Julie,
Don't worry about the Christmas cards. I was just kidding. I do think it's becoming a lost tradition though. I generally use a photo we have happened to have taken during the year, but if it gets to November and we don't have one, I do get kind of panicky. The one we took had to wait for Thanksgiving since the playground was by my Mom's house. We had taken a photo there years ago before Emerson was born. It was me, Jim and Carter and the fourth seat was empty. I have always wanted to go back and take one with Emerson filling in the last spot. Finally got the chance. It is the last photo in his "Emerson's Story" book that I made for him showing how he completed our family. He LOVED it.
Glad to hear Parrish is reading. I didn't realize he didn't dive into it beforehand like you do. Carter has actually stopped since he seems to be so busy with everything else. I think I'll make him go to the library again though. He would prefer computer games, I'm sure but once he gets back into it, he'll like it. Thanks for the inspiration!
Carole, Congrats on the new job. Guess our lunches will be a thing of the past. Hope things are going smoothly for you. Do you already know people there?
Work is going well and I'm getting in the swing of running the kids around after school. Carter got a part in the spring musical, Aladdin. He is Jafar, the villian. He was surprised he got it since he's not much of a singer. I've set up 4 voice lessons for him starting next Monday to help boost his confidence. He used to sing well so I'm sure he'll pick it up again. The teacher sounds like a piece of work so I'm interested in meeting her. Definitely a confident woman who doesn't mind telling you how great she is! She has made it quite clear she doesn't put up with tardiness so let's hope for no big traffic jams after school on Mondays! The play is the last weekend of March if anyone wants to come.
So, Carole, are you leaning towards White Station? Those AP stats sound great! Didn't realize you went to the St. Mary's open house. I know you had talked about it though. I think Maria's daughter, Lizzy will be going to St. Agnes. She said SBA was her second choice. Guess we find out all of that stuff come March. Got the letter about registration today for next year for Emerson. He's had a great few last days. Returning after Christmas was not good. I think his teacher was very frustrated with him. She is all smiles lately, thank goodness. I think we'll be doing the parent/teacher conference next month for him :)
Brenda
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Hello and Happy New Year !!
i welcomed the 53 rd birthday here in Memphis.
No fireworks this year. Corinne made me a special cake.
Penguins on a white cake with blue tic tacs for water!!
We spent some time in N.O. la. the younger schnadelbach's
finally go to see Bourban street... Juat as we decide er enough for now
some guy walks by in combat boots a tutu and a sequine bra!!
I am now employed full time at East Memphis Surgery Center
at walnut Grove and humphreys....in the same parking lot with
Baptist East, Wendy's and Hampton Inn.
40 hrs 8 -4:30. I will miss having a day off during the week and
more free time in the summer.
this is a good place to be right now...low stress.
working at 2 places was getting harder to do.
Corinne is seeing more playing time on the basketball court.
She is in the women's choir...we just found out that she can
go with the chamber choir to Florida this spring.
To Disney!! after the performance
Thursday night was open house at White Station High School.
Not the over the top that st Mary's put out but impressive just the same.
2200 students!! 5 languages 48 AP courses ?? or hrs available.
Kevin is tall...almost as tall as me!!
he has that boy smell requiring deodorant. somewhat of a hairy upper lip too.
He intends to tryout for the baseball team in 2 weeks.
I tried to tell him to find out what they do for conditioning and get started!!
we mourned to loss of LSU to Alabama... actually we mourned the no show of the coach and quarterback.. b/c that is what it seemed happened. and really want to know what happened to the person that consistently called bad plays.
well so long to the football season for the saints... they had a good run.
nuff for now
c
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
I couldn't do Christmas Cards...
Brenda, I am so sorry. No Christmas cards came out of the Isaacs house this year. The thought of trying to get a picture was overwhelming. Next year I'm gonna get one in the summer....I hope.
We had a nice Christmas. Gennie was (and still is) here. I didn't have to work nights which made me super-duper happy and we just hung out and had fun.
I just got back from Atlanta to celebrate the first of my high school girls turning 40. Also to spend time with Erin. It looks as if Todd's cancer is speeding up alarmingly fast and they heartbreakingly had to answer the question from their six year old "Is daddy gonna die?". Ugh. Cancer just sucks. I think we can all concur on that.
Belle started horseback riding on Friday, she goes during school for an hour lesson. So that along with piano lessons and skiing has keep her pretty busy. Parrish is still spending lots of time with his girlfriend Shannon, doing some snowboarding and finding ways to prove how disgruntled he is. He is becoming a voracious reader (finally!!!YEAH!!!) and favors the authors of the beat generation - Ginsberg, Keroac, etc. Not my cup of tea, but he is also reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood which is one of my favorite books. It gives us something other than his messy room to talk about.
We had a nice Christmas. Gennie was (and still is) here. I didn't have to work nights which made me super-duper happy and we just hung out and had fun.
I just got back from Atlanta to celebrate the first of my high school girls turning 40. Also to spend time with Erin. It looks as if Todd's cancer is speeding up alarmingly fast and they heartbreakingly had to answer the question from their six year old "Is daddy gonna die?". Ugh. Cancer just sucks. I think we can all concur on that.
Belle started horseback riding on Friday, she goes during school for an hour lesson. So that along with piano lessons and skiing has keep her pretty busy. Parrish is still spending lots of time with his girlfriend Shannon, doing some snowboarding and finding ways to prove how disgruntled he is. He is becoming a voracious reader (finally!!!YEAH!!!) and favors the authors of the beat generation - Ginsberg, Keroac, etc. Not my cup of tea, but he is also reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood which is one of my favorite books. It gives us something other than his messy room to talk about.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Beginning a New Year
Hello ladies,
I see everyone has been as busy as I have....or you've just lost interest. Too bad the Memphis Moms couldn't get together over Christmas break. Hope Grant is feeling better, Cari. Hope you enjoyed N.O. Carole.
Hey Julie, hope you had a great Christmas. Mom came down so she could be with the kids the first week of break. She stayed until 12/27 which was nice. We did a little bit of shopping on Monday 12/26. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I'm off this week which is very nice.
I have some returns to do, but actually did pretty well buying this year. Carter only asked for one thing (a Wii game that I had Mom get him) so all he got from Santa was mostly clothes. I told him if he didn't tell Santa what he wanted, Santa brought what he thought he needed. The jeans worked out great, Cari. I ended up getting Levi's 514 which are a slim cut (not skinny jeans though.....I couldn't get myself to purchase those for him). They look pretty good on him, but you were right.....it does seem to make him look even skinnier. I think we need to get him in some type of muscle building camp over the summer to see if we can beef him up. Still waiting for that eating frenzy to take hold that I always hear about with teenage boys.
Unfortunately, Carter's dog, Scruffy passed away on Christmas. We do not know why. He was perfectly fine the night before. We spent the morning in the house opening presents and the boys took a chew bone out to him that Santa left in his stocking around 10. I noticed that he didn't run up to them like he normally does. Carter walked the bone out to him. He took it and walked down the driveway, laid down and started chewing so I didn't think too much about it. That afternoon we went next door for dessert and he didn't come along like he usually does. Again, thought it was odd, but he seemed to be enjoying laying in the sun on the sidewalk so I didn't think too much of it. When we came back he had moved to the front of the garage, but was dead. I guess he must have gotten into something early in the morning or late the night before. Needless to say, I felt pretty bad about it. I've never been that crazy about the dog. He certainly had his problems, but dying at only around 5 or so years old just doesn't seem right. We had a hard time burying him because Jim and I both expected him to jump up and be fine. I wish I had checked him during the day when I thought he was acting odd. Don't know that it would have helped but it would have made me feel better. I don't feel like a very responsible pet owner, that's for sure. It's really odd coming up the driveway and not seeing him running up to greet me. Pets just break your heart, don't they?
Carter had four teeth pulled yesterday as part of his orthodontic work plus an additional 2 baby teeth that were no big deal. He bounced back amazingly fast. He was fine by the afternoon and eating like nothing had happened. I know Jim was really dreading it. He had he same thing done and had a very bad experience when he was a teenager. Luckily, that wasn't the case for Carter.
Emerson had a great Christmas and we enjoyed a couple of weeks of pretty good behavior. Had a bad day today, but hopefully those will diminish. His behavior is so connected to sleep. We've started putting him to bed earlier and I think that really helps. It may be a 7:30 night tonight though.
Hoping you guys get a chance to post soon. I would love to catch up. Hmmmmm I don't seem to have gotten Christmas cards from any of you. Am I just old fashioned?
Brenda
I see everyone has been as busy as I have....or you've just lost interest. Too bad the Memphis Moms couldn't get together over Christmas break. Hope Grant is feeling better, Cari. Hope you enjoyed N.O. Carole.
Hey Julie, hope you had a great Christmas. Mom came down so she could be with the kids the first week of break. She stayed until 12/27 which was nice. We did a little bit of shopping on Monday 12/26. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I'm off this week which is very nice.
I have some returns to do, but actually did pretty well buying this year. Carter only asked for one thing (a Wii game that I had Mom get him) so all he got from Santa was mostly clothes. I told him if he didn't tell Santa what he wanted, Santa brought what he thought he needed. The jeans worked out great, Cari. I ended up getting Levi's 514 which are a slim cut (not skinny jeans though.....I couldn't get myself to purchase those for him). They look pretty good on him, but you were right.....it does seem to make him look even skinnier. I think we need to get him in some type of muscle building camp over the summer to see if we can beef him up. Still waiting for that eating frenzy to take hold that I always hear about with teenage boys.
Unfortunately, Carter's dog, Scruffy passed away on Christmas. We do not know why. He was perfectly fine the night before. We spent the morning in the house opening presents and the boys took a chew bone out to him that Santa left in his stocking around 10. I noticed that he didn't run up to them like he normally does. Carter walked the bone out to him. He took it and walked down the driveway, laid down and started chewing so I didn't think too much about it. That afternoon we went next door for dessert and he didn't come along like he usually does. Again, thought it was odd, but he seemed to be enjoying laying in the sun on the sidewalk so I didn't think too much of it. When we came back he had moved to the front of the garage, but was dead. I guess he must have gotten into something early in the morning or late the night before. Needless to say, I felt pretty bad about it. I've never been that crazy about the dog. He certainly had his problems, but dying at only around 5 or so years old just doesn't seem right. We had a hard time burying him because Jim and I both expected him to jump up and be fine. I wish I had checked him during the day when I thought he was acting odd. Don't know that it would have helped but it would have made me feel better. I don't feel like a very responsible pet owner, that's for sure. It's really odd coming up the driveway and not seeing him running up to greet me. Pets just break your heart, don't they?
Carter had four teeth pulled yesterday as part of his orthodontic work plus an additional 2 baby teeth that were no big deal. He bounced back amazingly fast. He was fine by the afternoon and eating like nothing had happened. I know Jim was really dreading it. He had he same thing done and had a very bad experience when he was a teenager. Luckily, that wasn't the case for Carter.
Emerson had a great Christmas and we enjoyed a couple of weeks of pretty good behavior. Had a bad day today, but hopefully those will diminish. His behavior is so connected to sleep. We've started putting him to bed earlier and I think that really helps. It may be a 7:30 night tonight though.
Hoping you guys get a chance to post soon. I would love to catch up. Hmmmmm I don't seem to have gotten Christmas cards from any of you. Am I just old fashioned?
Brenda
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Trying Again
Hey guys,
I tried to post the other day but lost my connection. My Mac is giving me a lot of trouble lately. Jim thought I needed a new hard drive but now it's working fine (for now anyway). Technology!!
Jim started his new job Wednesday. So far so good. There have been heated discussions in the Pruett house about me continuing to work. Not sure his reasoning, but he is certainly passionate about it. I start part time Jan 1st which will be helpful. He has backed down about me quitting in the summer and I have given my boss and the COO my word that I won't (unless there is some unforeseen event). My concession to him was I would quit May 2013 if this summer doesn't go well so I would be home next summer with Emerson. Carter is obviously old enough to take care of himself at this point. I know Emerson will love summer camp activities. Hoping you guys can point me in the right direction for that type of thing. Mom will come down as well and we will probably take the kids up there once too plus vacation ourselves so I don't think it will be that big of deal but I'll just have to wait and see.
Loved the picture of Corinne, Carole. Carter ended up being a zombie and Emerson was Sponge Bob.
Hoping to head to Mom's on Wednesday. Jim technically only gets Thursday off so he is going to ask tomorrow or Tuesday about taking off Wed and Fri. Keep your fingers crossed!
Brenda
Monday, November 7, 2011
Hello,
update...they lost but put on a fairly good showing.
Julie, think your friend and his wife are possibly the strongest people I have heard of.
This is truely faith in the unknown.
I am keeping all of them in my prayers.
We are moving along...flag football is over for Kevin.
The buckle fx is healing.
Corinne is into basketball.
The team attended a jamboree sat. omg Corinne had on a
game face I have never seen before!!!
Cool weather is good for dog walking , which is now more important
since the bone density shows osteoporosis. ( side effect of aromasin...
the estrogen converting enzyme blockade med).
I can do this..easy.
The dog thinks it is great.
I am doing this for another reason alltogether....
Corinne was the wicked witch of the west. (she read the book Wicked.)
So I go up into the attic...I keep stuff forever...and behold
a bridesmaids dress for the year AFTER i was married.
huh, it fit her to a tee.... DOES THIS REALLY HAVE TO HAPPEN!!!!
was i really this small OR am i really this large?
still waiting to finish the porch.
still waiting for a full time job to open at G'town hosp.
Going to La/Miss for th'giv.
1st basketball game is today...XXXX your fingers for good luck.
update...they lost but put on a fairly good showing.
c
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