The Rat Pack

You will have to forgive me for the lack of blogging. Life has been a little busy lately, and sorry, blogging is not the highest thing on my list :) But, I found some time for another Ten on Tuesday while I sit here and watch The Bachelor on DVR! Great night!

1. Any vacations you are looking forward to this summer?

I am soooo excited to take my high school girls to Wilderness! A week in the Colorado mountains hiking and camping...you can't get much better than that. Then of course I always look forward to the annual Frio trip with the Ratcliff clan.

2. What is your favorite article of summer clothing (shoes are included)?

swimsuit! For some reason this long cold winter has me missing my swimsuits soo badly! Better start getting a tan before I get into one though. YIKES!

3. What is your favorite summer drink (alcoholic or non)?

I always LOVE water on a hot day. If I'm by the pool, then a lemonade. If I'm on a Mexico beach, Pina Colada.

4. Do you tan or burn?

Tan. If I burn, it's only for a day or two

5. Any goals you are working toward this summer?

Completely recooperate from this school year so that I am refreshed for next year.

6. What is your favorite summertime food?

Julios Nachos at the Frio! And all the fresh fruit!

7. What song most says “summer” to you?

Hmm...I really can't think of any summer songs? I'm really bad with music and titles!

8. Any home improvement goals planned for this summer?

Get this backyard back in shape. Drakey boy has destroyed it! I have more organizing goals than anything.

9. What is one thing you hate to see at the beach?

All that nasty seaweed that builds up in Galveston. I must say I have been enjoying the beach this winter while it's seaweed free!

10. Did you ever go to a summer camp?

Yeah. Soccer camp pretty much EVERY year. Then Frontier Camp, Quaker Haven, and Frontier Ranch. Good times.

And now that I am completely depressed that it's only February, I'm going to go soak in a hot bath to raise my spirits! :)

Well, I woke up at 8 this morning to find our snow day not very snowy. I was SO sad! Of course I'm glad I didn't have to go to work, but I was looking forward to playing in the snow with Drakey-boy. Oh well. So, what am I doing on this "snow day"? Absolutely NOTHING! At least there is nothing on my list to do, well nothing that is productive that is. I can't even think of the last time I got to sit around all day and not worry about work, or cleaning, or training for a race (which I should be doing this weekend, but I'm not :)). Last night I had the grand idea of pulling out the living room couch bed and spending all day watching movies and reading by the fire! It doesn't sound quite as good now that there is no snow, but I still might try and make it work :) I need to catch up on our season of "Modern Family" we have on Netflix and I'd like to get some more of my book read that I'm reading right now, "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (my brother-in-law suggested it, so far it's not too bad). Reagan on the other hand has been making good use of his day off. He did laundry and is now on his way to buy shelves for our bathroom! The way he puts it, he sits around every day in class, so to have a day to get out and get things done is nice. I tend to forget how different our week days go. Hope you all are staying warm and safe, and hope you get to spend this "snow day" doing something you normally don't get to do. The way I look at it, this is an extra day at the house I never knew I had, so all the cleaning and work I need to get done this weekend can wait until Saturday!