Bike rides and decorating

12-3-13

Ouch.

I must have pulled it during my bike ride, having been out of practice for my rides for a bit. I didn’t notice the pain until this morning. It is such a strange spot, too, on the back of my right thigh, right above the knee pit. It almost feels like someone bit me there. I am going to still attempt to do my new walk route this afternoon, since I will be sitting all day today and it will allow it to get stretched out without really hurting me.

My afternoon was productive. When I got home, I headed off to the store to do the AYSO deposit and pick up a few things. The ride from Steve to Ralphs is much harder than from Eydie to Ralphs. Way more hills, and way more stop signs in a neighborhood that is often patrolled by cops who would most likely pull me over for blowing through said stop signs. This certainly sucks for momentum purposes. However I made it round trip and I even made it back in time to still walk up to get the boys with Ken.

During homework, I worked on the family room. I condensed toys and managed to make the toy corner look great. Ken had suggested we move the little bookshelf over to the other corner, allowing for a book nook complete with rocking chair. Yay! This has opened up parts of the family room and it looks good. Today’s adventure is the items in front of the couch down there.

Ken also got lights for the tree which are freaking awesome! He wired it all up and the boys put up the ornaments. We cleaned up the boxes and house and it looks so wonderfully festive and awesome in Steve. I am all kinds of giddy.

Apparently, Ken spoke to our neighbor, Shirley, who seemed to be skeptical of the lavender paint job. She mentioned something about it being a rather conservative neighborhood and that we may get complaints. This of course only makes me happier for my color choice. I am sure the dog crew who meet next door have been chattering about it. I say bring it on, peeps! I know we are fine since we got another compliment on it from a fellow Adams parent. This one gentleman I have spoken to before was telling us how great the house looks with the paint. We come to find out he is the one who bought this one house Ken and I fell in love with years back. It was fun to talk to him about what he has done in upgrades to the place.

It has been nice having the dishes done consistently every night. Yay child labor! I know that the boys are not thrilled with their new chores, but I have to say, it makes things so much easier on me. I need to get back into giving them an allowance. They have done the dishes every night, the cat pans every night along with many other things I have put them to work with.