The count down is on. We are leaving in 10 days for our family vacation. I cannot wait but it's snuck right up on me and now I'm in a panic to get meals planned and to make sure we have everything we need.
We go down to Lake of the Ozarks every year. The first couple of years we went down we stayed at a family friendly resort. The owners of the resort are super nice people and we do miss going there. But, then I found a great rental house that was perfect size for our family and a couple of friends with a washer and dryer which I don't know if I could live without now. We are only there for a week but it's great coming home without a ton of laundry from the four of us so now I'm spoiled and won't stay anywhere without one.
The house we chose for our third year, as I said was perfect. Unfortunately, the owners took the house off the rental program and sold the house the next year. So the search was on for our 4th year down there for another rental home. That year we had a lot of friends that wanted to join us. Sounded like a great idea but let me tell you, trying to keep 4 other couples happy with their kids was the ruin of my vacation that year. Some people just don't get what vacation is with a big group and I didn't enjoy playing cook and maid to everyone the entire week while one of other women that went sat on her arse the entire week watching me. The house was beautiful though and the owner still sends me Christmas cards to this day which stinks as I'd love to rent from her again but all of her homes down there are 5+ bedrooms and not suited for two families of four. So, the next year I searched again for a smaller home but ended up getting asked by some friends if we wanted to stay with them so we did that. It was a perfect house and we all loved our time there. They will be going down the same week we are again this year but have family staying with them so we are staying in our own house with 1 other couple and their kids. This year we decided we wanted to stay back up towards the part of the lake we were familiar with so after endless searching, we found what we hope will be another perfect home to rent. It will be our good friends with their kids that are almost the same ages as our kids staying with us. They also stayed with us last year at our other friend's place so I know we are on the same page as far as how vacation goes.
Meal ideas typically come easy to me but for some reason this year, I'm drawing a blank on easy, quick meals to prepare down there. We of course will grill out a couple of nights but I'm at a loss on what to do the other nights. Any suggestions would be welcome!
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Catch Up Time
I can't believe it's been almost a month since I've complained written about something. It's been a busy spring for our family and I cannot wait for school to get out. We spend most of our evenings running from field to field, my house is a disaster and I think we've taken up residence in my Tahoe. However, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel as I count down to vacation, only 20 days away.
My biggest issue this year with the running is we have no set schedule for one of our activities. Practices are announced the night before or day of and games are moved around in a couples days notices. This is the son's team which he is enjoying so much this year so it's hard to really get too upset about it so I just keep my mouth shut and fire up the vehicle each time.
I am coaching my daughter's team this year and I've learned that as I get older, my patience with other people's children is growing very thin. Let me rephrase that. I can't be upset with a 7 - 8 year old for most of their actions because someone is allowing them to act like that for the other 164 hours per week that I don't spend with them. It's really the parents I should be faulting here isn't it? In my years of coaching I've never had a group quite like this. Anyway, her games are going well and my parents tell me she reminds them of me when I was her age. That makes this mama proud.
Moving on, the daughter is also in dance this year again so we spend one night a week in a neighboring town doing the dance thing. She has told me she's not sure if she wants to commit to dance again next year because it's taking up too much of her softball time this year. She is and I think will always be my little tomboy. She'd much rather be sliding into home vs. having her hair curled and having to put on a cute little outfit to perform in. She asked me the other night if she could just quit dance and I told her that's not possible. We need to finish what we started and she only has 2 weeks left until the recital. Something happened 3 weeks ago at dance that made her change her mind about it. I haven't figured out what happened but since that practice, she hasn't wanted to go back.
So with all of that going on, and running almost every night, we did find time to get some much need projects done around the house in the last month which felt great! Any other off time has been spent trying to keep piles of clothes going through the washer and dryer and trying to stop by the store to at least have a gallon of milk in the house at all times. Only 3 more weeks though and this chick is taking some much needed time off!
My biggest issue this year with the running is we have no set schedule for one of our activities. Practices are announced the night before or day of and games are moved around in a couples days notices. This is the son's team which he is enjoying so much this year so it's hard to really get too upset about it so I just keep my mouth shut and fire up the vehicle each time.
I am coaching my daughter's team this year and I've learned that as I get older, my patience with other people's children is growing very thin. Let me rephrase that. I can't be upset with a 7 - 8 year old for most of their actions because someone is allowing them to act like that for the other 164 hours per week that I don't spend with them. It's really the parents I should be faulting here isn't it? In my years of coaching I've never had a group quite like this. Anyway, her games are going well and my parents tell me she reminds them of me when I was her age. That makes this mama proud.
Moving on, the daughter is also in dance this year again so we spend one night a week in a neighboring town doing the dance thing. She has told me she's not sure if she wants to commit to dance again next year because it's taking up too much of her softball time this year. She is and I think will always be my little tomboy. She'd much rather be sliding into home vs. having her hair curled and having to put on a cute little outfit to perform in. She asked me the other night if she could just quit dance and I told her that's not possible. We need to finish what we started and she only has 2 weeks left until the recital. Something happened 3 weeks ago at dance that made her change her mind about it. I haven't figured out what happened but since that practice, she hasn't wanted to go back.
So with all of that going on, and running almost every night, we did find time to get some much need projects done around the house in the last month which felt great! Any other off time has been spent trying to keep piles of clothes going through the washer and dryer and trying to stop by the store to at least have a gallon of milk in the house at all times. Only 3 more weeks though and this chick is taking some much needed time off!
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