We had a fun filled time this weekend.  Saturday we went to lunch with Adam’s parents and then headed over to the Allen USA Celebration.  We got there much later than we wanted to, but it was a nice time.  We had gotten the kids unlimited passes to the kid’s zone.  We only got to see about 5 bounce houses.  Then, we let the kids play in the water.  They loved that.  We didn’t have the girls wear their bathing suits under their clothes, but they loved getting out there anyway and getting wet.  I think it kept them cooler the rest of the night anyway!  We then went to get goodies to eat.  The girls picked Dippin Dots, of course!  I think they would eat those every day, if they were allowed to!  Adam and I got a funnel cake.  Nothing is better than fair food!!  We got settled in and watched Smash Mouth.  It was an ok concert.  Adam didn’t think the singer did good, but it was fine by me!  I’m not the picky music “connoisseur” as he is!

The absolute best part of the night was the fireworks show.  I love fireworks.  I would watch every 4th of July show out there, if I could!  But, I really have to say that this was one of the best shows I have ever seen.  They did it correagraphed to music, which is “normal” these days, but this was really well done.  It was amazing…

Laura was sitting close to me and she got a little scared as soon as the first two big booms happened.  I told her that the stuff floating down was Tinkerbell’s fairy dust.  She loved that and once she saw the purple ones, she was happy as a clam!

Laura spent the night with the kids and had a ball playing with Aaliyah.

Sunday we went to Babe’s Chicken House for Caleb’s 2nd birthday.  That is always fun and yummy.  We rounded out the weekend by going grocery shopping at Super Target.  Nothing better than that, right?

In other news, we got the girls new bedding.  I will take a picture and post it soon.  They loved it!!

This month is always busy.  Well, it used to be back in the day.  This is busy birthday month in the Anello family.  Thank goodness there is only one Presley birthday in June!  With my parents passed, we are down two, but it also makes June bittersweet for me.  I miss my parents so much.  There are so many things I wish I could share with my mom.

Anyway, it is my neice, nephew and brother’s birthdays.  And, Adam’s nephew.  I think they all had a great birthday.

It is also my new future nephew-in-law’s birthday.  That’s right, one of my nieces, Kristi got engaged this month!!!  We are so excited for them.  Now we have to plan another trip to Minnesota!!

So, besides birthdays, we celebrated Father’s Day this month.  The girls bought Adam geeky t-shirts, which he actually picked out.  It made it much easier that way.

We have decided that after the kids go back to school I will for sure start looking for a job.  I really like staying home, but we want to get some of our bills knocked out.  Hopefully, when we get some of them taken care of I can convince Adam to let me quit again!  LOL

Today was a weird day.  Farrah Fawcett passed away.  Not surprising, really.  She had cancer for two years.  I was never a huge Charlie’s Angels fan, but she seemed nice enough.  Then, the shocker of all, Michael Jackson died.  Suddenly.  I don’t know why, but this really “freaked” me out.  “Freaked” isn’t the right word, but the only one I can think of right now.  I was so taken aback.  Not that I was a huge MJ fan or had all his albums or anything, it was just so unexpected.  Even though he was a freak, I think deep inside, he was still a scared little boy that didn’t really get to live a normal childhood and had to act out once he got the money to do so.  I wish them both peace in their restings.

It is funny…  I remember when my dad passed I was telling my mom that he was having a martini and playing cards.  Probably went to go check out Elvis or someone like that.  She chuckled.  Not that my dad liked MJ’s music…  He was more into elevator music, but I would think that he and mom are looking him up after he gets checked in at the pearly gates.  Such an innovator.  He did so much for music.  He will be missed.

Not much else going on…  Adam’s grandfather is having some health issues so Adam and I had some “serious” type conversions tonight.  We are going to Allen’s Fourth of July celebration, Allen USA Saturday.  Got the kids all access wrist bands to the kid’s zone.  Hopefully we won’t melt in the heat!!!

Oh gosh… Did I say that out loud? I’m so sorry internet Gods. I didn’t mean it. What I meant to say is AT&T sucks. Yeah, that’s it. Please don’t smite me with more internet outages… I promise I will never talk evil about you again!!

So yeah, AT&T has been really sucking lately. So bad that Adam and I have started keeping track of our outages so when we do move to another company we can tell them we want money back for the time we had no internet.

Oh, and did I mention that since we only have one router coming to our house that feeds both internet and cable TV that when the internet is out, cable is out too??? That is how much we are not liking AT&T right now. I now know what cave people went through with no TV or internet. Sure, they didn’t have electricity as a whole, but TV and internet??? That has to be more important than lights, refrigerators, and running water, right??? No? Just me thinking that, huh? Gee, thanks for backing me up on that!

So, I have started the painful task of moving my email to GMail. Yes, my friends Koree & Eric were right YEARS ago to not have an email address tied to an internet provider. I know. You were right. You may gloat in your awesomeness now. Are you done now? Good, I’ll continue my rantings…

I say it is a painful task only because I am newsletter, mailing list, coupon site Queen. Adam gets such a kick out of going to a restaurant or somewhere that says “sign up for our mailing list today!” Because he knows I will sign up. So, that means I get about 40 “Hey! We are having a sale or some other crap to tell you so you will buy our stuff” emails a day. And, I love it! I like seeing new products. I like getting the email that says “Only 1000 people will get a sample of our new product, don’t you want to give all your personal data to get it??”!

So, it usually takes me at least two months to fully move all my emails over. Because some of these places aren’t hustling themselves out every other day, it might take a month or two to get all of them in so I can go to the website and either say I changed addresses or, for other bad sites, unsubscribe as this email address and subscribe again with that email address. Those websites are dumb. Just thought I would say it, cause I know you were all thinking it anyway.

SOOOOOOO>>>>> What this all means is, my new email address is manello410@gmail.com. I will be sending an email too so those that aren’t cool like you reading this first will be on the band wagon of my awesomeness. I mean, will be able to get in touch with me too.

So, we have been seeing roaches here and there around the house. I hate roaches. I think they are the most vile thing out there. Except for spiders. And snakes. And mice. And rats (which I have never had)… So, maybe not the MOST vile, but disgusting none the less.

When I was first out on my own I lived with some people that had a house infested with roaches. My roommate and his buddies thought it was funny as all get out to throw them at me. I did not think it was so humorous. I put boric acid all over the place. I actually could hear them scurrying when I sprayed it down the back of the counters. EW!

So, we have seen some roaches / water bugs. We also had a bout of tiny black ants for about a week too. So, as chance would have it we had a door to door pest control company salesman come by Saturday. Adam thought it was a good time to go ahead and do it.

Before I finish this story, I have to say that Adam is always getting onto me because I can’t tell sales people no. I will tell a sales person this isn’t a good time to talk, have them call me tomorrow and then not answer the phone. I just hate telling people no. So, for Adam to tell this guy yes, I was surprised. But, happy he did it.

The guy came yesterday. Today I have picked up 7 dead bugs inside, saw another one I haven’t gotten yet and several outside on the porches. So, I guess it is all working. Hope it keeps up.

We had really bad storms come through tonight. I love storms. I love the thunder and lightening and black clouds. I love watching the radar on the news and seeing all the dark colors. I don’t however like tornados. We had one about 10 miles from us tonight (according to the news). That is really not that close in the grand scheme of things, but close enough. This, of all nights, Adam worked late. So, he got home JUST as the sky opened up above us and started pouring. I was worried the whole time he was on his way home because he was on the highway the strongest part of the storm seemed to be going through. So, I was happy when he got home.

About 5 minutes after he got home the power went out. We ate in the dark and opened the blinds to get a little light in the living room. We sat there as it got darker and darker. And, hotter and hotter. So, around an hour and a half of sitting in the dark we packed up and came to a hotel. Picked the right one too, the girl who checked us in said four other hotels have called her asking if they have power because they are out and want to send customers over here. So, we probably got here just in time before they sold out! Lucky us!!!

You know the saying “Old habits die hard”… Well, I have a habit that I have had since I can remember. I am an early riser. And, with that, normally an early go-to-bedder. Lately though, I have learned to stay up past 9 o’clock! (Thank you, Adam for that) But, no matter what time I go to bed, I don’t sleep in. I remember when I was a kid and my bedtime was 8:30… I knew how to tell time on the digital clock because if it said eight-three-oh, then it was bedtime… One morning I woke up, walked to the kitchen and saw the time. I said “OH! It is eight-three-oh, time for bed!” Oh the laughs and good times that came from that. (Not really, but I was trying to give you the Leave It To Beaver feeling. Did it work? Good!)

So, I am not a sleeper-inner. I have always wanted to be. When I was a teenager and all my friends were sleeping till noon in the summer, I was never that kid. Now, I am a GREAT napper. I nap like there has no one napped in the history of the world. But, I just can’t sleep in.

No matter how hard I try, I can’t make that habit die!!!