Monthly Archives: May 2009

May 26

Strawberries, Strawberries, Strawberries

Thursday I had a phone call, and it was my good friend Maggie. She wanted to see what we had planned for the morning, and if we wanted to come over for a bit. All of her kids were playing in the backyard, and she was busy picking strawberries. We headed over to help.

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Boy was I glad to help. We picked strawberries for about an hour and a half, and I got to bring home a big bowl of fresh from the garden Strawberries.

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Some of them were made into Strawberry Shortcake.

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A few made their way into Strawberry Oatmeal muffins.

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But James favorite was the Strawberry Cake! Too Good!

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Some didn’t make it home to go into delicious recipes cause they went straight off the plant and into my tummy, oh so yummy. Thanks again to Maggie for all of the yummy garden goodies!

May 24

The Bad With the Good

While Friday night was amazing, it didn’t come without its pitfalls… We had decided to take my car up to Kansas City, and I had a few errands that I needed to run before my Mom got here. I already had a full tank of gas, and I thought I would run out for snacks for the kiddos, and then we would run to Wal-Mart to rent a movie or two. I loaded up the kiddos and we picked up snacks, and then we were off to Wal-Mart. We got our movies, and made our way back to the car, and then something that really made me mad happened. My car wouldn’t START!!!!! Seriously I just got this car back “fully repaired”, and it has to freaking die in the middle of the Wal-Mart parking lot, oh what a mad Nico I was.

Thade was really upset, but James was on the way to pick us up. When James arrived, we cleaned everything out of the car, and locked it up tight. Now I needed to make a quick trip to the car dealership again, and believe me I wasn’t too happy about it!

So determined to make it to Kansas City and have an awesome night, I quickly adjusted my attitude, and put my hope that the dealership would get my car repaired, and quickly. We had so much fun at the show, and we made it home before it was too late. When we got home,  my chin started itching, I figured I had a mosquito bite, and I wasn’t too worried. As the night went on, my chin started to really hurt, right where my mole is (my mom calls it a beauty mark, that cracks me up).

The next day my chin was itching like crazy, and my mole had swollen over the night. When my Mom saw it, she said that doesn’t look right, and I’ve seen that mole since you were 10. James also thought that my chin looked a little funny, we decided a trip to Urgent Care was in order, so he watched the boy’s and I headed to the hospital.

It wasn’t busy at all, and I got in to see the Doctor quickly. No sooner had I said that my mole really hurt, she looked right at me and said, that mole looks super infected, and it needs to come off and it needs to have a biopsy as soon as possible. Great, I was a little freaked out, but they are going to get me in to see my Doctor on Wednesday. I don’t know if she will remove the mole then, or if she will schedule the removal for later. I’m thinking about having another mole taken off as well, before this other one starts acting crazy too. Just another day…

May 23

What A Night

Last night James and I headed up to Kansas City to meet up with my brother and go to  the City Market to watch the Alkaline Trio. We have been wanting to see the Alkaline Trio for years, and we all were so anxious to get to the show. Sadly you couldn’t take cameras inside, so I couldn’t get and pictures, but the show was amazing! The Alkaline Trio was the second band to play, and we were all screaming our heads off as they took the stage.

They played for just a half an hour, as there were 3 more bands that followed, but the set was amazing. James and I are already planning on seeing the Alkaline Trio headline in the near future. We all had a blast, and I have no voice today.

Well I didn’t come home empty handed or without a picture either. James picked me up an awesome Alkaline Trio hoodie, and Rob gave me the coolest Mother’s Day present.

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My brother Rob hand painted me this amazing picture of Thade. I absolutely love it!  I think he may be working on one of Dylan too. It is such an amazing picture, and Rob is so talented. I spotted a few more works of art around his house that were awesome too.

We had such an awesome weekend! I can’t wait for the next show.

May 22

A Day Away

I am a little too excited today! James is off work early, my Mom is coming up to babysit, and James and I are headed to Kansas City to hang out with my brother Rob. Oh yeah,  we are also all getting to go and see my very most favorite band the Alkaline Trio! I seriously can’t wait, I think Rob and I have been wanting to see the Alkaline Trio for about 10 years now, so this is going to be awesome.

I hope that everyone has a safe and wonderful weekend! I’ll be back soon with pictures and probably a severe sunburn too.