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Faye, nice choices - I'll check out their sale. I love Coldwater Creek stuff.
Jean, I hope the antibiotics due the trick for Bob and he doesn't need more dental work. We had 2 students arrested yesterday (unrelated incidents at 2 differenct schools) - one threatened in a message in the boys bathroom to start shooting and brought a gun to school and the other said he was going to "kill more people than Virginia Tech". Lots of memorial services in the area today. Have a great weekend. |
Good Afternoon, Flowers! It's another windy, but sunny day in my corner of the world. The rain has been put off until tomorrow. :( We are birthday partying for Kolby . . . he turned 2 yesterday. Several kids were AWOL from school today -- you'd think they would skip a whole day instead of just a half. We still have all 8 periods even if they are only 20 minutes long. I'm just glad the weekend is here; next week is a full week. *groan* Prom is tomorrow night so the juniors and seniors have been hyped all week.
"Gma" -- It sounds like you have a busy day planned! :D I hope all of your errands go as planned. I made three stops on my way home from school. I need to make a grocery list and head that direction shortly. I don't think I've ever had mango juice; I do have oj every morning though. I stopped in the new Coldwater Creek store one time when we were in Sioux City and the clothes all looked like they were size 1 - 5 and styles for the younger jet set rather than my age. I will check them out online. Thanks! I like what you picked out! :yes: Susan -- Bob felt so much better after the dentist did his thing yesterday that he hasn't needed any of the pain meds. He admitted it made him feel a little "loopy" :lol: and very tired. I'm surprised we haven't had any copycat incidents from the VT shootings. Several of the smaller schools around us are on lock down, but our school is connected to a junior college and we use some of their classrooms plus the loading dock for taking food to the other buildings is always open so it is would be hard to have a lock down here. That whole situation is so sad! It's too bad someone didn't tune into the killer earlier and do something although I don't know what can be done until a crime is committed and then it is too late. :( I'm off to do some vacuuming and to look for some of my spring/summer clothes. I need to make a grocery run sometime before we leave tomorrow. Have a great "rest of the day" and a super weekend! Jean -- :wave: from Iowa! |
Good morning all! Hope your weekend is going well. I have the commissary today and I am doing it solo since Jack got all his lunch meals at Wallie's last night. I actually don't mind shopping alone, but I have a new ID card and the picture makes me look older than Methusulah so I hate passing it around! :D
Jean: I post on a knitting website and one of the lady's is having a time with her 15 year old. I posted that I thought she was headed in the right direction with the punishments she had planned, that it is hard to stick to you guns when the punishment effects you as much as the child and that we are not supposed to be our children's friends, we are supposed to be their parents and teach them to grow up responsibly, etc etc. Anyway, on the second page this stupid woman with a 5 and 2 year old got all nasty about she disagreed that parents shouldn't be their children's friends. Her opinion is that parents should be their childrens' best friends and on and on. Well, now you know why stuff like all this junk happens. Parents don't want to be parents they want to be friends to their kids. Let's see when those two are teenagers and are screaming at their parents, disobeying and ignoring rules, etc if she feels the same way. Sheesh, why do parents equate being a good parent with being friends? A truly good parent is a parent not a best friend. They have enough of those. They need someone to set boundries, punishments, etc so that they grow up knowing that can't go into a building and just murder people because they are angry about something. I imagine her two are spoiled little critters. I am so puzzled by this generation of parents and their hands off parenting or lack of it actually. Why do they think a kid is going to grow up ok if they have no boundaries, no rules etc? It is sad really. I mean, look at what Susan posted about the two kids and their threats. What gave them the idea it was ok to make threats like that or joke about it? It is society's hands off let the kid do what he wants attitude. Susan: Hope you find some neat stuff. They do have beautiful things. I do know their sizes run very small so keep an eye on that if you buy. Well, I am going to finish up that sweater sleeve and start another strip for the blanket. You all have a good weekend! Faye |
Good Evening, Flowers! The wind is still blowing like crazy and has blown all day long! I hate wind! :mad: We left a little early this morning to shop for a new bird bath -- found just what I wanted at Earl May's . . . to the tune of $259! It wasn't even a fountain, just a heavy cement bird bath. Checked a couple other places and all they had were plastic ones which crack or break if "anything" heavy jumps up on it. We have a metal one from last year that is rusty so guess Bob will sand it down and call it good for another year. The birthday party was a huge success -- the kids played outside most of the time. They wrote on the sidewalk with chalk and all of them ended up with chalk on their backsides. The wind makes me tired and I had a hard time staying awake on the way home.
"Gma" -- Funny you should mention today's parenting skills. When we got to Beth's house, Maddy had fallen asleep on the couch. She is not a happy girl when she wakes up no matter what nor where she is. Beth was trying to get food ready, Ian and Zowie were playing on the floor in front of Maddy, and the adults were sitting around talking. She finally woke up on her own and started whining and crying when Beth wouldn't pick her up. Beth asked if I could hold her (Maddy shook her head no and yelled even louder) and then Beth told her she could go upstairs to her room if she was going to act like that. She kept carrying on and I picked her up, put her over my shoulder, and headed for the stairs. As soon as she lost her audience she quit crying and said, "I'm done crying Grandma!" I sat down with her, up stairs, and we just had a little visit about her sad face, her cute pig tails, seeing the Doodlebops, her shirt, etc. Finally she said she was ready to go back downstairs, but she wanted to hold my hand and then sit with me. I don't know if all the people startled her or she woke up before she had all the sleep she needed or what. She was a happy camper for the rest of the time though. I look for major parenting problems simply because a lot of today's parents don't take the time to interact and spend time with their children; they use videos and computers for babysitters. I have to say my grandchildren are good about the please, thank you, excuse me, and give hello/goodbye hugs and kisses without being reminded. Ian knows his new address and phone number; I asked Amanda how they managed that and she said they say them every night along with prayers. The sad thing is that the children who are raising themselves will have children and will let them raise themselves because they don't know any better. I'll get off my :soap: now. Well, if it doesn't rain tomorrow we are going to Jason's. He has to install a mailbox post large enough to hold four mailboxes across the street from his house. They are the only ones living in the four house area so that's why he is elected. He has specific instructions from the USPS as to how high, how far away from the curb, etc. I think he figured it would be easier with Bob helping. I'm kind of hoping for rain so I could do a few things around here. :o Have a nice, relaxing Sunday! Jean -- :wave: from Iowa! |
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