Hi,
I am going to use 2 helps tomorrow...considering i am doing freebies for someone.
Altogether my work schedule and the school schedule could not have fit any better...it is
just the writing on the surgery schedule is in BOLD print.
I spent the evening visiting a friend I used to see a lot when I did tours at the Brooks.
Fun talking and eating fortune cookies....she finally finished the christmas stash.
I am recharged and ready for the weekend...just need to get through friday.
Happy Mardi Gras and may the team that is more in sync win.
c
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
amazing race ....the next leg.
Well the first section of the race was completed with one snag...the carpool kid got a ride home with someone else....not a note or text to alert us.
Since we hit our marks the past 4 days we got dinner out.
Hump day is upon us and #1 needs a ride home wed.
Will call upon another friend for some help.
Hopefully #2 will make the track team or go to math help after school ...buying me some time
thurs and fri are too far ahead .
Maybe the weather will give us all a much needed snow day.
c
Since we hit our marks the past 4 days we got dinner out.
Hump day is upon us and #1 needs a ride home wed.
Will call upon another friend for some help.
Hopefully #2 will make the track team or go to math help after school ...buying me some time
thurs and fri are too far ahead .
Maybe the weather will give us all a much needed snow day.
c
Sunday, January 27, 2013
amazing race...memphis version
hi, it is 7:40.
I started the race yesterday at 2p by dropping off #2 at a sleep over and taking #1 to a volleyball tournament at Cook Convention center.
we finished the evening with dinner at Cafe Eclectic...(across the street from Snowden )
pot pie and beef panini with roasted potatoes.
Today's race includes a trip back to the tourny, then take #2 for religion class
then pick him up, take him home then go back to the tourny. Some form of grocery shopping during the a.m.
home from the tourny to take #2 to youth group while #1 studies.
6p church....home for dinner??
Monday school drop off/work/pick up from school and carpool/volleyball prcatice/orthodontist/pick up from volleyball.
Tues drop off school/work /carpool..... AM I FORGETTING anything??
c
I started the race yesterday at 2p by dropping off #2 at a sleep over and taking #1 to a volleyball tournament at Cook Convention center.
we finished the evening with dinner at Cafe Eclectic...(across the street from Snowden )
pot pie and beef panini with roasted potatoes.
Today's race includes a trip back to the tourny, then take #2 for religion class
then pick him up, take him home then go back to the tourny. Some form of grocery shopping during the a.m.
home from the tourny to take #2 to youth group while #1 studies.
6p church....home for dinner??
Monday school drop off/work/pick up from school and carpool/volleyball prcatice/orthodontist/pick up from volleyball.
Tues drop off school/work /carpool..... AM I FORGETTING anything??
c
Monday, January 21, 2013
no time like now
Yes, it is 3 a.m.
Keith came to bed at 1a and I have been awake ever since.
Nothing much going on, just checking out the posts.
How is the weather Julie? Bet it is darn chilly there.
This one is a new one. Keith's dad needed oxygen so the least expensive way to get it was to go through Hospice. That means if he needs to see a dr for a hang nail he needs to go through Hospice. Wacky system we have here.
Corinne is driving a little more...she is getting better but sometimes she forgets the turn signals.
I cannot believe I am planning the summer camp schedule. C wants to go back to the Girl Scout horse camp. she really missed it last yr.
Kevin just wants boy camp at Camp Lake Stephens.
Where r ya'll going this summer?
c
Keith came to bed at 1a and I have been awake ever since.
Nothing much going on, just checking out the posts.
How is the weather Julie? Bet it is darn chilly there.
This one is a new one. Keith's dad needed oxygen so the least expensive way to get it was to go through Hospice. That means if he needs to see a dr for a hang nail he needs to go through Hospice. Wacky system we have here.
Corinne is driving a little more...she is getting better but sometimes she forgets the turn signals.
I cannot believe I am planning the summer camp schedule. C wants to go back to the Girl Scout horse camp. she really missed it last yr.
Kevin just wants boy camp at Camp Lake Stephens.
Where r ya'll going this summer?
c
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Whew!! Made it to MLK Day!!
I'm so happy the kids are off school on Monday. Pretty bad that they have been back less than 20 days and I need a break! We've been running late everyday. Guess I'm just having trouble getting back in the swing of things. Kids haven't been late to school, but we've been lucky with traffic or they probably would be.
Emerson is having trouble getting back in the swing of things too. He has had two really bad days at school so far and one kind of bad. Hoping each week gets better. One day a kid told on him for saying the "F" word. When I asked him where in the world he heard it from he said, "Remember, Parker told it to me last year in kindergarten". Oh yes, I then remembered that wonderful day. I wish I had asked him that in front of his teacher. No telling what kind of language she thinks he hears at home. (By the way, the kid that told on him was Parker's twin.....some kind of scam you think????) Just kidding.
A few days later, the teacher overheard him say he was going to come to school and kill himself and everyone else. Needless to say, it hit the fan!! When we asked him why he said it, he said "Because Evan did". His teacher told him she realized he had heard it from someone else but reminded him he had to make better choices in what he repeats and what kind of behavior he chooses. He was supposed to go see the principal which would have resulted in a "time out from school" (like a day suspension for younger kids) and a note in his permanent file. He ended up just seeing the counselor so I guess they decided it wasn't as bad as first thought. I do need to talk to Evan's mom though. We are friends and our two boys have gotten in trouble together before (my mention above of the "one kind of bad day"). I need to let her know Emerson implicated Evan. She may have already heard the wonderful news though. He really has no concept of what he said. We don't watch the news and only told him about CT because we figured kids at school would be talking about it. It isn't something we dwelled on. I think he and the counselor got it all worked out though. These two incidents both happened while waiting in carpool line when I was picking him up so now I park at the church, walk over and am there before he walks out the door. So far so good. I told him if I'm not there, not to talk to ANYONE before I get there. It's like he has radar and as soon as he hears something he knows it isn't appropriate and has to repeat it.
Carter didn't get a speaking part in the spring musical, but is part of the chorus. It is an Elvis musical. He has to sing and dance as a prisoner. I'm guessing one number will be Jail House Rock. He seems to like it. He gets to swing girls around so it's got to be fun, right? This is the time of year I wish we lived in Cordova. Emerson and I hang out after school to pick Carter up at 5:30. Jim does it two nights though so it's not that bad. We've been going to the library and signing up for a study room so Emerson can do his homework and no one has to hear all the whining and crying :) (that would be him, not me, really).
Hope everyone has a good week.
Brenda
Emerson is having trouble getting back in the swing of things too. He has had two really bad days at school so far and one kind of bad. Hoping each week gets better. One day a kid told on him for saying the "F" word. When I asked him where in the world he heard it from he said, "Remember, Parker told it to me last year in kindergarten". Oh yes, I then remembered that wonderful day. I wish I had asked him that in front of his teacher. No telling what kind of language she thinks he hears at home. (By the way, the kid that told on him was Parker's twin.....some kind of scam you think????) Just kidding.
A few days later, the teacher overheard him say he was going to come to school and kill himself and everyone else. Needless to say, it hit the fan!! When we asked him why he said it, he said "Because Evan did". His teacher told him she realized he had heard it from someone else but reminded him he had to make better choices in what he repeats and what kind of behavior he chooses. He was supposed to go see the principal which would have resulted in a "time out from school" (like a day suspension for younger kids) and a note in his permanent file. He ended up just seeing the counselor so I guess they decided it wasn't as bad as first thought. I do need to talk to Evan's mom though. We are friends and our two boys have gotten in trouble together before (my mention above of the "one kind of bad day"). I need to let her know Emerson implicated Evan. She may have already heard the wonderful news though. He really has no concept of what he said. We don't watch the news and only told him about CT because we figured kids at school would be talking about it. It isn't something we dwelled on. I think he and the counselor got it all worked out though. These two incidents both happened while waiting in carpool line when I was picking him up so now I park at the church, walk over and am there before he walks out the door. So far so good. I told him if I'm not there, not to talk to ANYONE before I get there. It's like he has radar and as soon as he hears something he knows it isn't appropriate and has to repeat it.
Carter didn't get a speaking part in the spring musical, but is part of the chorus. It is an Elvis musical. He has to sing and dance as a prisoner. I'm guessing one number will be Jail House Rock. He seems to like it. He gets to swing girls around so it's got to be fun, right? This is the time of year I wish we lived in Cordova. Emerson and I hang out after school to pick Carter up at 5:30. Jim does it two nights though so it's not that bad. We've been going to the library and signing up for a study room so Emerson can do his homework and no one has to hear all the whining and crying :) (that would be him, not me, really).
Hope everyone has a good week.
Brenda
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Happy New Year!!!
Hope everyone got through the new year without incident. Me, I ended up in the emergency room at about 6 pm needing stitches. My dogs got into it and I did exactly what you aren't supposed to do - reached right in there trying to break it up. I'm fine, I took the stitches out today (don't worry Carole, on Sunday I was working with a retired pediatrician and she told me it wasn't infected and looked fine, by the way the exact same thing happened to her daughter with her Aussie and she is a VET - now I feel less stupid). I was in bed by 10. I've never been much into New Year's Eve. I worked on NYE for so many years, one year I babysat a supermodel's kid (I would totally tell you her name but for the life of me I can remember it).
We had a good, quiet Christmas. Our friends the Gianotti's come over and we do a little Julegambling (a term derived when our exchange student from Denmark was here) playing Left, Right, Center with each person starting with five one dollar bills. Place cards are lottery tickets but no big winners this year. Every year the Jensens (our Danish family) send us Danish Advent scratch off tickets which is when we started Julegambling. I sure hope we win one year so we can go over there!
Congrats to Carter! I know that Eagle projects are a huge undertaking. Parrish is working as a scanner at Stratton. He hates it. I am glad he is working and think it is so important as I have friends/family in both higher education and HR who deal with people both coming into college and out who have never had a "real" job.
All else is going along. Belle and I skied together with Batman on Sunday. It was beautiful and minus a few boot problems with Belle (skiing is such a labor-intense sport BEFORE getting to the mountain) we had a great time. Parrish even came to eat with us after the lifts closed at which point a woman in her late 20's (who I only know by sight/mutual friends) came over to talk to P (apparently they know each other). She looked at me, said "Hi!" and I said - "Hi! this is my baby." She was a wee bit taken aback. He would never lie about his age, but I imagine they rode together one day and he never offered up the information.
Carole, I have no wisdom to offer in the car accident department. I am pretty doomed.
Miss you guys! Cari you total suck for not writing on here. I should start writing as you and making up outrageous crap. Maybe I will. Or maybe you will start writing and save me the trouble. xoxo
We had a good, quiet Christmas. Our friends the Gianotti's come over and we do a little Julegambling (a term derived when our exchange student from Denmark was here) playing Left, Right, Center with each person starting with five one dollar bills. Place cards are lottery tickets but no big winners this year. Every year the Jensens (our Danish family) send us Danish Advent scratch off tickets which is when we started Julegambling. I sure hope we win one year so we can go over there!
Congrats to Carter! I know that Eagle projects are a huge undertaking. Parrish is working as a scanner at Stratton. He hates it. I am glad he is working and think it is so important as I have friends/family in both higher education and HR who deal with people both coming into college and out who have never had a "real" job.
All else is going along. Belle and I skied together with Batman on Sunday. It was beautiful and minus a few boot problems with Belle (skiing is such a labor-intense sport BEFORE getting to the mountain) we had a great time. Parrish even came to eat with us after the lifts closed at which point a woman in her late 20's (who I only know by sight/mutual friends) came over to talk to P (apparently they know each other). She looked at me, said "Hi!" and I said - "Hi! this is my baby." She was a wee bit taken aback. He would never lie about his age, but I imagine they rode together one day and he never offered up the information.
Carole, I have no wisdom to offer in the car accident department. I am pretty doomed.
Miss you guys! Cari you total suck for not writing on here. I should start writing as you and making up outrageous crap. Maybe I will. Or maybe you will start writing and save me the trouble. xoxo
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
do not turn left
Hummmph,
WAY back in november i was in the Walgreens parking lot next to White Station High School.
(julie, they torn down part of Eudora church and put up a walgreens across little perkins near Babcocks...just east of babcocks)
I was behind WG and after i dropped off Corinne I turned left (to get back on poplar ...headed east) .
A man heard a horn and accellerated( that was his story at the time)...hitting me after i turned left!!!
I get a call from State farm...."investigating"....
Since I made a left turn in the path of his parked car... I AM GUILTY.
Learn from the dumbest thing i have heard in a while!!!
WAY back in november i was in the Walgreens parking lot next to White Station High School.
(julie, they torn down part of Eudora church and put up a walgreens across little perkins near Babcocks...just east of babcocks)
I was behind WG and after i dropped off Corinne I turned left (to get back on poplar ...headed east) .
A man heard a horn and accellerated( that was his story at the time)...hitting me after i turned left!!!
I get a call from State farm...."investigating"....
Since I made a left turn in the path of his parked car... I AM GUILTY.
Learn from the dumbest thing i have heard in a while!!!
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