Isabella arrived home from school today while I was watching Oprah. Out of the blue she asked me "Do you know police officers help even bad people". Yes, I do I told her. Seconds later, "Do they help them even if they don't believe in God?". Of course, I replied. "Wow" was all she said in return.
I love these random conversations with the girls - thank goodness for the blog so I have a record of it. If I waited to write them in their baby books - well, that would require me to remember where I put their baby books. Bad, bad Mommy.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Reality Check
Steve went for a physical a week or so ago. The other day they called - high cholestoral as well as borderline high sugar levels. The Dr gave him strict instructions regarding his diet - he'll follow for 3 months and retest. If still no good - meds start. He's too young to start that mess.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Catching Up
Ok, first - a funny Ava comment. I'm sitting in the office and Ava walks in and says "when I get big I'm going to be a cheerleader. And then, the tall boys can lift me up".
It's been a while since I've posted. The girls and I took a road trip and headed to Memphis, Tennessee and met up with my sister and her girlfriend/partner (what's the proper term?) LOL Deb.
Wednesday night before we left, the girls and I were at my moms when I decided to have "the talk". Not the birds and bees talk per sey but still a delicate talk. But, I felt like I needed to give thema heads up regarding my sisters relationship. My sister just about gave birth to a cow when she heard what I told them. ROFLMBO!!!!!!!!!!!! I asked Isabella if she knew what it meant to be gay and she said "you marry another girl" and "you kiss other girls". Ok, it was easier than I thought (thanks to my almost 11 year old niece giving Isabella the simplified lesson beforehand). hahaha!!!! Ava - would more than likely not notice anything so I kinda glossed over it with her. A couple hours later Isabella came to me and said "mom, we all are gay then". What??? She said, yeah - I kiss you, you kiss Ava so are we gay also? OMG - just gave her another abbreviated lesson and crossed my fingers she didn't ask me anything further. (she didn't).
Get up and head out on Thursday morning around 8:30 - stop 1/2 way and eat at a Cracker Barrel. I need to back up a minute. After being on the road for about 50 miles, Michelle calls me and asks if she should take 30 or 35. (Mapquest said 35, GPS said 30). Ok, I haven't lived in Dallas for about 5 years and she must have forgot I SUCK big time in Geography - she called the wrong sibling. Trent is the smart one. I told her to go one way but decided to call Steve to double check. He pulled up the map and informed me I told her wrong and what she should do. Fine, called her back - she was headed the right direction. No harm, no foul......until.......
At least an hour passes and she calls again - "how do I get to 30?". Again, Geography guru I am - I say, let me give you Steve's number and you give him a call. I quickly call Steve and give him the heads up. About 10 minutes later I get a call from him - his first words were "OH. MY. GOD." They were headed to Oklahoma!!!!!!!! (They drove an hour longer going north than needed so they then had to backtrack the same hour to get on the correct course). I did later ask her if her mapquest directions were going via I-35, why didn't she follow them? (she uttered some not so nice words for that question). Fast forward a couple hours later Michelle calls me and says "I Give Up". What the heck? I thought Steve set you straight. Well, they left their debit card at the gas station - THIRTY MILES back. ROFLMBO!!!!!!!! My mom and I were crying we were laughing so hard.
Eventually - they made it. I think it took them close to 11 hours to make the 7-8 hour trip. I still am shaking from laughing just thinking about it. Luckily, they were good sports about it.
I have to go fix supper, so the update is getting cut short - but we went to Graceland - and I LOVED it. I want to go back with Steve. My step dad worked with Elvis for many years when he was in the music industry and visited Graceland many times while Elvis lived there. The girls had a blast even though they didn't know who he was. They enjoyed the planes the most.
The next day we went to The Peabody Hotel in downtown Memphis to watch the ducks parade from the elevator (from their rooftop penthouse) to the indoor water fountain. Google it for info - it was pretty neat and the girls loved this as well.
Those were our only outings really. It's been about 4 years since we last saw Michelle so we just played games/cards, talked and caught up.
Here are some pictures from the trip:
Deb, Michelle and my Mom in front of the Lisa Marie plane...
Ava hanging out
Isabella
The girls and I in front of the plane - don't ya love Ava's Graceland Camo hat? heehee
Mom and Isabella on the shuttle bus (they shuttle you over to Graceland).
The girls and i after we toured the meditation garden where Elvis is buried.
My sister and the girls on Friday.
It's been a while since I've posted. The girls and I took a road trip and headed to Memphis, Tennessee and met up with my sister and her girlfriend/partner (what's the proper term?) LOL Deb.
Wednesday night before we left, the girls and I were at my moms when I decided to have "the talk". Not the birds and bees talk per sey but still a delicate talk. But, I felt like I needed to give thema heads up regarding my sisters relationship. My sister just about gave birth to a cow when she heard what I told them. ROFLMBO!!!!!!!!!!!! I asked Isabella if she knew what it meant to be gay and she said "you marry another girl" and "you kiss other girls". Ok, it was easier than I thought (thanks to my almost 11 year old niece giving Isabella the simplified lesson beforehand). hahaha!!!! Ava - would more than likely not notice anything so I kinda glossed over it with her. A couple hours later Isabella came to me and said "mom, we all are gay then". What??? She said, yeah - I kiss you, you kiss Ava so are we gay also? OMG - just gave her another abbreviated lesson and crossed my fingers she didn't ask me anything further. (she didn't).
Get up and head out on Thursday morning around 8:30 - stop 1/2 way and eat at a Cracker Barrel. I need to back up a minute. After being on the road for about 50 miles, Michelle calls me and asks if she should take 30 or 35. (Mapquest said 35, GPS said 30). Ok, I haven't lived in Dallas for about 5 years and she must have forgot I SUCK big time in Geography - she called the wrong sibling. Trent is the smart one. I told her to go one way but decided to call Steve to double check. He pulled up the map and informed me I told her wrong and what she should do. Fine, called her back - she was headed the right direction. No harm, no foul......until.......
At least an hour passes and she calls again - "how do I get to 30?". Again, Geography guru I am - I say, let me give you Steve's number and you give him a call. I quickly call Steve and give him the heads up. About 10 minutes later I get a call from him - his first words were "OH. MY. GOD." They were headed to Oklahoma!!!!!!!! (They drove an hour longer going north than needed so they then had to backtrack the same hour to get on the correct course). I did later ask her if her mapquest directions were going via I-35, why didn't she follow them? (she uttered some not so nice words for that question). Fast forward a couple hours later Michelle calls me and says "I Give Up". What the heck? I thought Steve set you straight. Well, they left their debit card at the gas station - THIRTY MILES back. ROFLMBO!!!!!!!! My mom and I were crying we were laughing so hard.
Eventually - they made it. I think it took them close to 11 hours to make the 7-8 hour trip. I still am shaking from laughing just thinking about it. Luckily, they were good sports about it.
I have to go fix supper, so the update is getting cut short - but we went to Graceland - and I LOVED it. I want to go back with Steve. My step dad worked with Elvis for many years when he was in the music industry and visited Graceland many times while Elvis lived there. The girls had a blast even though they didn't know who he was. They enjoyed the planes the most.
The next day we went to The Peabody Hotel in downtown Memphis to watch the ducks parade from the elevator (from their rooftop penthouse) to the indoor water fountain. Google it for info - it was pretty neat and the girls loved this as well.
Those were our only outings really. It's been about 4 years since we last saw Michelle so we just played games/cards, talked and caught up.
Here are some pictures from the trip:
Deb, Michelle and my Mom in front of the Lisa Marie plane...
Ava hanging out
Isabella
The girls and I in front of the plane - don't ya love Ava's Graceland Camo hat? heehee
Mom and Isabella on the shuttle bus (they shuttle you over to Graceland).
The girls and i after we toured the meditation garden where Elvis is buried.
My sister and the girls on Friday.
Monday, October 20, 2008
A few pictures
Here are a few pictures from last week.
Isabella on her field trip (they had to wear their walk-a-thon tee's).
Isabella on her field trip (they had to wear their walk-a-thon tee's).
Friday night - my niece Dialycia, Isabella and Ava. Ava was pretending she was a patient with a broken leg and the baby stroller was her wheel chair. Ava 99% of the time REFUSES to look at the camera. Makes for great pics. :(
The girls before we headed out to the IMAX theater.
Isabella and Ava standing on a rock (of course) in front of the Indiana State Museum.
Tomorrow I'll post some pictures from Boo at the Zoo - we went yesterday afternoon (after the Cowboys defeat and while the Colts were being defeated. I took the Colts loss MUCH better than Steve took the Cowboys loss).
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Finished!
So, I got hooked a month or so ago on Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series books. I just finished the 4th and final book tonight - Breaking Dawn. Let me just say, she made vampires very attractive to me! Edward Cullen can bite my neck anytime he'd like. LOL I am super excited for 11/21/08 when Twilight hits the movie theaters!
Steve has been videoing his cooking classes the past couple of months and then editing the footage to send a DVD to corporate for training purposes I guess. Well, last month - our recording was somehow dropped into a bucket of sanitizer. So, every ounce of footage we've ever recorded since we bought it last Christmas is GONE. We had not transferred ANY of it to the computer. Oh - and the recorder is fried. The only good news is my mom records more than we do so we'll get footage from her so we'll have something from last year AND - we forgot we purchased the warranty when we bought the camera so we got a brand spanking new one (better than our previous one) today!!!
Steve had actually taken the camera to Best Buy to see what could be done or if it could be repaired when they reminded him we had bought the extended coverage. The salesperson had recommended doing it and then getting a new battery after a year (that would be covered under the plan). The warranty was only $50 or so but it saved us almost $600 with getting the new camera! But, lesson learned and we will be transferring the footage to the computer/DVD often.
The girls and I along with my SIL and my niece went to the Indiana State Museum today and saw an IMAX Lion film. We took pictures last night and today but I'm heading for bed and will update and load some pictures in the next couple of days. We had a great time! The girls, me and my mom are headed to Memphis on Thursday to visit with my sister. It will be a good time. We're going to tour Graceland! Yeah.
Steve has been videoing his cooking classes the past couple of months and then editing the footage to send a DVD to corporate for training purposes I guess. Well, last month - our recording was somehow dropped into a bucket of sanitizer. So, every ounce of footage we've ever recorded since we bought it last Christmas is GONE. We had not transferred ANY of it to the computer. Oh - and the recorder is fried. The only good news is my mom records more than we do so we'll get footage from her so we'll have something from last year AND - we forgot we purchased the warranty when we bought the camera so we got a brand spanking new one (better than our previous one) today!!!
Steve had actually taken the camera to Best Buy to see what could be done or if it could be repaired when they reminded him we had bought the extended coverage. The salesperson had recommended doing it and then getting a new battery after a year (that would be covered under the plan). The warranty was only $50 or so but it saved us almost $600 with getting the new camera! But, lesson learned and we will be transferring the footage to the computer/DVD often.
The girls and I along with my SIL and my niece went to the Indiana State Museum today and saw an IMAX Lion film. We took pictures last night and today but I'm heading for bed and will update and load some pictures in the next couple of days. We had a great time! The girls, me and my mom are headed to Memphis on Thursday to visit with my sister. It will be a good time. We're going to tour Graceland! Yeah.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Report Cards
were sent home today and we have a straight A student!
Yeah Isabella. We are super proud of her.
Yeah Isabella. We are super proud of her.
Don't look
After lunch today Ava came to me asking if she could have a granola bar. I bought a case of these Kashi trail mix granola bars many months ago because I was paying $2 each time I worked out it seemed and it was getting expensive. Anyway, I'm getting sidetracked....So, she asks for a granola bar and I asked if she ate her lunch. She said yes, so we start walking to the cabinet. I asked again - "you ate ALL of your lunch?". She shook her head yes, then no, then yes again. (her back was to me). I said, ok, well, first I want to go and look at your plate to make sure you ate it all - she responded ok quickly. Then hesitated and said - "ok, just don't go and look. ok?". She's such a stinker. Anyway, she finished her sandwich and I gave in to give her a granola bar and we were out. Her reply "we have to go to the store AGAIN". LOL She's a mess!!!!
We've still been working with Isabella about being nice to everyone. She's doing so so with it and making the effort to be nice. In her defense, I will say - Rylea does seem a little needy - but still, no reason to put somoene on the "bad list" or whatever the heck the list was.
Tonight is Project Runways Finale. So, we are having a big neighborhood girls night. Well, the usual - me, Ellen, Jenny, Pam, Amy and Chris will be there but a couple others are joining in on the fun. We are doing champagne, fruit and sweets. It's really not the TV show that drives us to get together. It really is the friendships and the great fellowship we have together. Sunday evening several of us went to JD & Ellens for dinner and we were like - what are we going to do next week when Project Runway is over. We will go thru Wednesday night withdrawals. LOL
Well, it's about time for Isabella to get home so off to meet her.
We've still been working with Isabella about being nice to everyone. She's doing so so with it and making the effort to be nice. In her defense, I will say - Rylea does seem a little needy - but still, no reason to put somoene on the "bad list" or whatever the heck the list was.
Tonight is Project Runways Finale. So, we are having a big neighborhood girls night. Well, the usual - me, Ellen, Jenny, Pam, Amy and Chris will be there but a couple others are joining in on the fun. We are doing champagne, fruit and sweets. It's really not the TV show that drives us to get together. It really is the friendships and the great fellowship we have together. Sunday evening several of us went to JD & Ellens for dinner and we were like - what are we going to do next week when Project Runway is over. We will go thru Wednesday night withdrawals. LOL
Well, it's about time for Isabella to get home so off to meet her.
Friday, October 10, 2008
We have a mean girl
And it's not Ava!
Yesterday Isabellas school had a walk a thon and parents were encouraged to come and walk with their kids. So, Steve and I went. Isabella barely paid any attention to us. Well, all the little girls were walking and holding hands when I noticed this one little girl going up to Isabella trying to hold her hand and Isabella was blatantly refusing to hold her hand. Steve and I looked at each other and were MORTIFIED!!!!!!!!!!! To make matters worse, the little girls mom was walking right in front of us and I'm sure saw Isabella being a little brat. Steve walked up to Isabella and pulled her aside trying to find out what was going on but Isabella wasn't saying much. We were so embarassed to say the least.
A little back history - Isabella talked about this little girl being one of her good friends the first month of school. She called her usually a couple nights a week and talked on the phone to her and everything. Well, I started recalling Isabella not talking much about this little girl after she spent the night over at Emmas. Also, I remember a couple of times at school Rylea telling the teacher Isabella wouldn't sit next to her etc but I didn't think much of it at the time. So, as soon as Isabella gets home from school yesterday I get to the bottom of it. Apparently Emma has informed Isabella and Madison they CANNOT be friends with Rylea and she is apparently on the "bad list" or bad friend list or some insane 1st grade girls list. I went over all the mom things to say and at the end of it, Isabella felt like the worst friend in the world. She called Rylea and apologized and said she wouldn't act like that anymore. On the way to school today (my day to volunteer) I told Isabella that she needed to tell Emma I was going to call Emma's mom and tell on her if she was mean to Rylea further. Isabella said that scared Emma! LOL When I left school today Isabella was sitting next to Rylea and Emma so at least she was being nice.
I can't believe they start this crap in 1st grade. Homeschooling is looking better and better. LOL
Yesterday Isabellas school had a walk a thon and parents were encouraged to come and walk with their kids. So, Steve and I went. Isabella barely paid any attention to us. Well, all the little girls were walking and holding hands when I noticed this one little girl going up to Isabella trying to hold her hand and Isabella was blatantly refusing to hold her hand. Steve and I looked at each other and were MORTIFIED!!!!!!!!!!! To make matters worse, the little girls mom was walking right in front of us and I'm sure saw Isabella being a little brat. Steve walked up to Isabella and pulled her aside trying to find out what was going on but Isabella wasn't saying much. We were so embarassed to say the least.
A little back history - Isabella talked about this little girl being one of her good friends the first month of school. She called her usually a couple nights a week and talked on the phone to her and everything. Well, I started recalling Isabella not talking much about this little girl after she spent the night over at Emmas. Also, I remember a couple of times at school Rylea telling the teacher Isabella wouldn't sit next to her etc but I didn't think much of it at the time. So, as soon as Isabella gets home from school yesterday I get to the bottom of it. Apparently Emma has informed Isabella and Madison they CANNOT be friends with Rylea and she is apparently on the "bad list" or bad friend list or some insane 1st grade girls list. I went over all the mom things to say and at the end of it, Isabella felt like the worst friend in the world. She called Rylea and apologized and said she wouldn't act like that anymore. On the way to school today (my day to volunteer) I told Isabella that she needed to tell Emma I was going to call Emma's mom and tell on her if she was mean to Rylea further. Isabella said that scared Emma! LOL When I left school today Isabella was sitting next to Rylea and Emma so at least she was being nice.
I can't believe they start this crap in 1st grade. Homeschooling is looking better and better. LOL
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Ready for the cold!
Well, not really. I don't want it to arrive, but I know it will. We bought electric blankets for the girls beds and they came in yesterday. Ava has a habit of getting up during the middle of the night because she is cold - and she has good reason - her room and bed really is cold! Then, last week the high was only in the low 60's a couple of days and I realized I didn't have winter coats for the girls yet. So, today, their Gap Hot Pink warmest coats arrived along with hats/gloves, etc - so we are set! I hope it is several weeks before we have to use them. I'm not ready for winter - just yet.
Steve took the girls to the gym to swim when he got home from work. I'm going to watch The Biggest Loser and then settle in for the Presidential Debate.
JD and Ellen are having Mikey their German Shepard (the dog that bit Steve) put to sleep tomorrow morning. I told the girls today (a very abbreviated/kid friendly version) and Isabella took it VERY hard. She immediately broke down crying and you could see JD and Ellen tearing up. He is in severe pain and they have done all they can to alleviate it and help him, but nothing is working. Tomorrow night will be a sad night hanging out without Mikey.
Steve took the girls to the gym to swim when he got home from work. I'm going to watch The Biggest Loser and then settle in for the Presidential Debate.
JD and Ellen are having Mikey their German Shepard (the dog that bit Steve) put to sleep tomorrow morning. I told the girls today (a very abbreviated/kid friendly version) and Isabella took it VERY hard. She immediately broke down crying and you could see JD and Ellen tearing up. He is in severe pain and they have done all they can to alleviate it and help him, but nothing is working. Tomorrow night will be a sad night hanging out without Mikey.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Grandpa
My Grandpa was a trip. He lived with us for the last 10 years of his life. I was going through some old files the other day trying to clear out the office and I found these two letters he had written to one of my ex-boyfriends Tim. Tim was in the Marines and Grandpa wrote him these two letters during boot camp. They gave me a good chuckle. We were talking about them over the weekend at my moms so I decided to scan them and post in case I ever lost them. I thought I would be able to magnify them and you could read them but as many know....I'm computer challenged. So, I'll translate what the letters say under each letter - also Grandpa was full of bull most of the time so..... I should mention - Tim was pretty tall -6'3 and Grandpa nicknamed him High Pockets because he said Tim's pockets were "high in the air" because he was tall. ROFLMBO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dear Hi Pockets, I miss you a lot. So does Alisha. I asked her for news & she said she misses you & for us to plan to go hunting when you come home. I don't know if you can hit a rabbit or not but you might scare him to death if you get started first. I am pretty death on rabbits when I go out. Can skin and dress one but somebody else will have to cook him. I usually carry a pistol with me & I get half of my game that way. They just sit & let me shoot them that way. I don't have license to shoot quail but guess I can get some. Anyhow, I'm a little nervous but guess you can make it all out. Take care & write me in Alisha's letter. I plan to go down home soon. I'll get my share of rabbits when I go out. Behave and will pray for you to keep strait as ever.Bernard
March 7, 1990
March 7, 1990Dear High Pockets,
Greetings - I hope you are well and doing good. Alisha is fine and getting prettier every day. She has to carry a club most of the time to keep the men away. She has a fat bank account and the guys have found it out. They are trying to get on the favorable side and cash in on some of it. It ain't working very good but they have to keep trying. I see pretty Reba pretty often and she loves me more every day. Alisha is being true to you & the boys can't touch her with a 20 foot pole. Reba loves me a lot and we get along very well. I love her. May marry her some of these days. Hope you get home soon. Trent has a new haircut and it's not a beauty. See you soon I hope.
Your old friend,
Bernard Peterson
Pap
Mad.Frustrated.Angry
That sums up my feelings last night at 2:00 am towards God. Isabella woke up at 2:00 with an asthma attack. It's not enough the poor girl is just getting over pneumonia, so let's just throw an asthma attack on her tired body during the middle of the night. Sounds like a good plan to me. So, after puffs on the rescue inhaler (which didn't touch it), cough drops, cough syrup, water, propped up pillows and who knows what else was being tried - I prayed, I cried out to God - please take this away from her, stop the attack and let her little body rest. Well, he didn't answer my prayer when I wanted - which was immediatly....now.
So, I laid in bed listening to Isabella cough and cough and then tell her Daddy "it's ok, I'm feeling better" for well over an hour. When He *could* have healed her - immediatly, right then and there. He would have been given the glory - I promise.
When Steve went to get her some more water I told him I was so angry at God right then. He tried explaining to me we don't know how God works, the timing of his plan - we just have to continue to trust him. Um, not what I wanted to hear at 3:oo am. I wanted him to be mad with me.
So, this morning when I woke I just accepted the peace in knowing and believing He *can* heal instantly. Maybe that is enough.
We let Isabella sleep in today and I drove her to school instead of having her ride the bus and Steve took Ava to preschool. She seemed to feel better but I'll spend the day second guessing whether I should have made her stay home another day.
P.S. - spare me the nasty grams in knowing things could be worse than an asthma attack at 2:00 am - I KNOW life could be worse. :(
So, I laid in bed listening to Isabella cough and cough and then tell her Daddy "it's ok, I'm feeling better" for well over an hour. When He *could* have healed her - immediatly, right then and there. He would have been given the glory - I promise.
When Steve went to get her some more water I told him I was so angry at God right then. He tried explaining to me we don't know how God works, the timing of his plan - we just have to continue to trust him. Um, not what I wanted to hear at 3:oo am. I wanted him to be mad with me.
So, this morning when I woke I just accepted the peace in knowing and believing He *can* heal instantly. Maybe that is enough.
We let Isabella sleep in today and I drove her to school instead of having her ride the bus and Steve took Ava to preschool. She seemed to feel better but I'll spend the day second guessing whether I should have made her stay home another day.
P.S. - spare me the nasty grams in knowing things could be worse than an asthma attack at 2:00 am - I KNOW life could be worse. :(
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Heading to normal
Isabella's fever is gone, cough flares up majorly if she talks or is moving around a lot. It's that horrible crackling cough - a couple puffs of the inhaler calms it down though. Steve gets back in town tonight around 9:00 pm. Amy talked me into taking the kids down to her house at 8:00 pm so Mark and Christine could watch them until Steve gets home and then Amy and I will head next door to Ellens for Top Model and Project Runway. Next week is Project Runway finale!!! Yeah!!!
Isabella goes back to school tomorrow but I'm sending her with strict instructions of no running and taking it easy at recess so the coughing doesn't start up.
Isabella goes back to school tomorrow but I'm sending her with strict instructions of no running and taking it easy at recess so the coughing doesn't start up.
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