Oh, me, oh, my!!!  It's a "hurts to move night"....Five hours of painting the exterior of a house with a....get ready.....PAINT BRUSH!!!!  NO rollers in sight.  Wow!!  I am one tired puppy!!  It was fun getting to help Ashly though.  Also, got to see another massage therapist friend at Ashly's painting party...Miss Amanda B.!!  We had ourselves a little mini-reunion!! 

Then, I braved the crowds of Wal-Mart to get veggies to grill.   So glad I went to a Wal-Mart out of town, as I had a good portion of Ashly's paint on my jeans, Eskimo Joe shirt, my feet, and my hands.  So, if you see me in the next e-mail with all the crazily(is that a word?) dressed people, I'll be right there with them! Anywho,..... I bought asparagus, kale, bell peppers (on sale for fifty cents each!), Romaine hearts, nectarines, and some strawberries.  Yum, my two favorite fruits!! 

I had planned on taking a shower as soon as I got home, however, it was getting late, and my son (who happens to live next door) was ready to start grilling.  When he plans to grill, he always offers to cook whatever I want to throw on the grill!!  I take advantage and always cook lots of veggies to last me at least a few days.  I already had a head of cabbage, so, I prepared that and the following: two bunches of asparagus with a little tiny bit of Lovera's Italian salad dressing drizzled all over; the Romaine hearts w/a wee bit of extra virgin light olive oil; and the bell peppers.  Will figure out how to do the kale later.  I was being rushed... ;)

While Jake was grilling, my daughter-in-law decided to mow my lawn and their lawn!! :)  Thank you, Amanda!  So, while Jake and Amanda were busy, I put Jakob in his little red wagon and took him for a nice long walk, up and down the street a couple of times.  He loved it.  He is definitely an outdoorsman!  We walked, well, actually, I walked, he rode, for at least thirty minutes.  The weather was beautiful.  A little cloudy, but, just the right temperature, and a little breezy.  Perfect walking weather.  Perfect grilling weather, well, maybe a little too breezy for that. 

When Jakob and I got back from our walk, his moma and daddy were carrying all of the food over to my house.  Yum!!  Jake is great as a grill chef!  I'm so stuffed full of veggies, it's not EVEN funny.

If that wasn't enough for one day, I decided to whip up a batch of my homemade laundry detergent, homemade fabric softener, and homemade liquid bath soap.  I kind of roped Jake and Amanda into helping me with that project!  However, it's quick and easy to do, and even faster when you have a couple of helpers.  I've made the laundry detergent before and LOVE it, but, this is my first time to make the fabric softener and the liquid bath soap.  I'm excited to try the two new things out!! 

Now, excuse me while I got soak in a hot tub with lavender scented epsom salts!  Yes, I'm officially an old lady!!  OUCH!!  Then, it's off to bed.  I have a hockey game to go to tomorrow!!  Can't wait!!  :)