Staycations and glow-pals

At 3:00 yesterday I was blessed to begin my ten day staycation!  I relaxed early and went to bed early. Ideal start I believe!  I have a huge to do list but that's okay because I will relax a lot better when we can park in the garage and the laundry is caught up. 

Today is Halloween and of course it's always fun to see the little ones all cuted out. It's also a special person's birthday. About four years ago I met a lovely lady named Kourtnay for the first time on a brand new tennis team. I had no idea at the time what a blessing she would be for me and my family. Lord knows we never would've survived house hunting without her. We have had many exciting beach weekends and some crazy tennis matches. We are probably the only thirty something's that sing the gloworm song during stressful tennis nights. I'm very lucky to call her friend.  Ready for some more adventures!

There it is, some of that confidence

Before I get started I would like to share what I learned tonight: bugs CAN nest in clay tennis courts.  And fly out. Watch that. 

I've been kinda down on myself tennis wise lately. Basically because I've been awful.  I know it's all for fun but I have self expectations and I've been falling short, that in turn hurts the team too. Anyway, tonight I played with one of the newer girls on the team that just started this season. I wasn't my best but much better than the last few weeks. At the end I asked if she would want to play wth me again and I was blessed to hear that she did because she learned stuff from me. That made me feel sooo much better and really boosted my confidence.  Now I'm ready for next week's match!! 

When the cat's away...the mice work!

The bosses are in training and away this week so it's a skeleton crew at the office. Which is totally fine. I've actually be fairly busy. Normally when they're gone the phone barely rings and no one comes in but the last two days it's been fairly active around there.  I actually don't mind. It's one of those weeks where I feel like I have learned something over the years and can help the clients. Don't get me wrong, I love marketing, but when I'm blessed to actually interact in a helpful or mind-easing way it's kinda awesome, even if it is just a quick answer or helping with paperwork.  

Ball o' cheese

You know how all good cooks have this signature recipe that no matter how close you follow the recipe it will never be the way they make it? Well, my mom has a few but the one that is probably the most popular is her cheeseball. My friends and I have been blessed to indulge in this culinary delight for about a decade now. We have had the cheeseball on vacations, throughout football seasons, multiple holidays, and just cause someone wants one. Charlie had her first sample tonight, it's safe to say there is now one more cheeseball fan. Mom made one of these masterpieces for me to take to work tomorrow to surprise a friend that really needs a little special right now. No doubt there will be lots of "um, where's mine?" texts!  Good for me we have extra!

Kickin' it

Today was the last Sunday for our kickball league. Even though we never won and I am no superstar I still feel blessed to have been a part of the team. Made some new friends and had a great time with some old ones. May even try it again in the new year!

Walk

After a late night it was still a blessing to be up and at 'em early this Saturday. Today was the annual Walk to End Alzheimer's. As everyone knows, I think this is a great cause and like to support it when I can.  Our office walk team raised around $1,000 this year. So thankful to all who supported us and this great cause!

Scarowinds (Delayed)

(Wrote part of this last night and then started to get sleepy so had to finish today...)

Late and awesome night!  I was blessed to go to Scarowinds with some friends. Scarowinds is (this is where I began feeling like I was going to fall asleep and stopped). Scarowinds is annual Halloween experience at Carowinds amusement park.  For those of you that don't know, it is in Charlotte and for a little over a month they turn the park into a haunted house extravaganza and run some of the rides too. All of this starts at 7:00 pm so it's quite a differnt experience to ride in the dark.  The creepers are all over the park, not just in the houses. It's actually a lot of fun for all ages. I laughed so hard at my friends who are a teeny tiny bit jumpy ;)