early mornings and a deal or two

cezar woke me up by staring at me about 6:17 this morning. somehow it always works. normally i'm able to manage getting up with them fairly well..... today i really struggled with keeping my eyeballs open. but when my alarm sounded at 7:00am i figured i'd roll out of bed so it would be easier to get to work on time. i walked a beautiful large bowl of tomatoes out to the trash can. it was half tomatoes nasty soup. {gross} got dressed, ate breakfast and took care of the boys. it felt good being on top of the clock.

i made a deal with mitch on my way home from work today.... i'll do his ironing if he'll get the front lawn mowed before we leave for idaho on saturday. i think the ironing took more time tonight than it would have to mow the lawn. luckily my task involved the air conditioned indoors ;)

last night we joined mitch's parents for a fabulous night out. we started with dinner at our favorite bakery - kneaders. it's was divine as always. then we headed to thanksgiving point to enjoy their gardens. it was $2 tuesdays in august. {sure glad we got a chance to enjoy it!} we rented a golf cart along with a entrance fee. it was seriously the best way for us to enjoy it. mitchel had a massive blister on his foot due to basketball the night before and the gardens are definitely more my thing. it was such an enjoyable evening. we'll have fond memories of it for many years to come.

i came home to a gorgeous new garage door today. our old one finally gave up the ghost {we've been milking it for 2 years} we were very fortunate to get an incredible deal. monday it died and i called on it and they installed it this morning {wednesday}. the minor down side.... mitch had to rip out the built in shelf next to the door. good thing we weren't in love it with. i'm super excited, happy and grateful to have a new garage door. yay.

happy wednesday