April Arrives 2006

April Fools Day: had to work, and set up for band carnival...had 33 guesses on my basketball game. spent $50 on raffle tickets, Kate won one of Melissa's bracelets, and $20 cash, I won $10 cash and $10 gift certificate to Janet's Country Table, one of us won a flower basket from Dave Neimier. Kate won Bambi II dvd, and KJ won a free pizza and breadsticks from Pizza Plus. not bad! I think I left my camera bag at school, remember having it on my shoulder, when I got home I couldn't find it in car....or anywhere. I might have dropped it in the house...I guess I don't have to take pics at the Civil War thing tomorrow. I didn't have time to take any pics at the carnival...

April 2: I must've left the banana bread wherever I left the camera bag....because I couldn't find my banana bread for breakfast. couldn't go to the Civil War re-enactment in Trenton yesterday because I had to work...started out today but the radio said most of the re-enactors had left during last nights storm, it was really really muddy out there, they were recommending people ride a shuttle bus from the senior center...and they estimated that about 50 re-enactors were left, but the battle was still on. my throat really hurts, I am tired, and it just wouldn't be fun by myself (couldn't talk the kids into going with me.) so just got gas, cough drops, and lunchables and came back home. then I thought Kate & I would go see Curious George but the called for thunderstorm blew in and we just stayed home. she has an awful runny/stuffy nose.

April 3: Katie has got to learn the meaning of NO. honestly, we tell her no, she just goes on and does whatever. KJ won the 2nd highest raffle ticket seller: $10. emailed Terry about my missing camera. insomnia.

April 4: Kate brought home my camera. Ragan's was out of NyQuil. bought Mucinex to try, then I'll go to Dr. nap.

April 5: I slept good (except 4 the two times Kevin woke me up while he was watching The Bare Witch Project and feel a lot better.

April 6: KJ will be Daddy Warbucks in the school production of Annie!

April 7: to Dr, 230lb/ B/P 118/86 sinus infection, 2 wks Rx. Kevin took KJ out of school to go to chiropractor. he thinks KJ should get Rx for acne. to Raw Wrestling in Des Moines, didn't have time to eat at Applebee's, had to do Burger King. we had good seats, the kids had a good time. KJ got a RVD shirt and we bought a program. it was fun. found out that RVD is KJ's favorite, and I got to see Big Show "live and in person" for 108D. Eugene was there...Spirit Squad...Edge & Lita....Kane...Carlito...Trish Stratus...Golddust...John Cena...Triple H...Visera...that new samoan guy...Koren left a message that she'd be here today.

April 8: biw Kate is blowing thick yellow snot too. Kate & I to Walmart. Koren & Cody here. Kate transformed the backdeck into a gazebo paradise...where I got massaged. later on I rec'd a foot massage, a hairdo, and a makeover. Stormy Wier called KJ. Kate, KJ, & I to see The Shaggy Dog. and I pd. for the movie display Scary Movie 4 poster we can pic up after the movie plays.

April 9: nap. Kate moved her deck paradise under her favorite tree. she was also digging in the new iris bed, which we remedied. do have a few new iris trying to come up. swept/moped/washed sheets/Kate's blankets/Ms. Cuddles rug. there is an outside cat who looks a lot like Ms. Cuddles, but with 2 eyes and a little leaner. she has the brown splotchy marks & everything. just noticed her today. Kate changed the front of the new scrapbook from "Memories" to "Memories by Deb & Kate." cool idea.

April 10: KJ's first track meet. made Kate dr. appt. 4 tomorrow afternoon, emailed Mrs. Osborne. KJ said he came in last in the 400 and 800, his leg messed up second race, and that the shotput and discus went better than he thought they would. he called home for a ride aobut 8:30 p.m. Koren called. her car door handle on inside drivers door is broke.

April 11: someone shot out 4 windows at the school, there were bullets in the wall, shell casings in the street. at least it happened at night. Kevin & Kate & I went fishing with Lije and Jo.

April 12: I helped Kevin mow Marie's yard, then he started on ours. Brownie Easter Egg Hunt at City Park.

April 13: KJ track meet. Kevin mowed our yard. got Lumina a/c fixed. threw open the windows, it's *S*P*R*I*N*G*!*!*!* Kate went to park to play with Breanna. she is a very social girl. at 5:20 p.m. the Bardwells picked up Kate to spend the night with Danielle. so now it's just me and Ms. Cuddles. and I don't know what to do...after I do throw clothes in washer and dryer and figure out bills....if I had a paint roller, I could paint the bathroom...but think I used all of them. maybe I'll drag out the sewing machine...or lay on back porch and read.....what did I ever do before I had kids?

April 14: Katie came home from Danielle's, played at park with Kelsie, and went to the movies with Lindsay.

April 15: Kate, KJ, & I to see the same movie Kate saw last nite...she was less than thrilled. drove home in downpour. painted bathroom ceiling/washed walls &curtains/put bathroom back together. Lindsay over to play.

April 17. I am tired. shut windows and turned furnace back on....our brief summer is over. back to spring.

April 18...read out on front porch a while, but the birds began to annoy me...the daffodils are done and Kevin's tulips are blooming. Kate & Kevin to chiropractor. I stayed home to pick up KJ from track practice. new school rule: only the after school kids club on the playground M-F until 5:30 p.m. last night some older boys were playing BB & cussing, etc. today one of the E. boys was walking around the school while I was waiting on KJ.

April 19: Kevin thunked a snake with a shovel in front yard, it didn't die. Kate & I did a lap on trail. she always has to beat me.

April 20: I mowed the yard. KJ all day track meet. we went to school @ 6:30 p.m. and waited about an hour for the bus, Kate played with Braelyn and I talked to Ruth.

April 21: I took Kate & Danielle & Corey & KJ to Benchwarmers @ Corydon. KJ got to have his cd on way there, Kate on way home. gas $1.75 Princeton.

April 22: work, took kids to McDonalds 4 lunch-BOGO Payless ($97) & Walmart ($60).

April 23: the last few weeks Katie has requested that we turn off hall light and leave on bathroom light instead, I know I'm sleeping way better that way! gas $1.78 Lineville. planted sunflower mat and the 2 free bulbs from Walmart. I went to Randy's for Katie's requested milk for her cereal, when I came back to town, she was running from the square, she had went to Ragans which was closed looking for me. She can really fly in the new light up flip flops! I wonder what people think when they see her running wild all over town by herself. she is a free spirit, and way too independent for her own good (and my peace of mind.) to her credit, she was on the side of the road and she looks before she crosses the street.....

April 24: Kate decided to throw a sleepover for Lindsay, Kelsie, and Nicole Friday.

April 25: half day. Kevin & I to eat lunch at Cowboy Corner. watched the Pirates movie I bought him for xmas. cold & rainy. Damion Goodman's brother died this morning...he had a bike wreck last Thursday and broke his neck and severed his spine. he was 21. Damion's big sister was hit by a vehicle when she was on a scooter or something & died during Kindergarten soccer season.

April 26: Kevin to a university cow AI thing with his dad. I started mowing the yard and had a flat, don't know how to fix it, no husband here....so the yard won't get mowed tonight, I guess....I researched the Iowa mumps epidemic online. Koren called, there was a rape at college, and a freshman died in her dorm room-cause hasn't been released yet.

April27: KJ all day track meet, he did the shotput (scratched) and 800 (last). Kate helped Bailey at her experiment at Science Fair. did the half price book fair....only spent $10.63-quite possibly the cheapest book fair bill ever! washed my car, Randy's for Des Moines paper for KJ's science project and Katie sleepover supplies. talked to Shelley Bickle-she is a health coordinator in Iowa, she said the same thing I read on line...if you had the 2 childhood shots, you are 95% protected, which is as good as it gets. some of those kids are getting m umps, they get a 5 day quarantine. no deaths so far. I won't worry about it. passed on this news to Koren & Kevin. Kevin fixed tire, he & I finished mowing yard.

April 28: half day of school. Rain. Katie had Kelsie, Lindsay, & Nicole sleepover. they had DiGorno pepperoni pizza & Dr. Pepper with straws for supper. they had a belching contest, makeovers, band practice, then Kate drug them over to Jennifer's. They put things in their sleeping bags then hopped around in them. Nicole brought her tent & was very impatient to put it up (I made her wait till after wrestling), snacks were nacho cheese Doritos and Cheetos Cheese Popcorn.

April 29: the girls found 3 baby kittens under back porch. Nicole our first guest to leave. don't think she left anything. Linday left, I took a nap before Kelsie left. Kevin made potato soup for lunch. I found out happily that he has $900 stashed in our vacation fund! when I mentioned it, he wants to go to Six Flags this year. I didn't think we could swing that this year, but I am more than happy to bump my own plans to next year...with the exception of Build-A-Bear Workshop, which Katie could very possibly outgrow.

April 30: KJ & I to Walmart a.m., KAte had playdate at Kayla's afternoon. Rain. repotted her magical I LOVE YOU bean plant. took down pennants in KJ's room and stripped off some wallpaper border.