Thursday, September 13, 2007
This past week has been busy as usual around here, with the addition of Cymbre Tay being sick on the couch for 4 days! Who knew a tummy ache could last so long. She did try to go to school on Monday after being home on Friday, but ended up home after throwing up. (I am not a lousy Mom! She said she was feeling better so I sent her to school!) FINALLY, today she was back at school, and even managed to be at dance all night.
I am having fits with the new lady who is helping in the office at the studio. She thinks she can just do things her own way, not record payments on the ledgers, and register 2 year olds! I finally told Ginny that I thought it wasn't going to work out, and I refused to turn her loose with the money anymore. After all, I am responsible for all this money, and when it isn't recorded I send late notices to people who in turn call and yell at me. Ginny said I could just have her answer the phone and file things, but not to leave any money where she had to deal with it anymore. THANK GOODNESS!! I had been spending my entire evening fixing everything that she messed up in the morning. If I have to call one more mom of a 2 year old and tell her they can't dance until they are 3, I am going to have to do something drastic. No, I don't know what I will do, but it could possibly involve the next lizard who decides to enter my peaceful domain!
I have been out looking for Halloween goodies for my very spoiled children....yes, you know who you are! (All of you)
I finally mailed today, some people the wedding DVD's with the photos.....can you possibly imagine what that means to me? After all these months of wedding, I am finally crossing the last thing off my to do list!!! I still have to get some more envelopes to mail the rest of them, but the next time I am at the store I will do that, and then watch your mailbox!
I have been contemplating our electric pencil sharpener today....have you ever really looked at one. It seems to have a little face on the front, and where you slide out the drawer to empty it, that's the mouth. Our's looks like it is saying "OH"! Have you ever wondered if the pencil sharpener prefers the taste of one pencil over another? Maybe it likes the yellow wood ones better than the ones with all the birthday and holiday designs on the outside. Do you suppose that the lead tastes different on each pencil. What about those colored pencils the little ones color with all the time.....and who can forget the extra fat pencils. You know, the ones that get stuck in the hole. And, if you leave the shavings in it, does it's nose get all stuffed up if it happens to be allergic to that kind of lead? Does it get a stomach ache just sitting there full of shavings day after day, waiting for some slow mom to come and dump it out? And how would it let a mom know it needed emptying....it's not as though it wears a diaper. And why does that sharpener always jam a little piece of lead in the tip of the sharpener on the day when the bus is already pulling around the corner and the girls need a new pencil for school?
Do you suppose that the pencil sharpener and the scotch tape dispenser are the very best of friends since they are always sitting so close together here on the desk? I must admit, they look awfully cozy!! Maybe I should get the letter opener to spy on them while I go to the studio in the morning. If anything suspicious happens, Dad's tigers could grrrrrrrrrr really loud, and I might hear it at the studio.
Maybe the stapler could help in our investigation...it could staple all the evidence to the desk top! That is, if it doesn't clog itself up stapling things to fast!
I just noticed that some of Dad's tigers that sit on top of the file cabinet seem to be eyeing that goldfish Shyla bought him. Do you suppose tigers eat goldfish? I just don't know if Stanley can survive living in this jungle without his fish...maybe I should move him. Dad hasn't fed the tigers in a while, and they are a bit testy since they closed the tiger wash on the way to church (not to mention a bit smelly) so maybe I shouldn't take any chances!
Do I get brownie points for cleaning out half of Dad's desk drawer....that dumb school bus keeps coming before I get the other half done. I just work on this drawer while I sit here and watch the girls at the bus stop out the window. At least I can find all the paperclips now, but the triangle things dad uses on his maps are still flopping all over the bottom of the drawer. I also found a million keys that go to locks probably in the first house we ever owned! Do I dare throw them away...because I might need to open some obscure lock that I don't even remember I have a key to someday? Who knows, by Christmas time I may have the whole desk done, and then we can actually find all the stamps to mail the Christmas cards! Where, oh where are those pesky address labels? Of course, the envelope of the cards will be full of 2 and 3 cent stamps because that's all I am finding in the bottom of the drawer. I will need an extra large envelope if that is the case. And just how does that little stick of lead escape from those little containers that have lids I can never get off? There is a convention of lead in the bottom of this drawer, and how does a person decide if it is 5mm or 7mm. Who cares for that matter? And why does it break so easily when all a person is trying to do is pick it up and put it back inside it's house? Is it really necessary for all the sticks of lead to go visiting other office supplies all at once. Haven't they every heard that a person needs some alone time? I mean really, what could the lead and the paper clips have to talk about that is so important that everyone in the lead family needs to hear it? And the cork board pins, my goodness, they just go around poking holes in everything? I truly do not know how to maintain discipline! I put them in their little cup, and the next time I open the drawer, they are frolicking all over the place. You would think the highlighters would have a tizzy! I actually think it is the clear ones that are creating such a ruckus! I just can't see the pretty pink ones being such troublemakers! Maybe I should just put one of those big kitchen magnets in the little cup. Then they would all be attracted to it, and stay home for a change!
Well, enough of this foolishness for tonight. I think I will go turn on the TV for a bit until I get sleepy. Yes, I am a night person, and Dad is snoring.
Each of you remember to do something nice for someone today, even if it is just to share your smile.
Remember that I love you very much, so does Dad.
Mom
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Poor Unfortunate Lizard
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
There will be a short memorial service for the poor unfortunate lizard that decided to come into the house this morning in a couple of days when Dad empties the vacumn! That dumb thing just walked right in the house as Cymbre was leaving, and of course, went right over by the edge of Dad's desk! You can't smash them there, so my only recourse was the vacumn because I didn't want him behind the file cabinet. I sucked him up, and now it will have to be Dad's job to empty the bucket. I don't do it when there are lizards living in it! Dad is really good at this job, but I don't really think he likes all the practice he gets!
Bomber lovebugs have once again taken up residence in the backyard! We are dodging lovebugs every time we go out the back door. Why do they like our yard do much? You would think they would go where the swimming pools are, but I think they like our backyard because of that little covered area over the sidewalk. Well, I fixed them. I sprayed the fence with that bug spray they hate! Take that you dumb bugs!!
Cymbre just came home with her first list of spelling words for 4th grade. I will be so glad when Dad and I finally graduate from spelling lists. Just how long does it take to learn some of these words? Aren't five 4th graders enough? And those book report projects....if we have to make another pizza book report I may lose my mind!
Cooper is learning spanish, and she mostly sounds like she is tripping over her tongue.....to hear her recite the spanish alphabet is really interesting....ya'll should try it. Her main homework is to get parents to sign a million papers, and to cover her text books (which will just stay home anyway). Why do we need to cover them if they just sit on the shelf at home and we never use them? Would that not be a total waste of mom's time in going to the store to get the paper sack, then making the bookcover so Cooper can decorate it? And why don't kids know how to cover books with paper sacks. What have they missed where they learn how to do that? And for pete's sake, why can't they use those fabric book covers that all the stores sell anymore?
I am falling back into the school rut! Heaven forbid!! I need more time alone all day to be able to even think about accomplishing all the things I want to do. I have finished the dance studio! (Applause please!) The ironing is getting whittled down, although I am scared to see just what lies at the bottom of the pile, the mending is caught up except Shyla's temple jacket. I have to find the lace again before I can do that. The paperwork for the dance company is almost done, and then I just have the academy classes to enter into the computer at the office. I missed the first day of school lunch because it wasn't closed to payday, so none of us had any money to spend, and still don't. Those competition costumes are eating into my lunch style! The family cookbook is staring me in the face, maybe I'll cart it donwstairs and work on it when the ironing gets done. I have told Ginny that I don't know how much sewing I will do for company this year. I just don't want to do it.
I have decided that paper piles are evil! We seem to grow new ones every day! I just get the counter cleaned off, and someone, a very evil someone, carts home more papers that simply must get piled on the kitchen counter. Never mind that the papers have nothing to do with anything we care about, we just have to have them to read because the school thinks we should waste trees. Why do we need separate papers about the chess club, the spanish club, and every other thing when they send out a school newsletter? Who cares about karate, after school art, and pre- k for non english speaking students. Can't they include all the details in the Mane Tail that comes out on Tuesdays? Maybe I'll go on a save the tress campaign. Like I have time... A Mom could spend an entire morning reading all these useless papers that the girls are bringing home.
I just noticed our stop sign out in the front yeard. It seems to be fading in the sun. Can you imagine how it must feel? If you were a stop sign, would you like to slowly fade away? Don't you think you would want someone to come and touch up your make-up so people can clearly read your face? Then again, maybe you wouldn't want someone caking all kinds of stuff on your face, just so you could stand out in the sun all day. A little hot don't you think?
I got my Christmas book from Gooseberry Patch in the mail today....guess it is time to start thinking about that make work holiday. Maybe we will just put out the nativity sets this year and call it good. The snowmen can just stay in the boxes! Dream on!
Well, it's that time of day when I start to get really busy. I have to bun Cymbre, and pack the water cooler. Then up to the studio to deal with who knows what for who knows how long, skip dinner, and starve until I finally get to come home again where Dad will paste me back together to do it all again tomorrow.
All of you work hard, do something that will make Heavenly Father proud of you, and remember your Mom loves you.
Bye
There will be a short memorial service for the poor unfortunate lizard that decided to come into the house this morning in a couple of days when Dad empties the vacumn! That dumb thing just walked right in the house as Cymbre was leaving, and of course, went right over by the edge of Dad's desk! You can't smash them there, so my only recourse was the vacumn because I didn't want him behind the file cabinet. I sucked him up, and now it will have to be Dad's job to empty the bucket. I don't do it when there are lizards living in it! Dad is really good at this job, but I don't really think he likes all the practice he gets!
Bomber lovebugs have once again taken up residence in the backyard! We are dodging lovebugs every time we go out the back door. Why do they like our yard do much? You would think they would go where the swimming pools are, but I think they like our backyard because of that little covered area over the sidewalk. Well, I fixed them. I sprayed the fence with that bug spray they hate! Take that you dumb bugs!!
Cymbre just came home with her first list of spelling words for 4th grade. I will be so glad when Dad and I finally graduate from spelling lists. Just how long does it take to learn some of these words? Aren't five 4th graders enough? And those book report projects....if we have to make another pizza book report I may lose my mind!
Cooper is learning spanish, and she mostly sounds like she is tripping over her tongue.....to hear her recite the spanish alphabet is really interesting....ya'll should try it. Her main homework is to get parents to sign a million papers, and to cover her text books (which will just stay home anyway). Why do we need to cover them if they just sit on the shelf at home and we never use them? Would that not be a total waste of mom's time in going to the store to get the paper sack, then making the bookcover so Cooper can decorate it? And why don't kids know how to cover books with paper sacks. What have they missed where they learn how to do that? And for pete's sake, why can't they use those fabric book covers that all the stores sell anymore?
I am falling back into the school rut! Heaven forbid!! I need more time alone all day to be able to even think about accomplishing all the things I want to do. I have finished the dance studio! (Applause please!) The ironing is getting whittled down, although I am scared to see just what lies at the bottom of the pile, the mending is caught up except Shyla's temple jacket. I have to find the lace again before I can do that. The paperwork for the dance company is almost done, and then I just have the academy classes to enter into the computer at the office. I missed the first day of school lunch because it wasn't closed to payday, so none of us had any money to spend, and still don't. Those competition costumes are eating into my lunch style! The family cookbook is staring me in the face, maybe I'll cart it donwstairs and work on it when the ironing gets done. I have told Ginny that I don't know how much sewing I will do for company this year. I just don't want to do it.
I have decided that paper piles are evil! We seem to grow new ones every day! I just get the counter cleaned off, and someone, a very evil someone, carts home more papers that simply must get piled on the kitchen counter. Never mind that the papers have nothing to do with anything we care about, we just have to have them to read because the school thinks we should waste trees. Why do we need separate papers about the chess club, the spanish club, and every other thing when they send out a school newsletter? Who cares about karate, after school art, and pre- k for non english speaking students. Can't they include all the details in the Mane Tail that comes out on Tuesdays? Maybe I'll go on a save the tress campaign. Like I have time... A Mom could spend an entire morning reading all these useless papers that the girls are bringing home.
I just noticed our stop sign out in the front yeard. It seems to be fading in the sun. Can you imagine how it must feel? If you were a stop sign, would you like to slowly fade away? Don't you think you would want someone to come and touch up your make-up so people can clearly read your face? Then again, maybe you wouldn't want someone caking all kinds of stuff on your face, just so you could stand out in the sun all day. A little hot don't you think?
I got my Christmas book from Gooseberry Patch in the mail today....guess it is time to start thinking about that make work holiday. Maybe we will just put out the nativity sets this year and call it good. The snowmen can just stay in the boxes! Dream on!
Well, it's that time of day when I start to get really busy. I have to bun Cymbre, and pack the water cooler. Then up to the studio to deal with who knows what for who knows how long, skip dinner, and starve until I finally get to come home again where Dad will paste me back together to do it all again tomorrow.
All of you work hard, do something that will make Heavenly Father proud of you, and remember your Mom loves you.
Bye
Sunday, September 2, 2007
This Has Been A Week!
Sunday, September 2, 2007
This has been a very busy week with school starting and Dad out of the country. I almost quit my job at the studio, cut out curtains for the dance room upstairs, and was almost really hurt in a car accident.
School started last Monday, and by Wednesday the girls were both so tired they could hardly see straight. Cymbre ended up fussing at the studio that she was too tired to dance, so I just let her do her ballet, and sit out the rest. Even though Cooper was tired, she was determined to attend each of her classes, even Pointe, and teach the ones where she is the student teacher. By Friday, she had a blister the size of a quarter on the ball of her right foot, so that has grounded her for the next few days. That's ok since it is a holiday weekend, and we don't have dance on Monday!
I finally figured out what I wanted as curtains upstairs, and cut them out. Then I was ready to sew them, but in my drawer of thread (which probably has 500 spools) there wasn't one that would match the material for the curtains. Just what are the chances of that happening? And if that can happen, just how many colors of thread are available in this world? Even a trip to Wal Mart to get some thread didn't come up with the perfect matching color. So I bought two different ones, and will decide when I actually sit down to sew. Actually the color I need is growing outside the office window on the crepe myrtle tree. The flowers on that tree are the perfect color! Now I just have to figure out how to turn the flowers to thread, build the factory to do it, and then pick all the flowers (probably need the whole neighborhood's bushes full) and then hire some workers, (hopefully not illegal aliens) and make my own thread. Then I can sew the curtains. At that rate, it will be past Christmas when I finally get them done. That means that none of you should plan on pajama pants for Christmas this year. I will be busy making curtains!
We finally have the pictures from Shyla's reception! Miracles will never cease!! Dad will be working on the cd's for family members this week....I hope he gets everything done. That's the last thing for the wedding I have to cross of my list.
I almost quit my job at the studio because Ms. Michelle thought she could just do what she wants, and not follow rules. Well, it made me very angry when she stuck her nose in the girls duet, so I told Ginny I don't get paid enough to deal with Michelle's garbage, and I was considering leaving. Needless to say, she doesn't want me to leave and is making Michelle clean up her act! Things were better toward the end of the week, so we will see what happens over the next few weeks.
As I was leaving to go pick up Cooper from the dance studio on Friday night, I was ready to pull out onto Spring Cypress Road. There was a lot of traffic, and it was raining. I saw a spot where I could go, but something held me back. The next instant I saw the car coming down Spring Cypress road, and he was beginning to skid. The traffic at the light was backed up to where you turn into our subdivision, so when the car coming couldn't stop, he slammed into the back of a stopped car doing about 50 MPH! That would have been me if I had pulled out. Several other cars saw what happened, so I turned around and went out the other way to pick up Cooper. When I came home, the police, ambulance and tow trucks were there. I guess if it would have been me, at least I could have walked home!
This week has also been a busy week in pest control at our house. On Monday, when I opened the door for Cooper to go out to the bus stop, and hugh red spider, and a baby lizard just invited themselves in. Well, I picked up the rug and tossed the spider out, but the lizard got under my ficus tree by the front door. Now I really don't like lizards in the house, so I just picked up the ficus tree and slammed the pot down on him!! If he is dumb enough to hid under it, he deserves the consequences! Then on Tuesday, we go out to get in the car, and there is a wasp nest on the door frame of the garage. I got the wasp spray, and saturated the thing, and when we came home, I knocked it off with Dad's ax. Then there was one of those little tiny jumping spiders on the kitchen counter by the bar stools! I can't stand those things! I beat it to death with the paper towel roll, and then scooped up the remains and put him in the trash! Then I had to disinfect the counter where the spider guts were. (I know, GROSS MOM!) I should find a way to put out a warning to the insect and amphibian world that I no longer allow bugs inside my domain. I don't even want them thinking about coming in the house. And they definitely can't take up residence on the kitchen counter. There must be some kind of bug newspaper where I could take out an ad....or maybe a pest control newsletter. Maybe I should call the Orkin man and see how he gets his news out to the bugs. And NOW, there are three spiders building a hugh web outside on the front of the house where the chains hang between the porch light. I am just not messing around...I am going to sic Dad on them with his power washer. They simply won't know what hit them.
The other pestilence we seem to have are about a million 1/2" frogs that seem to have taken up residence in our yard. They just jump on everything! You would think we live in a SWAMP! Is there some kind of plaque that has come from Egypt? I hope when Dad mowed the lawn yesterday that he mowed their houses.....can't you just see all the mother frogs calling all the babies so they didn't get chopped when Dad passed over. And I hope they have good insurance coverage for roofs because Dad cut the lawn short since he had fertilized. If it doesn't soon stop raining every day, we are going to have to build an ark! At least Dad won't have to look very hard for the frogs!! Rhinos, tigers, pandas, lucky dogs, and elephants are probably guaranteed a spot in the ark too.
On a more serious note, we have discovered that Neil Shepherd (you kids know him from England) who now lives in New Zealand is fighting for his life. He has some kind of cancer where he had a stem cell transplant. And Ethan Brown, the doctors think his liver tumor was too close to the blood vessels, so that some of the cells are probably in his bloodstream. If that is the case, it will show itself again probably in his lungs or brain. He has a very aggressive type of cancer. Not good news for that little 5 year old! They removed the entire tumor, but have discovered this in the tissue that they also had to remove around the tumor. He will have some more chemo as soon as his mom gets the appointment.
Well, a few extra prayers for these two wouldn't hurt. I hope you all have a great week, and study hard!
We love you all very much.
Mom
This has been a very busy week with school starting and Dad out of the country. I almost quit my job at the studio, cut out curtains for the dance room upstairs, and was almost really hurt in a car accident.
School started last Monday, and by Wednesday the girls were both so tired they could hardly see straight. Cymbre ended up fussing at the studio that she was too tired to dance, so I just let her do her ballet, and sit out the rest. Even though Cooper was tired, she was determined to attend each of her classes, even Pointe, and teach the ones where she is the student teacher. By Friday, she had a blister the size of a quarter on the ball of her right foot, so that has grounded her for the next few days. That's ok since it is a holiday weekend, and we don't have dance on Monday!
I finally figured out what I wanted as curtains upstairs, and cut them out. Then I was ready to sew them, but in my drawer of thread (which probably has 500 spools) there wasn't one that would match the material for the curtains. Just what are the chances of that happening? And if that can happen, just how many colors of thread are available in this world? Even a trip to Wal Mart to get some thread didn't come up with the perfect matching color. So I bought two different ones, and will decide when I actually sit down to sew. Actually the color I need is growing outside the office window on the crepe myrtle tree. The flowers on that tree are the perfect color! Now I just have to figure out how to turn the flowers to thread, build the factory to do it, and then pick all the flowers (probably need the whole neighborhood's bushes full) and then hire some workers, (hopefully not illegal aliens) and make my own thread. Then I can sew the curtains. At that rate, it will be past Christmas when I finally get them done. That means that none of you should plan on pajama pants for Christmas this year. I will be busy making curtains!
We finally have the pictures from Shyla's reception! Miracles will never cease!! Dad will be working on the cd's for family members this week....I hope he gets everything done. That's the last thing for the wedding I have to cross of my list.
I almost quit my job at the studio because Ms. Michelle thought she could just do what she wants, and not follow rules. Well, it made me very angry when she stuck her nose in the girls duet, so I told Ginny I don't get paid enough to deal with Michelle's garbage, and I was considering leaving. Needless to say, she doesn't want me to leave and is making Michelle clean up her act! Things were better toward the end of the week, so we will see what happens over the next few weeks.
As I was leaving to go pick up Cooper from the dance studio on Friday night, I was ready to pull out onto Spring Cypress Road. There was a lot of traffic, and it was raining. I saw a spot where I could go, but something held me back. The next instant I saw the car coming down Spring Cypress road, and he was beginning to skid. The traffic at the light was backed up to where you turn into our subdivision, so when the car coming couldn't stop, he slammed into the back of a stopped car doing about 50 MPH! That would have been me if I had pulled out. Several other cars saw what happened, so I turned around and went out the other way to pick up Cooper. When I came home, the police, ambulance and tow trucks were there. I guess if it would have been me, at least I could have walked home!
This week has also been a busy week in pest control at our house. On Monday, when I opened the door for Cooper to go out to the bus stop, and hugh red spider, and a baby lizard just invited themselves in. Well, I picked up the rug and tossed the spider out, but the lizard got under my ficus tree by the front door. Now I really don't like lizards in the house, so I just picked up the ficus tree and slammed the pot down on him!! If he is dumb enough to hid under it, he deserves the consequences! Then on Tuesday, we go out to get in the car, and there is a wasp nest on the door frame of the garage. I got the wasp spray, and saturated the thing, and when we came home, I knocked it off with Dad's ax. Then there was one of those little tiny jumping spiders on the kitchen counter by the bar stools! I can't stand those things! I beat it to death with the paper towel roll, and then scooped up the remains and put him in the trash! Then I had to disinfect the counter where the spider guts were. (I know, GROSS MOM!) I should find a way to put out a warning to the insect and amphibian world that I no longer allow bugs inside my domain. I don't even want them thinking about coming in the house. And they definitely can't take up residence on the kitchen counter. There must be some kind of bug newspaper where I could take out an ad....or maybe a pest control newsletter. Maybe I should call the Orkin man and see how he gets his news out to the bugs. And NOW, there are three spiders building a hugh web outside on the front of the house where the chains hang between the porch light. I am just not messing around...I am going to sic Dad on them with his power washer. They simply won't know what hit them.
The other pestilence we seem to have are about a million 1/2" frogs that seem to have taken up residence in our yard. They just jump on everything! You would think we live in a SWAMP! Is there some kind of plaque that has come from Egypt? I hope when Dad mowed the lawn yesterday that he mowed their houses.....can't you just see all the mother frogs calling all the babies so they didn't get chopped when Dad passed over. And I hope they have good insurance coverage for roofs because Dad cut the lawn short since he had fertilized. If it doesn't soon stop raining every day, we are going to have to build an ark! At least Dad won't have to look very hard for the frogs!! Rhinos, tigers, pandas, lucky dogs, and elephants are probably guaranteed a spot in the ark too.
On a more serious note, we have discovered that Neil Shepherd (you kids know him from England) who now lives in New Zealand is fighting for his life. He has some kind of cancer where he had a stem cell transplant. And Ethan Brown, the doctors think his liver tumor was too close to the blood vessels, so that some of the cells are probably in his bloodstream. If that is the case, it will show itself again probably in his lungs or brain. He has a very aggressive type of cancer. Not good news for that little 5 year old! They removed the entire tumor, but have discovered this in the tissue that they also had to remove around the tumor. He will have some more chemo as soon as his mom gets the appointment.
Well, a few extra prayers for these two wouldn't hurt. I hope you all have a great week, and study hard!
We love you all very much.
Mom
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Just foolin' Around
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Gosh I finally got this thing to let me in to make a new post. I have been fighting with the sign in process for half an hour. I finally went and reset everything, and then it let me in. Caleb, I did everything the same, so you should be able to sign in and fix that stuff for me.
Dad is in Switzerland for the next few days, only he is out in the mountains on some field job. Can't reach him, so hopefully, things won't go wrong.
I have been working that poor old sewing machine for a couple of days now. It's had some complaints, and broke a couple of needles in protest, but we managed to make bean bag chairs for the dance room. Today I finished some little curtains to cover the front of the bookcase. Now it just doesn't look so messy, even though the girls have to straighten it up every Saturday. Tomorrow, when we don't have to be at school for things, we are working on the curtains for the windows. Watch out! Dad might say we are moving!!! NOT!!
Thankfully, the hurricane didn't come to Houston! I was not looking forward to that with Dad being out of the country. Got some rain today, but nothing to big.
Have any of you every comtemplated why the window sill manages to get so much dust when you dust them off every Saturday? I am getting just a little bit tired of the dust on the family room windowsills....for the life of me I just can't imagine where it comes from. You would think we were a family of dustballs! Those sills manage to grab more dust than the mantle, which is 3 times as wide. Just how does that work?
And just how does the sealed door on the front of the fireplace manage to get dirty on the inside when we never light the fire? I think I have dust gremlins attacking the place at night. The problem is, most nights I spend some time on the couch asleep, so when are they coming. Maybe I will make Dad sleep on the couch when he snores for a night or two and then he can catch them!
Does anyone know what a dust gremlin looks like, just so I can tell Dad what he is looking for in his sleep?
AND: why do dead bugs always breathe their last breath and die right next to the baseboards where the vacumn doesn't get them? Where are the bug laws that say that is permissible? And how do we go about changing it? I think bugs who have eaten bug spray should be required to let themselves outside to do the dying bit! Haven't they ever heard that they should go find water?
Does anyone know where bobby pins go to hide? I have bought at least a million bobby pins over the years, but when we need them, they are not in the drawer where they are supposed to be. They are not under the couch, in the drawer with the hairbrushes, or even under the bed. They don't hide in great abundance in dance bags, nor are they on the bathroom floor. Just where do they go, and how do they walk away given that I have never seen a bobby pin with legs. Maybe someone is smuggling them, kidnapping them to a far away place! Maybe I need to call the FBI! (Find Bobbypin Investigators) Maybe they are going on dates with the pony tail holders that also seem to disappear just when you need them.
One puzzling question for this week: why do hairbrushes collect lint down between the bristles? You would think that something you use everyday would not have time to collect lint. It's not as though it is a dryer vent! And does this mean that my hair is full of lint--I don't see any in the mirror each morning. So does that mean that my hair grows lint during the day? And how come Dad's comb doesn't appear to have lint? Is his hair better than mine? I know it's thinner. So does that mean that I have fat hair, and does fat hair grow lint? Is there such a thing as fat hair? I've heard of big hair, but not fat hair.
Well, before the men in white coats show up at the door (no I am not crazy, but I can't vouch for my kids!) I better post this and get the little girls ready for bed.
Have a great day....remember who you are!
Love you.
Mom
Gosh I finally got this thing to let me in to make a new post. I have been fighting with the sign in process for half an hour. I finally went and reset everything, and then it let me in. Caleb, I did everything the same, so you should be able to sign in and fix that stuff for me.
Dad is in Switzerland for the next few days, only he is out in the mountains on some field job. Can't reach him, so hopefully, things won't go wrong.
I have been working that poor old sewing machine for a couple of days now. It's had some complaints, and broke a couple of needles in protest, but we managed to make bean bag chairs for the dance room. Today I finished some little curtains to cover the front of the bookcase. Now it just doesn't look so messy, even though the girls have to straighten it up every Saturday. Tomorrow, when we don't have to be at school for things, we are working on the curtains for the windows. Watch out! Dad might say we are moving!!! NOT!!
Thankfully, the hurricane didn't come to Houston! I was not looking forward to that with Dad being out of the country. Got some rain today, but nothing to big.
Have any of you every comtemplated why the window sill manages to get so much dust when you dust them off every Saturday? I am getting just a little bit tired of the dust on the family room windowsills....for the life of me I just can't imagine where it comes from. You would think we were a family of dustballs! Those sills manage to grab more dust than the mantle, which is 3 times as wide. Just how does that work?
And just how does the sealed door on the front of the fireplace manage to get dirty on the inside when we never light the fire? I think I have dust gremlins attacking the place at night. The problem is, most nights I spend some time on the couch asleep, so when are they coming. Maybe I will make Dad sleep on the couch when he snores for a night or two and then he can catch them!
Does anyone know what a dust gremlin looks like, just so I can tell Dad what he is looking for in his sleep?
AND: why do dead bugs always breathe their last breath and die right next to the baseboards where the vacumn doesn't get them? Where are the bug laws that say that is permissible? And how do we go about changing it? I think bugs who have eaten bug spray should be required to let themselves outside to do the dying bit! Haven't they ever heard that they should go find water?
Does anyone know where bobby pins go to hide? I have bought at least a million bobby pins over the years, but when we need them, they are not in the drawer where they are supposed to be. They are not under the couch, in the drawer with the hairbrushes, or even under the bed. They don't hide in great abundance in dance bags, nor are they on the bathroom floor. Just where do they go, and how do they walk away given that I have never seen a bobby pin with legs. Maybe someone is smuggling them, kidnapping them to a far away place! Maybe I need to call the FBI! (Find Bobbypin Investigators) Maybe they are going on dates with the pony tail holders that also seem to disappear just when you need them.
One puzzling question for this week: why do hairbrushes collect lint down between the bristles? You would think that something you use everyday would not have time to collect lint. It's not as though it is a dryer vent! And does this mean that my hair is full of lint--I don't see any in the mirror each morning. So does that mean that my hair grows lint during the day? And how come Dad's comb doesn't appear to have lint? Is his hair better than mine? I know it's thinner. So does that mean that I have fat hair, and does fat hair grow lint? Is there such a thing as fat hair? I've heard of big hair, but not fat hair.
Well, before the men in white coats show up at the door (no I am not crazy, but I can't vouch for my kids!) I better post this and get the little girls ready for bed.
Have a great day....remember who you are!
Love you.
Mom
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
The Heat Wave Continues
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
The heat wave continues to try to melt our bodies every time we even think about going out the door.
Last night at the studio we had to cancel the evening classes in the big dance room because the air conditioner went out. WHAT A MESS!! It was 96 degress in that room. The office wasn't much cooler.
I finally left the studio at 9:30 pm with the air conditioner man on the roof, and Ginny at the restaurant down the strip from the studio. She came back at 10:30 and the man was still there.
Today it appears to be cooling the studio, but we will see when we get 100 bodies inside tonight.
We finally have the wedding sorted and put away, and boxes ready to mail to Shyla and Britni.
Now my focus will turn to sewing....I am going to make the bean bag chairs and curtains for the upstairs dance studio, and then go on to costuming for the Mary Poppins Production for Ginny.
Dad is getting ready to leave town for a couple of weeks, and school starts here on the 27th.
The little girls are going to a dance camp for the next three days this week, so that will give them something to do besides dance upstairs.
My major problem this week is deciding how to cram a million dance costumes into a small closet. Dad cleaned out the storage unit, so everything is home again. It wouldn't be to bad, but the feathers are screaming that they are getting squished, and the leotards do not want to be by the hip hop costumes. Heaven knows the tights will get all up in arms if they have to be in the box with the hats, so as you can see, I have a "Situation".
I want to contain those dumb feathers, otherwise they shed all over the place. Have you ever tried to vacumn up feathers. If a ceiling fan is going, there is just no hope. And with the heat, we don't turn the fans off.
The hats are another issue. They really should be kept in their hat boxes, but we need the boxes for other hats this year. Yes, I am too cheap to buy other hat boxes!
The hip hop outfits seem to think it is hilarious to just fall off the hangers, so I keep finding them all over the floor. I tried clothes pins, but they seem to pop those off too!
And the dance shoes, they just have the run of the house!! I mean, just how many pairs can four feet wear? And how come we have to have several colors of the same kind of shoe? What is the sense in all of this?
The worst culprit in the costume closet are the fishnet tights. Those are so angry at the prospect that they might have to have the rhinestones peeled off and another color glued on. I never realized that something so full of holes could create such a ruckus! At $30 a pair, I am going to try to reuse them. That should be interesting! If they don't behave, I am going to put them on those swimming noodle things, and just stand them in the corner for a good long time.
At least, the make up and jewelry that is still stored in the sewing room are behaving. At least I think they are, who knows what they could get up to in the middle of the night. Maybe while Dad is out of town, I will stay up and do some surveillance to see what really goes on in that room in the dark with the door shut.
Maybe I could enlist the help of my new serger as a spy, or even the floor lamp. It could suddenly turn on, and then the serger could sew things together that were misbehaving! Sounds like a plan to me. As long as the bean bag chair stuffing balls don't get loose, we should all be ok.
I have just returned from wrestling the cleaning rags into the dryer! Those rags have a mind of their own most days, and today they are saying it's too hot outside to be inside the dryer in the house! Give me a break! I think I deserve one of those big belt buckles for managing to get them all inside the dryer and it turned on before they escaped again. There will probably be an uprising when I open the door to change the load. Maybe I won't, and I'll just tell Dad when he gets home. He can take his chances with the rags! He can handle hanging up dance leotards, so he should be able to tame the cleaning rags don't you think?
Russell: I finally found a charger for that game thing that came home from the studio.....now the little girls think you need to come back and show them how to play it. I think they have a good idea...bring Shyla with you.
Dad finally got the last tree from the wedding returned this week. Sister Hyde has been out of town. His poor tigers are now depressed since they can't go outside and play in the forest anymore!
Well, enough of this foolishness for today.
All of you reading this, remember Dad and I love you very much. Go out there and do something you can be proud of today. Make amends with someone, do a bit of service, and mostly remember to represent your Heavenly Father.
Love you.
Mom
The heat wave continues to try to melt our bodies every time we even think about going out the door.
Last night at the studio we had to cancel the evening classes in the big dance room because the air conditioner went out. WHAT A MESS!! It was 96 degress in that room. The office wasn't much cooler.
I finally left the studio at 9:30 pm with the air conditioner man on the roof, and Ginny at the restaurant down the strip from the studio. She came back at 10:30 and the man was still there.
Today it appears to be cooling the studio, but we will see when we get 100 bodies inside tonight.
We finally have the wedding sorted and put away, and boxes ready to mail to Shyla and Britni.
Now my focus will turn to sewing....I am going to make the bean bag chairs and curtains for the upstairs dance studio, and then go on to costuming for the Mary Poppins Production for Ginny.
Dad is getting ready to leave town for a couple of weeks, and school starts here on the 27th.
The little girls are going to a dance camp for the next three days this week, so that will give them something to do besides dance upstairs.
My major problem this week is deciding how to cram a million dance costumes into a small closet. Dad cleaned out the storage unit, so everything is home again. It wouldn't be to bad, but the feathers are screaming that they are getting squished, and the leotards do not want to be by the hip hop costumes. Heaven knows the tights will get all up in arms if they have to be in the box with the hats, so as you can see, I have a "Situation".
I want to contain those dumb feathers, otherwise they shed all over the place. Have you ever tried to vacumn up feathers. If a ceiling fan is going, there is just no hope. And with the heat, we don't turn the fans off.
The hats are another issue. They really should be kept in their hat boxes, but we need the boxes for other hats this year. Yes, I am too cheap to buy other hat boxes!
The hip hop outfits seem to think it is hilarious to just fall off the hangers, so I keep finding them all over the floor. I tried clothes pins, but they seem to pop those off too!
And the dance shoes, they just have the run of the house!! I mean, just how many pairs can four feet wear? And how come we have to have several colors of the same kind of shoe? What is the sense in all of this?
The worst culprit in the costume closet are the fishnet tights. Those are so angry at the prospect that they might have to have the rhinestones peeled off and another color glued on. I never realized that something so full of holes could create such a ruckus! At $30 a pair, I am going to try to reuse them. That should be interesting! If they don't behave, I am going to put them on those swimming noodle things, and just stand them in the corner for a good long time.
At least, the make up and jewelry that is still stored in the sewing room are behaving. At least I think they are, who knows what they could get up to in the middle of the night. Maybe while Dad is out of town, I will stay up and do some surveillance to see what really goes on in that room in the dark with the door shut.
Maybe I could enlist the help of my new serger as a spy, or even the floor lamp. It could suddenly turn on, and then the serger could sew things together that were misbehaving! Sounds like a plan to me. As long as the bean bag chair stuffing balls don't get loose, we should all be ok.
I have just returned from wrestling the cleaning rags into the dryer! Those rags have a mind of their own most days, and today they are saying it's too hot outside to be inside the dryer in the house! Give me a break! I think I deserve one of those big belt buckles for managing to get them all inside the dryer and it turned on before they escaped again. There will probably be an uprising when I open the door to change the load. Maybe I won't, and I'll just tell Dad when he gets home. He can take his chances with the rags! He can handle hanging up dance leotards, so he should be able to tame the cleaning rags don't you think?
Russell: I finally found a charger for that game thing that came home from the studio.....now the little girls think you need to come back and show them how to play it. I think they have a good idea...bring Shyla with you.
Dad finally got the last tree from the wedding returned this week. Sister Hyde has been out of town. His poor tigers are now depressed since they can't go outside and play in the forest anymore!
Well, enough of this foolishness for today.
All of you reading this, remember Dad and I love you very much. Go out there and do something you can be proud of today. Make amends with someone, do a bit of service, and mostly remember to represent your Heavenly Father.
Love you.
Mom
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Peace Shall Reign Yet Again!
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Well, the little men in white coats have not yet carted me off to the psychiatric ward, so I must still be at least a tiny bit sane! It must be a terrible thin thread though...I can see insanity just around the corner with all the dance company paperwork there is left to finish.
Some little beavers were recently seen in the dining room sorting candles, vases, and all kinds of polka dots! Those little slaves organized everything, packed it up, and then recruited the big guys to carry everything upstairs. We can finally see the dining room table after months and months! We can't however, say that for the floor in Shyla's old bedroom. Good thing she won't be needing it anymore!
However, we have discovered that we still live in a forest with all these trees that now need a home. Dad's tigers are having a ball...guess they like the forest look! Britni's room is actually turning into the rainforest with all the dense leafy things in there. Guests beware is all I can say!
The biggest miracle of all is that there isn't even one straight pin on the floor in the sewing room...I'm scared to walk in there because I might make a mess!
We have also finished celebrating Cymbre's birthday, with the party being yesterday. Now she has some new webkins to keep her old ones company, and life is good for her.
The dance floor upstairs will be getting a new workout this year with Cooper in 17 classes, and Cymbre is close to 14 I think, haven't counted hers yet. I must have gotten a raise since they will be at the studio more, and I will be there about the same amount. Worn out tap shoes have reported that they are wanting a hook on the wall. It seems they have heard some terrible rumors that the trashman was needing some tap shoes, and now they are hiding in the corner of the closet hoping Dad won't remember them on trash day.
The little girls finished one of their duets with Mr. Lenorris today...just have to finish up the arms. He finally had the music for them, so now the noise level upstairs increases a million fold.
They both have other duets that still need to be finished, and they will be working on them next week while the studio is closed for classes. The new classes will begin on August 6. What a birthday that will be! Several hundred parents and students all asking questions at once....I think I will take a headache pill before I even go to work that day.
Dad is preparing another long trip...I hope his suitcase has better luck this time. And I hope that nothing major happens at home. I hate these 3 week things! And school starts while he is gone...GREAT! There are always problems with something when school starts.
Well, I think I will put my sleepy eyes to bed on the couch...dad is already sawing logs.
Remember I love you.
Mom
Well, the little men in white coats have not yet carted me off to the psychiatric ward, so I must still be at least a tiny bit sane! It must be a terrible thin thread though...I can see insanity just around the corner with all the dance company paperwork there is left to finish.
Some little beavers were recently seen in the dining room sorting candles, vases, and all kinds of polka dots! Those little slaves organized everything, packed it up, and then recruited the big guys to carry everything upstairs. We can finally see the dining room table after months and months! We can't however, say that for the floor in Shyla's old bedroom. Good thing she won't be needing it anymore!
However, we have discovered that we still live in a forest with all these trees that now need a home. Dad's tigers are having a ball...guess they like the forest look! Britni's room is actually turning into the rainforest with all the dense leafy things in there. Guests beware is all I can say!
The biggest miracle of all is that there isn't even one straight pin on the floor in the sewing room...I'm scared to walk in there because I might make a mess!
We have also finished celebrating Cymbre's birthday, with the party being yesterday. Now she has some new webkins to keep her old ones company, and life is good for her.
The dance floor upstairs will be getting a new workout this year with Cooper in 17 classes, and Cymbre is close to 14 I think, haven't counted hers yet. I must have gotten a raise since they will be at the studio more, and I will be there about the same amount. Worn out tap shoes have reported that they are wanting a hook on the wall. It seems they have heard some terrible rumors that the trashman was needing some tap shoes, and now they are hiding in the corner of the closet hoping Dad won't remember them on trash day.
The little girls finished one of their duets with Mr. Lenorris today...just have to finish up the arms. He finally had the music for them, so now the noise level upstairs increases a million fold.
They both have other duets that still need to be finished, and they will be working on them next week while the studio is closed for classes. The new classes will begin on August 6. What a birthday that will be! Several hundred parents and students all asking questions at once....I think I will take a headache pill before I even go to work that day.
Dad is preparing another long trip...I hope his suitcase has better luck this time. And I hope that nothing major happens at home. I hate these 3 week things! And school starts while he is gone...GREAT! There are always problems with something when school starts.
Well, I think I will put my sleepy eyes to bed on the couch...dad is already sawing logs.
Remember I love you.
Mom
Monday, July 9, 2007
It's Monday YetAgain
Monday, July 9, 2007
Today is run around day to get ready for the wedding reception this Friday. People will start arriving on Wednesday, so things have to get done today.
We are getting the punch stuff, verifying people helping, packing up the stuff on the dining room table so it is ready to go to the church, and checking on the ficus trees that need to be picked up.
Also have to check on the cake, tux, flowers, and make sure when they are all going to be ready to be picked up later this week.
We have survived the wedding and the open house with a bit of trauma and drama, but everything seemed to go as planned. We enjoyed getting to know Russell's family, and we are anxious to see them again in Houston. The photographer says we should have the San Diego pictures this week. Thank goodness we have made it this far!!
I am running on exhausted constantly, and told Dad I just need a nap! I am going to take one when I get everyone on their way after Friday night.
The dance studio is off to a flying start on Summer classes, and Fall will be right behind. The office is finally getting a bit more organized. I have all the dance company stuff to get organized, but I will begin that this week as the paperwork is turned back in to the office. Just getting the email stuff set up will be a time consuming thing. Then the dance lists, and the directory, but since I will be the only one doing it, hopefully, it won't become the mess it was last year.
Once all the people have gone home from the wedding, and the wedding is put away, I am going to finish the stuff for the dance studio upstairs. I still have curtains, and bean bag chairs that I have promised the girls. They have been so patient to wait for the wedding to be over.
Then I don't know if I will sew costumes this year. I think I may have enough to do with keeping the office organized and keeping up with things here at home. I will do the duet costumes, but the production (Mary Poppins) I am not so sure.
Well, must get running and off to the store. Got to get the laundry started too....and make the bed, and load the dishwasher, and then on Wednesday we will clean the house.
Love you all.
Mom
Today is run around day to get ready for the wedding reception this Friday. People will start arriving on Wednesday, so things have to get done today.
We are getting the punch stuff, verifying people helping, packing up the stuff on the dining room table so it is ready to go to the church, and checking on the ficus trees that need to be picked up.
Also have to check on the cake, tux, flowers, and make sure when they are all going to be ready to be picked up later this week.
We have survived the wedding and the open house with a bit of trauma and drama, but everything seemed to go as planned. We enjoyed getting to know Russell's family, and we are anxious to see them again in Houston. The photographer says we should have the San Diego pictures this week. Thank goodness we have made it this far!!
I am running on exhausted constantly, and told Dad I just need a nap! I am going to take one when I get everyone on their way after Friday night.
The dance studio is off to a flying start on Summer classes, and Fall will be right behind. The office is finally getting a bit more organized. I have all the dance company stuff to get organized, but I will begin that this week as the paperwork is turned back in to the office. Just getting the email stuff set up will be a time consuming thing. Then the dance lists, and the directory, but since I will be the only one doing it, hopefully, it won't become the mess it was last year.
Once all the people have gone home from the wedding, and the wedding is put away, I am going to finish the stuff for the dance studio upstairs. I still have curtains, and bean bag chairs that I have promised the girls. They have been so patient to wait for the wedding to be over.
Then I don't know if I will sew costumes this year. I think I may have enough to do with keeping the office organized and keeping up with things here at home. I will do the duet costumes, but the production (Mary Poppins) I am not so sure.
Well, must get running and off to the store. Got to get the laundry started too....and make the bed, and load the dishwasher, and then on Wednesday we will clean the house.
Love you all.
Mom
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