DDA Chapter 23

[lovesdumbo]

Hi,
I survived my 13 days in a row of working.

I missed some of the following so Happy Birthday, feel better, Happy Anniversary, I am sorry for your loss, hugs to you and lots of pixie dust.

I have a discount code for Aeropostale, it can be used online the code is ffnov and is good through Sunday, November 22nd.

I think I am going to be lazy but I need to go shopping and get some things. Have a great weekend.

Yuck! Glad your 13 days in a row is over.

Laura is in Washington, DC today with the high school history club. I think it's basically a "free day" provided that they stay in groups. She texted to let me know that she is having a terrific time. They left at 4:20 am and will return after midnight. Dh took her to the bus this morning, and I'll pick up. This is one time that I really wish she had her license!

Miles had a swim meet this morning. He did pretty well and improved at least a little on his times for each of the events that he swam. His relay team DQ'd, but at least it wasn't his fault.

We went to Miles' elementary school last night for a showing of Polar Express. It was noisy and chaotic. Despite the fact that every student needed to have adult supervision, few actually watched the movie and instead ran around and talked. Of course, there were many adults chatting loudly, too. Miles still thought it was fun to see a movie at school, so it was all good.

Hope Laura had a great time! Congrats to Miles on his swim meet. Sorry about the movie at school. I am always shocked that folks let their kids run around at the band concerts at school Joe would have love to see the Polar Express at school. We have the DVD but I bed he'd love the novelty of seeing a movie at his school.

I got a coupon book for BJs. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday they have an Acer AS5534 Laptop 15.6" LCD, 4GB RAM, AMD Dual-Core, Windows 7 Premium. Price after $100 coupon is $399.99

I renewed my membership through my office. I had to do it by mail and the form said it would take 4 weeks. I was happy to get the email that they did it in less than 1 week. I paid $35 for 15 months instead of $45 for 12.

It's 3:39 in the morning. Why am I awake?

Too excited to sleep????

Today I plan to get out my carry-on and give some thought to what I need for my quickie trip. I won't need much as long as it doesn't rain!

I also need to get some Thanksgiving food shopping done but we haven't discussed what we are making yet.

And then tonight is the choral concert at UMW. We are singing Rutter's "Gloria" in honor of the upcoming season and it is a very powerful piece. I can't wait to hear it with organ and brass and timpani. I wasn't at dress rehearsal yesterday so I don't know what it sounds like yet!

It should be fun and it ought to put me in a better frame of mind. I don't like feeling like Eeyore! I much prefer my usual Tigger-like outlook. How do people who are perpetually sad or looking at the half-empty glass exist on a daily basis? It is draining and I am bound and determined to get out of this funk.

Hope you enjoyed your concert!!!

We have the big family dinner tonight. Turkey is in the oven and all the ingredients for the Kitchen Sink is in house. I need to do some more cleaning and hopefully I'll find time to work on Christmas Ornaments.

Hope you had a nice dinner! I'm sure Chris enjoyed his Kitchen Sink!

I'm definitely not as young as I used to be!

Two days and three coats later the room is finally painted, the trim is done, the new shelves are up, the wallcrashers are up, and the new blinds and curtains are hung. I had hoped to have the furniture moved in but that's not going to happen, I did do my shopping for Thanksgiving, and some of the shopping for the two meals I will be doing at work.

We had the kids for a few hours this afternoon so that slowed things down some, but I would rather spend time with them anyday.

Now I need to clean the kitchen and take a long bubble bath. . . . .

Congrats on getting the painting done!!!

I should go take some motrin. My back is hurting from being hunched over the sewing machine all weekend. I got the Pop T's for Lizzy & I stitched. I made Lizzy a Minnie T with Santa cap-I was going to make me one but after making her's I just wasn't up for it. I don't know if I will be up for it this weekend or not. I made name pillows for Halley and Eleanor and worked on one for Emma. Both of my girls were sick today so I didn't get as much done as I had hoped.

Lizzy stayed at a friend's house Friday night. When she got home yesterday she went to bed-I figured she didn't sleep well. She said she wasn't feeling well this morning so she stayed home with me while Gene brought Joe & Emma to church. They weren't gone long when Lizzy started vomiting. Forturnately it didn't last long and she has eaten some crackers and jello and kept that down all day. Then Gene came home early because Emma had a fever of 102.5. We made an appointment for Lizzy to go the pediatrician tomorrow because has some sort of rash on her scalp that isn't going away. I might have to call to see if they can see her later in the day so I don't have to miss too much work-not sure we want to drag Emma out if she still has a fever.

I haven't started packing at all yet. I don't like accuweather's long range forecast. Highs in the 70's with lows in the 40's. weather.com only does a 10 day forecast but they are showing lows in the 50's.

 

[Disney Yooper]

It should be fun and it ought to put me in a better frame of mind. I don't like feeling like Eeyore! I much prefer my usual Tigger-like outlook. How do people who are perpetually sad or looking at the half-empty glass exist on a daily basis? It is draining and I am bound and determined to get out of this funk.

I wonder the same thing. I've been in the eeyore for a couple of weeks and am hoping to get back to my normal Tigger-self as well. It is so much more peaceful that way!!

 

[my3princes]

Ok, I'm in a little of a quandry. I just found my adopted brother on Facebook. He was adopted by my family after I was married. He is 9 years younger than me. My brother & sister are very angry with him and don't want anything to do with him. My mother and father were heartbroken that they were not able to help him.

He was 9 years old when we adopted him. As we learned more about his life before us, we realized it was going to take a lot of love to help him. My parents did everything they could for him. My brother, sister & I welcomed him with open arms (remember I have two exchange students that only lived with us a year that we think of as brothers - my girls call them Uncle). If any family had enough love for him, it was ours. He ran away from home in his senior year of high school. He came back 1/2 way through the year. He graduated and went off to the service. He was dishonorably discharged from the service and fell off the map.

Dad and Mom had planned on going on a trip one summer to see if they could find him. Unfortunately Dad died the winter before that happened. We couldn't find him to tell him that Dad had died. He called the high school a couple of years later to get his transcripts and asked how my parents were doing (I graduated from a school with 35 people in my senior class so everyone knows everyone). That is how he found out about my Dad's death. He called Mom and talked with her. She passed on his contact info to me so I wrote him a letter. I send a Christmas card to him every year now that I know where he is.

My quandry is do I friend him or ignore him. I really should friend him but maybe I can wait until he friends me? It makes me very nervous to open my life that much to him. However, if he has friended one of my cousins, he is going to have the info anyway. Maybe he has turned in to the man that my mom and dad were trying to help him become?

That's a tough one. I say go with your gut. That is usually what ends up being right in the long run anyway

 

[my3princes]

Dinner was a success and Chris was totally suprised and thrilled with his Kitchensink. We gave him a card telling him that we would provide him with 40 new things over this next year leading up to his 40th Birthday. It could be a new food, new experience or new item. The homemade kitchensink was the first of the 40.

We worked on Christmas ornaments for several hours today. The boys really got into it and Chris and my Dad helped some too. They were more time consuming than I had expected, but they are pretty cool. I'd post a picture, but it will have to wait until after people receive their ornament exchanges as there will be some included.

Hunter had one small seizure while we were making ornaments. It was less than a minute long and he described it as annoying. He just stares off into space and cannot speak. He says that he can hear and move his extremities. He said he just felt weird. He was exhausted right afterwards too. We let him take a short nap, but he needs to be sleep deprived for his test tomorrow so the nap couldn't be long. He has to stay up until 11:30 tonight and I need to get him up at 5 AM.

 

[bear74]

Dinner was a success and Chris was totally suprised and thrilled with his Kitchensink. We gave him a card telling him that we would provide him with 40 new things over this next year leading up to his 40th Birthday. It could be a new food, new experience or new item. The homemade kitchensink was the first of the 40.

We worked on Christmas ornaments for several hours today. The boys really got into it and Chris and my Dad helped some too. They were more time consuming than I had expected, but they are pretty cool. I'd post a picture, but it will have to wait until after people receive their ornament exchanges as there will be some included.

Hunter had one small seizure while we were making ornaments. It was less than a minute long and he described it as annoying. He just stares off into space and cannot speak. He says that he can hear and move his extremities. He said he just felt weird. He was exhausted right afterwards too. We let him take a short nap, but he needs to be sleep deprived for his test tomorrow so the nap couldn't be long. He has to stay up until 11:30 tonight and I need to get him up at 5 AM.

so how many different ice creams are in the kitchen sink? Glad Chris enjoyed it. Can't wait to see the ornaments.

 

[my3princes]

so how many different ice creams are in the kitchen sink? Glad Chris enjoyed it. Can't wait to see the ornaments.

chocolate
vanilla
strawberry
coffee
mint chocolate chip

There is cake, muffins, candy bars, brownies, multiple toppings, whipped cream. I have the complete recipe if anyone is interested. It is huge though.

 

[Steffy]

Ok, I'm in a little of a quandry. I just found my adopted brother on Facebook. He was adopted by my family after I was married. He is 9 years younger than me. My brother & sister are very angry with him and don't want anything to do with him. My mother and father were heartbroken that they were not able to help him.

He was 9 years old when we adopted him. As we learned more about his life before us, we realized it was going to take a lot of love to help him. My parents did everything they could for him. My brother, sister & I welcomed him with open arms (remember I have two exchange students that only lived with us a year that we think of as brothers - my girls call them Uncle). If any family had enough love for him, it was ours. He ran away from home in his senior year of high school. He came back 1/2 way through the year. He graduated and went off to the service. He was dishonorably discharged from the service and fell off the map.

Dad and Mom had planned on going on a trip one summer to see if they could find him. Unfortunately Dad died the winter before that happened. We couldn't find him to tell him that Dad had died. He called the high school a couple of years later to get his transcripts and asked how my parents were doing (I graduated from a school with 35 people in my senior class so everyone knows everyone). That is how he found out about my Dad's death. He called Mom and talked with her. She passed on his contact info to me so I wrote him a letter. I send a Christmas card to him every year now that I know where he is.

My quandry is do I friend him or ignore him. I really should friend him but maybe I can wait until he friends me? It makes me very nervous to open my life that much to him. However, if he has friended one of my cousins, he is going to have the info anyway. Maybe he has turned in to the man that my mom and dad were trying to help him become?

Hmmmmmm. I would go with my gut. If I did decide to friend him, I would not give him access to everything about me. I would maybe give him the same access as I would a mafia wars buddy. I could always open up more if I found out he had grown up. Hugs to you!

 

[bear74]

chocolate
vanilla
strawberry
coffee
mint chocolate chip

There is cake, muffins, candy bars, brownies, multiple toppings, whipped cream. I have the complete recipe if anyone is interested. It is huge though.

wow I would like to see the recipe as I doubt we would ever order one.

 

[Tammi67]

Good morning.

Vicki - good luck making your decision. I"m with Deb, go with your gut.

Bernadette - for your girls.

Deb - hope the appt. goes well.

Anne Marie - what? No update? What did you two think of the concert?

 

[MrsHeg]

A quick reminder for those who are participating in the ornament exchange:

Packages need to be to their recipients by December 6th, if at all possible.

Tia-can you send me you & Terra's likes and dislikes and address so I can pass it along to the sender?

Mine went out this weekend

 

[mommykds]

Anne Marie - what? No update? What did you two think of the concert?

We had a great time. First it was so nice to have just me & Sophie time. One on one with my kids is rare so this was nice to be with her with her without all the bickering between the 3 of them. Metro Station was not our cup of tea, just not the right venue for heavy metalish band if you ask me. But the lead singer is Miley's older brother so I guess she threw him a bone & let him open for her.

Miley was great, although the show was a bit sad at the end as they did a video tribute to her bus driver that was killed earlier this week. She sang the Climb while they showed the video of him.

Sophie was so excited the whole time, I got lots of hugs!

We got home at 11:30pm so I am letting Sophie sleep in alittle.

I got some good pictures so I will post later....now I need my coffee!

 

[Blueeyes101817]

morning!!!!

 

[tinknme]

Good morning

 

[PNO4TE]

Good morning, DDA!

Dental appointment at 7:30. Have a great morning!

 

[PrincessLeighsDaddy]

Good Morning DDA!

 

[Pooh67_68]

Vicki always go with your gut.

 

[Pooh67_68]

Elin, Vicki and anyone one else in the Eeyore mood, hope it goes away soon.

 

[Pooh67_68]

I was feeling great all through the trip, then on ME on the way to the airport to come home, a family with 2 very sick kids got on and sat in front of and behind me.

 

[mommykds]

Vicki,
I am always weary of things like this, however I like what Stephanie said..you can give him very limited access to your personal info until you see if you want to give more or not.

 

[my3princes]

Good Morning.

We're up and running. 2 kiddos are off to school and one is hanging out with me complaining that he is tired. That was the idea of keeping him up late and getting him up early so I guess it works We don't have to leave for a few minutes yet, but I think that we're close to ready. I really pray that they find all the answers that they need today.