Today has actually gone quite well.
D and I came at 9:00 and J came at 9:30. We started getting our stuff on at 10:10 to go up to the school. They got to go sliding with Mikayla's class.
They requested pogos for lunch and then D and I are off to school!
Yay for good days!
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Who needs new shows?
I love having all of these old shows that I used to love back on tv.
Caroline in the City, Roseanne, The Wonder Years, Party of Five, 90210, Friends. It's great!
The thing about Roseanne is, when it first started in 1988, I was 15. I watched it for the kids storylines. I saw most of it on and off until it went off the air in 1997. I only had a 2 year old when it went off, so I still didn't totally get the *family* aspect.
Watching it now, married, with three kids, I TOTALLY understand, and identify with it sooooooo much more. We have been caught saying things like *That is going to be Brianna when she gets older*, or *Mikayla does that!*, or *I can see Jonathan doing that eventually*. It is so haunting.
Wonder how long it is going to take to watch nine seasons of it with only five episodes a week! lol They are up to January 1989.
Caroline in the City, Roseanne, The Wonder Years, Party of Five, 90210, Friends. It's great!
The thing about Roseanne is, when it first started in 1988, I was 15. I watched it for the kids storylines. I saw most of it on and off until it went off the air in 1997. I only had a 2 year old when it went off, so I still didn't totally get the *family* aspect.
Watching it now, married, with three kids, I TOTALLY understand, and identify with it sooooooo much more. We have been caught saying things like *That is going to be Brianna when she gets older*, or *Mikayla does that!*, or *I can see Jonathan doing that eventually*. It is so haunting.
Wonder how long it is going to take to watch nine seasons of it with only five episodes a week! lol They are up to January 1989.
Friday, January 26, 2007
Thank God this week is over
Well, I never claimed to be totally happy with my job.
Thank the lord this is the last day of the week with these whiny boys here. Ugh. I hate to think of months and months of this. Maybe I'm just getting old and crotchety. You know, I will be 34 in June. Like I said, old and crotchety.
August 31, 2008 can't come fast enough for me.
This morning I only had my own three kids getting ready for school. It was so relaxed, fun, quiet (nominally), and quite enjoyable. I want to be able to do that now. I wish we could afford to. But, I'm not qualified to do anything else at this point. :o( I'm a professional mom. lol That's what I do. But, I'm just not happy anymore being here with other people's kids who wreck my house and disrespect me and just plain annoy me. Ugh. Of course, it doesn't help that it's freakin' cold out and we can't just go out with shoes on and go to the park. That I think would make things easier. Yup. It would.
Lice is making it's way around the school again. Joy. Can't wait to see which kid brings it home this time. @@ Hope it's Jonathan. He can get his head shaved.
We had a good four months of the lice crap in the fall going back and forth between the girls and Jonathan. It's a miracle that Mike and I didn't end up with it too. Guess it's time to crank more tea tree oil into the shampoo bottles again.
I'm going to a scrapbooking store tomorrow. Mike is bringing me so we can check it out. It is an old store in a new location. Maybe it will inspire me to make a couple of layouts here. In my own home. Which I haven't done in ages and ages!! In my head, I have lots of energy and creativity and time. In real life, it just doesn't happen. *sigh*
I had a parent council meeting last night. We are trying to have lots of fundraisers this year so we can get a new playstructure. The one they have now is the old wood kind, and it is 25 years old. Actually, 27 this year. It's really in sad shape. The problem is, our population of the school is on the low income level. Our school is one of the ten poorest schools in the city! And it's a great school. Just wish it could get a break once in a while funding-wise. Apparently the principal put in a couple of requests for grants. Hope they come through. I would love to see a new playstructure at the school before Mikayla leaves. Which is in 7 years. lol
Enough babbling for today. I only have 20 minutes before I have to get 3 very slow boys ready to walk up to the school to get Mikayla.
Come on Saturday!!
Thank the lord this is the last day of the week with these whiny boys here. Ugh. I hate to think of months and months of this. Maybe I'm just getting old and crotchety. You know, I will be 34 in June. Like I said, old and crotchety.
August 31, 2008 can't come fast enough for me.
This morning I only had my own three kids getting ready for school. It was so relaxed, fun, quiet (nominally), and quite enjoyable. I want to be able to do that now. I wish we could afford to. But, I'm not qualified to do anything else at this point. :o( I'm a professional mom. lol That's what I do. But, I'm just not happy anymore being here with other people's kids who wreck my house and disrespect me and just plain annoy me. Ugh. Of course, it doesn't help that it's freakin' cold out and we can't just go out with shoes on and go to the park. That I think would make things easier. Yup. It would.
Lice is making it's way around the school again. Joy. Can't wait to see which kid brings it home this time. @@ Hope it's Jonathan. He can get his head shaved.
We had a good four months of the lice crap in the fall going back and forth between the girls and Jonathan. It's a miracle that Mike and I didn't end up with it too. Guess it's time to crank more tea tree oil into the shampoo bottles again.
I'm going to a scrapbooking store tomorrow. Mike is bringing me so we can check it out. It is an old store in a new location. Maybe it will inspire me to make a couple of layouts here. In my own home. Which I haven't done in ages and ages!! In my head, I have lots of energy and creativity and time. In real life, it just doesn't happen. *sigh*
I had a parent council meeting last night. We are trying to have lots of fundraisers this year so we can get a new playstructure. The one they have now is the old wood kind, and it is 25 years old. Actually, 27 this year. It's really in sad shape. The problem is, our population of the school is on the low income level. Our school is one of the ten poorest schools in the city! And it's a great school. Just wish it could get a break once in a while funding-wise. Apparently the principal put in a couple of requests for grants. Hope they come through. I would love to see a new playstructure at the school before Mikayla leaves. Which is in 7 years. lol
Enough babbling for today. I only have 20 minutes before I have to get 3 very slow boys ready to walk up to the school to get Mikayla.
Come on Saturday!!
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Yay for scrapbooking!
So, today I not only signed up for and paid for the March 3rd crop in Embrun, but my scrapbooking kit came!! Woohoo!!
Can't wait to open it up!
I told Mike I would wait until after my month of no sweets was over, so it could be my special gift for going through the whole month! hehehe
Can't wait to open it up!
I told Mike I would wait until after my month of no sweets was over, so it could be my special gift for going through the whole month! hehehe
Friday, January 19, 2007
Yay for Fridays!
Okay, so my new year's resolution to come and write here once a week is almost up! So I thought I would come in and just chatter about the week. lol
Tonight my almost 8 year old daughter is going to sleep over at N's house. It's his birthday today. So, technically, it's a party. But it's only her and N and his brother. This will be the second boys house that she has slept at . First her *boyfriend* Mikey's house, and now N. Who has been at daycare here for almost four years. Off and on. Craziness. I'm oddly comfortable with her going though.
This may seem like an odd thing to say, but my gut instinct is that even though she is the one who is going to be giving us major heart attacks when she is a teenager, she is also a strong-willed, independent, responsible, knowledgable little girl. She also talks to us. Which I think is a very important thing for kids to do nowadays. I would like to think that I helped in this, but, I was so shy as a kid and didn't have much self confidence. Brianna is oozing with self confidence! lol She is counting down the days of singing competitions, school plays, choir, class presidencies, etc....
What a kid!
Anyhow, where was I going with this? Oh yes. Mike is also going out tonight, so that leaves Mikayla, Jonathan and me. We are going to go to McDonald's and then go sledding in the dark at the hill across the street!! I love nighttime sledding! hehe
Yesterday I was able to get out to Michaels. The first time in a LONGGGG time. It was very theraputic. I got a gift certificate from mom for Christmas, but I still managed to get double the amount of stuff that she got me! lol
I haven't been scrapping in a long time. :o( I miss it. I really do. I totally wish that I had a room to hide away in. *sigh* OH well. One of these days. Mike built me a desk downstairs, but it is out in the open where all of the daycare kids play. Yeah, like I'm going to leave my stuff out with those hooligans down there. @@ Oh well.
Did I mention that I am quitting daycare on August 31st 2008? lol I know it seems like a long time away, but, I like to have plans. The year that Mikayla is in school full time finally, I'm taking for myself. I'm going to read all of the books that I have been putting off, scrap during the days that I have to myself, volunteer, put my house back into some sort of order, have days with my mom, get my working friends to play hooky and hang out with them. hehehe Time for me. Just me. I've been *just a mom* for a long time now. I figure when Mikayla is in grade one, Brianna and grade 4 and Jonathan in grade 8, that's a good time to do it.
And then I am going back to school. :o) But, that's for another post.
Hope everyone has a great weekend! Tomorrow I have vowed not to get out of my pajamas. hehe I'll organize, do laundry, read, play with the kids, but I'm not getting out of my pajamas! If I were eating sweets, I would be putting back some Whoppers and spice cookies, but, alas, I am down another week without it all. :o) Too bad I've actually gained weight. @@ Stupid body.
Life as a woman sucks sometimes. Mike never worries about this stuff!! lol
Tonight my almost 8 year old daughter is going to sleep over at N's house. It's his birthday today. So, technically, it's a party. But it's only her and N and his brother. This will be the second boys house that she has slept at . First her *boyfriend* Mikey's house, and now N. Who has been at daycare here for almost four years. Off and on. Craziness. I'm oddly comfortable with her going though.
This may seem like an odd thing to say, but my gut instinct is that even though she is the one who is going to be giving us major heart attacks when she is a teenager, she is also a strong-willed, independent, responsible, knowledgable little girl. She also talks to us. Which I think is a very important thing for kids to do nowadays. I would like to think that I helped in this, but, I was so shy as a kid and didn't have much self confidence. Brianna is oozing with self confidence! lol She is counting down the days of singing competitions, school plays, choir, class presidencies, etc....
What a kid!
Anyhow, where was I going with this? Oh yes. Mike is also going out tonight, so that leaves Mikayla, Jonathan and me. We are going to go to McDonald's and then go sledding in the dark at the hill across the street!! I love nighttime sledding! hehe
Yesterday I was able to get out to Michaels. The first time in a LONGGGG time. It was very theraputic. I got a gift certificate from mom for Christmas, but I still managed to get double the amount of stuff that she got me! lol
I haven't been scrapping in a long time. :o( I miss it. I really do. I totally wish that I had a room to hide away in. *sigh* OH well. One of these days. Mike built me a desk downstairs, but it is out in the open where all of the daycare kids play. Yeah, like I'm going to leave my stuff out with those hooligans down there. @@ Oh well.
Did I mention that I am quitting daycare on August 31st 2008? lol I know it seems like a long time away, but, I like to have plans. The year that Mikayla is in school full time finally, I'm taking for myself. I'm going to read all of the books that I have been putting off, scrap during the days that I have to myself, volunteer, put my house back into some sort of order, have days with my mom, get my working friends to play hooky and hang out with them. hehehe Time for me. Just me. I've been *just a mom* for a long time now. I figure when Mikayla is in grade one, Brianna and grade 4 and Jonathan in grade 8, that's a good time to do it.
And then I am going back to school. :o) But, that's for another post.
Hope everyone has a great weekend! Tomorrow I have vowed not to get out of my pajamas. hehe I'll organize, do laundry, read, play with the kids, but I'm not getting out of my pajamas! If I were eating sweets, I would be putting back some Whoppers and spice cookies, but, alas, I am down another week without it all. :o) Too bad I've actually gained weight. @@ Stupid body.
Life as a woman sucks sometimes. Mike never worries about this stuff!! lol
Friday, January 12, 2007
Welcome 2007!
Okay, so here it is 2007. I resolve to try and remember to post in my blogger blog at least once a week. lol So far it's the second week of January, and this is my first post this month. *sigh*
So our kitchen finally got finished. Mike only needs to paint the walls. He was supposed to have all the time in the world when he quit his job in December, but alas, he has found another job already and is back working during the days. lol
My daycare grew by two in one day. I now have four year old twin boys in the house in the mornings. Thank goodness they go to school in the afternoon because they are VERRRRRRRYYYYYYYYY active. Not very good listeners either. So we'll see how my patience level holds up!
I haven't eaten anything vaguely resembling a sweet in 10 days. No cookies, cake, ice cream, doughnuts, chocolate, pie, brownies, NOTHING for ten days. This is practice for Lent. Just for January. So far, I've been having some cravings, but nothing that I couldn't suppress with some Crystal Light. @@ I have my mom's spice cookies waiting for me in the freezer. The odd thing is though is that I haven't lost any weight. I thought for sure that my sweet tooth is what was keeping my weight up. Guess I was wrong. Oh well. That isn't what this little experiment was for.
I need a date night. Mike and I haven't gone out together just us since summer sometime. I feel the need to reconnect with him. Not that we haven't been close, but some time away from home with just us sounds heavenly at this point.
Now on to the part of the day that I hate.............to find something to eat for supper. Ugh. I hate cooking. Simply hate it.
So our kitchen finally got finished. Mike only needs to paint the walls. He was supposed to have all the time in the world when he quit his job in December, but alas, he has found another job already and is back working during the days. lol
My daycare grew by two in one day. I now have four year old twin boys in the house in the mornings. Thank goodness they go to school in the afternoon because they are VERRRRRRRYYYYYYYYY active. Not very good listeners either. So we'll see how my patience level holds up!
I haven't eaten anything vaguely resembling a sweet in 10 days. No cookies, cake, ice cream, doughnuts, chocolate, pie, brownies, NOTHING for ten days. This is practice for Lent. Just for January. So far, I've been having some cravings, but nothing that I couldn't suppress with some Crystal Light. @@ I have my mom's spice cookies waiting for me in the freezer. The odd thing is though is that I haven't lost any weight. I thought for sure that my sweet tooth is what was keeping my weight up. Guess I was wrong. Oh well. That isn't what this little experiment was for.
I need a date night. Mike and I haven't gone out together just us since summer sometime. I feel the need to reconnect with him. Not that we haven't been close, but some time away from home with just us sounds heavenly at this point.
Now on to the part of the day that I hate.............to find something to eat for supper. Ugh. I hate cooking. Simply hate it.
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