My Life as Mama Jodi

Get back into the swing of things, and also shake some things up! School is about to start, so my routine will return! So excited, as I need to have my routine back! Not only will this be good for me, but for John and Trent as well. They will be started back up on their work out routines, and hopefully this will be the natural fat burners they need to kick start their weight loss/body firming. As for me, I am going to be hitting the gym 3 days a week, as well as going back to counting calories and cutting out all sweets.

In the process of this, I am hoping to find a part time job, to give me some extra spending money and to help rebuild out savings. This will be a challenge for all of us, as everyone will have to chip in with household stuff. We shall see!

Weekend rewind. If you want to play along, grab the above button and tell me all about your weekend!

Friday ~ Started out as my usual Friday routine, got groceries, then home to get everything ready for Michigan’s Adventure. We had a good time; great weather!

Saturday ~ Did some baking in the morning, then knitting for the remainder of the day/night. John and Trent went golfing in the afternoon.

Sunday ~ Church in the am, then home to veg for the day/night. Still trying to recuperate from Friday’s outing (I’m not as young as I used to be ~ LOL)

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Summer is coming to a close. The last two weeks are going to go by fast. This week is the last week for driver’s training for Trent, he takes his written test on Thursday, hopefully he passes; then it will be the fun of letting him drive to get in his required hours to go to the next level before he gets the permit. Friday we are going to Michigan’s Adventure with Robyn and the boys to have one last Summer hurrah!

Next week, is filled with school registration, shopping for school clothes and some supplies, and then the road trip to Indiana for the big drag race! I still need to find a decent, but cheap hotel for a few nights. I am looking forward to this trip, as I love watching the big names that are involved with the drag races!

I still need to make some salsa, if I can find the salsa mix I used last year. Then its a trip to Under the Pines to get some tomatoes! I would like to try my hand at possibly canning a batch of my spaghetti sauce, but not really sure how to go about doing this. I need to get a book on canning from the library and get some pointers!

Then it will be back to the gym every day!!! Oh how I have missed the gym this summer…. wait, did I just say that!?! LOL I need to get back in shape, all that progress went down the drain this summer! Oh well, I have 9 months to get back into a bikini state of mind for next summer!

So good-bye Summer, hello Fall!

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Friday ~ Started out as my usual Friday routine, got groceries, ran a few errands, tried to get ahold of Trent to see if he wanted to go with me to the cottage where Robyn was vacationing with her parents. No luck, so off I went. It was a relaxing couple of hours on the pontoon boat. Robyn, the boys and her dad fished, while I read.

Saturday ~ Tubing day!!! Pics will come at a later date, as I have to drop off the disposable camera to get developed. And of course our day started out as a rain day. They dropped us off and it was lightly raining, then as soon as the bus left, it poured, thunder and lightening soon followed. We finally walked up to the campground area to hang out in the bathroom…. and it had a nice warm hand dryer that we all used to warm up a bit. We kept checking to see if it had let up, when finally we saw the sun! So back down to the river we went, got all the tubes tied together, and started our float down the river. About half way it started to rain again… and boy were we all cccooolllddd. We made it back to the landing area, only to have the sun finally come out to stay. Go figure!

Off to Bennigan’s we went for potato soup! YUM!

Sunday ~ Church in the am, then home for a nap. John went to hear his dad play the accordian at some event he was at.

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Weekend rewind. If you want to play along, grab the above button and tell me all about your weekend!

Friday ~ Got the tags for the cars, so we are legal for another year. Went shopping for groceries, then off to do some shopping with Robyn. Then it was back home to do some running with Trent, for last minute camp stuff. John and I went over to his parents to pick up the truck/trailer so we could clean out the basement for free trash day in our neighborhood. But that backfired, as the lights on the trailer weren’t working.

Saturday ~ Girl talk at Briana’s ~ our last one, and as usual she made an awesome breakfast for us.

Then it was home to spend the time with my hubby, as it was his birthday. We made it a lazy day and hung out at home. For dinner I made BBQ ribs, corn on the cob, and baked potatoes. It was so good, and very filling, to where we didn’t go out for planned ice cream.

Sunday ~ church, then home to get ready for dinner with the guys. We grilled steaks and shrimp. The rest of the night we all hung out and watched a movie… a strange one!

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