Pain!

I ache all over today...My butt hurts...my legs ache...my head hurts...Unfortunately I have no pictures of the event, but we rode 12 miles on our bikes yesterday!! While Joie was in school, Ru, Ember and I wanted to get out of the house. The weather has been so nice with a breeze blowing and the trees rustling...So we loaded up the bikes and connected the "hitchhiker" to Ru's bike for Ember and we went down the bike trail to Fort White. It was a great ride! I'm real out of shape, so the up-hills were killin' me! But I was not so miserable that I wanted to stop...it was really such an enjoyable day! We stopped in Fort White at GTO, a little soup and sub resturant and had a good lunch then off we went riding back to the truck. I only had a short ways to go when Ru got back to the truck; I had told him to go ahead and I'd just keep truckin' at a slower pace on the way back. I could see him as he got in the truck and drove down the road to pick me up. I would have made it! I did real good :) I'm proud of me...heehee! Ember loved it too. She enjoyed the hitchhiker bike a lot. It's a one wheel contraption with handle bars and pedals that attaches to a bigger bike. She and Papa Ru rode together. If we could do that a couple times a week, I'd be a thinner healthier me! But boy, I don't want to do much of anything today...LOL!

Next time I'll get some pictures...

Ember and I went to a little second-hand store on Main St yesterday. With Halloween close by, they had some cute "costumes" hanging up. Oh boy! Cinderella didn't stay on that wall long! And that's exactly what I was hoping to find Ember just to play around in...just didn't think I'd find it so soon--and for such a great price! Yae us!

Oh...and as some of you know, I'm not a Barbie fan....When Joie decided she was all done with her Barbies I was ever so thrilled for her to give them away! However, now without any prompting from anyone, Ember has decided she likes Barbies....We came home with her first 2; The "Princess" and the "King" (I can't convince her Ken's a "Prince"....lol)

JUST A HINT

Happy Monday! Some of you have read this already. I just want to say, the coffee hasn't gotten any coffee-er, less actually...and the getting ready for school has gotten slower....And, although I appreciate her efforts, I had to nix her coffee making idea on the weekdays! But I still love the feeling this poem gives me, so I thought I'd put it here :)

The aroma of coffee

Wafting slowly through the air;

The essence of awakened morning

Pushing me from beneath the sheets of sleep…

Coffee grounds ever bold

Flowing warmly o’er my tongue

Water and Cream to flavor

With just a hint of coffee in my cup…

But each sip draws a smile…

The sweetest cup to savor;

With her proud little hands

She roused the sun

Just for me…

dgvarner

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(for Joie)

End Of Summer Bash

Well, we've had a busy weekend! Seems as good a time as any to start playing "blogger"...

Joie's school participated in the Church Service Saturday morning. So we enjoyed seeing the kids up front and hearing them sing. They had the children's story for us too. For some reason Kevin and I were all tuckered out that day, so we just did the lazy thing for the rest of the day! Sunday we got up, put on our shorts, threw together a taco salad and went to school! Well, not for school, but for the End of Summer Bash--a sort of family fun day event we have every year. The kids have a blast getting dirty from head to toe! They bring their pets and we have a sort of pet show-n-tell. They slip and slide on a wet, soapy tarp, they sometimes throw raw eggs at each other, they splash each other with whipped cream and chocalate pudding, there's a pie eating contest, hula hoop contest...sometimes a face painting, or watermelon carving...It's a great time...and messy!

After all that, I couldn't wait to get a shower...!! Then Ru took us to the Olive Pit (Garden..sorry...). One of my favorite places to eat :) A fun weekend...

So, now I should be sleeping...but I'm not.
I'll pay for this tomorrow....