Today is Sunday, the day after the 4th and I have spent most of the day deep cleaning the kitchen, mopping the floors (they were so bad I needed to do it TWICE.) Our dishwasher was on the fritz, the small dog puked on my bed (luckily just on the comforter so it was easily washable.) OH and I had the kids try to help me clean, I had them working on the baseboards and dusting…and then bam both of them had red swollen eyes from cleaning? I don’t know if some of the Thieves cleaning spray got into their eyes or they literally were kicking up so much dirt and dust…it was NOT good. Side note with allergies, Bradley has been really bad lately so my mom told me to start having him rinse off every night and I’ve been changing his sheets every few days. I have him on Claritin but I really need to get him tested. We think it’s the dog. I just ordered an air purifier off Amazon to see if that helps as well. I also run the “allergy trio” in a diffuser.
We have been cranking with real estate, and after a quick stint with Joe in the hospital, (another side note, if you think you’ve pulled a muscle in your back but can’t really breathe, it could be a collapsed lung! — more on that later.)
The point being, I have a million things I need to do but I really wanted to stop in and share “THE Fourth of July pic”
2012-2020
How crazy is this?? I had to start a new collage of photos. Baby Brooke was in my belly in the very first photo and clearly the last one is “Quarantine 4th”– aka didn’t brush my hair, no makeup and gym shorts. It just was what it was!
Joe wants me to put a better one of Brooke in #2, so NOTE TO SELF NEXT YEAR–make a new collage. Goodness. So much I want to write and say!!
We just stayed home (duh) and had fun hanging in the front yard. Kids sprayed the dog with a hose and each other. We just relaxed a bit and tried not to talk about work haha.
Mr 4th of July
She cheered all day long “F-I-G-H-T” Fight Fight Fight probably 500x.
I made a delicious chia pudding parfait!
I mixed a can of full fat coconut milk
5 tablespoons chia
Mix and leave in refrigerator over night.
Then I spooned a little of that mixture and added, strawberries and blueberries, a little granola and some coconut flakes.
YUM!!
Dinner was a Bison burger! I’ve been hearing so many great things about Bison, it’s lean and grass fed, not too harsh to digest…and it was SO good. Joe and kids loved it and it had a really night tender and mild flavor. I splurged with a GF bun, bacon, ketchup, mustard, pickles.
For my ‘dessert’ I had a faux latté. I made some Dandy blend, foamed up a little soy milk, some Coconut whipped cream and a little cinnamon. It was so yummy!
In the evening my step dad came by and we put on a little fireworks show. Even the neighbors watched! I’m not certain who had more fun, the kids or Joe. It was so fun! Thank you Mark!
It’s not a huge long blog, but it was a little something. Here’s to a productive evening and an amazing week ahead! We will be coming up on 10 years of wedded bliss this Friday 7/10/20. Ahhh!