ANTS!!!!

Due to the lack of anything interesting to talk about except for every day life, which at times I find less than exciting, I am venting about our infestation. Itty bitty creepy crawly ants, the way that only happens in Florida. They come in thousands. The hotter it is outside, the more you find inside. I hate to complain, well actually I like complaining sometimes, but compared to the rats we had at our last place ants are nothing major. It seems though, that we just cant get rid of them. We put out killer, strategically so Mya cant get at it, and they swarm to it. Soon after there are no ants for a few days. Just when we believe we have thwarted them there is a long trail of ants coming from the kitchen sink all the way over to behind the fridge. So, Greg gets out the caulk (sp?) and covers all the cracks he sees them fleeing too and from. We then feel triumphant that we have once again proved our superiority and dominance. That is until this morning when we discover they had gotten into the cupboard and helped themselves to the Cheerios. This victory and defeat has been going on ever since we moved in. They just keep finding new ways in. Once we finally have a handle on passage "A" they are already onto passage "D". It is maddening!

UG...we cant win. Even worse it means I cant leave a dirty dish on the counter over night, let alone a couple hours. Lord knows I am incapable of doing the dishes in a timely manner. I need to work on my housekeeping, better yet I need to train Greg better. Ya I like that idea, looks like I really have my work cut out for me.

I would post a photo, but some things are better left washed down the drain.

Lizard suicide & Heat lightning

Greg and I have been running since he got his new iPhone and realized running with Nike+ could be fun, I have been trying to tell him for a year, but men will be men.  So tonight we went for a stroll on the Lake Trail. We began our run at dusk and there were an unusually large amount of critters out tonight.  Among these were some of the biggest and most annoying dragon flies I have ever seen. Ones that are not afraid of swooping right in front of my face as I was trying to run. I had to swat, dip, or duck, just to avoid being a windshield, I felt like I was playing dodge ball.   More than once I had to jump or stutter step just to avoid reptilian attempt at death by a crushing force.  That force being my foot. Lizard, gecko, whatever they are (I don't know I am from MI) but they were everywhere soaking up the last bits of sunlight for the day.  Whenever we would get near them they would scatter, some would say in an attempt to hide, I call it the lizards attempt at suicide.  I mean Greg wears a size 13 shoe, there is not much chance to avoid that thing. 

When the run was done we sat on the sea wall, stretched and cooled off, and watched the storm to our north.  There was no thunder but a ton of lightning.  It is a cool thing in Florida, Heat lightning.  Lightning that travels cloud to cloud, it is beautiful.  (yes, that is sweat on my shirt…yuck!)

Family, Soccer, and Movies, Oh My.

Starting Sunday Greg's parents and his sisters step son, Keiffer, came down for a few days. I was in the middle of working for the USTA clay court national tournament on Sunday and Monday I had kiddy soccer camps at PBA starting. So just as my slothfulness had no choice but to go away I now found myself extremely busy. Greg was able to take the days off to spend some much needed QT with the fam at the beach and pool, and I was able to wrap up my long days with some relaxing meals and good conversation. Despite my business I am very glad they were able to come for even a short time (if nothing else Karen is much better than Greg at getting the dishes done ;) Thanks, hope Mom posts those pics soon.

Soccer camp should be wrapping up today, and it couldn't be too soon. Kids ages 5-13 all day! I am not a patient person with whinny kids and Coach has been putting me in drillsin 90* + weather. With all this added exertion and added stress by the time 4:00 rolls around I am ready for a shower and a nap. My quads and calves are SO SORE!

Yesterday however right around bed time rather than going to bed we were able to go to a last minute private showing of the Ugly Truth. Greg and I have the ultimate hook up. Essentially we can see movies for free whenever we want. As of late I have been to my first 2 sneak peeks, and last night Greg and I with Dawn and John had the entire theater to ourselves. If you want to see something full of sexual innuendo and laugh a lot while your at it go see The Ugly Truth, if you are in the mood to feel good and leave the theater feeling as if you have accomplished something I HIGHLY recommend seeing Julie & Julia.

However due to the lateness of the show I didn't get to bed until about 1:30am. So as I write to let you know that I have not been hopping on the lazy train again, I am pumping my veins with caffeine and avoiding the children in the gym until I am instructed what we are to do today...

Oh preseason is gonna be rough this year I can already feel it....I am getting old.

I have been very un-slothful this week. So much so in fact I am very sore and tired.

Slothfulness,,,, not one of the fruits of the spirit

One of the seven deadly sins.  Whenever I hear the word to this day I imagine I am sitting on Eric's futon in Phelps Hall watching the movie Seven and having to leave to go to physiology lab quite disturbed.  You know the scene; where the man is laying in the bed being really lazy, almost dead actually, but just enough alive that he is dying of laziness.  Well that is how I am feeling these past couple days.  I mean don't get me wrong I enjoy time off of work.  But when you have no money to spend, no where to go, all your friends are working, it is constantly too hot or too stormy outside to enjoy the summer, you get kinda lazy.  My days have been filled with getting out of bed at the early hour of 10am, and even then I only get up because I have to pee.  Once I have eaten some brunch I usually grab the book I am reading that day and head to Starbucks because it is a small price to pay to feel like I am actually out doing something.  Then when I get back home I take Mya for a walk (The vet said we had a fat bitch, well his words were nicer, but it is fitting in this context)  if it is not pouring by that time.  After said walk is where I usually sit on the couch to cool off in the AC which is cranked to 78* wondering what to do with the rest of my day, granted it is actually only 3:00 and Greg wont be home for another 4 hours or so.     

Oh, the joy of having summers off.  So, I have made a list for tomorrow, and hopefully you guys will get a sneak peak at my latest quilt in progress, as well as see some pictures of our place now that it is semi-moved into. 

12:34:56; 7/8/09

So today (actually yesterday) what made national news?  That at two times the actual time was 123456789 (12:34:56; 7/8/09).  National news?  Not so sure about that, but we will never see that again in our life time.  

When I mentioned it to Greg he also pointed out the fact that at two times today it was 04:05:06; 07/08/09.  hmmm, who knew numbers could be so fun?

4th of July fun & stuff

I don't believe I officially posted pictures of the taggie I made for Will.   So here it is in head dress form, he's so cute, he had to make my blog eventually, now I just need to meet him in person.

For starters this weekend began with me giving into my husbands "needs" and wants.  We got him an iPhone.  He is in love with it and has been spending long hours with it, which is too be expected with such a fun new toy but I am regretfully getting ignored.  I told him Monday he has to start puting it down and at least acknowledge I am there.  I am missing my blackberry. 

We went to John and Dawn's place for the fourth and proceeded to sweat a lot and get eaten by mosquitoes.  Other than that it was fun, played some horse shoes, met some new people (who actually talk more than I do), and we showed John there were ways of starting pit fires that did not involve gasoline.  

Wearing my blue tank top with reflective logo....

John & Dawn

I ate too many s'mores, it had just been so long and they just tasted too good.  

Read any good books lately?

Over the past couple of months I have been reading a lot.  Well, a lot for me which is possibly normal for some, and very little when compared to Jen Farroll my "boss."  

Nora Roberts is now on my list of authors I enjoy thanks to Karen.  Her books are of the romance genre, but without the sex scenes that make you blush, while at the same time they have a magical and mysterious element to them.  So far I can recommend the Sign of 7 trilogy, and The Key trilogy.  

I picked up a James Patterson fiction Sundays at Tiffany's it was a quick read due to the large font, it was ok, but I kinda regret buying it. 

Then on my way to TX I read a fiction novel written by Garth Stein titled The Art of Racing in the Rain. This book was worth every penny I paid for it.  It is written through the voice of the family dog.  He tells the dramatic story of his owner in a way that only a dog could.  If you own a pet this book is perfect.  I would be lying if I said I did not cry on the plane (on more than one occasion, it was kinda embarrassing, I think the lady next to me was getting worried) but it is one that I can recommend and know both genders will enjoy it.

I just finished reading Emily  Griffin's romance novel Something Borrowed.  This one I got from Jen among a large stack of books (she likes the romance novels).  It has a lot of twists and turns, it starts a little slow, but the last few chapters tie everything up nicely. I plan on finishing her next book Something Blue and then finding another genre to get into.  

I am kinda over all the lovey dovey stuff, although Nora Roberts came out with a new trilogy (A Vision In White) that I am having a hard time resisting my curiosity.  It was nice a refreshing to read Steins book, and I enjoy books like The Invisible Wall which is historical and autobiographical.  I look forward to what is next.