a day in the life

of a wife and mother

Monday, August 30, 2004

It is almost time for SCHOOL!!

Today the kids had there before school conferences with there teachers..which means only one more day after today before school starts!!! YEA!!

The oldest is in middle school so after his conference with his home advisory teacher we went around to look for all of his classes..I think we have him pretty much set. Tonight we took the other two for there registration, pictures, and there conferences. They both seem to have wonderful teachers which really excites me because last year the middle on had the teacher from hell...he finds a student and they are on his hit list for the whole year but when confronted by the parent he tries to sweet talk them. This teacher switched to 5th grade this year, which is what grade the middle one is in..but he asked for requests whether we wanted our children to have him again or a different teacher...I definitely requested a different teacher..although he will have him for math..but that is only one class. The youngest ones teacher is just absolutely wonderful..they are in a pilot program this year for a new reading program which sounds exciting and they are doing a different math this year as well..big things happening for her.

Tonight we got rid of all three kids to a friends house for a sleepover..so what are we doing with this alone time you ask?? The hubby is playing playstation II and I'm sitting on the computer..what an exciting bunch we are!!

If by chance anyone reads this...do you think you could try to explain to me how to add links to the other blogs I read?? It would be greatly appreciated.

Sunday, August 29, 2004

100 Things about me..hopefully!!

I see others do this all the time so I thought I would give it a try:

1. I was born in a small town in Minnesota
2. I still live there
3. I am the baby of the family
4. I have to older sisters
5. I have always gotten along great with my oldest sister even though there is 6 years between
us
6. Up until about a year ago I didn't really care much for my middle sister
7. Since then she has quit treating me like a baby and realized that I am an equal
8. I have a great family
9. I met my husband through mutual friends
10. I stood him up for our first date (he should of ran while he could)
11. I sometimes wonder how he puts up with me
12. I got pregnant with our first son after only 3 months of dating
13. I had our first beautiful (but big) baby boy in 1992
14. He is almost a teenager and some days....
15. My mother passed away from cancer 2 months after my son was born
16. She was beautiful person and the rock of our foundation
17. Since she passed her family doesn't speak to us
18. I got married in August of 1992 and didn't tell my dad we were going to until the night
before
19. We got married at the courthouse and the hubby went to work for the night right after
20. My dad remarried a little over a year after she passed
21. Didn't really care for the woman
22. We had our second son in 1993 when the oldest was 18 months old
23. We moved 8 times in the first 5 years together
24. We had our daughter in 1995...what a shocker to hear it was a girl
25. The boys use to adore there sister
26. When she was old enough to be in a walker she would run after the boys and trap them
27. I should have known what that meant for the future
28. She is a little boy crazy
29. This makes me crazy!!
30. My dad married again to a ho
31. Didn't last long and she screwed him
32. It was hard to support him through this one
33. I really do love my dad
34. My dad has a rare disease
35. I am very protective of my dad
36. I have learned to speak up to him when something bothers me though
37. I am the only one living in town and have had to take care of him somewhat with his
medical stuff
38. I always knew when something was up
39. My sister would always try to pay me for taking time off for him
40. This was appreciated...but never let her
41. My dad was going to move by my sister in Illinois
42. I was kind of liking that idea so I wouldn't always be the one taking care of him
43. I felt awful for feeling that way
44. I was burnt out at the time with everything in life
45. My oldest loves basketball
46. The hubby and I are not huge sports fans
47. So I don't totally understand stuff about the sports he enjoys
48. My dad coached hockey and baseball and I still am not big on sports
49. I still have a hard time watching home movies with my mom in them
50. Even after 12 years
51. She died from Malinoma cancer
52. She did an interview with the TV station about this
53. She was very couragious during this time
54. My middle son loves sports that are extremely physical
55. He wants to be a boxer or pro wrestler
56. I am so proud of him for the last one
57. My daughter wants to be in dance or gymnastics
58. She can do the chinese splits perfectly
59. It is kind of gross to watch
60. This is not so easy to come up with stuff
61. I only have 12 credits left to receive my 2 year degree
62. Oops...had a baby and never finished
63. My niece and great niece moved in with my dad a year ago
64. It is comforting to me to have someone around for him
65. My niece is trying to talk me into going back to school
66. The local college does offer online classes..but...
67. I adore my great niece
68. She is a monster though
69. She adores my dad
70. My sister was a grandma at 36
71. My dad was a great grandpa at 60
72. I think they both were very young for that
73. We watch the great niece on saturday mornings while my niece works
74. You forget what an almost 3 year old can do to your house
75. My daughter is a slob
76. I am an organizing freak
77. Actually I have quite a few hang ups
78. I am no longer in denial about this
79. My best friend recently moved to California
80. This was very hard for me
81. She is the only one I have stayed close with from high school
82. We have been best friends since we were 12
83. That means we have been best friends for 21 years
84. Oh my gosh we are old!
85. My kids are in grades 7, 5, & 4 this year
86. Where does the time go
87. We go tomorrow for pictures and conferences before school starts
88. I can't wait for Wednesday...SCHOOL STARTS
89. I work in a workshop for the physically and mentally disabled
90. I have worked there for 15 years
91. I have had 4 different positions while there
92. I went from cleaning toilets to billing for the consumers services
93. I worked with the severe and profound disabled and loved it
94. I still love to go visit these consumers when I get a chance
95. I'm almost done
96. I enjoy my kids' ages
97. Not there attitudes
98. It is so much more fun to do family activities now that they can enjoy it as well
99. I am all about making memories that will last forever
100. I live an extremely boring life

And I am done...I can't believe I actually came up with all of that..Yea!!

Friday, August 20, 2004

Yea...it is FRIDAY!!!

I figure since it is Friday I might as well spice things up a bit!!

Well yesterday my best friend in the whole world went for her first OB appointment...she just found out she is pregnant with her first baby and I am so excited for her and her husband. She is only 6 weeks along, but she had an ultrasound done so she sent me the babe's first picture..it is just so exciting since my baby is going to be 9 on Sunday.

Tonight we get rid of 3 kids and gain 1...just can't win for trying. My dad is taking both boys to a Twins baseball game and then they are spending the night at his house, since they won't get back until after midnight and my niece is take the daughter to see Pr*ncess D*aries 2, so we get her kidlet because she is almost 3 and won't sit through the movie..go figure!! So since the hubster got off of work early today and better be resting up because I'm making him go with me and Brookie to the grocery store..I can remember the days when I use to take all 3 kids when they were little by myself to the grocery store when the hubster worked second shift and now I'm making him go with me and there will only be one little one.

I can't wait for the weekend is only in the upper 60's here and it is putting me in the mood to do some deep cleaning that soooo needs to be done. Hope all have a great weekend!!

Wednesday, August 18, 2004

This does not sound good!!

Found over at Genuines:

Doctor Unheimlich has diagnosed me with
Kris' Lurgy
Cause:spread by rats
Symptoms:foot swelling, being unable to close mouth, earache
Cure:expensive biofeedback devices
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Tuesday, August 17, 2004

Where has time gone???

So yeah...it has been almost a month since I posted last...wow didn't realize time was flying like that.

So much has been going on in the past few weeks that I guess I just totally lost track of time. I'll probably put all my activities into two posts though..I don't think that anyone will want to read all of it at one time...that is if anyone reads this at all!!

My niece turned 21 on the 30th of July..so our family got rooms at the Holiday Inn so that we could party, keep the kids entertained, and not have to worry about driving home after the bar. First of all..we had smoking rooms..and those rooms stunk so bad..I am a smoker and I have never had a room that bad. But anyway...so we took the kidlings all swimming and they had a blast..my great niece is almost 3 and not afraid of the water at all..we had to keep a constant eye on her because she would go between the kiddy pool and the big one and just jump in..so not much swimming for us aunts!! Around 7 the other side of Ash's family showed up and the party began..we had such a great time and drank way too much..we also didn't get to bed until 4am and I am waaaaaaayyyy to old to be going to bed that late. So, it was a good thing that we had saturday to recover.

Sunday we had a party for all of the July and August birthdays, we all kinds of games for the kids and it was a blast..they just love when we do that.

I need to get my butt ready for bed. Later!!