saturday

slept in about 40 minutes past a work day, then had to get up & take cold Rx. cleaned bathroom & kitchen, made the hula hoop of fire, the candy heart pillow kit I got from OTC, carnival signs, spray painted the 2L, picked up Katie, put gas in KJ's car, laundry, took a nap, started vegetable soup for lunch, & now getting ready to dig in the closet for the pinata stick. Mackenzie is here to spend the nite.
might go to chillicothe tonite, or put it off, I found the rocks I want on-line at Lowes. and we're out of trashbags.
Sasha is mangling Big Bird. I got it for Koren's 2nd birthday, it was a pricy gift for us at the time, had to put it on layaway at Place's. It was about as big as she was. the poor bird has been drug around outside, went to picnics, been used as a step stool when Koren thought she needed something out of reach...when KJ came along, he used him as a wrestling partner. Big Bird hasn't had eyes for several years. and now he has a new friend to play with.

the weekend begins...

Katie was a super star in the PTO Show @ Princeton....any mistakes she may have made were simply adorable. she ended up going to spend the nite with Mackenzie, who will spend the nite here tomorrow. assuming Katie makes it thru the nite there. she is feeling better, but hasn't been much for sleeping over lately. I am selfish, but I sleep better when my kids are home.

ran into Melanie McLain tonite, she is going to make something & donate to the band carnival from M&M Apparel. thank you! I plan on cleaning house this weekend, making posters for the band carnival, spray painting 2L bottles for a game, making a 'ring of fire' with a hula hoop & red orange posterboard, & finding small rocks for a pet rock booth. and cutting up more old jeans for katie's quilt, maybe even hitting up a few Princeton businesses that may be open in the a.m. for carnival donations....in all reality, I probably will successfully take a nap or 2. I should set goals that are more easily attainable. getting kind of old to reach for the stars....

I am reading 'Shepherd of the Hills'...it is going slowly. haven't felt good for a few days, plus the stress of trying to remember to wear my new reading glasses...trying to remember where I left my new reading glasses...I especially love to lay in bed & read, can I do that with reading glasses?
plus, altho this is a classic book, a classic Missouri book, even...it is hillbilly dialect & frankly a bit dull. maybe we should've stayed & watched the play. the tour was fascinating. I guess Uncle Willie should've written the book, as well....he was a heck of a tour guide!

4th graders have to write a paper of some sort about a famous Missourian, katie selected my heroine CALAMITY JANE. she was going to JESSE JAMES, but someone else got him. everyone wanted Calamity, they had to guess #s. and my baby won!

I have the stuff to make homemade beef stew. will I?

thursday

work
4:30p.m. band boosters meeting. yeah 4 kelly!!!!
late to 5p.m. parent teacher conference. my kids are so fabulous!
clogging class 6:30-7:00
corey over to Wii with kj & katie....Boogie Superstar, baby!

deb & kevin went to Wal-mart & went Wii Wii Wii all the way home....

left the children home & did a Wal-mart run, we are all dragging ass big time with our colds/coughs/runny noses. I lost kevin at Wal-mart, found him looking at Wiis. I meant to get the kids one for xmas but then I totalled the Monte & didn't we could swing it. but magical things happen at tax refund time....paid for my 2 new crowns...got a Wii & 2 games to start with...there is family comraderie & laughter & even taking turns going on in my living room!

kate is in both county papers this week...front page of The Mirror for Girl Scout Week. inside the Post Telegraph for dancing at Ridgeway.

God Bless Nurse Mary

she has spent a lot of time with Katie at school the last 2 days...kate's throat & head were hurting yesterday, she was there twice for cough drops & tylenol. today she was hit with a basketball in the head & was dizzy, so went to get checked out & lay down. Nurse Mary is good to send home reports....great scrapbook fodder. poor kate. kevin took her out of school early to go to dr., they both got antibiotics---green snot. he was going to take kj, too, (the 1st to get sick) but he had play practice. meanwhile, dear old mom has lost her voice. I just started feeling bad last nite. I'm sure I'll live for a day or two to take care of the rest of them... hell, the dog is even coughing some. this spring/winter/spring/winter weather sucks...throw in daylight savings time & gloomy wet days...
tonite in deb's kitchen: homemade pepperoni extra cheese pizza for kj; steak & broccoli cheese rice for kevin & kate; banana bread for deb. (I started out wanting steak, then changed my mind.) actually, the banana bread smells good, but I'm not so sure now. what tastes good with snot?
the poor dog loves to sit in chairs with people, kevin is sitting down, she'll be with him for awhile, then go sit with kate, then follow me around a while...I'm doing laundry & making supper & filling the dishwasher...because evidently even though I don't feel good either, someone has to keep shit going. and working at home is mucho better than working at work. besides, stiff shots of cough syrup & handfuls of exedrin migrane can cure about any ailment. she stands at kj's door, but he won't let her in to sit in his chair. he's more of a cat person, but he's not above talking for the dog or trying to get her to piss the cat off so they will fight. the cat is afraid of the dog. the dog could care less. ms. cuddles is at twice the size of itty bitty sasha rose.

getting older

gray hair...dark spots on my hands, face, arms...wrinkles, wrinkles, wrinkles...ridges on my fingernails...toenails are getting thicker & curling...skin drier & drier...reading glasses...taking naps...forgetting things...cuts & scrapes don't heal like they used to...heaviness in my calves & ankles after walking at work all day...bursting into tears...varicose veins...losing track of time...short attention span...

the usual mid-40's stuff or something Dr House could build a whole show around????

monday

now kj, katie, & I all have coughs, sore throats & colds. the GS leader mtg. was cancelled, so came home after work & made kj's birthday cake & supper. then off to dance class. kate was at the nurse's office twice today for her cough. she took a water bottle to dance. stephanie had them watch dvds of other dancers, then introduced her new dance test. the worlds of fun cloggers will have an extra practice each thurs. nite from 6:30-7:00. so we're right back where we started from in 4-H...missing every meeting.
kate saw her wonderful new dog doing 'something disgusting' & is not so sure she likes her anymore. 'nuff said.
about bedtime I was toting clothes out to the garage to put in the dryer (why is the dryer in the garage when the washer is in the bathroom? good question. but back to my story...) when doug's explorer alarm went off in the yard. it is kevin's week to drive to work,so doug parked his explorer under the tree where he always does...did a branch fall on it? did someone try to steal it? didn't hear or see any vehicle hit it....kate, sasha, & I went out to investigate in the rain, after a few minutes, it quit. hmmmm. that is a first. wonder what the neighbors thought?
I hope the cold medicine has her knocked out so she can't worry about the thunder. she couldn't go to sleep last nite with daylight savings time & I didn't give her the cold medicine early enough. she had to be draggy today with how she felt + missing sleep. I didn't sleep real well last nite, either.