"NOAA has issued a hurricane watch for the area that includes First Landing State Park. The park is closing Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at 4 p.m. Re-opening depends on the storm track and any sustained damages."
The above message is not the sort of message one wants to get when they have been planning a get-a-way trip to said location for three months with their best buds! No, not at all! There is only one other time that a trip of mine has been interrupted by a catastrophe!
In 2001 we were scheduled to go to Cozumel, Mexico in September. On September 11th, 2001 some crazy ass changed America and my life. It lead to my husband being deployed for two and half years in various places. However, we are focusing on my trip so we aren't going to talk about how I would like to give extremist a taste of their own medicine because I am a forgiving person.....really....really I am! Anyway, the beginning of our trip to Cozumel turned into a total mess. First of all, we closed our borders and they weren't letting anyone in or out of the country. Our first flight was delayed for a day until they opened all the airports back up. Finally we got onto a plane to Texas. This came with a slight glitch, the borders still weren't open. Luckily we were able to get a hotel room. My father-in-law rented a car and we took a field trip over to Galveston, Texas to the beach. We spent the day playing in the ocean and then a day or two after that we were finally able to make it out of the country to our trip.
Now all these years later, I just want to go on my girls' trip and a dang hurricane thinks it can blow right in and mess with me and my posse! OH HELLO KITTY NO! We will not have it so Earl, blow right back to where you came from because you are no friend of ours!
I am going to go now and finish getting my stuff together as well as my kids stuff ready for their weekend at their most fabulous Grandmas! Sarah is so excited to spend the weekend with her Grandma that she woke up at 6am and asked if she was going there today?? Is today the day Mommy? I fear she will not be able to focus on anything else today until she gets there.
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Three Down and One To Go!
Last night I got a call from Bella's Dad saying that I wouldn't have her this morning because her Mom is
in the hospital (Please add them in your prayers she is pregnant and the baby's heartbeat is erratic). Since Bella wasn't going to be here this morning I decided to sleep till 6am. Well guess what????? I slept till 7:20am! This is what time Emma and Abigail start school. Needless to say, I woke up in a complete panic! Here it is Olivia's first day of school and I have all ready screwed up! I rushed out of bed and directly to Emma's bedroom....she isn't there. Okay, this is a step in the right direction. Next Olivia's room to see if Abigail (who slept in Olivia's room last night) is up too. She isn't there! Okay, okay...this is a positive sign. I rush downstairs - they are gone!!!! Shew! Deep breaths to refocus and a moment of pride as a Mother; they got up, got to the bus and off to school all by themselves!
My next act was to get myself dressed and get Olivia up and moving. Olivia is not a morning person and I struggled a bit getting her up and moving but eventually she was up, awake and dressed. I fed her breakfast, got her backpack and we headed to the bus stop. Next thing you know the bus was here and off she went to her first day of kindergarten. That's three down and one more kid to go.....just a couple more years!
Now I am off of here and jumping in the shower so it appears as if I accomplished something this morning. Have a great day!
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Up and At 'Em Girls!
5:40am the alarm begins to sing to me.....Yes, 5:40am! Now, I have gotten up at 5:40am for the past year and a half on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays to get the little girl I babysit in and tucked back into bed but not Monday and Thursday and on the days I do get Bella I was able to go right back to bed until 7:30am. I hate middle school! I am glad the kids are at school and out of the house for eight blissful hours but I despise the fact that I have to get up and get them out the door! The reason we have to get up so early? Well, their bus picks them up at 6:30am and school starts at 7:20am. I toyed with the idea of driving them to school in the mornings so I could have a few more minutes of sleep but in the end decided that I don't have to be pretty in the morning for them and the bus stop is good enough.
As it turns out when your children enter middle school, it is not cool for Mom to accompany them to the bus stop. I can sit on the porch but I am not allowed at the bus stop! I understand that it isn't cool and they have to keep up appearances but it was their first day of middle school and I was nervous for them. Apparently my feelings mean nothing to them! Once they were gone, I was doing the customary happy Mom dance and could care less what happened at middle school so long as they were there and not here claiming boredom. All in all it was a great day for all of us - I enjoyed the little ones' kinda noise and got a lot of stuff done. We continue the early morning wake-ups Thursday and Friday.....TGIF!!!!
As soon as the girls' got home from school on Friday we headed out for the weekend. We went to visit with our military family, The Brysons'. Our first stop was a high school football game - Franklin -vs- Carlisle. This is a big game not only because it's the first game of the year but it's a huge rivalry between the two schools. We went to the game because our friend, Ernie, who recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq was tandem jumping that night right onto the football field before the game. The schools were doing a tribute to all veterans. Ernie jumped and landed safely. He said afterward that while it was a very cool experience he wasn't quiting his day job! After he landed a couple more soldiers followed suit and then the last jumper had a huge American flag attached to him. It was truly amazing to see the colors of our Nation come down from the sky like that.
After the game we headed back to Ernie's and Tanya's house. We sent the guys for pizza and had a great time visiting. I had to go to bed shortly after eating though because the exhaustion of early rising, the drive and excitement of the evening had me worn down. The next morning we got up and met some of Scott's family for lunch.
As I mentioned above, we met Scott's family for lunch on Saturday. In attendance were his Uncle Jerry, Aunt Cheryl, cousin Kristen and her husband Tom and of course our family. It was nice to visit with them and get caught up. Jerry and Kristen are both podiatrist and Kris came prepared to help me with my planter facsciatitis in the form of a big ole fat shot of Cortisone in the foot. Now I am not sure if it is appropriate to get a shot in the restroom of Max and Erma's but quite honestly I didn't care. My foot was starting to feel a lot better by yesterday evening, that is until I stepped on a thumb tack that penetrated the bottom of said foot while vacuuming!!!! I love kids....
After lunch, my shot and a trip to Nordstrom Rack (LOVE THAT PLACE!) we headed back to Carlisle for Ernie's homecoming party. It was a great time with good friends, good food, drinks (the grown up variety) and laughs. We stayed for about five or six hours and then headed back to their house to pass out. The next morning we got up and headed home to prepare for week two of early rising.
Monday I went out to our land to pick up some things needed for this weekends girls' trip to Virginia Beach! WOOT WOOT!! I also went to my brother's house to pick up the trailer we plan to use to transport all of our stuff to said beach. Michelle was there and gave me a great gift........wait for it.......wait for it.......Captain Morgan Lounge Pants! I love them and plan to wear them on our trip. Man does she know me or what? Anyway, came home and passed out - without the help of the Captain himself.
Today. Today was "Meet the Teacher" at Olivia's school. Natalie and I had decided to ride together to the blessed event but we had to take Marc and drop him off since he still isn't able to drive himself around from the quad accident. We got to the school only to discover a line the length of the school waiting for them to open the doors. We finally get in the school and each of us took our kids to their prospective classrooms. When Olivia and I got to her classroom we separated all of her supplies into the provided boxes and found her seat. Once all the parents were in the room Mrs. Krebs gave a quick little speech about her classroom and herself and then dismissed us to look around the room. We checked out all the different areas of the room, signed the necessary paperwork and were done. When we walked passed Ryan's classroom the door was shut and everyone in there was looking forward. Emma had Mrs Engle for kindergarten so I knew what was going on in there....we might as well do a tour of the building and find a seat to wait.
Eventually Natalie and Ryan were released with a boatload of paperwork...While we were waiting though I was quite entertained by a Mother who lost it and had to be taken to the Principal's office to calm down. This woman was so upset she was brought to tears over her child going to kindergarten! Get it together woman! She obviously is a first time parent because any seasoned Mother can appreciate the value of school, am I right? I mean who cares what they are learning as long as it is peaceful for a few hours everyday. May be I am just heartless!?! Probably so.
Well, that's it for now. I need to get dinner finished, get Olivia ready for her first day of school tomorrow and start gathering my stuff for my weekend getaway.
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity
As it turns out when your children enter middle school, it is not cool for Mom to accompany them to the bus stop. I can sit on the porch but I am not allowed at the bus stop! I understand that it isn't cool and they have to keep up appearances but it was their first day of middle school and I was nervous for them. Apparently my feelings mean nothing to them! Once they were gone, I was doing the customary happy Mom dance and could care less what happened at middle school so long as they were there and not here claiming boredom. All in all it was a great day for all of us - I enjoyed the little ones' kinda noise and got a lot of stuff done. We continue the early morning wake-ups Thursday and Friday.....TGIF!!!!
As soon as the girls' got home from school on Friday we headed out for the weekend. We went to visit with our military family, The Brysons'. Our first stop was a high school football game - Franklin -vs- Carlisle. This is a big game not only because it's the first game of the year but it's a huge rivalry between the two schools. We went to the game because our friend, Ernie, who recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq was tandem jumping that night right onto the football field before the game. The schools were doing a tribute to all veterans. Ernie jumped and landed safely. He said afterward that while it was a very cool experience he wasn't quiting his day job! After he landed a couple more soldiers followed suit and then the last jumper had a huge American flag attached to him. It was truly amazing to see the colors of our Nation come down from the sky like that.
After the game we headed back to Ernie's and Tanya's house. We sent the guys for pizza and had a great time visiting. I had to go to bed shortly after eating though because the exhaustion of early rising, the drive and excitement of the evening had me worn down. The next morning we got up and met some of Scott's family for lunch.
As I mentioned above, we met Scott's family for lunch on Saturday. In attendance were his Uncle Jerry, Aunt Cheryl, cousin Kristen and her husband Tom and of course our family. It was nice to visit with them and get caught up. Jerry and Kristen are both podiatrist and Kris came prepared to help me with my planter facsciatitis in the form of a big ole fat shot of Cortisone in the foot. Now I am not sure if it is appropriate to get a shot in the restroom of Max and Erma's but quite honestly I didn't care. My foot was starting to feel a lot better by yesterday evening, that is until I stepped on a thumb tack that penetrated the bottom of said foot while vacuuming!!!! I love kids....
After lunch, my shot and a trip to Nordstrom Rack (LOVE THAT PLACE!) we headed back to Carlisle for Ernie's homecoming party. It was a great time with good friends, good food, drinks (the grown up variety) and laughs. We stayed for about five or six hours and then headed back to their house to pass out. The next morning we got up and headed home to prepare for week two of early rising.
Monday I went out to our land to pick up some things needed for this weekends girls' trip to Virginia Beach! WOOT WOOT!! I also went to my brother's house to pick up the trailer we plan to use to transport all of our stuff to said beach. Michelle was there and gave me a great gift........wait for it.......wait for it.......Captain Morgan Lounge Pants! I love them and plan to wear them on our trip. Man does she know me or what? Anyway, came home and passed out - without the help of the Captain himself.
Today. Today was "Meet the Teacher" at Olivia's school. Natalie and I had decided to ride together to the blessed event but we had to take Marc and drop him off since he still isn't able to drive himself around from the quad accident. We got to the school only to discover a line the length of the school waiting for them to open the doors. We finally get in the school and each of us took our kids to their prospective classrooms. When Olivia and I got to her classroom we separated all of her supplies into the provided boxes and found her seat. Once all the parents were in the room Mrs. Krebs gave a quick little speech about her classroom and herself and then dismissed us to look around the room. We checked out all the different areas of the room, signed the necessary paperwork and were done. When we walked passed Ryan's classroom the door was shut and everyone in there was looking forward. Emma had Mrs Engle for kindergarten so I knew what was going on in there....we might as well do a tour of the building and find a seat to wait.
Eventually Natalie and Ryan were released with a boatload of paperwork...While we were waiting though I was quite entertained by a Mother who lost it and had to be taken to the Principal's office to calm down. This woman was so upset she was brought to tears over her child going to kindergarten! Get it together woman! She obviously is a first time parent because any seasoned Mother can appreciate the value of school, am I right? I mean who cares what they are learning as long as it is peaceful for a few hours everyday. May be I am just heartless!?! Probably so.
Well, that's it for now. I need to get dinner finished, get Olivia ready for her first day of school tomorrow and start gathering my stuff for my weekend getaway.
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity
Lots Of Catching Up To Do
Boy have I been busy lately. I can't even tell you half of what I have been doing because it's not even clear to me what happens to all my time. When you have a husband and kids, you just dont' have downtime. Scott has been on vacation for the last week and this has thrown a wrench in my usual routine. My last blog was after seeing Wicked about two weeks ago so I will try and get you up to speed about what's been going on since then.
Where we live there is a street fair every year the week before school starts, it's a blessing and a curse. It's a blessing for the kids and a curse for myself and anyone who wants the most direct route to the freeway! I know it's just a week but it seriously messes up how you get anywhere in our small town. They close down the main road through town for six grueling days. Yes, there are several other routes you can take to get around but they are all polluted with snotty teenagers who think walking down the middle of the road is their right and moving out of the way of an oncoming car is optional. Basically, it takes 30 minutes to go two miles during street fair week. I suppose that living in a small town allows for some leisurely behaviors but I am originally a city girl who lacks the patience for detours!
Thursday and Friday are "Kiddie Days" at the street fair. I took the girls (including the girl I babysit) to the fair on Thursday. The wwristbands for four hours of unlimited riding were $8.00 a piece which means right off the bat I spent $32.00 for my kids and Makayla had her own money. Emma, Abigail and Makayla were able to walk around on their own and ride whatever they wanted, just checking in with me once an hour. Olivia and Sarah were only able to ride a total of four rides at the street fair. Well not entirely true, Olivia is pretty tall for her age and is actually able to ride a few rides that Sarah couldn't. Since the big girls were off running around it was almost impossible for me to allow Olivia to ride any of the bigger rides since Sarah was dead set against watching Olivia do so. Olivia, Sarah and I only stayed at the street fair for a total of three hours. We left the big girls there to run around and ride the rides because after while the excitement of riding the same four kiddie rides wears off and it was extremely hot and humid. We went to Michelle's to talk and picked them up an hour later at the designated meeting spot. One thing I learned is that 11 year old do not understand the meaning of meeting at a designated time. Apparently meet me at the corner of Broadway and Creek at 5 o'clock translates into leave what you are doing at 5 o'clock and head to the designated meeting spot!
Friday was Kindergarten Screening. Why they scheduled our time for 8am, I am clueless!?! As you will soon find out, I am not a morning person nor is Olivia! Somehow we managed to be on time, a pure miracle. I must tell you that I dread things like this - sitting in a room with a bunch of other parents specifically ones who our first timers, it is torture on me. I can barely sustain my attention sitting there listening to the principal talk let alone listening to all the questions that I think are trivial - keywords "I think"! All I care about is what time the bus will be picking up and dropping off my child and what the 24 hour attendance line number is to call my child off in the event she becomes sick. Anyway, we got there and they took Olivia's picture and then took her to be screened and I was left there at a table to listen....*sigh*. Somehow I managed to discreetly update the calendar on my phone, cruise Facebook and check my emails while waiting and "listening" for the information I needed.
When we got home Natalie and I had a yard sale on the hottest flippin' day of the summer. We also had the yard sale on Saturday. It didn't have a great yield for me but Natalie did very well. In fact, everything I made at the yard sale was blown later Saturday evening at the street fair on the kids. Saturday after we had close our yard sale down it began to storm. It was raining cats and dogs which was a problem because Olivia and Abigail were to dance at the street fair that evening. Thankfully the rain stopped 30 minutes before the show began and the girls were able to dance. It started off well enough but when Abigail and her duet partner got out there something happened. Chloe skipped an entire section of the dance which left Abigail flustered and doubting herself. I have never Abigail completely stop dancing in the middle of a performance before. At the time I didn't know it was Chloe who had skipped a part of the dance which lead to the interruption so I was thinking that Abigail had just flubbed. Later I found out the whole story which explained it all but poor Abigail had been told by Chloe that it was her fault. Now Abigail is a very sensitive child and she is her own worst critic but she is a very good dancer who rarely messes up. When she was told it was her fault, she believed it and consequently allowed it to fester. When she got to her next dance she was so focused on not messing up that she did. The power of suggestion - WOW!
After the show was over we got the kids tickets and let them ride some rides before we went home. This time it was $40 for 40 tickets which doesn't go far with four kids. Of course, they were all hungry and thirsty and Sarah insisted on riding a pony at $5 to go around in a small circle five times. $80 later my yard sale money was gone!
Sunday morning bright and early Scott, Emma and Abigail left to go on a three day trip to Pennsylvania. They went with Scott's Dad, Uncle and a couple of his cousins on a hiking/canoeing trip. They had a great time. The little ones and I just ran around doing nothing imparticular. Tuesday evening I ended up meeting Scott and his Dad to pick up the girls at Polaris so they could get home sooner and get to bed because school started Wednesday morning.
I have to run now and get Olivia ready to go meet her kindergarten teacher this morning. I will finish the rest of this when I get back.....
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity
Where we live there is a street fair every year the week before school starts, it's a blessing and a curse. It's a blessing for the kids and a curse for myself and anyone who wants the most direct route to the freeway! I know it's just a week but it seriously messes up how you get anywhere in our small town. They close down the main road through town for six grueling days. Yes, there are several other routes you can take to get around but they are all polluted with snotty teenagers who think walking down the middle of the road is their right and moving out of the way of an oncoming car is optional. Basically, it takes 30 minutes to go two miles during street fair week. I suppose that living in a small town allows for some leisurely behaviors but I am originally a city girl who lacks the patience for detours!
Thursday and Friday are "Kiddie Days" at the street fair. I took the girls (including the girl I babysit) to the fair on Thursday. The wwristbands for four hours of unlimited riding were $8.00 a piece which means right off the bat I spent $32.00 for my kids and Makayla had her own money. Emma, Abigail and Makayla were able to walk around on their own and ride whatever they wanted, just checking in with me once an hour. Olivia and Sarah were only able to ride a total of four rides at the street fair. Well not entirely true, Olivia is pretty tall for her age and is actually able to ride a few rides that Sarah couldn't. Since the big girls were off running around it was almost impossible for me to allow Olivia to ride any of the bigger rides since Sarah was dead set against watching Olivia do so. Olivia, Sarah and I only stayed at the street fair for a total of three hours. We left the big girls there to run around and ride the rides because after while the excitement of riding the same four kiddie rides wears off and it was extremely hot and humid. We went to Michelle's to talk and picked them up an hour later at the designated meeting spot. One thing I learned is that 11 year old do not understand the meaning of meeting at a designated time. Apparently meet me at the corner of Broadway and Creek at 5 o'clock translates into leave what you are doing at 5 o'clock and head to the designated meeting spot!
Friday was Kindergarten Screening. Why they scheduled our time for 8am, I am clueless!?! As you will soon find out, I am not a morning person nor is Olivia! Somehow we managed to be on time, a pure miracle. I must tell you that I dread things like this - sitting in a room with a bunch of other parents specifically ones who our first timers, it is torture on me. I can barely sustain my attention sitting there listening to the principal talk let alone listening to all the questions that I think are trivial - keywords "I think"! All I care about is what time the bus will be picking up and dropping off my child and what the 24 hour attendance line number is to call my child off in the event she becomes sick. Anyway, we got there and they took Olivia's picture and then took her to be screened and I was left there at a table to listen....*sigh*. Somehow I managed to discreetly update the calendar on my phone, cruise Facebook and check my emails while waiting and "listening" for the information I needed.
When we got home Natalie and I had a yard sale on the hottest flippin' day of the summer. We also had the yard sale on Saturday. It didn't have a great yield for me but Natalie did very well. In fact, everything I made at the yard sale was blown later Saturday evening at the street fair on the kids. Saturday after we had close our yard sale down it began to storm. It was raining cats and dogs which was a problem because Olivia and Abigail were to dance at the street fair that evening. Thankfully the rain stopped 30 minutes before the show began and the girls were able to dance. It started off well enough but when Abigail and her duet partner got out there something happened. Chloe skipped an entire section of the dance which left Abigail flustered and doubting herself. I have never Abigail completely stop dancing in the middle of a performance before. At the time I didn't know it was Chloe who had skipped a part of the dance which lead to the interruption so I was thinking that Abigail had just flubbed. Later I found out the whole story which explained it all but poor Abigail had been told by Chloe that it was her fault. Now Abigail is a very sensitive child and she is her own worst critic but she is a very good dancer who rarely messes up. When she was told it was her fault, she believed it and consequently allowed it to fester. When she got to her next dance she was so focused on not messing up that she did. The power of suggestion - WOW!
After the show was over we got the kids tickets and let them ride some rides before we went home. This time it was $40 for 40 tickets which doesn't go far with four kids. Of course, they were all hungry and thirsty and Sarah insisted on riding a pony at $5 to go around in a small circle five times. $80 later my yard sale money was gone!
Sunday morning bright and early Scott, Emma and Abigail left to go on a three day trip to Pennsylvania. They went with Scott's Dad, Uncle and a couple of his cousins on a hiking/canoeing trip. They had a great time. The little ones and I just ran around doing nothing imparticular. Tuesday evening I ended up meeting Scott and his Dad to pick up the girls at Polaris so they could get home sooner and get to bed because school started Wednesday morning.
I have to run now and get Olivia ready to go meet her kindergarten teacher this morning. I will finish the rest of this when I get back.....
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity
Monday, August 23, 2010
Braindead and Wicked
I don't know where my head has been lately but apparently not in reality! I have been suffering from moments of random obsessive compulsive disorder and good ole fashioned forgetfulness.
The other day I went to the grocery store and saw Pledge orange wood oil/polish in a spray bottle and I had to have it. I promptly came home with my groceries and got to work. I scrubbed all my kitchen cabinets and my island and then began to polish them. Of course when I did the top cabinets some of it dripped onto the counter tops and I had to clean them as well. When I was finished I decided that it was stupid to go through all that work only to have a dirty kitchen floor. I actually got down on my hands and knees with a scrub brush and scrubbed under the cabinets, around the island and then mopped the dickens out of my floor. In high sight this was really dumb because I ultimately knew what would happen when I was done. Yes, those lovely children of mine would spill something on the floor and I am unhappy to report this is exactly what happened!
Yesterday I realized that we were going to see Wicked tonight and totally forgot to get a babysitter for the two little ones. My normal babysitter was going with us so obviously that would leave her out as an option. I asked her Mom to do it and she agreed - thank goodness! The thing is, I don't know how I could forget to get a babysitter for Olivia and Sarah. I have known the date since the end of June and have had the tickets for a few weeks now.
This afternoon at around 3:00pm, I thought that I should go figure out what I was going to wear to the show. As it turns out, I have nothing but stay-at-home Mom clothes! Great! I had to make a quick run to Kohls and see if I could find anything. Luckily I was able to find something - a blue/green paisley wrap around dress and (Shhhhhhhhh!!!!!) some clearance black sandals! By the time I made it back home it was 4:45pm and I had to leave by 5:30. I quickly washed my face, threw on some make-up and got dressed. Amazingly we were out the door at 5:25pm! A quick stop at the bank, pick up Rachel and we are on our way to pick up Jennifer downtown and head to dinner. As we are driving and I am trying to follow the directions Jennifer had given me to get to her office, the kids are in the back yapping away (2-11 year olds and 1-14 year old makes for a lot of chitter chatter people!). Now I should just say, for those of you who haven't experienced a car ride with me, I am a fast impatient driver. We are approaching the exit we need and Rachel says, "If I throw up in your car, it's your own fault!" I turn to look at her to ask her why and pass my exit! I didn't realize at first that I had missed it but I went about 5 miles out of my way and had to find an exit to turn around. Finally back on track to picking up Jennifer.
We picked up Jennifer and headed to Spaghetti Warehouse to eat before our show. Little did we know that it was National Spaghetti Day! Luckily, we had reservations so getting in was not a problem however, our server was very busy and we were a party of 18. It seemed to take forever to get our drinks and then our food. When she finally did bring the food we had to wolf it down in record time to be timely for Wicked. We got our bills and my aunt had given me a coupon to you. It turns out to be a blessing and a curse. A blessing because it took $5.00 off my bill and a curse because our server had to find a manager to modify the bill. It took forever....but finally she came back and we got to our destination just in time for the 5 minute till show time bell. Wicked was awesome! We loved everything about it and would see it again in a heartbeat.
We didn't get home till almost midnight and then we crashed!
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity
The other day I went to the grocery store and saw Pledge orange wood oil/polish in a spray bottle and I had to have it. I promptly came home with my groceries and got to work. I scrubbed all my kitchen cabinets and my island and then began to polish them. Of course when I did the top cabinets some of it dripped onto the counter tops and I had to clean them as well. When I was finished I decided that it was stupid to go through all that work only to have a dirty kitchen floor. I actually got down on my hands and knees with a scrub brush and scrubbed under the cabinets, around the island and then mopped the dickens out of my floor. In high sight this was really dumb because I ultimately knew what would happen when I was done. Yes, those lovely children of mine would spill something on the floor and I am unhappy to report this is exactly what happened!
Yesterday I realized that we were going to see Wicked tonight and totally forgot to get a babysitter for the two little ones. My normal babysitter was going with us so obviously that would leave her out as an option. I asked her Mom to do it and she agreed - thank goodness! The thing is, I don't know how I could forget to get a babysitter for Olivia and Sarah. I have known the date since the end of June and have had the tickets for a few weeks now.
This afternoon at around 3:00pm, I thought that I should go figure out what I was going to wear to the show. As it turns out, I have nothing but stay-at-home Mom clothes! Great! I had to make a quick run to Kohls and see if I could find anything. Luckily I was able to find something - a blue/green paisley wrap around dress and (Shhhhhhhhh!!!!!) some clearance black sandals! By the time I made it back home it was 4:45pm and I had to leave by 5:30. I quickly washed my face, threw on some make-up and got dressed. Amazingly we were out the door at 5:25pm! A quick stop at the bank, pick up Rachel and we are on our way to pick up Jennifer downtown and head to dinner. As we are driving and I am trying to follow the directions Jennifer had given me to get to her office, the kids are in the back yapping away (2-11 year olds and 1-14 year old makes for a lot of chitter chatter people!). Now I should just say, for those of you who haven't experienced a car ride with me, I am a fast impatient driver. We are approaching the exit we need and Rachel says, "If I throw up in your car, it's your own fault!" I turn to look at her to ask her why and pass my exit! I didn't realize at first that I had missed it but I went about 5 miles out of my way and had to find an exit to turn around. Finally back on track to picking up Jennifer.
We picked up Jennifer and headed to Spaghetti Warehouse to eat before our show. Little did we know that it was National Spaghetti Day! Luckily, we had reservations so getting in was not a problem however, our server was very busy and we were a party of 18. It seemed to take forever to get our drinks and then our food. When she finally did bring the food we had to wolf it down in record time to be timely for Wicked. We got our bills and my aunt had given me a coupon to you. It turns out to be a blessing and a curse. A blessing because it took $5.00 off my bill and a curse because our server had to find a manager to modify the bill. It took forever....but finally she came back and we got to our destination just in time for the 5 minute till show time bell. Wicked was awesome! We loved everything about it and would see it again in a heartbeat.
We didn't get home till almost midnight and then we crashed!
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
All in all it has been a rather boring week. Monday Abigail had dance class for a couple of hours and Tuesday night Olivia had a 30 minute refresher class in preparation for a performance at the street fair this weekend. Today we pick up middle school schedules for Emma and Abigail and tonight we go to see Wicked!
The only really exciting thing that has occurred in my life is heel pain. Oh yes, I have plantar fascitis! I am no longer permitted to wear flip flops, sandals or go barefoot. This is a serious problem for me. I love to be barefoot when I am not wearing my flip flops. What's a girl to do?
As it turns out, both my brother and sister suffer from this same affliction which begs the question, "Is this really from my flip flop, barefoot obsession?". I hate to sound like a whiner but I really hate wearing tennis shoes all the time in the summer. It's hot and it goes without saying that airing out one's feet can't be a bad thing. Anyway, I am hoping that my heel pain is gone before I go to the beach in a couple of weeks because I just refuse to wear tennis shoes at the beach!
I am getting ready to have a yard sale this Friday and may be Saturday. I cleaned out my garage,set up a couple of tables and put out some of my things yesterday. I don't have a ton of stuff to sell but I hope I make a ton of money because I am broke!!! Broke I say! I will let you know how it goes.
I know I said I was going to try harder this week to stay on top of this but it's just been a boring week and there isn't much to say.....
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity
The only really exciting thing that has occurred in my life is heel pain. Oh yes, I have plantar fascitis! I am no longer permitted to wear flip flops, sandals or go barefoot. This is a serious problem for me. I love to be barefoot when I am not wearing my flip flops. What's a girl to do?
As it turns out, both my brother and sister suffer from this same affliction which begs the question, "Is this really from my flip flop, barefoot obsession?". I hate to sound like a whiner but I really hate wearing tennis shoes all the time in the summer. It's hot and it goes without saying that airing out one's feet can't be a bad thing. Anyway, I am hoping that my heel pain is gone before I go to the beach in a couple of weeks because I just refuse to wear tennis shoes at the beach!
I am getting ready to have a yard sale this Friday and may be Saturday. I cleaned out my garage,set up a couple of tables and put out some of my things yesterday. I don't have a ton of stuff to sell but I hope I make a ton of money because I am broke!!! Broke I say! I will let you know how it goes.
I know I said I was going to try harder this week to stay on top of this but it's just been a boring week and there isn't much to say.....
Sincerely,
The Queen of Insanity
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Scrabble Attack
Yesterday I finally got new back brakes and I am as happy as a Lark right now! It is so nice to be able to drive around with the air conditioning full blast when it's 90 degrees out with 90% humidity. Some of you may think I am a whiner in this regard but I don't even care. I am not even trying to act like I can handle the heat. The older I get, the less I can deal with heat and humidity. I can tell you one thing for sure, my hair hates humidity!
Scott took me to pick up the Pilot at the shop and it started down pouring. This totally figures because I was planning on going to Sam's Club as soon as I got my vehicle back. I headed from the shop to Sam's to get some stuff in preparation to the happiest day on earth - the kids going back to school!!! Went in and meandered around after I had all my stuff because it was raining cats and dogs but I finally was just bored and wanted to head on home. I checked out and I am still trying to figure out the guy in front of my in line. Here is a list of the contents in his cart; 2 cases Monster, 2 cases Red Bull, 12 gallons of milk and a case of water. What was this man doing with all that Monster and Red Bull???? 12 gallons of milk? I can't even imagine what he was going to be doing will all that caffeine. I can tell you one thing, had it not been raining I would have jumped him in the parking lot and made off with some of it for my upcoming girls trip!
I got home and made dinner and then headed to Target to try and find a gift for my niece's birthday. It's very difficult to buy for her despite the fact that she is only turning three and I have four girls worth of experience to draw upon. The thing is she has a lot because her Grammy bought her so much for her birthday. I understand that's a Grandma's prerogative but it sure leaves a whole lot of nothing for anyone else to buy. Abigail had decided to come with me to Target and the whole way there she was giving me a list of all things she needed. I have decided that she is a "needy" child! She needed a straight iron for her hair, her shampoo makes her hair tangley so of course she needs new shampoo, she's completely out of body wash and last but not least black nail polish to paint her nails black and yellow for school. Like I said, needy! The whole shopping excursion I was texting with my sister, Tammy, about how I don't like middle school and it hasn't even started yet. I also was wanting to play some Scrabble. I invited myself and my children to her house to play in fact! When we were finished at Target we went home and picked up the rest of the kids and headed to Lancaster.
My sister and I always have fun together but this night was special. My niece, Jessie, decided to bring a new friend of hers over. If she had any lick of sense when she found out my children and myself were coming she would have changed her plans. I am not insinuating that my sister and I are an embarrassment but it the shoe fits.......My nephew Blake says we shouldn't even be allowed together, whatever that means! Regardless, our plan was to play Scrabble and work on a vacation favor for ourselves and girlfriends. We accomplished both.
When I got there we immediately started working with our handkerchiefs and rhinestones. We were making some progress and then Jess and Steven showed up. We put our project away and busted out the Scrabble board. What we found out is that we are not as competitive at Scrabble as Steven is. He had apparently been studying two letter words before he came over. Seriously? I just want to throw something out here; Young men, it is not necessary to study two letter words to impress Mom's and Aunt's of your intelligence! We are recreational players and can barely make five letter words, no worries, we know you are smarter than us!!! It goes without saying, he kicked our asses at Scrabble. In fact he clobbered us. His final score 202, mine - 87, Tammy's - 93 and Jessie's - 112. Tammy and I clearly weren't competitive sports last night. Actually we spent the night laughing and acting crazy like we always do. All I know is Jessica must really love us because she continues to bring her friends around us or she just really needed to get her laundry done! My money is on the later. When they left I am sure that Steven breathed a sigh of relief to get away from us. We finished our project and I didn't get home till 3:30am but we are going to be sparkly on the beach!
It's now Sunday and I am getting ready to head to my niece Emily's birthday party....more later!
Sincerely,
The Queen on Insanity
Scott took me to pick up the Pilot at the shop and it started down pouring. This totally figures because I was planning on going to Sam's Club as soon as I got my vehicle back. I headed from the shop to Sam's to get some stuff in preparation to the happiest day on earth - the kids going back to school!!! Went in and meandered around after I had all my stuff because it was raining cats and dogs but I finally was just bored and wanted to head on home. I checked out and I am still trying to figure out the guy in front of my in line. Here is a list of the contents in his cart; 2 cases Monster, 2 cases Red Bull, 12 gallons of milk and a case of water. What was this man doing with all that Monster and Red Bull???? 12 gallons of milk? I can't even imagine what he was going to be doing will all that caffeine. I can tell you one thing, had it not been raining I would have jumped him in the parking lot and made off with some of it for my upcoming girls trip!
I got home and made dinner and then headed to Target to try and find a gift for my niece's birthday. It's very difficult to buy for her despite the fact that she is only turning three and I have four girls worth of experience to draw upon. The thing is she has a lot because her Grammy bought her so much for her birthday. I understand that's a Grandma's prerogative but it sure leaves a whole lot of nothing for anyone else to buy. Abigail had decided to come with me to Target and the whole way there she was giving me a list of all things she needed. I have decided that she is a "needy" child! She needed a straight iron for her hair, her shampoo makes her hair tangley so of course she needs new shampoo, she's completely out of body wash and last but not least black nail polish to paint her nails black and yellow for school. Like I said, needy! The whole shopping excursion I was texting with my sister, Tammy, about how I don't like middle school and it hasn't even started yet. I also was wanting to play some Scrabble. I invited myself and my children to her house to play in fact! When we were finished at Target we went home and picked up the rest of the kids and headed to Lancaster.
My sister and I always have fun together but this night was special. My niece, Jessie, decided to bring a new friend of hers over. If she had any lick of sense when she found out my children and myself were coming she would have changed her plans. I am not insinuating that my sister and I are an embarrassment but it the shoe fits.......My nephew Blake says we shouldn't even be allowed together, whatever that means! Regardless, our plan was to play Scrabble and work on a vacation favor for ourselves and girlfriends. We accomplished both.
When I got there we immediately started working with our handkerchiefs and rhinestones. We were making some progress and then Jess and Steven showed up. We put our project away and busted out the Scrabble board. What we found out is that we are not as competitive at Scrabble as Steven is. He had apparently been studying two letter words before he came over. Seriously? I just want to throw something out here; Young men, it is not necessary to study two letter words to impress Mom's and Aunt's of your intelligence! We are recreational players and can barely make five letter words, no worries, we know you are smarter than us!!! It goes without saying, he kicked our asses at Scrabble. In fact he clobbered us. His final score 202, mine - 87, Tammy's - 93 and Jessie's - 112. Tammy and I clearly weren't competitive sports last night. Actually we spent the night laughing and acting crazy like we always do. All I know is Jessica must really love us because she continues to bring her friends around us or she just really needed to get her laundry done! My money is on the later. When they left I am sure that Steven breathed a sigh of relief to get away from us. We finished our project and I didn't get home till 3:30am but we are going to be sparkly on the beach!
It's now Sunday and I am getting ready to head to my niece Emily's birthday party....more later!
Sincerely,
The Queen on Insanity
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