I’ve just uploaded oodles of pics to my Flickr…
It pretty much covers our entire February. Check them out!
Flickr! February 28, 2007
Just call this a placeholder February 26, 2007
I have an update on the big first birthday party from Saturday…I just don’t have time to post it right now. (That pesky job thing getting in the way again…) I’ll just have stick up a picture or three as a placeholder until I get home…that is AFTER work and AFTER the 12 month check-up and AFTER cheerleading practice (yep…I’m doing that again…) So, here ya go………….
(sorry for the not so great quality…these are scans from pictures I printed off of my PictureMate printer)
Home again… February 20, 2007
So much for that moblog thing, huh? Oh, well!
We had a great time, and even though we drove south-ward, it was still colder than cold! It even spit snow and sleet Saturday afternoon/evening. We had ideas of places to take Southern Boy so he could play and explore, but ended up not going because of the ARCTIC! chill in the air. Instead, we let him spend his birthday money he had been saving for a whole 2.5 weeks. He did pretty good…Star Wars Legos, an Incredibles video game (on sale!), a Star Wars Transformer, 2 Star Wars Lego t-shirts (he insisted on that one and one with R2-D2 and C-3PO). It was like 5 year old heaven! Also, Gymboree was having the best! sale! ever! and I scored Southern Girl several pieces for her birthday (which is FRIDAY!) and for next year, too. I even found Southern Baby a cute little outfit – It’s the first thing we’ve bought for the baby!
It was quite funny that Southern Boy kept singing “we’re going on vacation!” as if we were headed to Disney World. His highlight was staying in a hotel and going to Toys-R-Us…MY highlight was him falling asleep 20 minutes into the drive home, and actually sleeping the ENTIRE WAY! That boy talks non-stop!
Weekend realizations:
• we have GOT to purchase ourselves a king size bed, especially when this baby comes.
• Southern Girl can now go a whole weekend without baby food, and boy does she love chicken!
• I have a sincere hatred of the Heely’s shoes. Sincere. Hatred.
• Our son is a poop machine. And? He will always need to go when the conditions are less than perfect. I’m just saying…
• People are CRAZEE. When you wake up and it is freezing outside, DON’T wear flip flops or sandals…I really don’t care how many jackets you have on. Also, shorts and a polo shirt? I’m telling ya, crazy!
• I need a new cell phone. This is not a want, it is a need! Preferably one that will hold a charge and not have sound issues.
• I can’t resist the power of Babies-R-Us.
Really, y’all know how it is…sometimes just getting away from the same ‘ole, same ‘ole does wonders for how you feel. It’s a good thing, because now we are in full-out 1st birthday planning mode. The actual big day is Friday, but we are having her party on Saturday. Let me just say…pink and green everywhere! That’s where we are…
Mommy’s day off! February 16, 2007
Today is one of those RARE days when I don’t have school, but the kids DO have preschool. :cue angels singing: I am just so thrilled to have leisure time! Yes, I have oodles of stuff I need to do, but I’m just not going to do it! Just call me a daredevil! Actually, I thought I might go to a neighboring town and do a little shopping at a cute store I just love…something I haven’t done in a while! Even if I end up doing absolutely nothing, I’ll still be blissfully happy because this week is finally over! I hate weeks like this one. My co-workers and I have a little saying at school “short weeks are the longest weeks ever.” I guess it’s a certain excitement in the kids or impatience in everyone wanting the week to just end already, but usually the most bizarre/crazy/awful things happen during the weeks we have one or more days off. This week did not let us down…and thank God it’s over! In fact, Southern Dad actually wants to go somewhere this weekend! YAY! He usually huffs and puffs when I mention wanting to get out of the house and just galavant, so this is a rare happening, indeed! At first we thought we might go north and find some snow that Southern Boy could have his way with…he’s just dying to build a snowman, but I think we might actually go south-ward. Nothing like heading out of town with no plans and no reservations. We usually do this a couple of times a year, and it is always one of the happiest times we spend as a family. What a wonderful ending to a tough week! I’ll moblog some pics (something else I haven’t done in a long time!). Have a great weekend!
Mommy’s day off! February 16, 2007
Today is one of those RARE days when I don’t have school, but the kids DO have preschool. :cue angels singing: I am just so thrilled to have leisure time! Yes, I have oodles of stuff I need to do, but I’m just not going to do it! Just call me a daredevil! Actually, I thought I might go to a neighboring town and do a little shopping at a cute store I just love…something I haven’t done in a while! Even if I end up doing absolutely nothing, I’ll still be blissfully happy because this week is finally over! I hate weeks like this one. My co-workers and I have a little saying at school “short weeks are the longest weeks ever.” I guess it’s a certain excitement in the kids or impatience in everyone wanting the week to just end already, but usually the most bizarre/crazy/awful things happen during the weeks we have one or more days off. This week did not let us down…and thank God it’s over! In fact, Southern Dad actually wants to go somewhere this weekend! YAY! He usually huffs and puffs when I mention wanting to get out of the house and just galavant, so this is a rare happening, indeed! At first we thought we might go north and find some snow that Southern Boy could have his way with…he’s just dying to build a snowman, but I think we might actually go south-ward. Nothing like heading out of town with no plans and no reservations. We usually do this a couple of times a year, and it is always one of the happiest times we spend as a family. What a wonderful ending to a tough week! I’ll moblog some pics (something else I haven’t done in a long time!). Have a great weekend!
Can you see me? February 13, 2007
I’m blogging to you live from the top of Mt. Bajillion Papers. The view up here is spectacular, but that slide down will be oh, so sweet.
Procrastination SUCKS! February 12, 2007
You know how last week I said I have around 20 bajillion papers to grade? Well, guess who hasn’t graded a single. damn. paper. since that post? Or before that post, for that matter. Yep. Me.
I have a long day ahead of me, folks. Really, I had it worked out where I could grade 2 classes on Saturday, 2 on SUnday, then finish up on Monday with the last class. HA! That plan only works when you, um, take the papers home.
So, today is being labeled as QUIT PROCRASTINATING MONDAY!
What are you putting off until tomorrow what you could do today?
Two in an hour??? February 8, 2007
We interrupt this blog to say…
There is something inherently wrong when the Volent Femmes’ “Blister in the Sun” is the theme song of the new Wendy’s commercial.
Ok, about your business…
Weak week February 8, 2007
I’m telling you a week can just fly by without even a blink! My work week has been filled mostly with preparing for yesterday’s observation (which went WELL) that I have to endure twice a year every 5 years. (Southern Dad rolls eyes at this) But it’s over now, and all I have to do is grade 20 bajillion papers to prepare for parent-teacher conferences next Thursday. (I roll my eyes at that).
SO…yeah, it’s been quiet around here – but I just haven’t had the time to write, or frankly anything “special” to write about. I realize I have a loose end from a previous post, so I’ll just update on that…
Southern Girl’s daycare issue has become SO much better. Turns out that the teacher was just copying down the menu on the “what I ate today” spot her daily report instead of what Southern Girl really ate…also, the director did some staff shuffling, and Southern Girl has a new teacher – that I know and really like! I am much happier now, and I am glad I was able to talk to the director about my concerns without seeming like one of “those” moms (never happy, always complaining, etc). You know, I don’t remember being this aprehensive when Southern Boy went to preschool, but of course he was 3 already. This is a whole new ballgame, and sending an 11 month old is completely different than sending a 3 year old. It’s just hard on everyone when she is at this in-between stage of eating, table food vs. baby foods vs. bottle. And you know? Just when I get through it with Southern Girl, I’ll have the baby following right behind. Is there a light at the end of the tunnel?
But, damn, at least I have a tunnel…as I was typing this, the news about Anna Nicole Smith just came on the TV….I can’t say I didn’t see this one coming (can you say drug problem?), but I really hate it for her innocent baby girl. Huge shocker for the day!
