Annoyed

So bear with me here... I have spent way too much time trying to transfer pictures from my phone to my tablet or uploading pictures to here from my phone. A no go... I am SO annoyed!!
So no first day of school pictures. Everyone was posting them on Facebook and it was making me gag. I know FB is a place where we can make it look like everyone is living the life or that their kids are angels and all marvelous at school. I have ONE prayer this year. That is that Lee has a fantastic 8th grade year. I need this, not sure he cares but my fragile state needs it... BAD! I don't think I can handle another bad year...we've had 3, not in a row mind you. 4th grade was awful followed up with 6th & 7th.
Lord hear my prayer!!!

This year sees Ian starting 10th and itching to start driver's ed. I hope he can get the grades at the end of the quarter so it can happen. "B's for keys". This year is Dru's last year in elementary school. I don't understand how that can be, pretty sure we started Kindergarten LAST year...right? Eli is in 3rd grade, I feel like I am not quite grasping that time is going fast and it also seems to be slipping through my grasp.
This year it would seem Im starting my 5th year working with two great women that I admire and are amazing friends and co-workers! Can it really be 5 years this year at the preschool??
Frank is doing ok...batteling kidney stones off and on. I feel so awful that he's going through this and I can't do a dang thing about it! And not much he can do even though he's had 3 surgeries trying to help himself.
Ok so I'm doing this on my phone and it's gonna die on me. So have a great day tomorrow! I hope to continue to post more and tell you of the adventures we've had this year!

I See You Visitors

So I can see that people are seeing my posts but no one is leaving comments.  Which of course is going to lead to this question. .. who is visit in this page??? Chime in and let me know who you are!!!

Not much is going on here and yet it feels like I'm the whirlwind kind of busy. Running to and fro to  appointments and whatever else. There are less than 3 weeks left until school starts... man that went fast! OK that's really just how I feel at this moment . Ha! Most of the time I'm ready for them to be back in school on the first day of summer.

We have some birthdays coming up. .. my mother in laws, my husband and then Dru.  Tomorrow is my mother in laws and husband's birthday. I have zero idea what to buy her for her bday...I asked and she said world peace. Ummm sorry I can't make that happen because I can't even manage to get peace to happen between my boys!!! My husband doesn't enjoy birthdays which makes it hard for the rest of us birthday celebrators. Not sure quite yet what to do or get him either. ... ugh!!!

I think Nikki and I may have actually put a hike on the calendar after a month absence on the trails. I'd like to think that soon or in the very near future I'll blog about my first ever backpacking trip. But for now my pack is still in a time out in the garage.  Actually this just means I need to get my camel pack figured out and contact the company to get a new hose...the one I have leaks bad. Also means I need to also contact the company about how to decipher their pictographs on how to get my solar battery charger to actually get charged by the sun!!! Ugh! I wonder if it will feel weird just carrying a small pack hiking.  We'd been training for a good part of this year with our packs as loaded as possible ...I think it will be weird.

I have been terribly lax in going to work our and eating healthy and I'm on my own nerves now. I'm sabotaging myself and it's getting old! Summer is so hard in this respect.  We basically have zero routine like we do from September to June. And camping...camping in a lot of ways is not easily conducive to healthy eating...mostly cause its camping food and a "vacation" state of mind. So for right now I'm focusing on eating better and watching portions again. And soon hope the workout part will follow. I'm gonna need to get my routine down quick fast and in a hurry. I'm thinking next week is good to start that for a number of reasons.

OK I think I've blathered enough...off I go. I think I'm gonna catch up on a show.  Most days I have a love/hate relationship with recorded shows...so many shows and NEVER enough time or attention span to watch them all!GAH!!

Hard Wired

I have been waiting for years to see these guys. ..Metallica!!!

The dreamy man you see here is the lead singer, James Hetfield. I tried to not fan girl too much. 

     

The view from our seats...not too bad really. Definitely didn't want to be down there!

There have been some fires in Canada and our air quality has been very bad...almost, if not dangerous levels. Check out that haze of the city skyline!! It was hard to breathe at times for sure. Today it looks way better than it has. I can actually see our mountain today! ! 

The older the kids get the more we get to do things and be with eachother. Just never saw us ever getting here...it's really kind of nice to be honest. 

This is the opening band,  Avenge 7 Fold. They weren't half bad. As you can tell the pit is starting to fill up for Metallica. 

Gun Shy

It's been 3 years since I last came this way and put words here. It's been hard being gone from here. My blog and my thoughts  here, have brought me heartache. I'm gun shy about coming back...I haven't really decided if I truly am. How I miss blogging though. There are a few that want this and a few who ask why do it again... if there is a big chance of the rain that could fall, should I walk this road again? All points valid. To be honest, I haven't been able to answer any of these questions enough to really jump in with both feet. I know what my heart wants. ..but it isn't always worth it. What will be worth the fight? What my heart wants or the betterment of others and maybe me (of which I'm not sold on...)