Teaholic not quite anonymous

Now that the grass has grown in I thought I'd do before and after shots of the patio. We're still trying not to walk on the new grass that much since it's still delicate and we water at least every other day. But the patio is finished. I've been thinking about getting a shed, but... that's for another time. I'd love to store away things like the lawn mower and Maddy's wagon (which currently sits in our family room/storage area).

Yesterday was a nice day. We really got a lot accomplished. Matt ran some errands including mailing a package for me, picking up his laptop from Apple service department. The 'V' button on his laptop broke when a DVD drive popped out of a computer he was working on and bounced off his keyboard. He was surprised that was all that was broken! And, Apple was able to just fix the V button without having to replace the entire keyboard which was pretty amazing since the circuit under the button was broken. Less expense there! More good news, I didn't need a new cell phone. My sim chip just wasn't working. A pain now that I need to upload all the phone numbers I once had stored in my address book, but again, a free fix.

Maddy and I ran to the grocery store as Matt ran out to do chores. I made enchiladas last night and made an extra 8x8 pan for the neighbors with the new baby. I froze 3 dinner servings of it for Matt and I out of our pan for other days. I'm doing pretty well on frozen meals now. I have chili, enchiladas and chicken lasagna in the freezer. I love to just defrost the day of and serve a home cooked meal that night. I haven't done that in a long time.

During Maddy's nap I filed all the pictures into photo albums. What's great about shutterfly and I didn't realize is that they date all the pictures on the back of when they were TAKEN (not printed or uploaded). That was fabulous! It made for much easier filing. I filled a brand new 300 page photo album.

After Maddy got up, Matt and her ran to BJs for paper items (TP, paper towels, disinfectant wipes, paper plates). While they were gone I put together the enchiladas for dinner, delivered the neighbors and cleaned the kitchen. Then Matt mowed the lawn and Maddy went off to bed. She was utterly exhausted from playing on our bed with us at 3 pm this afternoon. I mean, she was playing so hard that she was really sweating. So I knew she'd sleep well. It's cute though. Matt tells her to 'take a break, take a breath' and she takes a deep breath. So cute!

Remember when you were REALLY little and you're mom would put a little bit of perfume on your arm and it'd smell so good you'd want to lick it? Then it would of course taste just horrible. Well, yesterday I had a cup of the Mighty Leaf Jasmine tea and it smelled so lovely and fragrant it was like smelling perfume. The taste was light and just perfect. It was the best Jasmine tea I've tried yet.

Ok, off to get my shower! Today Maddy has a birthday party this afternoon at Little Gym for one of her friends that is turning two. So I need to get down for a nap early so she can be there when it starts.

Tea of the day: Raspberry Mocha (Raspberry hot chocolate with coffee and milk)
WO of the day: Nothing, but starting that bright and early tomorrow morning. I need to get back on the wagon!