July 4th

Despite the rain on July 4th, my little guy and I had a great time (Daddy had to work). We sat through a parade with my parents, saw a show at the park later on and watched fireworks to end the evening. We were able to have a cookout the the next day with my husband's brother's family. The three kids had a great time playing. Things at work are extremely busy, which is why I have not posted in about two weeks. Time does go by too quickly.

Picnic in the rain

After looking at the weather and radar, we decided to have a cookout at the local park. When we first arrived, our son was not hungary, so we went for a walk and let him play on the playground. We have been cooking the food for about 10 minutes when we started to hear thundar. Luckily there was shelter near by. While my husband finished cooking, "Little Man" and I took all our stuff to the shelter. There ended up being several others there as well. The rain decided to let loose about two minuties after our food had finished and we were sitting down to eat. Although we have had and will have many other cookouts at the park, this will be one that will stand out.

Working out

I started working out a few weeks ago, and it is still really hard to motivate myself to go to the gym each day. I know that I have to, and I can do it right here at work, but it is still hard. They say that if you do something for 21 days, you can build a habit. I am hoping that as I keep going, it will get better.

My son laid a major guilt trip on my husband yesterday. When they got to school, J.R. (my son) started crying and didn't want daddy to go, which of course broke my husband's, J.D., heart. As soon as J.D. rounded the corner to go to work, J.R. ran off to play with his friends. He was just putting on a show for daddy. I hope that as he gets older that will stop. (He is 3 right now.)

Anyway, it is cooling off for a few days, so that is welcome relief. Well, back to work.

Still hot in Ohio

It is so strange with the weather in Ohio. Typically we don't have many 90 degree days until July, but we are now in at least the 6th day straight. At least it made it possible to put up our pool and take a dip yesterday. My son had a great time and was able to get in twice yesterday, which made him really happy. The weekend was great. In addition to all the normal places to go, one of the local churches had a festival. My son had a wonderful time on the rides and playing games. My husband and I can't wait for the fair this summer so he can not only experience the animals and agriculture from the state, but also to let him ride some of the rides there.

Well, it's time to get back to work. Still trying to promote Homeownership month more throughout Ohio. We'll see what happens.

Time slips away

It is amazing as I logged in today that it has been four days since I wrote last. Time really does slip by quickly. Here it is late in the day Tuesday. I am going to a copywriting seminar on Thursday and Friday, so updates may be sparse this week.

June is Homeownership month, so if anyone who reads this is thinking about purchasing a home, check out our programs at www.ohiohome.org.

Waiting for weekend

Here it is, more than halfway through Friday. This weeked is packed already with things for the family. We have a graduation party on Saturday, visits with family on Saturday and then several church things Sunday along with grocery shopping and laundry and yard wook in between everything else. At least my husband, son and I will be altogether for everything. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Short weeks

It is amazing how the weeks with a holiday seem to take so much longer than a five day week. Especially coming back from a week of vacation before it. I guess I can't complain too much.

During vacation I had so many problems with my car. I have a 2001 Buick Regal that has a little over 49,000 miles on it. I take fairly good care of it, but I ended up with some transmission problems. Took it to Haydocy and they ended up charging over 2600 dollars to repair it! Then when they called to give the quote, it was almost as if they thought that that amount of money was pocket change. Considering that it is more that I bring home in one month, I really did not care for that attitude, plus for $2600 I could have gotten a rebuilt transmission put in instead of just repairs on a couple parts (by the way, over $1500 was just for labor - would we all love to be able to make close to $100 an hour!). Needless to say, I won't be taking it back to Haydocy anytime soon and would recommend that others consider other places as well.

Well, I guess that I have ranted enough at this point.

Until next time...

Getting started

Well I have officially entered a new era now that I have a blog.

A little about myself, I am a public relations professional in the Columbus area. I am one of the few people that decided early on to work in government communications and love it. I currently work at the Ohio Housing Finance Agency, a state agency that provides programs to bring affordable housing to Ohioans.

On a personal note, I am a wife and mother and absolutely love being with my family. We just ended a week of vacation and really miss being with them during the day. Oh well, next time off isn't too far away. By the way, if you are looking for something to do in the Columbus area, check out Slate Run Farm and Metro Park. It is fun for kids to see the animals at the farm and there are lots of trails to walk in the Park.