Random Monday Thoughts, 7/11/2016

It’s Monday again!  Can you believe that?  Wow is the summer flying by! Monday seems to come faster each weekend! I hope your summer is going well and you’re finding time to stop, relax, and enjoy the experiences around you! Now, on to my random thoughts!

1.  Weekends go too fast – I’d like to find any human that doesn’t feel this way!  Heck, I think even Ms. Nike feels this way because she loves having us all at home!
2. I cherish times with my guys – R is busy working a lot this summer, so between that and spending time with his girlfriend we see him very little!  I’m very much looking forward to our family vacation to spend some time with him!  This past weekend, I went to a tractor pull with T & M and I loved every minute of being with them!  Is a tractor pull my favorite thing to do on a Saturday night?  Nope, but M loves them and so I go with because I just love being with them!
3. Everyone needs to have a down day!  Yesterday, T and I did very little!  Between being up late two nights in a row and the rainy weather here in North Iowa….we had little motivation. And by mid-day, I had come to grips with the fact that we were having a lazy day and I was soooooo good with it by the end of the day!  Life has been crazy busy since summer started (who am I fooling, it’s always crazy busy) and the next couple weeks are busy, so it was good to just chill, watch TV, and be together!  I think everyone needs to do that every once in awhile!
4. We love to grow vegetables, not necessarily eat them! Yup, there’s my confession for the day!  T and the boys eat very few vegetables (not from my lack of trying) and I love what I eat, but I don’t eat a large variety of them!  This past weekend we picked green beans (my favorite) and carrots from our garden.  The carrots are all being sold at farmers market tonight!  Why?  Well, we don’t like large carrots.  If we eat carrots, it’s baby carrots only and only raw.  Randomly, I will chop them up and use them in soups, but that’s it!  T and I both agreed last night that we both love growing vegetables in our garden, but are probably going to be venturing into the world of farmers markets more because we don’t necessarily like to eat everything we grow!  I’m ok with that!

   

   5.  Waiting for vacation is like waiting for Christmas! Our family vacation is coming up very soon and I can’t wait!  I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas morning!  I love our family vacations for a couple reason.  The first reason being that I get uninterrupted time with my three favorite guys and the other is because I love watching the boys (and listening to them) experience new things, see new places, etc. Finally, I love to listen to them later reminisce about our trips and experiences!  That’s my motivation to keep working hard, saving money, and doing what I have to do to provide these trips for the boys!

I hope you all have a great Monday and a fantastic week and come back for some new things on the blog!  This week you’ll find a new fun, family based activity here in Iowa and a new recipe!  Thanks for stopping by today!