what are you doing this weekend?

is a normal question one asks on a friday.  i loathe it now.  my answer has been the same for the last month.  work on the mother effing deck.  work on the house.  work on the yard.  work. work. work.  there is light at the end of the tunnel, but the last month has been intense.  my folks have helped out a lot, which is awesome.  my mom pulls weeds like a mother f*cker.  never seen anything like it.  my dad is good with the power washer.  and my bro is pretty unreal at landscaping.  our friends have also been helpful, bringing us dinners... helping walker...sometimes i think they think they will just come over and drink beer and hang out...  oh no.  walker is insane.  if you volunteer to help, he will put you to work.  no bull sh*t.  no chit chat.  work.  they leave a little shell shocked.  and sore.

if you can't tell, i swear when i get testy.  must work on this. 

so, next time you see me.  don't tell me about your trip to the effing coast.  i want to go to the coast.  i want to sleep in.  i want to look at our bank statement and not see home depot on there 11 times in one day.  i want to be n.o.r.m.a.l.  it's a pipe dream folks, because i married and freak.  a machine.

here is a lot of effing pictures of what we have done so far this summer.  despite my rants, we have had some fun - although after the fun was an early morning of effing work.  weeds.  paint. move sh*t.  work.

lawrence girls dance party

dad wanted to join

polk a dot jump.  jealz?

look at walker's smile

flathead lake

ikat.  and super bad sunburn.  look close

not a v neck. 

so hot in dress

tom selleck and his neices

wilcoooo

4 girls and a lot of ruby...

flo was amaze.  duh

makes sense.

pub crawled

painted

decked

and  baked.

i am tired.  i am excited that em's wedding is done.  we can have a summer.  we can get to know each other.  we can stay up late on a friday.  sleep in on a saturday. hike.  swim.  hang with friends without getting the "we need to go now" look from walker...it's gonna be like your weekends. but better.