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It's Sunday night folks, not 2pm on Tuesday, are you proud?  I certainly am!

We had a nice weekend.  Saturday was our Arthritis walk and it was fantastic.  P was the best behaved 7 month old and enjoyed herself thoroughly.  I guess I need to do it more often, huh?
While we were walking, JD was a busy guy installing that toilet!  (and he picked up the house - he gets full credit for all his work Saturday morning)   It did get done and it's... I don't know what adjective to use here... it's a toilet.  But he did a good job!
Afterwards, an old friend of JD's came by to visit from Mason, then Beth came by to see the baby (not us)!  Wrapped up that day with a whole lotta laziness.  I guess walking a 5k makes me tired. 

Sunday morning started off with P and I going back to bed, we were both cranky and not ready to face the world.  We woke up much better.  Did some housework, ate basketti for lunch, and then headed out to Papa's to play with cousin Paisley.  I think Peyton would love a big barn of her own to walker around in!  Then we came home to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a giant batch of awesome guac and pizza.

I hope everyone had a relaxing weekend! 



I'm in love with this little pose and outfit!

This is her ready for the walk! 

The Glaves!

P and her TyTy playing rocket ship at the finish line!

Me and the crazy Zai man!

Only in Texas do they provide a full fledged BBQ lunch after you've just ran/walked a 5k.   But it was yummy, I ain't complaining.

Linds' fave past time.  But when you have her abs you can eat whatever you feel like!



Zai says hi to Luigi  - I cringed from the other side of the picnic table



And this was her afterwards.  She snored through me hauling her into SAMs Club and all the way home.  All that walking wore her out!

So, I shouldn't be shocked when my child refuses to eat her pureed baby food because I do stupid stuff like this and give her spaghetti and broccoli and let her go to town!  Who would want mashed up crap when this was the alternative.  I get it baby, but let's get you a few more teeths.

There she is.  Her majesty, in all her glory. 

Happy Cinco de Mayo!!!  We celebrated by making a vat of guac and ordering pizza. 

And we wrapped up a perfect weekend with Miss P falling asleep in her own bed within minutes just like a big girl!!!  And then she woke up 45 minutes later because she was lonely  - and hungry - she chugged an 8 oz bottle!   But hey, it's a step, right!

Poor Little Poo Covered Kitty

Heart wrenching poo covered kitty. 

Remember that scene in Shrek when Puss in Boots makes his eyes HUGE and looks so innocent and sad to get his way?
Well, driving to work on Wednesday, minding my own business, I see some small white debris in the middle of the road, no biggie, so I align my tires to straddle it.  At the very last minute small tiny road trash looks up at me with those Puss in Boots eyes.  Well, crap!  How am I supposed to help this kitty on my way to work with a baby in the car?  Well, there was no saying no to those eyes.  So, I bust a u-e (sp?) and pull up to the kitty.  I jog over and see that it is injured and happened to be covered in poo.  Awesome.  Now what, Jenna?
So I pinch the scruff of her (I decided it was a girl) neck between my fingers and carried her over to the green grassy area, set her down, told her that her mommy would come find her and jogged back to my waiting car & baby.  Well, then they crying starts.  I always forget how LOUD teeny tiny kitties can be.  MEOW!  MEOW!  That little thing is screaming while hauling tail following me.  You're supposed to be injured, remember?

By the time I get into my car, that little bugger has caught up to me and is sitting below my window crying.  So, I thought maybe she'll be too tired to do it again. So I carry her a little further this time, set her down, told her to stay and jogged back.  Rinse and repeat.  So, after the third time, I didn't know what to do.  I had nothing to put her in in the car.  And I had P and there wasn't any way I was just going set it in the back seat.  She could have rabies for all I know.
So, I think there has to be a plan in place for this tiny baby and I drive away.  (I'm an awful awful heartless person, I know)
But just as I did another lady came upon the situation and I stayed and we talked and she decided to take it with her. 
Tah-dah.  See plan in place for that damn determined manipulative little kitty!

Our big plans for this weekend... toilet & baseboards!  Peyton and I will be participating in the Walk for Arthritis tomorrow which I think will be fun for us both! And that's about it! 

Hope everyone has a fantastical weekend!

Let's see if it gets put in this weekend!  Who is taking the bets?

Better late than never, right?

We took a mini vaca over to East Texas to see the fam.  JD's family owns a cabin on a private lake in Athens where we did some porch sittin, visitin, napping, fishing and relaxing!  Fun was had by all as evidenced below:

This is what is staring at me when I woke up in the back seat.  Creepy.  She was awesome on the 6 hour ride up there!  Only had to stop once to stretch it out!

I don't know who Johnnie Jumper is but I LOVE him.  She was happy as a clam in this thing for hours! 

See, clam happy.

The life vest was NOT a hit.  At first licking and trying to eat it was entertainment enough but after the first few minutes she was done. 

She could have cared less about the boat, lake or the fish dad caught.

said fish.

We celebrated her 7 month birthday while we were there with a cupcake.  She also LOVED that!

I made JD stop and go back so I could take this picture.  How could you pass this up?  Perfection!

These were the blue bonnets there at our lake.  Gorge.

and this was the ride home.  little different from the ride up there.  but we made it!



We love getting to visit with Uncle KC before he heads back out to sea.



I don't know why but I loved this daddy daughter silhouette picture.

She is such a ham, that she is throwing a fit here and whining loudly (resembles a fake cry) but she manages to make those ugly noises while smiling when I hold my phone up!  FAKER.

Why oh Why Wednesday - Random

Why Oh Why? Randomness.

I can't think of a serious problem/solution that will cause me to profoundly alter the world this week, so you'll just have to settle for a few of my observations.

Why oh Why does my bedroom collect SO much dust?  I mean, if I wanna get technical (and I don't - 'cause thinking about it too much makes me want to vom) all those dust mites and skin cells from us flipping and a flopping all night long and any new bed linen.  It's a wonder we can walk around in there at all :)  Gross!  Moral of this story:   Why oh why does my room need to be dusted everyother day?

Why oh Why can't I get a mulligan in the game Candy Crush.  For those of you not familiar... don't.  It's an addictive awful game that just makes you so mad!  For those who do... can I get an amen?  My iPhone screen is tiny, come on, I didn't mean to swipe the candy to left, I wanted it to go right!  I could have gotten a sprinkle covered donut hole (if that's what that is?) if you would have just gone right, you stupid jerk face!
One mulligan per game sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

BREAKING NEWS: 
This why oh why just happened.
Oh dear heavens, why oh why did my coworker just text me from the BATHROOM?  Seriously? 
I have no idea why my coworker who works 3 offices away is TEXTING me from his office, so naturally, I reply via text, as opposed to walking down there, why are you texting me from your office?  His reply, I'm in my other office!
OMG.  He said, Only so much time in one day.  Use your time to the fullest.  At least I did not call.

Happy Hump Day Folks!  Have a great rest of the week!

Happy Monday!

I hope everyone had a super duper great weekend.  We did!

Saturday morning: P and I were left to our own devices while he went to work.  And boy howdy, did I use my time wisely, as shown below.  The office was in DESPERATE need of TLC.  I didn't get all organizey cleany; just able to walk all the way in without tripping on a hammer, guitar or box of comic books.  Then, did the rest of the house, luckily, that wasn't as dramatic.  After dad got home we just hung about and played.
Then we got a brilliant idea!  Let's have date night and drop the babes off!  So we did and it was lovely quality time.  <3
Carinos - Chicken Scallopini to go - it was okay, I think it is normally served with prosciutto but they ran out so, they said, hey, let's use bacon!  Clearly the same thing! 
We watched Django Unchained - I give it 3 and 3 quarter stars!  (Ha! Remember Ed McMahon & Star Search?!?)  Pretty good,  slow in some parts, but pretty darn funny.

Sunday - woke up on my own without feet on my head!  Jumped out of bed went to breakfast and hit the grocery store hard and then went on to Lowes for the promised toilet & new baseboards for the hallway.  Went and got the wee one around lunch time and proceeded to play all afternoon.  Didn't touch the toilet or base boards.  But who wants to work when there is a big back porch to scoot around on?  Not us! 
We BBQ'd it up last night, ribs, sausage, and Jalapeno mushroom bread (I die) Oh yeahhhh, we're supposed to be watching his cholesterol.  We'll start again today :)

Wishing everyone a wonderful week! 
(4 day work week for us!  Then it's off to the lake!)

Our first Oreo! 



She wasn't sure what to think about her 5' giraffe on her run way.



Like father like daughter?  I downloaded a bunch of apps for her on the Kindle and she loves it! 



Our office before.  Don't judge me. 



Our office after.  I was so stinking productive Saturday morning!



Install base boards?  I don't think so, a BBQ sounds way better!



Oh hey, remember that toilet I was excited about.  There she is! 
It made it about a foot inside the garage.



994.  That's 6 away from 1K.  That's huge!  Thanks for coming to listen to me ramble 994 times! 



Dear Friday

Dear KFC-

You're KFC.  Let me explain this to you in case you're confused.  You sell Kentucky Fried Chicken.  Meaning you should have CHICKEN ready to sell to me.  I'm sure I'm not the only one who finds it asinine to go to KFC for them to tell me, "sorry, we're out of chicken"  What?  This doesn't even make sense. 

Do something about this!  NOW!

Thanks,
Jen


Dear Peyton-

We're getting closer baby.  But we still have some work to do about your night time sleeping schedule.  Also, your sleeping positions, why do your feet need to reside on top of my head to ensure you a good night sleep?  Why does your dad get the head end?  And while we're at it, why can't you sleep for more than 20 consecutive minutes in your own bed?  It looks super comfy!  I'll buy you a head shaped pillow to rest your precious tiny chubby feet on!

Love you precious!
Momma




Dear Tunnel Visioned Silly People-   (please note this took a lot of editing :)

There are stupid people in this world that can't help it.  Their God given level of intelligence just wasn't quite as high as others.  But then there are ignorant people.  I'm all for faith.  Blindly following and believing.  That's cool.  But when people ride on certain sides of the political road, either right or left, and you can't even be bothered to consider that their view points aren't the answer - this is where I begin to have a problem. 

I respect your ability to write your opinions on facebook, however, I find you ridiculous when you put blame on ONE person.  Really?  Did you not take high school government?  Do you remember that section on the checks and balances?  Not one man has enough power to ruin every one's lives.  It isn't that simple.

I'm certainly not trying to change anyones view points, all that I'm saying is, you really should listen more often, if you still feel you're right, awesome, be right.  Just don't be such a closed book.

Think about it,
Jen

Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend.
This is what is in my future for this weekend, joy! (I can be sarcastic all I want - but we all know I'm quite excited)

Installing new toilets in the house!

Go back to your office, Jack!

It isn't common anymore to find someone who is so willing to take newbies under their wings and mentor them in the workplace (at least I don't think it is)
But my friend and mentor, Jack, announced his retirement last week.  Which I knew could come at any day but was still blindsided when he told me. 
When I advanced positions in the company and learned that he and I would be "teamed" up I was thrilled.  We're very similar when it comes to how we work and it was a match made in heaven.  He can walk by my office and say, "you see that?"  meaning an email that came to both of us and I would know exactly what he meant and what I needed to do.  We speak our own language.  I can normally read his mind.  (plus his handwriting, which is a challenge - I'm the official office Jack interpreter)

I was cleaning out some old files and I found a list of expectations that he gave me when we became a team and among them were:

• You are very important
• I want you to enjoy what you do
• The work you do is very important
• We are a team
• It's okay to question each other (and I did on a daily basis :)
• We want to have fun but we have to work hard and be very good at what we do

He always makes me feel important and appreciated.  He is always a fun part to my day.  He was never too busy to stop what he was doing to help me or answer one of my millions of questions.  He had confidence in my abilities, always. 
Above all else, he is a kind man and I will miss him dearly. 

I suppose I am excited that he and he his wife are starting a new chapter in their lives and getting to move to be much closer to their kids, but dangit, the office just won't be the same.