sunday

kj back to school . I made a lackluster lunch, went to the GS leaders meeting, fed dogs & cats, went to Dollar General, and walked Sasha at the park. katie moved stuff from the walmart.com cart that won't let me check out to amazon.com cart.

Saturday

katie is off to her all day dance rehearsal, she got there a few minutes late because we went to Casey's for breakfast...and her phone was just charged on the way there so probably won't last her till lunch which she may eat with them unless she wants me to come get her.
trying the birdseed biscuits for girl scouts again...they were an epic fail last nite. made them smaller this am....if they won't work, will just send the girls home bags of bird seed.
have everything from great grandma amanda's scrapbook photographed & typed on my blog...success!!!! thinking I'll see if I have enough clear plastic sheets to put them all in and put it back together to protect the brittle paper. may have to buy some more....then to pass it on to the next person.
tomorrow I might start on the t-shirt quilt again....so many projects...not enough ambition....

bubba is home from college for another weekend.

he only has 2 days of school next week. planning our thanksgiving supper...mom will bring noodles, koren corn casserole, hot rolls, pies, and we'll do the turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes.... cody may have to stay in the city on call. they don't know yet. mom, dad, and john will be here.
walked sasha, fed the dogs, started on kj's laundry, pulled together my girl scout meeting for tomorrow, set the alarm to get katie to her all day dance rehearsal.
so...the house smells like birdseed biscuits. thought we'd bake them tomorrow, but seeing if they'll even work.
dug last year GS cookies out of the freezer for tomorrow's snacks. it's the first meeting katie's ever missed. I will cope.

thursday thursday

work, swept floors, fed animals, walked sasha at the park & enjoyed the last lingering fall leaves, did bills (including the pesky propane payment I missed & they are so obsessed about....I am forgetful, ok?), sasha went for a ride to take katie to dance, I family blogged & did my games, then back to pick up ms. kate, she opted for Casey's for supper, I came home & had the last of the Marko's french fries. unloaded dishwasher, put away the 2 baskets of laundry, started more laundry....got kate's thank you cards addressed & stamped & in the mailbox....need to get their xmas orders done...and the snapfish xmas card wallets ordered....got our first xmas card from kevin's brother david & his girlfriend melissa. ordered kj's finals kit for school...he doesn't think he needs anything, but when he comes back home this summer, I'll have a fleecy northwest blanket & a northwest messanger bag...
I forgot to reset the alarm when I left for work...kate never sets hers....kevin woke up at 8:10 & got her up & to school a bit late. and bailey was telling nicole not to talk to katie today....I debated all day on whether or not I would go to school today with the other moms....peggy left me a message so I called her...one mom went in thursday a.m., peggy decided she couldn't go till friday afternoon....so I'm not going. friday afternoons at work are definitely busy....katie assures me she is ok & I don't need to get involved. I always reserve the right to kick someone's ass if they mess with my baby, though...I am mom, hear me chew ass!
better get dressed, take my handful of what I need to get thru the day, & head to another day of sunshine & joy in the pig barn...

a moral dilemma....

finally made katie try on her coats after dance class tonite....both too small. hopefully she won't freeze to death before we get her shopping....
she has to be at dance recital rehearsal all day saturday so she will miss her first ever GS meeting. she is ok with it. I guess I can be a big girl, too....
bought some xmas bags & boxes at dollar general.
had a message from another 6th grade parent about bullying. my kid isn't the bully or being bullied. but she never told me what she saw going on until I flat out asked her. some of the moms are going to school to meet with the principal and supt. friday a.m. katie & kevin think it's none of my business. but I think all parents should take a stand here....show that we don't want bullying allowed in our supposedly zero tolerance safe school environment.
making fried potatoes & a hunk of mystery meat I found in the freezer...looks like a steak. smells like deer. will we survive? would katie be better off without us anyway?

there's a new kid in Frontierville with a cookie eatin' grin...

Kj was still here when I got home from work Sunday...he has a cold. he was going to catch 2 concerts this week.....
had an email Friday from Kate's teacher, she is concerned that Kate isn't applying herself to her work. she was going to talk to her about it, but didn't yesterday. Kate says she'll tell her she can't concentrate sitting by the 2 most annoying students in 6th grade. what a sweetie.
Monday was a long day. came home & pretty much laid about on the couch napping & burning things that Katie couldn't eat....cookies.....pizza rolls...she braided my hair before I went to bed.
today is the last day of my antibiotic. slept all nite Sunday....up once last nite. do I feel better? pretty much, I guess.
have a new kid on Frontierville....Harry Dick Dailey. when I get 2 more neighbors, can start the process for a 3rd kid...thinking Calliope Grace. or Allejandro. or Pooter.

time gets away from me....

Thursday was the Veteran's Day program at school...the 6th grade sang the National Anthem. I really did want to go. Too busy at work. In a perfect world I wouldn't miss a thing. In this world I seem to miss a lot. But life does go on. Friday KJ came home in the rain. Katie wanted to hang with friends at the jr hi tournamant. So did KJ. but he was too tired to drive. Kevin had taken the day off to go to the dentist, so we went to watch kids that aren't ours play ball. (boring!) but the kids had fun. I ran into an old friend from high school & that was fun. we did the GS cookie sales to Dailey grandparents,too.

Saturday was the Deer Hunters Breakfast. Kevin &I met there, then I went to work & he found the big buck they'd been watching on the game camera...with his head and loins cut off. I stopped by Grammy's on the way home, bought cookies. came home & baked 2 batches. then made marinated loin & cottage fried potatoes for supper. Katie had baked potatoes. KJ made himself supper when he came home 'town'.

We watched the Toy Story 3 Dvd. Andy went to college. I bawled. it was the best Toy Story yet!

now it is Sunday & back to work I go. KJ is going back to school early tonight to catch a MANDATORY concert for American Popular Music. he has to get to 4. He has attempted to go to 2, one he had the wrong time or place, then he didn't get the proper documentation to 'count it'. poor kid.