My to-do list is getting longer and longer. I have a busy week ahead getting ready for my trip to Iowa to be there when Mom has her surgeries.
I think if Scott had to make to-do lists like this when he went out of town, he wouldn't go very often.
Scott's parents left today. They are calling for a blizzard here, so they were anxious to get the heck out of Dodge. North Dakota weather is very unpredictable no matter what time of year it is.
I'm not quite sure what is wrong with me lately, as to why I can't come up with anything to blog about? I'll try real hard tomorrow to come up with something. Maybe it has something to do with everyone being on Facebook and I get caught up in that?
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
It's been awhile
It's been awhile since I've missed posting on my blog. Sorry about that. Mom is probably the only one who noticed anyway! :-) The kids got to bed super late last night. Gage had 2 birthday parties to attend, one was right after school until 5:30 and the next one started at 5:30 and went until 8:30. He got home late and then he wanted to stay up to play a game of chess with Scott's Dad, since they are here this weekend.
Emma was very excited about attending her Daisy Tea Party today for Girl Scouts. All but one of the girls in our troop was there and they were all grouped together to go around to the different stations, so I think they all had a pretty good time since they knew everyone in their group. Their last station was cookie decorating and that's always a big hit with Emma. She had so many sprinkles on her cookie it wasn't even funny. She certainly could have had a sugar overdose with just one cookie!
Scott and his Dad have been working on projects most of the day. They did a few repairs on our garage door, but I think it's on its last leg and this will just buy us a little more time before we have to install a new one. We've been having troubles with it all winter and if it's really cold out the stupid thing won't close unless you go inside the garage and hold that button down until it gets all the way down to the floor. They shortened the cupboard above our refrigerator because some friends of ours are getting rid of their old one (which is better than our current one) and getting new, so we are going to buy it and put it in our kitchen and take our current one to Tuttle. Their fridge is bigger than ours so we needed to shorten the cupboard above it to make it fit. Usually a visit here isn't much of a vacation for Scott's Dad because we always put him to work.
Not much else going on here.
Emma was very excited about attending her Daisy Tea Party today for Girl Scouts. All but one of the girls in our troop was there and they were all grouped together to go around to the different stations, so I think they all had a pretty good time since they knew everyone in their group. Their last station was cookie decorating and that's always a big hit with Emma. She had so many sprinkles on her cookie it wasn't even funny. She certainly could have had a sugar overdose with just one cookie!
Scott and his Dad have been working on projects most of the day. They did a few repairs on our garage door, but I think it's on its last leg and this will just buy us a little more time before we have to install a new one. We've been having troubles with it all winter and if it's really cold out the stupid thing won't close unless you go inside the garage and hold that button down until it gets all the way down to the floor. They shortened the cupboard above our refrigerator because some friends of ours are getting rid of their old one (which is better than our current one) and getting new, so we are going to buy it and put it in our kitchen and take our current one to Tuttle. Their fridge is bigger than ours so we needed to shorten the cupboard above it to make it fit. Usually a visit here isn't much of a vacation for Scott's Dad because we always put him to work.
Not much else going on here.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Not much going on here
I was glad to find out this morning when I got out of bed that all of my limbs are working like they are supposed to! Apparently I didn't break anything, so that is good.
Our days have been so boring I don't know what to write about. All we did after school today was deliver a few GS cookies. I'm down to 100 boxes on my living room floor! WOO HOO! :-)
We're supposed to have some warmer weather tomorrow. In the 50's. Gage's class is taking a Field Trip tomorrow to an Ice Show and I volunteered to be a driver, so I am excited to get to go as well. I love watching people ice skate. I wish I could. I'm quite sure I WOULD break something if I were to attempt that!
I learned today that my Mom is going to have 2 surgeries now instead of the 1 carotid endarterectomy. She has a very faint pulse in one of her feet and they want to place a stent in her femoral artery before they do the surgery on her carotid artery. The first surgery is next Thursday and the other one will be on the following Tuesday. When Scott gets home tomorrow we will be booking a flight to Iowa as I will be using one of Scott's free frequent flyer tickets. I guess that's one advantage to his frequent business trips! I'll let you know when I get my itinerary figured out Mom and Dad.
I worked in the library this afternoon. I was at Corpus Christi with the Kindergarteners today. It went quite well and I was happy about that. We are now splitting each class into 2 groups, 1 group listens to a story while the other checks out books, then after 15 minutes we switch. That way we only have half the kids in the library at once and with it being so small, that is a great way to cut down on the number of kids in the library. I noticed it also doesn't get quite as hot in there without all those bodies in there at once too and I like that!
Emma's hair fixing session went okay this morning. The curls were cute but they were gone when I saw her at library time. I knew they would be. I'm not very good at fixing hair with a curling iron. I suppose because I never curl mine. I told her this morning when she was starting to get tired of standing, "It's hard work being beautiful isn't it?" She replies, "Yes, it is!" :-) She's so funny sometimes.
That's about all I can think of. Pretty boring around here lately.
Our days have been so boring I don't know what to write about. All we did after school today was deliver a few GS cookies. I'm down to 100 boxes on my living room floor! WOO HOO! :-)
We're supposed to have some warmer weather tomorrow. In the 50's. Gage's class is taking a Field Trip tomorrow to an Ice Show and I volunteered to be a driver, so I am excited to get to go as well. I love watching people ice skate. I wish I could. I'm quite sure I WOULD break something if I were to attempt that!
I learned today that my Mom is going to have 2 surgeries now instead of the 1 carotid endarterectomy. She has a very faint pulse in one of her feet and they want to place a stent in her femoral artery before they do the surgery on her carotid artery. The first surgery is next Thursday and the other one will be on the following Tuesday. When Scott gets home tomorrow we will be booking a flight to Iowa as I will be using one of Scott's free frequent flyer tickets. I guess that's one advantage to his frequent business trips! I'll let you know when I get my itinerary figured out Mom and Dad.
I worked in the library this afternoon. I was at Corpus Christi with the Kindergarteners today. It went quite well and I was happy about that. We are now splitting each class into 2 groups, 1 group listens to a story while the other checks out books, then after 15 minutes we switch. That way we only have half the kids in the library at once and with it being so small, that is a great way to cut down on the number of kids in the library. I noticed it also doesn't get quite as hot in there without all those bodies in there at once too and I like that!
Emma's hair fixing session went okay this morning. The curls were cute but they were gone when I saw her at library time. I knew they would be. I'm not very good at fixing hair with a curling iron. I suppose because I never curl mine. I told her this morning when she was starting to get tired of standing, "It's hard work being beautiful isn't it?" She replies, "Yes, it is!" :-) She's so funny sometimes.
That's about all I can think of. Pretty boring around here lately.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Nursing Home bait
I think I'm close to being nursing home bait. I fell again today. It was very graceful, let me tell you. I went out back to empty my scrub bucket (believe it or not I actually got into a cleaning mood today) and as I was attempting to see if I could stand on the ice that is 2 inches thick (at least) that is on the patio, my foot went through and I slipped and fell right on my hip (a.k.a. ass) Of course my first instinct is to look around and see if anyone was watching. I'm not sure why I did that because the only person that could have seen it was my neighbor, Dave, and he was at work. Although I'm sure he would have gotten quite a good laugh out of that. Mostly I was not very happy because not only did my foot break through the ice, but both of my feet (and my slippers) were completely submerged in ICE WATER! Not to mention the cuffs of my sweatpants that were sopping wet. AARGH! I guess I'm glad it happened out back, rather than out front, as I'm sure several neighbors would have witnessed the event then. I'm starting to think I need to drink more milk, so I don't fracture my hip! Thankfully I have enough padding there that I'm probably pretty safe.
Emma asked me if I could set her alarm clock so she could get up early tomorrow morning. She asked me if I could curl her hair before school. I told her I probably could, but that she would have to get up and get ready much earlier and quicker than usual. She decided against me setting the alarm clock and she just wants me to get her up myself. I'm guessing I should probably get to bed before it gets too late so we don't end up in a big fight about her hair again! (Oh, by the way, she decided and admitted that it probably would have been a better idea to wear her hair the way I first had it for her school pictures after we got the proofs back today.) When is she going to learn that Mom is always right? LOL! I'm not sure I have learned that yet!
Speaking of Mom.......................I'm thinking about you and will be anxious to hear how your appointment goes tomorrow. I will be working at school from 12-3p so I will call when I get home if I don't hear from you before I go. I gave Kerri Gray your email and phone number because she said Patti would love to get in touch with you again. Love ya!
Emma asked me if I could set her alarm clock so she could get up early tomorrow morning. She asked me if I could curl her hair before school. I told her I probably could, but that she would have to get up and get ready much earlier and quicker than usual. She decided against me setting the alarm clock and she just wants me to get her up myself. I'm guessing I should probably get to bed before it gets too late so we don't end up in a big fight about her hair again! (Oh, by the way, she decided and admitted that it probably would have been a better idea to wear her hair the way I first had it for her school pictures after we got the proofs back today.) When is she going to learn that Mom is always right? LOL! I'm not sure I have learned that yet!
Speaking of Mom.......................I'm thinking about you and will be anxious to hear how your appointment goes tomorrow. I will be working at school from 12-3p so I will call when I get home if I don't hear from you before I go. I gave Kerri Gray your email and phone number because she said Patti would love to get in touch with you again. Love ya!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Girl Scout cookies are here!
I volunteered in the library for a couple of hours this morning and when I got home I noticed Kara mentioned on Facebook that she was sorting Girl Scout cookies, so called to see if she needed help. I ran out and helped (although she pretty much had it all done!) and drove back home with a van packed full of Girl Scout cookies! Thankfully we had our meeting tonight and was able to get rid of all the boxes that weren't ours. We have sampled the Caramel DeLites and the Lemonades and they are pretty darned good. We got some of each kind so Emma can really give her opinion next year as to which ones are the best. :-)
After supper we went out to a few neighbors houses to deliver their cookies and it is just TOO TEMPTING for Emma with all of the water puddles around, not to jump in them! I finally convinced her to wade through them without sloshing water all over since she had already had her bath for the night! I'm sure she'll be out there sloshing in them tomorrow though. I'm not sure where all of this melting snow and water are going to go, and I'm praying it isn't into our basement. There are already some basements in Bismarck with water in them and we have only just begun the melting stage. Of course I did just move all of my scrapbook stuff down to the basement a couple of months ago, so I'm going to have to take time out to make sure I have it all out of harms way if we do get some water in the basement.
Other than having 200 boxes of GS cookies in our living room, not much else is happening in the Stephens' house. I did have a little bit of crankiness going on this evening since the kids got to bed late last night. They watched part of American Idol with me tonight so hopefully they weren't up too late to continue with the crankies tomorrow!
After supper we went out to a few neighbors houses to deliver their cookies and it is just TOO TEMPTING for Emma with all of the water puddles around, not to jump in them! I finally convinced her to wade through them without sloshing water all over since she had already had her bath for the night! I'm sure she'll be out there sloshing in them tomorrow though. I'm not sure where all of this melting snow and water are going to go, and I'm praying it isn't into our basement. There are already some basements in Bismarck with water in them and we have only just begun the melting stage. Of course I did just move all of my scrapbook stuff down to the basement a couple of months ago, so I'm going to have to take time out to make sure I have it all out of harms way if we do get some water in the basement.
Other than having 200 boxes of GS cookies in our living room, not much else is happening in the Stephens' house. I did have a little bit of crankiness going on this evening since the kids got to bed late last night. They watched part of American Idol with me tonight so hopefully they weren't up too late to continue with the crankies tomorrow!
Monday, March 16, 2009
Spring Break is O-V-E-R!
We actually had a nice, quiet spring break. The weather was 50 here today, so it was feeling much more like spring than last week! The big worry now is all the snow melting causing the Red River valley to flood. I heard them mention on the news last night about hauling snow to Canada!?!! Scott and I looked at each other and said, "WHAT?" How stupid is that? I've never heard of such a thing. It will melt there too! LOL!
We had a busy afternoon. Gage had basketball practice, then we had a pack meeting and after that I had a volleyball game. I was feeling very guilty about going to the volleyball game since it started around 8pm! I felt like I had to go because we were tied for 3rd place in the standings and the team we were playing was in last place and I just didn't want to not be there if we lost and feel like it was my fault. It didn't matter though, because I was there and we still lost 2 out of 3 matches. Darn! I think I bruised both heels of my hands when I dove for a ball because my hands hurt. Hopefully next week will be a better week! Oh, tonight after we got home from volleyball Gage was asking me if we won or not and I told him we lost 2 of 3 matches. Then he says, "Mom, I think you were the oldest one out there playing. Or at least you looked like the oldest." THANKS GAGE! I know there were at least 2 gals older than me out there! It's hard for me to believe that I'm one of the older ones. I certainly don't feel like one of the older ones, and that's what counts, right?
We had a busy afternoon. Gage had basketball practice, then we had a pack meeting and after that I had a volleyball game. I was feeling very guilty about going to the volleyball game since it started around 8pm! I felt like I had to go because we were tied for 3rd place in the standings and the team we were playing was in last place and I just didn't want to not be there if we lost and feel like it was my fault. It didn't matter though, because I was there and we still lost 2 out of 3 matches. Darn! I think I bruised both heels of my hands when I dove for a ball because my hands hurt. Hopefully next week will be a better week! Oh, tonight after we got home from volleyball Gage was asking me if we won or not and I told him we lost 2 of 3 matches. Then he says, "Mom, I think you were the oldest one out there playing. Or at least you looked like the oldest." THANKS GAGE! I know there were at least 2 gals older than me out there! It's hard for me to believe that I'm one of the older ones. I certainly don't feel like one of the older ones, and that's what counts, right?
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Check this out
My sisters, Jari Jo and Kysa, have been Facebook junkies the past few days. They are finding people from our past and somehow came across this picture on someone's Facebook page.
I am the first person in the second row. Yes, the tall one in the dorky hat! LOL! I'm not sure how old I was when this Pee Wee Softball picture was taken, but I'm guessing around 2nd or 3rd grade. We moved from Moorhead, Iowa to Clearfield (where my parents live now) at the end of my 5th grade year, so I know this had to be a couple years earlier than that. Who would have known, from looking back that that photo, that I would turn out halfway normal! LOL!
I remember these good 'ol days. Softball was about the only sport available for us to play at this age, that I remember anyway. If there were others, I probably didn't care about them because I enjoyed softball the most. I still enjoy it, along with volleyball.
Gage had a birthday party to go to this afternoon and Emma was fit to be tied about it. She wanted to go so bad it hurt me to see her so sad. Scott ended up just taking Gage by himself so we didn't have a huge scene at the hotel swimming pool. The pool was the big reason she was upset. She didn't care that she went to 3 birthday parties last weekend, one being a sleepover, she said this one was the bestest because it was a swimming party. We had a rough morning getting ready for church. She said the outfit she had to wear made her look like a jerk. I guess I don't know what a jerk looks like? I thought she looked very cute. I should have taken her picture in it, because I'm sure I'll probably never get it on her again!
Scott leaves tomorrow for a business trip to D.C. He will be gone all week, until around noon on Friday, so it is going to be a LONG one! The kids have their last day of spring break tomorrow, so at least they will be in school the rest of the week to give me a little break. We are supposed to have some warmer weather all week, with a few possible days of rain or snow, so maybe we can get outside and burn off some of this energy that has been building up all winter long.
Thursday is the day my Mom and Dad meet with the vascular surgeon to see when her surgery, carotid endarterectomy, will be scheduled since she passed the cardiac stress test this past Tuesday. Keep me posted Mom and Dad, about what's going on.
I am the first person in the second row. Yes, the tall one in the dorky hat! LOL! I'm not sure how old I was when this Pee Wee Softball picture was taken, but I'm guessing around 2nd or 3rd grade. We moved from Moorhead, Iowa to Clearfield (where my parents live now) at the end of my 5th grade year, so I know this had to be a couple years earlier than that. Who would have known, from looking back that that photo, that I would turn out halfway normal! LOL!
I remember these good 'ol days. Softball was about the only sport available for us to play at this age, that I remember anyway. If there were others, I probably didn't care about them because I enjoyed softball the most. I still enjoy it, along with volleyball.Gage had a birthday party to go to this afternoon and Emma was fit to be tied about it. She wanted to go so bad it hurt me to see her so sad. Scott ended up just taking Gage by himself so we didn't have a huge scene at the hotel swimming pool. The pool was the big reason she was upset. She didn't care that she went to 3 birthday parties last weekend, one being a sleepover, she said this one was the bestest because it was a swimming party. We had a rough morning getting ready for church. She said the outfit she had to wear made her look like a jerk. I guess I don't know what a jerk looks like? I thought she looked very cute. I should have taken her picture in it, because I'm sure I'll probably never get it on her again!
Scott leaves tomorrow for a business trip to D.C. He will be gone all week, until around noon on Friday, so it is going to be a LONG one! The kids have their last day of spring break tomorrow, so at least they will be in school the rest of the week to give me a little break. We are supposed to have some warmer weather all week, with a few possible days of rain or snow, so maybe we can get outside and burn off some of this energy that has been building up all winter long.
Thursday is the day my Mom and Dad meet with the vascular surgeon to see when her surgery, carotid endarterectomy, will be scheduled since she passed the cardiac stress test this past Tuesday. Keep me posted Mom and Dad, about what's going on.
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