11 more days

So I know many people will not sympathize with the complaints I am about to issue, but being that this is my blog, everyone will have to deal. It is unbelievable that we still have 11 days of school left. Never have I come back from Memorial day and had this many days of school left. I don't know who decided on this schedule but it really blows. The worst part about it is the kids have been acting like school is out since May 15th. How, oh how will I make it another 11 days?

Green Thumb

Today Joe and I ventured into the world of landscaping. We dug out the old weed looking bushes from the front and replaced them with much nice bushes donated to us by Troy, a guy Joe works with. On our trip to get top soil, we also picked up some various flowers. After a couple of hours of work we have the bequtiful new front landscaping seen below.

In the back I planted some cucumber and green bean seeds, and today when I went out to water, I saw two little bean sprouts. Who knows...maybe I'll like this gardening thing after all.

Columbus Clippers

Last Saturday we checked out the new Huntington Bank ballpark. I have to say, for a minor league team, the park is really nice. The weather was great, and the Clippers won, so all and all I'd have to say I enjoyed myself. The highlight of the evening was venturing to a whole new bar. Betty's (not the one on high street) is this great little hole in the wall. They had darts, and a rocking jukebox, especially the Journey (Don't Stop Believing is still the greatest song ever). Here are some picture from the evening.

Although he looks like he's about to fall over, Adam is not drunk...he's just really excited to be holding onto Chris.

Joe and I with the Huntington sign lit up.

Chris was bummed cause his Red Sox lost...and Joe put a peanut in his beer.

We had pretty great seats.

It's Tricky, Tricky, Tricky

Last week was Teacher appreciation week at scho0l. One of the events they has was decade day, where you dressed in either 60's, 70's or 80's. The eighth grade teachers were assigned the 8's. Since we had already done 80's day at Halloween, I decided to go a new route. Here I am in all my track suit glory.

All my single ladies

Tonight I got to experience a rare treat of married life, a night in the house alone. Occasionally it's nice to have the house to yourself. I got to watch all my DVR shows that Joe hates. I ate whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. I took up the whole couch. The cats were able to love me best without Joe getting jealous. I thought about doing some chores, but chose not to. If I'm ever asked for one piece of advice for marriage, I think it will be to take advantage of your single nights. It gives you time to appreciate yourself, which allows you to appreciate the one you love more.

This is why I'm proud to be an American

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I'm taking flight

Tonight I went out with some family members to The Wine Guy in Gahanna. This place is really cool. He has an original location somewhere on the south east side of town. The Gahanna location has this awesome bar, and shelves and shelves of wine. On the menu they have several different wine flights. I imbibed in the red wine flight, which was great. There is nothing better than getting four glasses of wine for the price of a bottle. By the end of the second glass I was ready for take off. After the third glass I was ready for my in flight movie. The fourth glass was a great way to ease into the landing. I know, these airline metaphors are cheesy, but what do you expect after four glasses of wine?

If I only had the words to lead the pre-flight boarding instructions...insert the buckle into the clasp....