End of June

This week was interesting.

The plumber was able to come out on Tuesday afternoon and clean out the clog in the drain; it was pretty bad but I am grateful that it is working now. I had the guy also look at our downstairs shower; I think it would cost over 1000 or more to fix it and to make it useable. If we wanted to redo everything it would be over 3000; blah…I would love to get it working, as that is what Sam would like, so we shall see.

Teddy had his last three regular season games this week on Monday and a doubleheader on Wednesday; they held their own for a little bit of all three games but ended up losing them. Its crazy; we lost the first game and then won the next 5 and then lost the last 10. Pretty crazy, we always had one bad inning that messed it all up and our defense just wasn’t that great.

So on the way to Teddy’s game on Wednesday I did a Sam’s Club pick up and then had  like 2 miles to get to the field. There was a lot of traffic and my car started acting up. I looked at the dashboard and noticed the red battery button was lit. I was able to make it to the field for the game but my accelerator was not working well. When I got to the field, I turned the car off and tried to turn it back on but it wouldn’t start. We had three hours of games that evening, so I just decided to let it go and see if it would start after the game. So later, it started and I was able to make it home. When I got off the exit in Rigby, it started acting up again and I was grateful to make it home.

That night, I just could not believe that another thing was wrong in my car; its like clockwork something goes wrong. So Thursday morning, I brought the car into the shop. They are normally a couple weeks out but they were able to get me in. The owners of this particular shop go to our church and they have always taken good care of me. They did not have a loner car available, so I stayed for a little bit and then had them take me home. I was able to get a ride for Macy to her softball game and then my car was actually done in time for me to make it to her game. It was the alternator that was bad; and it was a hefty penny to repair but I was able to set up a payment plan and for that, I am grateful. When I picked up the car; they said that there was one more thing that needed to be fixed and I set up a time in July to bring it in. After that, I pray that I do not have anything else go wrong for a while.

Saturday we were all supposed to head to a family reunion for my husband’s family, but Teddy was asked to play on a Rexburg baseball team for a tournament. He and Sam stayed behind, and I brought the girls. It was in a town about 2 hours south of us. Callan and Karey were there, so that was nice. It was great to meet some of my husband’s family; most of them were descendants of my husband’s great grandparents. I am glad we went, I know Sam’s dad was grateful his family was represented. I wish Sam and Teddy could have gone, but Teddy did really well with the team that he played for. Sam is going to try and get him on this team for next year. We shall see.

Axe and Knife throwing at the reunion!!! I tried it and thought that I would do a good job but it was hard. The gentleman that helped out was so kind. 

I forgot to mention that Friday; Teddy his another over the fence homerun; this fence was even farther that the other one. He is doing so good. After every home run that Sam hit when he was a kid, he went out for alfredo. He wants this tradition to live on for Teddy, well, not necessarily alfredo, but out to eat. I don’t think we will be able to do it every time if he keeps it up, but we went out again on Friday. 

I wish we had enough money to eat out every night; or maybe hire a personal chef because it is so hard for me to find things that everyone likes and don’t get sick of. I have tried some new recipes and some have gone good and some not. My problem becomes spreading out the good meals. I find something they like and I make it too often that they get sick of it. My husband says he’s not a picky eater and normally doesn’t give me too much opinions when I am trying to figure out a menu, but then he becomes opinionated when he doesn’t like something, but o well. I will keep trying.

I tried to go to bed early on Saturday night, but I decided to read a little from my book and then it was past midnight without even realizing it. When the alarm rang this morning I was so tired. I am tired all the time; and its just really hard. Well, Sally came in this morning and said that her tummy and throat hurt; it is hard to know if she is telling the truth. She doesn’t like going to class at church, so sometimes she uses an excuse. I normally take the others and my husband stays home, but I decided to stay home today. I texted my partner teachers and let them know that I wasn’t going to make it and I laid back down and fell asleep. I can literally sleep all day if I wanted to and its so different then who I was before. I think the added weight is making me lazy and just wanting to sleep and lie in bed.

I got up and put dinner in the oven and then read some more. Sally has been using my phone this week because she lost our big iPad. I am trying to not be upset; I have searched out house high and low and I cannot find it. I have tried saying prayers and listening, but it is nowhere. I texted a friend to see if she brought the iPad to her house but haven’t heard back. I am at such a loss. So anyway, I need to get cleaning. I am having such a hard time keeping up. I was able to help Teddy on Friday to get the downstairs and his room cleaned and vacuumed and by the time we were done, I didn’t want to start upstairs.  I sucked it up and had the girls try and help me. They were able to start on their room and I was able to semi get the living room clean. After that, I helped them with their room and then started on the kitchen; its coming along.

The dinner tonight didn’t turn out great; I just do not know how to cook a tender roast. When we were in Utah, we had Sunday dinner with my moms sister and she did a roast and potatoes. It was so good and I really wanted to recreate it, but mine just turn out so bad, blah. The kids didn’t really eat much and I ate a little bit. Sam went golfing this afternoon with the football coach and then he went to the baseball field; so he hasn’t been home to eat, we will see if he likes it.

After dinner we had our ward walk abouts. Once a month for June, July, August, and September there are three of four families that provide a treat for the warm members. We left our house at 6 and got home about 7:45; the kids rode their bikes and I walked; the weather was nice for the first 30 minutes but then got windy and cold. Teddy and Macy went ahead of Sally and myself and Sally got cold and cranky but we made it. We actually got a ride home from a friend and now we are going to get ready for bed. Have I mentioned that I am so grateful that we are out of school and I don’t have work; well of course I have but I will say it again, so so grateful. We have one more week until our reunions start. I cant believe that next week will be July. June has gone so fast. Crazy. My goal for this week is to keep plugging away at things here in my house and I also want to eat better and possibly go to the gym, I need to so bad and I think that I can do it, I just have to it is so much easier to not go, but I have to do something. I am so sick and tired of who I am, I hate that my physical appearance does this to me, but I feel like the most ugly person on the planet. I see other bigger people and think that their faces look pretty and what not, but I feel so hideous; I feel like I look like a boy and it brings back some bad memories. I will get past it, but for now I need it to carry me to change. I did my hair this weekend and that helped some too. Anyway, we got this, I can do it.