Kansas Summer

Dear Diary,

Just moved to Kansas ! Now this is a state that knows how to live!! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy evenings. It is beautiful. I've finally found my home. I love it here.

*June 14th:**

*Really heating up. Got to 100 today. Not a problem. Live in an air-conditioned home, drive an air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to see the sun everyday like this. I'm turning into a sun worshipper.


*June 30th:**

*Had the backyard landscaped with western plants today. Lots of cactus and rocks. What a breeze to maintain. No more mowing the lawn for me. Another scorcher today, but I love it here.


*July 10th:**

*The temperature hasn't been below 100 all week. How do people get used to this kind of heat? At least, it's kind of windy though. But getting used to the heat is taking longer than I expected.


*July 15th:**

*Fell asleep by the community pool. Got 3rd degree burns over 60% of my body. Missed 3 days of work. What a dumb thing to do. I learned my lesson though. Got to respect the ol' sun in a climate like this.


*July 20th:**

*I missed Lomita (my cat) sneaking into the car when I left this morning. By the time I got to the hot car at noon, Lomita had died and swollen up to the size of a shopping bag, then popped like a water balloon.

The car now smells like Kibbles and cat poop. I learned my lesson though. No more pets in this heat. Good ol' Mr. Sun strikes again.


*July 25th:**

*The wind sucks. It feels like a giant freaking blow dryer!! And it's hot as hell. The home air-conditioner is on the fritz and the AC repairman charged $200 just to drive by and tell me he needed to order parts.


*July 30th:**

*Been sleeping outside on the patio for 3 nights now, $225,000 house and I can't even go inside. Lomita is the lucky one. Why did I ever come here?


*Aug. 4th:**

*Its 110 degrees. Finally got the air-conditioner fixed today. It cost $500 and gets the temperature down to 85. I hate this stupid state.


*Aug. 8th:**

*If another wise ass cracks, 'Hot enough for you today?' I'm going to strangle him. Dang heat. By the time I get to work, the radiator is boiling over, my clothes are soaking wet, and I smell like baked cat!!


*Aug. 9th:**

*Tried to run some errands after work. Wore shorts, and when I sat on the seats in the car, I thought my rear was on fire. My skin melted to the seat. I lost 2 layers of flesh and all the hair on the back of my legs and my rear. Now my car smells like burnt hair, fried butt, and baked cat.


*Aug 10th:**

*The weather report might as well be a damn recording. Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny. It's been too hot to do anything for 2 dang months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week. Doesn't it ever rain in this state? Water rationing will be next, so my $1700 worth of cactus will just dry up and blow over. Even the cactus can't live in this heat.


*Aug. 14th:**

*Welcome to HELL! Temperature got to 115 today. Cactus are dead. Forgot to crack the window and blew the damn windshield out of the car. The installer came to fix it and guess what he asked me??? "Hot enough for you today?" My sister had to spend $1,500 to bail me out of jail. Freaking Kansas!

What kind of a sick demented idiot would want to live here?? Will write later to let you know how the trial goes.

Girls' Weekend

This past weekend I headed back to my home town to spend some much needed time with two of my three BFFs (Robin had ball tournaments all weekend and we sure missed her). Kelli and Kris met me at my parents' house Saturday afternoon and we headed to the local grocery store and then to the LS for some beverages. We then went to Kelli's uncle's cabin that was recently built at the city lake. We spent the afternoon floating (well sometimes falling in) on rafts and enjoying our beverages. That evening we headed to the local mexican establishment for dinner and margaritas.

Goggles courtesy of Kris



Kelli set up the camera and we posed a bazillion times for the perfect photo, well almost.

A beer somehow got a hole in it and I couldn't let it go to waste. Although I got way more on me than in my mouth.

Once again my bestest friends did not disappoint and they had me laughing until my side hurt. Seriously, these girls are amazing. I don't know what I would do without them in my life.

Wordless Wednesday

Play Ball-2011

The month of June was spent at the ball fields at least two nights a week as Madelyn played on the 8 and under coach pitch league again this year. She had a great season, never striking out, hitting three home runs and fielding the ball very well. It is amazing what a year of growth does for a kid. It was so much fun watching her play. This is my favorite sport to watch Madelyn play, thus far.

Here are just a few pics from the season: