Blanche's "maiden" voyage!

My Mom took a little video of the first ride with my new bike (Blanche*) and Hurley. We need a little practice - Hurley still thinks HE is steering - but I think it's going to be a really great thing!


*I've decided to name my bike Blanche, after the lady on The Golden Girls. She's old, she's been ridden by many many people, but she's still kinda pretty. :) 

We're in escrow!

So... Barring any complications, we've got our house! It's a cute little place in "Freeport Manor". It's a small place with a huge backyard, in a nice little old neighborhood. I am very happy with it!

So girls... your mission, should you choose it accept it: look at the pictures and be thinking of paint colors and other INEXPENSIVE ways to make it PREEETTY!

"New" bike!

Here is the finished product! I am so excited to ride it, and of course the weather is yucky! As soon as the sun peaks his head out from behind the clouds, Hurley and I are off!

Let's go ride bikes!

I have had this really old Schwinn sitting in the backyard collecting rust and spiderwebs for quite some time. A few weeks ago I found a contraption on ebay that hooks up to your bike, and walks your dog! It's supposed to be very safe for dog and rider, and what a great way to kill two birds with one stone! I get some exercise, and Hurley gets a great walk in! So I shelled out $20 and ordered it.

Then I told Bobby I need him to make my bike GO.  I figured some new tires and a quick spray with the hose would do. I'm not picky. So one day last week he comes home with new tires and tubes, grease for my chain, and new grips for my handlebars. I was so excited!

Last night when he got home I asked him if we could put all the new stuff on my bike. He went outside to disassemble and then reassemble my bike, and I flew off to the grocery store to get BBQ ingredients.

We had discussed repainting it and doing a few other aesthetic things to it, but hadn't really gotten there yet. I told him that I'd be happy with black primer for now, to get rid of the rust and everything. When I got home that sweet man was out in the backyard covered in dirt and grease, sanding the bike frame down and preparing to primer it!

I wish I had taken a complete before" picture - but this will have to do... It's not done yet (it got dark before we could finish) but it's well on it's way to being a working (even nice looking!) bike!  I will for sure post complete "after" pictures!

I had to tell Bobby to stop because it was dark - he would've kept working well into the night!

Smoothies!

I made us fruit smoothies for dessert tonight. Bobby had a little accident with his.

But that's okay, Hurley will be glad to help with that!

Ha ha Eeeeeeew! It looks like they're making out! :-)

Catching up part 2 - Easter with the nephews!

We got to have the nephews for Easter this year. Easter really just isn't the same without kids, so I was very excited planning Easter egg hunts, dying eggs, Easter "brunch"...  Okay I had one 9 year old, and a 16 month old so maybe I went a little crazy - but we still had lots of fun! Thanks to my sweet nephew Hunter for humoring me and being a great kid all day! He found all the plastic "eggs" we hid, saying cute stuff like, "Wow, that was clever" when he found one that was hidden particularly well.  Even when his little brother started not feeling well, Hunter just sat down and entertained himself!

Catching up - Birthday Awesomeness!

Yes, it was a couple of weeks ago... I'm a lazy blogger!

My 28th birthday was fantastic! The day of my actual birthday I had to go to work. But it wasn't too bad, because I made sure I was scheduled in a way that would make it a pleasant day. I got sweet little hugs and twice had very cute little boys sing me happy birthday. In the morning I even got a phone call from one of my favorite little boys in the whole world, who lives in Oregon!

After work some very sweet friends took me to dinner at Chevy's!

Then on Saturday came the party and Bobby and Kheri worked so hard to plan for me. We had dinner at the Kasbah lounge - with great food and a belly dancer! Lots of fun! The week after I was craving Mediterranean food and went crazy at the grocery store buying Greek yogurt and hummus and pitas!  Unfortunately, none of us were smart enough to bring a camera! I took a picture of myself when we got home, just to make sure the night was documented somehow! (The pretty necklace I'm wearing was a birthday present!)