Between Monday and right now, there have been a few things I was meaning to remember so I could blog about them. Of course, I forgot them…I really need to start writing things down!

Last night, James and I went to yet another fish fry…seems like we’ve been going to those just about every week this summer. My step-dad, brother, and uncles all love to fish, so they always have plenty to cook up for everyone. I got to see my 3rd grade teacher at last night’s get-together. Her husband and my uncle are friends, and they were invited. We also had dinner with some family friends that I’ve known since I was little. They have kids my brother’s age, and the man and my mom went to school together.

Today was quite a busy day. My sister stayed the night with us last night, and we were gone just about all day. She picked up a new TV stand for her dorm room at Big Lots, as she’s leaving her TV and its stand at home. I found a 4GB flash drive for $12, which James told me was a great deal so I got it. We went to Old Navy, where we both spent too much money on clothes. Our last stop was Wal-Mart, so I could get James some “old man pills” (he takes Niacin and fish oil capsules), and I got a 3 drawer cart to go beside my desk in our computer room/office. I have a cheap desk that was free from his father’s house, and it just has a place for a computer tower. It doesn’t have any shelves or drawers, and I’m tired of my stuff being all over that room, so I got it all organized now.

I absolutely cannot wait for our treadmill to get here. I got an email today saying it had been shipped and should arrive in the next few days, hopefully by the weekend. *crosses fingers* We did a lot of swimming last night, and lots of walking today when I went shopping with my sister. James and I plan to do another walk around the neighborhood tomorrow, and hopefully Friday as well.

So Saturday did not go as planned…well, some of it anyway. Yet again, we did not make it to the movies. No real excuse, other than I wanted to be lazy until company came over. We’ve been meaning to go seef Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and Funny People for over a week now. It’s weird, but I just don’t have a desire to go see movies in the theaters anymore. Even though I’d really like to see these movies now rather than wait for them to come out on DVD, it’s super expensive ($8/ticket) and I get annoyed by the teens inside the theater who’d much rather talk or text than watch the movie. Maybe I’m getting old?

Saturday night was fun though. James’ friend Joey came over, and brought pizza and a movie with him. We watched The Haunting in Connecticut, which was alright. It was a bit creepy, especially with the fact that it was based on a true story. We also watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which has definitely become one of my favorites. James and I bought the movie well over a month ago, but just never got around to watching it. So glad I finally did.

My cousin’s party on Sunday was fun. There wasn’t much family there because my uncle’s uncle passed away earlier this week, so most of them went to the funeral home for the viewing yesterday. They had a water slide for her and the kids, so they had tons of fun. We made “Ice Cream in a Bag” and she had a princess cupcake cake. After the party, James and I went to our friends, April and Josh’s, house. Josh is leaving for deployment on Wednesday, so they had a little get together and cooked fish and hushpuppies. It was yummy, and good to spend some time with him before he leaves. He’ll be gone until February, and I hope April handles him being gone the best she can.

Today, I purchased a treadmill online. It should be here within the next 2 weeks, and I cannot wait for it to arrive. I haven’t mentioned weight loss much on here lately, but I’ve been losing 1 pound a week since James and I switched to a mainly chicken, fruit, and veggie diet on July 24th. We slipped up and ate red meat once, because I needed some of my nanny’s Tater Tot Casserole , which has ground beef in it. Other than that, I’ve been eating chicken and turkey, and snacking on so many fruits and veggies. I can feel a difference in my energy levels already, though I still haven’t developed an exercise routine. I plan to change that when my treadmill gets here!

I hope everyone had a good 4th of July. James and I slept in, then went to a local used book store that is supposed to be awesome. Everyone I heard that from was right. The store is HUGE, and have thousands of books at really good prices. We ended up with 10 books (1 for James, 9 for me ) for a little over $10. We traded in some books and got $11 in store credit, so the new books didn’t cost us a penny! Their prices run from $0.10 to $15.00 (maybe more, that’s just the highest we saw), and they have lots of paper and hard backs to choose from. The store layout took a lot of getting used to…we were in there for well over an hour just browsing through the shelves. I have decided that I will be trading in and buying the majority of the books there from now on.

After hitting up the book store, we went to James’ friends’ son’s 7th birthday party. He had “Harley Davidson, changed to the last minute to a luau” themed party. So there were leis, baked ham, orange and black balloons, and a Harley cake. He’s one indecisive little kid. The party was fun…the kids got soaked with water balloons, and then shot off fireworks when it started getting dark. James and I left not long into their fireworks so that we could get home and watch the city fireworks from our back deck. It’s nice to no longer have to fight the traffic to watch a 20 minute show of fireworks.

When our friend Austin got off work, he came over and we played Rock Band until almost 5am…well, James and Austin played longer, but I passed out on the couch!

Today has been a pretty relaxing day. We got up and James made a cheesecake (which I had planned to make but he beat me to it), and we are about to get ready to head up to my parent’s house for a fish fry. All in all, it’s been a good weekend!