The week is winding down and things are falling into place for our beach trip.
I only worked two nights this week. I feel like the vacation has already started.
The kids have enjoyed vacation bible school this week. Tomorrow will be their final day.
I will spend that precious time sitting at the garage waiting for my van to get inspected. I plan to take a good book along and entertain myself.
Can anyone tell me why some places estimate the time for an inspection to be 45 minutes!?! Last year I sat at some place for almost two hours… WITH my kids!! I think they finally did the inspection when my head started spinning like the Exorcist gal.
I can remember when I was young and cute in L’burg… I’d drive up to a garage, they would inspect and I’d be on my way in about 5-10 minutes.
This place where we live is weird. Some things are just “off”. But, I’ll make the most of sitting and waiting. Perhaps I need to learn some patience.
Either way, I’ll enjoy the quiet time and the time ‘away from it all’.
Happy vacation.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Yard toys
So. A week has passed and I have neglected my blogging audience.
Not sure what to report today. I seem to be wasting perfectly kid free time… on the computer. Ugh.
The boys are in Bible school this week. This is the first year that both kids have been old enough to attend. I’m starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I LOVE having “big” boys.
Anywho. Last week was full of friends and fun. This past weekend, my bro-in-law and nephew came for a visit. My nephew stayed for a few days and went to Bible school too.
Today we are planning a water play day after bible school. I think there will be about 10 kids. We bought a Slip ‘N Slide yesterday and I’m planning to wear my kids out in order to have a super naptime this afternoon.
We have another new yard toy that makes kids tired.
T set up a trampoline one night while I was at work. ( a neighbor down the road gave it to T).
For future reference to all males : you should consult with your wife before you turn your back yard into a circus arena.
I really don’t like trampolines and I have really strict rules for my kids to abide by. They can only jump, one at a time, when an adult is present.
So- grandparents… don’t worry. (it's got the safety nets on the side too)
so far, so good.
We are counting down the days until our beach trip. Can’t wait!!
Not sure what to report today. I seem to be wasting perfectly kid free time… on the computer. Ugh.
The boys are in Bible school this week. This is the first year that both kids have been old enough to attend. I’m starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I LOVE having “big” boys.
Anywho. Last week was full of friends and fun. This past weekend, my bro-in-law and nephew came for a visit. My nephew stayed for a few days and went to Bible school too.
Today we are planning a water play day after bible school. I think there will be about 10 kids. We bought a Slip ‘N Slide yesterday and I’m planning to wear my kids out in order to have a super naptime this afternoon.
We have another new yard toy that makes kids tired.
T set up a trampoline one night while I was at work. ( a neighbor down the road gave it to T).
For future reference to all males : you should consult with your wife before you turn your back yard into a circus arena.
I really don’t like trampolines and I have really strict rules for my kids to abide by. They can only jump, one at a time, when an adult is present.
So- grandparents… don’t worry. (it's got the safety nets on the side too)
so far, so good.
We are counting down the days until our beach trip. Can’t wait!!
my special kid
I’m raising a smart ass. (excuse my wording) He cracks me up.
I was asking the kids for their dirty clothes this morning (like I do EVERY morning before I put clothes in the washer) and I said… “bring me your pajamas”.
My eldest, brightest kid came into my room carrying ALL of his pjs from his pj drawer. Then he played dumb, with a real serious face, and said “mom…you said to bring our pjs”.
Funny, eh?
I was asking the kids for their dirty clothes this morning (like I do EVERY morning before I put clothes in the washer) and I said… “bring me your pajamas”.
My eldest, brightest kid came into my room carrying ALL of his pjs from his pj drawer. Then he played dumb, with a real serious face, and said “mom…you said to bring our pjs”.
Funny, eh?
huh?
Customer: I’m looking for sheets.
Me: there are several aisles of sheets here.
Customer: they are brown sheets, maybe these… no this wasn’t the price.
Me: Did you see them in the advertisement?
Customer: Maybe they are over here.
Me: what exactly are you looking for?
Customer: (dumb look)
Me: Are you looking for a set of sheets or individual, fitted and flat?
Customer: they are brown. I am returning them. They are at guest services.
Me: So you need to have a match to the ones you are returning?
Customer: no, I’m returning them because they shrunk in the wash and they don’t fit my bed.
Me: so… you don’t have the original package and they sent you back to find similar sheets to refund your money. Was it a sheet set or did you buy each piece individually?
Customer: It’s just a flat and fitted. You can come to look at them… maybe that will save me time so I don’t look a lot. I should have brought them back here. They are wet.
Me: Wet? why are they wet?
Customer: I was trying to stretch them… to fit the bed.
Me: so you brought wet sheets to the store?…(?? look)… I’ll walk with you and see if the tag is on the sheets.
Customer: I don’t have the tags. That’s why I’m looking for them.
Me: I’m pretty sure that there will be a brand name on the actual sheet. Then we can find a matching set.
(We continue to walk to the front of the store where she retrieves brown, wet sheets from the guest service counter) (I immediately see a “Waverly” tag on the sheet.)
Me: They are Waverly.
Customer: Waverly?
Me: What size are they?
Customer: King
Me: okay. I know where these are. I’ll bring them right up.
Customer: No, I’ll go too. It’ll be good for us.
Me: okay. (??)
(we walk back to the sheet section and I retrieve the Sheet SET that matches)
Me: This is a set. So if you don’t have the pillow cases, it’s no good.
Customer: oh, I’ve got them in the car. These are the sheets?
Me: Yes, they match. see? (as I point to the wet ones that she is holding) They only come in a set.
Customer: thank you so much for your help. Now you can walk way back over there where you were working.
Me: No problem. That’s what I’m here for.
Me : (still thinking): I wanted to ask if she put those wet sheets on her bed when she was stretching them to make them fit? And why would you bring wet sheets to a store? And why would you leave the wet pillow cases in the car??
Seems like a total “return scam” to me. Or else she was drunk. I have never had such a dumbing conversation with a customer. I gave her plenty of “what the crap?!” looks. Did she know how dumb she appeared to be??
But…That was probably her plan….
Me: there are several aisles of sheets here.
Customer: they are brown sheets, maybe these… no this wasn’t the price.
Me: Did you see them in the advertisement?
Customer: Maybe they are over here.
Me: what exactly are you looking for?
Customer: (dumb look)
Me: Are you looking for a set of sheets or individual, fitted and flat?
Customer: they are brown. I am returning them. They are at guest services.
Me: So you need to have a match to the ones you are returning?
Customer: no, I’m returning them because they shrunk in the wash and they don’t fit my bed.
Me: so… you don’t have the original package and they sent you back to find similar sheets to refund your money. Was it a sheet set or did you buy each piece individually?
Customer: It’s just a flat and fitted. You can come to look at them… maybe that will save me time so I don’t look a lot. I should have brought them back here. They are wet.
Me: Wet? why are they wet?
Customer: I was trying to stretch them… to fit the bed.
Me: so you brought wet sheets to the store?…(?? look)… I’ll walk with you and see if the tag is on the sheets.
Customer: I don’t have the tags. That’s why I’m looking for them.
Me: I’m pretty sure that there will be a brand name on the actual sheet. Then we can find a matching set.
(We continue to walk to the front of the store where she retrieves brown, wet sheets from the guest service counter) (I immediately see a “Waverly” tag on the sheet.)
Me: They are Waverly.
Customer: Waverly?
Me: What size are they?
Customer: King
Me: okay. I know where these are. I’ll bring them right up.
Customer: No, I’ll go too. It’ll be good for us.
Me: okay. (??)
(we walk back to the sheet section and I retrieve the Sheet SET that matches)
Me: This is a set. So if you don’t have the pillow cases, it’s no good.
Customer: oh, I’ve got them in the car. These are the sheets?
Me: Yes, they match. see? (as I point to the wet ones that she is holding) They only come in a set.
Customer: thank you so much for your help. Now you can walk way back over there where you were working.
Me: No problem. That’s what I’m here for.
Me : (still thinking): I wanted to ask if she put those wet sheets on her bed when she was stretching them to make them fit? And why would you bring wet sheets to a store? And why would you leave the wet pillow cases in the car??
Seems like a total “return scam” to me. Or else she was drunk. I have never had such a dumbing conversation with a customer. I gave her plenty of “what the crap?!” looks. Did she know how dumb she appeared to be??
But…That was probably her plan….
celebrations and shots
The days are passing and I’m not blogging. There must be lots of exciting stuff happening, right?
Well, this past weekend I had a slumber party!! I had four great friends join me for a girl’s night. (I sent the hubby and kids to L’burg).
We had a pizza dinner, chatted, played games, and laughed A LOT. It was a much-needed celebration and a refreshing time to be ourselves.
It was a cool girl’s weekend.
The hubby and kids returned on Sunday, in time for the Baptism of our family friend, Sarah. The Baptism was held at another friend’s pool and I was semi “in charge” of the refreshments. The baptism was very nice and everyone had a nice time celebrating Sarah’s decision to follow Christ.
It was a superb weekend.
Today, we took the cat to the vet for shots. He seemed fine until the vet arrived and started to fool with him. She wasn’t very gentle with him… and I have never seen him SO angry before. He was hissing and drooling on the table like some kind of rabid animal. Kind of humorous, I think. Luckily he was back to his cat-dog self again when we got home. Silly animal.
Well, this past weekend I had a slumber party!! I had four great friends join me for a girl’s night. (I sent the hubby and kids to L’burg).
We had a pizza dinner, chatted, played games, and laughed A LOT. It was a much-needed celebration and a refreshing time to be ourselves.
It was a cool girl’s weekend.
The hubby and kids returned on Sunday, in time for the Baptism of our family friend, Sarah. The Baptism was held at another friend’s pool and I was semi “in charge” of the refreshments. The baptism was very nice and everyone had a nice time celebrating Sarah’s decision to follow Christ.
It was a superb weekend.
Today, we took the cat to the vet for shots. He seemed fine until the vet arrived and started to fool with him. She wasn’t very gentle with him… and I have never seen him SO angry before. He was hissing and drooling on the table like some kind of rabid animal. Kind of humorous, I think. Luckily he was back to his cat-dog self again when we got home. Silly animal.
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
29
Today was my birthday. I now only have one year left to be in my 20s.
I was serenaded quite a bit.
Our good family friends sang to me on the phone this morning, my best buddy sang to me via email, my kids and hubby sang tonight,
and I’m sorry that I missed the annual song from my Dad. (He and my other buddy left phone messages today but I didn’t get to call them back.)
It was nice to be the center of a sing along for the day.
T and the kids surprised me with a cake that they made. (I wasn’t aware that T had gone to the store and was prepared to make a cake.) L woke me up bright and early this morning to show me the cake and cards that they prepared. I sure would have enjoyed sleeping until 9am on my birthday but it was great (I think) to be up at 7:10am and see the cutsie smile on their faces.
We had a good day.
I was serenaded quite a bit.
Our good family friends sang to me on the phone this morning, my best buddy sang to me via email, my kids and hubby sang tonight,
and I’m sorry that I missed the annual song from my Dad. (He and my other buddy left phone messages today but I didn’t get to call them back.)
It was nice to be the center of a sing along for the day.
T and the kids surprised me with a cake that they made. (I wasn’t aware that T had gone to the store and was prepared to make a cake.) L woke me up bright and early this morning to show me the cake and cards that they prepared. I sure would have enjoyed sleeping until 9am on my birthday but it was great (I think) to be up at 7:10am and see the cutsie smile on their faces.
We had a good day.
Monday, June 05, 2006
First official family camping
We had an awesome weekend.
Our small group went camping on Saturday night. One of the families is an “owner” at a local resort area so we got to camp in luxury. There is a place for tent camping that felt pretty remote but still close enough to a bathhouse. That was nice.
We rode in on Saturday afternoon and set up our tents. Our friends, that are a family of 6, had an enormous new tent that T helped put up. We laughed about the giganticness of it while his was pitching it but then realized how cool it was… and how big and useful it was for a large family. Meanwhile our little tent was wall-to-wall bed since I had brought along our queen air mattress and a twin. I was determined to be comfortable this go round.
We set up camp (Well, T did most of the work), started a fire, had dinner, ate S’mores, played a game of baseball, etc. The kids loved exploring in the camp area and romping around.
Night fell and it was time for bed. L got extremely terrified of a few bugs that were crawling on the outside of the tent… thanks to D who exclaimed that beetles bite. Ugh.
We were all comfy on our air mattresses until the chill settled. At that point, all four of us snuggled together in a huge mass to stay warm. T took the brunt of the squish, I think.
Morning rolled around and we woke to a breakfast of bacon, eggs and donuts. We sat by the fire for a while and then headed to a playground area. After that, we headed to the pool. Nice things for roughing it, eh?
We left early afternoon and went home. The kids got to nap for about an hour before we yanked them out of bed to attend an evening church service and potluck.
Busy, busy day, but fun. We all slept well last night. And I convinced myself that I was due for that two-hour nap this afternoon too.
I’m ready for work tonight-
Our small group went camping on Saturday night. One of the families is an “owner” at a local resort area so we got to camp in luxury. There is a place for tent camping that felt pretty remote but still close enough to a bathhouse. That was nice.
We rode in on Saturday afternoon and set up our tents. Our friends, that are a family of 6, had an enormous new tent that T helped put up. We laughed about the giganticness of it while his was pitching it but then realized how cool it was… and how big and useful it was for a large family. Meanwhile our little tent was wall-to-wall bed since I had brought along our queen air mattress and a twin. I was determined to be comfortable this go round.
We set up camp (Well, T did most of the work), started a fire, had dinner, ate S’mores, played a game of baseball, etc. The kids loved exploring in the camp area and romping around.
Night fell and it was time for bed. L got extremely terrified of a few bugs that were crawling on the outside of the tent… thanks to D who exclaimed that beetles bite. Ugh.
We were all comfy on our air mattresses until the chill settled. At that point, all four of us snuggled together in a huge mass to stay warm. T took the brunt of the squish, I think.
Morning rolled around and we woke to a breakfast of bacon, eggs and donuts. We sat by the fire for a while and then headed to a playground area. After that, we headed to the pool. Nice things for roughing it, eh?
We left early afternoon and went home. The kids got to nap for about an hour before we yanked them out of bed to attend an evening church service and potluck.
Busy, busy day, but fun. We all slept well last night. And I convinced myself that I was due for that two-hour nap this afternoon too.
I’m ready for work tonight-
Thursday, June 01, 2006
June 1st
The first of June has always felt like an official start to summer for me. I can remember back in elementary school… when June arrived we anxiously started counting the days until summer break. And my birthday always fell into the excitement of it all. Now that I’m grown the birthday and school excitement is a bit subdued but I still LOVE the summer feeling that accompanies the lingering smell of sunscreen and the sunkist feel of being outside for a bit too long.
Ahhh… the lazy days of summer have arrived!!
Today was our first official water day. Those of you who know me, know that I am a sucker for “water play days” for my kids. It’s kind of a big to-do around here. I am keeping it simple this year. Today our neighbor (whom I now affectionately call “the daughter I never had”) came over and I hooked up the water slide. The kids had a blast!
On a completely unrelated side note: My mom has been in the hospital for a few days now. She is suffering from Bacterial Meningitis!! Isn’t that horrible?! I think it can easily be a life-threatening thing but it sounds like they caught it early enough. They are pumping her full of antibiotics and they hope she’ll be home by the weekend with her own personal IV to administer the medicine.
Please pray for a quick recovery for her.
I’m counting the days to our family beach trip and I hope that she has recovered fully by then. (about three more weeks!)
Ahhh… the lazy days of summer have arrived!!
Today was our first official water day. Those of you who know me, know that I am a sucker for “water play days” for my kids. It’s kind of a big to-do around here. I am keeping it simple this year. Today our neighbor (whom I now affectionately call “the daughter I never had”) came over and I hooked up the water slide. The kids had a blast!
On a completely unrelated side note: My mom has been in the hospital for a few days now. She is suffering from Bacterial Meningitis!! Isn’t that horrible?! I think it can easily be a life-threatening thing but it sounds like they caught it early enough. They are pumping her full of antibiotics and they hope she’ll be home by the weekend with her own personal IV to administer the medicine.
Please pray for a quick recovery for her.
I’m counting the days to our family beach trip and I hope that she has recovered fully by then. (about three more weeks!)
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