I noticed the bluebonnets starting to peek out on 242 this week, so I headed over to Creekside Park today to see if they were blanketing the field yet. Sadly they are not yet, but I'd say in about a week they'll be in full bloom. Spring is coming!
Minutes ago we turned out the lights in Katie's room as she was going to bed. As she said her prayers, she turned to us and said, "why is that light still on?" I had noticed that it seemed a bit more luminous in her bedroom, but didn't really think anything of it. Then I turned to see the lights in her dollhouse turned on. She hadn't played with it for a few hours and I'm not even sure that she actually turned them on when she did. Usually they go off after a few seconds, but this time they did not. I went over and pushed the switch and they turned off, except for the front porch light. I got back in her bed to finish prayers and they turned back on. She said, "oh, that's creepy." I told her that she could either have a new nightlight tonight or I could take it out of her room. She decided she didn't want to sleep with a possessed dollhouse in her room. I don't blame her!
Read more...I know anyone reading this knows my frustration when I tell you that something is wrong with my cable modem. Last night I shut down, unplugged, counted to 10 and rebooted more times than I can remember. And still it does not work. So in my 5 minutes I have to spare at work today, I am writing to tell you that I can't do anything on my computer - can't check email, can't update the blog, can't go shopping (gasp!, as if I need to be shopping online!), etc. Hopefully I can get it fixed tomorrow but you never know when it comes to cable companies, right?
Today my brain has been in a fog. I'm blaming it on the fact that I am still in my pajamas at work...and no, I do not work from home. It's pajama day (only in my class) at school which in and of itself is not a big deal, but it was also Donuts with Dad day, so this morning as I walked the halls I kept getting looks as I passed in my bright pink paisley pajamas and fluffy pink flipflops. Apparently they think I should be dressed up a little more to play with their children all day. But I can attest to the fact that I do work a little more diligently when I am dressed in work clothes. So I guess my brain unplugged a little today too since I am a bit too comfy in my work environment.
We have a busy weekend ahead - two school auctions. I'm anticipating a few stories may come out of that. We shall see...Have a good one!
Thank God this challenge is over because I pretty much didn't participate at all. I'm supposed to write my information like this:
Starting weight: ____
Ending weight: ____
Total loss: ____
But, I refuse to broadcast my weight on my blog. Especially when I GAINED weight during this challenge. Just can't do it people. So, I'll just let you fill in the blanks:
Starting weight: 1_8.4
Ending weight: 1_9.2
Total loss: +.8#
There's a new challenge starting soon. I should do this, I need to do this - so why is it so hard for me to commit? I don't know.
Head on over to Fort Thompson TONIGHT to enter to win a Blog Makeover by Drama Mama Designs. The contest ends this evening. If you aren't interested in the makeover, you also have a chance to win the Twilight collection.
Read more...Wow I read a post on Suburban Turmoil the other day about Facebook and being unfriended. I felt that today when I looked at my blog and saw that my number of followers went down 1! Nothing like a blow to the ego when you lose a follower, especially when you only had 10 to begin with! The good news is that the one who parted was not someone I knew directly, but it still stung. And now all of you who are thinking of doing the same are slinking in the corner going, oh - she really pays attention! The funny thing is I didn't think it really mattered to me. But I do wonder, did I offend or did I bore? It's not like I'm one of those people who sits around and has time to comment on every blog I read. Which I know is the quickest way to add followers. Nothing against it, but really I have too much to do with my time and family than to sit around and read blogs all day. And I'm not a consistent blogger - I don't post daily and I probably never will. There are things worth talking about in my life and then there are things that aren't. I don't want to lose the ability to filter out that which is not worth writing about just for the sake of posting.
So, to my dear followers, know that you are appreciated and loved. I do care that you are here and that you choose to take time out of your day to peek into our lives. And if any of you out there that stalk from afar would like to be made public - all you have to do is sign into blogger and choose to follow me. There's no requirement to have a blog. All it does is show a list of which blogs you follow on the blogger page after you sign in. It's simple really.
And if you choose to not follow me any longer, that's okay too. I will try not to let it get to me. And I'll try not to post about it again, but I'm not making any promises!
I just headed over to the shrinking jeans site to see what there is to see and well...I noticed that they are "cleaning house" so to speak. Basically they are seeing who has fled the scene and who is there to stay. Sadly, I have taken 2 weeks off so I guess I am possibly one of those that fled the scene for a while. And the scale shows it! I am up 2.4# from when I weighed in two weeks ago which means I'm also up 1# from where I started this challenge. *gasp* I haven't really been in this whole-heartedly from the start. But the good news is that I think this is the last week of this challenge so maybe there will be a new one to join next week???
Sorry ladies for abandoning you. But I'm back now.
Today at school we made origami neckties for our dads to give to them when they attend Donuts with Dads. Actually the students decorated the paper and then I folded them into neckties - very cute! Anyway, my little friend "L" told me that he would not be there for Donuts with Dads because he would be attending a wedding. "And I'm going to be the wheelbarrow!" "The ringbearer?" "Oh, yea, the ring bearer."
Read more...Me: Kyle, tell Miss Amy where you went on Saturday.
Kyle: [blank stare]
Me: Tell her what you SAW this weekend.
Kyle: oh, an edephant AND a baby edaphant AND a baby giraffe!
Amy: where did you see them?
Kyle: at the Bazoo!
[we all bust into laughter]
Kyle: It's not funny!
Amy: so, you saw them at the kazoo?
Kyle: NOT the Kazoo, the BAZOO. [more laughter] It's not funny!
Oh, my child, but it is...
Wow, I started this post last Friday and am just now getting around to finishing it. So, I am going to delete ALL of it and start over. Done!
It's been a week since I posted, so here's the recap:
Monday - blur.
Tuesday - work plus more work at Open House. Blur.
Wednesday - not my favorite day this year. I had a dentist appt in Houston and plans to eat lunch with bff Marcie, but when I left the dentist my car was dead. Called a tow truck who jumped it and then drove to meet my dad at what he thought was NTB (notice the B for battery), but was really just Discount Tires, no B for battery. Now my car is dead AGAIN. He jumps it and I follow him to B for battery place while my engine light is on and my oil light is blinking. I'm driving down the freeway reading my owners manual and freaking out because it says severe damage to engine can occur if you drive while the oil light is blinking. Luckily it was all a show because of the battery. I got a new battery and discovered the lights went away, as well as my window operation and my car stereo. What?!?! It's an anti-theft device which is all nice and good, except I didn't steal my own car. So after more research in the owner's manual, I learn that there is supposed to be a card with a sticker that has a code on it. Hmm. I bought this car used and seem to recall that there was no owners manual in it, they just went and swiped it from another Pilot on the lot. So, no card, no sticker, no code. I called my service guy and he gave me this long story about how it's impossible to get the serial number off the radio for two years of Pilots, but if they can get it off then he can look up the code. Otherwise, he'll have to find the originating dealer and see if they have the code. Well, I can't get to the dealer until Friday. My kids just did not understand why they could not listen to HSM3 on the stereo. And well, if that won't work, just put on KSBJ. Sorry kids. But actually it was sorry mom because you don't realize how much noise is filtered out by your music until it's gone. Not to mention how lonely it is in a car when you have no music. We survived using my walkman phone which can play FM radio, but that sucked my phone battery dry too. Turned out that my serial number came right up on the stereo - I wish he had just told me how to do it. If you ever have that problem, let me know I can tell you how to get it. I also can fix your auto-window...both of these things he could have done over the phone on Wednesday, but you know then I wouldn't need the Honda guy, right?
Thursday - blur
Friday - got my stereo fixed! Hooray!
Not really sure what else went on last week. Derek and I went to A&M on Saturday for his 15 year reunion. We went to the basketball game against K-State and watched the Aggies get outscored. It was a good game though.
That's about it. Not feeling too excited about blogging anymore. Could this too be one of those hobbies I do for a while and then move on to something else? Should I add it to the list of hobbies past? quilting, scrapbooking, painting, etc.? I don't know. I guess only time will tell. Have a good one.
My friend Mommy Mo' over at Growing Up Mo' is giving away the
He's Just Not that Into You soundtrack and a hoodie. Go check it out!
Tonight Kyle is having a hard time falling asleep. He is scared so he asked me if he could come sleep with me. I told him no (don't want to let another child fall into that habit!) and went in to talk to him for a few minutes. We prayed, Now I lay me... and then I had him repeat the Lord's Prayer after me. We've been working on that the past few weeks, but we're still in the repeat after me stage. I talked to him about how he can talk to Jesus if he gets scared and that God's angels are watching over him, Mommy and Daddy are downstairs and we love him. So as he is laying there, I start hearing him whisper:
"Our Father, Who art in Heaven, thy Kingdom come and who we can play with, Amen." over and over again.
