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Good Afternoon!

Last week I had every single day off from work and had great plans to craft and decorate my home..welp, a migraine hit me mid week leaving me incapacitated for days. {I'll write a post about my migraines another day.} I did, however, find a few ways to relax through the pain.

- Sunbathing on my deck
- Afternoon naps with my icepack
  and this:

- Long bubble baths, picture taken with my phone. Two things to learn from this: 1, I actually scrubbed my bath tub for the first time since moving in and 2, when in a jacuzzi tub, you do not need a lot of soap to make bubbles, lesson learned.

My week did pick up with my husband taking Friday off to spend the day with me, I know..I know, best day ever ;) We had a great time watching movies, completing yard work, and even squeezed in a date to the "nice theater," aka $10 a ticket theater, to see Captain America (awesome). The weekend was then filled with friends and celebrations--just plain fun!

It is now Tuesday and I am back to normal..my schedule that is, not my head..still aching. I have the girls again and life is back to normal..well, kind of..Virginia experienced something today a little unusual. Any guesses?--We had an EARTHQUAKE! Yes, how bizarre and yes, you did read the title correctly. The girls and I were outside on our deck when the house began shaking. At first I thought a big truck was driving by or some sort of drilling was happening on our street but soon enough realized it was a tremor..a big one. The deck furniture was moving slowly across the wood beams and my hanging ferns were swaying back and forth so hard and quickly two actually fell of their hooks. Being a Jersey girl, earthquake safety was not high on my priority list so my mind was racing to remember anything at all..no luck. I quickly scooped up the girls, called for Colden, and ran in the house heading for the basement. My kitchen chandelier was swinging, ceiling fans shaking, kitchen cabinets rattling..it was so strange and quite eerie. The girls thought I was completely nuts and asked why I rushed us all to the basement. I replied, "I thought I had clothes wrinkling in the dryer!" Grace, 4, then shook her head and shrugged, "Silly Katie, you can always iron them."

Perfect moment.

Nap time quickly approached after our earthquake shake and I jumped online to see what happened. A friend shared this link with me. Crazy, crazy, crazy! After everything was over, I remembered: basements for tornadoes and doorways/under tables for earthquakes..too bad those Saved By The Bell scenes didn't register sooner ;)

It is now almost 6pm and I can feel the cool breeze in my hair and the warmth from the sun as I type this. The weather is finally perfect, not too hot and definitely not too cold, it's just right. I suppose dinner should be cooked sometime soon..where of where is that maid, she's been missing from work for 2 years now!

Have a great night everyone :)