So What Wednesday...the million reasons why you haven't heard from me...

So lets get real for a second (because lets face it...that is all any of us have)...you most likely didn't notice that I was missing from the blog world for like the last 6 million 9 hundred and eleven days (or something like that).  Summer comes and we all get busy or if you are super smart...you relax!!  I wasn't a part of the super smart club this summer...

*  I took a second job and have spent the summer getting certified to teach high schooler's how to cook and prepare them for the world.  I'm not sure who is crazier...them for hiring me or me for taking a second job...

*  I was whisked away to culinary school.  Awwww....the feeling of 4 whole evenings with nothing to do (oh ya...except for the months of paper work I brought to work on)...

*  My mother decided to go ahead and let her heart stop working correctly.  Can you believe that business???  One pacemaker, six days in the hospital, a plane ride and a million worries later...well her ticker is working better than ever.  We have a new Carl in this here woods...

*  I had to study for a test people.  I am 38 years old and had my 20 year class reunion this year (which I didn't attend...sorry)...I haven't taken a test in...well...you can do the math!!  I was stressed and whined to poor Darb for weeks and then I went and took it with a ton of nerves.  You know what??  I passed...thank goodness!!!

* Then I did other random things like sit in a dunk tank for a fundraiser (not fun), go to the water park with my sisters and their hoodlems (super fun), made a gazillion batches of cookie dough brownies (not really), ran, hiked, did water aerobics (hey don't knock it til' you try it), rode the jet boats on the Rogue with Darb and his sweeties (a must try), made a few wedding cakes (not making them anymore), slip n' slided in the dark (the bruises on my body say to never try again), laughed so hard at dinner with my friends that my stomach hurt for days (everyone needs that sometimes), listened to my kids fight (what's new), came to terms with the fact that my daughter has a permit to drive (scary!!!), watched entirely too much golf on TV because Tater has is recording constantly (pretty sure he has a one track mind), went on a few motorcycle rides with Darb (so fun), and ended the summer with a 5k in memory of my sweet Grandma Anna Mae (nothing better).

All in all it was a pretty amazing summer.  I hope yours was too!!!  Sweet summer-