PODA
dishes
garbage
sweep
fling in the LR-again
shower
laundry one last load of DH's work clothes
make bed
put away DD's clean clothes
tutor
take some more papers to the bank
go to DS13's game
pick up DS15 from practice
dinner: turkey tenderlion, scalloped potatoes, sugar snap peas
I got mostly caught up on the laundry this weekend. I only have a little folding to do. I could have done it last night because DH wanted me to watch a movie with him. But I was too tired! We watched "Hitch." It was actually pretty funny! "The Q-tip. Now throw it away." LOL!
I totally forgot to get the girls ready for AWANA yesterday. I have this really great friend who takes them to their AWANA program for me, and here it looks like I totally sloughed her off. And it's not like the girls have anything else to do on Sunday nights. I felt so bad for disappointing them. DD9 reminded me...at 6:00! An hour-and-a-half too late. What is WRONG with me? I've got to start writing myself a note on Saturday and tacking it to the refrigerator or something. (It's on my calendar, but I don't look at the calendar.)
We didn't go to church yesterday. It's 45 minutes away, and I was very low on gas. And it was at a different church (joint service). So, I stuck it out at home and did more laundry. Also, took a load of fling to Ms. Mary. Told her about the new baby. She's like, "Girl!!!"
I got a letter on Friday that the kids' medical coverage was canceled because I "did not cooperate with the review process?" WHAT review process? Turns out, I learned this morning, there was some form I was supposed to return. Thing is, I don't even remember getting the form. It's possible I did, but I sure don't remember it. Arg. This means 45 days, at least, without coverage. I just hate stuff like that. I think we have at least one checkup scheduled during that time, too. Grr. Well, thank the Lord they are all healthy.
God bless you guys. I know 9/11 is a sad anniversary; but I hope it was a good day for you.
Susannah-bummer about the kids' insurance,here's hoping everyone stays healthy in the interim
Shaun- a scrapping retreat sounds great,where are you holding it?
TADA
morning routine
DS off to school
helped revise a bill for DH customer
PODA
read paper
put out my fall decorations
lunch
DD to preschool
Marc's for fresh fruit and such
get gas for lawn tractor
bake cookies
pick up Dd
sort mail
dinner
homework with DS
read with kids
Yes, DH and I will be flying to Hawaii on Wednesday for a national guard conference. I am a bit nervous about leaving DS14 for a week. It's only the 2nd time we've taken a trip without children. My dad and his wife are driving up from Florida to stay with him. DD19 will be driving down from Purdue on Friday to visit. She hasn't seen her grandparents in about 1 1/2 years.
TADA
all beds made
MR complete
round robin
PODA
HGP group meeting here from 11-1 (someone else bringing lunch )
Clean up stairs bathrooms this afternoon
laundry
Write out DS schedule for grandparents (double check on carpool rides)
Start packing
Supper???
Susannah, sorry about the health coverage, I pray that all works out. Good job on tackling the laundry this weekend.
Jo, thanks for starting the new thread for the week
and Good Morning to Heidi and all the other flybabies.
So far, so good! DS8 is off to school, dog & I have walked 2 miles, laundry hanging out on the line. I will get the grass cut today. Hopefully this is the next-to-last time before the winter comes.
Susannah, I'm so sorry about the health insurance. Having grown up in Canada with universal health care, and now being a military dependent with Tricare coverage, I can't wrap my head around a system that would deny care to children. [rant off] I enjoyed Hitch, too.
On Saturday, William and I went to see March of the Penguins. It is fantastic!!! When we came home, I went to the official movie website. They have downloadable t-shirt transfers, so I made William a shirt that says "I (heart) March of the Penguins" on the front, and "It's hot here for a penguin" on the back. He's wearing it today.
Today marks the one month mark of DH's deployment to Iraq. One down, eleven to go. It's weird - I want all of the months to go by as quickly as the first one did, but it seems like I'm wishing my life away by doing so. Such is army life.
Ouch, Susannah! I'm so sorry that happened. I'm sure it will all get worked out, but I am very sympathetic with the special frustration that comes from the "form? what form? did I lose the form?" feeling.
Heidi, the retreat is in Wisconsin, not far from here. My friend knows a Creative Memories lady (not my CM consultant, to whom I am very loyal!) that organizes this with some other CM consultants every year. I think they rent a big retreat center for the purpose -- bedrooms, mess hall, etc.
I just can't get over the lives we all lead -- just reminds me that the person you think is frowning at you in the grocery store or being unbelievably impatient with her kids could very easily be dealing with a husband in Iraq, family lost in NO, lost insurance coverage, a recent stillbirth, or who knows what.
I'm off to the coffeeshop for a new group within my MOMS group. There seems to be a little bit of a divide in the group -- a lot of us oldsters have stuck around, but there are lots of newbies with one tiny baby. So we old ladies are getting together once a month under the banner of "SAge MOMS" (stands for School Age, as in having school age kids). "Sage" makes me feel about 80, but it's better than what my girlfriend keeps calling it, "SAG moms"!
Otherwise it's going to be a work-work day for me. Sooo much work to do before I can leave town. I have meetings or appointments every single morning! Yuck yuck yuck! Where is my personal secretary?!
Have a great day everyone!
Shaun
"Home is not the one tame place in a world of adventure; it is the one wild place in a world of rules and set tasks."
-- G. K. Chesterton
Susan, wanna swing by my house on the way? LOL! Anything in Hawaii sounds like it would be fun, have a great time!! I'm sure DS will be fine, especially with grandparents.
Susannah, welcome to my world of no insurance. LOL! I would have been, "form, I didn't GET NO stinkin' form!! The mail must have lost it!!". Hope it all works out for you.
Rose, I'm sure the next 11 months will fly by, just keep yourself busy like you have been.
Plumber called back. Can't get here til Friday at the earliest, but more than likely next week. Nope. So I called another, they think maybe tomorrow. That's better than next week, so I'll wait on them. I really didn't want to go to those two funerals today and tomorrow anyway (well, I wasn't going to go anyway, but this gives me more of an excuse).
I did ALL of MR this morning, right down to the laundry going AND putting dishes away. (pat on the back for me!) I'm going to try to do some sort of home blessing this morning. DH didn't get my mower fixed, he decided to install a new hydrant for one of the outside faucets instead. So I still have a mower to fix. Especially before this weekend, which the guest list has grown overnight to 40. Oh, dear.
PODA:
*Home blessing
*news for paper
*2 loads of laundry (one in dryer, one in washer now)
*find my desk
*do some desk chores (bills spreadsheet and pay them)
*get girls from school (and no school tomorrow for parent/teacher conferences)
*would REALLY like to do some scrapbooking, or at least organize it some in there.
No work to speak of today, but the afternoon was broken up nicely by my trip to Toccoa for the ultrasound. Baby boy looks like he is doing well. I posted a blurry u/s picture on my blog (no url at the moment). I gotta go; supper's *really* late after fiddling around with picture posting on the blog. I hope tomorrow to have some filing to do at work.
susannah, you didn't tell us it was a BOY!!! Wow, congrats!!!
Well, I didn't do the home blessing. Or the bills. But everything else pretty much got done. Spent too much time on the computer, updated my website and listened to the baseball game. No school tomorrow, I got the girls to clean their room in order to get ice cream and a movie. At first, they choose The Sound of Music, but I said no because I knew they just wanted to stay up even later, little toots. LOL! They settled for a Shirley Temple movie.
I'm the last one last night and the first one this morning. Come on!!
PODA:
*bills (no, really, gotta do them)
*run DW
*parent/teacher conferences (which it looks like I'm going to have to take Chance. grrr... Jeff is busy cutting and could be going to a funeral, inlaws will be at the same funeral, leaving me with the boy for three meetings w/ teachers. joy)
*clean patio some more
*try to get ahold of the plumber (they didn't call back yesterday. I'm getting frustrated)
I'm sure I'll think of something else, or not do anything at all. It was my morning to sleep in, no school today. But no. My husband had to wake me up at 6:30, by asking me what time it was. Look at the clock, dummy. So here I am. He is gone, all the kids are asleep still. And I need a coke.
Jenny-Jeff waking you up to ask you what time is it ranks up there with my DH who once woke me up by asking me what was I doing???!!! Men.......
TADA
morning routine
DS off to school
read paper
PODA
mow yard before it gets too hot(supposed to be 89 today)
1 load laundry
couple calls
DD to preschool(if she is up to it,had a temp last night)
Aldi for groceries if she goes to school
dinner
homework
reading
LDA monthly Board meeting
If you're gonna be all superwoman on us, Jenny, it's not fair to expect us to keep up!
BTW, what time is it?
Been out and about all morning and must work this afternoon before going out again for a meeting. Can I tell you all again how much I dislike this lifestyle?! I think I'm just going to have to cancel everything, and then maybe I'll only end up at a few meetings a month. . . . sigh . . .
So no big plans, beyond getting something better than frozen pizza on the table tonight, which is what we had last night. (Let's see, PMS, subcontractor on project missed extended deadline *again,* no message yet from 1st grade teacher, some kind of gut virus/food poisoning for DH and me . . . nope, couldn't think straight enough to concentrate on the kitchen.) The plan is black bean quesadillas, which are still pretty easy.
Better make the best of my time before DD6 gets home! Happy week!
Shaun
"Home is not the one tame place in a world of adventure; it is the one wild place in a world of rules and set tasks."
-- G. K. Chesterton
And DH now has a shower again. That is, after I clean it. Ugh. Had to leave the plumber here by himself, he came out just before I had the P/T conferences. No big deal, he was gone by the time I got back. Called his cell to let him know that he forgot his extension cord. LOL! Told him that I'll leave it on the back of the camper if he gets out this way before Friday, and if not, I'll drop it off in town for him.
P/T conference was great. Perfectly behaved kids that are doing great academically. Too bad they aren't so perfect at home. LOL! I've frightened the speech teacher. We discussed Chance for a minute, I warned her that "remember how Ch'ree was when she started speech. Well, Chance is that x10". Explained other things with him, she is going to start researching now and be prepared when he starts next year. Either that or she is going to go ahead and retire first. LOL!
Most of bills done. Spreadsheet done, money transferred, checks printed and signed. Just need to stuff the envelopes, seal and stamp. Cool! You DON'T want to know what they came out to this month. $5,000 in tires for the tractor (yes, TIRES!!!), $6,000 for the tractor payment, $3,000 in wheat seed. Ugh.
Jenny- Ouch on all those bill amounts! The cost of doing business eh? What sort of speech issues are you going through with Chance?
Quiet around this site today. All my plans went out the window when DD ran another fever. I kept her home and she has had a temp on and off today as well as thrown up twice. Poor kid. I'll probably keep her in tomorrow and send her Thursday since I am chaperoning her field trip. She should be okay then,I hope.
DH is bringing home dinner(Wendy's) and I of course am skipping my Board meeting tonight.
The day went like this:
got the boys up and off to school
got the girl up and off to daycare
went in to school 8:15-12:30
picked up the girl
payed the payroll taxes after I figured out how (2 hours)
did work-related paperwork
took DD to dance ( 30 minute commute each way)
took DD to soccer
picked up DS13 from soccer
picked up DS15 from soccer
Chinese take out for dinner
helped DS13 study for his math test (sin, cosin, tangent....my eyeballs are spinning)
dishes
went to bed
remembered some more paperwork I needed to do
now I can't fall asleep
The worst part is knowing I have 3 more days of this with the at-school time getting longer each day. Ugh. It's a rat race and I want out.
Aren't I just a ray of merry sunshine?
I'll go now that I've brought you all down with me.
-Jo
Jo (and Shaun too), I feel for you. I've got to pray you through this week. Tell you what, you are superwomen yourselves. Hope your tummy's better, Shaun.
Jenny, owie, what gi-normous bills. It evens out, right?
I'll bet Chance evens out too. Especially if his speech teacher doesn't retire. LOL!
I found out today my account was overdrawn. Blah. I made a deposit yesterday, but now I realize it was after 3:30 and didn't get posted before the debits. And my insurance premium got debited from my account on the same day.
So, then I tried to call home and learned that my phone was "temporarily disconnected." Bwahahahahaha! Sure, okay. I knew the deposit was due to post today, so I went ahead and paid it online, so that did the trick. Was able to reach hubby and tell him to turn on the crockpot.
Then, I got my first paycheck. I didn't realize it was payday. So I was able to pay most of the rest of the bills, too, all but one, which I can pay later this week after the next check. Whew!
Speaking of that, I'd better double check my bank account. Sure hope they posted that first deposit!
Yess!!! I love seeing black instead of red. That's all I ask.
Okay. DH was kind enough to steam clean the traffic areas for me tonight. It looks much better, thus increasing my motivation to keep the house clean.
I also finally got to go over the filing with my boss today, so I have a few things piled on my desk to do tomorrow. Now, I won't feel so useless. I have to figure out a new filing scheme. Scary!
I really want to fix up my blog, but it's like learning a foreign language, and no time to do that right now.
Yes, it's a BOY! I should have made you go to the blog to find out.
Got the kitchen clean, so I'm going to collapse now. No flying to speak of. But at least the house smells better with cleaner carpets!
Susannah, how sweet of DH to do the carpets for you like that!! Send him over here, I need to do my living room and dining room before this weekend!! My husband doesn't even know how to run the darn thing. I got a new vacuum cleaner a few years ago, it took him two years before he noticed, I kid you not!! He took it out to vacuum his semi-truck and said, how do you work this new one? Ugh!!
Glad the deposits worked out. And we hope the bills even out. That was just this months. I didn't pay the fertilizer bill (another $4,000), saving it for next month. Will also have a land payment, the ranch payment, swather payment, and baler payment coming up before the end of the year, not to mention the hospital bill for this baby. Luckily, we are owed 5000 for some hay we sold, and if all goes well, this years crop of haygrazer will be worth about 100,000, and hopefully when we sell the calves, that will be about 15,000. Which will come close to pulling us out of the red. But not quite. We are going to use part of that to build a new barn that is desperatly needed. Not for animals. Just a big shop. DH needs a place to get out of the weather to work on machinery and put all his stuff. Yeah, it all evens out. Just with a couple more zeros at the end than some folks (zeros on the making end AND bill end. LOL!).
Oh, I need a PODA, don't I. Lessee
*clean patio (went out to do it this morning, but it was a little chilly for the shorts I was wearing, 55 degrees. It will warm up in about an hour, supposed to get to nearly 90, so I have time)
*put bills in mailbox (should I actually walk, or just take the 4-wheeler? I'm so lazy!!)
*take deck off mower and fix it (DH ain't gonna get around to it, and I need it done yesterday. Gotta get stuff mowed before 40 people come over Saturday night, especially since I won't be here Saturday. I will be at a football game, homecoming!!)
*shampoo carpets in LR/DR and Chance's room (he seemed to thing that some cheese was to smear on the carpet instead of to eat)
*it's wednesday, do some laundry
Oh, I was just sitting here on the computer the past two nights listening to the ball game for hours (hey, it wasn't on TV, I finally figured out how to get it on the internet!!), and I did something productive: updated my website. www.jandjessary.com/updates if you want to see. Yes, there are fresh new pregnant fat pictures of me. joy.
Missed yall so here I am. I'm not really "flying" as the house is still a mess. They said they would start as early as today or as late as Friday, well sense I haven't heard from them sense Friday I think it's a good guess to say that they won't be starting "as early as Wednesday” OH WELL.
I am caught up on laundry, thanks to the fact that I'm not mopping, vacuuming, or doing any zone work downstairs.
**warning, very Off topic post**
I’m thinking that this is going to end up our busiest home schooling year yet. Trey’s turned into a little social butterfly and I can tell he really needs a lot of interaction with other kids. I’m SO not like that, I’m perfectly content at home with myself and my family, and this is kicking my butt. Monday we had home school bowling league, Tuesday was a play date with one of his home school friends, today is park day (and book swap), and tomorrow we have a field trip. I’m too tired to think about what Friday might hold. What’s driving me crazy is I don’t really see a way out of it. I’m going to home school, and he’s going to need to get out and socialize, the end. I feel like I’m on an eternal quest to find a “simpler” way, that’s what led me to Flylady 4 or 5 years ago.
I just never feel like I’m giving anything my all, not my family, not home schooling, not housework, and good Lord as far as me and DH we just throw each other kisses when we pass in the hall. BLAAA!
Any advice? Anything you do (hints, tips) to make things run easier at home or at home school (for you hs’ers)?
If I need to move this to another thread I can (just let me know) But lets share some of our time saving, sanity saving tips??
I’ll be back when I think of one………
TADA
got myself and everyone else up and out on time
went in to school 8:00-1:00
quick run to the store for brown sugar on the way home
picked up DD
ate lunch
made cookies
PODA
once cookies are cool bag them
clean out van
check status of the laundry, reboot
pack up DD and head down to the soccer field
set up the Booster Clun concession stand
sell food during DS15's game
make dinner: spaghetti and meat sauce for the guys, leftover turkey for me
reboot laundry
pick up DS13 from his away game
help him study the math again (slope and probablility today)
reboot laundry again
early to bed
DS13 is trying to test out of his math class. He needs to review some concepts though, since it was 4 months ago he last worked with them, and he has to score at least 90%. This test is the final of the math class he'd be going IN TO, which makes no sense at all to me, but that's what the teachers/administrators involved say have to happen to prevent having to "hold his hand later." This will also be the second huge test he has been required to take which makes me feel a bit like they are making him jump through an awful lot of hoops for such a simple request. But that's just me. We analyzed the sample test together to see what concepts he needs to review. Hopefully the test will go well on Friday.
I hope you get some answers. I feel this way now, and we are contemplating homeschool next year. If we did, I would really have to make a huge effort to get the girls out to socialize, because it is not my natural inclination either.
I know that when things are running smoothly around here there are some common patterns:
1. I get up early in the morning
2. I do things for myself before anyone else is up
3. I make weekly plans for everything, monthly plans, etc. and refer to them daily.
4. I write everything down in one place.
Lately I find I derail myself by talking too long with friends, shopping too long, reading too long -- basically avoiding reality! I think that's my sign that I really need a period of concentrated Me time to feel good about coming back home to tend the family.
The problem is when Me time is just not possible -- and it happens, like when a pipe bursts and floods your house! -- or you can't seem to get enough to give you time to relax and refresh because you start so wound up. That's where I am lately, and so far my strategy has been to grit my teeth and pray for the light at the end of the tunnel!
Shaun
"Home is not the one tame place in a world of adventure; it is the one wild place in a world of rules and set tasks."
-- G. K. Chesterton
I got the lawnmower fixed (Chance helped. He also managed to lose the rachet with the 9/16 socket on it. grrr). Got some mowing done. Not all. I'll do the yard tomorrow and trimming. Also got most of the patio cleaned up, at least the worst part of it (my flower boxes that the cats knocked over and decided to use as a litter box. Ewww!!). Also worked on putting all the football, volleyball and basketball games for JH, JV, and Varsity for boys and girls down on a calender so I can figure out when to have this darn cheer camp.
Water break now, think I'll eat an orange, too (I've been craving naval oranges!!). Then will go pick up the girls froms school, get school news, deliver two boxes of clothes to school (for Katrina drive), clean the shower, and maybe I can get started on the carpet. If my sciatica lets me. Will rest tonight, when the ball game is on TV for a change.
I should be hustling on laundry and baths, but I'm not. Oh, I forgot, I can't do laundry and baths at the same time. There is something wrong with the water pressure. We did eat supper before 7:30 tonight. Ta Da.
Today I had more to do at work but came home feeling more downhearted. I can't figure out why, except that I want to be at home, homeschooling. I feel discouraged that it's basically not happening. I keep telling myself it's not a big deal, we can make it up, they are learning in other ways, our priority needs to be DH's job hunt, etc. Nothing's happening with the job hunt, either, for that matter.
I'm very tired from late nights; that might be my problem. Early bedtime tonight, come what may.
Today I mapped out everything that is in the file cabinets I have to reorganize (listed in a Word file). I'm not really looking forward to that project (not an organized thinker), but if that's what the Lord has me there to do, I'm praying he'll give me the ability.
Emma's pecking on the keyboard and messing me up.
I can't even think because kids talk to me the whole time I'm on the computer. Some mother I am! I'd rather zone out here than talk to my kids.
Jamie, wish I had some words of wisdom. Right now I could use some timesavers myself. The only way out of the rat race is to step off the course, I fear. You just have to limit your activities, as difficult and guilt-inducing as it might be. I tend to do this without even wanting to near the end of the school year. I'm not known for my endurance!
One drawback to having a large family is the plain fact that where one goes, we all go. Maybe it's also a blessing in disguise too because it limits running around. I have one dear friend who is kind enough to take the girls to AWANA weekly for me, so that's nice. With my not being here at home, my kids' outings are limited to church and history co-op once a week, and even with co-op it's only the big girls; the little ones come back home with him. Anything more than that is too much for DH. He can't handle transporting all of them hither and yon quite as well as I can (and I can't claim to be supermom myself).
Well, rather than drone on here I'll try to post in my blog.
DD is still sick so I stayed here with her again today. DH was home all morning as well. He went grocery shopping for me since I couldn't go yesterday or today,good guy at times.
Will keep her home from the field trip tomorrow since if she gets sick while on a field trip,she's stuck there. I may sneak out for a little bit in a few minutes to get some magazines at the library,feeling a little housebound here.
Jenny-wish I was mechanical,good going on fixing the mower.
Jamielea and Shaun-I tend to be a happy homebody as well. Sometimes,to avoid the whole running around socializing thing,I just have people come here for a potluck or playdate etc. And with gas prices soaring,I bet a lot of people will be staying in more.
Hope you all had a good day,I'm off to the library.
I haven't been posting here much, and really only lurking to read once a week or so. This is where I've "been":
DD, as most everyone knows, was adopted from Russia at age 3.5. She is now 5.5 yrs. She lived in an orphanage her whole life before us. It was a good orphanage with caring staff, but not a home. Many children from this situation suffer from reactive attachment disorder, or RAD for short. It has many symptoms, some small and some large. It ranges from mild to moderate to severe. But, it doesn't cure itself.
With the help of an adoptive mom's group (all adopted from the same region of Russia), I have been educating myself on how to help my little girl. I have purchased and consumed books and videos and have printed, read and underlined countless articles from the internet. I think DD has mild to moderate RAD. We are going to an attachment therapist who specializes in RAD in October for an assessment and some professional guidance. DH is not on board with this at all. He still maintains that she is just a normal 5 year old and that most people have at least some of the symptoms from the list. True enough, but she has the subtle and the obvious ones. The video showing how her brain didn't normally develop all areas because of early neglect really made me determined to do everything I can to help her develop these areas while it is still possible. I am told that you have to help these kids before age 10 or they are almost impossible to reach.
So, between researching, implementing new parenting techniques, church activities, working part-time and just trying to keep my head above water at home and in all other areas, I just haven't had time to post.
I'm sorry I haven't gotten on to tell you all what's going on with us. I'm not down or anything; on the contrary, I feel positive and empowered with all of this knowledge and these tools.
I hope everyone is doing great. I'll try to pop in and post at least once a week.
How sad that your little girl had such a rough start in life - and how fortunate that she found her way to you. I know very little about RAD, but I am a strong believer in Ericson's developmental theories particularly as they apply to attachment. It seems to me that, regardless of the absence or presence of a diagnosis of RAD, loving interventions aimed at fostering trust and security would be beneficial. I hope that your husband comes around to this way of thinking.
Susannah, I'm enjoying your blog. Your writing "over there" has a different quality to it. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I think that your true passion for your family and for homeschooling them shines through. (And that's no diss on your writing on this board )
I am puttering about doing a home blessing - kitchen and dining room have been spiffied, laundry is on the go and I am just taking a coffee break before tackling the office. My contractor is coming this afternoon to draw up some plans for rewiring the office. Best get at it!
Rose
Vonnie, your daughter is lucky she found a caring home like yours.
Today I HAVE to get the carpets done. And the grass/trimming, too. Tonight I apparently have to go to some school music program thing I didn't know about til yesterday. I told DD8 I didn't feel like doing it, and she said, but I'm singing in it we have to go!! When did you find this out, I ask. Last week. And you didn't tell me? I forgot. sigh... It's at the same time as DH's WW meeting, so I'm on my own for it.
Vonnie-good luck with emily,I know that you are giving your all to helping her through. She is a lucky one.
Jenny-does your school district have a website? They post all dates of activities and times on ours and it helps keep track of where you have to be and when.
TADA
morning routine
read paper
DS off to school
DD feels better,kept food down so far and no more fever so hopefully she is on the mend.
So, here I am, shampooing the carpet in the dining room. I've already done the living room and have now shoved all the furniture in there so I can do the dining room. I look out the window to the patio, and what do I see. Something or someone (either a child, dog, or cat) has knocked over my remaining flowerbox and spilt dirt all over the patio that I just cleaned yesterday.
I wake up this morning and find the two tomatoes that I picked yesterday have been fingered to death by a young child. Not usually a big deal, but my garden is struggling and these were the FIRST tomatoes I had gotten out of it this year. Now ruined into pulpy messes.
I just can't keep up with the messes everyone/thing makes around here. I'm running away. To a messless place. Somewhere that the people actually pick up after themselves, clean up spills, and tell mom in advance about programs to be sung at!! Someplace that is just the right temperature and has soft, cushy sofas to rest on. ARG!!!!
Jenny- it's time to go on strike!! Seriously! What a pain,sorry that happened. I'd read the riot act and make sure everyone knows what their resposibilities are in running the house/family. We do no one any favors when we do stuff that they can do or help do with you. I feel for ya. And if you decide to run away,you can hang out here! LoL
DD is better but not eating alot or running around yet. There was a time when I was a new mom that I would have run to the doctor right away,now that I have been a mom for awhile I know to wait these things out. I guess it comes with experience. Who knows.
School called and asked if I would be interested in volunteering at the school library a couple afternoons a month. No big deal, I usually help out at parties or field trips,etc so that should be okay. I only have this school year and possibly next before I will go back to work or school or both so I"ll do what I can now.
Better get DD something to drink. Don't really care too much if she doesn't eat much,it's the fluids that are important now.
1. Pull a Kreacher. You're hormonal. You can get away with it.
2. Run away to my house. No man here right now, just an 8 year old boy who likes to do Japanese t-shirt folding. It gets good and cool here at night, too, so you'd be able to sleep comfortably
I can't think of anything else right now .. at least nothing that wouldn't end up on the news.
My TADA's
~good long walk with the dog
~good long bike ride
~downstairs spiffied, floors mopped, laundry on the line
~umm, is that all?
Haven't cleaned up the mess out there yet. It was probably the dog, in which case nothing I do would do any good to him besides a bullet between the eyes, and I like him to much to do that. Afterall, he does find the rattlesnakes for me.
I have some TADA:
*living room and dining room carpets are clean!!! Wow! They got pretty bad. It had just been a couple of months since I did the LR. Waiting for it all to dry so I can vacuum them out and put my rugs and furniture back so that I can do the little bit I lack. Which is the parts where normally there isn't furniture but it's there now (mostly foyer and a walking area)
*mowed the yard, front back and BOTH sides, and a bit outside the actual yard that isn't grass but weeds. Still, it needed to be mowed.
Time to wake up Chance and go get the girls from school. I'll take a shower sometime after we get home before we go back to the school at 6. I'm a bit upset that I will miss the ball game tonight. I think the school just plans events around what few games TBS has on. LOL! Maybe I won't miss the whole thing. Maybe with me not watching they will win (I've already lost a bet I made on the series with another imaginary friend I have. I now owe him a pound of shelled pecans. But the kids are eating them faster than I can shell them!!).
Was also called by cheer coach and asked if we could do a hayride for our homecoming bonfire tomorrow night. I had forgotten it, told her sure, but it would just be a ride, no hay. Which was fine with her. Think we will use the semi truck. The truck has straights on it (which means it is REALLY loud, DH loves it!!), and I'm sure the football players will love it too. Getting a couple of radio djs out for it too. Welcome to the country!!
Ya'll are kidding me!! No one has been here since LAST NIGHT! What is the matter with you people? Are you actually "flying" so much you don't have time for ME anymore! LOL!
I'm exhausted. I had an OB appt. today, everything is fine. I took MIL to help with Chance, and she was very excited to hear the baby's heartbeat. I was excited that I only gained 2 pounds this month (I gained 10 the month before!). I go back in only 2 weeks!
Then we went to Hobby Lobby (where, amazingly enough, neither of us bought anything!! Call the papers!), then Hancock Fabrics, where she had me pick out something to make the baby's blankie (she makes one for every grandbaby). Then we ate at Chili's, ran into a woman I met over the summer that has twin boys Chance's age, got her number so we can get together. Then to Walmart, bought out the store for the boy's birthday party tomorrow. Dropped her off at her house, made it in time to pick the girls up from school, home, unloaded, unpacked, Chance pooped everywhere, cleaned up and bath for him, now I'm resting. For a minute. In an hour we have to go back to the school to give the athletes a hay ride on the back of our semi truck and then a bonfire/peprally for homecoming.
at work all day; can't post there, but I can check in briefly to catch up with you all.
Yippee, on a happy check-up for baby, Jenny!
TA DA:
*Made the kids help clean up the mess I walked into this evening.
*Vacuumed, once the floor was clear
*Pancakes for supper
*Did a few dishes (but we made more)
*Bathed sticky toddler
I really need to get groceries, too, but I'm not sure when. DH doesn't like me going to Wal-Mart after the kids are in bed, and local stores close in 45 min. Well, I just mentioned it and got the okay, so I'll be doing that, too.
In the morning, I want to go yard-saling. Unfortunately, DH has scheduled a doctor's appointment right in the middle of my yard saling schedule. We had wanted to take the children to the zoo in the afternoon. If I end up waiting for him to get home before I can yard sale, that will put us late going to the zoo. Drat. The sale I really am aiming at is in the next county, 45 min. away, but it has both maternity and baby boy clothes. My plan was to get there early, right as it opened and yard sale my way home, arriving well before lunch. Drat.
But, the best laid plans o' mice and mommies...etc, etc. I haven't mentioned the zoo, for fear it might fall through.
No blogging tonight if I'm going to do PODA and grocery shopping. Oh well!
Hi Rose! I mastered (well almost) the t-shirt thing - I'm amazed your son can do it, my 8 year old couldn't I don't think.
Hi Heidi - I'm glad you can voluntter in the library. I tried to do as much of that as I could when I was working PT. Not possible now of course.
Well, my week went well. My first 5-day work week in years! My saving grace is my schedule, which allows me to be home by 3:00 most afternoons.
Well, on to flying...
TADA
Wal-Mart run - big one
took DD6 to dance
emptied dw
laundry done and put away
sheets changed on one bed
PODA
vacuum everything including some furniture
vac and mop kitchen floor
clean up mess from kids - DS had a buddy over for the nite
finish my book (yes that is a PODA)
No maternity clothes. But, I did find baby boy clothes, $14 for a bag of sleepers and two-piece outfits. Most of the clothes at that sale were not the right season, but I got enough for starters. Also found a pile of dinosaurs for my kids to fight over. Which is what the boys are doing right now. Oh, and a nice sweater for DD9 for this fall, $1.
Didn't go grocery shopping last night. Had to make hot chocolate with nonfat dry milk and cocoa this morning. Surprisingly, they drank it. DH did go to his doctor's appointment and I was so late getting out and coming back that I figured the zoo was a wash. Maybe another time. I simply must go grocery shopping tonight anyway.
I folded a little laundry last night, but Emma had unfolded it all by the time I got home this afternoon. So, I've been doing more folding and finishing up the wash. Wiped down my washer and dryer.
Back to the laundry mines.
Later!
Susannah
P.S. An insurance update: By calling around this week, I found out the two older girls are still covered under their PeachCare plan, but the three little ones were bumped off in the "Case of the Missing Form." So, I reapplied for the whole family this time, excluding the girls. What was so weird was that the letter listed *every single* member of our family! Very confusing. I knew DH and I weren't covered, but I got confused about the kids.
I'll probably find the form the day I go through my dreaded Green Crate, whenever that happens.
The hay ride was lots of fun. And no one jumped off or sprained an ankle the night before the big homecoming game!! LOL! Yes, that was last year.
Unfortunatly, despite all my efforts, we didn't make it to the game. I'm pissed. I spent all morning cleaning, washing, cleaning, mopping, vacuuming, cooking, bathing kids, etc. The game started at 1 and I still wasn't showered myself. I reluctently had to decide not to go. I'm showered now, still have to do my face, and presents are wrapped for DS and Dnephew. DH did help out and re-cleaned the patio for me, also put the camper up and moved the swingset and finished that bit of mowing. I think all is ready now. Except we need ice, but I've got the inlaws stealing that for me.
If I survive, I'll let ya know how it went later. LOL!
TADA
morning routine
read paper
DD to swim lessons
watched way too much TV
Chinese take out for dinner
DD bathed
cleaned both toilets
Not a busy day,kinda bumming it. DD,who loves the water,would hardly go in at lessons and we left early. I think she is scared since it is indoor in the "big" pool and she can't reach the bottom. Hopefully she will be a little more comfortable next week.
That's what I'm doing. Resting. My sciatica is really bad today, I want to do as little as possible.
The party went well. 30 people came, not a bad turnout. Everyone had a good time, I think. The last of them left about 11:30 last night. The boys got some neat presents. Lots of trucks. LOL! They love those trucks.
I'm just tired. I need to make a brocoli casserole for DH to take to a potluck/pickin' today. I doubt I will go. I just want to veg out. No church either, just rest.
Ya'll have a good one (as slow as it is here, those of you that are still around!!).
PODA
shower and dress
work LDA info table at ART FESt 3-5pm
dinner
read with kids
DH is taking the kids to visit his sister for awhile so I'll have some alone time before I leave for my shift at the info table. I may use that time to get some fall clothes at Target with my gift card and hit the library,it's open on Sundays during the school year.
Sorry your sciatica is acting up Jenny,been there done that too.
Yes,it has been quiet around here,it should pick up soon.
I was in at school, doing the soccer run-around, and my DSIL, who is also one of my best friends is here from Seattle, so that's where I've been. Also, my mom went to the ER Thurs with chest pains/shortness of breath. I guess they think she may have had a blood clot go to her lungs. Scary.
Today is DD's 5th birthday!
TADA
3 loads laundry
two loads dishes
baked cake
took DS to work
church
PODA
frost cakes
dishes again
more laundry
sweep
pick up DS from work
have DD's party
collapse
Have a good one ladies, I'll be around more this week.
Bye,
-Jo
To Jenny's DS and Jo's DD! Bless their pea-pickin' little hearts, they grow up so fast.
Jo, is your mom out of the woods now? That is scary.
TA DA:
*Got to church this morning only ten minutes late. I always say that, don't I? Glad I went. Worship was great, message was great, 3.5yo was not so great going to class, but oh well... It's just so good to see all the beautiful faces of the people there (including my dear mom, whom I hadn't seen all week). Oh, Vonnie, I've got a friend adopting a child from the Ukraine...
*Stopped by local grocery store and got fried chicken for lunch. Arrived home; corrected two boys for fighting and not obeying (one BIT the other in the store!). Got lunch on the table around 2 p.m. and ate.
*Called my dear friend to apologize for last week and promise that I will NOT forget AWANA today. She was most gracious. We chatted about our history co-op and set up a yard saling date.
Now I'm just relaxing before I start in on...
PODA:
*Clean up mess in kitchen (Emma's been hard at work, plus lunch leavings)
*Move laundry along, put away last of folded clothes
*Get girls ready for AWANA
*Drop them off and go on to Wal-Mart in the next town with the other three to finish grocery shopping. I did get milk at the local store today. It's actually cheaper here than at Wal-Mart.
DH is off in Athens today with a friend. Boy, do I understand needing to get out of the house. I can sympathize. Hope it does him some good. He's been down about the job search lately. Please pray!!
So, that's it. I may hop over to the blog and make an entry, although I think I'm getting too obsessed already. It's just that I can't blog for 8 hours a day, while I'm at work, so it builds up.
Have DH pick me up 2 jr. bacon cheeseburgers, a biggie Fry, Biggie Coke, and Med. Frostie, please. LOL!
Chance's speech problem is that he is 3 and still not talking. His vocabulary consists of about 20 words if that many. I try to sit down and work one on one to say simple words like NOSE. I say, "say NO", he says "NO". Now, "Say NOOOOOSSEEEE" and he says, "DIS!!!". Which doesn't mean "this". That is what he says for everything. He started saying ME and MINE a couple of weeks ago. and he will just ramble on about something, but it's total jibberish. HE knows what he is saying, but everyone else is totally clueless, including me. It just sounds like a whole other language. He's just really delayed when it comes to speech. I thought it could be his hearing at one time, but he has proven that there is nothing wrong with it, it's just selective like his father's. I think it's a guy thing. LOL!
Yes, we do have one. But very little info on it, it's brand new. I had known there was a program of some sort, but it was news to me last night that DD was IN it. Mainly what is on the website so far are the ball games scheduled and lunch menus. And staff emails. Which I was amused to find my hubby has one (for being a school board member). Wonder if he knows that. hmmm.
And since I don't think there are any stalkers or really bad people lurking about on a flybaby thread, LOL! I'll share the site: http://www.floydbroncos.com
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Good Monday Morning
Well, much to do today.
PODA
dishes
garbage
sweep
fling in the LR-again
shower
laundry one last load of DH's work clothes
make bed
put away DD's clean clothes
tutor
take some more papers to the bank
go to DS13's game
pick up DS15 from practice
dinner: turkey tenderlion, scalloped potatoes, sugar snap peas
Have a peaceful, productive Monday everyone!
-Jo
Howdy!
I got mostly caught up on the laundry this weekend. I only have a little folding to do. I could have done it last night because DH wanted me to watch a movie with him. But I was too tired! We watched "Hitch." It was actually pretty funny! "The Q-tip. Now throw it away." LOL!
I totally forgot to get the girls ready for AWANA yesterday.
I have this really great friend who takes them to their AWANA program for me, and here it looks like I totally sloughed her off. And it's not like the girls have anything else to do on Sunday nights. I felt so bad for disappointing them. DD9 reminded me...at 6:00! An hour-and-a-half too late. 
What is WRONG with me? I've got to start writing myself a note on Saturday and tacking it to the refrigerator or something. (It's on my calendar, but I don't look at the calendar.)
We didn't go to church yesterday. It's 45 minutes away, and I was very low on gas. And it was at a different church (joint service). So, I stuck it out at home and did more laundry. Also, took a load of fling to Ms. Mary. Told her about the new baby. She's like, "Girl!!!"
I got a letter on Friday that the kids' medical coverage was canceled because I "did not cooperate with the review process?" WHAT review process? Turns out, I learned this morning, there was some form I was supposed to return. Thing is, I don't even remember getting the form. It's possible I did, but I sure don't remember it. Arg. This means 45 days, at least, without coverage. I just hate stuff like that. I think we have at least one checkup scheduled during that time, too. Grr. Well, thank the Lord they are all healthy.
God bless you guys. I know 9/11 is a sad anniversary; but I hope it was a good day for you.
Love,
Susannah
good Morning! Susannah-bum
good Morning!
Susannah-bummer about the kids' insurance,here's hoping everyone stays healthy in the interim
Shaun- a scrapping retreat sounds great,where are you holding it?
TADA
morning routine
DS off to school
helped revise a bill for DH customer
PODA
read paper
put out my fall decorations
lunch
DD to preschool
Marc's for fresh fruit and such
get gas for lawn tractor
bake cookies
pick up Dd
sort mail
dinner
homework with DS
read with kids
Have a good one all
Heidi
Off to Hawaii this week!!!!
Yes, DH and I will be flying to Hawaii on Wednesday for a national guard conference. I am a bit nervous about leaving DS14 for a week. It's only the 2nd time we've taken a trip without children. My dad and his wife are driving up from Florida to stay with him. DD19 will be driving down from Purdue on Friday to visit. She hasn't seen her grandparents in about 1 1/2 years.
TADA
all beds made
MR complete
round robin
PODA
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HGP group meeting here from 11-1 (someone else bringing lunch
Clean up stairs bathrooms this afternoon
laundry
Write out DS schedule for grandparents (double check on carpool rides)
Start packing
Supper???
Susannah, sorry about the health coverage, I pray that all works out. Good job on tackling the laundry this weekend.
Jo, thanks for starting the new thread for the week
and Good Morning to Heidi and all the other flybabies.
Susan
Monday, Monday ...
So far, so good! DS8 is off to school, dog & I have walked 2 miles, laundry hanging out on the line. I will get the grass cut today. Hopefully this is the next-to-last time before the winter comes.
Susannah, I'm so sorry about the health insurance. Having grown up in Canada with universal health care, and now being a military dependent with Tricare coverage, I can't wrap my head around a system that would deny care to children. [rant off] I enjoyed Hitch, too.
On Saturday, William and I went to see March of the Penguins. It is fantastic!!! When we came home, I went to the official movie website. They have downloadable t-shirt transfers, so I made William a shirt that says "I (heart) March of the Penguins" on the front, and "It's hot here for a penguin" on the back. He's wearing it today.
Today marks the one month mark of DH's deployment to Iraq. One down, eleven to go. It's weird - I want all of the months to go by as quickly as the first one did, but it seems like I'm wishing my life away by doing so. Such is army life.
Hope everyone has a great week.
Rose
Must be fall . . . almost
Pretty new backround, eh?
Ouch, Susannah! I'm so sorry that happened. I'm sure it will all get worked out, but I am very sympathetic with the special frustration that comes from the "form? what form? did I lose the form?" feeling.
Heidi, the retreat is in Wisconsin, not far from here. My friend knows a Creative Memories lady (not my CM consultant, to whom I am very loyal!) that organizes this with some other CM consultants every year. I think they rent a big retreat center for the purpose -- bedrooms, mess hall, etc.
I just can't get over the lives we all lead -- just reminds me that the person you think is frowning at you in the grocery store or being unbelievably impatient with her kids could very easily be dealing with a husband in Iraq, family lost in NO, lost insurance coverage, a recent stillbirth, or who knows what.
I'm off to the coffeeshop for a new group within my MOMS group. There seems to be a little bit of a divide in the group -- a lot of us oldsters have stuck around, but there are lots of newbies with one tiny baby. So we old ladies are getting together once a month under the banner of "SAge MOMS" (stands for School Age, as in having school age kids). "Sage" makes me feel about 80, but it's better than what my girlfriend keeps calling it, "SAG moms"!
Otherwise it's going to be a work-work day for me. Sooo much work to do before I can leave town. I have meetings or appointments every single morning! Yuck yuck yuck! Where is my personal secretary?!
Have a great day everyone!
Shaun
"Home is not the one tame place in a world of adventure; it is the one wild place in a world of rules and set tasks."
-- G. K. Chesterton
Morning!!! Susan, wanna sw
Morning!!!
Susan, wanna swing by my house on the way? LOL! Anything in Hawaii sounds like it would be fun, have a great time!! I'm sure DS will be fine, especially with grandparents.
Susannah, welcome to my world of no insurance. LOL! I would have been, "form, I didn't GET NO stinkin' form!! The mail must have lost it!!". Hope it all works out for you.
Rose, I'm sure the next 11 months will fly by, just keep yourself busy like you have been.
Plumber called back. Can't get here til Friday at the earliest, but more than likely next week. Nope. So I called another, they think maybe tomorrow. That's better than next week, so I'll wait on them. I really didn't want to go to those two funerals today and tomorrow anyway (well, I wasn't going to go anyway, but this gives me more of an excuse).
I did ALL of MR this morning, right down to the laundry going AND putting dishes away. (pat on the back for me!) I'm going to try to do some sort of home blessing this morning. DH didn't get my mower fixed, he decided to install a new hydrant for one of the outside faucets instead. So I still have a mower to fix. Especially before this weekend, which the guest list has grown overnight to 40. Oh, dear.
PODA:
*Home blessing
*news for paper
*2 loads of laundry (one in dryer, one in washer now)
*find my desk
*do some desk chores (bills spreadsheet and pay them)
*get girls from school (and no school tomorrow for parent/teacher conferences)
*would REALLY like to do some scrapbooking, or at least organize it some in there.
Time for my morning coke!!
Hi Y'all!
No work to speak of today, but the afternoon was broken up nicely by my trip to Toccoa for the ultrasound. Baby boy looks like he is doing well. I posted a blurry u/s picture on my blog (no url at the moment). I gotta go; supper's *really* late after fiddling around with picture posting on the blog. I hope tomorrow to have some filing to do at work.
Later!
Susannah
Cool!
susannah, you didn't tell us it was a BOY!!! Wow, congrats!!!
Well, I didn't do the home blessing. Or the bills. But everything else pretty much got done. Spent too much time on the computer, updated my website and listened to the baseball game. No school tomorrow, I got the girls to clean their room in order to get ice cream and a movie. At first, they choose The Sound of Music, but I said no because I knew they just wanted to stay up even later, little toots. LOL! They settled for a Shirley Temple movie.
See ya'll in the morning!
I'm the last one last night a
I'm the last one last night and the first one this morning. Come on!!
PODA:
*bills (no, really, gotta do them)
*run DW
*parent/teacher conferences (which it looks like I'm going to have to take Chance. grrr... Jeff is busy cutting and could be going to a funeral, inlaws will be at the same funeral, leaving me with the boy for three meetings w/ teachers. joy)
*clean patio some more
*try to get ahold of the plumber (they didn't call back yesterday. I'm getting frustrated)
I'm sure I'll think of something else, or not do anything at all. It was my morning to sleep in, no school today. But no. My husband had to wake me up at 6:30, by asking me what time it was. Look at the clock, dummy. So here I am. He is gone, all the kids are asleep still. And I need a coke.
Good Morning! Jenny-Jeff w
Good Morning!
Jenny-Jeff waking you up to ask you what time is it ranks up there with my DH who once woke me up by asking me what was I doing???!!! Men.......
TADA
morning routine
DS off to school
read paper
PODA
mow yard before it gets too hot(supposed to be 89 today)
1 load laundry
couple calls
DD to preschool(if she is up to it,had a temp last night)
Aldi for groceries if she goes to school
dinner
homework
reading
LDA monthly Board meeting
Later
Heidi
We can't help it!
If you're gonna be all superwoman on us, Jenny, it's not fair to expect us to keep up!
BTW, what time is it?
Been out and about all morning and must work this afternoon before going out again for a meeting. Can I tell you all again how much I dislike this lifestyle?! I think I'm just going to have to cancel everything, and then maybe I'll only end up at a few meetings a month. . . . sigh . . .
So no big plans, beyond getting something better than frozen pizza on the table tonight, which is what we had last night. (Let's see, PMS, subcontractor on project missed extended deadline *again,* no message yet from 1st grade teacher, some kind of gut virus/food poisoning for DH and me . . . nope, couldn't think straight enough to concentrate on the kitchen.) The plan is black bean quesadillas, which are still pretty easy.
Better make the best of my time before DD6 gets home! Happy week!
Shaun
"Home is not the one tame place in a world of adventure; it is the one wild place in a world of rules and set tasks."
-- G. K. Chesterton
The plumber came!!
And DH now has a shower again. That is, after I clean it. Ugh. Had to leave the plumber here by himself, he came out just before I had the P/T conferences. No big deal, he was gone by the time I got back. Called his cell to let him know that he forgot his extension cord. LOL! Told him that I'll leave it on the back of the camper if he gets out this way before Friday, and if not, I'll drop it off in town for him.
P/T conference was great. Perfectly behaved kids that are doing great academically. Too bad they aren't so perfect at home. LOL! I've frightened the speech teacher. We discussed Chance for a minute, I warned her that "remember how Ch'ree was when she started speech. Well, Chance is that x10". Explained other things with him, she is going to start researching now and be prepared when he starts next year. Either that or she is going to go ahead and retire first. LOL!
Most of bills done. Spreadsheet done, money transferred, checks printed and signed. Just need to stuff the envelopes, seal and stamp. Cool! You DON'T want to know what they came out to this month. $5,000 in tires for the tractor (yes, TIRES!!!), $6,000 for the tractor payment, $3,000 in wheat seed. Ugh.
Jenny- Ouch on all those bill
Jenny- Ouch on all those bill amounts! The cost of doing business eh? What sort of speech issues are you going through with Chance?
Quiet around this site today. All my plans went out the window when DD ran another fever. I kept her home and she has had a temp on and off today as well as thrown up twice. Poor kid. I'll probably keep her in tomorrow and send her Thursday since I am chaperoning her field trip. She should be okay then,I hope.
DH is bringing home dinner(Wendy's) and I of course am skipping my Board meeting tonight.
See ya,
Heidi
Ugh
I'm not liking this lifestyle either Shaun.
The day went like this:
got the boys up and off to school
got the girl up and off to daycare
went in to school 8:15-12:30
picked up the girl
payed the payroll taxes after I figured out how (2 hours)
did work-related paperwork
took DD to dance ( 30 minute commute each way)
took DD to soccer
picked up DS13 from soccer
picked up DS15 from soccer
Chinese take out for dinner
helped DS13 study for his math test (sin, cosin, tangent....my eyeballs are spinning)
dishes
went to bed
remembered some more paperwork I needed to do
now I can't fall asleep
The worst part is knowing I have 3 more days of this with the at-school time getting longer each day. Ugh. It's a rat race and I want out.
Aren't I just a ray of merry sunshine?
I'll go now that I've brought you all down with me.
-Jo
Sympathies
Jo (and Shaun too), I feel for you.
I've got to pray you through this week. Tell you what, you are superwomen yourselves. Hope your tummy's better, Shaun.
Jenny, owie, what gi-normous bills. It evens out, right?
I'll bet Chance evens out too.
Especially if his speech teacher doesn't retire. LOL!
I found out today my account was overdrawn. Blah. I made a deposit yesterday, but now I realize it was after 3:30 and didn't get posted before the debits. And my insurance premium got debited from my account on the same day.
So, then I tried to call home and learned that my phone was "temporarily disconnected." Bwahahahahaha! Sure, okay. I knew the deposit was due to post today, so I went ahead and paid it online, so that did the trick. Was able to reach hubby and tell him to turn on the crockpot.
Then, I got my first paycheck.
I didn't realize it was payday. So I was able to pay most of the rest of the bills, too, all but one, which I can pay later this week after the next check. Whew!
Speaking of that, I'd better double check my bank account. Sure hope they posted that first deposit!
Yess!!! I love seeing black instead of red. That's all I ask.
Okay. DH was kind enough to steam clean the traffic areas for me tonight. It looks much better, thus increasing my motivation to keep the house clean.
I also finally got to go over the filing with my boss today, so I have a few things piled on my desk to do tomorrow. Now, I won't feel so useless. I have to figure out a new filing scheme. Scary!
I really want to fix up my blog, but it's like learning a foreign language, and no time to do that right now.
Yes, it's a BOY! I should have made you go to the blog to find out.
Got the kitchen clean, so I'm going to collapse now. No flying to speak of. But at least the house smells better with cleaner carpets!
Later.
Susannah
morning!
Susannah, how sweet of DH to do the carpets for you like that!! Send him over here, I need to do my living room and dining room before this weekend!! My husband doesn't even know how to run the darn thing. I got a new vacuum cleaner a few years ago, it took him two years before he noticed, I kid you not!! He took it out to vacuum his semi-truck and said, how do you work this new one? Ugh!!
Glad the deposits worked out.
And we hope the bills even out. That was just this months. I didn't pay the fertilizer bill (another $4,000), saving it for next month. Will also have a land payment, the ranch payment, swather payment, and baler payment coming up before the end of the year, not to mention the hospital bill for this baby. Luckily, we are owed 5000 for some hay we sold, and if all goes well, this years crop of haygrazer will be worth about 100,000, and hopefully when we sell the calves, that will be about 15,000. Which will come close to pulling us out of the red. But not quite. We are going to use part of that to build a new barn that is desperatly needed. Not for animals. Just a big shop. DH needs a place to get out of the weather to work on machinery and put all his stuff. Yeah, it all evens out. Just with a couple more zeros at the end than some folks (zeros on the making end AND bill end. LOL!).
Oh, I need a PODA, don't I. Lessee
*clean patio (went out to do it this morning, but it was a little chilly for the shorts I was wearing, 55 degrees. It will warm up in about an hour, supposed to get to nearly 90, so I have time)
*put bills in mailbox (should I actually walk, or just take the 4-wheeler? I'm so lazy!!)
*take deck off mower and fix it (DH ain't gonna get around to it, and I need it done yesterday. Gotta get stuff mowed before 40 people come over Saturday night, especially since I won't be here Saturday. I will be at a football game, homecoming!!)
*shampoo carpets in LR/DR and Chance's room (he seemed to thing that some cheese was to smear on the carpet instead of to eat)
*it's wednesday, do some laundry
Oh, I was just sitting here on the computer the past two nights listening to the ball game for hours (hey, it wasn't on TV, I finally figured out how to get it on the internet!!), and I did something productive: updated my website. www.jandjessary.com/updates if you want to see. Yes, there are fresh new pregnant fat pictures of me. joy.
Time for a coke!!
Hi everyone!
Hi all-
Yes I'm checking in from work - taking a break!
Waves to everyone - I've been reading -
Nice pictures and news Jenny - thanks!
Andrea
Good Morning
Missed yall so here I am.
I'm not really "flying" as the house is still a mess. They said they would start as early as today or as late as Friday, well sense I haven't heard from them sense Friday I think it's a good guess to say that they won't be starting "as early as Wednesday” OH WELL.
I am caught up on laundry, thanks to the fact that I'm not mopping, vacuuming, or doing any zone work downstairs.
**warning, very Off topic post**
I’m thinking that this is going to end up our busiest home schooling year yet. Trey’s turned into a little social butterfly and I can tell he really needs a lot of interaction with other kids. I’m SO not like that, I’m perfectly content at home with myself and my family, and this is kicking my butt. Monday we had home school bowling league, Tuesday was a play date with one of his home school friends, today is park day (and book swap), and tomorrow we have a field trip. I’m too tired to think about what Friday might hold. What’s driving me crazy is I don’t really see a way out of it. I’m going to home school, and he’s going to need to get out and socialize, the end. I feel like I’m on an eternal quest to find a “simpler” way, that’s what led me to Flylady 4 or 5 years ago.
I just never feel like I’m giving anything my all, not my family, not home schooling, not housework, and good Lord as far as me and DH we just throw each other kisses when we pass in the hall. BLAAA!
Any advice? Anything you do (hints, tips) to make things run easier at home or at home school (for you hs’ers)?
If I need to move this to another thread I can (just let me know) But lets share some of our time saving, sanity saving tips??
I’ll be back when I think of one………
flap....flap...
TADA
got myself and everyone else up and out on time
went in to school 8:00-1:00
quick run to the store for brown sugar on the way home
picked up DD
ate lunch
made cookies
PODA
once cookies are cool bag them
clean out van
check status of the laundry, reboot
pack up DD and head down to the soccer field
set up the Booster Clun concession stand
sell food during DS15's game
make dinner: spaghetti and meat sauce for the guys, leftover turkey for me
reboot laundry
pick up DS13 from his away game
help him study the math again (slope and probablility today)
reboot laundry again
early to bed
DS13 is trying to test out of his math class. He needs to review some concepts though, since it was 4 months ago he last worked with them, and he has to score at least 90%. This test is the final of the math class he'd be going IN TO, which makes no sense at all to me, but that's what the teachers/administrators involved say have to happen to prevent having to "hold his hand later." This will also be the second huge test he has been required to take which makes me feel a bit like they are making him jump through an awful lot of hoops for such a simple request. But that's just me. We analyzed the sample test together to see what concepts he needs to review. Hopefully the test will go well on Friday.
Have a good one flyfriends!
-Jo
Oh Girl!
I hope you get some answers. I feel this way now, and we are contemplating homeschool next year. If we did, I would really have to make a huge effort to get the girls out to socialize, because it is not my natural inclination either.
I know that when things are running smoothly around here there are some common patterns:
1. I get up early in the morning
2. I do things for myself before anyone else is up
3. I make weekly plans for everything, monthly plans, etc. and refer to them daily.
4. I write everything down in one place.
Lately I find I derail myself by talking too long with friends, shopping too long, reading too long -- basically avoiding reality! I think that's my sign that I really need a period of concentrated Me time to feel good about coming back home to tend the family.
The problem is when Me time is just not possible -- and it happens, like when a pipe bursts and floods your house! -- or you can't seem to get enough to give you time to relax and refresh because you start so wound up. That's where I am lately, and so far my strategy has been to grit my teeth and pray for the light at the end of the tunnel!
Shaun
"Home is not the one tame place in a world of adventure; it is the one wild place in a world of rules and set tasks."
-- G. K. Chesterton
Me time?
What's Me time? LOL!
Oh, Jamie lea, I wish I had answers for you, too.
I got the lawnmower fixed (Chance helped. He also managed to lose the rachet with the 9/16 socket on it. grrr). Got some mowing done. Not all. I'll do the yard tomorrow and trimming. Also got most of the patio cleaned up, at least the worst part of it (my flower boxes that the cats knocked over and decided to use as a litter box. Ewww!!). Also worked on putting all the football, volleyball and basketball games for JH, JV, and Varsity for boys and girls down on a calender so I can figure out when to have this darn cheer camp.
Water break now, think I'll eat an orange, too (I've been craving naval oranges!!). Then will go pick up the girls froms school, get school news, deliver two boxes of clothes to school (for Katrina drive), clean the shower, and maybe I can get started on the carpet. If my sciatica lets me. Will rest tonight, when the ball game is on TV for a change.
Hi all.
I should be hustling on laundry and baths, but I'm not. Oh, I forgot, I can't do laundry and baths at the same time. There is something wrong with the water pressure. We did eat supper before 7:30 tonight. Ta Da.
Today I had more to do at work but came home feeling more downhearted. I can't figure out why, except that I want to be at home, homeschooling. I feel discouraged that it's basically not happening.
I keep telling myself it's not a big deal, we can make it up, they are learning in other ways, our priority needs to be DH's job hunt, etc. Nothing's happening with the job hunt, either, for that matter.
I'm very tired from late nights; that might be my problem. Early bedtime tonight, come what may.
Today I mapped out everything that is in the file cabinets I have to reorganize (listed in a Word file). I'm not really looking forward to that project (not an organized thinker), but if that's what the Lord has me there to do, I'm praying he'll give me the ability.
Emma's pecking on the keyboard and messing me up.
I can't even think because kids talk to me the whole time I'm on the computer. Some mother I am! I'd rather zone out here than talk to my kids.
Jamie, wish I had some words of wisdom. Right now I could use some timesavers myself.
The only way out of the rat race is to step off the course, I fear. You just have to limit your activities, as difficult and guilt-inducing as it might be. I tend to do this without even wanting to near the end of the school year. I'm not known for my endurance!
One drawback to having a large family is the plain fact that where one goes, we all go. Maybe it's also a blessing in disguise too because it limits running around. I have one dear friend who is kind enough to take the girls to AWANA weekly for me, so that's nice. With my not being here at home, my kids' outings are limited to church and history co-op once a week, and even with co-op it's only the big girls; the little ones come back home with him. Anything more than that is too much for DH. He can't handle transporting all of them hither and yon quite as well as I can (and I can't claim to be supermom myself).
Well, rather than drone on here I'll try to post in my blog.
Later, ladies!
Love,
Susannah
Hi,Good Evening! DD is sti
Hi,Good Evening!
DD is still sick so I stayed here with her again today. DH was home all morning as well. He went grocery shopping for me since I couldn't go yesterday or today,good guy at times.
Will keep her home from the field trip tomorrow since if she gets sick while on a field trip,she's stuck there. I may sneak out for a little bit in a few minutes to get some magazines at the library,feeling a little housebound here.
Jenny-wish I was mechanical,good going on fixing the mower.
Jamielea and Shaun-I tend to be a happy homebody as well. Sometimes,to avoid the whole running around socializing thing,I just have people come here for a potluck or playdate etc. And with gas prices soaring,I bet a lot of people will be staying in more.
Hope you all had a good day,I'm off to the library.
Oh and hi Andrea,good to see you pop in earlier.
Where's Jackie and Vonnie been??
heidi
Where I Have Been
I haven't been posting here much, and really only lurking to read once a week or so. This is where I've "been":
DD, as most everyone knows, was adopted from Russia at age 3.5. She is now 5.5 yrs. She lived in an orphanage her whole life before us. It was a good orphanage with caring staff, but not a home. Many children from this situation suffer from reactive attachment disorder, or RAD for short. It has many symptoms, some small and some large. It ranges from mild to moderate to severe. But, it doesn't cure itself.
With the help of an adoptive mom's group (all adopted from the same region of Russia), I have been educating myself on how to help my little girl. I have purchased and consumed books and videos and have printed, read and underlined countless articles from the internet. I think DD has mild to moderate RAD. We are going to an attachment therapist who specializes in RAD in October for an assessment and some professional guidance. DH is not on board with this at all. He still maintains that she is just a normal 5 year old and that most people have at least some of the symptoms from the list. True enough, but she has the subtle and the obvious ones. The video showing how her brain didn't normally develop all areas because of early neglect really made me determined to do everything I can to help her develop these areas while it is still possible. I am told that you have to help these kids before age 10 or they are almost impossible to reach.
So, between researching, implementing new parenting techniques, church activities, working part-time and just trying to keep my head above water at home and in all other areas, I just haven't had time to post.
I'm sorry I haven't gotten on to tell you all what's going on with us. I'm not down or anything; on the contrary, I feel positive and empowered with all of this knowledge and these tools.
I hope everyone is doing great. I'll try to pop in and post at least once a week.
Love y'all!
Vonnie
{{Vonnie}}
How sad that your little girl had such a rough start in life - and how fortunate that she found her way to you. I know very little about RAD, but I am a strong believer in Ericson's developmental theories particularly as they apply to attachment. It seems to me that, regardless of the absence or presence of a diagnosis of RAD, loving interventions aimed at fostering trust and security would be beneficial. I hope that your husband comes around to this way of thinking.
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Susannah, I'm enjoying your blog. Your writing "over there" has a different quality to it. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I think that your true passion for your family and for homeschooling them shines through. (And that's no diss on your writing on this board
I am puttering about doing a home blessing - kitchen and dining room have been spiffied, laundry is on the go and I am just taking a coffee break before tackling the office. My contractor is coming this afternoon to draw up some plans for rewiring the office. Best get at it!
Rose
Vonnie, your daughter is luck
Vonnie, your daughter is lucky she found a caring home like yours.
Today I HAVE to get the carpets done. And the grass/trimming, too. Tonight I apparently have to go to some school music program thing I didn't know about til yesterday. I told DD8 I didn't feel like doing it, and she said, but I'm singing in it we have to go!! When did you find this out, I ask. Last week. And you didn't tell me? I forgot. sigh... It's at the same time as DH's WW meeting, so I'm on my own for it.
I need a coke.
blog
I can't remember how to get to Susannah's blog?!
You are doing all you can do for your daughter Vonnie. I have heard of RAD and believe it is real. Best wishes!
Good Afternoon! Vonnie-goo
Good Afternoon!
Vonnie-good luck with emily,I know that you are giving your all to helping her through. She is a lucky one.
Jenny-does your school district have a website? They post all dates of activities and times on ours and it helps keep track of where you have to be and when.
TADA
morning routine
read paper
DS off to school
DD feels better,kept food down so far and no more fever so hopefully she is on the mend.
Better get some kind of lunch together.
see ya later
Heidi
GIVE ME A BREAK!!!
Just give me a freakin' break, ok!!??
So, here I am, shampooing the carpet in the dining room. I've already done the living room and have now shoved all the furniture in there so I can do the dining room. I look out the window to the patio, and what do I see. Something or someone (either a child, dog, or cat) has knocked over my remaining flowerbox and spilt dirt all over the patio that I just cleaned yesterday.
I wake up this morning and find the two tomatoes that I picked yesterday have been fingered to death by a young child. Not usually a big deal, but my garden is struggling and these were the FIRST tomatoes I had gotten out of it this year. Now ruined into pulpy messes.
I just can't keep up with the messes everyone/thing makes around here. I'm running away. To a messless place. Somewhere that the people actually pick up after themselves, clean up spills, and tell mom in advance about programs to be sung at!! Someplace that is just the right temperature and has soft, cushy sofas to rest on. ARG!!!!
Jenny- it's time to go on str
Jenny- it's time to go on strike!! Seriously! What a pain,sorry that happened. I'd read the riot act and make sure everyone knows what their resposibilities are in running the house/family. We do no one any favors when we do stuff that they can do or help do with you. I feel for ya. And if you decide to run away,you can hang out here! LoL
DD is better but not eating alot or running around yet. There was a time when I was a new mom that I would have run to the doctor right away,now that I have been a mom for awhile I know to wait these things out. I guess it comes with experience. Who knows.
School called and asked if I would be interested in volunteering at the school library a couple afternoons a month. No big deal, I usually help out at parties or field trips,etc so that should be okay. I only have this school year and possibly next before I will go back to work or school or both so I"ll do what I can now.
Better get DD something to drink. Don't really care too much if she doesn't eat much,it's the fluids that are important now.
Heidi
Options for Jenny
1. Pull a Kreacher. You're hormonal. You can get away with it.
2. Run away to my house. No man here right now, just an 8 year old boy who likes to do Japanese t-shirt folding. It gets good and cool here at night, too, so you'd be able to sleep comfortably
I can't think of anything else right now .. at least nothing that wouldn't end up on the news.
My TADA's
~good long walk with the dog
~good long bike ride
~downstairs spiffied, floors mopped, laundry on the line
~umm, is that all?
Hope everyone is well
Rose
Kreacher
Oh, I like that idea. LOL! I could be Kreacher.
Haven't cleaned up the mess out there yet. It was probably the dog, in which case nothing I do would do any good to him besides a bullet between the eyes, and I like him to much to do that. Afterall, he does find the rattlesnakes for me.
I have some TADA:
*living room and dining room carpets are clean!!! Wow! They got pretty bad. It had just been a couple of months since I did the LR. Waiting for it all to dry so I can vacuum them out and put my rugs and furniture back so that I can do the little bit I lack. Which is the parts where normally there isn't furniture but it's there now (mostly foyer and a walking area)
*mowed the yard, front back and BOTH sides, and a bit outside the actual yard that isn't grass but weeds. Still, it needed to be mowed.
Time to wake up Chance and go get the girls from school. I'll take a shower sometime after we get home before we go back to the school at 6. I'm a bit upset that I will miss the ball game tonight. I think the school just plans events around what few games TBS has on. LOL! Maybe I won't miss the whole thing. Maybe with me not watching they will win (I've already lost a bet I made on the series with another imaginary friend I have. I now owe him a pound of shelled pecans. But the kids are eating them faster than I can shell them!!).
Was also called by cheer coach and asked if we could do a hayride for our homecoming bonfire tomorrow night. I had forgotten it, told her sure, but it would just be a ride, no hay. Which was fine with her. Think we will use the semi truck. The truck has straights on it (which means it is REALLY loud, DH loves it!!), and I'm sure the football players will love it too. Getting a couple of radio djs out for it too. Welcome to the country!!
Short Post
with blog link for update:
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/SusannahCox/
No flying tonight, I fear. DD9 has a headache, needs ibuprofen. Gotta go!
WHAT!
Ya'll are kidding me!! No one has been here since LAST NIGHT! What is the matter with you people? Are you actually "flying" so much you don't have time for ME anymore! LOL!
I'm exhausted. I had an OB appt. today, everything is fine. I took MIL to help with Chance, and she was very excited to hear the baby's heartbeat. I was excited that I only gained 2 pounds this month (I gained 10 the month before!). I go back in only 2 weeks!
Then we went to Hobby Lobby (where, amazingly enough, neither of us bought anything!! Call the papers!), then Hancock Fabrics, where she had me pick out something to make the baby's blankie (she makes one for every grandbaby). Then we ate at Chili's, ran into a woman I met over the summer that has twin boys Chance's age, got her number so we can get together. Then to Walmart, bought out the store for the boy's birthday party tomorrow. Dropped her off at her house, made it in time to pick the girls up from school, home, unloaded, unpacked, Chance pooped everywhere, cleaned up and bath for him, now I'm resting. For a minute. In an hour we have to go back to the school to give the athletes a hay ride on the back of our semi truck and then a bonfire/peprally for homecoming.
Whew! I'm going to rest on the sofa for a minute.
Sorry,
at work all day; can't post there, but I can check in briefly to catch up with you all.
Yippee, on a happy check-up for baby, Jenny!
TA DA:
*Made the kids help clean up the mess I walked into this evening.
*Vacuumed, once the floor was clear
*Pancakes for supper
*Did a few dishes (but we made more)
*Bathed sticky toddler
I do have a PODA for tonight:
*Clean out fridge
*Jump start laundry
*Update calendar
*Fold, fold, fold
I really need to get groceries, too, but I'm not sure when. DH doesn't like me going to Wal-Mart after the kids are in bed, and local stores close in 45 min. Well, I just mentioned it and got the okay, so I'll be doing that, too.
In the morning, I want to go yard-saling. Unfortunately, DH has scheduled a doctor's appointment right in the middle of my yard saling schedule. We had wanted to take the children to the zoo in the afternoon. If I end up waiting for him to get home before I can yard sale, that will put us late going to the zoo. Drat. The sale I really am aiming at is in the next county, 45 min. away, but it has both maternity and baby boy clothes. My plan was to get there early, right as it opened and yard sale my way home, arriving well before lunch. Drat.
But, the best laid plans o' mice and mommies...etc, etc. I haven't mentioned the zoo, for fear it might fall through.
No blogging tonight if I'm going to do PODA and grocery shopping. Oh well!
Later.
Susannah
Where is everyone??!! Susa
Where is everyone??!!
Susannah, did you get to go yard saling??
Jenny, how was the hayride, sounds like fun!
Hi Rose! I mastered (well almost) the t-shirt thing - I'm amazed your son can do it, my 8 year old couldn't I don't think.
Hi Heidi - I'm glad you can voluntter in the library. I tried to do as much of that as I could when I was working PT. Not possible now of course.
Well, my week went well. My first 5-day work week in years! My saving grace is my schedule, which allows me to be home by 3:00 most afternoons.
Well, on to flying...
TADA
Wal-Mart run - big one
took DD6 to dance
emptied dw
laundry done and put away
sheets changed on one bed
PODA
vacuum everything including some furniture
vac and mop kitchen floor
clean up mess from kids - DS had a buddy over for the nite
finish my book (yes that is a PODA)
Have a good day gals!
Andrea
Yard Sale Take
No maternity clothes.
But, I did find baby boy clothes, $14 for a bag of sleepers and two-piece outfits. Most of the clothes at that sale were not the right season, but I got enough for starters. Also found a pile of dinosaurs for my kids to fight over. Which is what the boys are doing right now. Oh, and a nice sweater for DD9 for this fall, $1.
Didn't go grocery shopping last night. Had to make hot chocolate with nonfat dry milk and cocoa this morning. Surprisingly, they drank it. DH did go to his doctor's appointment and I was so late getting out and coming back that I figured the zoo was a wash. Maybe another time. I simply must go grocery shopping tonight anyway.
I folded a little laundry last night, but Emma had unfolded it all by the time I got home this afternoon. So, I've been doing more folding and finishing up the wash. Wiped down my washer and dryer.
Back to the laundry mines.
Later!
Susannah
P.S. An insurance update: By calling around this week, I found out the two older girls are still covered under their PeachCare plan, but the three little ones were bumped off in the "Case of the Missing Form." So, I reapplied for the whole family this time, excluding the girls. What was so weird was that the letter listed *every single* member of our family! Very confusing. I knew DH and I weren't covered, but I got confused about the kids.
I'll probably find the form the day I go through my dreaded Green Crate, whenever that happens.
The hay ride was lots of fun.
The hay ride was lots of fun. And no one jumped off or sprained an ankle the night before the big homecoming game!! LOL! Yes, that was last year.
Unfortunatly, despite all my efforts, we didn't make it to the game. I'm pissed. I spent all morning cleaning, washing, cleaning, mopping, vacuuming, cooking, bathing kids, etc. The game started at 1 and I still wasn't showered myself. I reluctently had to decide not to go. I'm showered now, still have to do my face, and presents are wrapped for DS and Dnephew. DH did help out and re-cleaned the patio for me, also put the camper up and moved the swingset and finished that bit of mowing. I think all is ready now. Except we need ice, but I've got the inlaws stealing that for me.
If I survive, I'll let ya know how it went later. LOL!
Good Evening! TADA mornin
Good Evening!
TADA
morning routine
read paper
DD to swim lessons
watched way too much TV
Chinese take out for dinner
DD bathed
cleaned both toilets
Not a busy day,kinda bumming it. DD,who loves the water,would hardly go in at lessons and we left early. I think she is scared since it is indoor in the "big" pool and she can't reach the bottom. Hopefully she will be a little more comfortable next week.
Andrea-good to see ya
Jenny-hope the party went smoothly too
Well, time to get DD in bed for the night.
See ya tomorrow
Heidi
Sunday, a day of rest
That's what I'm doing. Resting. My sciatica is really bad today, I want to do as little as possible.
The party went well. 30 people came, not a bad turnout. Everyone had a good time, I think. The last of them left about 11:30 last night. The boys got some neat presents. Lots of trucks. LOL! They love those trucks.
I'm just tired. I need to make a brocoli casserole for DH to take to a potluck/pickin' today. I doubt I will go. I just want to veg out. No church either, just rest.
Ya'll have a good one (as slow as it is here, those of you that are still around!!).
Good Morning! TADA mornin
Good Morning!
TADA
morning routine
read paper
dw running
PODA
shower and dress
work LDA info table at ART FESt 3-5pm
dinner
read with kids
DH is taking the kids to visit his sister for awhile so I'll have some alone time before I leave for my shift at the info table. I may use that time to get some fall clothes at Target with my gift card and hit the library,it's open on Sundays during the school year.
Sorry your sciatica is acting up Jenny,been there done that too.
Yes,it has been quiet around here,it should pick up soon.
Heidi
Present and Accounted For
I was in at school, doing the soccer run-around, and my DSIL, who is also one of my best friends is here from Seattle, so that's where I've been. Also, my mom went to the ER Thurs with chest pains/shortness of breath. I guess they think she may have had a blood clot go to her lungs. Scary.
Today is DD's 5th birthday!
TADA
3 loads laundry
two loads dishes
baked cake
took DS to work
church
PODA
frost cakes
dishes again
more laundry
sweep
pick up DS from work
have DD's party
collapse
Have a good one ladies, I'll be around more this week.
Bye,
-Jo
Hi
HI all!
I skipped church too Jenny and have just been doing odds and ends around the house. Want to do a Zone and then some scrapping.
Gosh Jo I hope your Mom is ok!
HOw did your shopping go Heidi?
Susannah, I hope your insurance gets straighted out soon. Frustrating!
I'm off!
Andrea
Happy Birthdays!
To Jenny's DS and Jo's DD! Bless their pea-pickin' little hearts, they grow up so fast.
Jo, is your mom out of the woods now? That is scary.
TA DA:
*Got to church this morning only ten minutes late. I always say that, don't I? Glad I went. Worship was great, message was great, 3.5yo was not so great going to class, but oh well... It's just so good to see all the beautiful faces of the people there (including my dear mom, whom I hadn't seen all week). Oh, Vonnie, I've got a friend adopting a child from the Ukraine...
*Stopped by local grocery store and got fried chicken for lunch. Arrived home; corrected two boys for fighting and not obeying (one BIT the other in the store!). Got lunch on the table around 2 p.m. and ate.
*Called my dear friend to apologize for last week and promise that I will NOT forget AWANA today. She was most gracious. We chatted about our history co-op and set up a yard saling date.
Now I'm just relaxing before I start in on...
PODA:
*Clean up mess in kitchen (Emma's been hard at work, plus lunch leavings)
*Move laundry along, put away last of folded clothes
*Get girls ready for AWANA
*Drop them off and go on to Wal-Mart in the next town with the other three to finish grocery shopping. I did get milk at the local store today. It's actually cheaper here than at Wal-Mart.
DH is off in Athens today with a friend. Boy, do I understand needing to get out of the house. I can sympathize.
Hope it does him some good. He's been down about the job search lately. Please pray!!
So, that's it. I may hop over to the blog and make an entry, although I think I'm getting too obsessed already. It's just that I can't blog for 8 hours a day, while I'm at work, so it builds up.
Later!
Susannah
Im gonna try a new thread
Im gonna try a new thread
Mmmm, Wendy's
Have DH pick me up 2 jr. bacon cheeseburgers, a biggie Fry, Biggie Coke, and Med. Frostie, please. LOL!
Chance's speech problem is that he is 3 and still not talking. His vocabulary consists of about 20 words if that many. I try to sit down and work one on one to say simple words like NOSE. I say, "say NO", he says "NO". Now, "Say NOOOOOSSEEEE" and he says, "DIS!!!". Which doesn't mean "this". That is what he says for everything. He started saying ME and MINE a couple of weeks ago. and he will just ramble on about something, but it's total jibberish. HE knows what he is saying, but everyone else is totally clueless, including me. It just sounds like a whole other language. He's just really delayed when it comes to speech. I thought it could be his hearing at one time, but he has proven that there is nothing wrong with it, it's just selective like his father's. I think it's a guy thing. LOL!
Sorry your DD is sick. Hope she gets better soon!
schools web site
Yes, we do have one. But very little info on it, it's brand new. I had known there was a program of some sort, but it was news to me last night that DD was IN it. Mainly what is on the website so far are the ball games scheduled and lunch menus. And staff emails. Which I was amused to find my hubby has one (for being a school board member). Wonder if he knows that. hmmm.
And since I don't think there are any stalkers or really bad people lurking about on a flybaby thread, LOL! I'll share the site:
http://www.floydbroncos.com
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