Hit the Beach! In the Rain!

Mister Man and I are heading to the beach tonight...it's cloudy, rainy and in the 60s, but oh well. It will be fun regardless.

We are taking our golf clubs "just in case" although we both know darn well the weather will be even worse there than it is here. I mean come on, Oregon Coast in June? It's almost comical to think we'll plan an outdoor activitiy other than running to and from our car in the rain.

I love the coast. It's so peaceful no matter what time of year, what the weather is like or who you are with (well, there are exceptions. i don't think i'd love being there with a psycho but you get the point).

We met with the remodel designer again this week. This was SUPPOSED to be the week we signed the contract, but she came in 20k OVER budget with no real hard explanations as to why. Mister was not sweet on that. He decided take a few days to let the steam escape from his ears and to think about what this remodel is really worth to us, to the value of our home etc. In the end I'm confident we will go forward with it, but if I've learned anything in the 2 1/2 years I've been married, it's when NOT to push the mister. He cannot be pushed and have it end in my favor. He can be pushed and have it end up in my face however. I don't like that result so much. Patience is a virtue that comes so easily to him and is rather difficult for me. I'm working on it.

Oh...i'm also an official candle lady now. "oh boy" you say. but it's actually really cool. I'm a complete candle freak and spend entirely too much money on them. My mom bought me this one called "birthday cake" a couple years ago and I've been scouring the earth for it ever since. I had long ago burned it up or out or whatever and had thrown the thing away. anyway, it's a private company that only sells through distributors, so when i figured that out last time i was home visiting the folks-i promptly came home, did my research and got myself enrolled to be a distributor for the company.
http://www7.mygccandle.com/sparks

chigity check it out.

have a good weekend.

your mentally sun-drenched, but physically soaked,
mo

Mushroomin

Went on the annual memorial day morel mushroom hunt with my parents, mister and piper this weekend. my brother is usually always with us...but alas he was off baking himself on the beaches of maui. rough. the mushrooms were tougher to find this year, but we managed to find a gallon or so between the four of us (piper wasn't much help although i did stick her nose by the bag of morels in hopes of training her to detect them...didn't work). we fired up the bbq and cooked up some burgers and morels when we got home. oh yum.

we got to see our great friends, rachel and sennett while we were home as well. they are just the best. i love hanging out with those two. we ended up randomly playing darts at barley hoppers, then mister and sennett got in a face off with these total dark sharks. they got hosed 3rd game into it. we sat by and laughed while sennett took down a diet coke that he thought was a long island. oh the simple pleasures in life. you might wonder how a person could mistake a dc for a long island. the only explanation is very simple. it was late and we were drunk. his taste buds could no longer decifer i guess...

i got to go on a few long runs while i was home, which may sound odd, but it's hands down my favorite thing to do when i'm visiting there. i love to run the bridges over the snake river. it's so beautiful and peaceful! we took piper on her first swim as well and she was hesitant until i rolled my pants up and hopped around in the river with her. she's a funny dog. i think she's going to be an absolute monster (huge). her paws are off the charts.

mister played in a golf tourney with my pops all weekend. it came down to the wire and out of over 100 teams they ended up in 3rd place! we didn't get out of town until 6pm on monday night so that was a long drive home. not too terrible though. we rolled in around 12.

So...back to portland. i have to preface this by saying we've had some beautiful weather in the past month (not so much this past week). now, I know I'm suppose to hate the rain. But, when you think about the major upside of not having to water your garden, yard or flowers...well, it's kind of nice. At least it's not cold out today. Wow, am I in an optimistic mood or what? Hold on to your hats folks! This good attitude is bound to come and go on a whim.

mister had a baseball game last night and they won yet again. Games are so much more fun when you are winning or on a winning team. There is nothing worse than playing your ass off and the rest of the team either a) sucks or b) doesn't give a crap. i know games are "just for fun" and all, but personally I think they are much more fun when you are winning! he plays tomorrow and saturday as well. ever since i got a "warning" for bringing little miss piper i'm pissed at the guy and don't want to go as much since i have to leave my dog at home. poor little thing spends too much time inside anyway. it's just wrong to go spend a couple hours at a park without her.

anyway, mister's sister is having a baby and her baby shower was today. she looks so dang cute with the belly out there. i love weddings, birthday parties, baby showers all that stuff. it's so fun. people don't get together often enough unless there is an occassion it seems. this weekend i'm going to a friend's 30th bday party downtown. a bunch of girls going to dinner and dancing. will be a riot. i'm sure i'll have stories to tell.

that's all i've got folks.

happy friday coming your way.

mo