A lot like my boy Cody! Wait! It is Cody! Click it.
(I think if he could string his Xbox up somehow and control with his foot, he'd have that in this picture, too.)
And of course, it's that time of year, here is a little dive clip for ya. Completely optional.
Not even that the wharthog (my personal favorite) saw his shadow. 
Nope. I think the point is that NOBODY told me not to wear this hideous top outside, that the style combined with the loud color/design scheme made my... ahem...upstairs look very wrong among other issues. Issues such as the cut of the sleeves. Only if my arms were thin, not that they aren't. Okay, they aren't! Nope. Nobody said a *&$# thing about it all day long. Monday night I snagged this at Target on clearance for $4.00 and some change. There were bunches and the price was irresistable. Because apparently EVERYONE ELSE KNEW IT!!! 
It's Saturday and I thought a good time to reflect on my week. I have about twenty minutes before I need to hit the ground and run like a madwoman! You might remember I told you Niki was having her senior pictures taken on Monday? Come Monday, everything was lined up, pressed, ready to go and I went to my email to check directions the photographer gave us. That's when I read see this: "Wednesday the 10th". I ran to the kitchen (really, I ran), snagged the calendar off the little nail on the back of the cupboard door and flipped--AHHHH!! The 10th of October is a Wednesday. Houston, we have a problem. I called her, confirmed she was thinking October and I was thinking September. She is such a beautiful soul, felt terrible. When I told her I needed a headshot long before that date for the yearbook (and that Niki had paid to have her fingernails done with her own money) she said she would see if her makeup/hair lady would reschedule for later in the week. Whew!
So...Thursday. At four we went--nearly four hours long and Niki now thinks she wants to be a model. Help.Me!
Back to Monday where I started. Roofers delivered the materials for our new roof (yay, new roof! no more silverfish in the wood shingles, which will mean no more spiders in the house--eventually!). They didn't get to start until Wednesday, but that's okay, everything seems to be pushed back this week! We even started our homeschooling a day late figuring Niki would have pictures on Monday and I would have typing deadline on Tuesday! We all know how that worked out.
Wednesday at church--Cat made it to the study and it'd been awhile since Cat and I have really seen each other. (It's me--I've missed a whole lot of church lately--bad mom!). This is going to be a good study--already I'm thinking more about how I can be a better wife/friend/mother.
Other than Cat, there's a new couple in our group I am anxious to know better, so I'm thinking Cat and I need to schedule a lunch. And another gal whom I've long known, always admired and finally have the opportunity to just sit and hear her thoughts. That's the blessing about studies like this. I see her at church all the time--we're constantly exchanging updates and well wishes. Yet we don't get the time we need to really know each other. It's like that with too many of the faces I adore in that church--that has to change! And by now I've realized that needs to come from me, my attitude and my effort.
Cody dove his second dive meet of the season today and did well, if I do say so myself. (I'm not going to go into that Varsity Letter as a Freshman last year thing again, promise--won't mention it.) He could fine-tune his entry a wee bit, but he will. He placed third, so he's a happy guy. I put up a video from my camera on here, he'll be ticked love that I did that for everyone to see!
This is a big week for him, meet today, tomorrow and invitationals on Friday. I plan on being there for it all, so plan on another peek! Go ahead, play it (that's my 'yeah').
I haven't had a good opportunity to tell you about our Saturday. Our friends, Pam & Gary (who are also Alex's best friend's parents and live in our hood AND are fun fun fun), invited us over for an impromptu BBQ. 
They're the kind of folks you just immediately feel comfortable around. I think I could flip my flops off to the other side of the room and perch my naked, calloused feet on their kitchen table and STILL not get thrown out. That kind of comfortable. Not that I'd do that (but I probably would).
So, while I've posted Gary's 'man-fire' from the 4th of July post, it's worth posting again. Because later into the evening, we were getting into what at the time seemed like important in-depth conversation about socks. I think after a beer or two conversation can go either way--serious or silly. This was seriously silly. Gary marched upstairs and brought down his sock bin full of orphans. Very sad. Don't think I've seen so many orphans in my life. We're going to have a fall sock-sorting party, us, them, and the other family there. Sort, match and throw the orphans into Gary's man-fire. I like that. And I also like that from time to time we are free to let our hair down and relax with friends. Even if their socks don't match.
My friend Misty has been busy bloggin away while I've kinda been slack! So...she's come up with a way to get me going again, nothing like a good old tag weaved into an ongoing story to give me something to say (as if!) So, Misty, I accept your tag (good thing I'm not a kid in Colorado, else I couldn't play!!).
Which reminds me......here are Codeman's diving pics from the first meet of the season (he did VERY well. It's gonna be a good season, I feel it already!) The photo of Cody diving isn't good, we aren't allowed to use flash, even though he's just warming up. Which I understand. See him? He's right at the top of the flag post.
I think you can all see without me telling you how excited Cody is that I'm there for him! And you can see why....clearly by my VIP seating arrangement, I'm sort of a big deal at the meets.
