it is a nasty wet mess out there, need to find the dogs food holders to hang on the fence so they're not eating off the ground....have always wanted to build a deck for their dog house, too, so they have a high & dry place. kevin just gives me the same look I get when I mention the treehouse & gazebo we both know I'll never get.
took Jessie home today, so it's just us again.
had a nice 4 days off. wish I had forever off...
I'm just your average grandma who believes in Bigfoot and ghosts and is fascinated by serial killers....
4.05.2009
4.04.2009
the big day...Under The Big Top
kevin found a way home last nite, evidently. the girls all started getting along at some point, then I went to bed. the sisters had to 'leave for Iowa' at 8a.m. first they picked up all the sleeping bags & blankets & folded them neatly in a chair. jessie is staying tonite too, she'll be katie's carnival buddy while kj & I are working. we'll eat sub sandwiches there for supper, then have a fun filled evening of the First Ever Before The Band Carnival Band Champ Contest In The Commons, running games, & cleaning up. then I can start obsessively planning for next year...which will be a Hawaii theme.
4.03.2009
the rescheduled sleepover....
after spending the day at school helping set up tomorrow's Band Carnival (& eating lunch with Katie & her friends!), we brought Cassie, Brandy, & Jessie home with us. They played Wii, went to the park, went swimming at the Stacy Center, ate Breadeaux Pizza, watched about 2 minutes of Twilight....played limbo in the dark with their glow necklaces...katie developed a bad stomach ache...there was a clogged toilet & some vomiting...now they are all reunited playing something together.
Kevin called from work, he rode with Doug tonite, who had a family crisis & had to go home, but assured Kevin he'd be back at 2a.m. to pick him up...I told Kevin to call me if he needed to. Will just do the sleep in my clothes # I used to do when Koren was roaming Mercer County in her youth.
also mailed back the wrong wedding glasses & put gas in the truck.
Kevin called from work, he rode with Doug tonite, who had a family crisis & had to go home, but assured Kevin he'd be back at 2a.m. to pick him up...I told Kevin to call me if he needed to. Will just do the sleep in my clothes # I used to do when Koren was roaming Mercer County in her youth.
also mailed back the wrong wedding glasses & put gas in the truck.
4.02.2009
day off #1
it's snowing great guns.
I watched the kids get themselves off to school...they are like a well-oiled machine.
I spent my morning making invites for the GS Easter Egg Hunt/Teddy Bear Tea Party. finished reading "The Shepherd of the Hills", which is not my fave book ever. But I can now say I read it. I left Sasha sleeping in the chair & headed to the post office to mail the GS packages, invites, etc. Went to Fabulous Finds Consignment Store, took in 2 bags, walked out with 1. then to Showme Bargains. then home to make homemade beef stew for lunch.
my plan for the remainder of the day is to sweep floors, dig in the closet for the limbo game which I think is missing a piece, pile all the band carnival stuff by the front door to take to school tomorrow, take kate to dance class, then flop on my tired ass in a chair.
I saw Shirley Slaughter Thomas today at Showme Bargains. we compared notes on where our daughters now live & work.
I watched the kids get themselves off to school...they are like a well-oiled machine.
I spent my morning making invites for the GS Easter Egg Hunt/Teddy Bear Tea Party. finished reading "The Shepherd of the Hills", which is not my fave book ever. But I can now say I read it. I left Sasha sleeping in the chair & headed to the post office to mail the GS packages, invites, etc. Went to Fabulous Finds Consignment Store, took in 2 bags, walked out with 1. then to Showme Bargains. then home to make homemade beef stew for lunch.
my plan for the remainder of the day is to sweep floors, dig in the closet for the limbo game which I think is missing a piece, pile all the band carnival stuff by the front door to take to school tomorrow, take kate to dance class, then flop on my tired ass in a chair.
I saw Shirley Slaughter Thomas today at Showme Bargains. we compared notes on where our daughters now live & work.
4.01.2009
almost a week without the internet...
Thursday was my half day, I picked up all but 1 of the merchant prizes for carnival, met Kevin for lunch at Crossroads, he picked up the GRM virus cd, damn thing wouldn’t load. He made multiple calls to tech support. No internet. Deb needs her face book & school web site. Katie needs Runescape.
Friday he was on the phone off & on all day. He finally got the right code to start it. But it never would say it was done downloading. Saturday he called tech support & asked for the cd with the updates. They’ll MAIL it to us. This was my brilliant idea, he was trying to decide @ Wal-mart whether to buy Norton or go back to the automatic GRM one. I said isn’t the GRM one easier. Yeah, right. They keep telling us it takes longer with dial up. Like dial up is the most evil thing in the universe. I am ready to drive thru the snow back to Wal-mart, buy the Norton, & install it. Honestly.
Thursday dance class. Friday the Project Fair & Spring Concert. Saturday was the Girl Scout meeting.. The called for snow & sleet did arrive. Had to cancel Katie’s swimming party Twilight sleepover. She wasn’t very happy. KJ left at 5:30 a.m. for District Music Festival in St Joe. He got a 4.
Worked on Band Carnival prep.
Sunday I was sick. There was a lot of moaning & napping going on.
Monday. I’m still alive. Back to work. Yeah, me. Drug the camp chairs out of the garage to set up our ‘outdoor living room.’ Honeysuckle is getting green. Peonies, iris, tiger lilies, & daffodils are coming up. I tried out the Boogie Superstar Wii game…. I got a decent score on Aly & AJ’s Potential Break Up Song.
Katie went out by the dog pen before we left for dance….she got splattered with mud & had to change.
Tuesday. Kate starts MAP testing with the rest of the 4th grade. Kevin & I to Wal-Mart. Bought the pop for the carnival penny pop can toss. Did we buy a new Norton? No. we did buy a microwave. I cleaned the counter under old microwave…ewww. It was a huge old dinosaur, too heavy to move when I cleaned. You can imagine. It came with the house… 1st daffodil bloomed. Katie is reading the chose your own ending Goosebumps book she found the other day…which was read by both her brother & sister. I love having reading kids. Bought the Guiness Book of World Records Wii game & the Now That’s What I Call Music 30 cd for Katie.
Sasha has to pee at night even more than I do. She has a loud echoing bark. She is very insistent that I take her outside in the cold, dark night. I haven’t gotten much sleep the last few nites. It kind of reminds me of the crying baby nights. Of course, I didn’t YELL at the kids. The poor dog gets a piece of my mind every time she wakes me up….where did my patience go? I used to be a saint. I remember myself as a saint, anyway…& I’m sure I’m right.
Wednesday. Kevin talked to GRM again...they have sick techs so working short...he put the old Norton back on, which expires in a few days. Katie & I are temporarily on-line!!!
Friday he was on the phone off & on all day. He finally got the right code to start it. But it never would say it was done downloading. Saturday he called tech support & asked for the cd with the updates. They’ll MAIL it to us. This was my brilliant idea, he was trying to decide @ Wal-mart whether to buy Norton or go back to the automatic GRM one. I said isn’t the GRM one easier. Yeah, right. They keep telling us it takes longer with dial up. Like dial up is the most evil thing in the universe. I am ready to drive thru the snow back to Wal-mart, buy the Norton, & install it. Honestly.
Thursday dance class. Friday the Project Fair & Spring Concert. Saturday was the Girl Scout meeting.. The called for snow & sleet did arrive. Had to cancel Katie’s swimming party Twilight sleepover. She wasn’t very happy. KJ left at 5:30 a.m. for District Music Festival in St Joe. He got a 4.
Worked on Band Carnival prep.
Sunday I was sick. There was a lot of moaning & napping going on.
Monday. I’m still alive. Back to work. Yeah, me. Drug the camp chairs out of the garage to set up our ‘outdoor living room.’ Honeysuckle is getting green. Peonies, iris, tiger lilies, & daffodils are coming up. I tried out the Boogie Superstar Wii game…. I got a decent score on Aly & AJ’s Potential Break Up Song.
Katie went out by the dog pen before we left for dance….she got splattered with mud & had to change.
Tuesday. Kate starts MAP testing with the rest of the 4th grade. Kevin & I to Wal-Mart. Bought the pop for the carnival penny pop can toss. Did we buy a new Norton? No. we did buy a microwave. I cleaned the counter under old microwave…ewww. It was a huge old dinosaur, too heavy to move when I cleaned. You can imagine. It came with the house… 1st daffodil bloomed. Katie is reading the chose your own ending Goosebumps book she found the other day…which was read by both her brother & sister. I love having reading kids. Bought the Guiness Book of World Records Wii game & the Now That’s What I Call Music 30 cd for Katie.
Sasha has to pee at night even more than I do. She has a loud echoing bark. She is very insistent that I take her outside in the cold, dark night. I haven’t gotten much sleep the last few nites. It kind of reminds me of the crying baby nights. Of course, I didn’t YELL at the kids. The poor dog gets a piece of my mind every time she wakes me up….where did my patience go? I used to be a saint. I remember myself as a saint, anyway…& I’m sure I’m right.
Wednesday. Kevin talked to GRM again...they have sick techs so working short...he put the old Norton back on, which expires in a few days. Katie & I are temporarily on-line!!!
3.27.2009
3.26.2009
thursday
my half day at work, I went straight to Princeton & hit up Crossroads, American Family, State Farm, Farm Bureau, Shelter Insurance, M & M Apparel, The Famous, Country Wood Hearts & Lace, & Breadeaux Pizza for band carnival raffle donations. met Kevin @ Crossroads for lunch. I did some shopping at The Famous, Country Wood Hearts & Lace & Showme Bargains.
after KJ got home from play practice, we went to Terry's house to rent his tux for prom...classic black & white with grey hounds tooth vest, black Windsor tie, white shirt, & black & white shoes. It appears he does have a date with the classmate who moved away (Rae Linn), we ordered flowers too, will have to find out what color & if she wants long ribbons or short. $138 & my son will be stylin'. It was pretty exciting, I was the only mom there, of course, the other mommies let their big boys go do it themselves.
clogging practice at 6:30, the house needs cleaned, behind on laundry, & Katie wants to play Bratz...I found her a porcelain one today.
KJ is making fun of Katie playing Wii & she is losing all patience with him. life is good....
after KJ got home from play practice, we went to Terry's house to rent his tux for prom...classic black & white with grey hounds tooth vest, black Windsor tie, white shirt, & black & white shoes. It appears he does have a date with the classmate who moved away (Rae Linn), we ordered flowers too, will have to find out what color & if she wants long ribbons or short. $138 & my son will be stylin'. It was pretty exciting, I was the only mom there, of course, the other mommies let their big boys go do it themselves.
clogging practice at 6:30, the house needs cleaned, behind on laundry, & Katie wants to play Bratz...I found her a porcelain one today.
KJ is making fun of Katie playing Wii & she is losing all patience with him. life is good....
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