DDA Chapter 11

[Tammi67]

Good morning.

 

[Blueeyes101817]

good morning!

 

[Pooh67_68]

Sounds like a lot of are needed.
Also sounds like another round of antibiotics are called for.
Feel better soon.

Hi guys! I feel like I am out of it physically and mentally lately. I also got the "Worst Dad of the Year" award yesterday.

 

[Pooh67_68]

Here ya go.

This one would work too.

If I could find a smilie sticking out it's tongue it would go perfectly here!

 

[Pooh67_68]

I got them all the time as a kid too, so much so that the doctor corterized my one side.

Anne Marie I forgot to mention this earlier but I use to get nosebleeds all the time when I was younger & if I remember correctly it was because my iron was low(I might be wrong here beings this was over 30 some years ago ).

 

[yellowfish78]

Morning DDA!

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Terry - sounds like a fun filled weekend. They go so fast and then it's back to reality.

It does sound like fun! I like the pics of the flowers!

I am not feeling well this morning, and I didn't sleep well. Not sure what we'll do today. We don't have anything planned.

 

[Pooh67_68]

Elizabeth that it passes quickly.

 

[marcij]

Hi guys! I feel like I am out of it physically and mentally lately. I also got the "Worst Dad of the Year" award yesterday.

This sinus thing is just not going away. Even with the round of antibiotics I got, it is still in full force. My whole face hurts. Any tooth that I have had any work on in my life is zinging with pain. I am having a hard time concentrating on anything!
This heat and humidity aren't helping either! Work has been miserable with temperatures reaching close to 140 degrees in the plant. The vents that used to bring in fresh air were closed a couple of months ago because they found a few mold spores near them. So it has been really crappy lately.

Since Monday was a holiday and no school, I got very little sleep. Leighanna is used to her new schedule and promptly woke me up at nine. I had about 2 hours sleep in a 48 hour time period. Yesterday after dropping Leighanna off at school I promptly fell asleep and forgot to set the alarm. Of course I didn't have the phone nearby and I overslept, leaving Leighanna at school all by herself.
The school did get in touch with my wife who desperately tried to wake me via the phone. But I just slept through it. She ended up posting a sign on her door at work and ran home to wake me up. I quickly got dressed and ran to the school. I was only about a half hour late, but I still felt like such a failure.
We still beat the bus home though.
Leighanna wasn't upset, but I sure was!
I haven't dropped off the face of the Earth, but I sure do feel like it!

Tom -- don't feel bad. I'm sure most everyone here has been late a time or two to pick up their kids. I have been, and I'm sure I will be again -- things just happen. Don't beat yourself up -- Leighanna is truly lucky to have such great parents!

Here are our first day of school pictures. Matthew and Laura were a little grumpy about the whole idea of having to have their pictures taken, but I was able to get a couple of Miles.

Matthew and Laura are still at school, because they had cross country practice after school. Miles is home and has a friend here. He said that he had a good day, but he didn't really have much to say (other than "Can Alex come over now?" )

Laura did call me right after she left, because she forgot her schedule! She knew the order but not the room numbers, so I just had to read them off to her. She also wanted to know if I knew her locker combination from last year, because they usually keep the same locker/combination thoughout grades 9-11. I didn't have it, but they probably gave it to them in home room. They don't have home room until after first period, though, so she wanted to get into the locker earlier. They completely ripped out the senior lockers and haven't reinstalled them yet, so Matthew won't have a locker for the first 2 months of school! I hope that they get them done earlier. He did talk Laura into letting him put a few things in her locker, but the lockers are tiny, so I don't think he'll be able to put too much in there.

Great pics!

Oh, my! Princess is reading a book to her doll. Something she is telling the doll sounds suspiciously like the word for a certain part of the male anatomy. I asked her what is in her book but she hasn't said that word again, so I am not sure what she was seeing and/or saying.

So, I think my sister and I have figured out what we and our two brothers will be giving my parents for Christmas. Dad is springing for our Disneyland trip again this coming June. 5 day hoppers for everyone, hotel rooms, and a character lunch at Ariel's Grotto. We always have a great time, and this year won't be any different. We decided to surprise them with a breakfast at Goofy's Kitchen on the day we leave. This way, they get to see their grandkids with more characters, and we can start our trip home with a fun memory instead of the dreaded Disney withdrawal. What do y'all think? It would be a HUGE group. I think there are going to be about 30 of us going. Each family will pick up the tab for their own people, and we'll split the cost of mom and dad, plus the photo package.

What do you think?

I think that is an awesome idea!

It's been a heck of a day here. While the girls were at school, Daniel & I ran errands & went to lunch. I get a call from Katie's school that she is not feeling well 10 minutes before I have to go get Sophie. I was like a woman posessed getting to K's school & then over to S's school. She said she had to throw up but it is just nerves..I think the whole day was overwhelming to her. More supply lists came home on top of the supplies we already spent $70 yesterday so we ran & got those & labeled everything.

Finally everyone is showered & headed up to bed when Daniel runs to me with a nose bleed...he has never had one before so I am concerned...he's watching Spongebob & I am watching him.

I knew I did not want to come home from Disney.

Thanks for the good wishes on NC. Dana got in touch with the head of gifted & talented in NC (Raleigh) so she seems to be a good source of info. Things are chugging along..looks like we will be moving over Christmas break which is good because the kids have 2 weeks off then. I will keep you alll posted if & when we make the "final" decision. Thanks!

I am going to sit with Daniel..have a good night.

I hope Katie and Sophie settle in and that Daniel had no more nose bleeds.

Rudy is shaking them up now!

He is a great speaker -- it was fun to watch.

My headache subsided about 1 1/2 hours into work. Of course it was Sloooooww tonight. Had it been busier I may have worked through the headache more quickly. The good news is that I have completed 2 full days on my diet and I haven't had any soda since 2 PM yesterday My goal is to get the eating under control this week and get through all my withdrawl. Next week I need to add exercise.

Good for you -- keep it up! (and I hope you got some more rest...)

Last week was very hectic. We had more parents coming in the end of the week with their registration forms in hand. It was the usual--I have to do this again? (well yeah we tell you this every year) actually twice cause the same thing happens for the summer camps. DUH
I think in three days time there were more than 130 forms that we took in. In person and mail
Over 400 in a two and half week span.
By Friday, I was exhausted. I had been sleeping badly, dreaming wierd dreams and waking up with a monsterous headache every day. I was so looking forward to leaving a little early so we could get down to WV at a decent hour. That didn't happen. Poor Stephanie, she was our ticke-tron person all day. That in itself was a hard thing to do. The phone was ringing off the hook. I was mumbling to myself for the last hour we were there. Several times, people were lined up ten deep at both windows. I wanted to tell her that I was not gonna answer the phone anymore.
Five o'clock came and I flew out the door. Didn't really even say goodbye to each person, just bolted out the door. I got home and was packed in about fifteen minutes. Hal and I got on the road and asked our GPS (Rhonda) what way she was wanting us to go. She wanted us to go down past Strasburg and Harrisonburg Va all the way down to Staunton, Va. Well, the end time was 5 hours, so we said lets try it. Little did I know that one part of the road was very poorly marked, very VERY twisty, turny and I was braking more than I was using the gas pedal. It was raining, foggy and I ended up singing very badly to a CD just so I could make it to the end of the line!!!!!! We ended up driving a total of six hours. Unloaded the car and talked with our friends from midnight till 2am.
We had a great time. It was very relaxing being there. Had a chance to make some more floral arrangements using some unique things.

I had had a great time shopping for the dried flowers. It is such fun to see what is available and what I think I can do with the items available.

We found out that the Guinnea hens had a couple of babies. it was so cute to see them flying around and sitting up in the trees.

At one point, Carol and I went out to get a few things and then decided to let Rhonda lead us back down the road to a certain point. It seems that a lot of people end up coming down their lane and we were wondering what the GPS was telling them. We followed Rhonda but as we were getting closer to the lane to get to their home, I kept saying, when do you turn back? When do you question whether the directions should be questioned? I would think that when the road turned to gravel with a few mailboxes on the side of the road and you were looking at three gravel lanes, wouldn't you say to yourself, HUMMMMM maybe I should turn back????? Well, we figured that because some places have not been updated with 911 information, some of the directions were to be questioned. In fact, when Hal and I were coming home we ignored Rhonda a few times because we knew she was trying to take us down a few back roads that really would not cut any time off. It was funny to hear her recalculate and then the end time would lower too.

We got home in 5 hours.

It was a very relaxing weekend but not long enough. I went to bed at about midnight each night and woke up at 9am feeling refreshed.

Then the craziness started all over again on Tuesday

I really hate winter, but I cannot wait until our trip to go cruising and enjoying the land with lots of WDW lovers.

Very cool pics! Thanks for sharing.

I watched most of it. I tried to look at her very objectively since I am true Independent, in the most broad sense of the term. She surprised me. Without getting into any political talk I would say that McCain did his homework on this one. She is a very charismatic speaker who presents her side of the story extremely well.

She presented herself extremely well and projected a lot of confidence. I was very interested to hear about all of her experience -- there was a lot more substance in her speech then I thought there would be.

It does sound like fun! I like the pics of the flowers!

I am not feeling well this morning, and I didn't sleep well. Not sure what we'll do today. We don't have anything planned.

Elizabeth -- I hope you get to feeling better and get your doctor's appt. sorted out. Let's pin Lindsay down when she gets back in to town and have lunch. It's been too long.

I've had problems with tires lately and been to two national chains. I don't think I got even decent customer service at either one. Last night, I was told I would be out in 45 min. to an hour, and two and a half hours later I was driving out of the parking lot, with a commute home still to do. UUUGGGHHH!

A soccer scrimmage for Andrew tonight and soccer practice for Jake. Have a great day everyone!

 

[PrincessLeighsDaddy]

Good Morning DDA!

Looks like it will be another scorcher here today!

 

[PNO4TE]

I am not feeling well this morning, and I didn't sleep well. Not sure what we'll do today. We don't have anything planned.

I am sorry you aren't feeling well today, Elizabeth. Maybe you could have Princess read you a book!

 

[PNO4TE]

I've had problems with tires lately and been to two national chains. I don't think I got even decent customer service at either one. Last night, I was told I would be out in 45 min. to an hour, and two and a half hours later I was driving out of the parking lot, with a commute home still to do. UUUGGGHHH!

That is horrible, Marci!

 

[tmfranlk]

Tom - You are anything but worst father of the year! Please don't worry about it.

Anne Marie - Hope Katie has a better day to day and that Daniel's nose bleed was a fluke. Sounds like Dad got in touch with just the right person to help you make the best choices for Daniel, so that is great news.

Beth - Great back to school pics!

Jen - Can you PM me the pics of your room? I'd love to see it.

Glynis - Leslie and the other girly girls will probably even get a princess thrown in as well. I don't think we've ever been to GK where we didn't see Cinderella or Mulan.

Deb - I hope that the thoughtfulness cloud9: ) of your men led to a good night's sleep.

Terry - Sounds like a really nice weekend!

Tammi - I didn't make it to Palin even being an hour earlier than you. I've taken to watching most of the stuff on YouTube. Phil started doing it several Bush speeches ago and it's so much easier. Plus, with the convention you can skip the inbetween stuff and see what it is you want to see.

Elizabeth - I hope you're feeling better soon.

Marci - I hope that's the end of your tire woes at least. That's a long time to wait plus the commute. yuck.

Becky - Congrats on the rebooking. I hope there are some great itineraries announced for 2010 that make your choices easy.

 

[PNO4TE]

Good Morning DDA!

Looks like it will be another scorcher here today!

Hi, Tom! I hope you are feeling a little better today.

 

[PNO4TE]

Hi to you too, Tia!

 

[Mommy2EmMoLu]

Good morning...

Elizabeth, hope you feel better soon.

Marci- Yikes, 2 and 1/2 hours is insane.

Tom- I hope you get to feeling better today. Stay inside where it's nice and cool. I am sick of the heat ang mugginess.

Terry- Sounds like a great weekend.

 

[PNO4TE]

Good morning, DDA!

I was very happy to see that I didn't meet myself on here this morning. I was lucky enough to fall back asleep after I let the dog out at 5:00.

 

[PNO4TE]

Good morning...

Good morning to you too, Robyn!

 

[Mommy2EmMoLu]

Not much on tap for today. I think I may load the kids up and head to my sisters so the kids can play with the 2 little girls she is watching.

I might also try and pick up Emma's paint for her room. We finally decided on what shade of blue so now I just want to get started which I'll do tomorrow night. I am anxious to get it done and hopefully it shouldn't take much more than Friday night and Sunday. We have a birthday party on Saturday and plan to hang out afterwards for dinner and cards with the same 2 couples from last week. The bonus is that we are going to the couple's house that is right around the corner from here and not an hour away.

 

[tmfranlk]

Good morning, Elin.

We are off to work MOPS today. After that I've got to make a fun to the Girl Scout Express van to buy some stuff for mom. Then, I pick up Connor at home, Kassie from school and we are off to Disney on Ice! The kids are so excited. And, well, I am too. :

Yesterday, I got Terra's activity book put together and up to Kinkos to bind. She was sooo thrilled by it that I think I got 10 thank yous before we could get out the door of Kinkos. Sometimes it's the simple things, eh. I also got our tip envelopes printed, made and (most of) the money in them. I'm short a few ones for the last two, but I'll get them in today. Tomorrow I've got to get ready for camping so I don't think I'll get much trip stuff done, but I've got to get moving on the autograph pages next week and my Minnie skirt made. Then I guess it will be time to consider packing, but we don't have anywhere near enough close to pack on Elizabeth timing. I do have lots of extras to get together and those are usually the things I forget so we'll start them soon.

Have a great day everyone!