I could get used to this...

It is only my second week day of vacation but I am loving it. Thought I would be nesting and cleaning but that would be a waste of time right? everything looks pretty good from minimum effort when Matt is out of town and it is just me and Arden at home at night. I have time to do a load of laundry or get dishes out of the sink. You don't realize how nice that is unless you get home everynight at 9pm with your kid about to pass out and try to get the laundry done etc. Friday night Me,Arden, and Grammy went to see Ice Age 3. It was so cute!!! It is Arden's favoirte movie to watch at Grammy's house. Dad said he is just happy that a new one is out so they can get a break from the ones that they have. On Saturday we celebrated the 4th at my SIL Kristy's house. It was awesome. She has the most incredible home and pool and everything you can imagine. We stayed all day and watched fireworkks at night. She had bbq catered and there were about a million desserts. Arden swam litterally all day. I can't believe that she can just stay in the pool for 5-6 hours in her little float. On Sunday we went to church and then to Lupis for pizza. It is one of my new favorites lately. Arden likes it too and you can get a million veggies on your pizza. I shouldn't tell my secret but no on is there after church on Sunday so that is the time to go. Yesterday we went to hamilton place,lowes,pier one, and pf changs. We were exhausted after being out all day and had to get sonic slushies and head home to watch some dora and have some spaghetti pie I had made. Then today Arden had school so we were up and rolling and I went to the shop for a while to get this laptop and do some busy work. It was so quiet and nice to be there with no one there. Then I did my bargain hunting at Lowes, Target, and home depot. Here is what I got. Tsble was $45 dollars from Target. You can even change our the tiles on the top. Set of 6 chairs were $180 at lowes. They both were marked 50% off and then you got 75% off that . hehe! so proud of my mix and match find. I like it too. Can't wait for paint guys to come tomorrow and get to staining my porch. I am hoping it will be done before the beach but don't get me started on how many sample gallons of stian I have had to buy now. just out of control. I am going back to get 2 more as soon as I wake Arden up from her nap. BTW she got time out again at school today. Her teacher said she doesn't know what to say---Arden is like their easiest student. They said once they ask her she says she is sorry but acts like she doesn't really "get" why she is going to time out. I spanked her as promised when we got home. She showed me the pitiful lip and cried saying she was sorry and "are you mad at me mommy?" argh. what am I going to do? They say she is completely sweet. They even said they tried to give her an example by taking a toy from one of the kids and asking her if it was nice. She looked at them with all seriousness and said "I don't know the answer" She has a mental block or something. Anyway, maybe we will get it soon.