I wanted to have people over for a BBQ on Saturday

And it was supposed to be just like HM's parents, CR and L, maybe CH and J

And of our family of course

But soon, it was like "Can we ask so and so to come?"

And then "Can we ask so and so to come too?"

And in no time at all we had like 15 people coming to this sudden party!

It was all good though and a good time was had by all

But don't be offended if you didn't get an invite

It was supposed to just be a little BBQ

And suddenly we felt like we were entertaining...lol

So anyway, here's pics,

I guess this was our first party in our new house

 

More pictures of my cute little Sadie girl...

 

This was our Yard Sale

It went pretty good

But I officially think Yard Sales are stupid

And I doubt we will do one again

But it was good to get rid of all this stuff in our garage!

 

HM and Burrito and CR finished painting the porch!

Now our house is offically fully painted

So here is the BEFORE:

So after some work and rearranging:

And now, this is the AFTER:

 

I figured out a lovely thing about our house

The reason that the side yard is so uneven

Is because the previous owners

Dug out the dirt out of all the flowerbeds and filled them with rocks

So now I have to rake/shovel out all the rocks:

And then fill it back up with dirt so I can plant anything at all:

GRRR....it's a PAIN

 

It works!

They put in a pump last night and it finally works!

(and it is SO COOL)

 

Last Saturday also, L and I tore down this HUMUNGOUS bush

It was taking over everything, including two palm trees

So this is the before:

 

And now the AFTER:

 

Okay, that's enough for now, I gotta go get ready! ah!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today I went grocery shopping and thought about Food Storage

While at the store, I also bought a recipe magazine

Recipe books are my favorite piece of literature these days

Anyway, I realized as I did this

Whatever that is right?

Well I can tell you what it's NOT

Normal for us is Not:

These things have been things we have dealt with for awhile

But thankfully,

perhaps we are almost done with that phase

oh and one more thing

Speaking of Normal

Or rather the lack of it

There are about 3 weeks of school left

But it's interesting teaching Seniors

Because for them it's not just the end of school

But the end of High School.

 

Of those 100 seniors I teach

Two just found out and are no more than 4-5 weeks along

One of those students

I was reading her journal

(and I read it before too when she was talking about having sex with her boyfriend all the time so I wasn't TOO surprised)

and she said that they were going to get married this summer

And not because of the baby necessarily

But because they were in love and wanted to be a family

How sweet right?

I hope it is that way

I have to keep reminding myself that these are 18 year old girls

How many of your moms got married at 18?

I know quite a few who did

And they were not all disasters right?

So maybe these will be okay?

 

I had another student who took an extra week

On the already week vacation of Spring Break

And when she came back informed me that

Planning her wedding...

to a 25 yr old man

in June

Ya... They've been friends for a long time she said

Hmmm

 

And not that these will not all be fabulous marriages

But a part of me hears this and I think...*sigh*

Because that's what I think about all that

 

And even weirder?

If you think about it

My kids

And their kids

at our house tomorrow

We have to get rid of all this extra stuff!

We have a bunch of good stuff if you want to come look

7-12 in the morning

Come visit and see the new house! :)