Well, today is the last day of the county fair. That is always a relief for me. We always have so much to do for the fair that we don't get to enjoy it too much. Leon is at the races with the fire truck so I am home by myself. I don't mind though. I enjoy being home alone sometimes. I get to do what I want and watch whatever I want on TV. I have enough to keep me busy that is for sure. I have the bathrooms cleaned and floors scrubbed. I have one more load of laundry to do and a report to do for work. Then I am going to enjoy some time on the patio.

Thursday night Randi, Travis and the kids are coming home. Yay! I haven't seen them since Kruse-a-palooza. They are only staying a couple of days, but at least I will be able to see them. Then the end of September we are going to head out there the kid's birthdays. I am really looking forward to that!!!!!! It will be nice to get away from work and actually relax. Between now and then I have a ton of stuff to get done at work though. I have 2 big projects that need to be done - one by the end of the month and one by September 12th.

Well, I have a date with a mojito!!!!!

I need some sleep!

Well, as good as it was to be on vacation, it is now back to the real world. The last couple of weeks since vacation was over has been incredibly busy!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't know why, but at work it is like the dam burst. The customers are coming out of the woodwork! I just can't get caught up! And there are a couple of other things going on as well. It is incredibly busy at home as well. The yard needs tending to, the cleaning needs to be done, I need to get beans canned, and I seem to have meetings all the time. That feeling of drowning is coming back. I didn't sleep last night. This seems to happen every time I feel too stressed. I took a "Simply Sleep" a few minutes ago so I hope I can sleep tonight. I think after next week I will feel better. Some of the issues I have at work should be worked out by then. I sure hope so anyway. Our parade season and the county fair should be over as well. I just need some down time. Some time to spend with a cocktail out on the patio. I spent a few minutes out there last Saturday, but it wasn't nearly enough. Maybe I will have to invite friends over and have a bonfire on Saturday. Maybe that will help "the altitude of my attitude".

Kruse-a-palooza 2010

Well, another edition of Kruse-a-palooza is in the books. Starting with the wedding which was incredibly fun!!!!!! Everything was perfect!!!! The rest of the week was a lot of fun as well. At least I hope everyone had as much fun as I did. Lots of good food, beer, fun things to do, and most importantly getting to see all the people I love. Even though I had a ton of fun, it is nice to have my house back. Curt and Andrew stayed and spent the morning helping us take down the tent, put things away, clean the house and all the stuff that goes with the after math of Kruse-a-palooza. I took us about 2 1/2 hours to do what it normally takes us 2 days to do. I am now very lonesome. It is very quiet around here. I miss everyone so much. I am not really looking forward to going back to work on Monday either.

Wedding

Well, last weekend was all about the engagement party. The weatherman said we could have rain, so we set everything up in the garage. Boy was it a good thing we did. We had 2 inches of rain during the time of the party. It was a very nice party, but we didn't get to do a lot of the things we wanted to. We didn't get to do the fire pit or bean bag toss or anything like that.

And now on to the wedding. I work the rest of this week and then I am off for 2 weeks!!!!! Next week will be all about the wedding. Getting food ready, working on the quilt, helping get Danielle's sister's yard set up with tables and tents, etc. I am so anxious for this wedding to happen. It is going to be fun, fun, fun.

And then it will be all about Kruse-a-palooza! Getting bedding ready, figuring out sleeping arangements, stocking up on food. Figuring out what we are going to be doing every day. Whew, I am tired just thinking about all this. But it is going to be soooooooo fun!

Busy Days

Well, another busy weekend just went by. I had to work on Saturday. I don't really mind working Saturdays. Since the lobby isn't open, I can get a lot of stuff done. I got almost caught up on a lot of little things that have been sitting on my desk. Then Saturday afternoon we got started cleaning and doing laundry. I did my weekly cleaning around the house and weeded a little bit in the gardens. Saturday night we had some friends over and lit the fire pit. That was very nice. It felt good to relax and laugh a lot. Sunday was the power day. We cleaned the garage for the the engagement party. Put everything away, threw a lot of stuff, and scrubbed down the work bench and floor. Once that was done, we started the patio. We put up a ceiling fan out there that Randi and Travis gave us and then put rope lights up around the ceiling. It was also Father's Day so Denver came to visit and bring Leon his gift. He stayed for supper too so that was very nice. The only down side was that Danielle couldn't come. She was on call and had to stay in Brookings. Monday was a continuation of the cleaning blitz. All the little things that we don't mind living with, but you know you need to do if you are going to have company. Last night was band practice. It was so hot that the sweat was just running down my back. Tonight will be another night of preparations. Probably mowing, spraying the lawn and patio for mosquitoes and more weeding. Thursday is our concert. Then Friday Leon will have his regular treck to the races with the fire truck. Saturday we have a parade in Pipestone in the morning, then the party is Saturday night. Yipes. So much to do, so little time before the party starts. I better get busy.

Life

I guess things are moving right along with the wedding plans. Danielle has kept me up to speed on what is going on so I do feel a little better about things. I still don't feel like I am doing enough though. I suppose when it gets closer to the date I will be working my tail off.

We went to Sioux Falls yesterday and I tried to find shoes to go with my dress. I couldn't find what I really wanted. I wanted navy shoes, but I settled for silver. They were cheap enough, and that is good, but they have spike type heals and that is not going to be good when walking on the lawn. We also got a few things for the engagement party and a few other things we can't get around here.

Today it was back to work. It wasn't a terrible day, but still busy. One of these days I will get caught up! It was a cool, dreary, rainy day - AGAIN!!!! We have had several of those days right in a row again. I am tired of this. I NEED SUN!!!!!

A Rainy Day

Hummm - another rainy day. I don't mind. At least all of my gardens are getting watered. That is a great thing! But, it also means that the weeds will start growing again!!!!!! :( I just hope the rain quits by tomorrow. A couple of friends and I are going shopping for my "mother of the groom" dress and the fabric for the quilt. It will be fun to go shopping with friends. We haven't done that for quite a long time. I also really need to find this dress. I only have a month before the wedding. I am not totally sure what is going on with the wedding plans. Danielle has told me a few things, but I don't feel like I am doing enough to help.

You know, I am sitting here thinking what a long week it has been. We had Monday off, but that just means that the rest of the week is really hectic. AND IT WAS! I spent Tuesday getting caught up on my reports, then Wednesday did interviews for the new teller position, they Thursday I had a VIP trip and then yesterday it was back to trying to catch up from being gone. Man am I tired!