Yep 8 years ago was our wedding day. Lots of things have changed in 8 years, I can't imagine all the things that will change in the next 8 years. Jeff and I went out for supper for our anniversary. Just him and I. Boy was it quiet without kids......seriously I still had the ability to spill food on myself so that I had a stain on my shirt, but seriously what did I do before kids? I wonder if he belched in front of me the whole first night that I dated him, I am quite sure that I wouldn't have been attracted to that right? And then I understand shopping probably wasn't something that we did on our first date.........but did he really follow me around the whole store? Breathing heavily and asking stupid questions about things that really don't matter? And does he really have to pick up the huge breakable vases and look at them? Just to see how heavy they are? Seriously, I struggle with man thinking. I also think maybe the conversation was a little more in depth back then. Now we talk kids..............and more kids .......and when we get tired of that ........KIDS. Oh and........yeah on our first year anniversary he surprised me with a trip to Ohio.............year number eight..........umm yeah.....not even a card. Don't get me going. I guess I will be purchasing my own anniversary gift. I am sure it will have a lot of thought behind it, be something that I really need or want.........and be bought with his credit card. I guess I have a little something to hold over his head for the next year. He told me that if he would have gotten a card at the store I would have went off on that also.........true........but sometimes the little things really do mean the most..............something else to add to Jackson's man training. Seeing how the bending over and the searching training is still in process, adding one more thing won't be that hard right? Also I am quite sure that those margaritas at Micheal's didn't affect me the way they did tonight. I am a lot cheaper date than I used to be..........I know this.
As for the kids day, we were outside all day today. It is amazing to me how we get outside and they have to have me right there. I tried on various occasions to come in and fold laundry right by the window so I could still see them.........but no.........today I had to be right by them. So........I worked in the garden a little today. Picked tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash................put them in a wagon and pulled the wagon up front and came back to the wagon and all my tomatoes gone.........Kennedy put them into the bounce house and was using them as balls to jump on. Seriously.......................where does she come up with these ideas. Kind of a slow day in Kennedy's world, only 3 outfits......that is all she went through. Seriously the kids go through a lot less outfits per day if I just put them in their swimsuits at the start of the day. Great thinking I know. Also the heat here is nothing after being in Texas heat for a week. Everything really is bigger and better in Texas. Anywhere from 102 degrees to 113 degrees.....down to 85 here.
Got home tonight and the babysitter was a little frazzled. She said that drama was everywhere tonight. UMM HMM ..........how do you get a 18 year old to understand that this is what we go through daily? She is great with the kids but she really does see the work of them too. Not a bad lesson for an 18 year old to learn. Maybe that is really a mission I should attack more, or maybe there is money for me to make here.......people pay how much a month for birth control? I am quite positive that days like today would make some people sterile. Not a bad thought. Maybe it should be called STERILE STRAIGHTJACKETS for everyone! Great thinking if you ask me.
