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What gives ANYONE the right to say to my son, "your mom is ready to kick your @ss!!!!!!!!!!?????????

We were in TSC nad I said to JOEY (nicely!LOL), "C'mon. We need to get going." THis man turns around to Mat (while ever so kindly holding the door open) and says that!!!!!!!!!!! The man looked at me and laughed. I attempted a smile. He meant no harm by it and I didn't see the point when I was pretty sure that it was not going to change his thoughts on the issue. Mat just looked at me like, what do I do mom? Geesh.

organizing

Well I finally packed up last year's school and got most of this year's put away. I'm debating on printing off the botany stuff yet or not. They will both do that this summer so I need to get their notebooks ready.

It took Mat all fo 15 minutes to do both of his root word pages (which he says he enjoys) and his 2 LA sheets. I'm using easy grammar as a supplement for this summer. It's not a writing program and I think this way he can focus on grammar. He knows the rules, it's just implementing them!LOL I'm xeroxing the pages for 2 reasons. One the answer key is directly across from his worksheet!LOL and  two, I can reuse the book w/Joey if need be and eventually sell it.

Other than that, I've mopped, worked out and vacuumed and almost done w/laundry. I even showered.;) Supper will be bacon and eggs and probably biscuits (I need to get them made).

quiet day

Ok, today is quiet. I've dusted and as soon as Mat wakes up, I'll clean the bathrooms.  I need to make granola bars and start the celery/potato/cheese/ham soup. Mat has a game at 6:45 and that will wrap up our day. Joey woke up w/a cold this am and Mat has been SUPER whiny. Serioulsy, I guess I mentioned snipe hunting to him forever ago and he remembered and was actually CRYING yesterday cuz we wouldn't take him! :shock:  ANd Dh had no idea what it was. So I explained it to DH. He looked at me like I was nuts. I said IT"S LIKE COWTIPPING nad he had no idea what THAT was. I told him that he needed to come out from under his rock more often. Sheesh, I can understand not knowing snipe hunting, but he GREW UP ON A FARM! I thought they ALL knew what cowtipping was! At any rate, I hope that Mat's not getting sick as well.

This does mean that i"ll be able to read The Forbidden by Lewis today tho. ;)

Our new baby girl--pictures!

She is here! FINALLY! And everyone is OK! Sorry the pics are poor quality, but I didn't want to get in the pen w/o DH there.

flowers and landscaping pics

One of the 3 matching pots that I made for my back deck:

The hanging basket that I made my mom for Mother's Day (ignore the gerber daisy--it was not part of it!LOL):

Our flowerbeds:

gokarting & stepping stones & butterfly pictures!

These are the stepping stones that the boys made for Mother's Day:

Gokarting:

Mat:

Joey & DH:

BIL, Keylee & Mat:

My sister:

My mom:

My dad and Joey:

Mat getting his medal at kid's club:

Mat's painted lady butterflies that he raised from larvae:

WINDY!!!!!!!

MOther's Day wasn't really all that great from a  personal standpoint so that's all that I'm going to say about that. I did get to see my SIL nad niece and nephew, which was nice and my mom and sister (and families!LOL).

It's crazy windy here and I needed to do laundry so I hung it up, told God to take care of it and went to town.

HS skate went well. I didn't skate as much as I'd have liked, but oh well. They played more games, which all the children loved. Mat's game was cancelled. It'll make things alot easier for me schedule wise. BOth make up games are goign to try to be this week, which is fantastic. I don't want this season dragging out any longer than necessary.

Unfortunately, since we weren't going to be home to eat as a fmaily, I didn't really plan supper!LOL I wasn't going to eat, Joey had a sandwich and Mat had pasta. DH would've fended for himself. OH well. I'm sure there is bologna or a hot dog or some nasty stuff that he calls meat for him to eat.

baseball, mulch adn weeding

Today both boys had games at 10am. Mat had to be there at 9 and DH helped Matt (the coach) rake the girls' diamond for our Tball game. That means that DH raked the diamond!LOL I start the game w/Matt off talking to someone (did the same thing hte second inning) and I was getting TIRED of hearing he and DH (who was in the field helping the little ones) telling me how Mat's game was going (Noah was playing as well). I had to pitch and we had a child suit up as a catcher so I was behind hte plate w/them and I had to move the tee almost everytime (even tho Matt was my catcher) cuz he would just stand there!

We wrap that game up a little after 11 (the diamonds are obviously close) and dump Joey's stuff off in the van on the way to the concession stand to get his team drink and I turn to see Mat and the boys telling each other good game! I thought I'd at elast get to see one inning!

So we come home and I make the oriental salad and ghiradelli dessert for lunch for tomorrow and then Joey and I go to the bulk food store while DH gets mulch. Of course I feel guilty watching them to mulch (no I did not offer to help!LOL) and offered to mow since he had hte mower out. I'm guessing the he wanted to mow cuz he said no!LOL So I weeded. The 2 super nasty areas that I've been avoiding (one has thistle). That was loads of fun. I'll take pics later since this will probably be hte only time the yard looks halfway decent.

Weekly Menu

Monday: leftover Rachel Ray meal

Tuesday: greek out!

Wednesday: leftover roast, potato and carrots

Thursday: tacos/salad

Friday: chicken pot pie

Saturday: either bacon and eggs or chicken on the grill

old age?

I totally forgot to mop before my workout this and I seperated the boys already! But I've worked out and mopped and as soon as the floors are dry, I'll put the chairs back in teh kitchen so that I can vacuum and resume laundry. Boy did that throw a wrench in my day! As wella s the weather. There is no rain, but I don't imagine that the clothes would even come close to drying before the rain comes this afternoon w/how it looks now!

I just can't believe that I FORGOT to mop!

a box in the mail.......

CLEAN BIOPSY!!!!!!!

MY DAD"S BIOPSY CAME BACK CLEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!! So that's very good news!

Mat's ball practice is cancelled.

Lily, however, has not had her foal and we are getting very concerned.

Mom said that she wants pork steaks and corn casserole made by my sister. Not sure how to take that!LOL So I'm making oriental salad and a ghiradelli caramel dessert.

stamps

I got my shower in. I don't have to touch my hair since I"m only dropping Mat off at ball practice tonight (if it doesn't get rained out). I also called the PO. It's a super small PO and the lady and I chat when I go in. ALtho I had NO IDEA if she knew my name so I just said that I have the long red hair. I coudl've added the Vera Bradley part, but she pegged me w/the red hair!LOL Anyway, I went to buy .01 stampsa nd she sold me .03 so I was trying ot work out how to get an exchange (and this is a different PO than who handles my mail so I couldn't do it thru the mailbox) w/o leaving het house, but I needed to get 2 letters out today. However, her line was busy so I missed today's mail. Anyway, she said the rates dont' go up until Monday so I can mail my stuff tomorrow nad exchange my stamps before the ball games (this PO is just a few blocks from the ball diamond) on Saturday WHEW!LOL All taht work for .50!LOL I only wanted 25 one cent stamps!LOL

I have also worked out, got the bagel dough rising, dusted and basically cleaned the bathrooms. So I'm off to finish the bagels and make the granola bars.

baseball.......

Just sat thru a baseball game int he rain. Actually JOey and I left early. Mat got what was probably his last bat and scored so we bolted. Dh can haul that filthy boy around in his truck!LOL It was a horrible game. We're slaughtering the other team by the run rule. I feel so sorry for the other team. So pitiful to watch them play in the rain and have it be a blow out like that.:(

Tomorrow is a quiet day. I usually do laundry, but it's supposed to rain all day so I'll wait until Friday. That means that I only have to dust and clean the bathrooms. I hope to make granola bars and bagels and we are out of leftovers so I've got to make a real supper too.;) Taco salad.;)

fish and flowerpots:)

Ok, today was good. I worked out and we got on the road and the nursery babysitter bailed AGAIN. I'm glad that it's over for taht reason alone. I was tired of showing up to pick her up and her not coming. MOMs went well and then off to pigman's for flowers. I bought the garden.;) And got the stuff for 2 pots (mine) and mom's hanging basket for Mother's Day. HS library went well. One lady brought in what she thought might be tadpoles, but I think they are small fish. Oh well, the boys love them. And the painted lady chrysallis are getting ready to emerge.

Then home and I looked over my 3rd split pota nd decided that packing tape on the inside will let me get one more year out of it. So my pots had better fill in!LOL They should be fine. MOm's basket looks good. I got 2 main plants to match the basket that SIL got her. I lightly watered all of those cuz it's super windy here and i didn't want them to blow over! ANd it's supposed to rain tonight. The russian sage that I put under the pool appears to be perking up so I'm hoping that survives. It was my only iffy transplant.

I'll feed the boys soon adn off to the ball diamond. I'm wondering if I could convince DH to stay home and plant hte garden. I dont' know where he wants stuff and I'd love to get it in before this storm.......

I also balanced the checkbook!LOL

Gorgeous Day! yard work, friends and dogs!LOL

And I spent most of it outside! I did 7 loads of laundry and got quite a bit of weeding done. Still more to do, but that will wait until next week. I"m waiting on DH to finish rototilling the sandbox so that he can get my porch swing down! It's been PERFECT reading weather and I plan to cash in on that as much as I can!

Mat had a friend over and his dad will be here soon to pick him up. That changed supper plans a bit cuz it was going to be a stretch to feed the 4 of us on what was left and this boy doesnt' eat pork and I'm pretty sure that I used sausage in that Rachel Ray dish so I made him mac'n'cheese.

At any rate, I'm sure that I"ll sleep like a log tonight after everything that I have done today. And we have a big day tomorrow w/it being the primary in IN and we have dental appts. NO BASEBALL for the 2nd night in a row! I need to find out if DH wants to meet my parents for supper and if he wants this chocolate lab that a friend had dumped on them. They've had it for 3 weeks and say that it's a great dog.

Weeding!

That's what I did for 2.5 hours today! well I also dug up and split some hostas, daylillies, russian sage and snow-on-the-mountaintop. WHEW! I started laundry and need to go hang up a load (I have 2 on the line of 6) and it was after 11 by the time I got to a stopping point so I never even got breakfast!

Also I got a NEW Vera piece last night--the billfold to match my purse! And I'm THRILLED to have gotten my purse cuz they had NONE at the sale! And another friend went yesterday and scored me a large tic tac for $15 (they retail for $69)!!!!!

So I'm off to work on laundry and I guess think about lunch and kick the boys outside. It's too nice to be inside.

Gocarting!!!!!!

I have no idea how to spell that!LOL But my dad bought one and oh the fun we had yesterday!!!!!!!!! I'll post pics later. So that's what we did after church. And then the boys had their closing program for kid's club and that was nice. Joey convinced my parents to come to that.

And we finally started our Sunday School lesson. We have to split it up tho and watch the DVD one week and do the discussion the next cuz it's a LONG DVD. It's Take It To The Limit  by Andy somethingorother.;)

concessions and stepping stones.....