had to run to jacksonville with mother this morning and stopped at dicks sporting goods, she wanted to check out this pretty awesome umbrella thing i saw when ron and i went to get our tent.. dicks has it listed as a sports umbrella .. look it up its really cool! we tend to spend a lot of time down at the water in the summer and even though we will be heading to mothers to swim in the small pool quite a bit this summer, i know there are times that we will find ourselves at the end of the road, and i need shade for Owen encase he needs to nap etc, last year we had a beach tent thing that he stayed in but unfortunately with all the winds, it only lasted the summer and than it died.. so this year it was time to find something new, easy to transport and easy to set up.. hence the sports umbrella thing that i found at dicks .. i will let you know how it lasts but the good thing is the warranty on it was under $10.00 *smiles*
while we were there i found a pair of crocs i actually like *rofl* and of course they weren't in my size *grr* i also found the perfect summer purse (im planning on going with a nice summery tote) but of course i couldn't justify spending nearly $50 on it *blah* i hate that it wasn't on sale and although i know somehow the breast cancer folks got a kick back i just couldn't impulse shop and buy it.. maybe it will be there later on and maybe at a cheaper price!!!
than we decided to stop by target to see what they had, but found pretty much nothing there *lol*
headed to lunch and than to lowes home improvement to buy sand.. now this is where mother and i got into an disagreement on money..
i have been wanting to get owen a sandbox for out back (among other things) and so we went to get sand.. sand is on sale this week btw, buy 3 get 1 free and its pretty cheap too *smiles*
picked up 4 bags (50 pounds each) and than walked around a bit, and mother happened to see one of them little tykes sand boxes which i quickly nixed the idea of.. the reason? simple i cant justify spending $60 almost $70 on it.. specially when i can go redneck style *rofl*
so after i convinced mother that there was no way that kind of money would be spent, we headed over to the dollar general and i picked up a small pool for $7 and a thick plastic table cloth for a picnic table .. when we got home i put the pool on the porch and with the help of my muscle men, put 2 bags of sand in it.. walla instant sand box and a few happy boys (wyatt and Owen)
after we got done i slipped the table cloth over and walla instant cover for the sand box to keep the stray kitties out of it and all is good. than we went and picked up another small pool for mothers house and she took the second 2 bags of sand to her house to put up a redneck sandbox for the boys there *smiles* .. hmm maybe i shouldnt say boys since i cant really see little ron playing in it but still.
we had also picked up owen a new chair for his recycled table from mothers house but the chair is to high for it *blah* so we are still on the hunt for a chair that is low enough for him.
the recycled table was destined for the dump when my fil pointed out it would make a nice table for owen if it were painted.. so i thought it was a good idea so we picked up a few cans of spray paint and cleaned it up.. now it is perfect for him!
i think by the time we were done running it was close to dinner time, owen hadnt napped but a few 10 minute ones in the car and was crabby! so we played out side in the sand box for a bit than cleaned up for a quick dinner, bath time and than snuggles before bed!
a few fixes for yesterdays post ~ chris didnt go oyster'n he went clamming .. oysters cant be gotten this time of year (i forget what months you can grab them in)
i did some research and found there are NO leash laws for our local federal forest service parks including the one we stayed at so the camp host was wrong in his thinking (or im not looking hard or deep enough for the right information)
as for tomorrow ~
wyatt has his field trip the aquarium and than some time in the park for a picnic lunch with his class .. im sure he will have tons of fun..
as for me ~ i need to get some much needed sleep and some snuggles with my hubba! ive been running all day long non-stop and other than a text fest between us earlier weve had no time to really talk..
