It's Summer Time, Yo!

Yes, while all of you up in Idaho are dealing with some snow, I am rockin' a pretty awesome farmer's tan and needing the sunscreen and already sweating. Jealous? I thought so. But just keep in mind that I'm jealous of y'all as well, I would much rather be making snow angels than breathing this horrible humidity.

Anyways.

So I must apologize for the lack of blog updates, I have been working almost 40 hours a week while still trying to find "me" time when the dog demands my attention. Here is what I have been up do as of late:

Last Monday Nicole and I drove up to Tupelo. For those of you who don't know, it's the place of Elvis' birth. Yippee. I really could care less about that. What I do care about is that it's the closest "real town" within 60 miles. (Moscow and Pullman are looking pretty good right now, huh?) It's the closest town with a craft store (never underestimate the power of a good craft store). Actually, it has TWO craft stores. And a mall. With a Barnes and Noble (yay!) and TWO (TWO!) STARBUCKS! Double yay! In all honesty, Nicole and I only drove up there because they have a cupcake boutique and we really wanted one. But we also hit up the B & N, the Starbucks (duh), the Victoria's Secret (because a woman can never have enough underwear, sexy or no), and the Bed Bath and bBeyond (to buy what? cupcake making stuff :). I also had my first Chick-fil-a experience. It's probably the most beloved fast food joint in the South, when the one in Columbus opened up a month or two ago, people CAMPED OUT before it opened. Really? It's like your normal burger joint, but like the name implies, it only sells chicken sandwiches. It was good, but I thought it was just your average fast food (SACRILEGE!). Definitely not worth camping out for. But maybe that's just my snooty Pacific Northwest opinion :)

Nicole and I have been too busy to make cupcakes this past week, but we're hoping to find some time to make them this week. I have to dog sit for my friend Erin starting tomorrow, so I don't know if that will be a viable option, but we'll see. Hopefully we'll still get our workouts in. It's nice to have a work out partner.

I finally started my beanie hats. This first one is a practice run. It's going great so far, but I did forget to switch to larger needles once I finished the ribbing, so it's going to be small, but at least this is my practice hat and I have no plans to give it to anybody.

It was SO NICE to finally be able to go to church yesterday on Easter. During college and in Portland, I went every week. I underestimated how much that actually means to me. Since I started working last October, I have worked every single Sunday, even though I requested to be off by 3 pm so I could go to Mass at 5:00. I literally have not been to church since we went home for Christmas. I feel so guilty, I didn't even know it was Ash Wednesday until Mardi Gras, and I didn't even celebrate Lent because I kept forgetting, since I worked on Ash Wednesday and never got into the Lenten schedule. Hopefully I will be getting more Sundays off so I can start going regularly again (even though I don't like the time, I wish it was in the morning).

Jack and Huey are as rambunctious as ever, and Lenny is... Lenny. Currently they are all sleeping (SCORE!). Huey, though, is sleeping on the job, he has appointed himself Guardian of the Lizard and spends many an hour on top of the terrarium watching Lenny. I keep telling myself he's guarding him, but I'm pretty sure he's trying to figure out how to let him loose so he can "play" (eat?) with him.

Later today I will be running errands, I want to grab some potting soil and some plants so I can get my garden going. Don't know if I'll do too many veggies this year (you can't plant in the on-base soil, too many heavy metals), but I already bought some green onion, cilantro, and basil seeds. Those I can easily plant in long flower pots I'm thinking, and I'm going to buy some marigolds to put in planters in front of the garage. The trick is to place the planters under the eaves. If you place them under open air, the plant and flowers get destroyed by the summer's torrential thunderstorm down pours.

Yay, got a text from Nicole, going to the gym! I gotta run, but I'll do a post later this evening (although don't hold me to it, please!) recapping my weekly favorites! I'm going to try to do those on Sundays.