100 Days of Ghoulie power, Part II (Page 58)

Olympic swim trials are this week. You could have channeled your inner Michael Phelps.

Today is the start of the heat wave. It is was 58 degrees out whe I woke up at 6 am. It is already 72! I would expect that is the last 50 degree, or even 60 degree night weather we are going to have for a few months. I am holding out on closing the house up and turning the air on for as long as possible.

Going to be indoor or water workouts for me.... since I can't seem to get my butt up in the am!

They're calling for 5ish days of 90+ temps here. Air conditioner was turned on this morning while it was still cool. It is supposed to be 96 on Saturday and Keri has a softball game scheduled for 2:00. I'm taking water and gatorade for her, and thinking about taking some frozen fruit to share with the team during the game.

Do that! You KNOW that most other parents will not prepare and it is really really easy for kids to loose too much salt when they get over heated. Wetting bandanas and either freezing them or keeping them on ice in the cooler is good, too. STAY COOL!

Here are some things that annoy me:

Don't tell me you'll call me right back when you have no intention of calling. My sister frequently tells me this and then 4 days later I still haven't heard from her. Grrrr

Also, please don't complain that you are only given 5 days notice for a picnic, say it takes you at least a week to plan the 3 hour drive for your family to PA, blah blah blah, and then when I ask you 4 times what the plan is for me to come down there for the weekend you never respond. Why is it you need more than a week to plan but I'm supposed to just run down there at the drop of a hat. Grrrr

WOW, you and I have the same relatives!!!

Maybe we need to have some sort of realignment. We'll team up, and they can have each other.

Morning Ghoulies.

It is HEEEERRRRRREEEEE!!

Went to bed last night and it was 68 degrees. Woke up this am and it is 89 already!! and windy, the place is like a tinderbox. I was going to run but that is too hot for my pansy self. We could have used that rain, Ann. Glad you got to enjoy, rather than be scared, by the storm.

Send the rain here.... or Colorado!

I am off to put hoses in the garden then go to Chimney Rock for ceremonies celebrating their new improvements. It is gonna be HOT up there. I think a walk to the water fall may be in order. Stay cool and

HAPPY FFFFriday!

89 DAMN! It was 76 and humid at my house at 4 am, and I thought that was hot. I'd send the rain if I could, but it was moving east. Not going to hit you, or Colorado.

I was just reading about the park on the internet. I've decided I can't wait 2 1/2 more weeks before we come down. I'm just going to go home, grab the kiddos, and head south. K?

Come on! It is going to be killer hot, though. Best to sleep most of the hot parts of the day. Just knock if we are all siesta-ing! 

I always think better after my nap!

I snuck a bike in during a phone meeting. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Ghoulies, I have an announcement to make.

I have the secret to combating childhood, and adulthood obesity... pay attention to your kids, and spend time with them. That's it. It's that simple.

Yesterday it was my idea to go to the lake. The kids were a little hesitant at first, but they went, and they did have a good time, we would have been there longer if they had a say in it. It is a beautiful day in PA. A few clouds, a nice breeze, and it's only 78. After I was done working, I WFH today, I asked the kids if they wanted to go to the park and they said yes. For an hour and a half we played softball. My daughter batted, she worked on pitching, we were all moving the whole time. We took a break and the three of us did some running/football drills to help Caleb get ready for football. For 20 minutes we all WORKED HARD. My legs were burning, Caleb said his were too. Then they wanted to go back and hit some more softballs, so we did. We spent over 2 hours at the park because THEY wanted to play. 

So get off the couch, get your kids off of the computers and video games, and go play!

This has been a public service  announcement.

We are driving to Colorado for a family reunion.  I love going there; I wish we could move there.  But it is a small town in the middle of nowhere with little employment.  It is in the northeast corner, so it is high plains desert.

We are taking both dogs with us (at the family's urging).  Hope all the dog "cousins" get along!

We leave Friday for two weeks!