Wednesday AM

Woke up this morning wanting to be Super Mom. First, I got the rugrats up, this is never as easy as people may think.

Then, I decided to make sausage gravy for breakfast. This is a favorite breakfast of the rugrats. To make the best sausage gravy you must use Holyfield sausage.

After much stirring (Sausage gravy must be watched at all times, this is not a dish you can multitask on!) Now that the kids are off it is time for MUSIC and CLEANING! For some reason cleaning goes better with music. Wonder how I can figure all the dancing and cleaning as activity points?

Tuesday

Well I went to work and took care of some stuff for the team. I got all my stuff for parent conferences organized. Then it was off to find a shirt for Matt to wear to school on senior day. This was important! I found a cream colored shirt, but no tie. Called F. said, "Do you have a brown tie at your house?" She did. So I come home, big boy tries on the shirt and IT DOESN'T FIT!!!!!!!!!!!! So now I must go back out and beat the bushes looking for a shirt for a BIG AND TALL MAN/CHILD.

I did find me a pair of Clark shoes for $20, a sign that says It's a Wonderful Life for the door at Christmas, and a special gift for a monkey I know.

In between all of that I signed up for the WW etools. This is totally cool. I put in what I eat and it figures the points for me. I like it alot. You can even put in a recipe and it will give you the point value. Totally cool.

Now the meatloaf, cabbage, and green beans are cooking. Tomorrow looks to be another exciting day.

Mondays

This is my foot! I have a nasty sore brought on by having to tape my foot. Taping my foot was my doctor's next step for my plantars fasitis (sp). Tracie got a cast, I got a roll of tape. This all sounded good, till we had to take the tape off. Now I can not wear shoes. I can't wait to get my PAP done this week and have the doctor catch a glance at my foot while doing the other! Won't that be interesting.

On a happier note....Dan took the afternoon off and we went to Macon to the movies. We saw 3:10 to Yuma and it was great fun. Then after an extended trip to Barnes and Noble we went to Carrabbas for supper. Another favorite thing of mine. In an effort to be good, I put half my food on Dan's plate. He was sweet and ate his and mine!

Got home to Gabe needing to make a confession. Seems he now has detention, which cost us $20 and he loses a Saturday. As the sorted facts unraveled, it appears that Gabe and his new friend Dean, were throwing plastic bottles of coke at the wall during the football game. Not the wisest thing. Of course Gabe said Dean was just showing him how to blow up a bottle of coke. Apparently it worked well. He was distraught and dreaded our return home. Says he's learned two things, never go to football games and don't be stupid.

Then there is Matt who in one week needs to order senior class ring, announcements, and pay for senior pictures. I need a loan to live for the rest of the month. This was on top of needing field trip money and I need to go buy him a dress shirt.

Well if that was today, who knows what tomorrow will be like.

Lazy Sunday Afternoons

Today I started out at church. Dan had a good Sunday School lesson on the Kingdom of God. Went to a youth meeting after church. Gabe seems excited by all the planned activities. I hope everyone will buy a smoked Boston Butt to be ready on November 3rd. The new youth director is going to go let the kids start a savings account at church...with there fund raising money, so that is good. Came home and went with Dan to feed. Of course that is an hour long trip...one way.

These are pictures of Dan working cattle and the new barn. I still have pioneer woman envy.

Then I came home to find out I made an A- on my paper that was 66.6% of my grade and the prof says it is going nicely to continue on with my thoughts. I'm THRILLED!

Tomorrow is back to the drawing board. I need to finish up some stuff at work. Finish up this class on line and Dan and I are talking about going out one afternoon this week for my birthday. He will be gone the week of my birthday.

7 Random Things About Me

I was checking out some of the blogs that Sarah visits and found a theme going on. Several were writing 7 Random Things About Me blogs, so I thought why not.

1. I could eat Mexican Food all day long, everyday

2. I find cooking therapeutic.

3. I enjoy true life murder mysteries.

4. I watch It's A Wonderful Life every year, sometimes 4 times a year.

5. I think the beach exists to remind us how big God really is!

6. I think the Rocky mountains in a blizzard do the same thing!

7. I KNOW that even if your family has gone on to heaven, as long as you have friends you are never alone.

A Week OFF!!!!

What does one do on the first day of a break! Clean house and listen to music! Okay, now I may be over the top--today I downloaded, Nickelback's ROCKSTAR. I've always said if the teaching thing doesn't work out I could go on the road with Lynard Skynard!!!!!!!!! After last week, Give Me Three Steps and I may very well be a ROCKSTAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If needed refer to picture of me with flower in my hair below, you can see this would not be a giant leap for me. Plus, I always complain about not ever going places, Oh the places I could go!!!!! Wait that's Dr. Seuss.....I am confused today.........

Pictures

Meme and Uncle CW with the newlyweds
Matt and Me cutting a rug at reception
No, there was no alcohol involved in this picture. Notice I've lost the jacket! All that dancing.
Unfortunately, today's young folks don't understand the term "troll around the dance floor" they just get in the way
Big story of the night was Gabe and his new girlfriend. They danced till they could dance no more. It was so cute! He would pull the chair out for her when she went to sit down. He would go get her drinks. But once when she didn't drink all her water, ol' Gabe threw the left overs back in the fountain. I thought I'd crack up.