i want to ride my bicycle

rode for two miles today on the good old bike. evidently i need to ride a little more in order to not die within the first fifteen minutes :) the pups went with us and therefore scott invented a new extreme sport: riding a bike being towed by a hundred plus pound dog via leash. he held up remarkably well! i am just loving this summer weather and all the time i can spend in the great outdoors. have a great sunday evening!

my beautiful red bike

lazy summer

i wish! ever since the weather's been warm and school's been out, it has been nothing but rushing here and running there. here's a little recap...

my work put together a softball team so i've been throwing and batting my little arms off. it's pretty fun and we actually won one of our games last week! 

i've also been trying to set up a job for myself to get me through grad school relatively unscathed and stress free. easier said than done! i think i've killed three small trees in the amount of paperwork i've had to fill out between new job and school.

i put in my two weeks notice at university hospital and my last day will be next friday. it really was a pleasure working there and i learned a lot, but off to bigger and better things, right?

we took our first fishing trip this year over memorial day weekend with the nieces and nephews. no fish were caught but we caught enough mud on our shoes and worm guts on our fingers. nice!

i've also been trying to learn how to quilt. my mom is pretty much sick of me monopolizing her sewing machine, so the lovely ksl hooked me up with this antique beauty. i'm in love! i've finished my first pieced quilt top (pictures to come).

my oldest niece jorie graduated from skyview high school on thursday. she looked so beautiful and i wish i had a picture from that night but my phone was being dumb. congrats jorie!

well i think that's enough for today. hags!

behind...

well i've fallen behind in the blogging spectrum. so here's my "get back up on that horse" moment. i've still been trying to work out with my buddy, steph. i just haven't been doing weight logs because my scale is broken [and no, i did not break it ;)]. but a patient at work yesterday that has become a frequent flyer told me that i looked like i had lost some weight. kind of creepy, yes. but a little reassuring at the same time.

life around the bostwick household has been pretty run of the mill. we're both working our tails off at all hours of the day. our cleo bug is having a bad case of spring fever and gets all kinds of excited when we venture outdoors. so if you see a giant black dog booking it right towards you, don't be afraid, she's just super excited for good weather! i've also noticed that she has a serious case of ferdinand the bull-itis. cleo loves just smelling the flowers and being in the garden with mom. i'll have to get a picture one of these days.

speaking of gardening, i'm sooooo glad that this weekend has rain in the forecast. i know you're all thinking, "what is this lady smoking?! rain on the weekend stinks!" normally i would agree with you, but my transplanted perennials are thanking the skies right now for such a lovely drink. my tulips opened over the last few nights, so here is a picture for your viewing pleasure (ignore the weeds please). have a happy thursday!