Dear John... to my migraine....
My week... just a bunch of random suff...
It's been quite a busy week around here... just thought I'd catch you up.... This is all rather boring... I'd forgive oyu if you just stop reading now... in fact I might even respect you a little bit... alright.. I warned you!
Sunday: The girlies came home from their youth weekend... exhausted but on cloud nine... you can see some picks here... We also got the sad news that my step-mom's sister had died. She had been suffering from scleroderma for awhile now and we knew she didn't have long. The end came quick and although that was merciful for her, it didn't give those she left behind much time to say goodbye. What a day of emotional ups and downs...
Monday: I woke up with a migraine so I missed the homeschool support group meeting I had been looking forward to. I am speaking next month... the topic... home organization... (stop laughing)... I have been organized in the past, and can't really organize this house... it's not mine... I'm hoping it's a "those who can't do, teach" kinda thing... we'll see.... I'll keep you updated.
Later that afternoon I met with the girls on the homeschool prom committee for the homeschool senior class. We finalized some of the prom details so we could start selling tickets. Rushed home around 5:30.. quickly cooked dinner... Got ready to go to bed around mid-night and of course this is when Sparky decided it was time to have a heart to heart... I decided to seize the opportunity, but it meant I didn't go to bed until 2:30... (I'm getting too old for this...)
Tuesday: Woke up at 4:30 AM (yes... 2 hours sleep...) to ride to Nashville to take my Step-Mom to the airport. Dropped the Axeman off at work and came home to finish preparing for the two classes I was teaching later that afternoon at our homeschool co-op. (drank about 4 large cups of coffee) Stopped at Starbucks on the way to co-op... taught grade 12 economics and helped out in Biology... I was supposed to help them dissect a worm, but I mostly just tried to keep all that coffee down while the person who was supposed to be assisting me took the lead... She was my hero! (It wasn't that it "looked" gross... it was the smell...) We left there... picked up the axeman from work... dropped off homeschool graduation paperwork to three families... came home... cooked dinner... and fell asleep... (I didn't even have the energy left to eat...I am too old for this..)
Wednesday: We didn't get much school work done Monday or Tuesday so today we did a marathon of schoolwork... I do not want to fall behind this year! In the late afternoon we took a break to run to a local consignment shop looking at prom dresses. No luck on the dresses, but the girlies did find other things they wanted... of course... I ended up getting Sparky a button down shirt from American Eagle for $4.00 and Cate a pair of gap jeans for $6.00... The girlies had youth group so we ran home, Sparky took a biology test while I cooked dinner... we fed the axeman, but we ran out of time so the girlies and I decided to eat later...and we were off... I got home around 8:45... downed some lasagna... watched some Olympics and vegged...
Thursday: I overslept... I guess when you run on fumes for days that is what happens... and when you have teens, they just keep sleeping. I kinda miss the days when they would wake me up early... kinda... Anyhow we had a lot of school work to get done before I took Sparky to her PE class at 12:30. This class, like everything else these days is on the opposite side of town from us so it takes 30 minutes to get there and since she will be there for two hours I usually try to fill my time, rather then try to go back and forth... I had Cate with me so we ran to a couple consignment shops... no luck... we may need to bite the bullet and buy new... (Anybody have any prom dresses you are willing to part with cheap?... modest ones... Hey, it was worth a shot...) Next we went to Wal-mart... the nice, sparkly, remodeled one... I can never find anything in there... From there we hit the dollar store for some cheapo craft supplies... Then Sonic for some "happy hour" half price drinks. That took... 45 minutes... (are you kidding... that's it... when did I become so efficient?) So we went and sat for an hour and fifteen minutes waiting for her class to end... oh the stuff I could have been doing... I did get a god chance to catch up with Cate then some of the other moms as they arrived... From there we rushed home, I cooked dinner, I watched some Olympic figure skating and worked on designing the prom tickets and other homeschool teen group promotional materials until I couldn't keep my eyes open another minute...
Friday: I felt like someone fired a gun and said "and they're off".. what a busy day... We had a busy day planned so we were up early (7 AM.. that's early around here...) to get our schoolwork done... Sparky had a report due and Cate had a math test... neither girl was prepared... ahh the joys of homeschooling. I gave Sparky an extension for the low price of one letter grade and poor Cate got no sympathy... she's in 12th grade after all... she ended up with a low C which isn't bad, but she's a "first born" so she was not happy... sorry kiddo. We needed to get going so Sparky packed up her reading and got the great joy of finishing in the car... don't I make homeschooling seem glamorous? I had a list of errands that filled a page and half of a legal pad.. I was overly ambitious... I got about a third of them done... we went to the library... Target.. Gordon Food Supply... book store... office depo... hobby lobby... papa murphy's... a friend's house to drop of dinner (she broke her wrist... ouch)... back to one of the previous consignment shops for "one more look"... Aldi's...home to cut, number, and put together homeschool prom tickets... eat pizza... run to red box for a movie... then to a friend's house (the same one with the broken wrist) to co-host a teen group movie night...played some overly stupid games... visited with real live grown ups... and drank too much diet coke... (wasn't I supposed to be quitting?) When I finally dropped into bed at midnight last night I was spent...
Saturday: Had a blissful day with the family... Lunch with my husband... long walk as a family... ahhh what a week...
In between all this I posted daily on here and tried to read my favorite blogs daily... I love blogging...It is like a little vacation in the middle of everything I do... and this girl needs a vacation...
Thanks for listening...
Sunday: The girlies came home from their youth weekend... exhausted but on cloud nine... you can see some picks here... We also got the sad news that my step-mom's sister had died. She had been suffering from scleroderma for awhile now and we knew she didn't have long. The end came quick and although that was merciful for her, it didn't give those she left behind much time to say goodbye. What a day of emotional ups and downs...
Monday: I woke up with a migraine so I missed the homeschool support group meeting I had been looking forward to. I am speaking next month... the topic... home organization... (stop laughing)... I have been organized in the past, and can't really organize this house... it's not mine... I'm hoping it's a "those who can't do, teach" kinda thing... we'll see.... I'll keep you updated.
Later that afternoon I met with the girls on the homeschool prom committee for the homeschool senior class. We finalized some of the prom details so we could start selling tickets. Rushed home around 5:30.. quickly cooked dinner... Got ready to go to bed around mid-night and of course this is when Sparky decided it was time to have a heart to heart... I decided to seize the opportunity, but it meant I didn't go to bed until 2:30... (I'm getting too old for this...)
Tuesday: Woke up at 4:30 AM (yes... 2 hours sleep...) to ride to Nashville to take my Step-Mom to the airport. Dropped the Axeman off at work and came home to finish preparing for the two classes I was teaching later that afternoon at our homeschool co-op. (drank about 4 large cups of coffee) Stopped at Starbucks on the way to co-op... taught grade 12 economics and helped out in Biology... I was supposed to help them dissect a worm, but I mostly just tried to keep all that coffee down while the person who was supposed to be assisting me took the lead... She was my hero! (It wasn't that it "looked" gross... it was the smell...) We left there... picked up the axeman from work... dropped off homeschool graduation paperwork to three families... came home... cooked dinner... and fell asleep... (I didn't even have the energy left to eat...I am too old for this..)
Wednesday: We didn't get much school work done Monday or Tuesday so today we did a marathon of schoolwork... I do not want to fall behind this year! In the late afternoon we took a break to run to a local consignment shop looking at prom dresses. No luck on the dresses, but the girlies did find other things they wanted... of course... I ended up getting Sparky a button down shirt from American Eagle for $4.00 and Cate a pair of gap jeans for $6.00... The girlies had youth group so we ran home, Sparky took a biology test while I cooked dinner... we fed the axeman, but we ran out of time so the girlies and I decided to eat later...and we were off... I got home around 8:45... downed some lasagna... watched some Olympics and vegged...
Thursday: I overslept... I guess when you run on fumes for days that is what happens... and when you have teens, they just keep sleeping. I kinda miss the days when they would wake me up early... kinda... Anyhow we had a lot of school work to get done before I took Sparky to her PE class at 12:30. This class, like everything else these days is on the opposite side of town from us so it takes 30 minutes to get there and since she will be there for two hours I usually try to fill my time, rather then try to go back and forth... I had Cate with me so we ran to a couple consignment shops... no luck... we may need to bite the bullet and buy new... (Anybody have any prom dresses you are willing to part with cheap?... modest ones... Hey, it was worth a shot...) Next we went to Wal-mart... the nice, sparkly, remodeled one... I can never find anything in there... From there we hit the dollar store for some cheapo craft supplies... Then Sonic for some "happy hour" half price drinks. That took... 45 minutes... (are you kidding... that's it... when did I become so efficient?) So we went and sat for an hour and fifteen minutes waiting for her class to end... oh the stuff I could have been doing... I did get a god chance to catch up with Cate then some of the other moms as they arrived... From there we rushed home, I cooked dinner, I watched some Olympic figure skating and worked on designing the prom tickets and other homeschool teen group promotional materials until I couldn't keep my eyes open another minute...
Friday: I felt like someone fired a gun and said "and they're off".. what a busy day... We had a busy day planned so we were up early (7 AM.. that's early around here...) to get our schoolwork done... Sparky had a report due and Cate had a math test... neither girl was prepared... ahh the joys of homeschooling. I gave Sparky an extension for the low price of one letter grade and poor Cate got no sympathy... she's in 12th grade after all... she ended up with a low C which isn't bad, but she's a "first born" so she was not happy... sorry kiddo. We needed to get going so Sparky packed up her reading and got the great joy of finishing in the car... don't I make homeschooling seem glamorous? I had a list of errands that filled a page and half of a legal pad.. I was overly ambitious... I got about a third of them done... we went to the library... Target.. Gordon Food Supply... book store... office depo... hobby lobby... papa murphy's... a friend's house to drop of dinner (she broke her wrist... ouch)... back to one of the previous consignment shops for "one more look"... Aldi's...home to cut, number, and put together homeschool prom tickets... eat pizza... run to red box for a movie... then to a friend's house (the same one with the broken wrist) to co-host a teen group movie night...played some overly stupid games... visited with real live grown ups... and drank too much diet coke... (wasn't I supposed to be quitting?) When I finally dropped into bed at midnight last night I was spent...
Saturday: Had a blissful day with the family... Lunch with my husband... long walk as a family... ahhh what a week...
In between all this I posted daily on here and tried to read my favorite blogs daily... I love blogging...It is like a little vacation in the middle of everything I do... and this girl needs a vacation...
Thanks for listening...
Friday, February 26, 2010
Here it is folks... my Five Favorite Friday.... These are what I loving right now...
1. Blog... Patty at Blessed Moon.... She is this amazing photographer, who just happens to be a great person too... I check in on her daily and usually leave inspired, or encouraged or renewed or all three. Check out an amazing photo she took here... she claims it's luck... you be the judge.
2. Another Blog... Georgie at Decisionally Challenged.... She wrote these sweet posts about her teenagers that were not only fun to read, but showed just how much she loves and enjoys her kiddos... So many of the blogs I find by moms of teens sound like they are just surviving the teen years... not loving them.
3. Spring Wreath... This wreath from Paisley and Polka Dots makes me smile...It is officially on my to do list...
5. Recipe... Shrimp Risotto... from Calamity Anne's Adventures... I tried this recipe this week... and it's as good as it looks.... and it looks yummy...
PS. I also did another post today... bonus...maybe??...It's all about Curly Cate...She claims I never blog about her... and she complains when I blog about her... I broke free of this catch-22 for toady... Sorry if two posts in one day is too much to ask... it is relatively low on verbosity.... promise...
I'm linked up:
Welcome to the Friday Follow celebration hosted by One 2 Try, Hearts Make Families and Midday Escapades! We invite you to join us every Friday to get more blog followers and to follow other interesting blogs. It is all about sharing and having fun.
Here's how YOU can join the celebration:
--Link up your blog name and URL using the MckLinky below. Only need to add on one blog to be seen on all the blog hops.
--Follow the Friday Follow hostesses listed in the first 3 slots.
--Follow as many blogs as you'd like.
--Take a moment to comment on the blogs telling them you're from Friday Follow.
--Follow back when you get a new follower through Friday Follow.
Thanks for listening,
1. Blog... Patty at Blessed Moon.... She is this amazing photographer, who just happens to be a great person too... I check in on her daily and usually leave inspired, or encouraged or renewed or all three. Check out an amazing photo she took here... she claims it's luck... you be the judge.
2. Another Blog... Georgie at Decisionally Challenged.... She wrote these sweet posts about her teenagers that were not only fun to read, but showed just how much she loves and enjoys her kiddos... So many of the blogs I find by moms of teens sound like they are just surviving the teen years... not loving them.
3. Spring Wreath... This wreath from Paisley and Polka Dots makes me smile...It is officially on my to do list...
Photo: Paisley and Polka Dots
4. This Scarf... The "Super Easy T-Shirt Scarf" by Ruffles And Stuff.... I think Cate would love this and plan to make one for her.. I have a really pretty t-shirt with a stain right in the middle... It's on the list....
Photo: Ruffles And Stuff
Photo: Calamity Anne's Adventures
PS. I also did another post today... bonus...maybe??...It's all about Curly Cate...She claims I never blog about her... and she complains when I blog about her... I broke free of this catch-22 for toady... Sorry if two posts in one day is too much to ask... it is relatively low on verbosity.... promise...
I'm linked up:
Welcome to the Friday Follow celebration hosted by One 2 Try, Hearts Make Families and Midday Escapades! We invite you to join us every Friday to get more blog followers and to follow other interesting blogs. It is all about sharing and having fun.
Here's how YOU can join the celebration:
--Link up your blog name and URL using the MckLinky below. Only need to add on one blog to be seen on all the blog hops.
--Follow the Friday Follow hostesses listed in the first 3 slots.
--Follow as many blogs as you'd like.
--Take a moment to comment on the blogs telling them you're from Friday Follow.
--Follow back when you get a new follower through Friday Follow.
Thanks for listening,
Curly Cate's point of view...
This is our "Curly Cate"
I love this picture of her....
but she doesn't like it....
because she has no make-up on and her hair's not done....
(That's why I like it...)
She doesn't like this one either...
Because she is "too pale"
Or this one...
"makes my fingers look fat..."
(Whatever... I love this one...)
She "kinda" likes this one
(even tough it makes Sparky look like she wants to eat the camera...)
She may not like any pictures of her...
But guess what....
She does like pictures by her...
and I can see why....
Look...
That's right... all the above photos are by our very own Cate...
With a little point & shoot camera...
Thanks for listening,
Thursday, February 25, 2010
It's upon us again...
Birthday season in our house...
Cate's birthday is in March and Sparky's is in April...
Words like parties... gifts... and whatnot have crept back into their lexicon...
This is what they want....
For Cate...
and for Sparky...
Oh wait... that was what they wanted when
they were turning 5 & 8...
When they looked like this....
Now they are turning 15 & 18...
And they want this....
and this...
And look like this...
Can that really have been ten years?
Wow, that was quick...
I'm Linked up:
Thanks for listening,
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
The girlies went to a "youth retreat" style weekend called "Merge" with a youth group they attend....
This is about Sparky...
Sparky came home a different person....
and the same....
she took a leap forward....
She came home so happy.... (not unusual...)
She came home on fire for the Lord....
She came home confident...
She left a little of "my baby girl" behind....
I am happy for her....
(photos taken by her small group leader... posted on facebook)
Thanks for listening,
Linked Up....
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
As I have mentioned in the past, we currently live with my Step-Mom. We are very close and have a really good relationship. Although 75% of time we really enjoy having three generations living together there have been some adjustments.
I am a "nester"... I love putting my own touch on the place where we live, but this isn't my home. Which is why decorating our bedroom has become such an important project to me. Don't get me wrong, my step-mom has been great about letting us bring a few of our possessions here so we truly feel like we are home. But the problem is she and I have opposite tastes
That leads me to the question... what is “good taste”... When we go shopping together she likes the opposite of everything I like. She is really into wax fruit... floral prints... silk flowers... silk lampshades... walnut stained oak and “theme rooms”.... I'm not....
Here take a look...
None of these are remotely similar... I think I have good taste... she thinks she does... is "good taste" in the eye of the beholder? Then what does "good" mean... is there "bad taste" in decor.... or is that also in the eye of the beholder? We live together... how do we find decor middle ground?... When we don't want to?....
We compromise... we don't always like it.... we just do....
Thanks for listening,
PS: When I wrote this post I was just lamenting the challenges of two women with opposite tastes living together... I wasn't asking which of us have "good taste"... We both think we do... I think on some level we are both right... or at least have the right to our individual tastes... I am saying this because I have been reading the comments and I think I've confused the issue...
I am a "nester"... I love putting my own touch on the place where we live, but this isn't my home. Which is why decorating our bedroom has become such an important project to me. Don't get me wrong, my step-mom has been great about letting us bring a few of our possessions here so we truly feel like we are home. But the problem is she and I have opposite tastes
That leads me to the question... what is “good taste”... When we go shopping together she likes the opposite of everything I like. She is really into wax fruit... floral prints... silk flowers... silk lampshades... walnut stained oak and “theme rooms”.... I'm not....
Here take a look...
Lamps she loves:
Lamps Plus
Lamps Plus
Lamps I Love....
Pottery Barn
Target
Her shower curtain....
Wal Mart
Mine...
Garnet Hill
A sofa she likes...
Lazy Boy
One I like....
Pottery Barn
Daily dishes she loves...
Ones I love....
Pottery Barn
Vases she loves....
Vases I love...
Pottery Barn
Art work she owns...
ebay
Art.com
Art works I own...
art.com
art.com
Home Decor she loves....
ebay
ebay
Home Decor I love...
Pottery Barn
Pottery Barn
Her beloved china pattern...
replacements.com
replacements.com
My beloved china pattern...
replacements.com
We compromise... we don't always like it.... we just do....
Thanks for listening,
PS: When I wrote this post I was just lamenting the challenges of two women with opposite tastes living together... I wasn't asking which of us have "good taste"... We both think we do... I think on some level we are both right... or at least have the right to our individual tastes... I am saying this because I have been reading the comments and I think I've confused the issue...
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