@Allison Joy, what a beautiful, moving poem! I can't believe it's been 20 years. My memories of that day are very vivid.
Last year when Josh and I were doing our town scavenger hunt, one of the clues took us to the fire department where we have 2 of the Trade Center beams and a small memorial to the 3 sites. I think DH and I just told Josh that something really, really bad happened and the buildings fell down. Josh thought for a minute and asked, "Did monsters make the buildings fall down?" It was such a good way to put it - I told him "Yes. Monsters did indeed make the buildings fall down."
Got Turkey Hill and had to chose between Vanilla Bean, Original Vanilla, and Homestyle Vanilla. No idea the difference.
I missed the ice cream discussion! My mother only likes vanilla ice cream, but she won't touch vanilla bean. She hates the "crunch" of the bean. If she buys Hood, she also won't eat the Golden Vanilla or French Vanilla. I seriously can't tell the difference; vanilla is vanilla. I like "stuff" in my ice cream anyway. I have to be desperate to have plain vanilla or chocolate. I've been enjoying Turkey Hill for several years now, but our stores finally started carrying Tillamook and OMG...that's some good ice cream! Tonight after Josh goes to bed, I'm digging into the Tillamook Mudslide that I've got with my name on it...
I'm leery of anti-depressants, mainly because I don't want to gain any more weight. I'm in hopes my Dr. can give me some suggestions/ideas and we can get a plan to move forward.
I recommend asking about Wellbutrin (or buproprion, the generic). My doctor practically insisted that I go on something, and I didn't want to, as I was also scared of gaining weight. She said we'd try Wellbutrin, as it decreases cravings and people tend to lose a little weight on it (I guess it's used for people trying to quit smoking as well). It worked - last time I was in the office, I'd lost 10 lbs. And my cravings haven't returned. (Except for the ice cream, I guess...
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QOTD for Friday 9/10: Who are some of your favorite Disney characters? And/or Do you have a favorite--or even just a more recent, pre plague (sadly), character interaction memory?
Not traditional Disney characters, I think, but I love my Jack Skellington and Captain Jack Sparrow! I just bought our annual white pumpkin and painted a Jack Skellington expression on it.
My favorite interaction wasn't with me, but with my cousin. March 1980; I was 5 1/2 and Matt was 3. My mom and I met with my then-aunt, and cousins Matt and baby Allison at WDW (the Magic Kingdom was all that existed). I remember coming out of the bathroom to find Matt having a mock fistfight with Mickey Mouse. Matt's gone now...he passed away in 2009 at age 32. Maybe that's why that memory sticks in my mind.
Hubby is glued to the tv for football, of course, so I have to find something else to do.
That's the situation here as well. DH is a raging Patriots fan, but now that his "man" Tom Brady plays for the Buccaneers, I'm stuck watching both teams every week. Today he wouldn't even join Josh and I at the movies (although that could be that he didn't want to see David Bowie's skintight pants
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I thought I'd have more time with Josh starting school again, but no. He went off to school just fine on Tuesday morning and came home happy. But I guess the stress and the change overwhelmed him because he had several outbursts throughout the evening. He was better on Wednesday. I had to pick him up on Thursday afternoon, as he has his gymnastics class in Agawam at 4 and there is no way we'd get there on time if he took the bus. His classroom has an exterior door where we walk over to pick the kids up (no car line, it holds up the busses), so I got to see the room through the window, where he sits, and I met his teacher. Really like her already. Can't believe I'm 10 years older than her, though. So there will be an open house on the 22nd, but only one parent can attend (during a specific time). DH said I should go, as I'm the one with whom the teacher will be communicating, but after meeting her that afternoon, I realized that DH should go to the open house since I'll be seeing her every week anyway.
So now my mom and I are free to run lots of errands. We're preparing to repaint the living room and hallway, so we went to the paint store for color chips and to ask about how to paint a fireplace mantel and brick. I've been packing stuff up; emptying out our 2 huge double-deep bookcases took all week! One day I took 2 bins of Josh's outgrown clothing and some toys to Once Upon a Child and even with buying a few things, I netted $57. Little disappointed that they only took one toy, though. Everything worked and was in excellent condition, new batteries, etc. so it truly puzzles me why they pass on certain things. But as far as the clothing, they took almost everything - most of the rejects were hand-me-downs from the son of a friend of my mom's, who is now in junior high, so it was pretty old as it is.
Thursday night, Josh got to stay out late when we took him to see RUSH: Cinema Strangiato at the movie theatre. It's a concert/documentary about the band RUSH. Josh loves them (as do I). He was definitely the youngest person in the theatre! Today he and I went to see the Labyrinth 35th Anniversary showing (hence why DH didn't join us). I hope nobody heard me singing
Josh also started soccer this week - his first practice was on Tuesday night. DH and I got chewed up by mosquitos; I had a total of 36 bites in the end. His coach is the father of one of his classmates, which is nice. Yesterday, Saturday, was his first official game. I'm not sure if they won, it didn't look like they were keeping score, but he enjoyed running around out there.
So now it's a new week. Need to get him to bed, I don't think he's caught up on the sleep he missed on Thursday night!
for your grandson, Taz Dev and always a hug, for you 
to all. I'll check in once more a little later.
Missed him while we were away. Have to work virtually today.
They usually have the house to themselves and go to their respective corners to have a lie in on weekday mornings, and their noses get out of joint when their routine is messed with!
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. I'll get 2 days off in a couple of weeks and then start back with a 21 day stretch 
. I have 1 Sunday off in October and I'm hoping the kids are available so that we can go to the Pixar exhibit at the Museum Center. It looks like it will be fun since parts of it are interactive.
and I think it's kinda funny. Surprisingly they actually held on in OT yesterday and beat the Vikings.
