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Friday

We hung out with the neighbors.

Great food.

Ladder Golf and Cornhole.

Sparklers, firecrackers, fireworks and a bizarre Chinese lantern.

Beer, alcohol infused sweet tea, pina coladas and a few shots of tequila, okay, a lot of shots of tequila.

The kids had fun playing with their friends.

One by one they went to bed, starting with Alex and ending with Katie.

We moved the party to the Withrow’s backyard

Brian left after 1am as he had to be up early for a meeting.

I stumbled arrived home around 3am.

Saturday

I awoke to my head spinning.

I slept in until I absolutely had to get up from bed.

Ice water became my best friend.

I talked to the neighbors.

I lounged around a lot.

At the last minute I we decided to go to the Dublin Fireworks.

Packed everything up.

Grabbed some Benny’s Cheesesteaks for us and Wendy’s for the kids.

Got a great parking spot.

Got a great area on the grass in the shade in perfect viewing area of the future festivities.

We listened to Kenny Loggins play live.

Kids went on 7 jumpies.

Got tattoos and face painting.

Brian got us funnel cake.

Then the kids ran amok until it was time to watch the show.

The fireworks were absolute amazing!

We got to our van quickly and made our way out pretty fast as well.

We will definitely be getting those spots again!!

Sunday

We slept in until 11am.

Got ourselves together and left for the Hilliard Parade at 1:55.

Parade started at 2:00 and I wasn’t sure exactly where it ended.

We made it to the end of the parade route with plenty of time to spare.

Got some Taco Bell and waited.

Kids got loads of candy.

We went home.

Alex took a nap.

The girls went and played with the neighbor kids.

Brian did work.

I did editing on our cell group video.

We went to Agape Fellowship’s 4th of July Tailgating party.

Got a nice spot in the shade.

Were joined by the Olson’s.

Had free hotdogs, popcorn, popsicles and pop.

Played some cards, sevens.

Kids ran free and had fun with a soccer ball.

Then came the sparklers.

All the kids got excited, including Alex who had done some Friday night with no problems.

Alex did his second sparkler.

He started trying to grip it with both hands and was being erratic.

I got his hands away.

I accidentally grabbed the sparkling end of the sparkler.

My pointer finger and thumb were charred.

I showed Brian and he told me to get it on ice.

I ran to the free drinks and stuck my hand in the ice water.

They gave me a huge chunk of ice and a cup.

I whimpered as we watched the fireworks.

My fingers were on fire if they were not gripping ice or submerged in ice water.

For the second time this weekend ice water had become my best friend.

I had it submerged until 1am.

Then I alternated between a bag of ice as I was trying to sleep to dunking it in the cup of ice water next to my bed.

I woke up to barely any burning.

Swollen fingers.

Three things I learned this weekend:

1. Tequila shots are not a good idea.

2. Skin continues to burn after initial contact.

3. Ice water is an amazing cure for many things!

Feeling a bit high strung.

I really want to catch up on blogs, my google reader is at 35+ unread and I miss my bloggy friends!

But………

I need to crochet 8 more snowman bodies.

Attach 8 more hats to heads of snowman bodies.

Tie on 8 more scarves to necks of snowman bodies.

Sew on 9 more mouths to snowman faces (which I absolutely loath doing, it takes me forever to make it look “happy”!)

Between a ton of other commitments that I have going on the next couple of days.

These snowmen need to be done by Saturday for the Cypress Christian Craft Bazaar.

Calgon can take me away now……. Please!

Plus, Brian is high strung.. This Phillie’s game isn’t looking good, not at all….

*sigh*

Everything seems to always happen to me on Wednesday. And when I say everything I mean bad things.

• Flooding my bathroom while trying to install a diaper sprayer
• My driver side window mechanism breaking and my window falling into the door panel on a cold rainy day

And yesterday my windshield cracked in what I thought was three places until I looked again this morning and saw this:

The worst part is I think I did it. I started shoveling so Brian wouldn’t have to do all that much when he got home from work. I was trying to earn major wife points here. I got his side done and the walkway up to the door. Then I started to get everything off my car, a ton of snow and very thick ice. I got a lot off and then started the car to start defrosting it a bit. I was trying to break up the thick ice on the windshield and apparently I hit it too hard. Maybe it was the freezing on one side and the heat on the other plus my blows that did it. Either way, it is done and needs to be replaced to the tune of $250.

Lovely.

It could be worse right?

I’m actually really thankful that it wasn’t more than that. Money is going to be a bit of an issue soon, but that is another post.

Super Mom?

I should have known it wouldn’t last..

My calendar all neat with everyday bursting with activity.. Motivated Mom’s calendar checked off everyday, keeping the house up was a breeze. Laundry done, beds done, dinners planned and made. All cleaning responsibilities done. With as many as 5 kiddos running around my house. Couldn’t get enough sex, begging and instigating and wanting more and more.

And now I feel like doing nothing. Laundry piled up, dishes piled up, chinese ordered, baking done just so I could stuff my face and fulfill my duty to provide snack for small group, movies all day long, internet all day long, snacks and junk all day long, projects started and not finished, no chores done, can’t even imagine fulfilling the many social obligations going on this weekend..

Music washing over me, making me feel, on the verge of tears..

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