Let the Prom Drama begin....Like Aurora, her dress keeps changing

[horseshowmom]

That's it, I'm home schooling for college

Do you think they'd let me teach her pharmacy school at home?

The other girls didn't find tickets, but DD and her BF went anyway (with the tickets his brother won). He just went all the way around and picked her up. I think he got home at about 2 a.m.

I really think they needed to go though to help them break the tension a little bit. They had a good time (MSU got beat really, really bad though ). It did rain on them, but they had ponchos. LSU was really sharpening their claws on the Dogs.

I'm hoping UPD will tell us whether he's a student or not.

You have a great weekend (and congratulations on the travel arrangements ).

 

[mamacatnv]

I really think they needed to go though to help them break the tension a little bit. They had a good time (MSU got beat really, really bad though ). It did rain on them, but they had ponchos. LSU was really sharpening their claws on the Dogs.

I think I read that the QB was crying on the field (oh dear and I thought seeing the Freshman HS team do that was bad)there was speculation that it was the rain and then there was lots of talk regarding his prior injuries and that he threw the ball away just to keep from getting hit (can't blame him, if he doesn't trust his O line, then no wonder they got stomped) I must get a life, I read way to much HS/College football stuff

I'm hoping UPD will tell us whether he's a student or not.

Absolutely, I think they owe your DD that much, just in her best interest. Take your DH and have him look really mean - men can relate to that DD/Daddy thing (I know, sexist but hey, whatever works)

You have a great weekend (and congratulations on the travel arrangements ).

Thanks - you too.

I selfishishly don't want him to go that far, but I am really trying to keep that to myself and allow him to make the decision or at least have a lot of information to help us all make the decision.

DS just called, he just got out of school and wants to know if I have time to go to lunch before he has to be back for the bus to tonight's game. I love that kid! Vietnamese noodle bowls here we come! We try for breakfast or lunch at least once a week and I missed it this summer with his crazy work/football schedule.

I'm outta here - have a great weekend

 

[mamacatnv]

Good Morning Ladies:

Horseshowmom:
Hope all is well with DD and the ex situation.

Sandy:
Hope you arrived home safe - I know you had a great weekend!


DS's game was actually really good - we were totally outplayed and lost 42 - 15 but we never gave up and battled the whole game. The weather was perfect and as always we filled to overflowing the visitors side. It is one thing to hang you heads & give up but there is no shame in being out played. The team we played was extremely quick and outplayed us. There was nothing we could do, they were just better. It would not surprise me to see them end up at the state championship. (They are predicted to be the #1 team in the North)

Lets see, what else did we do..........Went to breakfast on Sat. morning with DS, then to the office supply store for school supplies. You know, it doesn't matter what is on the list it is a consistent $125 every year since Middle school! Somewhere there is a huge supply of Kleenex! I had to buy 6 boxes, 1 for each class. Now, there are 2300 students at that school all taking 6 classes. Lets see 6 classes X's 1 box Kleenex X's 2300 student= 13,800 boxes of Kleenex. Well no wonder the school has storage issues - the place is full of Kleenex!!!

We came home after breakfast/shopping and watched the game I went to take a nap at the 3rd qtr. then I went for a haircut.

Saturday night around midnight, a number of us neighbors had been sitting on the porch having drinks when we decided we needed a snack run. My DH had already gone to bed, he is not a fan of the porch and is an early bird. All the younger kids had been dispatched to friends or Grandma's - 3 households had no kids in them, you would have thought we hit the lottery.

My DS and one of the DH's who does not drink were the drivers and the group of us piled into 2 cars and headed to town where we made complete fools of ourselves in the drive thru at JimBoys (yummy tacos) funny, they really are only good after midnight
My best friend learned that her top half will not fit thru the sunroof of her Landrover and that she and her DH do not both fit in the front seat without setting off the horn We laughed so hard.......Then brought our food home and all sat on the porch and scarfed! Yummmmmmmmmmm Vodka, tonic and a Jimboys taco, Life is Good!

Sunday, we all layed around watching movies, reading & napping. DD spent the night with a friend on Friday and then another on Saturday. We didn't see her until Sunday night when I went to pick her up and told her she needed to come home because her Father was thinking about renting out her room and her Brother was thinking about taking it over for his own

Yesterday, another lazy day followed with F-ball practice for DS at 3:30 and Softball practice for DD at 5, then a stop at the grocery store and home.

Thats about it - now it is back to work and the regular grind.

Hope you all had a good weekend

Melissa

 

[Sandy V.]

Good morning, everyone!

Yes, Melissa, I did have a good weekend; especially on Saturday. It felt good to be back in Memorial Stadium again. Sorry about the results.

We made a contribution to the Athletic Department last year to get better seats. Got moved one section closer to the middle of the end zone and 15 rows down. Was very surprised to find that we were seated directly behind someone from my hometown that I've known since I was 10 and he was 8! His sister was my maid of honor. I hadn't seen him in about 25 years. His wife overheard me telling someone else that I was from "X" and she said, "Well, my husband is from X too". Took us about 20 seconds to figure out who the other was!! Small world, huh?

Went to a local bar and met DH's cousin and his wife before the game. Had some of the best wings EVER. Might have to make this place a habit.

Got home late Saturday night and promptly went to bed. About an hour later, I got struck by some awful bug. Was feeling pretty miserable all day Sunday - did not eat a single thing - the thought of food made me nauseous.

Was feeling better yesterday, although not quite perfect. Read in this morning's paper that there's some sort of virus going around Colorado. DH had the same thing several days before, and the descriptions sounded exactly like what we had. Thankfully, I am feeling MUCH better today, although I still don't have much of an appetite (good for weight loss, though!!).

Melissa, it sounds like you had quite the fun on Saturday night. You've got some great neighbors - ours are really boring. What's going on with your DD's teacher?

Horseshowmom, I hope that things are well on the ex-boyfriend front and that no news is good news.

Pam, I hope that everything is well with you too.

Back to work!!

 

[mamacatnv]

Sandy:
I am so glad you had a good time at the game. The outcome was not unexpected, that is the biggest game we have ever really been in. Afterall, we are still in podunk. Funny running into the old friends. 86K people what are the odds?

Wings, did you say wings??? I LOVE wings, I think they are my favorite food group! Fried (a must), battered or naked (my preference) hot, mild, lemon pepper (no BBQ) w/ranch or w/o yummmmyyyyyy

So sorry you are sick. I know my next door neighbors DD (the one my DD spent 2 full days with this weekend ) came down with a 103 temp yesterday and is 104 today. No vomiting or anything specific just this high fever. Her Dr. told her it is going around N. Nevada - go figure it is Sept. and the flu is already making an appearance! Keep your germs to yourself would you please

DD's teacher - well the school has me between a rock and a hard place. I can switch tracks and never go back to my current track also her best friend would not be moved to the same track (BF's Mom has the same issues I do)they would end up on opposite schedules which would severely cripple our car pool after school care exchange. I can move her to another school, but she is terrified at the thought and the teacher would be an unknown. I am exploring a charter school with heavy math/science for next year. The best friends Mom is on board and we may switch the girls together which would help with the terror problem. (DD is open to this idea)

So, I am now in her class room 2 afternoons a week monitoring and helping. My DD is the top math student (verified with assessment tests last week, her teacher was "surprised" whatever that means-she gets it from her Dad, I am a bookworm) The majority of the class is WAY below her. There were 20 questions, DD got 19 right, 1 other girl got 18 and then about 25% of the class scored between 10-16 right. The rest of them were under 10 with several who only got 1 or 2 right (I corrected and scored them, I promise, no favors to DD, I even turned her in for turning her 3 in the wrong direction).

I am not sure what to do about this. It is sad, but if she was learning disabled or sat in a corner and drooled the school would pull out all the stops but if she is bright, unchallenged and bored, she is on her own - the system IMO sucks! I think ALL kids should be able to get an IEP Plan to help them excel. I think the school should be accountable to my kid just as much (actually more but that is not politically correct) as the drooler. Sorry I digress, this is a real big pet peeve of mine.

The teacher does seem to have a better handle on the class itself. She has rearranged the seating several times and my DD says it is much better, that she can now hear. I did notice yesterday that she tends to phrase points in her lesson as a question and then wonders why they all start talking.

One thing I have noticed with the group seating is that the kids who are not up to speed (of which there are several) just copy the work of their group mates. How does this help them? Why can they not be lined up like we all were???? I don't understand.

She and I have agreed to have a sit down tomorrow to discuss where we are at and what I can do to help. I am a great copy girl, but I do have a brain and feel my time could be put to better use. Let me spend and hour a couple of days a week with the bright or the low kids and she can have the other group, that has got to be more productive. I am very torn as to what to do and at this point DH thinks although it may not be the best thing in the long run he thinks it is the best for DD right now to leave her where she is and continue to monitor and stay on top of things. (Easy for him to say, he is not the one at the school 2 afternoons a week)

Yes, we neighbors are really close and I will not move for that whole reason. Thought about it several times, buying a bigger house in a new neighborhood, but our neighborhood is so good it is not worth giving up. We are all original owners. We laugh about winning the lottery and buying a compound for all of us. My best friend lives next door and we were actually looking at new houses that were side by side, but then her DH lost his job and was unemployed for 6 months, there went that idea. Lots and lots of alcohol has been consumed on the porch as well as many a secret shared

Horseshowmom: Hope all is well

Pam: Check in when you can

 

[horseshowmom]

Good afternoon, ladies! It sounds like y'all had great weekends (I'm still holding out hope for next weekend ).

Update on DD's situation:

We met with UPD yesterday morning for a lengthy meeting with a detective (female) and the asst. chief (male). They took the situation very seriously (I had run off the lyrics to the songs on the MySpace page and had them highlighted - definitely raised some eye brows ).

They were very concerned but not able to help much. The asst. chief told her that he didn't want her to make herself sick over this, but he did want her to go through every possible scenario that she could think of and how she would handle it. He asked her what she would do if he showed up at her door. She said, "Well, I'd probably.... or probably....." He said, "I don't want any "probablys", I want you to KNOW what your plan of action is." The detective also offered to set up a self defense class just for her and her roommate whenever it would fit their schedule.

They also went into his records and told us that he is NOT enrolled in any classes at the university. In fact, he didn't even graduate in May as scheduled. They pulled up his Facebook page and were very unimpressed with some of the "groups" he was in.

Keep in mind that his Facebook page says University '08, and there's a question on his MySpace page where he's asked what he's up to (written Monday). His response (also Monday - I went to the other guys page and looked) was "just going to classes and working". It sounds like he's "pretending" to be in school.

I left UPD with a very sick stomach since they basically couldn't do much. They strongly agreed that we needed to make the city PD aware of the situation.

Next, we went to the city PD. Completely different there!

We talked to a Captain who was probably middle aged. He listened to the situation, picked up the phone book, and called the business where we thought the guy might be working. He found out that he did work there but wasn't at work yesterday. He told DD that he (the Captain) would be off Wed. and Thurs. but would be back Friday and for her to come back to his office when she got out of class.

He's going to call the guy and put her on the phone. She's to tell him that she doesn't want him to contact her ever again in any way. Then the Captain is going to get on the phone and explain to him that she has just told him to leave her alone, and the next time he tries to contact her it will be considered a criminal offense and charges WILL be filed.

He was very no-nonsense and pretty much had a "we're not going to put up with this junk" attitude. HALLELUJAH!!!

We honestly expected to be told that there was nothing anybody could do, we just wanted to let them know about the situation.

Then we went to the apt. complex where the manager was very helpful. She said that this is why she has several city police officers living on the grounds (they get free rent for providing security). She's going to give them his description and a description of his vehicle, and if they see him on the property, he WILL be detained.

I'm starting to feel cautiously optimistic.

 

[Sandy V.]

Hi Ladies, I am swamped with work, but wanted to drop in for a sec. Will write more tomorrow.

Sorry about the ongoing school drama, Melissa. There doesn't seem to be a perfect answer at the moment, is there?

Horseshowmom, glad to see that you are getting some positive action from law enforcement. That's good to hear. The guy sounds scarier by the minute.

I am perfectly healthy now, the appetite has returned (unfortunately) and I am running to do 5 days of work in a 4-day work week.

Later, my friends!!

 

[horseshowmom]

Hi Ladies, I am swamped with work, but wanted to drop in for a sec. Will write more tomorrow.

Sorry about the ongoing school drama, Melissa. There doesn't seem to be a perfect answer at the moment, is there?

Horseshowmom, glad to see that you are getting some positive action from law enforcement. That's good to hear. The guy sounds scarier by the minute.

I am perfectly healthy now, the appetite has returned (unfortunately) and I am running to do 5 days of work in a 4-day work week.

Later, my friends!!

I'm glad to hear you're feeling better!

As far as the appetite thing goes, I had lunch with a friend today, and we were discussing how many adults are involved in drugs these days. I said that I just can't understand WHY grown people in their 40's and 50's are even interested in drugs.

I told that there is no way I'd waste my hard earned money on drugs. I can understand throwing it away on chocolate, but drugs????

Melissa, I completely agree about the group thing. While it's fine from time to time, I would not utilize it in my classroom on a regular basis. Basically, it's just what you said. You have one who does most of the work, some who may help some, and some who don't do anything at all. I'd say you've got it figured out.

 

[mamacatnv]

Sorry about the results.

Yeah Right Sure you are I wouldn't be if it was us

 

[mamacatnv]

Dang Dis I have been having trouble getting in all day..........and now I have to run

Horseshowmom:
I just wanted to quickly say, I am sooooo glad you guys went down there in person and that you got such a favorable response from local law enforcement. Keeping you all in our prayers....

Thanks for the insite on the desk situation, It seems very popular but I am still going to bring it up with Ms. Teacher tomorrow

I'll catch up tomorrow - I have softball practice with DD, a nail appt. and 75 PB&J sandwiches to make for the Zero period boys in the morning

 

[Sandy V.]

Good Morning, all!

Starting to get some cooler fall weather right now. It feels good after it's been so hot around here.

DS has lacrosse practice tonight and a game on Saturday. This is a city league thing. The high school season is in the spring.

He's got a date Friday night with a girl that he likes. I think he's trying to parlay this into a Homecoming date. Will let you know what happens.

On Friday night, DH and I are working the concession stand at the football game for the lacrosse team. I'm a make the popcorn and fill the cups with soda girl - DO NOT ask me to handle change!!

As far as the appetite thing goes, I had lunch with a friend today, and we were discussing how many adults are involved in drugs these days. I said that I just can't understand WHY grown people in their 40's and 50's are even interested in drugs.

I told that there is no way I'd waste my hard earned money on drugs. I can understand throwing it away on chocolate, but drugs????

Dark chocolate!!!! And I know that you don't drink, but a good glass of red wine every once in a while can be worth it.

People don't seem to "outgrow" their wild days of youth, do they? They seem to be perpetual adolescents.

Hopefully no more on the ex-boyfriend front. Will be interesting to see how Friday's conversation through the police station goes.

Oh! Is the computer equipment safely back in your possession now? I can't remember if you said or not. Wonder if the teacher is still steamed that you took "her" stuff away!!??!?

Yeah Right Sure you are I wouldn't be if it was us

True. I just didn't think doing this would be in very good taste too early in the morning.

I'll catch up tomorrow - I have softball practice with DD, a nail appt. and 75 PB&J sandwiches to make for the Zero period boys in the morning

My goodness, you make me tired with all of the things that you do!! You are one BUSY woman!! I admire someone who can get as much done as you seem to.

I hope that everyone has a good day!!!

 

[horseshowmom]

He's got a date Friday night with a girl that he likes. I think he's trying to parlay this into a Homecoming date. Will let you know what happens.

On Friday night, DH and I are working the concession stand at the football game for the lacrosse team. I'm a make the popcorn and fill the cups with soda girl - DO NOT ask me to handle change!!

I'm just the opposite. I'd rather handle the money!

Oh! Is the computer equipment safely back in your possession now? I can't remember if you said or not. Wonder if the teacher is still steamed that you took "her" stuff away!!??!?

Oh, she's definitely still steamed. I just got back from the fair, and she was there. Today is the day for both elementary schools to go. DH asked me to bring my truck out there to pick him up to go back to the school to pick up lunches for his school. After I dropped him and the lunches off, I stopped and talked to a teacher from the other school. This woman walked by, saw me, and walked the other way in a huff. I don't really know why she was there since she teaches high school and that's not until tomorrow (she does drive a bus though so that may be why).

Hopefully no more on the ex-boyfriend front. Will be interesting to see how Friday's conversation through the police station goes.

So far, so good. I'm just really hoping that the guy will be at work when the Captain calls, so we can get this over with. At that point, he'll either back off or something will happen (and as a close friend said, if something happens, it would have anyway, and this way the police are already involved).

 

[Sandy V.]

Oh, she's definitely still steamed. I just got back from the fair, and she was there. Today is the day for both elementary schools to go. DH asked me to bring my truck out there to pick him up to go back to the school to pick up lunches for his school. After I dropped him and the lunches off, I stopped and talked to a teacher from the other school. This woman walked by, saw me, and walked the other way in a huff. I don't really know why she was there since she teaches high school and that's not until tomorrow (she does drive a bus though so that may be why).

Too funny! Maybe she thinks she's "punishing you" by giving you the cold shoulder. I'm sorry that she's treating you that way; the woman needs to grow up.

So far, so good. I'm just really hoping that the guy will be at work when the Captain calls, so we can get this over with. At that point, he'll either back off or something will happen (and as a close friend said, if something happens, it would have anyway, and this way the police are already involved).

Very true. Good luck!!!

 

[mamacatnv]

Good Morning Ladies:

Horseshowmom:
Criminy, all over a piece of equipment that was going to be used once in awhile-gheesh, some people.....................Better keep an eye on those busses, she might want to keep it at her house "Just in case"

(and as a close friend said, if something happens, it would have anyway, and this way the police are already involved).

Hopefully when Law Enforcement makes their presence known it will put a stop to any plans of pursuit he may have had.

Let us know what happens with the phone call, I have been sharing this story with my best friend and since we both have DD's we are taking notes for future reference. We read so often of people who are in situations like this and do nothing then are surprised when something occurs. Your DD is lucky to have proactive parents who are on the ball and she obviously knew who to call with her concerns. Good Job MOM!

True. I just didn't think doing this would be in very good taste too early in the morning.

Doesn't bother me, I can dish it out with the best of them and I can take IT when I have too The harrassment of the opponent is half the fun of having a Team to root for!

On Friday night, DH and I are working the concession stand at the football game for the lacrosse team. I'm a make the popcorn and fill the cups with soda girl - DO NOT ask me to handle change!!

I'm just the opposite. I'd rather handle the money!

I could put you both to work, how are your hot cocoa and nacho cheese skills?! (I was crowned the Queen of Cocoa last year and I need a successor!)
Due to my "experience" I always open & prep the snack bar for every home game (Fridays: JV plays at 5 and Varsity plays at 7:30, I start at 3). Yep, I am a sucker and one of the few who has a flexible enough work schedule to handle it.

I then supervise and get the volunteers in their areas of comfort; some people cannot add in their heads, some are nacho cheese handicapped and some can't stop yaking long enough to fill a soda cup. I know all their issues and I have a schematic for who goes where.

Then I keep them stocked and get everything prepped for the chaos of Varsity to follow. Then I bail and go to the Varsity game where DH has been saving our seats in his "spot".

I return at the end of the night to make sure the clean up crew is there along with the clean up supervisor. Being the naughty Boosters that we are, we have a closing tradition (after all the non-booster "help" has left) and yes, of course, it involves alcohol! One of our members gets some yummy apple something or other that is German I think, (a relative ships it to her) and we all have a small shot and toast the end of the evening. (Disclaimer: I am a huge no drinking/driving advocate - My DH does not drink and always drives home.) Remember, small town, we all know each other and socialize regularly, also we lock the concession door so we don't get caught

Our concession stand is the major source of income for our school wide booster program. We pull parents from anywhere we can get them to help out.

What you guys doing next Friday? It is a home game and I am short staffed!

People don't seem to "outgrow" their wild days of youth, do they? They seem to be perpetual adolescents.

Hey, Hey, Hey now! I am a much wilder adult than I ever was a youth. I was little Miss. perfect (scaredy cat actually) and didn't have a wild youth - I am making up for lost time Better late than never........

Starting to get some cooler fall weather right now. It feels good after it's been so hot around here.

Same here, this morning was downright crisp! The Reno balloon races are this weekend and there were a bunch out this morning for "Media Day"

He's got a date Friday night with a girl that he likes. I think he's trying to parlay this into a Homecoming date. Will let you know what happens.

He's planning ahead - good for him

DS made up with Miss. Bull Riding, 4 step-mothers, 11 siblings hoochie I made some comment to the effect of "What, until a new bull comes along" I got the "Mommmmmm" and the glare that he has learned from me

You are one BUSY woman!!

I am really lucky, I work 5minutes from home and about a 2 minute drive to the high school, my boss is super supportive of my kid/school activities. I come into work at 7:15 and leave at 3:15 which gives me a lot of afternoon time.

My DH and my bestfriend who lives next door are both very supportive and take care of a lot of the peripheral stuff in my life during football season.

DH shops for the supplies I need for the snacks & meals I do, he keeps the laundry done and fills the dishwasher often.

My BF usually helps me chop, cut, spread, stir, package etc. whatever is needed as well as she gets my DD from school on Fridays and keeps her until I get home for away games. She has been known to help me with F-Ball camp and will deliver things from my fridge to the school for me. I also use her oven and fridge on occassion. Another friend gets my DD from school for home games since my BF and her DH come to our home games.

My housekeeper keeps the health dept. at bay, I use my Swiffer mop often and I bought those automatic shower cleaners to help her out!
My crockpot gets a workout this time of year and I stock up on a lot of the premade entries at Costco (pot roast, tri tip, carnitas, rotisserie chickens etc...)

My DH relieves me at DD's practices so I can head home and start dinner, or make phone calls or whatever it is I am doing if needed.

Saturdays are reserved for DD and her Softball games. We all attend incuding DS, unless he is working. In the Spring DS is an assistant coach on her team and for Fall Ball he only makes it to her games due to F-Ball.

Sundays are reserved for my jammies!

We make it work, sometimes it is pure chaos, but I love it. I might (okay, I DO) complain, whine, moan but I truly do love being at the helm of all this and will miss it when DS goes to college. Then it is back to the PTO at DD's school where all the "Newbies" are, they need lots of help! Oh, dear, I went to the meeting the other day........ ..........Amazing what 13 years of volunteer involvement will teach you...............................My DH keeps saying, "Now dear, be patient, they are new and are not familiar with the proper (read: Melissa's) way of doing things" Have I told you girls that I am a little bit (just a smidge) of a control freak

Well, I gotta run. Have a great day ladies...............................

 

[horseshowmom]

Good Morning Ladies:

Let us know what happens with the phone call, I have been sharing this story with my best friend and since we both have DD's we are taking notes for future reference. We read so often of people who are in situations like this and do nothing then are surprised when something occurs. Your DD is lucky to have proactive parents who are on the ball and she obviously knew who to call with her concerns. Good Job MOM!

Thanks for the vote of confidence! I think when you spend a lot of time dealing with unpredictable 1300 lb. horses, you tend to learn to think ahead.

I also found the guy's cell phone number in my desk! I remembered that I had written it down way back then in case we had any problems with him (I really didn't expect him to just go away quitetly ). I'll call the Captain in the morning and give it to him too. That way, if they guy isn't at work, they may be able to get him on his cell phone.

I could put you both to work, how are your hot cocoa and nacho cheese skills?!

Girl, I have concession stand skills extraordinaire (sp? ). I used to be in charge of the one we did for fundraisers for our 4-H group. Everybody else got to rotate, but I was there every time (I can see that you know how that goes! ). I can happily say that "I don't have any dogs in that race" anymore!

DS made up with Miss. Bull Riding, 4 step-mothers, 11 siblings hoochie I made some comment to the effect of "What, until a new bull comes along"

Bless your heart! I'm so sorry, but most of the bullriding followers do seem to fit that description. The bullriders are just a different breed. Most of them are short (no disrespect to short men!), and they kind of strut around like they have something to prove. DD said that when she and BF happen to be at a rodeo (for the team roping), the bullriders are just obnoxious (and generally so are the girls who follow along). We're going to hope this is very short-lived. (And it probably will be, because your son probably isn't going to be nearly entertaining enough! )



Good luck with all the fun (whoops, excuse me, I meant work!).

 

[horseshowmom]

Update:

DD was really stressed Friday, so she skipped her last class to go on to the police department to "get it over with". The Captain placed the call and then handed DD the phone. (DD wondered where he got the cell phone number . I explained when she mentioned it.)

She said what she was supposed to say (that she didn't want him to contact her again for any reason) and handed the phone back to the officer. She didn't listen to his response.

The officer talked to him. She said that she didn't know what the guy was saying but that he talked a long time (she said it was about 5 minutes, but it could have just seemed that long). Anyway, all she could hear was the officer's end. She remembered him saying "Call the police", "It's been a year and a half, you need to turn it lose", and "Everybody's fine right now, no charges have been filed at this point, but if you contact her again, criminal charges will be filed". That was all she remembered.

She was wanting to back out Thursday night (getting more and more scared). She had friends who had been advising her that the best thing was to leave him alone, but we told her what somebody else had told us, if he's dangerous enough that he does something after the police contact him, he would have anyway, and it's better to already have the police involved.

As her dad said, up until now the guy had had the upper hand, because he had been able to do whatever he wanted. After the police called him, he knew if he did anything else he was going to be in hot water. They knew who he was, where he worked, and his phone number (he may assume they know where he lives).

I honestly think it's done now. I don't think he really wants to get involved with law enforcement. I'm hoping I'm right!



The teacher who was so steamed, came and apologized. I'm going to accept it at face value, but I suspect she started thinking about the fact that she had probably made a big mistake.



We acquired a new kitten Thursday night. We helped with the pet show at the county fair (nope, that's not where he came from! ). After we got home, we went out to the barn to get the horses fresh water and in the process found a new kitten. He looks like he's about 4 months old and has about a 2"x2" injury across his shoulders (the top layer of skin and the hair is gone). I'm treating his injury. After he's better, I'll get his shots and have him neutered. It looks like his new name is Tigger.

 

[Sandy V.]

Glad to hear that all went well, Horseshowmom!! I agree with you - the ex-boyfriend doesn't have the upper hand anymore and that's a good thing!! I hope your daughter is able to feel safe again and that she never hears from this jerk again.

Glad that the steamed teacher apologized. May have realized that she SHOULDN'T burn bridges!!

Awww . . . a kitty. You seem to be pet central around there! Here's to a speedy recovery!

The concession stand was a lot of fun Friday night. DH manned one of the front order-taking positions, while I was in the back, manning the microwaves to make pretzels, corn dogs, hot pockets, etc. We were SWAMPED with business - we went through 14 large boxes of pretzels!!!! (Ack - I don't even like those things). Melissa, I hope that I would have done you proud!! Reading about how energized and organized you are makes me tired, but it gives me something to strive for.

Saturday morning we sweated out a Nebraska victory (they beat Wake Forest 20-17 in a nail-biter in North Carolina!) and went to DS's lacrosse game. Relaxed at home Saturday night. On Sunday, I did a huge amount of laundry and we finished off the day with burgers and onion rings.

This week is a short one for me. DH and I are riding the Harley back to Nebraska on Friday. We're spending the weekend with DH's brother and his wife. Saturday night is the Nebraska-Southern Cal game, which will be a lot of fun (hope we don't get stomped!). Go Big Red!!!

I hope that everyone has a good week!! Melissa, keep us up to date with what's going on with DD's teacher.

Pam - always thinking about you and I hope things are well.

 

[horseshowmom]

Sounds like a big football weekend. One of our teams won and one lost. DD isn't a big fan, but she's planning on going to homecoming. Her BF doesn't want to go since he graduated from the other university! She told him that was fine, she'd go with her friends. I think he's changed his mind!

Also sounds like a big concession stand weekend! I have to be honest, that's one thing I do NOT miss!

 

[mamacatnv]

Good Morning Ladies:

Horseshowmom:
Wow, your poor DD, this must be very scary for her. I can see why she might just like to ignore him and hope he goes away, however I do believe that you have taken the right route. That took a lot of guts to tell him to go away, police presence or not, still pretty scary for a young woman. I hope that this is the end of this and the idiot will go away.

Lil Miss Horder is back peddling & apologizing! Ummm, seems she realized that she had bit the wrong hand, hope things stay calm and that her apology was sincere. I would still keep an eye on those busses

Ohhhh, a new kitty! What a lucky Kitty to end up in your yard! Did someone drop him off or did he just wander by, check out the barn and decide to stay?

We have a kitten hanging around our back yard, DH caught me feeding it the other day. (He does not appove of feeding the occassional stray, although I always do and he knows it) we were discussing it at dinner. I told him that while I was not inviting Kitty into the house for the night, I would not willingly stand by and watch an animal go hungry. If I could catch said Kitty, I would take it to the shelter in town, but this Kitty won't come near us. I am hoping to win his trust by feeding him and standing just on the other side of the screen door from where he is eating. So far, no luck but I can be patient.

Sandy:
14 boxes of pretzels Yep, I be proud!
Your snack bar duty sounds like our average Friday night - yes we go thru a ton of pretzels and I agree, what is the attraction? I don't like them at all. We have an oven that can hold almost 2 boxes at a time along with a couple of roasters and we turn them out as fast as we can bake them. We also serve nachos, popcorn, cup-o-noodles, bbq hot dogs/burgers, soda's & candy. If it is cold, we can't heat the water for the cocoa fast enough!

Your weekend sounds like a lot of fun as does the upcoming one! You and DH are true die hard fans if you are willing to travel that much for a game!

I missed the UNR game this weekend, all I know is we lost in the final minutes. We had a softball game with DD, then she and I came home and took a nap. I puttered around the yard and ordered pizza for dinner.

We were up at the crack of dawn yesterday morning and went to the Reno Balloon Races for the mass launch at 6:30 a.m. (love the balloons) then to breakfast and off to DH's company picnic which was at the water park. There were a couple of the slides I have been to chicken to ride, so I sucked it up and rode them both yesterday! It was fun, I have some muscles this morning I didn't know I had, but all in all a great day.

Friday nights game was actually a really good one. It was our first home game. The National Guard did the flyby in the Blackhawk. The original plan was for them to hover over the field and drop in the game ball or repel a guard guy down to deliver the ball. I guess the districk said no to the hovering, dropping or repelling, but did allow the flybye. It was really cool! One of those goosebump moments.

We played the local Catholic High School (only competitive private high school around, there is a Christian school that has a really small HS but that is it and they don't play sports) (our actual divison play starts this week, this was the last of the pre-season games) all the schools hate playing them. While we have to all abide by boundary rules, they are allowed to recruit and do so heavily for their sports programs. They tend to sit at the top of the divisions and thus, there are a lot of sour grapes because of it. One of their top players is zoned for our high school, he was recruited and given a full scholarship to play for them. More sour grapes, personally I think the kid is a punk and say, let Manogue have him, we all seem to stand our own, despite all the grumbling.

The game was a close one and went back and forth all night. We lost in the last 3 minutes of the game when our coaching staff came unglued and we were given 2 back to back delay of game penalties . We were on the 3rd yard line and it was reasonable to assume we would score. We didn't since we kept getting pushed back with penalties. Even the ref's yelled at our coaches . The coaches apologized to the kids after the game, telling them that they "coaches" had dropped the ball. The kids were furious. My DS came home pretty upset, but a trip into town for our Friday night taco's and then reviewing all the local news coverage and he was reasonable again. He did do something to his knee during that game, it is sore and swollen on the outside of the knee cap. I noticed him limping about mid way thru the game and pointed it out to DH. I kept him iced & Advil'd over the weekend. He is going to have the trainer take a look and see where we are at before I haul him off to the orthopedist. He see's the same Dr. that treats the UNR team and the guy is really good, so we shall see. I didn't see him this morning to see how he was doing.

DD's teacher: Well, I was supposed to be in her classroom on Thursday, followed by a conference with teacher. Well, DD informed me on Wed. night that teacher had a dentist appt. on Thursday and was not going to be there. So I called teacher, who confimed and I just said, well then I will see you on Tuesday. I had a long chat with my Aunt who just retired from teaching Elem and my Sister in Law who teaches HS English and I am still very confused about what to do. They both suggested that I continue to monitor and stay on top of things. Meanwhile, DD is still frustrated with the boredome and chaos factor. I put in a call to the other school in the area this morning to see about the possibility of a variance for DD.

Edited to add: oops, hit post instead of preview!

Anyway, I hope you all have a great week and Horseshowmom I know what you mean about not missing the snack bar duty. I won't miss it specifically but I think I will miss the general involvement and the friends I have made over the years. Although, they keep telling me that I can't go anywhere since I need to keep things going until DD gets there - yeah right - she is in 3rd grade!

 

[horseshowmom]

We have a kitten hanging around our back yard, DH caught me feeding it the other day. (He does not appove of feeding the occassional stray, although I always do and he knows it) we were discussing it at dinner. I told him that while I was not inviting Kitty into the house for the night, I would not willingly stand by and watch an animal go hungry. If I could catch said Kitty, I would take it to the shelter in town, but this Kitty won't come near us. I am hoping to win his trust by feeding him and standing just on the other side of the screen door from where he is eating. So far, no luck but I can be patient.

DH and I have the occasional discussion too! When I picked Tigger (new name ) up and carried him into the barn, DH's first words were, "Where did THAT come from?" But after I showed him his injuries, he settled down pretty quickly and helped me apply the medication.

Good luck with making contact with your visitor. You have to feel really sorry for them knowing they're that scared (and probably with good reason from being mistreated in their past history ).

We were up at the crack of dawn yesterday morning and went to the Reno Balloon Races for the mass launch at 6:30 a.m. (love the balloons) then to breakfast and off to DH's company picnic which was at the water park. There were a couple of the slides I have been to chicken to ride, so I sucked it up and rode them both yesterday! It was fun, I have some muscles this morning I didn't know I had, but all in all a great day.

That sounds like loads of fun. I would have loved the balloons!

The game was a close one and went back and forth all night. We lost in the last 3 minutes of the game when our coaching staff came unglued and we were given 2 back to back delay of game penalties .

Very sorry to hear that. I know the kids were disappointed, and the coaches learned a hard lesson in humility. Better luck next game!

He did do something to his knee during that game, it is sore and swollen on the outside of the knee cap. I noticed him limping about mid way thru the game and pointed it out to DH. I kept him iced & Advil'd over the weekend. He is going to have the trainer take a look and see where we are at before I haul him off to the orthopedist. He see's the same Dr. that treats the UNR team and the guy is really good, so we shall see. I didn't see him this morning to see how he was doing.

I hope everything goes okay with the knee.

DD's teacher: Well, I was supposed to be in her classroom on Thursday, followed by a conference with teacher. Well, DD informed me on Wed. night that teacher had a dentist appt. on Thursday and was not going to be there. So I called teacher, who confimed and I just said, well then I will see you on Tuesday. I had a long chat with my Aunt who just retired from teaching Elem and my Sister in Law who teaches HS English and I am still very confused about what to do. They both suggested that I continue to monitor and stay on top of things. Meanwhile, DD is still frustrated with the boredome and chaos factor. I put in a call to the other school in the area this morning to see about the possibility of a variance for DD.

Good luck with DD's situation. If moving her proves to be too much of a problem all the way around, you could consider supplementing what she's doing in class at home. It would be a lot of work, but it would get you through the year without feeling like she's lost a year. I know it's a frustrating situation.

Anyway, I hope you all have a great week and Horseshowmom I know what you mean about not missing the snack bar duty. I won't miss it specifically but I think I will miss the general involvement and the friends I have made over the years. Although, they keep telling me that I can't go anywhere since I need to keep things going until DD gets there - yeah right - she is in 3rd grade!

That's it exactly. You feel like you're doing something worthwhile and are "all in it together". Maybe you'll get a few years break before coming back full force!