May 25, 1996 – The Day We Said, “I Do.”
A lot has happened in the past 18 years!!!
* We have moved 6 times.
* We have 2 incredible boys!
* We have buried all 4 of our grandmas, my Poppa, and both of Chris’ parents – thankful for the time we had with all of them.
* We have cried.
* We have laughed!!!
* We bought a business!
* We have had good days and bad days.
* We have loved each other every day!
Here’s to the next 18 years!!!
Happy Monday!
Kim
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It’s officially summer break here!!!
I’m thankful that the boys actually like and enjoy school but we are all definitely ready for summer vacation!!
This summer we don’t have any big trips planned (hello new business!!!) but we will probably do some little trips and we will enjoy the time to just be less structured!!!
There will be plenty of swimming –
Lots of boat rides –
Plenty of happy hours on the deck with friends –
Time to just relax and hang out with the boys –
Look how little those boys are!!
Summer is my favorite – it makes me happy in every way no matter what we do!!! And even though Jordan always corrects me and tells me that summer doesn’t officially start until June 21, I say it starts as soon as school is over for the year!!!
Time to get my toes in the water!!!!
When does summer start for you?
Is there a certain event that “kicks it off?”
Happy Friday!!
Kim
Sometimes people find out I have a blog (actually 2 but one is for my business and isn’t as much fun:) and they kind of give me a look that says – whatever!!!
I don’t blog for money – GOOD THING!!!!
I don’t blog for stats!
What I didn’t know when I started blogging was that I would “meet” some of the most incredible people that I’ve ever known. At this point, I can’t imagine not spending part of every week (sometimes every day) with these amazing people.
Really, it isn’t just the blogs, it is the people behind the blogs that makes my heart happy!!
I have learned that this little space on the internet where I share random stuff, my fitness life and running career, family overload and various personal information is an outlet and a place where I can be 100% me for better or worse!!! There are lots of great days and then some days that are just OK. Every once in awhile there is a day that completely sucks.
On those down days I have seen so much support from many friends who I haven’t met in person (YET) but they still take the time to reach out in numerous ways. (I’m not going to list specific people here because there are so many – I need an entire post to thank everyone!!!)
There are people who think that you can’t be friends with someone that you only know online but I 100% disagree!
I don’t have the words to begin to describe what my online friends mean. I said something to Chris and he even said, “They are great friends.” Plain and simple and exactly right!!!!
Hopefully I will be able to meet more and more of these incredible ladies (and a couple of guys) but even just continuing to know them this way is incredible!!!
For some reason this has been really hard for me to try and get my thoughts and feelings down in a way that makes sense. The bottom line is I appreciate, respect and love my blogging friends!!!
Happy Monday!!!
Kim
When you started blogging, did you know that you would end up with so many wonderful friends?
This week needs to end with some laughs – I love eeCards and always find so many that truly make me laugh so I thought I would share!!
I hope that this gave you a few good laughs!!!
Happy Fun Friday!!
Kim
The summer after my freshman year in college I worked at a huge camp for kids, youth, adults……Some of the groups had private cabins that they stayed in and other people stayed in hotels.
I was a maid!!!
Actually, I started the summer working in the preschool program. It was HORRIBLE!!! I was 18 and we had all of these 2 year olds that were out of control. But, we weren’t allowed to say “NO.” UGH!!!
Thankfully, I was able to switch with someone and trade
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Being a maid was such a fun job!!
I loved everything from organizing my cart every morning (I have issues) to trying to make sure I was the first one (maid) done with all of my rooms for the day (I have LOTS of issues!).
And being done meant passing the white glove test.
The best skill I learned was to strip a bed and remake it in under 3 minutes!!! And, it had to be neat and straight!! Not gonna lie – I loved the challenge of trying to do this every day in all of my rooms.
I didn’t really look like that – I’m pretty sure I wore workout running shirts with my “maid-issued” T-shirt but still – I was like a pro!!!
I figured if I was going to do to clean other people’s grime, I might as well find a way to make it fun!! For me, the challenge of doing a good job and still finishing first was perfect! Every day was a good day to work because I always had fun!!!
What was your favorite job?
Do you have tricks to make tasks seem more fun?
Happy Friday!!
Kim