Inadvertent Hiatus

Well, this is maybe a record for long I've gone without blogging. Last week was pretty crazy, and I was very sick throughout the whole week. Tonight is the first night I've had free in forever. So I cooked, am currently watching Criminal Minds, and am going to bed early.

Here's the recap of the last 2 weeks:

Yep, I touched a snake at the science center.

The food served at the conference via HyVee Hall was just fabulous.

It wouldn't be a trip to Des Moines without a stop at Johnny's for Monday Night Football, a few drinks, a couple games of pool and basketball. (AKA, spending all my money.)

Seriously, this food was so good.

Went to the wedding of this lovely couple on Saturday night. So much fun dancing zumba and playing with sparklers.

This always cracks me up. Except when I don't wanna get up and he's crying about it...I need to build a robot that will turn it on when he gets near.

Mom's homemade applesauce is delish.

My mama let me have this Pepsi...real sugar, in a glass bottle. Pretty sure she wished she had kept it for herself. This was the best drink I've had in a long, long time.

Mom and I finished our day together with cooking this meal. We are pretty dang hard to compete with in a kitchen, I'd say. Olive cheese bread from Pioneer Woman is simply one of the best things I've ever eaten. There must be olive cheese bread in heaven. The soup wasn't too bad either, though I would leave the taco seasoning out if I made it again. 

Maxine is getting to be an old lady!

Ate taco potatoes to celebrate my grandpa's birthday. I'm pretty sure I'd never had this before, but I could eat this every day. 

I put together a little gift for each of the girls on our volleyball team Friday night. I thought they turned out super cute--even though they weren't exactly what I wanted. I spray painted some wooden frames, added the stickers and the pictures, then wrote a card to each of the girls, and gave them 2 little notecards to write a message to another teammate about something fun from the season. Took me forever, but I like them. I want to make myself one for our team picture!

Pacino giving me the evil eye, wondering why I'm always taking his picture.

One of the volleyball girls brought me this cupcake the other week. That peanut butter frosting was divine.

Apples! Went to the orchard with my mama and bought some of these beauties. 

I had 15 balloons in the backseat of my car for senior night. Talk about static hair!

The sky has been gorgeous lately. I don't get to see the sunset very often, but I love when I do.

I actually wore these shoes out in public last week. 

Pretzel bites last Wednesday night after buying the stuff for the volleyball frames. Yummm.

Lucky socks. Not so lucky.

I sent Katie a message that I expected her to fold my toilet paper like they did in the hotel--she stopped in to take care of Pacino while I was in DSM. It's the thought that counts.