining room. Eventually i'll make doors or something to go on the front...maybe glass so you can still see the cute little bar that is hiding under there!

I'm on this crafty kick, i want to make some cloth napkins...just super basic ones to use so that we can stop buying paper napkins and so much papertowels! I think all the stress at work is making me leak ADHD....i feel like i don't stop unless i'm asleep and have even been having trouble falling asleep but no problems getting up in the morning...

Going to clean the house spot-less tonight so it's all nice and clean when Sean gets home! Hopefully i'll have enough time!!

336 days left....

So, I ended up taking the weekend off from blogging....so i have attatched my favorite pictures of the weekend! Ahh...it was such a nice weekend! We got off to a late start on Friday, but made it to Carmel Valley around 7pm and grabbed some burritos in the Carmel Valley Village where our good friends Cindy and Ted live. Came home and had a few glasses of wine. (pic 1)

We all slept late on saturday and woke up to yummy eggs and bacon. Now, you have to understand that while eggs and bacon may SOUND ordinary...NOT in the Walter house! Teddy is a "Top Chef" (hint hint Cindy....) and everything he makes is amazing! The boys took a walk down to the river while us girls (me, cindy and daughter-in-law Brenda) stayed behind sipping coffee and chit-chatting.

We finally got going and headed into Monterey. First stop: Aquarium! You can visit and visit and visit and it will never get boring! They are always updating and adding new exibits. Peyton had a great time and we had some great family time! We let peyton pick out a new toy to get on this trip. So "Mr. Flamingy" was adopted...(pic 2)

Our next stop was the Wharf for lunch! We walked up and down the Wharf before deciding on Corn dogs and popcorn shrimp! Pic 3 is from the harbor at the Wharf, normally the sea lions lay out by the big rocks in the deeper water, but this particular day there were TONS of them on the shore!

We decided to head back to the village bc i started not to feel well, we had family siesta time. Which apparently was much needed bc we fell asleep and slept until 6pm. We went out to dinner with Cindy then stopped at a convenient store for marshmellow, chocolate and graham crackers. When we got home, we got a nice little fire started in their fire pit. Of course IIIIIII was the one that burned myself like a dumb ass on the metel skewer. We put peyton to bed (pic 4) and Sean and I enjoyed some wine by the fire.

Sunday we all got up to make our 11am brunch reservations at Deetjens in Big Sur and the plan was to have the boys float down the river and the girls stayed at the bottom drinking Mojitos...however, when we got to the restaurant and got out of the car it was 55 degrees out and foggy...So we ate and headed back to Carmel Valley. SIDENOTE: Driving on 1 south quite possibly could have been the most terrifying drive i've ever driven...AWESOME View (from what i saw on the pictures later bc i refused to take my eyes off the road) but terrifying!!!

Pic 5 is my two favorite boys playing by the river in Carmel. We decided to have the same events...just closer to home! So Brenda Peyton and I went across the river to pick Mint for Mojitos then Sean and Ted joined us to float down a ways...nice relaxing 30min float.

Got up this morning and went to visit Cindy's horses Sugar and Oscar! Peyton rode Sugar bareback and LOVED it (pic 6) then headed home! We thought we'd be slick and bypass 198/33 and avoid windey rodes...and we ended up adding 45min to the trip bc we got caught in traffic on 46/41...but it's nice to be home. Starting to get estimates on installing our back yard...Sean gets to be home all week and leave saturday instead of leaving tomorrow!

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This will be more about a rant than a blog....and my expression in the picture has pretty much been unchanging all day...

i don't like....

- when i have to fix someone else's mistake and it causes me to take twice as long to finish a project.

- when i can't express how i am feeling without bursting into tears....

- when people think it's funny to mess with other people's heads about serious things...

- when i can't react or sound anyother way but aggressive and angry bc i'm tired and frusterated

- when i don't even have the energy to play wii sports with my son...

- when i need to go grocery shopping but have somehow lost all time to make a list...

- when i spend my entire lunch break on the hunt and cannot find what i am looking for...

- when i know i have an awesome weekend ahead of me and i can't even be excited bc this week has just sucked so bad...

-when i am so completely exhausted i can't even keep my eyes open...

....I'm going to bed...and it's only 7pm.....

342 days left...

So today...was a waste! Well not really, it was just a bad day. I can accept that. I don't have many of them, so i guess today was just my day! Peyton was SUPER cranky this morning and he waited until 730 to FINALLY get dressed! A normal morning he'd be dressed at watching cartoons by 715 so when we leave at about 735-740a he just needs to get his shoes on....so then he had a melt down bc i was rushing him.

Get to work early and spill hot tea on myself getting out of the car. Get started on closing out my first contract and literally, everything that could go wrong, did. My numbers were off and it took my boss and I over 3 hours to figure out where it was coming from! So then i had to completely re-do everything when we figured out someone altered truck weights which was throwing off my numbers by a lot! It was SO frusterating!

I thought my day was going to look up with Sean text'd me to tell me he was coming home in between flights! But, then i rememberd that I had decided earlier that we were just going to have leftovers/sandwiches for dinner so i didn't pull anything out of the freezer...fail. We ate leftovers anyway, but i felt bad. I like cooking actual meals when Sean is home...and he does too. He didn't seem to mind too much, but in my head I feel like i let myself down.

My wonderful husband is my photo of the day! Now that his "stache" is in full force...i figured it was time. I feel he vaguely resembles the pringles man...i love him still...however, i am counting down the days until it's gone! T-minus 15!!

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Monday...it was a good day. My morning wasn't rushed, got to where i needed to go on time. When i stepped outside my house, it was 80 degrees outside. THAT only got worse from there...yikes! When i LEFT work at 430 it was 105 degrees!!! Look closely at the picture, it has today's date and the time...at 7:05pm it was still 102 degrees!!! Geeeeez!!

So we finally made 4th of July plans!! I'm taking a half day on friday and we're going to drop Bruno off at a nice kennel where he will be able to run and play inside/outside all weekend safely. Then we're heading S on 41 and going to drive thru Paso and hit a few vineyards. Then we're going to take 101 to 1 and head up the coast to Carmel Valley! (pray peyton and I don't barf the whole way!!) We'll probably spend most of Saturday in Monterey at the aquarium, walking along the wharf and playing on the beach! Sunday we'll be spending it with our close family friends the Walters! Pretty excited bc we havent' seen them since the wedding! It will be a nice family get away weekend! Sean leaves a week from tomorrow (the day after we get back from Carmel) to go to the boat for a week...:-( I'll miss him but that just means we're that much closer to having questions about our future as answered as they're going to be!

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Today was a very productive day! I went to the grocery store and bought a months worth of lunch stuff so that there will no longer be a need to run thru subway (which is the healthier, yet more expensive option) or anyother drive thru for lunches. I promised Sean I will pack his lunch in the morning so that is one less thing he has to think about in the morning bc he is still working 12-18 hour days 2-4 days a week :-(

Today's picture is of my new ceiling fan! Our friend Greg came over with all his infinite home improvment wisdom and helped installed one in the livingroom and one in our bedroom. Sean is going to do the one in Peyton's room this week bc each one was taking like 45min to an hour each bc of all the wires etc etc!

I made yummy pork loin for dinner as a thank you for installing my $$ saving ceiling fans! I swear if my electic bill doesn't go down next month i'm going to be mad! :-)

345 days left....

So, by mistake i posted that yesterday was 347...when really it was 346 but in my defense i was blogging at midnight and i'd been up since 530am!

Today i would just like to talk about how much i love the boys that live in my house! My son walks around the house saying "WOW! That's a low price" from the Staples commercial....my husband finished mowing/edging the yard, vacuumed the livingroom and FINALLY got the sprinkler system working on the schedule we want it on as to not KILL our yard!!

Today's picture...Bruno, he is developing into a pretty good dog! He's calming down a bit, being more lovey vs jumpy...and if you look closely you can see he is soaking wet! He LOVES water and was hilariously frolocking in the sprinklers in the front yard!

This weekends adventures...i bought a new shelf for the front bathroom and put it together, now we're just waiting for Sean to get motivated to hang it up! Tonight begins our Entourage season 6 marathon. Tomorrow we're going to install ceiling fans in the livingroom and the 3 bedrooms! I'm excited for **HOPEFULLY** a lower electric bill!

I would just like to state that as i am blogging Peyton and Sean are chasing each other around the livingroom in an attempt to fart on each other...i pray that neither one of them poops on themselves...I love my life!