Our princess.....

We finally got some much needed rain the other day and now it is thundering again.  Not sure what is going on since it's still sunny out so we'll see!  This week has flown by in typical fashion.  Sunday, Leslie stopped by with Cabella (Clyde is in love lol).  Then the Fishers came over for dinner and then Bill and Donna came over for a bit.  Monday we went to Kohls in Ellicott City (in between monsoons) so I could get a couple more of the clifford books and stuffed animals to stash away for Christmas.  Of course it's tax free shopping week so the shopping center was mobbed, we were looking at shoes for Cammie also and we liked (and so did she) the light up skechers but was a little hesitant to buy them since they are expensive and she is in between sizes right now so we found a cute pair of jumping beans tennis shoes that were on sale for 20 bucks.  When we went to check out the cashier said if I used my kohls card I could save 15% so I figured what the heck and then she used a discount she had so I ended up paying $9.34 for them!!  I wish we had gotten the skechers!!  Oh well.  After that we headed for Columbia mall.  Chick FilA for lunch (YUM) and then some walking around.  We did go to Build A Bear and Cammie picked out a bunny and a cute outfit for it, then we found a cute shirt at the Disney store to put away for Christmas.  I am planning on being done with Christmas shopping before we go to Disney!  So yes I am starting now!!  Tuesday we met the O'Neills at Chuck E Cheese in Annapolis and that was fun because Cammie was really missing Brooke and Brody.  AND we got a big stash of hand me downs for Cammie from Jennifer!  We are set!!  Wednesday we ran some errands and Donna and I took Cammie to Baughers and we petted the animals and then got some peaches.  Joe and I are going to make pies this weekend and freeze them.  I want to do some canning next year but I think I need a mentor or something for that.  We went to Ms Sue's for Joe and Cammie to get a hair cut also and Cammie hung out with her best friend Leslie and Ms Sue's cats.  Poor Joe had to go back to work today so Pudge is really missing him.  Cammie is too, she keeps asking where her Daddy is. 

Horsin' around!

Summer is flying by and we are still valiantly battling the stinkbugs.  I pulled up some of the garden the other day and we have traps set out but it's like emptying the ocean with a teacup!  Cammie had a busy week, she went to the Howard County Fair twice and was in her first horse show on the 7th.  Leslie did an awesome job with her and she entered four events and got first place in one, fifth place in two and sixth in one.  So she got four ribbons to bring home and show off.  Joe's been off for the whole week thanks to a very painful nerve block that I got on Tuesday and back to back kelly days.  He's been getting a lot of stuff done around the house to include building some shelves in the garage.  We are trying to find lots of stuff to sell in a yard sale next month.  The sign language class started again at the library and Cammie loves that and gymnastics ended for the summer but starts again in a few weeks.  She is going to continue through the fall and hopefully get some more swimming lessons although I'm not sure if it would be better to wait til spring at this point.  I want to find things to keep her busy though!!  Well she finally crashed early tonight and Joe and I have already enjoyed a soak in the hot tub so bring on the rest of the exciting Saturday night!!!

Cammie loves to garden!

The summer is just whizzing by and the stinkbugs are taking over our garden.  ICK!!  We've been trying all sorts of things to kill them and they have proven to be scarily hardy.  Joe has a catch and kill system going on but there are so many that it's overwhelming.  I keep threatening to set fire to the garden to kill them before they start flying around.

We have set in motion to get a solar hot water heater installed and that should be pretty interesting.  We ultimately want to get solar panels installed on the detached garage but the plan that we had initially wanted to go with changed drastically so that will have to wait a bit.

On Wednesday Cammie, Donna and I went to a puppet show at the library in Westminster.  I have never been to that library and it definitely has the best kids area.  They have all sorts of things to play on and play with.  Cammie really liked it and she loved the puppet show.  Friday we ran some errands and I went to TJ Maxx because I was looking for a button down shirt for her and they were having a great sale.  I've never really shopped in there before but I will go back for sure.  I got her a few things to grow into!!  AND I found a button down shirt!  Today Joe had to go back to work but he's off all next week so that will be nice.  My mom and dad came and took Cammie to the Howard County Fair and she loved that.  She got to see all the animals and get on a bunch of rides.  It seems like it's going to storm so hopefully we will get some rain!

Hot Rod!

Happy August!