It was a vacation day...

So since dedicated worker Anth couldn't take a day off, I of course asked my sister-in-law/best friend if me, her and the boys might be able to work out a swim day... and we did!

 Yeah, Cullen is like me...has to hold his nose jumpin' in the H20.

 Tough guys... too cool for school

Right now you're jealous because my nephews are so hunky... but please don't sin on my account. The good book says "Thou shalt not covet" (Lyndy's hunky nephews)
Oh, and it just so happens that the 13 yr old had his first driving experience this week, too. Do it Cullen! Um, well it was only from the driveway to the grass. Leslie text me and said: Oh my goodness, he has lots to learn :-)

This is what Saturdays are made for...

Got up and ran 3 miles. Now you're sayin' 'Good for you Lyndy.'
Went to swim with my sweetheart (the 3 yr old one, not my hunky hubby)

Went back that night to have grilled burgers (yum)...

And to play with stuffed animals, cars, dinosaurs, and playdoh (pretty much anything Riley wants to do)

This is what a Playdoh gun fight looks like.

And we watched a movie...the Unknown... and had awesome popcorn... what's a movie without popcorn?! and then there was apple pie (a la mode no less) and of course lotsa great fellowshippin' with our friendses...

Ahhh... this my friends...this is what Saturdays are made for.

100th post ... hurrah for me!!!

Not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing that this here is my 100th post since starting this lovely blogaroo... Am I overblogging? Underblogging? Or is my bloggy just right, like Baby Bear's porridge, chair and bed?


Well, lemme tell ya a quick story. I never watched the Wizard of Oz as a kid. Not sure why. Just didn't. Well, many moons ago I hung out a whole bunch with some distant cousins of mine (and their uber cool parents) and the little gal was just straight hung up on Oz. Watched it almost every day I think. Her name's Bridgett and yeah, I've mentioned her on this blog before. She's like 23 now, but still seems like a kid sis to me. We hang out cuz she's cool (like me). Anyway, I was in 9th grade I think and one day they threw the ole VHS tape in (or maybe it was on tv like it always was every year) of Oz. Well, when it came on it was in black & white. I thought this is lame and got up off the couch. I remember it like it was yesterday. Bridgett's dad ("Uncle Dave" is what I call him) snapped his fingers at me and said sit down, you're gonna watch this. I complied. Out.of.fear. ;-P So I watched it. And I loved it. When it turned to color, I was amaaaaazed. The story was wonderful. The music was great. And I wanted to be Dorothy. Cuz there's really no place like home.


Fast forward to today, June 23rd, in the year of our Lord 2011... me and Bridge decided we're gonna go see Wicked when it comes to town in a few months so today we bought us some sweet seats and that showtime ....
can't get here soon enough.

A recap of Father's Day weekend

Go see this. We did. It was GREAT.

We went to O'chucks for Joey's (belated) birthday...
it mighta been his celebration, but I had some dessert to celebrate. he he he Those mini donuts are R-I-G-H-T! I mighta used my phalange to get every last drop o' that icing, but I'll never tell.

 And then there's the Father's Day stuff..

Anthony usually gets Terry a thing (?) of Copenhagen, but this year he threw in a can of peanuts. If you're a girl, you might be thinkin' to yourself, what a weird (or bad) gift. Terry's reaction? MY TWO FAVORITE THINGS!!!

I gave my daddy a goody basket bowl of coffee and stuff that goes with it like a Crossword puzzle book, some sugar free coffee cakes, his fave creamer (thanks Karen!) and a mug in his fave color ... I think he liked it, as much as you can like a sorta impersonal gifto... I'll do better next year Daddy. You rock! I just stink at creative gift giving. My card was real sweet - told him how even though I'm not a little girl any more, I'll always be his little girl. Mushy stuff like that. Cuz I love him and all...

We took a day off...

First stop... 

Doesn't everyone start their vacation day with breakfast at the Barrel? The tough choice is whether to have eggs and biscuits or sweet delish ooey gooey pancakeys?! It was eggs for us. Pancakes'll be there next time.

Then...

We squeezed on a little newborn cousin... him's little and cute and smelled sweet like a baby should. (Little is a relative term... he was little bitty compared to Anth, who commented that he didn't mind holdin' him cuz he wasn't so tiny and fragile like most newborns...and I think there was a comment about holding him like a football, but I can't be sure...he's only the second newborn Anth has ever held, but doesn't he look like a pro?!)

Then...

 Cannon baaaaalllllll

Cappin' it off with a swim (with Anthony's mom and nephew)
ahhh, love them vacay days.

CMA Music Fest 2011

We have never ever ever been to CMA Music Fest (formerly known as Fan Fair, idk why they changed the name, Fan Fair has a nice ring to it, but whatev). So we decided to go this year, but just one night. Thursday night was our pick because of one reason and one reason only. The Zac Brown Band fan club "eat & greet" was that night. They call their fans the ZAMILY, how cool is that?! Well, we goofed and missed the ticket sale online. Riley was over and we were playing in the yard with him because we're good babysitters. I'll have a post on that play date soon. So Anthony, being heartbroken persistent, emailed Tbird (fan club prez) and gave her our sob story situation and she said if they had any no shows, they'd let us in. At the very least, we'd get our fan club tshirts. Cool.

I was determined I was wearin' me a sundress and cowboy boots. It was 90freakin5 but I didn't care. I wanted to be cute. (Anthony said comfort was more important than cute when it's this hot, but I ignored him.)

Boots were a freebie from my bud Brandi (she outgrew 'em post-baby)

and the dress was an el-cheapo from Rugged Wearhouse!

So traffic was worse than a tangled strand of 20,000 Christmas lights. We showed up late to the eat & greet, but they let us in (FO FREE) and we got to eat (yum!) and hear the ZBB boys play. Anth chatted with Jimmy (the cool cat on violin) but we didn't push our way through to talk to Zac. We were just glad to be there. Next year we'll get on the computer early and be ready! The tix sold out in 5 minutes. Yikes!
(Anth also talked to the chef who is the master mind behind all the tasty vittles...he was cool.)

We walked down the street and across the bridge. We walked across the street. We walked through the stadium, across the concourse (whatever that is) and then there was the ramp. The lovely humongo treacherous long ramp. Did I mention the ramp was forever long? I felt like I was walkin' up the stairway to Heaven. My feet were burning, but alas, we finally found our seats. So what if we were up in the heavens with the birds, helicopters and clouds? We were sitting. Ahhhh. Second guessing my foot attire....

This is a look of relief. So nice to be sitting. Don't even mind the sweat that was rollin' down my back. I was sitting. (Anth was strugglin' for a bit with how high up our seats were... but he managed.)

Zac & the boys opened the show. Big shock! But awesome! They played for an hour. Songs (in order performed): Toes, Free, Devil Went Down to Georgia, Colder Weather (with Amos Lee, who was super cool at the eat & greet and chatted with Anth), Knee Deep, Money (Sonya Leigh wrote it and did lead vocals), No Hurry, Forever & Ever Amen (with Randy Travis), Keep Me in Mind, Walkin' Away (with Alan Jackson), Chicken Fried. 

A girl next to me had her boots kicked off and I told her she had the right idea and I became a copy cat. She said she thought she had blisters and I said yeah, me too!

After ZBB, Easton Corbin sang a few. He was okay. Sara Evans came next. She did: As If, Born to Fly, Stronger (everybody in the place was singing along with her...she said Hillary Scott of Lady A wrote that song and I was surprised they didn't keep it for themselves but anyhoo), My Heart Can't Tell You No (Rod Stewart penned this one and SE is about to release her version), and Real Fine Place to Start. She sounded reeeeal good.
Casey James (of American Idol fame) played an acoustic set between acts. He sounded good, but may have been a milli-tad nervous. Bless his heart.
When Jason Aldean came out, as they say, the crowd went wild. Up on their feet screamin' wild. He did Crazy Town, My Kind of Party, Big Green Tractor, Don't You Wanna Stay (WITH KELLY CLARKSON AND IT WAS AWWWESOMMMMME do you hear me?), Dirt Road Anthem, Johnny Cash, Hick Town, and She's Country. Brought down the house.
Ricky Skaggs came out and did an acoustic set while Brad Paisley's entourage crew set up for his closer of the night set. (yawn)
Brad Paisley got a bigger reaction than Aldean when he took the stage. We listened to a few, but headed on out. Part of our motivation was the traffic. We got out lickety split. I might have walked in my sock feet from the outside of the stadium back to the car. You'll never know... We heard that Alabama showed up to sing with BP. Oh well... we didn't have to sit in hours of gridlock.

Out late? Tastes great!

Memorial Day 2011

It was Memorial Day...

 and it was fun....

There was a buncha burgers, dogs, ribs and chicken (yo!) along with some smackin' sides and delish desserts. It was HOTTT! There was corn hole, the washer game, yard darts, badminton (less the net), and good ole frisbee.  And of course talkin' and laughin' and lovin' (the fam)...

The fellas played HORSE and boy, did they get skweaty (that's real sweaty). . . there are three artificial knees out there and one knee that's gone under the knife. <sigh> Boys will be boys.

These three cutie patooties are my nephewwwwws. Some gals are sure gonna be lucky one day... Camden is 10, Cullen is 13 and Caleb is 19. Lady killuhs. Yeeah.

To recap this week...if ya start with Sunday

Sun - My mom & dad took us to lunch. Had a ham & cheese omelet the size of my head. No need for dinner. Ran 5 miles. Gotta try to work off somathat om.

 

Mon - Ran 2 miles with Bridgett after work. If I ever had a kid sister, she'd be what I'd order up. Cool cat.

 

Tues - Had dinner with Charles & Annette. He can sho tell some sto-ries!

 

Weds - Lovin' my toes today. I think they're pretty, especially in french mani. Sue me. I like my toes.

 

Thurs - Lunch with a new (coworker) friend. Found out she loves cats as much as I do. We already share a love for photography.

 

Fri - Weekend here I come! Found some red sandals for a b/w dress (with a narrow red belt) I bought last weekend that was just screamin' for red shoes. (maybe if I look as cute as I think I'm gonna look I'll post a pic) Ran 3.2 after work cuz the weather was perfectomundo fer it.

 

Sat - Busy, busy! Started the morning with a 3.2 mile run (before it gets blazin' 106). Riley came over. We played hard but he had to go home with his (lucky) parents! Pulled weeds. Washed the car. Ate Chinese with hubby for dinner & did a smidge o' shopping. Lovin' General's chicken yo!

 

And a side note for the week - I've been struggling with my hair lately (trying to grow out layers just to switch up my look a bit) and this week 2 or 3 people, including one random stranger, complimented it highly. Guess it ain't as bad as I thought, huh? :-P

Lyndy's list of favorite things...

Things that are thebomb.com to me right now - 

• Loreal Voluminous mascara
• Avon ultra color rich lipstick in sparkling nude (wear it - you will get compliments)
• Running & volleyball  
• Pretzel M&Ms (these may stay on my permanent Things I Love list)
• These

• The Band Perry's self-titled CD (every track is good yall.. trust me, they're no one-hit wonder.. and me and Kimberly, we basically sound just alike)
• I LOVE spring

We planted this dogwood in the fall of 2009. It didn't bloom last spring, so I was super pumped that it was so pretty this year. The pink one only had one bloom (poor thing, I'm sure the white one has taunted it since like March), but I hear they're not as hearty as the white ones. Now ya tell me, gee thanks.

When we built our house, the builder told us a Japanese maple was "a must" for this spot so after thinking it over (and the in-laws springin' for the tree as a housewarming gift) we gave in. Well it was 'spensive and it bit the dust the first year...soooo in the fall of 2009 we planted another one (that came from el-cheapo flea market-o) and lookie how she's blossomed with some TLC...

• Game night with my bro & fam...

Cam was at a birthday campout sleepover.
• Going shopping with my mom today (can I getta hoo-rahh, looked forward to this all week, yo)

Exercise freak?

Last weekend was the beginning of an exercise freak-tified week for me. I'm trying to help my young friend Bridgett get going on her exercise regimen so we ran all weekend. The temps were perfect-o do you hear me?! Anyway, this is how today went - I had to work of course. On my lunch hour I went to butts & guts class. In this class we did this stuff: crunches, push ups, flies, more crunches (a different kind), skull crushers, overhead raises, tricep dips, bicep curls. 3 sets each circuit. OUCH! Went back to work. After work, went to the park and ran three miles in 29 minutos (numero uno was in 9 minutes y'all), then walked a mile to cool down and enjoy the scenery a bit. Then, I discovered I kinda stunk so I went back to the gym to shower and change clothes before my volleyball game. I'm playing in a co-ed league at work. We have a 100+acre campus that rivals most college campuses, no foolin' and we have a sand volleyball court that's pretty sweet. I played last year and had a blast. Summer temps get hot, but I love some bump.set.spike action. Yeeeah. Our team name is BOOMshakalaka. Oh and I should mention that in tonight's first game, which we won 15-3, I served up like 10 consecutive points and in the second game, which we won 15-2, I served up 12 or 13 in a row. Hope my serve sticks around all season. That will be hot!

So was I an exercise freak today? Maybe. But some people think nuthin of exercisin' more than two hours in a single day. They proly don't have real jobs though, yo.