12/09/06 Cruise Continued ~ Pirating Bananas DIS Geekorama Part 2 Part 8

[MrsMork]

I thought about that!!! If someone changes a room...how will we ever find the right stocking!

If you upgrade at the port you would need to post a note on your old room. It will likely be empty!

 

[ds2Mom]

Makes ya wonder doesn't it!

I so liked the Denny character on Grey's Anatomy. It'll be interesting to see what Izzy plans to do with the money. Heart surgery foundation in his memory?

 

[becka]

If you upgrade at the port you would need to post a note on your old room. I will likely be empty!

Or some poor soul who upgraded to your old room will be mightly confused!

 

[MrsMork]

Something I did in my spare time.

Becka! That is very, very cool!

 

[MrsMork]

For those of you who asked about DS Alex last night, this is a photo of him and his mom before his senior prom. It is over a year old, but the easiest picture I could find on this computer.

He basically looks the same, with about a year more maturity on him!

John1

AAWWW! Handsome young man!!

 

[MrsMork]

Becka, no jumping on the couch!!

 

[ds2Mom]

I can save you a few from late seating!

I could just see the look on Angie's room steward and our room steward when he/she opens our mini-frig/cooler and finds them stuffed with lobsters from the Late diners!

 

[ds2Mom]

This is how I will look in an hour if I have to keep posting to myself.

 

[MrsMork]

DIS'ing from the Apple store . . . how sad . . .

Maybe we could have a new contest, DIS'ing from the most unusual places, and the most places . . .

Some people price in unusual places, we all DIS!



John1

DrHug was DISing as we were driving up I-5 yesterday. He was able to get on the board on his cell phone, but it was very, very slow. He could read some posts and tried twice to reply. Both times when he would get it almost ready to submit he would loose connection. He was I was Oh, and I was doing the driving. He was not DISing WHILE driving!

 

[becka]

DrHug was DISing as we were driving up I-5 yesterday. He was able to get on the board on his cell phone, but it was very, very slow. He could read some posts and tried twice to reply. Both times when he would get it almost ready to submit he would loose connection. He was I was Oh, and I was doing the driving. He was not DISing WHILE driving!

Maybe I should figure out how to use the Internet on my phone. I can give updates while we are driving!

 

[ds2Mom]

I did some more work on my packing list. It is pretty long.....

Confession: I worked on mine during part of the sermon in church today.

 

[becka]

Confession: I worked on mine during part of the sermon in church today.

I work on mine at work so God won't be mad at me but my boss will!

 

[ds2Mom]

Dody -- Great on #37,000!

 

[ds2Mom]

I work on mine at work so God won't be mad at me but my boss will!

 

[MrsMork]

Well, now that I have caught up I guess that I should tell you about our day. I don't think that I will be able to get thru it without crying though. Woke up to the kids arguing...what's new? DS insisted that it was warm outside and refused to wear the sweat pants that I brought downstairs for him. It was 45 at the time. He opened the front door & with the sun shining down on him declared that it was warm enough...wouldn't listen to the fact that we were going to an open field with nothing to break the wind. Whatever...freeze your tush off then! We got there & within a minute he came over to me and said that I was right & he was cold. Lucky for him I put the pants in the van. OY! By the 4th quarter they were both taking the ls shirts off that were under their tshirts. DS scored a goal!!!! Seconds after the game reality hit & my day became a migraine.

DS & DD were talking with a friend while I talked to her mom getting the latest scoop on the AG teacher issue at school. One second DD was hugging their friend & the next DS is screaming and she has bitten his wrist breaking skin so that he was bleeding!!!! Yes, it was just a speck that was bleeding but STILL!!!! I excused us, grabbed DD by the wrist & marched her to the van. Crying kids on the way home....DS because his wrist hurt...with good reason...and DD because she wouldn't go to McD's for lunch as is our game day tradition. How I wish that this had been stuck to.

This weekend is the biggest festival in town & we ALWAYS go to it. I brought the kid's change of clothes down & told DS to get into his right away so that he could go with daddy. The plan was I would be stuck at the house with DD while DS was treated to lunch out with daddy & an afternoon at the festival. She deserved to miss out on it. They both got in the van & then DH came back inside to get DD. OY! I had to change quickly & we were off to lunch then downtown. The afternoon was pretty good considering that getting there that late we had to park a long way from the action & we don't keep the stroller in the car anymore. DH & I took turns carrying DD so she wouldn't get worn out before we got there. We watched the BMX tour show....which DS LOVED. I got some cool pics for him. A couple of their friends came over during the warm up & sat with us. We have known them since DS & the oldest were 2 in PS together. DH brought back a funnel cake and the four of them shared it....then their parents brought over a huge plate of butterfly chip fries which didn't last too long either. After that we went to the percussion petting zoo. This was a big tent with lots of percussion instruments set up on tables and the kids could do whatever they wanted. We stayed for the show & the kids both loved participating with the tambourines, bongo drums, and the maracas.

By this point it was time to head home. DD again got carried to the car so that didn't wear her out. We got thru dinner & DS going outside to play with his friends since he had been so good. You would THINK that DD would be happy that her sentence of spending the day inside the house had been changed to let her have a fun afternoon...wouldn't you? You would THINK that she would be on her best behavior....maybe? Well, you would be wrong. I was just signing onto the computer and loading the pictures from the game & festival today when she walked over to me. She said something that I didn't understand so I asked "What sweetheart?" The next thing I knew I had been slapped hard on the face with her finger poking me in the eye. DH was on her case in a second before I could even say anything & her butt was in her room. She went to bed early with no desert.

I am feeling like a total failure right now. Maybe some of this is PMS...sorry guys...but what have I done that has made my sweet little girl turn into this? We haven't let her hit DS without being punished. This is just so beyond that!!! Lately she has been extremely sassy and backtalking around DH & myself. NOTHING seems to work to stop it. Today she threw things across the room at DH .... I think that they were some small dinos that she was playing with.

On the otherhand, I can't help but wonder how much this kid in her class is affecting her. She has told me that he throws things in class and he hit a boy in the nose Friday which made his nose bleed. He can't be that respectful to anyone if he is doing this stuff along with picking up chairs. Maybe this is really stressing her out more than I thought? She is whiney and fussy from the second she gets off the bus & has been for at least a week. She doesn't want to go to school. This morning before the game she was doing some silly walk and when I questioned her about it she said that this boy does that sometimes. Maybe she sees him doing this & doesn't see anything being done so she has decided that it is ok? IDK what to think. I don't want to push this off on someone else but at the same time I have to wonder how it could affect a child being in that situation. I am wondering if I should talk to the school counselor about this & see if she can talk to DD & help her. Then I have to wonder about how other kids in the class are reacting to this.

Oh my goodness, Lisa. Big coming your way. I think you are right on with her mimicking behavior that she see tolerated at school. It also gets this boy ALOT of attention. This whole situation is just so not ok. School counselor might be helpful, but school principle doing something about this other child is absolutely necessary too.

 

[MrsMork]

How would you like to be the PARENT of a 19 year old!

Now THAT's OLD.

John1

HA!! Not even. Parent of a soon to be 38 year old (Dec 8 - she will have to celebrate without us! )

 

[ds2Mom]

...We also use propane and it is considerably more expensive than last year. Can you negotiate a bulk purchase? that is what we do - it does lower the cost quite a bit.elaine

We looked into that....but of course, at the point gas/propane prices were skyrocketing, no one wanted to deal.

 

[ds2Mom]

Just reading that made me tear up. He deserved the hero's welcome!

The friend's son/soldier was so humble. When he came around the corner of this long exit ramp at the airport and saw over 100 people cheering, waving flags, banners, etc. -- he was just stunned. He had just gotten off the plane, was probably exhausted, but he took the time to thank each and every one of us that came to welcome him back.

He is a hero in my book.

 

[MrsMork]

BTW, while getting the winter coats out of the closet this morning since it was 32 outside....I found a bag in the bins. There are three maternity dresses that I made in there with the extra fabric. I guess that I am taken care of after all, Angie.

YES! Hang on to at least one of those!!

 

[MrsMork]

I saw that one and almost posted it for Angie when she was talking about her daughter I believe, and putting a bag over her head when in a certain car?

I thought of DD too when I saw this.