Mini-Vaca
glingdidit July 8th, 2008
Well despite it being 3 days instead of 2…this past weekend came and went pretty quickly. To celebrate the 4th of July…we headed out of Greenville and over to St. Louis. We spent the bulk of Friday utilizing our Six Flags season passes. The weather was beautiful….and the park wasn’t packed at all. Despite some icky feeling tummies at the beginning of the day…we were still able to ride all of our favorite coasters and thrill rides. They’ve got a new coaster as well…the “Evil Kenievil”. It’s a tight twisting wooden coaster…and was simply thrilling and fantastic. It was warm enough to take in a few water rides as well…and not have to worry about being soaked for the rest of the day. We stayed until the park closed…and watched fireworks there as well. Definitely not a praise-worthy display…but still nice to be able to see a few.Â
 From there we headed back to our hotel…but not until we stopped off for some late night Krispy Kreme to quench my sweet tooth. So at the hotel we had a jacuzzi in our room…which I immediately went to fill when we got back. After a day of walking all over the park…my feet and back were thrilled at the thought of sitting in a jacuzzi. Well thanks to that decision…I’ve learned a major life lesson. Don’t put any sort of a soap or bubbles in a jacuzzi…EVER! I’m pretty sure I knew that…but still…I put a dime size worth of bubbles in the tub. It was fine to start with…but then I turned on the jets…and the bubbles proceded to pretty much fill and take over the tub area (which was quite big). They never actually flowed out of the tub…just kept rising up like there was some sort of clear glass surrounding the tub. It was quite a site. So the next hour was spent trying to “drain” the bubbles. We transported some to the sink…which didn’t work. Then we drained the water a bit…didnt’ work. Then we pretty just turned on the shower head above and let cold water run until they were gone. So after that whole process was done…we had to fill the stupid tub all over again. Lesson learned.
After a good night’s sleep…we got up (after sleeping in) and headed over for lunch.  We got some bbq…of course…which gave us the energy necessary to continue on with another day. From there we headed over to Grant’s Farm…which is one of our favorite St. Louis atractions. We saw all of the animals…watched the animal show…fed the llama’s…and went on our way. We shopped for a bit at a local mall. I got a cute new dress and Jared got some running socks. We ate a yummy pasta dinner and headed over to Ted Drew’s for some custard. After seeing the mile long lines there….we just kept going. I opted for a buster bar at DQ instead. Not even close to being as good as Ted Drew’s…but it was still pretty tasty.Â
 Sunday was church…and then napping. After napping…an hours worth of weeding in the garden. The tomoatoes and peppers are all growing quite well. I’ve even been able to pull a few onions to use. My favorite part is that the sunflowers we planted are starting to grow as well. I’ve had this thing with sunflowers since I was younger…and I was so excited to have my own this year! the rest of the yard is looking good, too. The hollyhocks are finally starting to bud, the day lillies are in full bloom, the hydrangeas came back (they had a rough year last summer), and Jared’s finally got the grass to start growin the bald spots.Â
 With that…I’m gonna get back to work!