8 things about me

My blogger friend Paige (Happiness Is) happened to tag me on this, so I thought I would jot something down. Yes, I really am supposed to be working right now, but I need a little diversion...

8 Things I Look Forward To:
* Our trip to Cancun in August!!
* Being able to read all of the magazines piling up in my office someday
* Our next camping trip
* Spending a whole weekend hanging around my pool and having a cookout
* Getting a tan
* The morning my kids will get ready for school on time, with no tears or drama!
* Spending the rest of my life with my wonderful husband
* Any night that I don't have anything to do!

8 Things I Did Yesterday:
* Worked out at the gym
* Went grocery shopping
* Cleaned the bathrooms
* Vacuumed only part of the floors (didn't have time!)
* Went to the library with the kids
* Spent about a half hour on the computer
* Worked on another 365 scrapbook page
* Read lots of books with the kids
(can you tell it was my day off?!)

8 Things I Wish I Could Do:
* Be independently wealthy
* Stop cleaning my house
* Keep up with a monthly meal menu
* Keep my focus on one project at a time (haha!)
* Sit down and work on those random scrapbook page ideas that pop into my head
* Run a marathon like my hubby
* Deal with whining better (sorry Zack, I'm always trying to work on this one)
* Get more sleep

8 Shows I Watch:
* Survivor
* The Apprentice
* Jon & Kate plus 8
* House Hunters
* The Soup
* What not to wear
* Any home makeover show that is on
* Pretty much any reality show

So now I challenge my dear friend Jennifer (Our Corner of the World) to give me some insight into her life.... :)

Pico's nature area

Pico needs something to look at, so we finally got motivated enough to finish off the landscaping by the sunroom. Here is what it looked like before...

And now after...

It only took us 5 years to get this planned, and a couple of days to finish. It just shows how much easier some things are getting around the house as the kids are getting older. We sweated off a couple of pounds each working on it, it was hot in the sun! Luckily the kids were at Andrea's house playing so Alan and I had a few hours of quiet shopping time to pick out the rocks and plants. Another great thing is that we "repurposed" 6 of the plants in this area from other parts of our yard, so they were free! For some reason our landscaping was huge and over grown this year and we had to cut it way back. But now the mulch is finished for another year and the yard looks good. Maybe we should have a party!!