Wow...today I woke up feeling like a new woman. It's amazing what sleep can do for you. I went to bed at 10pm last night. Crate woke up at midnight, I fed him and the next thing I know it's 9am. Somewhere in the 7am hour the boys woke me up asking for breakfast and I told them to give me 5 more minutes and I would get out of bed. Then all of the sudden I hear Pops leaving to meet a client. He said when he got home from basketball Crate was just talking in his crib and I was sawing logs right next to him. I didn't hear a thing. Pops took Crate out and I continued to sleep on. I missed my morning workout but getting extra sleep was well worth it.

Pops left, I got out of bed and took the boys outside to start some yard work. Whine, whine, whine is all I heard. But I kept on top of them and finally after three long hours most of it was done. I was so tempted to throw in the towel and just find somebody this next week to come do it for us. It was tempting to write a check and have that be the extent of my effort. But alas it got done and the boys finally kicked themselves into gear and helped out happily. I've got to train them young since they have many years of yard work ahead of them. Pops came home just in time to get the lawnmower started for me. I had tried with all my might and couldn't do it. He messed around with it for a few minutes and finally it started up. I mowed while he edged. It's so nice to look out the back window and see green grass and trimmed bushes. I even threw on a tank top and shorts to do the yard work in...maybe not the most appropriate thing but I wanted to get some sun and boy did I. My shoulders are burnt. I can't wait for pool weather.

The rest of the day was just a hangout day. Pops needed to do some more work in the office, I let the boys watch a movie and I did laundry and picked up around here. The one nice thing about being away on the weekends is that the house stays clean since no one is here to mess it up. This was the first Saturday in several weeks maybe even months that nothing was going on and we just were here at home. It was nice.

This afternoon I tried on the swimsuit I got from Costco. OK I was completely happy, so happy in fact I ran up to Costco before they closed and bought another one. They are the Mod Bod brand suits and I know their display at Costco was ending tomorrow so I had to go today. I don't know if I've ever been so happy with a swimsuit purchase. Once my legs get tan it'll be even better.

I did the unthinkable tonight and made dinner. That's two weekend nights in a row of a regular dinner. Complete cooking was involved. Homemade mashed potatoes and grilled chicken with a salad. It was quite tasty. I still don't like cooking on the weekends but it was nice to be here together and just hang out.

Hopefully Crate will just wake up once again tonight. If this becomes a habit my life could take on a whole new meaning!