Two yays and a two grrrrsss

Katie received an award at school today. Teachers' choice award for Excellence in story writing. :o)  I ditched school so I could attend the assembly and take the appropriately obnoxious number of pictures of the kid. :o)

Then I pick the kids up after school to discover that Victoria received her white ribbon for reading... um, WHY did her teacher not let me know??? I could have easily made my schedule to include both assembies. GRRR. Victoria has worked rather hard to get this ribbon, she had to read 750 pages throughout the year, while that's not much to some, when you've got a kid who spent the first 1/2 of the year not able to read "go dog go" pull off 750 pages and be READING books, YAY!!!

The second Grrr, is that when I picked up Beth she informed me that she had no lunch today. Due to some idiot student pulling the fire alarm. They had to evacuate the building, reset the alarm, and then restart the food-line. Beth got to the half way point to the door when they closed the line, out of food. WTF!? I've written an email to the prinicipal. Hopefully I'll get a satisfactory response. In the meantime I fed my kid a double meat / cheese sandwhich and then she ate the leftover 1/2 of my moms' cheeseburger from lunch, and her cookie for snack. I don't think she'll starve to death.

Other than that, my life is boring..it's all about cleaning, and a little studying for school.  BUT, I must tell T. that your youngest must have mind-linked with my youngest, as Drew took ALL the books out of the bookshelf in my living room as well. LOL.. took us 30mins. to get them all back, but we had him help. hehe

Well...

It is MY blog.. so deal with me. I got my cap and gown today!!!! Between that and the cards coming in congratulating me, I'm getting really excited.  It's very surreal.. I keep thinking I've somehow snuck through, and they'll catch me right at the end, and say oh wait, no.. you didn't do ___.  And they'll not let me graduate. Reality is I've already done a final check with my counselor and there isn't anything left but to finish the current class, which I will do next Monday when I take the final exam. :o)

Last night was a blast, we saw our friend play at the pub, he was celebrating a promotion to Sargeant II in the LAPD, Very cool!!!  Got to see several friends we'd not seen in a while, and visit with them!!! Something we don't get to do enough of.

Ok.. back to reality, I have to go find a room, or two, as getting this house ready for my party is a must do.

 

The countdown begins..

So as not to totally bore ya'll to tears, I won't do it daily.. but right now I have.. 13 days until I graduate!!!!! nope I'm not excited, not me, not one bit. (HA!!!)

the weekend has been fun, and lazy, which is nice.  Friday we went out. yesterday, we melted here. Today was church, and tonight Tim and I are going to the pub to celebrate a friend's promotion to Sargeant II in the police force. :o)  One of my dear friends had her baby last night, and I've gotten all the color-laundry washed. it's neither folded nor put away. But it's washed!!! The rest will happen in a bit. I only have one load of whites, and I'm caught up! YAY!!!!  Then I can focus more on getting the clutter out of here!!! Time to get really serious about getting this place spruced up. So off I go. hehe.

 

Hot enough??

according to AOL's welcome screen it's 81* in my town... it's Hot that's all I know. With no A/C in our house it's hotter than I'd like. We do have a lovely breeze, and the fans are on.. but I'm still too warm. whine whine.

So last night DH and I headed to a concert. WAY fun, we saw Sligo Rags, the Merry Wives of Windsor, and The Fenians. Much dancing was done by my friend C. and I.. enough that my feet hurt today.

We're having a quiet, at home day. We don't have many of these. So I'm enjoying this one fully. :oD

Laundry, light cleaning, and bbq for dinner.

May 31st

First off.. a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my dear friend T..I hope you have a magical day!!!

Found the gym card,etc. So worked out yesterday. YAY.

The weekend was great, friday night we went to a single-malt scotch whiskey tasting. Saturday was the Scottish festival and games, fun!!! After that we loaded up and headed to my in-laws beach house. Fun in the sun, with some waves. I didn't go in the water, but I did get my nervous Bug in to her ankles, and Drew to his calfs.  :)

Monday came all too soon, after a yummy bbq lunch we came home. Where I started in earnest to clean my house for my graduation party in 3 weeks!! ;o)

Now, I'm off to class... I've no interest in going today. Today is also my Son Alex's birthday.he would be 10 years old today...happy birthday Angel Boy~

 

 

hmmm

Drew confisticated my lock and gym-card, so no gym. darn it. I'll be using the time to get my house in better order, so not a total loss. But I would've liked the workout.

In other news, it's soon to be official, but I'll unofficially announce it here.. LOL.  

I'm going to run for my City School board.  I'm really excited, and hopeful to get elected. One of the incumbants is up for re-election and she is not well-liked due to a previous issue. Wish me luck, my political career begins. :o)

 

Poof, it's gone...

again the time has slipped out from under my nose. It's the END OF MAY!!!!!! Mind you I'm thrilled, but wow it's going quickly.

The birthday party last weekend was fun! The wedding was beautiful and the reception was a blast. Sunday we went to Doheny Blues festival. MARVELOUS, as always.

This week has been pretty ordinary, just more of the same, me trying to get my butt in gear and working and Drew doing all he can to make sure whatever work I got done is undone as soon as I finish.

Tomorrow night begins the Scottish Festival and games, with a single-malt whiskey tasting. Saturday is a festival and games (like the caber toss, kilt run, etc) Tons of fun, yummy food and shopping!!! :o)  I'm on the hunt for a brooch for my current rosette (it's a sash w/ a "flower" folded in the middle) and a rosette in the tartan my brother is using for his wedding in October. :o)

After that's over on Saturday we're heading to the in-laws beach house for the remainder of the long weekend. Should be a blast!!! Hopefully the weather will warm up on sunday and Monday (it's supposed to cool off tomorrow and rain on Saturday!!! it was 80 yesterday!).

I have 7 class meetings left of school... YEEHAW!!! I'm so excited. My party invites should go out in either today or tomorrows mail.  My announcements will go out tomorrow as well. :o)

 

Ok. off to the gym. Gotta keep working, I'm still hoping to fit into "the" dress.