Short & Sweet

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. It's been one of those weeks where I feel like I'm never at home. I hate weeks like that (Jon & I are both homebodies). And I don't have any pictures, so you'll have to use your imaginations.

Jon took last Friday off work so we could get some maintenance taken care of around the outside of the house. We had a grand time shoving rocks and dirt under the A/C unit to level it out, waterproofing the deck, and re-caulking the mantle above our front door. By the way, scraping old caulk off of brick? Not fun.

So when I say "we", I basically mean Jon. I helped as much as possible, but the sisters needed someone to go with them on Friday, and then I had this horrible stake Activity Days shindig on Saturday. Biggest waste of 3 1/2 hours EVER.

Saturday night we had our traditional Cinco de Mayo party with a couple from our ward. Unfortunately, it was slightly marred by the fact that I couldn't find Sangria ANYWHERE. I went to 3 different stores looking for it, but it was useless. I found it in Utah, Arkansas, and Iowa, but Maryland? Nope. At least my enchiladas were awesome (and gave me beastly heartburn that night).

Just a quick note about my Primary class: I teach the 8-9 year olds, and the boys in my class have decided that their new favorite word is "smitten." I think they think it's a naughty word because they hunch over and giggle every time I say it...

The highlight of our week thus far was making 60 individual servings of fried ice cream for our ward's Activity Days Cinco de Mayo party. I give Jon full credit for figuring out 1) how to fit 60 balls of ice cream in our freezer at once, and 2) how to get said balls of ice cream to the church (15 minute drive) without melting them. At least they were a huge hit that night (meaning we didn't have to take a single one home).

Today our day is dedicated to finishing all the little projects we need to do before we leave for HAWAII TOMORROW. I have to be honest--my excitement level dropped a big notch when I found out the flight from LA to Honolulu is 5 1/2 hours long. Not to mention the 3 hour flight from Baltimore to Dallas, then the 3 hour flight from Dallas to LA... I'll be doing a lot of aisle-walking. And did you know that American Airlines doesn't give you ANY food for free? Not even peanuts? Not even on a 5 1/2 hour flight? Neither did I. Half our carry-on weight will now be snack food.

Next post will be coming from Waikiki Beach...