It's Been a While

Well, I haven't posted in a while, and the reasons are two-fold.

1. I haven't done much of anything worth sharing. and

2. No one is reading this anyway.

But I will persevere. I never, never give up (unless I am eating Mexican food, in which case, I must give up, or else I will regret the massive amount of food I just ate a little later).

So, I went to the beach, and that was fun, except for the fact that I have become so germophobic that I could hardly sleep in that bed without thinking of who might have been in it before me, and I couldn't get in the pool without coming back to the room to take the hottest, soapiest shower ever to wash away whatever might be floating around in there. But the kids had fun and we all made it back in one piece (and surprisingly, healthy), and that's what counts.

My summer vacation is rapidly winding down, with only 2 weeks to go before school starts. About this time each year, I begin feeling very excited about the newness of a new school year, but equally sad that my carefree summer days are almost over. It has been a relaxing summer, exactly what I needed.

So that's what's going on with me. Now, I'm going to go read, because in 2 more weeks, I won't have time to read anything but children's books. :)

Minivan Mama

You know that saying "fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me"? Well that's pretty much how I feel about this particular topic: the minivan. Three years ago, I lost my mind and bought a powder blue minivan. I have one child. Why on God's green earth do I need seating for 7? Well, I succumbed to the pressure of all the other moms I know driving minivans and bought my own, and after about 6 months of not being able to fit into the parking place, and trying to figure out exactly how you go about washing a car that you cannot even touch the top of, I decided I was NOT a minivan mama.

So I sold the minivan and bought an Honda Accord. I LOVE this car. It is shiny and red, it has a sunroof, leather seats, a 6 cd changer (does anyone listen to cds anymore?), and is absolutely perfect for my little family of 3.

But....

I've been thinking. If I had a minivan, then Caylee could invite friends to go with her more. And my husband's family can ride WITH us when we go to the beach this year, and various other thoughts about the merits of a minivan. So, I confess, I am thinking about the minivan again. Last time, this didn't go over so well, so I'm really afraid of committing to a minivan again.

But...

I'm almost 3o now. I can be a minivan mama, right?

Lord, help me.

Saving $$

So I went to CVS today to pick up a prescription and $14.50 in Extra Bucks printed out on my receipt. If any of you have ever started this coupon thing, you know how addictive it is, but others of you will think I am completely out of my mind here. I proceeded to spend the next hour of my life slowly scanning the aisles of CVS debating which products I could use most and which I had coupons for, and which I could possibly earn even more Extra Bucks after purchasing. I know, it's an addiction. One day I'll be standing in front of a group of people..."Hi, my name is Denee, and I haven't used a coupon in ___ days." I'm thinking maybe this is a real need for people out there right now - Couponers Anonymous or something like that.

So anyway, I managed to buy about $40 worth of stuff for a little over $3. So maybe the psychosis is worth it in the long run...at least for my checkbook anyway.

Dance, Dance

So we're sitting here at Caylee's dance studio waiting for her to finish dance "camp." I'm not entirely sure that you can call 3 hour and a half sessions a "camp," but whatever. You cannot even begin to imagine the torture of sitting in a tiny waiting room that is about eleventy billion degrees while listening to various Disney songs FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF!!!! Maybe next year we'll re-think the whole "dance camp" idea.

So as I sit here melting, I thought I'd get something done...but no, it is much more fun to read blogs, plan Disney vacations I'll never take, and the like.

And today is only the first day of dance "camp."

There are still two more to go.

Should be a fantastic week.

Hello out there!

Well, so I haven't posted in quite a while. And that's okay, because no one is really reading this anyway. But someone reminded me today that it is a bit cathartic to "get it all out", and at the same time, rather nice to have some record of all the craziness that goes on in your life, so here's another attempt at the blog.

So let's see, what's going on right now...

It is the hottest summer, like, ever. I am in a constant state of sweaty. Really, it's gross. Interestingly, at the same time, I have decided to try this "all-natural," "no chemicals" thing, so I am considering discontinuing the use of anti-perspirant. I'm not sure why I stumbled upon all this research telling me how bad anti-perspirants are for your health at precisely the time I am having the sweatiest summer of my life, but there you go. File that under TMI.

In other news, lightning took out our flat screen tv last week. Bummer. It was a rough few days there when I couldn't watch Cheers when I woke up at 4:30 in the morning (on closed captioning so I didn't wake anyone). Until Chad took me to Wal-Mart and bought me a new tv. So life is good again and I can watch as many Hallmark movies as I want.

In other words, it is the most exciting summer ever. Or not. But I'm having a great time anyway. :)