Hi Y'all,
It's late & I thought I could do a quick checkin. But that's not going to happen!
We had a nice day errand running & shopping. The weather was beautiful here. Still in the low 90's but the humidity dropped a lot.
Prayers for all of you dealing with the bad weather!
How about arranging a play date with one of the kids. I would ask the teacher if there are any girls that she has been paired up with in class, they would already have a common bond that they do not even realize that they have. Also, is Alexis starting religious education or is this in school? If she had a separate class she might have one or two girls in common wiht her class. This helped Kady.
Thanks Nan that's a good idea! If things don't improve quickly, we have an orientation meeting with the teacher next Thurs. , I can discuss it with the teacher & get some names. I've been wondering why we don't get a class lists with names, adresses & phone #'s. I found out at the end of the year that we have to go into the office & pay $3.00 for it!
Religion class is in her school, so no Saturday classes for that.
Thanks for all the well wishes for Emma. If you saw her now, you would never have known that anything was amiss this morning. She had a hotdog for lunch!
Definitely just a little 24 hr bug. DH said Emma was really tired yesterday evening, so that might have been the start of it. But it's been really sweet, her teacher has emailed twice and called about her today. Love her!
Sheryl--I hope alexis finds that buddy soon. That was emma's biggest fear starting school b/c the school she is going to is not in our town. But suprisingly 2 kids from our town are in her class. I ask her who she played with at school, and I more often than not get the shoulder shrug.
Whoa a hot dog?! She sure does bounce back quick! I'm glad Emma seems happy! Her teacher sounds like a gem.
Sheryl[/B] I sure hope some little girl figures out 2 friends are better than just 1 friends and a whole group is better yet.
I am so glad those days are behind me. Now I just have to get ready for the"Why doesn't she like me?" stuff
Wish me luck tomorrow we go clothes shopping.
I saw that your shopping trip went well, that's good! Yeah I'm not getting this one friend thing?
Sheryl - the whole "friend" thing is enough to drive a person crazy! When my twins started kindergarten, they each made separate friends and things were really good. The next year, they were in a class with a girl from their kindergarten class who had been a "best" friend to Leslie in kindergarten. At the beginning of first grade, she ignored Leslie, and started hanging around with Mary. It really bothered Leslie. I talked to the teacher about it, and she got to the bottom of it. Apparently, this little girl figured that since she had been friends with Leslie for one year, she had to be friends with Mary the next year. It didn't occur to her that she could be friends with both of them at the same time.
Glynis, In Pre-K 4 Alexis was friends with 2 little twins. She liked both of them, but then one of them got tired of her & she was still friends with the other one. But apparently the twin gravitated to being with her sister also, & the sister didnt want Alexis "in thier group" She was pretty upset over that, but found other friends quickly. But this girl stuff just seems to be starting earlier & earlier!
Hey guys, haven't read back but wanted to say we had a great, very wet day in Baton Rouge. Had rain all the way there and back and the entire time we were there but it didn't bother any of us. We took Kyle and one of his roomies out to lunch and had a new(for us) dish called "Angels on Horseback". It's a jumbo shrimp stuffed with an oyster, wrapped in bacon and lightly battered and fried....oh...my...word...AMAZING!!!!! We spent the rest of the time touring the campus and being shown around town. Kyle is actually coming back to NOLA tomorrow to get some reference letters for his job application so I'll be cooking for him tomorrow too!!!
Kat, I'm glad you had a good time even if it was wet? Kat that would be a shrimp & oyster en brochette! Sounds delicious! Was that at Boutin's or Mike Andersons?
It's funny how that happens, isn't it? When church was having all those "issues" a year or so ago, I would sit in meetings (and couldn't speak my mind, of course) and get so upset that I would double over in pain just sitting there! It's crazy!
We ran errands all day - I found Rose Regale at Sams for $17 for the large bottle. It's $22 at World Market so it saved a few dollars. Where's the cheapest y'all have found it? Costco has not carried it in my area, but thankfully Sams did. I want to hold it until momma comes in a few weeks but it's calling my name
My gastro dr said that it's really bowel spasms & contractions. So when you feel like your stomach is in a knot, it sort of is!
I sure am hoping the meds situation comes to a speedy end!
The cheapest I've found Rosa is $16, but more often I can get it for $16.99 to $19. When I find cheap I buy a few!
The kids and I are spending the weekend with Becky and John. I'm going to the fish market shortly to procure whatever looks the best. Our tentative plan is fish tacos today and fra diavlo tomorrow.
They are such Antie & Uncle! I'm glad you had nice barbecue with neighbors!
We are first going to the farmers market. I love that place. it makes me feel good looking at all the fresh fruit and veggies, oh the possiblities!
I wish my garden did better this year. My tomatoes, zucchini cuc's were/are a big disappointment. I still haven't had signs on my canalope or watermelon
I hope to get back early to do some more housework. I hope to grill fish tonight. We will see if the weather cooperates
I wished I lived in a city with these huge farmers markets! And when did zucchini get so expensive? The regular grocery store & our little farmer's market wanted $2 a piece for zucchini!
Nan, rain, rain go away!!!!!!!!!
I watching bad Lifetime movies, I guess the plus side of Greg being away. Buddy in the freezer
Last night we had brutal thunder & lightening storms. Again no power 11:30pm to 6:00 this morning. Hot as he** & Lily was trembling with the storm so I stayed up with her so she would stay calm & rest her body.......
If anyone saw me 3 o'clock this morning I would have been locked up!
In the rocking recliner with the dog calming her & singing Frank Sinatra tunes by the light of a flameless candle!!!
Please be careful driving anyone out n the storms.
I'm so sorry you had such a rough night! No power & a scared puppy.
I hope all of you dealing with the storms come thoug okay.
Just a quick check in ...sorry have not had time to catch up since Thursday.
We had DSD wedding ceremony yesterday. She is happy so that is all that matters. DH & her had a good cry together, it made him feel so loved by her which was nice. She looked very pretty. The location left alot to be desired.
We have done some car shopping the past couple of days also. Today we walked out on a Toyota dealer I thought he was going to cry when we said no deal. It is such a game...he went from $2500
to $6000 for my trade in within 20 minutes. DH stood up to leave and laughed at $2500.
Then the payment started at $419 a month and was at $329 a month as we were going out the door. Sure the phone is going to ring in the next day or two.
I am thinking of getting her pans, knife set, baking set, corningware, and glasses. We are going to spend a nice chunk of money and I just want her to have what she needs. Sometimes it is hard being a stepmom. I just don't want to offend, but I have more of a domestic clue than her DM. I just want to buy her quality stuff that will last.
I'm so happy that the wedding went well! I'm sorry the place wasn't nicer. But with a happy couple & a happy/sad bittersweet moments for Dad, that's all good!
I think if you know what she really needs go ahead and get it! I have to tell you, years ago when we were married, that DBob & friends put together an old refrigerator & keg, so they could have cold draft beer all the time, apparently draft beer it was necessary for working on cars & motorcycles!
Good luck with finding a van! I hate the haggling with car dealers. Well I used to hate it, I've since learned from Bob that freaking out car dealers can be fun & quite beneficial to our pocketbook!
Gretchen, I hope you enjoyed a nice long soak in the bath! Take care of yourself. Prayers & hugs!
Good night, I can hardly type anymore!
Please tell Kyle how proud I am of him & this giant step.
. It was unfortunate becasue a lot of what she registered for was only available online so when folks showed up at the store they were SOL. Unless you shop there you would not know about the online thing.
) Debbie still shows up with her friends now adn we all still feed them. I love it!
all is good.
