I cant believe its been so long since I posted.. wow. Its amazing what facebook has done to the blogesphere isnt it? I just dont get to this as often as I once did.. although I am not about to give it up.. I like looking back over my old posts every few months.. kinda shows me where Ive been. ya know?

blah blah blah right? on with the show.. or the tell.. or whatever.

Of course we have been super busy.. so busy in fact I have very few pictures to share of everything that we have been doing! We were somwhere the other day and I told Steven to make sure and get some good shots for the ole blog and GASP! We didnt have a camera among us. rats! So… I am given to filling you in using the bullet system

* I recently started a new job! I know I blogged a little about this. I am really liking my new place. Its hard physical work.. (much more so than being a customer service manager at Shoney’s) There’s a lot of running around the kitchen, chop this, mix that.. make 125 beef and cheese rolls.. make 3 dozen apple hand pies.. now sell them at a street fair. I love that no day is the same as another. Its always something different and pretty fun. The owners are very nice.. they have very high expectations though.. and I am hoping that I will be able to live up to them.  In this economy people have come to expect a big bang for thier payroll buck, and  I wonder if I will be able to hang with what they want me to accomplish. I am trying my very best though, and I cant expect more than that from myself you know? Just when I think I am doing pretty well, getting a handle on the routine or what is expected of me? It changes. Ive been told by other emloyees to expect that though.  One thing I have loved is seeing my ideas and recipes on the “specials board” and seeing people pay for and enjoy MY food.

* We are still at the ball field most nights. Caitlin’s team is officially 2-2. There are some pretty tough teams this year. Last fall Kiwanis ran a fall ball session and those teams played an extra season last year.. so they have a whole 9 weeks (which is light years in little girl softball)  more experience together since most of the kiwanis teams stayed together when they drafted for Rec ball. This has been pretty frustrating for Thing Two since she HATES to lose and is so competitive… especially since she cant play fall ball because it interferes with the soccer season.  I keep telling her not to worry about it and I try to make softball her “fun sport” since she is so serious about soccer… but I have a little perfectionist on my hands.. I wonder where she gets it from?

* Last week we took the girls and went Strawberry picking! It was so fun. (this is the outing where we had no camera BOO!) There are farms nearby that offer “pick your own berries” and after school one day we took the girls and picked two flats of delicious ripe strawberries. This particular farm is where Thing Two went with her preschool every spring. They had a good time wandering up and down the rows.. eating berries and picking some to share. I sure wish we’d have had the camera.

* My parents are home from thier vacation. They seem to have had a really good time.  Hearing all of thier stories made me homesick for my westcoast family. I havent seen them in 9  years.  My mom and I took T2 when she was 2 mos old to a family reunion in Cody Wyoming.. that was even before I met Steven!

Thats about it.. around here.. we are busy bees for sure. I am hoping to finish the trip report from our time in Baltimore.. the last three days of the trip were my favorite days and I cant wait to tell you all about them!