It's Just One Of Those Days: Tuna Salad Edition

Ever had one of those days when pretty much nothing goes right. Today is one of those days...at least when it comes to tuna salad.

Round 1:

Fix tuna salad for the husband and I to eat for lunch.

Husband opens our front door and the dog runs in the house.

I try to get the dog back out of the house with some food.

Cat takes this opportunity to eat half of the tuna salad I made for lunch.

Husband throws the remaining tuna salad out to the dog.

Round 2:

Fix tuna salad AGAIN.

5 year old son walks through the door. Guess what happens?

The dog comes in the house.

Leaving the tuna salad, I go get a dog treat to get the dog back out of the house.

Cat goes for the tuna salad AGAIN. Shhhhh. At this point I was too frazzled to make more tuna salad so I just gave it to the husband anyway. The husband doesn't know that the cat ate out of the second batch too. This can be our little secret.

Round 3:

Husband makes a tuna salad sandwich

And accidentally dumps the rest of it in the floor.

I give up. Maybe I should resign from cooking for the day.

BTW, I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July holiday. We did the simple (mostly crazy-free) community free food & fireworks up here in our neck of the woods. Seriously, we are in the woods.

Finally Feels Like Summer Around Here

We spent the day in our pool yesterday. This was our first truly hot and humid Summer day (yes, I know it isn't "officially" Summer yet) . As always, a day with the fam is a fun adventure. For instance, the husband thought he touched something dead at the bottom of the deep end of the pool and nearly freaked out. Turns out it was just a chair that had blown in the pool during one of our many recent storms. Ha!

In other news, I need a new bathing suit. Yesterday I realized my favorite black VS bikini was starting to snag, and now it looks like total crap. I guess that should be expected since I've been wearing this bikini for nearly 3 years now. So, Victoria's Secret here I come. Should I stick with a solid color or go with something bright & cute?

*By the way, Father's Day is coming up in less than a day and we are giving away a $25 gift card to Outback Steakhouse! Leave a comment on the Father's Day Gift Certificate post on A Mom's Review and you may win it!

Snark Is Not My StrongSuit Nor Do I Want To Be known For It

*Edited to Add* I just deleted the post. NOT. WORTH. THE. HEADACHE.

I could go back and retract the post that I wrote 2 days ago but being the "big girl" that I am, I won't. I feel like it needs to remain where it is to remind me that even I am not perfect (imagine that).

Getting the negative comment that I did from my previous post also reiterated what I have long thought about blogging...and is one of the many reasons why I have went back and forth on personal blogging especially since we've moved back to a small town. The problem with blogging snippets of your life is that your thoughts are often misconstrued. They don't always come out the way you truly mean them, and they are always open to interpretation based on the other person's feelings. If I were posting anonymously it simply wouldn't matter what I wrote but in a small town where someone may simply not "get" blogging I guess ultimately it does matter. I wrote a little about this issue back in January

Obviously you can't be more blatant than I was in my last post. I was being general but at the same time I was being stereotypical. I knew that going in. Actually, my previous post stemmed from a few incidents that happened weeks ago. And, I purposely generalized my feelings so that no one would know who or what I was referring to. Obviously you and I both know that everyone is NOT like what I wrote. It was just a way for me to vent...a way for me to get my feelings out there. Because I can't say it in real life. Anyway, I am allowed to do that here. And, what I feel and write won't always please everyone.

If you've ever read past the first page of this blog you'd know that my last post was out of character. I'm not a bitch. I'm not a hater. I'm not holier than thou. I just blurted something out. We are all guilty of that.

Of course I did mention this one thing where I said I hope the ice cream man gets the swine flu. That of course was another attempt at snark and sarcasm...which apparently doesn't work in my favor. ;)

P.S. I heart my real neighbors but I think they know that already. ;)

P.S.S Despite my previous slip, I really do love my home. More importantly, I love that my children and my husband love our home, our community. I couldn't be happier. Who am I kidding? I could be happier if I lived on the beach and had a maid + a personal chef. ;) No one's going to argue with that one, right?

P.S.S.S Don't you just hate it when someone else is right? Thanks for pushing me off of my high horse. ;)

My First Wedding

This Saturday I am shooting a wedding for an extended family member. Yes, I'm the official wedding photographer. Did you just read that last sentence? Me - the "official" photographer. Yes, I'm surprised too.

If you've been reading for long or even looked at my flickr photos you'd know that I am most definitely not a professional photographer. At best I am the kid snapshot queen. heh. So, as the date approaches, and even though I warned the couple in advance that I am no pro, I am starting to get very worried that I am going to screw up their lifetime memories. Can you feel the stress through your screen?

The good thing about all of this is that I'm doing it for free so I won't feel too bad if the photos don't turn out as expected. At least that is what I will tell myself if the photos turn out like crap but I'll probably cry or hide out instead. Not sure which just yet. The bad thing is that I just spent another $200+ on equipment today so I'm negative $200 in terms of this camera gig thingy. ;) At least I have new gear to test on my boys.

So, should I be wishing that the wedding gets called off? Is that bad luck?