Anyone wanna take bets on how many smileys I get on here and have to edit out? Last time I had 48 and the limit is 25. *sigh* LOL
Oh and a quick shout out to the FBI and the NYPD!
Good morning, everyone! And I do mean GOOD! Alan and I made the decision yesterday that it's time to move Timothy out of our room and into his own crib. We knew that it would involve a lot of crying, as Timothy learns to settle himself down, and go to sleep on his own. However, it had to happen. I've been so exhausted with the number of times he's been waking up, wanting to nurse. So, last night at 8:00 I gave him a bottle (ramped up with rice cereal), fed him until he was drowsy, and put him down. He fussed a bit, but after about 10 minutes he went to sleep. He slept until 10:00 and then woke up, crying. We let him cry for 15 minutes, then Alan went in and patted him on his back and turned his lullaby music on, and he went right back out. At 1:45 he was up again, and by this time I really needed to feed him, so I got him up, changed him, nursed him till he was drowsy, and put him down with his music. No fussing at all! He just went right back to sleep, and I'm happy to report that it's now 7:21 a.m., and he's still ASLEEP! I can't believe how good I feel with this much sleep in me!!!! Hope it goes as well tonight!
Anyway, on to more important matters!
This is great news!
I'm glad you were able to get some good rest. I know you were really needing some!
Here is a photo of my dinner last night. The experiment with skewering the shrimp on sugar cane did not work out so well. I think I cut the skewers too thick, so it was hard to push them through the shrimp. Then, the sugarcane caught on fire on the grill! It was OK though, I just took the shrimp off the skewers and you could not tell that anything was wrong with them. They were marinated in coriander, soy, fish sauce, pepper, and ginger. The glaze I brushed on was a reduction of pineapple juice, honey, sambal oleok, white wine vinegar, and more ginger. It was yummy! Sweet and spicy both. I just put them on some arugula and that was dinner.
Your dinners always look amazing, but I rarely have ANY idea what you are talking about!
Bethany~ Of course there will be eating
I'm glad your feeling better but I think you need to keep yourself in all weekend, you missed pneumonia by a hair!
Nancy, Marisa & Bethany~ I had another brainstorm! I could pick up Bethany & we could also head to Stamford & a place on the water.......
I'm glad you had such a great time at the concert and already have another one to look forward to!
Is the food going to be something I can pronounce and will recognize?
I need to get outside some. Both for the fresher air than what is inside my apartment and also because as I said earlier, the mess is driving me NUTS and I need to get away from it for a bit. I promise I won't over do it though! I'll probably just go sit in the park for a bit. Maybe get some sun before I blind somebody...
Your life has me both laughing and shaking my head in disbelief !!
It's never boring, that's for sure!
"The boy" sounds talented in several areas! (And shhh....don't let Kat hear, but I'm not crazy about seafood either...especially fish!)
Actually they both bought new lap tops that are outfitted with web cameras. So they are able to real time talk. They are able to say prayers together before he goes to bed and he was able to hear about his last day at pre school.
Bethany ~ Honey, I hope your day is going better. You should be almost over for the day. Please feel better - I worry about you.
Well I painted again at Stephanie & Marty's last night until 9:30. I am sore this morning. Up and down on that ladder really got to me. Tonight I am finishing the spare bedroom and upstairs bathroom and I am FINISHED. They want to move this weekend and I think we will let the youngens do it. We have spent every night there for the last 2 weeks. I want a bit of my Holiday. We shall see if that flys with them. Monday we are going to decorate graves, and that will take most of the day.
It's great that you have that technology to keep in touch. Totally not ideal, but I'm sure it really helps the situation out a LOT!
Thanks...I now get 3 days off! Woohoo! Only 24 more days left.
That is a LOT of painting! I used to think I liked painting walls, but actually the activity is quite dull. It's not so bad if you are painting with friends and chatting it up while you paint, but otherwise it's not that exciting.
ran or not you still get to live in Louisina, I am jealous of that. New Orleans, Cajun/Creole food, and all those mudbugs..
Hi Kingcrab! I didn't see you enter the thread, so I'll say
now!
What you said made me smile. Not because you're jealous, but because I'm moving there in um...*goes to count*...39 days! And I've gotten a lot of really nasty comments about it, but yours is nice.
WHAT?????
We are very lucky. I'm trying to decide what to have tonight between crawfish, soft shell crabs, roast beef po-boy.....tough choice!
Okay...so this dumb meeting series we've been having is on a new way to lesson plan. Except it's not a NEW way, it's just a new TEMPLATE. And it's...bizarre. It uses different terms for what we're already doing, and there's this chart thing where each column is labeled. Well, the labels on the template don't match the columns we are supposed to be using words from in each box of the template. I was getting so confused (and it's almost humorous at this point because this is the THIRD session of this and people are still confused because, well, the stuff doesn't make much sense), so I said I was confused but was smiling because it SAID "Thinking Skills" but we were supposed to take a word from the "Depth" column in that box, NOT the "Thinking Skills" column as one would logically expect.
Well the AP put her hand in my face and said "It doesn't matter if you're confused. You're going to Louisiana." If I wasn't so sick I might have slapped the woman. Then, she turns to the teacher on the other side of her, who was confused about THE SAME THING and she starts rubbing her back saying "ohhh, what are you confused about?"
I was fuming at this point...especially since at that point the AP said something in Spanish that made everybody gasp - she cursed at me!
Then she got up to go do something, and I start venting about how we said the SAME THING but got totally different reactions. Another teacher - in a condescending voice no less - says "well, since you said it with a smile, it came across as condescending so yeah, she didn't like that." WTH. At the beginning of the meeting, I mentioned - NOT in a complaining tone no less - that the prior time we had met, we had been confused about the format and one other thing. She cut me off, telling us all that we would NOT be complaining and that I needed to stop.
She yelled at me in Spanish one other time too, when I rested my head on my arm because, well, I'm STILL A BIT SICK.
What a day. I cannot wait to be gone from there!
To be honest, when they don't like something about you, they try to make your life miserable. They don't like that I'm leaving and it's quite clear. As if giving my smartboard to someone else was not enough, AFTER putting the boxes in my room in front of the kids. Their behavior is disgusting. No class whatsoever.
If it was Monday (Thank GOD it's not!), it would not be a difficult decision. Despite being sick, I still managed to make sure that the world was still spinning correctly this week!
Oh, and sorry about the house troubles.
You've been dealing with that a LONG time.
Y'all who are close to great seafood would be ashamed but I'm really craving Red Lobster
Seafood in my area is few and far between, there are 2-3 seafood restaurants total, so Red Lobster is about it. I keep craving their biscuits, thanks to the darn commericals! We may go there instead of cooking...
Can I ask for some prayers for Ace the Foster to get adopted soon?
Yesterday I was out of town for work, DH was in the shower, and Ace was eating the center of the living room chair.
Needless to say, I got one of "those" calls from DH and though he's calmed down a lot, Ace really needs to go to someplace that is open to a puppy. This is why we DON'T do puppies. My poor chair is ruined... and to make mends with DH, I think we're going to buy a new one instead of get this one reupholstered. He has already chosen one that he wants
Whatever works to smooth things over.
I like their biscuits. And yes, you've had Ace a lot longer than you bargained for! He's more than 30 pounds though, isn't he?
You need to make a trip down here so I can teach you all the cool things like pinching tails and sucking heads on crawfish and slurping down some oysters.
I need more lessons. I'm terrible at it.
I get freaked out by the little beady eyes. Not to mention all those legs....
And oysters? Not even going there yet...
Okay I SWEAR I clicked on some more quotes.
Sheryl, I hear you on the phone. Mine is starting to wig out on me. I've had it since last April. I seem to have problems keeping phones for more than a year, so I think this one thinks it's done? It keeps freezing and I can't even turn it off; I have to take off the battery and then put it back. I've done that several times this week. I need a RELIABLE phone.
. I have always wanted to try soft shell crabs but I'm afraid of eating wrong if that makes sense.
I'm glad it went well and glad you got a good stretch of sleep!
I can only imagine!
I might be MIA for a bit...I'll check in when I can.
I ended up being at the grocery when she came, but DH liked her very much! She will start on Tues., of course there is one problem, she is pregnant & due the end of August! Hopefully the other lady will get well & we'll have backup. I will still need someone to do any lifting at least through the end of August. 
I hope you find some comfort soon.
I envy people that have hair that dries in least than a day.
