First off, can I just say thank goodness the weather is getting warm again? It is so pretty outside and I think as soon as I get done writing this blog I am going to pop outside and sit on the swing and do a little reading. I love sitting outside and reading because right now there is a slight breeze and under the tree in the front yard it is very shady and allows you to sit out there and not sweat to death.

My mom is feeling under the weather so it was my duty to rally the troops (Nicholas and Selena) to help me do our usual Saturday cleaning routine which basically meant getting the bathroom cleaned, sifting litter boxers, cleaning the living room, and vacuuming the house. The boyfriend is coming up tonight so of course I wanted to hurry and get all of that done instead of waiting until the last moment which I usually do. Ooops, not my fault I detest cleaning. So we’ve already got all of our cleaning done which means the rest of the day we can be lazy little people as usual.

Thursday went pretty well I suppose. Wednesday, Nicholas has practice and he threw up during baseball practice and then later that night he was running a fever so he didn’t get to go on Thursday. It ended up being Selena, Beth, Quincy, the boyfriend, and myself going bowling and then out to eat. We were going to go to a movie but no one really wanted to see a movie. Bowling was fun but I managed to injure myself. I was going up for my turn and wasn’t paying attention and slipped and fell. Not only did I fall, I managed to do a split in the process and thus pulling my upper leg muscles. Way to go Kate. I played it off the best I could because I really didn’t want to appear like a big baby. I actually had to crawl out of the lane and get the boyfriend to help me up because the lane was that slick!!

During our outing, Beth started feeling sick. She didn’t even eat anything at dinner time and that night she was throwing up. So basically Beth and Nicholas were fighting over the bathroom and then later that night my mom ended up getting sick as well. *knocks on wood* I didn’t get sick thankfully because my legs and butt were already hurting. In fact, Friday morning, I could barely move. I moped around the house and even today I am still hurting. It’s okay because I will definitely be sucking it up because the boyfriend is coming up here again. Sadly, we didn’t have home made pizza either but we are having Digiorno tonight along with movie night since people feel like they can actually eat real food again.

He’s bringing Guitar Hero up here for the Wii again. He is seriously addicted to that game. My mom is going to get us a copy and then we’ll have to get the CAT5 or CAT6 cable, whatever it is called, so we can play online against each other. Bring it boyfriend, because I am sure you are not going to like getting your butt kicked by your girlfriend. Heh. Anyways, the swing is calling my name outside so I must go sit outside and enjoy the pretty day. So until next time, later lovelies!

Not sure if any of you caught my blog the other day on my mother getting into full swing of spring fever and wanting to fix up the house, but now she has joined forces with my brother. My brother is here sitting outside in our swing talking to my mother about what all she wants to get done around the house. She’s made a list and it is quite a list. There are a few small things that she wants to do like fixing up our bathroom in the hallway. It is very dark and very depressing. My brother suggested us going to look at bathroom faucets and maybe picking a style and then changing counter tops as well as some new paint and it should look ten times better. So I guess Home Depot better get used to us being in there looking for hours upon hours because choosing paint is a big deal, at least it is for my mom.

It is so pretty outside right now. The sun is shining and there is a slight breeze that makes you want to sit outside and just swing life away. By the way, “Swing Life Away” is an awesome song by Rise Against. I’ve really enjoyed my swing as if you couldn’t tell. I was sitting outside taking some photos and I kept thinking how much I really want a laptop. I think I’ve talked my mom into going to look at laptops with me once she finds out about her settlement with Workers’ Compensation. My mom was in an on-the-job wreck back in 2001 so she is supposed to finally settle with them in May. She’s excited to just be over with everything!

Sadly, no word from the boyfriend really since he’s been back in town. He didn’t come up like he was supposed to so no clue what’s going on I guess.

Now that spring is officially on its way, my mom has already started making lists upon lists of things to get for our yard and plants she plans on planting to freshen up our yard. Believe it or not, I actually like planting flowers. She decided to see if we had a local TruGreen ChemLawn Service but unfortunately we don’t. My step-dad usually takes care of any lawn care needs but my mom has decided she wants to get new Bermuda grass and have it professionally taken care of.

See, we’ve had our grass since we re-built our house back in 1994, but someone completely screwed up our lawn by trying to use weed killer on it which in return damaged all of our grass. Our grass wasn’t cheap either which ticks my mom off even more. Since the whole weed killer incident which happened back in 1999, we’ve tried everything to revive our grass but unfortunately since both of our neighbors have regular grass, it has started to take over our yard and kill out the Bermuda completely. Hopefully we can find a local service or remedy to help our grass instead of completely having to have it redone.