Rocks, Drops, Slips, and Trips

What a day Friday was. Fred took the day off work so we could have a nice three day weekend together, and simply so we could spend a day together doing what we wanted without chores. So really a day off from the world. And what better place to hide from the world than underground, around 250 feet underground. If you haven't guessed it already we went down to Mammoth Cave for the day. We drove down and took the New Entrance Tour. That wasn't the tour we were hoping for but it was the one available. It is a two hour tour that goes through 3/4 of a mile of the cave. The trip down was probably my favorite. You enter in through a bunker door, and walk take 280 stairs down. But these stairs are not your normal everyday stairs, you have to duck, turn, squeeze, while the steps went around over, and under the rocks. Why did we have such a crazy path you may ask, well it was the natural route they found after blasting the entrance in. There were also parts where you could look up at a cavern 40ft high from where you stood and another 40ft below you. Fred was not a fan of that part because he doesn't like heights. Silly boy. Another thing what was pretty cool was they sat us all in one room and turned off the lights. It was complete and total darkness, and if no one talked you could have complete and utter silence. That was a creepy thought. Our guide told us a story of a man who fell behind the tour group and when the lights turned off (which is done by the second guide in the rear) he didn't say anything. He just figured he would wait until the next group came along. What he didn't know was that the next group wasn't due for another 24hrs. When they found him he was sitting on the trail singing. He said the silence was so terrible he had spent the whole time singing every song he knew. The other part of the tour that both Fred and I liked was what is referred to as Frozen Niagara. Which as you can imagine looks like a frozen waterfall. Underneath it was the drapery room, filled with formations looking like drapers and curtains hung from the ceiling and the wall. After the tour Fred and I drove home and had a wonderful dinner of tacos. I had already precooked the meat so from the time we walked in the door to eating was less than 15 minutes. And it was very satisfying of a meal.
Next in our plans was watching our Netflix movie, "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?". The original one with Sidney Poitier and Kathryn Hepburn, which a very fun movie. More language than I remember but still less than the movies today. At one point during the movie I had a phone call, so I went upstairs to take it. On my way back to the TV room I was attacked by 6 carpeted things masquerading as stairs. All of a sudden they just leaped out at me and I tried to kick them with both feet, I used my right shin to block a hit, and my left arm well it was just caught in the middle. Needless to say the stairs left me in shambles and I didn't even so much as change the grain in the carpet. Well maybe I did that but the stairs still got the best of me. I spent the rest of the night huddled in my husband's arms trying to get comfortable as the bumps and bruises started to appear. And trying to sooth the several scrapes I had so suddenly acquired.
Today had been a rough day as well, my fall last night threw my body for a loop and sent me into a Fibro flare. I've spent most of my day on the couch watching movies and Fred play his game. I did get a nap too. The bruise count is up to ten the worst one being on my left elbow, it covers the interior of my elbow hinge and has a rug burn in the middle. Any time I touch that part of my arm on anything it hurts. The second worst in my right shin. But that I was expecting because shin shots always hurt. Other than that I'm doing well and in a few days I'm sure I'll be back to normal. Well as normal as I get. :)
In other news, Fred as a new position at work. He is now the Special Projects Team Supervisor. We are both very excited for this new position. It means a steady Monday-Friday 8am-5pm gig and it will be a new challenge. I am really proud of Fred for taking this step, he decided all on his own that he would apply for the job. And this job isn't exactly his comfort zone, he is pushing himself to learn and do something new. I am very glad he is taking this chance and know he is up to the task. So if you talk to Fred, ask him about his new job and tell him how proud you are. This is a big step and although he doesn't require much in the way of verbal affirmations sometimes it's just nice to hear.

The Busy Weekend

What a busy weekend we had!!! First off Fred and I had the chance to spend Friday together, and went to see the new Chronicles of Narnia. Then Fred had to go to work at 6pm. A lot later than usual but it was to help cover a shift. Sadly though there were some serious problems at work so Fred did not get home until about 8am. Then around 11am we hop skip jump over to my mom and dad's house and start our trek to Tennessee. We had to return Brandon to Josh and Breanna, and also it was Samuel's blessing. But first we has to stop at a great national monument, The Corvette Museum.

What a fun place. The silver car is a 1973 Stingray. This is my dream car since I was about 10 years old. It is just beautiful, especially all lined up with a bunch of other Corvettes. The long line of cars on the right are old Indy 500 Pace Cars. Every year, a new one is made and two replicas. One of the replicas is given to the winner of the race and the others are sold. What was crazy was three of these pace cars were owned by the same man. I wish I had that kind of money.

There was a game the kids play where you were the pit crew in a race and you had to be the fastest to change the tires, fuel the car, and put out any fires. The kids (Gibby, Molly, Brandon, Joey, and Eli) had a great time playing it. It took a while for them to figure out but once they did they enjoyed it.

The DARE car was fantastic!!!! I

don't know if you can read the side

but is says "Seized From A Drug Dealer". We all got a kick out of that add the awesome paint job it was a beautiful for so many reasons.

We even got Sam to look at some of the cars, he's just like his Dad and his Grandfather. :)

After the museum we finished the drive to Josh and Beanna's home. Josh was grilling dinner and Fred and I went to play with the kids. After a busy evening of running, jumping, wrestling and some good food we put the kids to bed and sat down to watch a movie. Then a restless night of sleep we went to church with Josh, Bre and family.

Josh had Fred and Dad stand in the circle with a few of his friends. A few pictures and away we went on our way home. A quick stop at mom and dad's house to pick up our car then we drove to Fred's parents house for Kaestner day. It's the day that once a month we celebrate all the birthdays for the month. two hours there and back home. And you'd think we'd let our day stop there...oh no. As I write this blog we have several friends over for game night. we are tired but it has been a wonderful weekend!!!

Kentucky Kingdom

Today was a fun day. Fred and I slept in and skipped playing Racquetball so we could spend all of our energy at the Kentucky Kingdom-Six Flags. We went with my parents (Brian and Darcy), little brother (Eli) and nephew (Brandon). What prompted this trip was Brandon. He is up visiting my parents for the week and they wanted to do something special and fun for him. And since we have a six flags so close mom and dad decided it would be a good place to go. I love spending time with my family and I don't get to spend nearly enough time with my nephew so I wanted to join them of course. And as luck would have it Fred had to take the day off work so he could do his sleep study. But he didn't have to be at the hospital until 8:30pm. So we bought season passes (they were on sale) and went to the park with everyone else.

Once we got in the park we had to pick were to start. Since we had Brandon with us we wanted to find some rides he could go on. Brandon is only five (nearly six) and only three feet tall so it limited the rides he could go on. We did find the kids section that had a lot of what was available for kids Brandon's size. We rode some of those as a family then we decided to split up. Since Fred likes roller coasters he took Eli to go ride the thrill rides, and I took Brandon to some more of the smaller rides. Thinking about it now I'm not sure where Mom and Dad went. Oh well some things I don't need to know.

Brandon had seen these cars and really wanted to try them out, and boy did he have fun. And it was pretty funny watching him ride. These cars whipped around the corner so fast that Brandon would slide from one side of the car to the other. The first time it happened it caught him off guard but after that he thought that was the best part.

Brandon also spent about 30 minutes in an indoor play house. It had a ton of soft balls, cannons, shooters, and even a volcano that the balls shot out of every 10 minutes. It was a fun place, for the both of us.

After that we rejoined the rest of the family for snacks and some more family rides. It took some coaxing but somehow Fred got Brandon to go on a roller coaster with him and Eli. It was Brandon's first roller coaster and he went on it three times total.

We also went on a water raft ride were Fred, Mom, Brandon, and myself all got very, very wet. It wasn't long after that we were all beat and headed for home but it was quite the day. It was a lot of fun and well worth saving the energy for ;)

Just For Me

My sister in law, Janelle, did a very sweet thing for me today. She posted a blog just for me. Well everyone of course can see it but it trully is in honor of me, and my love of green little anphibians :) You should check it out, it's toadally cool!

http://nutterstuff.blogspot.com/2008/06/this-ones-for-you-crys.html

Lookie, Lookie

Oh what a beautiful day today was. Fred and I got up early and went to the gym together. And I had my first Racquettball lesson from my wonderful husband. I'm going to enjoy this game :) Fred says that I should make competition from him soon.



Today was also simply beautiful outside, and I got to enjoy that too. I went out with my neice Emily and picked some spots out in the woods to take Erin's photos. And to help Emily set up her shoots she wanted a model, and I had the chance to be that model. It was so much fun.




Once I saw the photos I realized that I looked healthy. Can you believe it!!!! I'm feeling healthy, I'm looking healthy, I might actually BE healthy :)


What a GREAT DAY!! If you don't believe me look at the photographic proof....