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Jax I'm so sorry about your grandma. thoughts and prayer for comfort for her and peace for you guys.
Reason #435 I love my family. We were at my aunt's house on Sunday. My aunt (the one who just lost her husband) pulled out her fun box for Addie to look through. Besides the chicken catapult, various sized rubber chickens and nun-chucks (a nun puppet that punches) she found party hats. Addie wore a red one day in and day out, only taking it off to sleep. People at the hotel would stop and ask us "is it her birthday?" nope. Then they would ask what our plans were in st louis for the day, when we said we're here for a funeral they just didn't know how to respond. but my family saw no reason for her not to be wearing a party hat at a wake.
After the funeral we all went to the pub and raised a glass in his memory. Everyone stood around sharing stories about him. It was a beautiful thing.
I'm feeling like an extra super crappy mom today. I'm beyond stressed and everything is just piling up and I'm very short and snippy with everyone, including DH and the kids.
The school moved middle DD from regular classes in elementary to all advanced classes this year for her first year in jr high. She is struggling and spends 3+ hours a night on homework. Considering that they don't get home until almost 5 she pretty much does her homework, eats dinner and goes to bed. I have to make the decision to leave her in the advanced classes and see what happens or move her to regular classes. She would likely be disappointed if that happened.
Tori is still having a hard time adjusting to her new daycare. She cries every day when I drop her off. She stops soon after I leave and has a wonderful time all day. She loves her teacher. It just breaks my heart every morning.
*hugs*
Does older DD want to be in the advanced classes? If she does and she's doing well on the homework, but just taking a while I might leave her in them. Such a hard decision to make.
Micaela did the crying thing off and on for YEARS and when she was in a "in" time it always killed me and I'd end up crying on my way to school or work. Hang in there Momma, she'll stop... eventually.
And you are not a crappy mom! You are one of the best mom's I know and I think you do a fabulous job at balancing it all! You are my inspiration.
I knew it was too good to be true. No high of 88 today. all that rain on my weekend forecast has pretty much evaporated.
We're on the verge of losing our fruit trees. We've already lost one avocado and the second one is in bad shape as in the orange and pom. They just weren't intended to be watered solely with tap water.
One shower, once a week shouldn't be too much to ask for.
I've lost almost all of my lemons to the heat and a few of the oranges. I knew it was too good to be true, but even a little rain and cloud cover will help. Come on.
I think my lime is dead but I'm ok with that, I didn't really like it much anyway. My satsuma seems to be hanging on, god only knows how though. I'm pretty sure our back yard is going to need to be resodded. Joy.
The good news is I'm not pregnant. The bad news is I have cramps that are rivaling un-medicated labor, except without the breaks.
Our satsuma is hanging on but barely. I'm crossing my fingers for our gardenia.
i would give middle-DD some time to adjust. also, maybe talk with her about it, see how she's feeling. if she despises being in the classes and hates the work, it's one thing... but if she is proud of being moved up and feeling a sense of accomplishment about it, maybe try and be more positive about the move. she probably gets in plenty of fun and socialization time at school, so having a lack of evening fun time on a school night may not be so big of detriment as you might think. if you can give her some adjustment time, then schedule a conference with one of her teachers, it might be the best option.
maybe tori has decided that drop off time is cry time. if she's doing alright after you leave every morning, is there something you can maybe do to take her attention away from sad-bye-mommy time? sing a song together when you drop her off, or give her some reward if she doesn't cry and is a big girl (sticker... whatever works for her)? maybe a high five in lieu of a goodbye hug? i know it's heartbreaking and can make you feel like they think you are purposefully hurting their feelings... just remember that you are a good mother who loves your girls like no other mother ever could. you make good choices for them so that you can nurture them to be bright, smart, fantastic people.
how long has she been at he new place?
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This is only week 2 so I know that we are still in the adjustment period for all of the girls. Tori really enjoys her school and will proudly tell me at the end of the day that she only cried for a few minutes. I'm just overly emotional right now. Ordinarily I'm the one that is better able to handle these types of situations.
Brooke (middle DD) is not at all discouraged about her classes. We talked before school started about how it would be quite a bit different from elementary and even more so with advanced classes. She does not complain about the homework other than to say that she is excited for the weekend when there will be less work/more time. Of course they already have two projects that they are working on.
I want her to stay in the classes and work hard. She wants to, so for now that is the course we will take.
I only realized this last week. And I'm fully aware of it right now because DH won't go away. Apparently he's made the decision to work from home for the next couple of days and this weekend is going to be clean and purge weekend. Blech.
damn facebook,
i was feeling a tad better..maybe things were going to look up for me. maybe I would be and could be happy again. and then I see that "on this day in 2010 your status was"... and I was so damn stinking happy. something wonderful had happened in my life and things were looking great. yeah.. just farking lovely
Why is my 16 yr old niece's facebook status - Wake&Bake!
And why isn't she in school??????
Probably to torture you and her Dad.
And doesn't school get out at 3 for some high schoolers?
If you talk to her, tell her Joseph misses her.
man, nothing creative is going right for me today!
i spent DAYS sanding and priming and painting 4 chairs (which is a royal pain because chairs have so many surfaces, argh). i also sanded, repaired, and put like 5 coats of polyurethane on a table.
today i tried dry-brushing more color on to two of the chairs. oh my gosh, it looks horrid. like, like a child tried to paint it. aaaack. now i am going to have to sand and repaint them back to solid.
i put another coat of varnish on my table, but did it outside because i wanted to inhale less fumes. the more coats, the prettier the finish, but it's so time consuming.
: ( it's too hot outside and the finish bubbled up, so i have to sand it back down to he wood in a few places. and put on 90 billionmore coats. RAWR.
at least it's all fixable. i just feel very FAIL today. i'm usually so crafty.
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She probably was doing some art work outside and was getting a tan.
It's your sparkly magic. You need to take a minute and recharge it. Do something soothing and relaxing. That is often crafty, but not if the crafty stuff is trying to be pulled together to set up your new office. KWIM?
Hoping Tinkerbell and her other fairies come fluttering by to recharge your magical sparkle soon.
- Paula Deen to 104.1 KRBE's Producer Eric 9/17/2011
Dang! I'm glad you found it!!
- Paula Deen to 104.1 KRBE's Producer Eric 9/17/2011
Aww...that makes me love your family too. (A chicken catapult?? Awesome.) And it makes me miss mine like crazy!
I'm glad you all were able to make good memories from a difficult day.
sometimes when i'm driving if those barrels/cones are up to keep you out of one lane, i have to resist the urge to not hit them. not b/c i'm annoyed at the construction, just b/c i think it'd be fun to run them over for some reason.
*jax - so sorry about your gma :-(. i hope she has a peaceful ending with lots of loving family around her.
*clare - can i join your family?? they sound awesome. so sorry about your uncle :-(
AP, I need to borrow your party-hat child for the next sad occasion. That is so sweet... nothing like a child to make you smile and see the beauty in the circle of life.
I have a "bucket-o-fun" at my house but there are certainly no chicken catapults in it, that's way more fun than me. i just have crafty junk and silly putty!
i cannot stop coughing. i feel fine, i just can't stop the effing cough. i had to cancel an infant session today and i really hope i'm better by mid next week!!!
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Don't do it. They'll charge you an arm & leg for them if you get caught.
Experience?
If you hit the big barrels just right in a truck they pop off their bases and fly straight up in the air and over the truck. Then they bounce around in the lane behind you. Not that I would know that from personal exerience or anything...
Not personally. A co-worker's husband hit some one night. She blew a gasket when they got that ticket. It was something ridiculous like $500 - $1,000 per barrel. And he had taken out several.
lol!