Well, not really. I have laryngitis. The kids are thrilled since I haven't yelled at them in two days. Headed to NAPA after school to get my flu shot. With all the children. Hooray. At least they can be assured they won't be getting a shot with me.
I wonder if they will have any extra "sharps" I can use for my Nurse costume tomorrow night? Mwah-ah-ah-ah!
Happily, I am subbing in a bunco group tonight and we are waiting rather impatiently for news of Ethan's best friend Matthew's little brother's arrival! Did you follow that? (Matthew is Ethan's birthday buddy from school - see Ethan's birthday photos).
Friday, October 16, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Oktoberfest
You always get to see pics of the kids and stuff we go to...but here's a special treat! Photos of Oktoberfest stolen from Andy's facebook page!
No girlfriends or wives allowed. Harder to pick up fraulein beer wenches when you look attached.
Andy and Jon.
Golfing...not sure why Mark is on his back on the bench. Forgot to ask about that before I posted this...stay tuned for update later.
**UPDATE** They were playing behond a slow foursome and Mark was goofing around, laying on the bench with a tee in his mouth. And there was a ball on the tee.
The motley crew: Joe, Mark, Andy and Jon.
Art? Recycling project? Could go either way.
No girlfriends or wives allowed. Harder to pick up fraulein beer wenches when you look attached.
Andy and Jon.
Golfing...not sure why Mark is on his back on the bench. Forgot to ask about that before I posted this...stay tuned for update later.
**UPDATE** They were playing behond a slow foursome and Mark was goofing around, laying on the bench with a tee in his mouth. And there was a ball on the tee.
The motley crew: Joe, Mark, Andy and Jon.
Art? Recycling project? Could go either way.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Hannah Montana Birthday
Sarah's friend from school, Kendall, had a Hannah Montana birthday party Saturday complete with Hannah impersonator! But first, all the little rock stars got to have their hair and make-up done.
Hannah came out and did a few songs. This was "The Climb". The girls were still in shock. Standing, watching, not dancing or singing at all. It was pretty funny.
She got Kendall to sing the show's theme song "Best of Both Worlds" with her. Then she taught them all the moves to the Ice Cream Freeze dance. Her "security" guards in the back came out to be back up dancers!
Singing Happy Birthday... Note to self: dark purple frosting tastes as bad as red. A perfectly good cake, ruined.
Star struck...
On the way home, Sarah asked me if that was the real Hannah Montana.
I said, "What do you think?"
She said, "Nah, this Hannah sounded like she could speak Spanish."
Hahahahahaha!!
Hannah came out and did a few songs. This was "The Climb". The girls were still in shock. Standing, watching, not dancing or singing at all. It was pretty funny.
She got Kendall to sing the show's theme song "Best of Both Worlds" with her. Then she taught them all the moves to the Ice Cream Freeze dance. Her "security" guards in the back came out to be back up dancers!
Singing Happy Birthday... Note to self: dark purple frosting tastes as bad as red. A perfectly good cake, ruined.
Star struck...
On the way home, Sarah asked me if that was the real Hannah Montana.
I said, "What do you think?"
She said, "Nah, this Hannah sounded like she could speak Spanish."
Hahahahahaha!!
Friday, October 9, 2009
Love at First Sight!
Here's it is. The Round Top Dresser! I saw this beauty under a clear plastic tarp in the pouring rain on Saturday. The gentleman running the booth said he'd make me a deal, but I assumed it would still be more than $100, so I walked away. After another 30 minutes tromping through the other muddy booths, we passed by it again and I still loved it. This time, he came out to say "I don't want to put that back in my truck. You can have it for $65." and I practically threw my wallet at him I was so excited!
Sarah has been asking me to redo her room. Her bedding is from the (defunct) Bombay Kids Company and has bugs on it. The color of the bugs will go great with the colors on this dresser. Then I don't have to completely start from scratch. I can just paint her walls, throw this in, change out the duvet for the bugs quilt and we'll be good to go!
Sarah has been asking me to redo her room. Her bedding is from the (defunct) Bombay Kids Company and has bugs on it. The color of the bugs will go great with the colors on this dresser. Then I don't have to completely start from scratch. I can just paint her walls, throw this in, change out the duvet for the bugs quilt and we'll be good to go!
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Crabby Pants
Yes, I have my crabby pants on today. Sick children worries, PTA worries, roof repair worries, preschool fundraising worries. Rotten night's sleep not helping my headache.
Jacob and Sarah both missed school yesterday with fevers. Sarah threw up a couple times and is still home today. Hoping Jacob's fever was a result of his flu mist vaccine last Thursday. He seems fine now. Three neighbors have kids with swine flu. I'm taking Sarah in tomorrow if she's not better.
On a positive note, last night's tennis was awesome! So hot and humid. Great workout. Wish I could play every night.
Jacob and Sarah both missed school yesterday with fevers. Sarah threw up a couple times and is still home today. Hoping Jacob's fever was a result of his flu mist vaccine last Thursday. He seems fine now. Three neighbors have kids with swine flu. I'm taking Sarah in tomorrow if she's not better.
On a positive note, last night's tennis was awesome! So hot and humid. Great workout. Wish I could play every night.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Round Top Girls Weekend
Mark was in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, for four days last week for Oktoberfest with the boys from Des Moines. This past weekend, it was my turn! Seven of us took off for Round Top, Texas, for an antique/boutique/craft fair/shopping extravaganza!
Here we are on the porch of our B&B...Ida, Sarah, Laurie, Roxanne, Candace, me and Charisse.
This farmer was obviously in a hurry to make a buck on "paking". He forgot the R! Can you imagine...spray painting your tractor with a typo?!?!
So what did we buy?
Actually, I got a great pair of Cowgirl Jewels flip flops for half-price, a cute t-shirt, some gifts, and possibly the steal of the century...a hand-painted chest for Sissy's room. I will devote a whole post to it later this week!
We shopped till we dropped...in this handy photo-opportunity of an outhouse.
Day two was nearly rained out. But luckily, Roxanne and I found a vendor with leopard-print wellies and with our Walgreens ponchos, we were good to go!
It was a really fun weekend. We laughed hard, gave each other nicknames, celebrated Charisse's birthday, ate home-cooked meals in our cottage kitchen and made plans to do it again soon!
Thanks ladies!
Here we are on the porch of our B&B...Ida, Sarah, Laurie, Roxanne, Candace, me and Charisse.
This farmer was obviously in a hurry to make a buck on "paking". He forgot the R! Can you imagine...spray painting your tractor with a typo?!?!
So what did we buy?
Actually, I got a great pair of Cowgirl Jewels flip flops for half-price, a cute t-shirt, some gifts, and possibly the steal of the century...a hand-painted chest for Sissy's room. I will devote a whole post to it later this week!
We shopped till we dropped...in this handy photo-opportunity of an outhouse.
Day two was nearly rained out. But luckily, Roxanne and I found a vendor with leopard-print wellies and with our Walgreens ponchos, we were good to go!
It was a really fun weekend. We laughed hard, gave each other nicknames, celebrated Charisse's birthday, ate home-cooked meals in our cottage kitchen and made plans to do it again soon!
Thanks ladies!
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