I know...I know...

To the four people that read my blog: Well kids, you are just going to have to find a hobby and forgive me, because I have feeling summer posts are gonna be pretty sparse. It is just so hard to find motivation to sit down at the computer and bang out a hilarious post. Plus we haven't been doing all that much except being pool bums and running the streets.

Hey, and to my fellow bloggers, if anyone wants a boost on number of visitors to their blog, just include the words "naked" and "men" in a title of a post like my last one. I have a tracker on my site so I can see how people find my page, like what they googled or if they clicked on my link from a friends site or my facebook page, etc... I think I've disappointed some creepers this week with the amount of "naked men" googleing going on. Other variations include: "naked married muscle men", "naked muscle men", and "naked men poolside". (Oh, and randomly, this reminds me to tell EVERYONE that if you are looking for Dick's Sporting Goods online, the address is www.dickssportinggoods.com, not the short version. I learned the hard way.)

Some other things people have googled that have led them here:

• "off all my hair"
• "furlong fish cakes"
• "her sweaty gym"
• "hospital wearing a diaper"
• "furlong dog basket"
• "who made the furlong hip"

You guess, my friends, is as good as mine.

Anyway, we are leaving tomorrow for Montreat. Another July 4th in the mountains and I can't wait. So the point is...no posts until I get home, in EIGHT whole days. Or until Beau's prom...whatever I find more inspiring to write about first. Meanwhile, here are some pics from Beau playing in our backyard. Aunt Jamie gave him this hippo pool and he just loves it. I know the pictures are very similar to the last post, but its summer, and my man lives in swim diapers.

Three Half-Naked-Muscle-Men Poolside: Eat Your Hearts Out Ladies!

No membership necessary. If you can rock a swimmy diaper and enjoy drinking pool water, you can hang. These are the photos from an evening in the Rearden's back yard. Beau loved being with the twins, Luke and Cade. Maybe as much as he enjoyed playing with their toy vacuum...

I couldn't choose between the many of the pictures, so I just posted a bunch of them!

The dads, Leo and Joe, lifeguarding and refereeing

The men:

Action shots!

Beau and the toy vacuum he played with FOR HOURS. He is such a weirdo.

Those not on kiddo duty: Don't worry guys, ya'll just relax. The Furlongs have the under 3 crowd under control. :)

Beau's First Date

Sorry, ladies. Beau is officially smitten. Beau and I met my friend from high school, Amanda, and her daughter, Hannah, at Stone Mountain Park Monday morning. Hannah and Beau are about a month apart and it was so much fun seeing them together. I didn't get that many pictures because corralling 2 one year olds in a huge park with other obstacles/kids/snacks/trash to get into was quite difficult. Plus I looked like a super creeper on the playground with my camera.

It is soooo hard to photograph two very active kiddos.

Beau eating all Hannah's snacks.

Hugs :)

A Song for Nan

Nanny, I just want to let you, and the world, know how much I am enjoying the Elmo keyboard you gave Beau. I know it was really a gift for Beau, but truly, it is the gift that keeps on giving. Not only did it make the 6 hour drive for North Carolina just fly by, it just fills my day with beautiful, soul touching music.

My son has been given a gift. It would really be selfish of me to keep it all to myself. So this one goes out to Nanny.

Aunt Jackie's Graduation

AAgggh. It is so hard to get motivated to post recently. I just don't know why. But looking at my other blogger friends, it seems like I'm not the only one. Maybe it's the weather? Maybe I'm so upset about Jon and Kate I just need some time...?

I mean, I don't even have a lack of material... I have yet to post pics of Jackie's graduation (done...see below!), Beau had his 15 month doctor visit, Memorial Day, and the endless material my husband and dog provide me with... I guess I will try a little harder.

Anyway, I have these great picture of Jackie's big day. She looked beautiful, as usual. I spent the entire ceremony outside with Beau, who preferred running around in the lobby with all the other crazy kids. Leo is a very talented man, but taking pictures is not one his strong suits. All the pictures were blurry/not of Jackie/awkward/completely dark/you get the idea.

He did get this one good one. Yay Leo. And yay Jackie!Beau and his granddad.Such a good picture of these three! Leo, Jackie, and Ben.

Candid moment. Love it. Mostly because Leo is smiling "for real" and not the "Leo" smile.Which I am so graciously demonstrating here... One "for real".

The Furlongs.

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Slide Show Time!

A slide show for your viewing pleasure. There were a million more, but you better believe I only included the flattering pictures of me in my bikini. Yeah, thanks.

I know the pictures are tiny, so here is the link you can see the full size ones, if you are moved to do so. http://picasaweb.google.com/heather.furlong/May09?authkey=Gv1sRgCIWWv7vu9uyRLg&feat=directlink

Mother's Day Beach Trip

We went down to Ormond Beach, FL this past week for a few days. Even though the weather was overcast most of the time we were there, we had fun. I know an excessively pale member of the Furlong family who will remain nameless, Leo, found it to be quite delightful.

Beau is quite the good little traveler. We purchased a portable DVD player before going, and thanks to that and a half dozen Elmo, Nemo, Baby Einstein videos, those of us in the back seats were thoroughly entertained. Between movies, meals, and naps peppered in, the eight hours it took us to get there flew by.

So, it turns out my baby is a total beach bum. We put him down when we first arrived at the beach and he made a bee line for the ocean and ran straight in. He wouldn't sit down for a second. He had better things to do than just sit in the sand and play. So we walked...and walked...and walked... He loved saying "hey!" to everyone he passed.

As I am sorting through the literally hundreds of pictures we took, I'll let to peek at these two videos. Now, the first one I took, and you will see how I try to capture my son enjoying the beach. We will really be able to look back on it and remember the great time we had...The second one I only included to show you people why I can't give my husband the camera. Make sure your sound is on.

So I will get on those pictures...check back soon.

The other half of the week we were up in Charlotte/Greensboro NC for Jackie's graduation from UNCG! A whole post for that coming soon too!

I'm Baaaaack

*clearing throat

Um. Hi.

I don't know if you remember me, or even if you are still checking in with us here...as it's been a while. But it's been a crazy couple of weeks, and things have finally started calming down and easing into the laze of summer.

Anyway, Leo is out of town this week, and before he left I had two requests from my husband: Don't go to Target unattended, and post some pictures of Beau. Well, I figured I could do at least one of the two...

So this is how we spent our Cinco De Mayo... Strolling around the neighborhood in Ralph Lauren, and hanging out in our Pottery Barn chair watching Sesame Street and HGTV. We had spaghetti for dinner. Ole.

Tweet Tweet

So, in an effort to stay young and hip, I decided to give "Twitter" a go. I linked my updates, or "tweets", over there to the side...right on top....see it? I do like that I can do quick updates via my phone. We'll see if it is really worth all the hype.

After my show closes this Sunday, I'll have a lot more time for blogging... This weekend is sold out! Yay!

Oops.

We are recycle freaks. Or, I should say, Leo is a recycle freak. I really am trying. I want to be. I am tired of Leo going to put something in the trash and fishing out a scrap of paper I scribbled a note on and reprimanding me for not putting it in the recycle pile.

The thing is, we don't have a recycle pick up here, so we spend the weeks accumulating a massive amount of food boxes, magazines and newspapers, plastic bags, and, well, beer cans... We have a huge beat up laundry basket that we dump things in. Then, every couple weeks, Leo loads it, and all the other boxes and bins, into the truck and takes to the big recycle drop off.

Leo and Beau went on a walk Saturday morning after I left for work. As they rounded the corner Leo told me he saw said laundry basket on the street at our neighbor's house down the street.

Weird. That looks exactly like our beat up bin.

And upon closer look, seemed to be very VERY similar to the things that we use and recycle.

Come to find out that our recyclables had been removed from our garage and strewn about the street. Our down-the-street-neighbors just collected what they could from the road and put in on their curb so as not to have trash blowing around the entire neighborhood.

It must have been the neighborhood kids! What hoodlums! They must have come in our garage while it was open and decided to cause a bit a trouble.

Wait. A. Minute.

It all starts coming back to me.

Friday night after I got home from rehearsal I realized I pulled in the garage a bit too far. I had checked to make sure I didn't run over anything important, like my craft box that I keep right there in the garage. Phew. Just the recycle bin. It was already broken anyway. Good news.

Bad news. As I left for work on Saturday morning, it seems that the recycles tried to hitch a ride. The basket was attached to the front bumper somehow. NO, I didn't hear it Ok? That's the first thing everyone asks when I tell them the story. I guess I was already rocking out before I even left. Somehow, I pulled it all the way out of the driveway and pushed it along our street, I guess until I made the turn. Where it then sat, blew, and rolled all over the neighborhood.

*nervous laughter* Oops.