HOT!!!!

Things have continued to be hectic here. I assume they will be for about the next 18 years.

Big news around our house this week is that I have made the decision to be a stay at home mom, basically. Meaning, I will not be going in to work any more. I will, however, be working a few hours a week from home. And I mean a few, like 5 per week or less unless I need to do something specific for the office. I talked to my boss on Wednesday and worked it out. I also let Courtney's daycare know that she will only be attending 2 mornings a week now instead of 3. That saves us a little bit of money and I get more time with her since I will be home. But it still gives me 2 mornings a week that I will only have Kasey so I can get things done like grocery shopping or doctors appointments. Come fall I may have Hailey join us on Tuesday mornings. Both girls should love that!

Today was supposed to be Doolies Day Out. So, we were supposed to meet our new Air Force Cadet today. However, they had several cadets come down sick and they had to quarantine many of them. Last I heard they had 15 confirmed cases of Swine Flu, but they had over 80 cadets with symptoms. So, because of this, they canceled Doolies Day Out. They did, however, allow us to drop off goodies for them since they weren't going to be allowed off base.

So last night I went to Target and got a bunch of goodies together for our cadet. We are only sponsoring one this year. I put them all in a box. I got him a 6 pack of soda, cookies, candy, chips, gum, nuts and trail mix. It's hard because we don't know him and I don't know what he likes. They are also only allowed the goodies today, so I had to keep it all to small portions. I took it up to the Academy this morning, to the drop off point. There were several people there dropping off stuff and several boxes already put on tables for delivery. I also included a letter telling our new cadet all about us. I hope he was able to find some stuff he enjoys in the box.

I am still enjoying my new car. It is so large! It has so much space! Hubby fits in every row with no problem. Due to the fact that all his friends are about his height, and my brother in law is also, we had to make sure there was plenty of room everywhere. You should see how much head room he has in the Flex. In the Cherokee and the Kia his hair rubs the roof when he needs a haircut! I guess it's a good way for him to know when to get a haircut!

Speaking of which, we still have all our vehicles. I think we are going to keep the Kia and sell the Cherokee. The Kia is a little more practical for the traveling Hubby has to do. I am ready to get rid of something! All vehicles are still insured and everything, so getting rid of one or two would really be nice!

It has been HOT the last few days. This morning Courtney and I went outside briefly and we were melting. She told me she wanted to get in her pool because it was so hot! So, I put up the umbrella, got her in her suit, smeared her with sunscreen and let her play in her pool for about 2 hours. She loved it.

Last night one of our cadets and his girlfriend spent the night. Toby is going to be a junior this year. They both just got back from their "immersion" in Hawaii. I know, tough job! They said they had a BLAST and loved it. They picked up a coconut coin purse, bracelet and hair clip for Courtney. That was so sweet of them! Courtney played with the coconut coin purse all day. Toby loves to come over and play with the girls. He and Scott (our other junior) are some of the first cadets we have had that actually spend most of the time spent at the house with us, instead of mostly in the basement. We really enjoy the time with them, and last night we taught Toby and his girlfriend a new card game and a new board game.

Tomorrow my mom and I are going to go shopping for outdoor play equipment for our backyard. Since I will be staying home a lot more now, it will be nice to have something back there for the girls to play on. Right now it's pretty bare.

Well, I really need to go and give our dogs baths. They stink! Hubby is reading a Perl book to Kasey, it's very geeky, but she is getting her reading time!

Hope all of you are well!