A Day in the Life of Susan

My Sweet Boy

Just before bedtime tonight, Michael asked for a snack.

Pretzel sticks were served and Michael, being the sweet boy that he is, insisted that Elmo have a snack too. He laid Elmo in the bowl on my coffee table and made sure to feed him.

 

 

After snacktime, we sat outside on the balcony. I saw the most beautiful meteor. It was a vibrant shade of green with an orange trail. It was actually pretty large and still going when it disappeared behind the tree line.

I, of course, made a wish on it. I know I can't say what the wish is but it involved Michael being happy and from the sound of him singing in his bed, I am sure it will come true. :)

sigh...

The storm has passed. We got a decent amount of rain and some good gusty winds. I had to work today and it was definately a little stressful getting there with the higher winds. I dropped Mikey off at his aunt's house so he got to sleep in and enjoy the day off.

He is now lying in his bed saying Nite Nite to all his toys. I am looking forward to propping my feet up on the couch and finally relaxing.

Gustav

So we are under a Hurricane Warning now.

I am making a last minute run to the store to buy some necessities in case we lose power. Gov. Bob Riley is on the TV doing a press conference and said that by tomorrow morning, we should have sustained winds of about 50 mph with hurricane strength gusts. Conditions should deteriorate after that. I am setting out the flashlights and candles and planning "no power" games to keep Mikey entertained. :)

Quality Time

Since I worked a lot this week, I wanted to take a day to have fun with Mikey.

We went to the Foley Kids Park where he ran like crazy

He was brave enough to try out all the features of the park with one exception. He wanted to go down the enclosed slide but was afraid to. So I put him on my lap and we tackled it together. :)

Then we picked up some crackers and went to the Cedar Street park and fed the fish and turtles.

Seeing as how it is looking like we are fixing to get some rain for the next few days thanks to Gustav, I am glad we got to take advantage of a sunny Saturday.

Doing a lil dance

My neighbor across the hall moved out tonight.

I didn't like him.

So I watched thru the peephole as he moved out. Just cause I was being nosy I guess.

He and his loud friends took the following contents out of their apartment:

• A Bed
• 4 Chairs
• 2 Boxes
• 1 Hamper full of clothes
• A can of coffee
• A bag of hot dog buns
• That is all

Maybe I am not as poor as I thought I was?

Crazy!

Work has been mildly crazy lately.

We had a VP coming this week. And then there is the lingering threat of Gustav in the Caribbean. So I have been working! Wednesday, I worked 14 hours!

I am thinking it will be a mad house today. And as this storm gets closer and closer into the Gulf, the more mad house it will be.

At least there is the hope of a fat overtime paycheck!

And on a fun note...

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 26 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Weekend Recap

Saturday, Heather, Madison's sister had us over for a birthday cake for Michael. Madison bought Mikey a birthday cake that was comprised of a ton of red cupcakes that make an Elmo design.

Mikey loves Elmo.

And completely enjoyed eating Elmo.

But he did not enjoy the singing or the candle.

He got a lot of new toys to play with and started trying them out immediately. He had a good time and came home ready for bed. :)

We have spent the better half of Sunday just playing with toys!

He's Two !

Today was Michael's 2nd Birthday!

We had a fun day. Madison had him last night so he dropped him off at Day school this morning. I met him up there at snack time with 2 dozen cupcakes. I baked cupcakes last night but burned them terribly so I bought them at Winn-Dixie :)

So at snack time, all the 2 yr olds "sung" Happy Birthday to Michael. Here is them chowing down on the treats.

Can't go wrong with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Cupcakes.

So after snack time, I took Michael for a day out. We went to the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo!

We had such a blast. Michael ran around for over an hour mesmerized by the animals.

We saw Geese

Tigers

Goats

And a ton of other critters.

It was really really hot. The tigers were relaxing in the shade. At one point, one of them got in their pool and waded. Michael, thinking he recognized what the tiger was doing, decided to proclaim "Tiger going Potty, Tiger going Potty!" As loud as he could.

At the end of the Zoo, I let him ride the carousel.

Mental Note: Michael hates Carousels.

We stopped for Ice Cream to cool off after the zoo. Then we had one of Michael's favorite dinners, Pizza. I hope he enjoyed his 2nd birthday as much as I did!

Bucket List

In less than one month, I have a birthday. A pretty signifigant one at that. The big 3-0. I honestly used to dread it, but I am more than OK with it now. In fact, I am mildly looking forward to it. Last birthday, I made the decision to make some signifigant changes in my life. In the past year, I have moved out on my own and lost over 60 lbs!

So a few weeks ago, I whipped out my bucket list. You know, the list of things you want to do before you kick the bucket. I actually created this list in the back of my first diary when I was about 11 yrs. old. I have added to it over the years and actually been able to cross a few things off. So for my 30th birthday, I have decided to work on crossing at least 2 things off. The one I am really excited about is I have decided to learn to play the guitar! Seriously! I have a friend that plays and he has offered to teach me if I can find a left handed one. So that is my current mission. I have found a few on Ebay but I really want to see if I can find one. By my 31st birthday, I want to at least be able to play a song or 2 on it.

Bucket Lists are so inspiring.

No Autographs Please...

He's a rockstar.

Who loves his hairstyle.