There really hasn't been a lot going on these days. In all honesty, I am bored out of my mind. I am trying to find projects to do around the house to take up some of my time, but some of them I just can't do by myself and some of them just cost way too much. I am thinking about painting again. I am not sure that I love the color in the living room/dining room/hallways so I may be painting over it. If I paint, I think I will paint it something a little more subtle. I just feel like the color it is now is too tan. We will see.

I booked a plane ticket to visit Jill in Key West for her wedding. Kaylee and I will be making the trip all the way across the country by ourselves (unless by some miracle Clay can come). It should be interesting. I just hope it all goes smoothly. I am excited though because I have never been to Key West.

Just 2 more weeks until Siobhan and Kim get here! I am soooooooo excited that I just can't contain myself. I can't wait to see them and spend time with them (even if it isn't that much time). Kate, Kim, and I will run the half marathon together September 13 and then Siobhan, Kim, Kaylee, and I will head back to Seattle to take Siobhan to the airport. Kim doesn't leave until that Monday, so we're thinking about getting a hotel room and staying there so that we don't have to come back to Oak Harbor and then leave again back to Seattle the very next day (that's a lot of hours!).

I am still looking for a job. It's proving to be fruitless. I don't want to settle and I want to make sure it's something that will allow me to have as much time with Kaylee as possible...and it's just hard to find something like that. I am trying to not get too wrapped up in it and enjoy my time with my special little girl. It's just difficult because there is so much that we want to do with the house and it all costs money...which I need a job in order to have. For now though, we'll stick with the projects that are easy fixes and don't cost that much (i.e. lights, door knobs, paint, and so forth).

Clay is "flight side" as of today....whatever that means. I think that it means that he could fly in the jet (though even now he won't actually "fly" it, they have to do so many hours in the backseat before they can fly the plane). It will probably be a few months before he actually gets to fly the plane. I know he's ready for that day to finally come. It's been 6 months since he has flown and he's getting a little antsy.

Kaylee is getting her top teeth in. Her left incisor just broke though and her right front tooth is getting ready to come in. Her pedi thinks she'll get all 4 top teeth at once and I really hope so...otherwise, she'll have a gap in her teeth where her left front tooth is suppossed to be. She'll still be adorable either way though. She has been insanely fussy though with all of these teeth coming in. She's sleeping less at night (if that's even possible) and it's just been really hard on her. I know her poor gummies hurt, so I try not to get too upset about the extra lack of sleep.

Anyway, that's all in the Greunke household right now. Hopefully, things will become more exciting soon!

Proud of my husband!

I just wanted to take the time to say that for the past 3 days, Clay has spent a TON of time working on house projects! I am very proud of him for working so hard. There is still a ton that needs to be done, but we will get there eventually. Clay spent all day Saturday redoing our guest bathroom floor. He spent all day Sunday redoing the masterbath floor. Yesterday he pulled out a ton of bushes and plants from our front yard (it's crazy the amount of stuff it had/still has in it). We are working on making the house better. Once the mass amount of stuff is pulled out of the front yard, we really don't know what we're going to do with it because it is just such an akward shape and to level it and bring in sod will cost us an huge sum of money....so we're going to have to get inventive and think of some other way to make it look nice. Clay plans to seed the back yard this fall and redo our kitchen/dining room flooring before Kaylee's first birthday party (as our five year anniversary gift to each other). I am so proud of my little handyman! He has really amazed me these past few days with his effort and his handymanship!

Toddlers and Tiaras

So, sitting here alone (Clay has a night sim) on this Friday night...I am belittled to watch TLC's show "Toddlers and Tiaras." It kills me watching these parents put their poor children in these pagents. One lady said she has spent over $65K on pagents for her daughter (who is in the category 0 - 4...meaning she is less than 4 years old!). Seriously, wouldn't you rather see that money spent on say...your child's college education?! I just don't understand the thrill behind making your child dress up and compete against other girls based on things such as "beauty" and "talent." What "talent" can a 2 year old have? I mean really! It will be these girls that grow up with eating disorders and turn to abusive men, drugs, or whatever when they no longer "feel good" about themselves. It's truly sad that parents subject their children to this sort of "standard." When did this become okay? I just don't get it. Shouldn't we, as parents, boost our child's self image and esteem? Shouldn't we show them that inner beauty means more than outer beauty? I just don't get it.

Cleaning schedule

Well...I decided I am going to attempt to get myself into a cleaning schedule. I want to try to attempt to keep the house a little cleaner. I am hoping to vacuum twice a week at least, do laundry once a week (Kaylee's diapers 3x per week), dust once a week (which I NEVER do), bathrooms once a week, yadda yadda yadda......I am going to make a chore list to do each day of the week and I will hopefully stick to it. :-)

A sore body...means you're doing something right!

Well, today Kate and I braved the road and completed 13 miles! Thankfully, we did not have to push the jogger as the hubbies watched the kiddos. It was a nice jog at a slow pace (2 hours and 16 minutes), but we did it. I can officially say I have run 13 miles. :-)

Hot!

It's an amazing 80 something degrees outside and it feels sooo hot! Crazy how your body adapts to the environment. KY and MS heat is way hotter than this, but it feels so much hotter here. Isn't that strange? Maybe the fact that in KY and MS, houses have air conditioning keeps it a little cooler. Hmmm....it's a heat wave. I am just glad we're not in Seattle because they're having record breaking temps right now (will be over 100 tomorrow) and they don't have air conditioning either. It's funny when the news tells you to go to the library, senior center, or shopping malls to "cool down."

Whoooo Hoooo!!

Kate and I ran 10 miles this morning! 10...that's amazing. The most we have done up to this point is just slightly over 8, so I am stoked. It's crazy, but 2 miles is really a jump. I was able to do it though and it felt awesome. We took turns pushing the jogger, so neither of us got too worn down from it. Next weekend, we're doing the big shibang...going for the full 13!! I really want to do it before the actual half just to tell myself that I really CAN do it...so here's to 13 next weekend! I can't wait!