Weekend Recap

I was so glad we were able to enjoy some gorgeous weather this weekend, and I hope you did too!

FRIDAY:  Friday night Kevin and I went to a Whitecaps baseball game with my parents.  It was a perfect night and we were able to enjoy some baseball, ballpark food (I had fried mac n cheese bites), beer, and family.  After the game we headed to our friend Kaleena's house to enjoy a bon fire with some of our friends.

SATURDAY:  I got up super early to head downtown for the Fifth-Third River Bank Run.  My friend Kaleena and I were running the 5k and our race started at 7:00 a.m.  I ran a little better than I expected, considering I didn't really train.  I still haven't looked up my time, but I felt good about how I did.  After the race I headed to the grocery store and then Kevin and I went to a local greenhouse to get some flowers.  We spent the rest of the afternoon planting flowers and cleaning up the yard a little.  Saturday night we enjoyed some yummy pizza and breadsticks and caught up on the DVR.  I headed to bed early because I was tired from the long day.

getting ready for our race to start

SUNDAY:  Sunday was Mother's Day, so we headed to our hometown to visit with all of the "mothers" in our lives.  We took Kevin's mom to lunch and then went and visited both of his grandmas.  Then we headed over to my grandma's and then to my parents.  After spending the day with our moms and grandmas, we headed back home and sat out on the deck for a little bit to enjoy the last bit of nice weather.

I hope you had a great weekend...now it's back to the grind!

Five on Friday: #RedBalloonsForRyan

ONE.  If you haven't heard about #RedBalloonsForRyan, you can click HERE to read a post from Alissa about the tragic loss of her friend Jacqui's son.  Jacqui and Dan's 3.5 year-old son, Ryan, was innocently chasing after a frisbee when he was struck by a truck.  Please keep Jacqui, Dan, and their family and friends in your thoughts and prayers.  I can't even begin to imagine the pain and heartache they must be feeling right now during this devastating loss.

TWO.  On a lighter note, I'd like to say thank you!  This Crazy Thing Called Life reached 150 followers on Bloglovin this week!  So thank you all for reading this little blog of mine.  I really do appreciate it!!!

THREE.  Tomorrow I'm running my second ever 5k race.  My training has been really slacking, so it will be interesting to see how it goes.  I definitely don't care what my time is.  I'll just be happy if I can run the entire thing!  It looks like the weather should be decent, so at least I have that going for me.

FOUR.  I used this recipe to make Pesto Pasta with Roasted Asparagus.  It was so easy and SO good.  Kevin was skeptical, but ended up going back for seconds.  I used whole wheat rotini pasta instead of shells, and left out the sun dried tomatoes (Kevin doesn't like them), otherwise I followed the recipe exactly and it turned out amazing!

FIVE.  Sunday is Mother's Day, so Kevin, Admiral, and I are headed to Muskegon on Sunday to spend some time with both of our moms.  I hope you are able to enjoy some time with your mom (or your children) this weekend too!

Linking up with Christina, Darci, April, and Natasha and you should too!

Intentional Life Project Info/Details

I've been participating in the Intentional Life Project for the past few months now and many of you have commented on my posts saying you would like to participate or use the handy goal tracker.  So, today I wanted to share the details of how you can participate and even win a prize!  

You can find all of the details and download the goal tracker HERE.

Each month, the link up is on the last Friday of the month with Ginny, Bre, and a different co-host each month (I'm the co-host for June).  Each month there is a prize that will be randomly awarded to someone who links up.  It's super easy.  Just track your goals, post about it, and link up!  The schedule for the topics/goals for each month and the linkup date are listed below.

I hope to be reading some of your posts about improving the mind and soul on May 30!

My goal is going to be to read more.  I love reading, but haven't been doing much of it lately, so I want to get back in to it.  Every day that I read, whether its 20 minutes or 2 hours, I'm marking it on my goal tracker.  What are you goals for this month?

Weekend Recap: SKUNKED

Happy Monday everyone!  I won't be out celebrating Cinco De Mayo tonight because I'll be home cleaning...you'll understand after you read about our weekend.

FRIDAY:  I went out for happy hour with a couple of my friends/co-workers after work.  We went to Bar Louie and enjoyed some tasty drinks, yummy food, and great company.  Friday night, Kevin and I just hung out at home and caught up on the DVR.

SATURDAY:  We got up early and headed to Muskegon for the day.  We dropped Admiral off for a bath and haircut and then headed to Kevin's mom's for lunch.  When Admiral was done at the groomer's we picked him up and head over to my parents to celebrate my mom's birthday.  My sister and grandma were there too, so we got to spend some time with them, which was nice.  When we got home Saturday night, I decided to test out the light on our patio table.  It's not bright enough to light up the whole patio, but it is a really cool feature that I think we will enjoy this summer!

SUNDAY:  Sunday we headed to Menards to pick up some bricks to line our new flower bed we are creating.  I'm happy with the way it turned out, and hopefully it will help keep the dog from running in that area.  We're hoping to do something similar to our other flower bed areas.  Now I just need to get some pretty flowers to fill it with!  (The bush was already there, and the daffodils I moved from the middle of the yard...so hopefully they will come back next year.)

The rest of Sunday was spent cleaning, catching up on laundry, and doing a little organizing.  As I was folding the last load of laundry for the night, Kevin let Admiral out to go potty for the last time before bed.  All of a sudden I hear Kevin saying, "What are you doing?  Come in here.  Come on!" and then, "Oh no. Oh no.  OH NO!"  So I ask him what is wrong and he says this, "HE GOT SPRAYED BY A SKUNK."  I couldn't believe it.  So we all went in the breezeway so we didn't stink up the house too bad.  Admiral was foaming at the mouth/drooling like crazy.  His eyes were kind of watery and he kept closing them.  And he STUNK.  He was scared and wouldn't leave our side.  I felt so bad for him.  

We called the local animal hospital to ask about it (we were worried about it being in his eyes).  They said his reactions were normal and that we could clean his eyes.  She also told me about a home remedy to wash him with (and it was the same as everything we googled-the mix we used is found HERE).  So I wiped his eyes and cleaned up his drooly mouth while Kevin went to the local store to get Hydrogen Peroxide (needed for the bath mix).  We ended up washing him all over once with the mix, and then just his head (where we think he got sprayed the worst) again with the mix before finishing off with his regular dog shampoo.  It did pretty good getting rid of the smell, but it is still lingering in our house.  Admiral is getting another bath tonight and I will be a cleaning fool when I get home from work.

If you read above, you remember that we had just paid for a bath for him on Saturday...and one day later he gets sprayed by a skunk.  That's just our luck haha.  We can laugh about it now, but it was quite a mess last night!

Has your pet ever been sprayed by a skunk?  What did you do to get the smell off of your pet and out of your house?

Five on Friday!

I'm so glad it's FINALLY Friday!  This week seemed like it was never going to end.

Linking up with Christina, Darci, April, and Natasha and you should too!

ONE.  We are headed to our hometown this weekend for a few reasons.  The main reason is to celebrate my mom's birthday with her (her birthday was Wednesday).  While we are there, we are also going to spend some time at Kevin's mom's and get Admiral a much needed bath and haircut.

TWO.  Have you signed up for the Bikini Series with the Tone It Up girls?  If not, you totally should and we can cheer each other on!  I really need to step up my game if I want to be ready for shorts and swimsuit weather.  All that Easter candy really killed me...but here's to getting ready for summer!

THREE.  The weather this week has been awful.  Rainy and cold all week.  I really need some nicer weather so I can get some runs in...I'm running a 5k next Saturday!  My "training" has been really slacking, so I'm just hoping I can run the entire race, I don't care what my time is.

FOUR.  Last weekend we did some yard work, and I'm hoping we can get at least a little more done on Sunday.  I moved some flowers that were basically in the middle of the yard, to a little flower bed area we are creating.  I'm trying to think of something to do to "line" it.  I like this idea I found on Pinterest, but it might get a little expensive to do to all of our flower beds:

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FIVE.  Speaking of Pinterest, I've been a pinning fool lately!  Now I just need to get off my butt and actually DO some of them.  The next thing I want to make is a Spring/Summer wreath for my front door.  I have an Easter one, but now I need one to have up after Easter.  Here are some of my favorites:

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What's on your Pinterest to-do list?

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my mom's birthday.  She is the most amazing woman I know.  She is the most hard working, caring person and would do anything for anyone.  She worked full-time, cooked, cleaned, did the laundry, and never missed one of mine or my sister's sporting events or school functions while we were growing up.  She was basically superwoman.  Now that I am an "adult" and have been out on my own for a while, I am starting to realize how hard that must have been to do all of that...and I don't even have kids yet!

Happy birthday to my mom!  The hardest working woman I know.  I can't wait to see you this weekend to celebrate!

photo by McKensie anne Photography

Weekend Recap: Bon Fire & Fried Ice Cream

We had a good weekend, with a lot of time spent outside enjoying some decent weather.

FRIDAY:  We didn't do much after work...took a long walk with the dog, then caught up on some shows on the DVR and hung out.

SATURDAY:  We took a trip to Lowe's and then spent some time working in the yard.  We moved some flowers that were basically in the middle of the yard to a new flower bed area that we created.  Saturday night we went to our first cook out/bon fire of the year!  There were some cute pups there to play with, yummy food to eat, and a bon fire to enjoy with good people.

SUNDAY:  We went and did some hitting practice with some people from our softball team and then went to lunch at Beltline Bar.  We enjoyed wet burritos and shared some fried ice cream.  I think it was our first time trying fried ice cream, and let me tell you, it was delicious!  We took a nice walk with the dog Sunday evening and then I caught up on laundry and watched some TV the rest of the night.

Hope you had a great weekend and happy Monday!