you won't be hearing from me for about a week, not that it's anything new. we are taking off this morning for fargo for a hockey tournament and then on sunday we turn around and head for rapid city for a week. we will be doing some hockey camp, some playing and hopefully lots of relaxing. we're taking an extra boy with us and meeting friends out there so it should be fun. besides that, i will give you a small recap of life here at the jboy house:

*i made an emergency trip to my old hairdresser in sioux falls last night. i have been cheating on her for the sake of convenience and had Beatles bangs and folk singer layers to show for it. see? THAT's what happens when you cheat on your hairdresser. don't do it.

*i have no idea how to pack for a week of sweltering/freezing/raining/tornado/humid/windy south dakota weather. it's a good thing they have a scheels out there. i may be needing a few things.

*remember that half marathon i have been training like a dog to run? i got up to 9 miles in my training and it all fell apart last week. i won't get into details, but let's just say it wasn't in the cards. too bad things couldn't have fallen apart at about mile 5 or 6 in my training. it's hard to give it all up when you're so close.

*my pal deann can't run it either (one of the falling apart issues). her house is in danger of flooding thanks to all this crazy missouri river insanity. we are praying for her and her family. i told her if she has nowhere to go next week, to come here and stay. maybe she can fix the doorknob in the garage that has been falling off since last november.

*crosby dog is staying at copper penny kennels while we are gone. sigh. we can't take her this time and i don't want to ask family to take her on for a week...she ate a rug and had a little trouble on the backside last time we did that. i hope the kennel man is nice and that all the dogs want to play with her. i mostly hope she doesn't think we abandoned her. :(

*this summer so far is a combination of boys driving me crazy, work piled around my ears, nerf darts in every nook and cranny, shoes stacked up by every door, an empty refrigerator, a messy explorer, muddy paws, stinky sweaty socks, root beer floats, deck stain in my hair and a tired pile of people on the couch every night around 10 pm reading books about dragons and world war II.

*speaking of piles of people, my people are still piled in bed and we need to get crackin. have a great great week and if you are cher i will hopefully see you soon!!