WHERE HAVE I BEEN?!?!

Well, this summer flew right by me!  But not because I slept through it, no no.  I have been so incredibly busy and so much to tell!  So what's going on with me? Hmm...lets start back in May *dream sequence starts*

In May, I was preparing for one of the biggest transitions of our lives.  Goose's last day at MS&T was on the 17th and  on the very same day, my job was over.  It was the most bittersweet day I think I've ever had.  I had closed up shop for good around 3 to meet the grillz (oldest's first time making a super long drive, so again...monumental!) and get back in time for all the family coming up for Graduation the next day.  I won't lie...I cried a solid 30 miles after I left the house.  Once I had the grillz with me, we started our summer right then.  Graduation went smoothly, and everyone was so happy!  I don't think anyone was as happy as Goose though...that guy did not just one but TWO cartwheels!  His summer didn't last long though, because he moved by the end of May to start his long awaited career.  From then on, the whole family was back and forth between living in the hotel during the week and the old house on the weekends.  Our hotel room consisted of a tiny kitchenette, our bed, and a pull out couchbed that the grillz slept together on one foot from our bed.  It felt like we were on constant vacation!  Cramped but happy to be in our new city.

In June, I celebrated my sister-from-another-mister's wedding!  The whole weekend was awesome, with a fancy pants old hotel style bridal suite for us girls and getting pampered with hair and makeup the morning of, to the gorgeous ceremony by the Missouri river at Les Bourgeois Winery.  Us cool cats in the wedding party got to celebrate on the limo bus before partying at the reception.  Awesome times!  Again, back at the old house, we packed and twiddled our thumbs.  While at the hotel, we window shopped til we dropped and hung out at the pool like rockstars!  Early in June, this chromebook of mine freaked out on me AGAIN and I shipped it off to get a brand new replacement which took EONS!  Not to mention I didn't exactly have wireless that worked well enough for me to hook up to. BOO HISS.

July came, and I got to see our first fireworks display in our new city and I tell you what...I can't wait for more people to be here to experience it with me next summer!  We got to see the Counting Crows under the arch, with yet another fireworks display, and a couple of ballgames.  Meanwhile back at the old house, I prepared everything for moving.  I had a few DIY projects, had to get all the kinks lined out with moving, transferring utilities, etc.  But by July 30, WE FINALLY CLOSED ON OUR HOUSE.

Now we are here in August, and its been insane still!  We moved in on the 31st of July and jumped right in to hosting people!  We literally moved, unpacked, organized and were ready for visitors in 4 days.  It was a crazy mess of installs, deliveries, service turner-on'ers, and cleaning!  The first full week in our new house we had 2 sets of visitors over and we were on the go for a week solid.  We went to ball games, downtown STL, tours of the new city, etc.  Finally things have settled enough that I can get back into my normal routine again...and that includes keeping up with my blogging.  PHEW!  I cannot believe I wrapped up three months in one post!

baseball talk on a smart phone

...and some other random chitchat, but mostly its about baseball because well I like to watch baseball, and I like to chat Dustbuster about it.  Sometimes though, autocorrect doesn't like baseball players names.

me

Why did futile have that oven mitt on?

12:56 PM

Dustbuster

I didn't see it

me

I knew you are a terribly fan and don't watch

He had a big mitten on over his batting glub

When he was on base

1:00 PM

Dustbuster

Wooooohoo

me

Don't pretend you are watching

Dustbuster

I always pretend

me

That guy just missed the ball

Dustbuster

he did that last time we played them too

1:09 PM

me

Its was nice that Freese got a hr on hims birfday

1:15 PM

Dustbuster
Woop taxi is on fire
me
I hope a taxi has a fire extinguisher, but yay for Yadi's hr! he's on fire!

1:56 PM

me

Haha that weirdo commentator is lolling about that old guy..harharharharhar he is SO FUNNY

Dustbuster

Ha!

me

Well they are kinda funny today!

Dustbuster

You are kinda funny

me

I try sometimes

Niiice jay

So shy and I went to the market jiggety jog

But I stopped at sonic for a lemon berry cream slush

And as im backing out....I look over and that dog was trying to stick her tongue in my cup for some cool whip!

Dustbuster

Did she drink it all?

me

I said what do you think you are doing you loony toon!?!?!?

2:09 PM

me

No I scooped out some cool whip for her but she wasn't getting my slush

2:10 PM

me

I don't get that negative goatee on bogged. boggs

2:14 PM

me

Tag. You're it.

Dustbuster

You would look funny with one

2:16 PM

me

I already have a negative goatee basically

Dustbuster

Sociopolitical...i don't get it

me

Im not political at all

Dustbuster

Oh

me

Nice base hit

Dustbuster

Ur a base hit

2:22 PM

me

So when we went to M's wedding , and met his wife, she said we should go to KC and hang out...then she said maybe a ball game....

I said....i'll only go in my cardinals shirt.

She said...ok i'll wear mine too!

And then we high dived about it :)

Well. Highfived

Dustin

AhahAa

ahaaahaaaa

from the top board no doubt

me

I haven't jumped off the high dive in a loooong time

Dustin

Me too

I'd like to

me

Banana that pitchers reaction! He just

Stomped around. I love it

Dustin

Ahaha

I can't see

me

Who poked your eye out?

2:26 PM

me

Did you vote for allstate the other day? I got an email and I voted my 25 slotted times.

Uh. Allstars

And alloted

2:33 PM

me

I tell you. Skip must have the weekend off from his game throwing 

Dustbuster

HE HELPED WIN THE WORLD SERIES

me

He was paid to help win

If he throws all the games then every one would be on to him and know he was getting paid under the table by the mafia 

So he only throws some games
Dustbuster
hangs head

2:36 PM

me

That's how he gets all this money on the side....so he can afford all those 'oblique dr visits' which I think is code for 'trips to jamaica'

2:37 PM

Dustbuster

You live in a strange fantasy world

2:41 PM

me

Listening to yadi talkis absolutely fascinating

They just interviewed him and they asked something or other

And he said

"Well we habing fun, and when we habing fun we do guuud and so das what we do we juss habing fun..."
 But he really looks like he wants to say, "leeb me alone I need to sower, I smeeel"

Dustbuster

Ahah so is furcal

He's number. 5

Indium not trying to compare him to pujols

I'm saying he's better than #1

#.5
me
well i still dunno what you say
Dustbuster
Taxi is #1
me
Actually yadi is #4

He's the best. I already told you this long ago. He is my fren.

2:53 PM

Yu no tush me.