So, I'm a terrible blogger

Or so I've been told fairly recently. So I shall endeavor to be better about it. Really.

This weekend was SO relaxing for some reason. We were busy, as it seems we always are... but still... it seems like Friday was forever ago and I'm feeling very loose today. Friday afternoon, my friend Rachel picked Sam up and took him for the weekend, and the girls and I went with Doug to his softball game. The girls and I played catch for awhile, and Madison played a 'retarded cheerleader' which was terribly amusing if something Kendra would smack her with a mackerel for.

Saturday, I did laundry and then took Madison to a bday party at the YMCA and took Cady home to go swimming with her friend Kelsey. After taking the two of them to DQ, Kelsey's mom arrived and offered to let Cady spend the night. YAY. So we made arrangements to meet up later at a car show in Dearborn and I headed off to get Madison. When I got there, her friend BJ's mom said "Why don't we just keep her for the night?" and they followed me back to my place to get her clothes and off they went. Doug and I decided not to go to the car show, so I took Cady up to meet Kelsey and Doug and I went to Genghis Khan for dinner and went to see Knocked Up.

Genghis Khan is a mongolian bbq joint and I LOVE it, but it's less than kid-friendly, so I rarely get to go. It was so nice to sit with Doug and talk - or not - and have some food and a beer or two... and to see a movie that's not animated???? Heaven. Really.

Today, we picked Cady up and took her out to lunch, just the three of us, which was fun. Then we picked up Madison and drove around for awhile before coming home to pack up the girls' stuff so they could spend the week at Aunt Sarah's house. Sammy came home, and Doug went to play softball while I ran the kids to Sarah's house.

Sarah just bought her house recently, and this is the first time I've seen it. It's really a cute house and she's been painting the inside. She's doing a lot with color and it looks really great. MUCH better than her last place, and much more HERS. Very nice to see her settled.

And... for a girlie moment... I've been thinking the last week how lucky I am to have Doug. Just random things throughout the day make me think "Man, I love him" or "Damn, I really am the luckiest girl ever"... and it's so nice. Last weekend, with it being just him and I, was so very nice. And this weekend, while we were alone a lot, we were also more parental - running kids here and there, trying to keep up with changing plans, etc... and he just rolls with it and keeps me centered... and you all KNOW that's not an easy thing to do. He refuses to let me stress about things... and again... you know that's no small task.

He's my sweet babboo... And I want to come home to him for a long, long, LONG time.

Shameless plugs and other things

So... I've discovered freecycle.org. This is, quite possibly, the coolest thing ever. It's a nationwide yahoo group that's divided up into towns or counties or whatever - communities. And it's all about giving things away or getting things for free. I put up a post yesterday for misc. girls toys and dress-up clothes, and I got... 100 RESPONSES! That's right, 100 people want the crap that I would normally throw away. Awesome, huh?

I signed up for the Leavenworth one, the KC one, and the Manhattan one. It's going to be my new favorite thing for awhile.

The pool is open at the complex. The kids and I went down there about 1 yesterday and spent an hour or so. There was NO ONE else there. So it was very nice.

Last night, Doug and I went to a cruise and hung out with his friend Dave. The girls stayed home alone (Hannah, don't tell Gramma) and were awesome. They didn't call every two seconds, they didn't trash the house, there was no tattling when I got home. They were suitably rewarded w/food from DQ and then went to bed with no complaints at all so that Doug and I could watch a movie. VERRA NICE.

I'm off to do laundry. Fun Fun.