Battle wounds

I have battle wounds in my fight against the trail. I won again but the trail got in a couple of hits. 

This on is from a tree. I couldn't stop or really turn so I ran into a tree. :) I felt a little stupid but it happens and scars are cool. If you can't tell this is my forearm.

This one is where I fell on a rock. I was trying to go around a sharp turn and I lost my balance and landed knee first on a rock. Luckily I had my wonderful husband there to scream MEDIC!!! and talk about amputation while I got up and brushed my self off and got back on the bike.

To be honest I'm actually really excited that I have wounds. I feel cooler some how. Like my scars make me more special then everyone else. No offense to everyone else. :)

Biking

So this Saturday Rick and I were finally able to go biking. We've tried to go a few times but they all fell through for various reasons mainly consisting of the weather making everything muddy and either me or Ricky being busy. But this last Saturday day everything seemed to be on our side, I had energy to do it before work, Ricky didn't have to work and the weather has been wonderful this past week.

The place we went isn't really much but it's better then nothing. It's called the Buck Creek Trails and it's just north of town, about 20 minutes from where we live. 

This is where we started. It was the beginners trail, only about 1.5 miles long, but it was a lot of fun to ride. Lots of twists and turns and hills and rocks and stuff to make it seem difficultish. I loved the sign in the back saying watch for rattlesnakes. 

This is me on my awesome bike looking like I know what I'm doing. 

Here's Ricky, looking all studly and stuff with his back pack.

This one we actually took as we were getting ready to leave cause I forgot to. You can see our bikes in the truck. 

We actually went through the trail twice cause we had time to spare but weren't sure how long the other trails were. Maybe Monday we can find out.

Ricky's Party

Ricky's Birthday... Well let's just say that I felt like a failure and don't plan on throwing anymore parties for a while.

I was really proud of my decorations.

I thought I did an excellent job on the sign.

And for having a ten dollar budget I thought I did really good.

I'm sure it looks pretty shoddy but hey there is only so much you can do with a $10 decoration budget. The reason I was limited to $10 was cause I was planning on having at least 10 people coming and I figured food was more important. Ha ha ha... Only three people where able to show up. I never really got mad, I was just really sad cause I couldn't even throw together a birthday party. But Ricky is of course the best, he laughed it off and was just happy that I even tried to throw a party. I'm sure all the presents I got him helped.

The first and biggest and most expensive present was the new dual exhaust system for Ricky's truck.

He got a flow master as you can see. I don't really understand what that means but I'm sure someone with car knowledge does.

I also got him these sexy shorts. He wanted a pair and Kohl's was having a big sale so I said let's do it.

Finally was this surprise present I got him with the little money I had left. I had to wrap it in paper bags cause I couldn't find where I put our wrapping paper. My favorite thing is the duct tape bow. I think it's cute.

I got him these cool strap thingys so that we can tie down stuff on the truck, like our bikes or a piano that I eventually want to get. :)

So now Ricky is a very happy boy, and we now have a weeks worth of burgers and cake that we need to find some way of eating or using before it goes bad, cause I don't like burgers very much and you can only eat so much cake.

Life is life

So life has been crazy. I'm back to working. It's actually not too bad. Surprisingly I've missed having a purpose for getting up in the morning. That sounds a little depressing. Sorry I'm really not depressed. I'm actually doing really good. I guess I'm just ready to take on more in my life then just working part time. So I've decided to look into taking some college classes. Granted I haven't looked a ton but I am looking.

The last couple of weeks have been busy. I find it's hard to work knowing that the paycheck isn't going to come for another week. I got to see my brother Troy and his wife Sarah. They came down to Texas to adopted three little girls, all sisters, from Dallas, and decided to come visit me and Ricky. They weren't able to stay for very long but it was really nice to see family.

Ricky's birthday is this Saturday. He's really excited. I am too, I'm just not looking forward to the fact that I have to work that day. So I'm trying to throw together a party for him tomorrow. It's not going to well cause everyone I've talked to so far is either busy or sick. It sucks but hopefully I'll be able to get something together. Too bad I don't have more family closer, cause then all I would have to do is invite the family and BOOM! instant party. :) But I'm sure working for it wont be too bad either.

If it goes well I'll post it here. I guess if it doesn't I'll probably do the same thing. :)

Wish me luck!