July 15, 2006

Yesterday was a crazy day. Troy's radio alarm clock went off FULL BLAST at 5:30am, so the kids woke up. He thought since everybody was awake, I should take him to work so I would have the car for the day. It was a good thought. Anyways, that's what we did. I got hom from taking him to work at about 6:45. Me and the kids were so tired, we layed on the couch (me, in and out of slelep) for 2 hours. Then we decided to head out (since I had the car and all). We went to a mall here, Dulles Town Centre, and it had this awesome play area. It was these huge airplanes, baggage cars, and pretend runways. The kids loved it! We went to Champs and I got me and the kids a Yankee hat for the big game tomorrow! We are going to Yankee Stadium to watch the Yankees play the Red Sox. We will be out in left field if you happen to catch the game. Anyways, Kristin saw a pink hat in the store, immediately preceded to rip her ponytail and ribbon out of her hair, and insist I put her hat one. They of course didn't have pink kids hats, so she got a woman's size. Oh well, it works. I had to buy her one after that cute demonstration! Then I met my friend from High School Kari Bennion(Eggenberger to some of you) at the outlet malls here. The outlet mall is huge and has everything! I was smitten with the Pottery Barn outlet. It was so hot and humid I bought the kids an ice cream cone from McDonald's (mainly to keep them awake) and then we headed to this Antique Shop I had seen. I have been looking for a window frame for awhile, so I thought I'd see how much they were. Here is a picture of one I found on ebay. Mine is 6 frames, not 9. It was only $10, and I met this lady there from N. Carolina who said she had a garage full of them and she'd give them to me for free! I just had to pay shipping. I gave her my email address, and she's going to email me pics. I'm excited...let me know if anybody wants one! I am going to decorate it really cute (hopefully) I'll take a pic when I'm done!

Then we headed home. Naturally, I got lost on the way home. It is so confusing here. Usually, I am really good with directions, and have no problems getting home if I drove getting someplace, but I have no idea where North/South is here, and where my house is from anywhere. So, I ended up on this toll road, since it was the only road I recognized. It ended up costing $4. Oh well. The kids slept all the way home, so naturally, I didn't get a nap! They wanted to swim when we got home, so we went swimming...void of the crazy lady, thank heavens! We then went to the Library, got 25 books, and headed to pick Troy up from work. It was rush hour, and Jake puked in the car(luckily, being pregnant, I have a nice stash of grocery stacks I use for just this purpose). It was 7 when we got Troy, and we hadn't eaten dinner, so we went to Golden Corral. It was really good, not sure if it was just because we were starving, or what. We headed home and went straight to bed. It's the first time I've been here I've been in bed before 10, and I think I fell asleep before 10:30. That's a miracle for me! Today I'm just going to do laundry and get ready for our fun trip. Kyle is so excited. We're going to the game for his Birthday, and we bought him a mit. Hopefully Jeter will hit him a homerun! :)