I have got to figure out what to do with this little baby of mine. Our 2am hang-out sessions just are not working for me anymore. I've got to get her sleeping better, and get her drinking from a sippy cup, but she has her own ideas, and her high-pitched squeal and her little 4-toothed baby smile are pretty persuasive.
So somehow I volunteered to be in charge of this big thing at school, and oddly enough everyone didn't jump for the chance to get involved and do their part... so I'm a little stressed about that. It's in 2 weeks and I need to get the invitations out, like, yesterday. So I've got them printed, but I need to use a paper cutter because I cut like a kindergartner with scissors, so hopefully tomorrow I can be done with the invitations. I guess the upside is that if I do a crappy job, I won't have to do it again next year. :P
So Sean took Josh up to Grandpa Chamberlain's Saturday to play lumberjack while I did soccer and stuff around here, and then all us girls headed to the mall. Lexi is a champion shopper. She just sat in her stroller and looked around, not even making a peep. Just totally happy. It was fun. Court and Britt are fun to shop with too, although I was a little fearful for my life at one point, because we're standing in the middle of the mall and Court starts flashing gang signs. I'm like... um... why are you flashing gang signs? She's all... Oh that really is a gang sign? Yes dear. And those 5 guys that just walked by? Were gangsters. Maybe not gangsters, but... affiliated. Hopefully they were north side because I think that's what you were throwing. @@ So most of the stores that the girls shop in, I think the stuff is cute for them, but it doesn't really appeal to me... like I don't wish I was young enough to wear it or anything. Although, I might actually like the stuff at Hollister if I could actually see anything. I guess they can't afford to pay their power bill or something because you need to take a flashlight when you shop there. (And I am now officially old.) But the one store that makes me wish I were a teenager again is PacSun. All that beach and skate stuff is just so fun to me, I don't know why.
Josh got invited to his first "real" birthday party next weekend. So that's cute. It's kinda scary, though, that he's getting to that age. I don't know what I'm going to do about food now when he goes to parties and stuff. Stick a pb&j in his pocket? Send some cookies with him to eat at cake and ice cream time? Ugh. I'm just grateful that he's so good about not eating things that he's not supposed to, but there's going to come a time when he'll be offered something that he can eat at home, but someone else's version won't be OK, yk? At least, that's my fear.
Well, I hear some ice cream calling my name. I think I'll stick a banana in it, because that will neutralize all the calories and make it healthy.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Weekend
I thought I'd do a weekend update while I'm waiting for my laundry. So let's see...
Friday, I got my test results back for the thing I had to take for my relicensure, and I passed, so that's one more thing to check off the list. Courtney and some friends were messing around Friday night, and she fell really hard on asphalt and messed up her knee and scraped her side up pretty good. She was at her friend Skylar's house, and luckily his dad fixed her up pretty good. I told her to tell everyone she was in a motorcycle accident. It sounds more interesting than "I was running and tripped in a pothole."
Saturday, I finally decided on an elliptical machine and bought it. I'm hoping it will help me get in better shape. We were writing poems in 2nd period today, and I wrote this one for my class while they were writing theirs. It's silly and lame, but hey, what can you expect when it took 30 seconds. Langston Hughes took 2 years to finish "Weary Blues".
::: ahem:::
Fat
sleep-deprived
baby-snotted shirt
hand the three-month old
off to her daddy
drag into work
"When is your baby due?"
Can I go home now.
We were writing about an incident that we remember strongly because it made us feel bad. That was mine when I went back to work after having Brittney 12 years ago, and I still remember. And it's relevant since right now I'm looking about 4 mos pregnant and worried someone's going to ask me when my baby is due.
So back to Saturday... Courtney had a bunch of friends over that night until, I don't know, almost 1am. Sean and I watched Juno, which, LOVE! Oh my gosh. What a great movie. I'm so in love with Ellen Page's performance, but Michael Cera was great as well, and I love the actress that played her step-mom, she is so fabulous. And, of course, Rainn Wilson. "That ain't no Etch-A-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be undid, home skillet."
Sunday... not much going on. We went for a nice drive and had a relaxing day.
Monday, had a doctor's appt up at the UofU medical center. Last time I was up there I was visiting my dad, so of course that was difficult going back up there. My blood pressure was high, and I know that's why. I get in the elevator and I'm just bawling and some lady in there was trying to figure out if she should stay in the elevator with the crazy lady probably. Oh well. I made it through. The last time I went up there I was telling my dad that being on campus made me want to go back to school and take some classes and he said, "Me too."
So that pretty well catches me up, and my laundry is done! I'm off to bed.
Friday, I got my test results back for the thing I had to take for my relicensure, and I passed, so that's one more thing to check off the list. Courtney and some friends were messing around Friday night, and she fell really hard on asphalt and messed up her knee and scraped her side up pretty good. She was at her friend Skylar's house, and luckily his dad fixed her up pretty good. I told her to tell everyone she was in a motorcycle accident. It sounds more interesting than "I was running and tripped in a pothole."
Saturday, I finally decided on an elliptical machine and bought it. I'm hoping it will help me get in better shape. We were writing poems in 2nd period today, and I wrote this one for my class while they were writing theirs. It's silly and lame, but hey, what can you expect when it took 30 seconds. Langston Hughes took 2 years to finish "Weary Blues".
::: ahem:::
Fat
sleep-deprived
baby-snotted shirt
hand the three-month old
off to her daddy
drag into work
"When is your baby due?"
Can I go home now.
We were writing about an incident that we remember strongly because it made us feel bad. That was mine when I went back to work after having Brittney 12 years ago, and I still remember. And it's relevant since right now I'm looking about 4 mos pregnant and worried someone's going to ask me when my baby is due.
So back to Saturday... Courtney had a bunch of friends over that night until, I don't know, almost 1am. Sean and I watched Juno, which, LOVE! Oh my gosh. What a great movie. I'm so in love with Ellen Page's performance, but Michael Cera was great as well, and I love the actress that played her step-mom, she is so fabulous. And, of course, Rainn Wilson. "That ain't no Etch-A-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be undid, home skillet."
Sunday... not much going on. We went for a nice drive and had a relaxing day.
Monday, had a doctor's appt up at the UofU medical center. Last time I was up there I was visiting my dad, so of course that was difficult going back up there. My blood pressure was high, and I know that's why. I get in the elevator and I'm just bawling and some lady in there was trying to figure out if she should stay in the elevator with the crazy lady probably. Oh well. I made it through. The last time I went up there I was telling my dad that being on campus made me want to go back to school and take some classes and he said, "Me too."
So that pretty well catches me up, and my laundry is done! I'm off to bed.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Josh
Do you ever wonder just what goes through a kid's head and where they come up with some of the things they say? Driving home today, Josh told me he wants a "mullet car". Some sort of thing with flames on the windows, apparently, and he plans to buy it with pennies he's going to get next time we go to Grandpa D's gas station. What??? I have no idea. I don't even know where he learned the word "mullet".
Josh has a pretty restricted diet, and he only likes certain things, so his choices get really limited for food. Lately he's taken to requesting a ketchup and mustard sandwich. Like, who eats that?? Well, Josh does, and he likes it. So the other day he asked me for a sandwich and "the Lord's chips". Which is from Nacho Libre. I have no idea what made him think of that; it was just out of the blue. Totally made me laugh. Goofy kid. Nacho Libre has to be the most quoted movie around here... Brittney was complaining about our lunch choices the other day, and she and I both simulataneously said, "This is the worst lunch I have ever had. Don't you know I've had diarrhea since Easters?" I was thinking what nerds we are for laughing our heads off at the most stupid things all the time, but hey, at least we have a good time.
Josh has a pretty restricted diet, and he only likes certain things, so his choices get really limited for food. Lately he's taken to requesting a ketchup and mustard sandwich. Like, who eats that?? Well, Josh does, and he likes it. So the other day he asked me for a sandwich and "the Lord's chips". Which is from Nacho Libre. I have no idea what made him think of that; it was just out of the blue. Totally made me laugh. Goofy kid. Nacho Libre has to be the most quoted movie around here... Brittney was complaining about our lunch choices the other day, and she and I both simulataneously said, "This is the worst lunch I have ever had. Don't you know I've had diarrhea since Easters?" I was thinking what nerds we are for laughing our heads off at the most stupid things all the time, but hey, at least we have a good time.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The last week or so
Let's see... what all has happened since I last posted something.
Sean's grandma passed away, so we went to the funeral and viewing at the beginning of last week. It was really nice to see all the family that we don't normally get to see, and Sean's brother came down from Washington. It was lots of fun to see him, and everyone else, too. It was hard doing a funeral again so soon, but that's just life I guess.
What else. Well, of course there was the awesome Kansas game. How great was that? I have such a hard time watching basketball with Sean because it's such a fast-moving, back-and-forth game that he just gets all freaked out, and this was a nail biter. So Sean gets up at the end there, all "I'm going to bed, our team lost" and I'm like "Whoa there, Captain Ants in the Pants, take a seat and let's see how this plays out." And who was right??? I had all the faith, but he kept the money we won on the game. Hmph. How does that work? Oh well, we'll spend it to go out, so it's all good.
We had great weather last weekend, and then it's snowing today! Snow! Who is responsible for this, I'd like to know. We got out and got some yardwork done on Saturday and Sunday. I bought a few flowers and planted them just because it felt like spring, but I bet they will all be dead after today's weather. Brittney had a soccer game, and they won 3-0. Josh rode his little 4-wheeler thing around all day, ran the battery out and had to charge it again. Lexi hates the outside, so she's going to have to get over that. She hates the grass and won't even touch it.
I finally turned in my huge project at school today. Yay me! All I have to do now is put together a portfolio for my relicensure and I'm done. Time is flying. It will be summer before we know it.
We're shopping for an elliptical machine. I found one I liked Saturday, but it's more than I want to spend, and it's pretty big. Which is one of the reasons I liked it, because it's sturdy and I like the feel of the stride, but it's pretty big. So we'll see. I've got to at least lose the rest of this baby weight before she's a year old.
Survivor commentary: Blarg. That is all I can say at this point.
I think that's about it. Nothing too exciting. No pictures this time around.
Sean's grandma passed away, so we went to the funeral and viewing at the beginning of last week. It was really nice to see all the family that we don't normally get to see, and Sean's brother came down from Washington. It was lots of fun to see him, and everyone else, too. It was hard doing a funeral again so soon, but that's just life I guess.
What else. Well, of course there was the awesome Kansas game. How great was that? I have such a hard time watching basketball with Sean because it's such a fast-moving, back-and-forth game that he just gets all freaked out, and this was a nail biter. So Sean gets up at the end there, all "I'm going to bed, our team lost" and I'm like "Whoa there, Captain Ants in the Pants, take a seat and let's see how this plays out." And who was right??? I had all the faith, but he kept the money we won on the game. Hmph. How does that work? Oh well, we'll spend it to go out, so it's all good.
We had great weather last weekend, and then it's snowing today! Snow! Who is responsible for this, I'd like to know. We got out and got some yardwork done on Saturday and Sunday. I bought a few flowers and planted them just because it felt like spring, but I bet they will all be dead after today's weather. Brittney had a soccer game, and they won 3-0. Josh rode his little 4-wheeler thing around all day, ran the battery out and had to charge it again. Lexi hates the outside, so she's going to have to get over that. She hates the grass and won't even touch it.
I finally turned in my huge project at school today. Yay me! All I have to do now is put together a portfolio for my relicensure and I'm done. Time is flying. It will be summer before we know it.
We're shopping for an elliptical machine. I found one I liked Saturday, but it's more than I want to spend, and it's pretty big. Which is one of the reasons I liked it, because it's sturdy and I like the feel of the stride, but it's pretty big. So we'll see. I've got to at least lose the rest of this baby weight before she's a year old.
Survivor commentary: Blarg. That is all I can say at this point.
I think that's about it. Nothing too exciting. No pictures this time around.
Friday, April 4, 2008
Prom
Here are some Prom pics:
They had a fun time. They went mini-golfing during the day, ate at the Roof, and watched a movie after the dance. They went with a group of his friends. Her date actually goes to my school, so it was my school's prom that they went to.
Sean's grandma passed away yesterday. She had many health problems and had been ready to go for a while. So it's a blessing, but still sad. She was a neat lady and I know we'll all miss her.
We are all sick here. Ugh. I hope it doesn't linger on too long because I've had about enough.
Soccer started back up last week, but Brittney's game was rained out twice, then she was too sick to end up going to it. We'll try again tomorrow, but it's supposed to rain/snow in the morning, so who knows.
Brittney had her school program on Wednesday night, but I didn't get a picture of her in costume because she was sick and not in the mood for pics. It was cute. She was Sophocles, and the program was about all of the civilizations they've studied this year.
Courtney ran in her track meet after school today, then had to be back at the school for an activity the debate team was sponsoring, then Mike (prom) picked her up and they're watching a movie. And she was invited to a party that they were maybe going to stop by, but I doubt it because I think Mike is somewhat shy. Tomorrow she was asked on a date by someone she's never gone out with before, but also had plans with another friend, and I just can't keep up and no longer have the energy to try.
Tomorrow is Final Four, and both of our teams are still in!! Go Kansas! Go UCLA!
They had a fun time. They went mini-golfing during the day, ate at the Roof, and watched a movie after the dance. They went with a group of his friends. Her date actually goes to my school, so it was my school's prom that they went to.
Sean's grandma passed away yesterday. She had many health problems and had been ready to go for a while. So it's a blessing, but still sad. She was a neat lady and I know we'll all miss her.
We are all sick here. Ugh. I hope it doesn't linger on too long because I've had about enough.
Soccer started back up last week, but Brittney's game was rained out twice, then she was too sick to end up going to it. We'll try again tomorrow, but it's supposed to rain/snow in the morning, so who knows.
Brittney had her school program on Wednesday night, but I didn't get a picture of her in costume because she was sick and not in the mood for pics. It was cute. She was Sophocles, and the program was about all of the civilizations they've studied this year.
Courtney ran in her track meet after school today, then had to be back at the school for an activity the debate team was sponsoring, then Mike (prom) picked her up and they're watching a movie. And she was invited to a party that they were maybe going to stop by, but I doubt it because I think Mike is somewhat shy. Tomorrow she was asked on a date by someone she's never gone out with before, but also had plans with another friend, and I just can't keep up and no longer have the energy to try.
Tomorrow is Final Four, and both of our teams are still in!! Go Kansas! Go UCLA!
I've been tagged
Thanks for the tag, Kerri! Sorry it took me a hundred years to do mine.
Where I was 10 years ago: :::doing the mental math::: Let's see... I was probably living in my old house, working at Albertson's on the weekends, and going to school.
Things on my to-do list: Oh where to begin. I have a ton of things to do. Grocery shopping. Clothes shopping. Organizational stuff. Work stuff.
If I became a billionaire: Hire a personal chef, cleaning person, and yard person. Buy a vacation home. Start a charitable foundation that would benefit the homeless and at-risk/low-income children. Give lots of money away. Fund a scholarship. Buy a little Stingray. Sky blue. Take my students on some amazing field trips. Buy some toys. I don't know. It's really difficult to wrap my mind around that amount of money. It's almost easier to say what I'd do with 20K than a billion.
Three bad habits: Snacking, eating crappy stuff, not going to bed early enough
Five places I've lived: Phoenix, Albuquerque, Salt Lake, Provo, Syracuse
Five jobs I've had: Bad check collections, bookkeeper, mail encoding, teacher, cashier
Something most people don't know about me: When I first went to college my declared major was architecture. When I have a bad day at school I go around mumbling about how I could have been an architect.
Ok, I tag... anyone who reads my blog who hasn't done this one and wants to. :)
Where I was 10 years ago: :::doing the mental math::: Let's see... I was probably living in my old house, working at Albertson's on the weekends, and going to school.
Things on my to-do list: Oh where to begin. I have a ton of things to do. Grocery shopping. Clothes shopping. Organizational stuff. Work stuff.
If I became a billionaire: Hire a personal chef, cleaning person, and yard person. Buy a vacation home. Start a charitable foundation that would benefit the homeless and at-risk/low-income children. Give lots of money away. Fund a scholarship. Buy a little Stingray. Sky blue. Take my students on some amazing field trips. Buy some toys. I don't know. It's really difficult to wrap my mind around that amount of money. It's almost easier to say what I'd do with 20K than a billion.
Three bad habits: Snacking, eating crappy stuff, not going to bed early enough
Five places I've lived: Phoenix, Albuquerque, Salt Lake, Provo, Syracuse
Five jobs I've had: Bad check collections, bookkeeper, mail encoding, teacher, cashier
Something most people don't know about me: When I first went to college my declared major was architecture. When I have a bad day at school I go around mumbling about how I could have been an architect.
Ok, I tag... anyone who reads my blog who hasn't done this one and wants to. :)
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