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June 22, 2012 | family, Mental Health, Uncategorized

 

Sometimes itโ€™s just nice to go home by myself (with the pups) and see my mom and dad. I had somewhere to be in my parents hometown yesterday, so me and the girls drove in for one night. Good for my mental health sometimes. I got to hang out with my parental unit, and they took me to dinner at Longhorns for a good steak. Yum! This steak had white cheddar and bacon on it. Holy yum! It was amazing. (We had a coupon, too which always makes food taste better!)

I look just like her donโ€™t I?

After dinner we did my favorite thing to do in my hometown, get snowballs! I got wedding cake cream. My favorite.

My dad always gets ice cream cream. Oh, and we always fight over who is going to ride shotgun. Likeโ€ฆrunning through the parking lot to be the first one at the car. Mature adults what?

We sat outside and enjoyed our desserts then headed home for a night of vegging out (and blogging for me!) Today I am going for a run in my parents neighborhood and then mom and I are going shopping before I head back home to enjoy the weekend with Bobby. Sometimes itโ€™s just nice to go home, even if just for 24 hours.

Also, a huge thanks to the folks at Cascadian Farm. They sent me an awesome care package in the mail for being one of their blogger friends, I may or may not have already opened some of these boxesโ€ฆSo so yummy! My favorite is the chocolate chip granola bars. If you havenโ€™t tried these, runโ€ฆdonโ€™t walk to your store and get some!

QOTD: Thoughts on going โ€œhome?โ€ Anyone else feel the way i do? Where is home for you?

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  1. Heidi @BananaBuzzbomb says

    June 22, 2012 at 4:28 am

    Totally agree. Sometimes all I require is an hour or so at “home” and I’m good to go. Glad you were able to spend some time with your ‘rents!

    • Heather says

      June 22, 2012 at 8:09 pm

      me too! sometime so peaceful about going home.

  2. Rebecca says

    June 22, 2012 at 6:32 am

    I love going home and talking to my parents (something I do almost daily from Germany). I’m so looking forward to returning in October even if it is just for a couple weeks.

    • Heather says

      June 22, 2012 at 8:09 pm

      Germany wow!

  3. Lindsay @ Lindsay's List says

    June 22, 2012 at 7:09 am

    WOW!! You guys could be twins!

    • Heather says

      June 22, 2012 at 8:08 pm

      we get asked if we are sisters a LOT

  4. Kierston says

    June 22, 2012 at 7:13 am

    You do look exactly like you Mom! WoW! ๐Ÿ™‚ I love going home and thankfully, it’s just a 10 minute drive away! <3

  5. Larisa says

    June 22, 2012 at 7:29 am

    My parents live like 30 minutes from me and I still love going over there. It gives me a sense of peace when I walk through the door.
    By the way that snowball looks fantastic. We need a place like that here;(

    • Heather says

      June 22, 2012 at 8:08 pm

      I would die without snowballs in the summer. ๐Ÿ™‚

  6. Molly RItterbeck says

    June 22, 2012 at 8:18 am

    Oh my holy goodness for being a blog follower! I hope you enjoy it!

  7. Missie says

    June 22, 2012 at 8:21 am

    I love going home too – just gives me peace sometimes – like roots!

    • Heather says

      June 22, 2012 at 8:08 pm

      absolutely!

  8. Katie @wishandwhimsy says

    June 22, 2012 at 8:37 am

    I’m having some family time this weekend! My parents are in from out-of-state. Love seeing other “close-knit” families, too.

    PS- I LOVE Cascadian Farm bars. Deeelish!

    • Heather says

      June 22, 2012 at 8:07 pm

      aren’t they delish? I <3 cascadian farm.

  9. Heather (Where's the Beach) says

    June 22, 2012 at 8:44 am

    Sounds like a wonderful time. I feel like my home is, well, my actual home. My parents divorced and no one lives where they used to. So it’s not like going back to the house I grew up in or anything. I love to go visit, don’t get me wrong, but it doesn’t feel like going home (if that makes any kind of sense)

    • Heather says

      June 22, 2012 at 8:07 pm

      totally makes sense!

  10. Terri R says

    June 22, 2012 at 10:29 am

    You and your parents are so cute, especially the racing to the car part. Unfortunately, I live over 1000 miles from my parents, so I don’t see them as often as I would like. Lucky for me, my twin sister and I visit each other every few months (we take turns going to Orlando or New Jersey)… that’s really what “home” is for me.

    • Heather says

      June 22, 2012 at 8:07 pm

      we are such dorks when we are together, we have a lot of fun!

  11. Tara Burner says

    June 22, 2012 at 1:27 pm

    I have no ‘home’
    no parents (yes they’re all very much alive though…I’ve been disowned by them…both birth parentals and one step as well…their loss lol)
    love seeing real families like yours though

  12. Alaina says

    June 22, 2012 at 5:35 pm

    I love to go “home”. Thankfully my parents don’t live far, so it’s easy to visit them. It’s always like a vacation. ๐Ÿ™‚

    • Heather says

      June 22, 2012 at 8:06 pm

      so sweet!

  13. Pavement Runner says

    June 22, 2012 at 5:55 pm

    I get to spend plenty of time with my family and make frequent trips home. It’s always nice. Look like mom, dad’s height?

    • Heather says

      June 22, 2012 at 8:06 pm

      yup! dad is 6’2″. Mom isn’t short though, 5’7″, with me coming in at 5’9″

  14. Kayla says

    June 22, 2012 at 6:18 pm

    That is to funny that ya’ll call them snoballs. We call them snocones! I had one today too. The first one I have had in a long time.

    • Heather says

      June 22, 2012 at 8:05 pm

      too funny. All the ones here and in NOLA have big signs that say “snowball stand” I thought that’s what everyone called them till I went to college.

      • Kayla says

        June 22, 2012 at 9:23 pm

        I had never heard of snowballs until I went to Lake Charles! I guess it is different in all areas. :0)

  15. Shannon Clark says

    June 22, 2012 at 6:31 pm

    How fun! I’ve never heard of snowballs before-the kind you eat anyway. ๐Ÿ™‚

    You LOOK JUST LIKE YOUR MOM!! Your family sounds great. I won’t get on the subject of my dysfunctional family. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Shannon
    http://www.irunreadteach.wordpress.com

    • Heather says

      June 22, 2012 at 8:05 pm

      people think we are sisters all the time!

  16. Shannon Clark says

    June 22, 2012 at 8:10 pm

    I know that makes her HAPPY!

  17. The UDG says

    June 22, 2012 at 10:21 pm

    Home is wherever my family is. Neither Husband or my parental unit’s live in the city where we grew up, but it doesn’t matter where we visit them, it still feels right.

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