Kerry- how sad about the kids stepdad....I will remember him in prayer. And I am so happy for you staying on plan for the weekend.....want to come here and give me a swift kick in the can?????? I need it! Anyway, good for you getting the excercise in......hey walking in 46 degree weather is heaven for me, I love cold weather!

I was a good girl with respect to excercise, my eating yesterday was less than stellar.
Hopefully today willbe much better.......gotta go. I am walking to and from work this am just for the workout. See ya later!
Ginny

Hi, all. I'm back from Philadelphia. When I last talked to you... :grin:
I left the cat with my mom on Friday morning. Her cat and my cat were getting along okay, sniffing and hissing at each other, but not too bad. By last night, though, my mom had to put mine downstairs because her cat wouldn't leave mine alone. So I wound up driving back to Baltimore as soon as I got off the train, so my baby could relax. He came right to me when I got to her house and even LET me put on his car-harness, which is a first. I let my mom hold him when I took stuff out to the car, and my mom says that he was pitiful with his meowing when I left for those few minutes. I told her she needs to call the vet and ask what to do, because we've tried separating them and letting them do their own thing the way the books said, but it didn't work. I won't be able to go up there for more than 1 night if I can't bring Imp with me. My mom is really mad at her kitten, too, she was ready to give him to the humane society or the vet's office to find him a new home because he's being so rotten. Mine is under the quilts on my bed right now.
Philadelphia was fun: I was already asked to be staff next year and do registration. I don't get to see a whole lot of the convention panels, but I do get to see all my friends and go to parties on Saturday night. :) That's okay. I wound up having to deal with a drunk Saturday night. Turns out the guy is diabetic and either an alcoholic or stupid as anything, because he was so out of it we didn't even know his name. Fortunately, when I asked him for his room key, it turned out that he had an ID in his pocket! But at no point on his ID or anywhere did he have anything saying he was diabetic. We had to find the person he came with, who knew, but if we hadn't found him, the guy might have died... he wasn't even speaking English to us.
I'm so sorry to hear about your kid's step-dad, Kerry. I also found out similar news about a friend of mine's husband. I didn't know, even though they live here. Some of my friends I hardly ever see, because I just don't get over to the clubhouse for meetings or parties... they are always Saturdays, and since I've been teaching swimming or dispatching, I just don't get there! So another friend said she was going to pick me up for the next one so I can't wriggle out of going. And I feel a little guilty, because I really do only live about 4 miles from the meeting place. Its the Baltimore Science Fiction Society... I doubt I'll ever actually JOIN, because they have as many problems with politicking as everything else I do. I just don't get it: some people have WAY too much time on their hands!
Ginny: I do have some people I'd like to put in the ring. I think I'll start with the administrators at my school, then my department chair... Could I also occasionally put my TA in there?
The latest is that I should "check with my supervisor before I do any disability awareness" because "its being done in other programs and so might be curricular overlap." Hello? Do they think I came up with this on my own? It sure as heck doesn't FIT with my curriculum, but I was told to do it, and did... now that isn't good enough. ARRRGH! All I want to do, really, is show the Brooke Ellison movie that was on Arts and Entertainment's Cable in the Classroom. Its about Ellison, who has a severe car accident during junior high (she's hit by a car when she walks where she shouldn't have been walking) and winds up on a ventilator and quadriplegic. She still manages to graduate from Harvard, get a master's degree and is now a PhD candidate at SUNY Stonybrook. I can't show this movie, apparently, but I *can* show them Shrek, or take them to the Incredibles or Harry Potter, or Agent Cody Banks, etc, etc, etc. And the code phrase, "check with your supervisor" means that my supervisor has, once again, failed to back me up after I'm asked to do something. And so has my department chair.
NO... I REFUSE to buy ANY of them gifts!
:mouse:

Mouse....glad you are home....safe with Imp. So sorry that Imp and Dm's kitten are not the best of buddies~ how old is the kitten???? Unfortunately that happens with felines, and with these two they most probably do not get a long enough time with each other to acclimate. I have done it with 3 cats.....but then I might have been really lucky too! Knowing the personalities of the 3 if they had appeared on the scene in any other order (the last 2 were easy going, the first was a neurotic wacko) it might not have worked. Well, at least you are home with your baby.....and life returns to normal. I cannot believe that your supervisor is so small minded that you are not able to show the Brooke Ellison movie....heaven forbid someone do something that is on target.....relevant and maybe a bit inspirational! Who was is (Kerry, Robyn or Summer) that said it might be time to move onward???? I know it is tough and you are limited with your options at the moment.....but I think you should get an award for making it thru with this person/administration. Small minded, to say the least. What did you end up doing with the gift for the coworker who likes contemporary Christian music???

Anyway....survived today....I am tired and feel so run down. Part of me feels as though the pukey bug is trying to invade me, some of me just feels beat up. Pretty good day on the bus, had to say good bye to 2 young students who are moving to Ohio. Sweet kids.......got choked up saying good bye to them.....I will miss them. And I did get my walk in to and from work today, for a total of probably about 2.5-3 miles. (My pedometer needs to be reset, so I am not sure).
I have blabbered enough........see ya!
Ginny

Wiccan, my mother's kitten, is probably almost 8 months old. I think the issue is really with the kitten, because Imp has gottena long just fine with my best friend's husband's cats, and also the psycho lunatic roommate's cats. Imp did try to hurt the kitten, Sterling, but that was only AFTER Sterling kept eating Imp's food and sleeping in Imp's litterbox so that Imp couldn't use it. And it only happened once. And Imp got along just fine with my grandmother's dog, too.
Not sure what the issue is, and I don't have any idea how we're going to handle it. This weekend was the longest time that they've been together.
And I guess people are right about moving on, but I haven't really had a lot of luck finding a place that is a whole lot better. Of course, the two schools I taught in prior to the one suburban public school were inner city schools, so that probably has a lot to do with it. I really have to wonder why people have these issues with me: but I didn't have ANY of these issues this past weekend, and we registered at least 1000 people for the whole weekend if not more. And if I go next year, it'll be 3 years running that I've been asked to do registration. Of course, going back to the public schools means no comp time for all the extra stuff I do, and no time off during the year... my personal days would have to be used for the Jewish holidays because most other schools aren't closed for them.
:mouse:

Evening,
Just a quick note to update you on the kids' stepdad. He came home from the hospital this evening. He has to go back tomorrow to have a whole bunch of tests ran. But atleast the kids were able to go home tonight with their mommy. They really missed her.
Well I am tired this evening. So I think I am going to go to bed early. I will check back in with you all tomorrow evening. I have my TOPS meeting/Christmas party tomorrow night. So I am hoping to have a good weigh-in.
Take care and have a great day tomorrow. Only 7 more days to go until break!
Kerry

Hi!
A short hello...what I thought my day was going to be like ended up very different. The catholic HS I pick up from (I drive for the public district, but the afternoon route includes a Catholic HS and a Christian elementary then my public elementary) called an emergency 10 am pick up. It seems as though the teachers had a walk out strike there, as the local diocese is not paying them enough. So, the minute I got my elementary kids in I drove up to the HS for the emergency dismissal. I guess only one or two teachers showed up. It is becomming curious how I am going to get my shopping done.......oh well.

Kerry- glad the kids stepdad situation is improving. Let us know how all the tests come out. Good luck tonite with your meeting!!!!!! I am sure this WI will be another winner.

Mouse- sounds as though Imp is pretty innocent in all this. I just read an article on pet behavior, Wicca is at a tough age....and you might just have to sit this one out until she is almost 2 or so. It took RC that long until we saw the beginnings of a good pet (as opposed to a hopeless wacko......which she still is at times). Wicca is still an adolescent in cat years...... I suspect that given more time together their relationship will improve. But that is just my opinion. too bad about the school you are with...sounds as though you are in a bit of a bind and the decisions are not always easy. Keep your eyes open.....you never know.

Gotta go back to work.....am I a burn out or what!!!!! Did get my ww tape in this am, it felt so good.
Summer and Robyn, how are you doing?
See ya tomorrow!
Ginny

Tonight it is all about me......

I've got a cold.
I've got a headache.
I've got an attitude.
I've got kids at home and at school with attitudes that cause my headaches!
I've got to keep sweets out of my arms reach.
I've got to call back for the 3rd night in a row to check on this dumb jury duty thing.
I've got no sub plans written just in case.
I've got to make nearly 20 Christmas presents on Saturday.
I've got a sick husband or should I say baby?!
I've got to go to school until NEXT Wednesday.
I've got an 18 year old cat eating the Christmast tree for the 18th year in a row.
I've got to remove the pine needles when they get ...um... stuck. yipee.
I've got to do the laundry so that I have something to wear tomorrow.
I've got to get some decent sleep before I go nuts!
I've got to finish my Christmas shopping.
I've got to get the Christmas decorations out of storage and on the tree..that the cat is eating, don't forget!
I've got chapped lips that are now hurting.
I've got hands and feet that I can't get and keep warm.
I've got to get my butt moving and exercising again!
I've got a great friend at my new school who is going to be a true friend for life!
I've got friends at my old school who I'm feeling sorta forgotten by. Sigh.
I've got great friends at 3FC who I've never met in person but who *KNOW* me! :)
I've got to get off the computer and get some of this crap done! :)
I've got to say this before I go! ----- Mouse...NOOOO WAYYYYY would I take a personal day for a religious holiday.... SUE THEM and demand your religious freedom!

Thank you for listening!
Take care,
Robyn

Evening Ladies,
Well I had a wonderful time tonight at my TOPS party. It could be the great weigh in I had. I lost another 1 3/4 pounds. So I am sitting pretty at 205 these days. So I only have 5 more pounds to lose and I will meet my goal of being 200 by Dec.31st. If I met the goal fine and if I don't that is fine too. I am just going to push myself harder to reach my goal weight by my birthday of this coming year. Well enough about me. My kids at school are driving me crazy. But what else is new this close to Christmas.
Ginny, what an interesting day you must have had. I hope it got better for you. When do you go to WW this week? Will you be able to go? Glad to hear that you have been able to get your walking in. I know what you mean about getting your shopping in. My dh and I have to go on Saturday and finish up. I think his one sister is mad at him. She asked him today if they could have a big family get together at our house on Saturday around two. She just asked him today. He told her no because we had to go shopping that day. She asked if we couldn't go some other time since their one sister is coming in town for a visit. Sorry but our schedule is tight for the next week or so. People kill me who just go to work and come home and sit all the time. That is what his sister does so she thinks everyone should have all the time in the world like she does. I am glad that he didn't give in and then strecth our shopping time even thinner. Hope you are able to get your shopping done soon.
Mouse Glad that you had a great time at the convention. Sorry to hear about your mom's kitten and IMP not getting along very well. I agree with Robyn about not taking personal days for your religious holidays. They should be a little more open and understanding. They can not punish you for your religious beliefs. You need to start looking for another position for next year. Your current school setting is making you very stressed out. No one deserves to have that much stress at school and not be backed up by the administation. You need to do what is best for you.
Robyn, sorry to hear that you have a cold. My dh had one or a sinsus infection over the weekend. You are so right about when men get sick they are huge babies. He whined and moaned all weekend long. But if you or I were sick, we would be told to suck it up and get our work done. Hope you were able to tackle some of your to do list these evening. Glad to hear bout your new friend for life. See you were all worried for nothing about making new friends.
Summer hope all is well with you. Do you have the countdown to Christmas break going on?
Time to hit the sheets. I am tired. I will check back in with you all tomorrow evening.
Take care,
Kerry

ROFL, Robyn! I so love your posts. I know you probably didn't meant it to be funny, but it just looks like something I'd think ... and only post on-line... and smile stupidly at the idiot administrator while imaging that they are... having Christmas tree needles in their, yea, stuck.
I sort of wind up taking the personal days for the religious holidays because the school doesn't get the concept, they always say, "But you're off on Christmas & Easter!". And I REALLY REALLY want to reply, "Fine. Give me the keys, and I'll come in on Christmas and Easter." But somehow, that probably would backfire.
I do volunteer for the REd Cross (I serve as dispatcher here on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day... and this year I said I'd do the whole week..through Thursday evening) on all the Christian holidays so my fellow volunteers can go to church and be with their families; and they do the same for me: they don't call me on the Jewish Holidays, and if our paid staff person schedules me, my fellow dispatches jump in to help because our paid staff doesn't understand the Jewish holiday concept.
Speaking of which, I think I've done all my shopping. I asked my TA what she wanted: I know she loves to shop, but I didn't know WHERE, and I got the feeling that the Nordstrom's gift certificate wasn't appreciated all that much this fall for her birthday. I guess she was annoyed that I asked, but what the heck.
I bought the WOW Blue (It hink?!) CD for my Hanukkah Harry from Amazon. Its a 2 CD set. I'll give him that, and if I find it on-sale, a 12-pack of diet coke. Though the CD was well over our $10 limit.
I went to the gym today and got to tell my friend there about the drunk: she was walking when I got there, so we walked together in the water instead of swimming laps... walked 3/4 of a mile, which is about what I can swim in an hour, so I know I moved! I really need to get back up on the weights, too, now that the KeyWest swim is over (I was doing more than a mile each day, mostly, so I didn't have time to do weights too).
As for other things, I REALLY need somebody to beat me over the head and ABSOLUTELY NOT ENCOURAGE THIS.. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASe, I'm BEGGING you!!!!
I received an email from the National Red Cross that they'd be offering $500 scholarships to students so they can attend the annual National Convention. And I am actually considering seeing if I can give the application to some students and if our Development office would assist with costs... or find a way for us to get either plane tickets or hotel costs. The convention is in San Francisco. I've been there before, I went out to do some work with a friend of mine's son. He's multiply disabled, so I went out to help set up some communication activities and learning games for him.
But... geez... I'm truly insane. The convention in 2006 is in DC. Much, much better location for us, to be honest. No planes, we can avoid the hotel if necessary, easier to get another staff to go if necessary.
But if I do that, I am STUCK at the current job for another year. My initial thought was to have the kids (there are just 2 girls... I can't take any boys, because I can't share a room with a male teen... that I'd let apply) apply this year, and then not get it (because I imagine they won't), as a practice run for next year. Both girls would still be in the school as juniors. Both are diploma track students, and one is pretty heavily involved in the Young Marines already, so she would be a perfect choice.
But I can't do that if I won't be there. I won't do that to the kids, its not fair.
:rolleyes: :?
Okay... gotta go. Its 11:30, and although I'm not going to work tomorrow (I have yet another endocrinologists appointment, this time with the new doctor here in Baltimore; we'll see what happens!), I DO have to be at her office at 9 a.m.
:mouse:

Gotta be short......I had a nice post going and then the darned internet acted up and it was lost!!!!!!! (I will catch up more later)

Mouse, I totally agree with you about our dear comrade, Robyn. there is just something about her post....their honesty and wit. Oh, gosh, I feel for you more decisions.....I will obstain from commenting for now, I am such a burnout that I might say something without fully thinking it thru. I admire your dedication. Just want what is best for you!

Summer- you big loser !!!!!!!!!!!!! This is awesome, I think it has been a while since you had 2 weeks in a row like this! What an inspiration to us. Sorry your kids are wackos.....so are mine!

Robyn- sorry you are not feeling we.., and probably even worse is a sick husband! (what is it with the male gender and getting sick??????) Hope your attitude is more manageable for you, and that you are feeling better.

Summer.......Summer........hope you are doing fine! We miss you.

I have been busy up to my eyeballs, little time to think, just act. I hope things will slow down this weekend.....doubt it though!
WW meeting for me tomorrow. I think my WI should be good.
Gotta go........sorry for being so terse. Have a great nite!
GInny

Evening Ladies,
Only 5 more days of school until break. I think they are going to be 5 very long days though. My kids are starting to slowly slip further and further out of the work routine. So it is a good thing we have two fieldtrips to go on next week. I am atleast planning a head for the first week in Jan. I started my lesson plans today. I am going to take my time over the next week and work on them.
Mouse, let me think about the convention and get back with you later. Hope your doctor's appointment went well today. I hope you find some needed answers and help soon. I hope this appointment wasn't other brickwall that you ran into.
Robyn, I hope you are feeling better. It sucks to be sick around the holidays. I should know I had chicken poxes for Christmas last year. We had to postpone our wedding a week because I was sick. So I am staying away from all the little sick kids at school. Hope you ere able to cross some items off your to do list. What homemade gift are you making for your co-workers? Hope you get them done in time.
Summer, hope all is going well with you. Are you ready to pull your hair out? When does your break start? I stopped at the library tonight to get a movie for my students to watch Friday afternoon and stocked up on some books for my break.
Ginny, hope your evening is going well. Your weigh in should be great with all the walking to and from work. Hope your life slows down this weekend. My dh and I have a ball game on Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and then it is going to be off to Christmas shopping the day away. So I image on Sunday, we will be wrapping the gifts. Plus going to a basketball game in the afternoon.
Well I better go and get ready for bed. Our school Christmas party is tomorrow night. We are going to Damon's for dinner. But before our party can start we have to have a 45 minute staff meeting. The restaurant is about 45 minutes away from my house. So it is going to be a long day tomorrow. Need to get all the rest I can so I can party tomorrow evening. LOL.
Talk to you all tomorrow evening.
Kerry

Ginny,
Here is wishing you a awesome WI tonight at WW!! I am rooting for you to have lost some weight with all the walking you have done lately. :)
Hi to everyone else! Are you all on the countdown to break?
Have a wonderful day!
Kerry

Good morning!!!!!
Well, I could not sleep so I got up in the brisk 17 degree weather and walked to the post office to mail my Christmas cards. (Mind you I am a wee bit on the nuts side and I love walking in the winter.....so refreshing!) So my cards are mailed.......and for me that is a bit of ahead of schedule. Last nite I ran out of cards too......and found some extra ones, not my usual taste the thought was there. (this is the first year I ran out of cards....what a dodo head I am!).

Mouse- good luck with the doctors appointment. Sooner or later there have to be some answers for you. Oh, and Kerry was much better at expressing what I meant last nite....I need time to think over this convention decision before I weigh in on it.
There is much that you have to consider with regards to this. (as if you need me to tell you that, duh) Hope your day goes well.

Kerry- so your kids are nuts too??? (yesterday I was ready to hand out the duct tape). I hope that today is at least managable. You have to love their exuberance (sp?), even if they are hard to control. I am off to WW this am, after I get my hair done. Hang in there with your 5 day countdown!!!!!!

We have 6 days left (including today) that is if Monday is not a snow day.....starting to look like that!!!!) Gotta go get ready for work. See ya later and have a great day!
GInny

The appointment with the endocrinologist went pretty well. She wants all kinds of blood work, but she's also doing two new tests for Cushing's Syndrome because although I'd been tested for it, she wants to do two tests that are specific to that. One is a mouth swab: I'm supposed to do it after 11:00 pm, two nights running. I can't stay up that late! I'm going to go to sleep and set my alarm. :yawn:
She was pretty nice... I don't know what my reproductive endo/GYN thinks, though, because she never called me back. I'm not sure she is going to, actually. I called her office to find out if she wanted copies of the new blood tests/other tests. I guess any that I schedule myself I can have sent to her also, but it would've been nice to know.
We have 6 days until our break, and my students are also off the hook. I can't even begin to describe some of the stuff... Like, during 7th period, one of the kids insisted that Christmas Eve was a legal holiday, and most of them said they weren't going to come to school next Wednesday & Thursday because they should be off. They have this mistaken belief that their public schools would be closed, so because they attend the "****** school" (their words!), they don't get off. Not true...but you can't convince them of anything. They actually ARGUED with me trying to covince me that Christmas Eve was a legal religious holiday! It was SOOOO funny!
And communication skills haven't improved at all. People still don't come to ME and say anything... they bypass myself and my TA and go right to admin. They never bother to check if the story the kid told is true.
The convention plans are being presented to the educational administrative team next week by my supervisor. I was amazed that he even agreed to present it: I gave him what he asked for, which was a brief information sheet about the convention, and such, plus a copy of the scholarship application. We'll see.
I am absolutely FREEZING right now despite wearing a fleece robe, sweatshirt, pants and socks. GEEZ, this is insane.
:mouse:

Hey ya'll! Tomorrow is Friday! Yahoooo! Tomorrow is also our 16th wedding anniversary. We are going out to dinner to a nicER restraunt without the boys! Yippeeee! Saturday will be THE day that I make all my Christmas goodies. I'm making cookies and peanut brittle for some. I make beaded jewelry. I've got 2 bracelets to finish to fulfill orders. (I sell them too!) AND I've got 3 that I need to make that I'm going to use as gifts. I also want to make a new pair of beaded earrings that will match one of my necklaces.... Oh geesh.... sorry....blah blah blah....

Yeah, my last entry was meant to be funny.... but it was truthful! I've done SOME of the junk on my list.... Glad I could make you giggle! LOL Glad to hear that everyone is moving and doing well! Ya'll keep up with the positive "stuff"! I am *SSSOOOO* ready for next WED. to arrive and get over with!

Gotta run....the story of my youth is on....Breakfast Club... I know it by heart! I'm gonna go get those bracelets done and recite the lines with the tv!! :)

take care.....
As Arnold said before he was in charge of California.... I'll be back!
(((hugs)))
meeee

Evening Ladies,
Hope everything is going well with everyone. My Christmas party was very nice tonight. Now I am working up the nerve to work out. I got my workout clothes on. That is as far I as I have gotten. I plan on going to do a 15 minute walking video and maybe 15 minutes on the gazelle.
So Ginny did you go to WW tonight? How did you do? Duct tape would an added bonus. Some rope would help too. :) So far we are having a pretty good week. The kids got a little mouthy today and wanted to fight but I did some comic relief. Good thing I don't do that as a second job. I don't think I would make much money. :)
Mouse glad to hear that your supervisor was the one to get the ball rolling with the convention. Hope everything works out for you. Great news about your dr. appointment yesterday. It is about time that you get some help from an understanding doctor. I will say my prayers that she is able to find the necessary answers for you.
Robyn and Summer hope all is going well with you two! Only a few more days until a nice deserved break.
Well if I am going to go workout, I better get moving.
Talk to you all later.
Have a wonderful Friday!
Kerry

Good morning!
Mouse- some good news!!! Sounds as though this endocrinologist has her head screwed on the right way and is at least willing to look a little deeper and not always take someone elses opinion. (gotta look outside the box, right). I do sincerely hope that this works out for you......You so desparately need some answers. Keep us informed.....when are you going to do the mouth swabs??? SOOOO, you can tell your kiddies that I pick up students from 3 private schools (one Catholic and 2 Christian) and a public school and NONE of them consider Christmas Eve an religious/legal holiday. But I had to laugh at the story.....kids are so interesting. Public and 2 of the 3 schools I drive for (the only one that is closed is the Catholic HS) will be open on Thursday.

Robyn- you crafty woman! I hope to also get some baking done Saturday. Are you feeling better?? What kind of beads do you work with?

As for me, I collapsed last nite......cold, TOM, stress and just too darned much going on to do otherwise! I am SO glad that we did DD's bday party a month ago, her bday is Saturday and Momma here is a burnout. Could not handle a party, I know that.
I did get to WW- drum roll........and lost .2#. Ok, no biggie, but I am really happy with that. I had had a cup of coffee just before the meeting, was wearing heavier clothes than last week (been cold here!) and TOM is due in about 5 days. So to me, it was like I lost a bit more...and I can see/feel the difference. I am a happy camper.
Guess I'd better gear up for another fun morning of student transportation.....whatever that is! Have a great day.
Ginny

Oooo, Robyn... got pictures of your jewelry? I'd love to surprise my TA with something! I bought her a gift card, but she's into pins...

:mouse:

And for the rest of you... ;)

Kerry: Glad the party was fun. The hospital that runs my school had their annual fancy Gala tonight. I've managed to miss it 3 years running... the convention I went to last week is usually this weekend, so I'm never in town. This year, though, the Red Cross team I'm on was having their party tonight. But then the hostess' kids got chicken pox, so they moved the party to January. I'm not all that upset about missing the Gala. I don't dance, I don't have a date, and I don't have a formal dress to wear.
I could've bought one, I suppose, especially since Silohuettes had a gorgeous black and silver one I really, really liked... but ...
My real reason for not going? Every year I hear stories about how our administrators act at the party: and I don't like them sober, why would I like them drunk?! I don't find the stories hard to believe either, because I went to one end of the year party, and they were just weird. Most of our staff parties are held in bars, anyway. I never drank before the endocrine disorder, but I'm sure not going to drink now!

Oh, and I forgot the best part about the student's arguements yesterday: One of them INSISTED that the reaosn Christmas Eve was a holiday was because the Jews start Hanukkah early! I don't typically tell the kids I'm Jewish; I don't think a discussion of religious values has any place in a school setting (except a religious school)... and inevitably, with our kids, we wind up with black & white.
But this time, I just had to. I just looked at the student and said, "Hanukkah was over last night." And he says, "How do you know?!" He has to be right all the time for all reasons and situations. I just smiled and said, "I'm Jewish." I don't think I've ever had that particular child speechless before.
He could really be a nice child if he wasn't such a know-it-all.
And Ginny: The cotton swabs; I have to chew on them for 3-5 minutes and put them in a plastic tube. Then the 2 tubes get mailed to a lab in Wisconsin. Its hard to chew on the cotton for that long: not only was I sleepy because it was so late, but it dried out my mouth and made me want to throw-up... because you don't normally CHEW on cotton! I'll have the baseline bloodwork done next Friday morning before I hit the gym and then run back home. I'm dispatching from 2:00 pm (when the chapter closes for the day) until Monday, December 27th... straight through... and then again each evening until Thursday. Sometime that week I'll have the other blood tests done, including the one after I take the pills. I'm supposed to take 2 pills, then go have blood taken before 9:00 a.m.
:mouse:

Hi!
Somehow my computer was miserably messed up this am. First of all, I did not even have/see Kerry's post from Thursday pm, and then when I tried to submit my own post from Friday am, I was booted off. And all day I was thinking that my post never even got here.....big surprise to me to see that it actually went thru. But I have seen stranger things happen.

Kerry- glad that your Christmas party was fun. You are so inspired...going for a workout after that! Good for you. Pardon my ignorance, what is a gazelle ? Yes, I know you have mentioned it before, and I have not asked. Just curious. Hope you got your workout in both yesterday and today. Keep up the great work!

Mouse- well, I could make a ton of jokes about you being a cotton mouth.....but I think I will pass on that. You picked the absolute best reason for not going to the holiday party- I had a similar issue with my former job. (guess you do not fall into the category of being a brown noser......never ever thought that!). It is tough to socialize with people who love to kick you around, and most wise that you do not do so. I think you only stand to lose. Love your Hannukkah story......I enjoy watching the face of a person who is shut down in such a manner......guess I just find it interesting.

Today was long.....public dismissed at 11:45- which I knew was going to happen. At the end of my run, I had a 1rst grader who had noone at her stop......so she stayed on my bus, finished the run with me and I backtracked back to her house again. Still no mom......(mom must have been shopping and also had a Dr appt). So she came back to the office with me......fortunately she did not get upset, guess she trusts me.
We chatted about what Santa was going to bring her.....favorite holiday songs....light stuff like that. The school contacted her uncle, who picked her up at the office. But all that pretty much chewed up my time off for this afternoon- I had only a few minutes to throw lunch down my throat and head out again for the remainder of my afternoon.
Well, I am tired and better get some sleep.......today is Dd's bday....mom is a burnout.......so what else is new!
Have a good day/ night/whatever.
Ginny

Oppssssssssss I forgot, a belated happy anniversary to you and Dh, Robyn!

Good morning!
Got some sleep last nite, and I feel a bit more refreshed. Dd is in good spirits, being her birthday and all.....she LOVED the bed we got for Felicity (American Girl, I picked up the bed in perfect condition on ebay......could not see spending $120 for a doll bed!) and the other things she got. At least for now, she is a happy, easy to please child (please, Lord, let it stay that way!).

I won't bore you with my life......hope that everyone is having a good weekend. Try to find some time to yourselves....even just a 15 minute walk or to relax for a few minutes with a book. I know it is tough..... I managed to squeeze in a 15 minute walk, just parked the car and walked around town to finish my errands.
Gotta go make birthday cake!!! Have a great day.
Ginny

Hey ya'll! Had a wonderful time with my dh last night. We dropped the kids off at CampGrandma's, went to a restraunt that we had never been to, ate the wonderful seafood buffett like little piggies (I did drink water instead of something with an umbrella! hehe), found coconut cake (like from our wedding!) at the dessert buffett, drove around looking at Christmas lights, talking...TALKING (wow!) about stuff..nothing..everything.. just spending time together! Then we ended up three towns over at a bar playing pinball and drinking beer (sooo much for my no umbrella!) (My family will drive 100000 miles to play pinball.... we own several!). Then ended up at Barnes and Noble buying books and junk for stockings.... and then went and got the kids and drove home. Sent the kids to bed! ....and went to bed ourselves by midnight! WHAT A WONDEFUL anniversary! :)

Today I've made 4 batches of candy and am getting ready to go bake some of my world famous cookies! Tonight I have chocolate pretzels and raisins to mess with!

I work with glass beads mainly. (Some $$$, some cheeeeep! All depends!) Altho, for the boys I uses seashells and some bone. I do not do much with seedbeads and weaving at allllll! I am addicted to black and clear beads. I have 3 huge boxes of beads...all sorted by colors and shapes, of course! I also kinda love blues, purples and red..... oh shucks, I've got tons of beads in all sorts of colors! LOL See what happens when you get me talking about beading?!

I don't have a digital camera to show you any of my work right now... but I'm going to get one for Christmas! I tried to scan the two that I made on Thursday...If that works I'll post here.... I sent Summer an anklet a while back.... She said that she liked it! :) This fall I sold 60+ bracelets to a girl who runs a scrapbooking retreat company. I can NOT believe that I didn't complain about THAT here! 60 bracelets for the 1st of October....and a new job at a new school??? Dear MEEE... but I got it done, of course! Hehehee...

I've never made a pin Mouse..... but I bet I could.... LOL! Bracelets are my favorite...altho I have an order waiting for the first of the year for a 16 inch spiky coral choker. (NOT my style!) I have 1 bracelet that I've made for myself. BUT there are over 100 of my creations out there somewhere ...hehehehe. SEEEEE WHAT happens when you get me talking about beading!

I'm off to bake...the oven just "beeped"...it is preheated!
Have a productive, wonderful weekend!
They are calling for snow on Monday.... I'm getting up at 6 tomorrow to go grocery shopping! JUST IN case! ;)

take care,
Meeeee :D

Robyn- sounds as though you had a wonderful anniversary! I am so happy for you.....a great day/evening for you and your Dh. The one thing I miss most in our marriage is talking too- really talking- the kind where you really get the feeling that your Dh really knows something about you on more than a survival mode. n Congrats, congrats, congrats!!!!!! Gee, guess we asked the wrong question about beading.....but it sure sounds as though you enjoy it! (a healthy diversion, in my book!) I would love to see some of your creations, when you get a digital camera up and running. What kind of cookies did you bake?

I got some baking done- had to make Dd's bday cake! And I made some cookies too.
SImply amazing, Dh went with me and both of our Dd's to a county run homestead built in the early 1800's that was decorated for Christmas. It is sort of a living museum- some kid crafts and kid geared activities. I am amazed that he went (we used to do this kind of stuff all the time B.K.) (before kids) But he went.....I am so glad he did......restored a bit of my faith in him as he has been so ornery recently and so much of the person I married is no longer there.
Nuff of that.......guess I'd better get myself moving- I want to take a short after dinner walk. Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.
Ginny

Wow... you were all so productive today. Want to guess what I did? I SLEPT. ALL DAY. Literally. And how very unusual for me unless I take medication that makes me sleepy... I feel like hibernating. I got up just in time to eat dinner and go to swim lessons. I will be very busy tomorrow to make up for my sloth today: have to bake for the school bake-sale, make a card, go swimming and grocery shopping; all before it snows! And then everybody went out for sushi afterward, and I like going out with them, they're fun people to be with. Yea... I get told that there is something wrong with me for not wanting to socialize with my co-workers at school, but its the PEOPLE. I *love* going out for Sushi or Pizza with the people I teach swimming with. The pool manager can be really funny, and some of the stories the other people tell are just as hilarious. I'm probably going to go to the after-holiday party the gym is having. They don't do it in December because the gym is pretty evenly split between people who are Jewish and those who are Christian, so there is no time during the month to have the party... so they do it on January, and its on a Sunday night too so that the Jews who celebrate Sabbath can attend. They have a funny set-up though: you have to pay a $10 deposit, which you get back if you go! I've never heard of such a thing before! :)
Ginny: That museum sounds neat... we have quite a few of those types of places in Lancaster, and nearby... I've been to a lot of them because my mom is a history buff. Whenever she had time off during the summer, we'd pack picnic lunches and off we'd go. I went to so many... but my all-time favorite is the Smithsonian. I can't wait for Spring, because I figured out how easy it was to take the Metro to the Smithsonian on the weekends! :)
If they can get me recertified as a life-guard soon, I'll be working Saturday mornings at the gym too as a guard. See, I just love my gym: how many FITNESS CLUBS would hire somebody who looks like me to be a life-guard?! I'm definitely not Bay Watch material!
:mouse:

1/2 a tub of cool whip
1 egg
1 chocolate cake mix

Mix the 3 ingredients together well.... the dough is very stiff... roll into balls.... roll into 10x sugar, bake 12 minutes at 350. don't have clue what they are called but MANNNN they are tasty... NOT a diet food. moist and quite yummy. you can put any kind of cake mix in there and viola you have a new flavor. Not a gourmet recipie by a long shot!

It is 2:30.... in the morning.... I've just returned from a night of Holiday shopping. Kmart was having some amazing sales.... on everything from TBone steaks to boys pajamas! Got some of each!

Gotta get to bed. Will talk to you all tomorrow!
Sorry to go on and on about my beads! :^:

take care...
meee :p

Hi!
Never thought I would get here again this weekend, but then I did not know that Ds had another appointment with his pitching coach.......so Dh and Dd are with them and all is peaceful here for now.

Robyn- you night owl! Glad you caught some great sales. Doesn't that make you feel good? We used to have a Kmart here, but with their downsizing a year or so ago the one closest to me closed and it is very inconvenient for me to get to the other one. I do miss the store, they carry lots of stuff that Walmart does not. Your cookies sound yummy......for the coolwhip did you use fat free or regular? THe other ingredients I almost always have here....never know when you need to make a cake in an emergency! Did you get any beading done, like you wanted to?

Mouse- I never thought that you were antisocial. I totally understand about not wanting to socialize with the particular individuals that you work with. They do not sound as the types that are really your friends, or would even be pleasant for you to be with. And in my book....and I am not known for being a diplomat....if it is not in your best interest, why bother? Sounds like you will be having fun with your swimming friends in January. I thought of you the other day.......a box arrived at my house (Wednesday afternoon, I think) and it was obviously a pie that had been shipped. It was addressed to Dh, and he does get all kinds of gifts from contractors that he does business with, so I brought it in the house and thought little of it. Well, when he got home, he laughed and said that my birthday present had arrived early........it seems as though when he was cleaning out the truck (after totalling it 2 weeks ago) that he found an old ad (probably 10 years old, from one of our trips to Lancaster) that he had torn out for ShoeFly pie. I love the stuff, (he hates it) and he ended up taking a shot at that the company was still in business. They were and he had one shipped here for my birthday. Ok, it has to be a million points per slice......and I am allowing myself a tiny piece each day. But I know that you are familiar with the area......and might appreciate my silly tale. Onto another subject......sounds great that you can be hired as a life guard. Big so what that you do not look like Pamela Sue or any of those other silicone infested, collagen injected mutants! What it is all about is that you are capable, right??? And that your heart is in the right place......and I think you pass with flying colors in all of those categories. So, get recertified and congrats.
Ok, I have babbled enough. I am fighting the blues these days. PMS is here (tralalalala lalalala), I am stressed out...sick of crabby kids (two of my own!), this time of year tends to be rough for me (anniversary of my fathers death was 12/16 and while I do not dwell on it it tends to silently linger in my thoughts for a day or so) and money is so tight. We just bought another truck to replace the one that met its demise.......got a great deal on a used vehicle (not enough time to explain now) but it really wiped out our savings at not the best time. And Dh seems to want to spend like it is growing on trees. Grrrrrrr.....nuff of me bellyaching.
Guess I'd better get off this computer and do something productive.
Have a good Sunday!
Ginny

Here is one of the bracelets I made on Thursday.... I used the scanner!

I'll be back...got lots to do....

Ginny... I used the regular cool whip.... I'm not sure what it will do with the other IF anything....I just never have the time to want to SEE! :)

I didn't read the rest of your post! Read only the first little bit while I was waiting for the photo to load.... will be back!

Take care!
meee

Gee Robyn, the bracelet is so pretty!! A nice color combination, just enough to provide contrast but not enough to overwhelm. VERY pretty! And it looks like one of those projects that do not take too terribly long to do.......me, stupido meo, I go for the time consuming stuff......so that I never get it done! Anyway, it is a beautiful and a great gift! I am going to try to make those cookies with the ff coolwhip and see how it goes. When I do I will let you know how it turns out.

We have some snow/ice due for tonite......can't decide if a delay tomorrow would make me happy or not....so much to do!
Gotta go. have a great nite. (BTW, I did get that walk in, 2.5 miles)
Ginny

I somehow burned the corners of both pans of brownies. :mad: The others are okay, and its snowing and I don't have any more stuff to make them.... I use a mix for the base, but I don't put eggs or oil in them, I use plain yogurt (this time) or applesauce, egg whites, and then add peanut butter/chocolate chips in one, and white chip sand mint extra in the other. :rolleyes: Maybe if I cut them up and take them out of the pan nobody will notice??? The bake-sale is tomorrow!!!!

Your cookies sound good, Robyn... but my brownies really ARE healthy. :) And I love your bracelet. Its gorgeous. I taught my female students how to do beading my first year there for some reason, and we made some bracelets and other jewelry, but it was harder for some of them, and they prefered making the plastic beaded animals where you follow a pattern...

I did get my swim in, at least, and the grocery shopping done (mostly).

:mouse:

Oh...darn.... were my Christmas present foods supposed to be healthy?! LOL
I've spent the day messing in my kitchen...yet again.... today I've made two different types of dipped pretzels (1 kind with toffee chunks!) and a big batch of some very tasty junk called "white trash" as it is made in a white trash bag... VERY unhealthy! So...
in the last two days, I've made nearly 5 pounds of peanut brittle, a batch of chocolate cookies, dipped pretzels and white trash. I've also made 3 more bracelets to add to my total AND I went shopping from 5pm until 2 am....

I'm exhausted.... and most definately SICK of the smell of chocolate! I haven't eaten too much... I can't get it to my lips as the smell is killing me right now! LOL I've got to get the stuff packaged to give and then I'm done!

Tomorrow I have to finish cleaning the living room once and for all until Christmas! I also have to wrap the gifts for my kiddos! (THAT will take a while...but not nearly as long as usual since I have nearly 10 kids less!) We also have BoyScouts tomorrow night. Yippeee... Tomorrow at school, my kiddos and I are making and baking Gingerbread men..thank gosh they don't contain chocolate! We will begin to package our gifts to our families. Other than that....a regular day at school.

I'm exhausted and the week hasn't started yet! :)

It is beginning to snow. Perhaps a 2 hour delay would be nice! EXCEPT...with this new district they expect teachers there on time.... no matter what the ice is like! Nice, compassionate, huh?! Save the kiddos...but teachers need to be there on time!

Enough babble from me for now.... laundry and all that junk in the kitchen need my attention.

Oh Ginny, the bigger beads in the bracelet are a marbled white and pinkish purple....they are some of my favorite beads! You bead as well? Big projects? What do you make?!

gotta run...........or iron..NOT! LOL
take care..
meee

Evening,
Just time to drop in and say hi. Had a very busy weekend. Have to go back to work tomorrow just to rest. LOL Yesterday was up and out the door at 7:15 to go workout. Home long enough to get a shower and change clothes. Went to sdd's basketball. Then went Christmas shopping with my dh from 11 am until 11 pm. We got all the shopping done for the kids. Now all we have to do is get something for my parents, grandma, mil and my sister's birthday. Got home at 1:30 am and hid the stuff. Today got up at 8 since my dh was suppose to help his friend get the gym ready for today's games. Only to find out that his friend was going to the gym around 10:30. I was so mad since I had to get up to get him up and moving. I went to church and then it was off to the ball game. Then went grocery shopping. YIPPPPPEEEE!!! Decided that I didn't do enough this weekend so I did laundry this evening and wrapped Christmas presents. So I think I have done enough stuff this weekend to last me an entire week. Didn't get a lot of excerise like I had wanted to do this weekend. Oh well tomorrow is a new day.
I will read everyone's post tomorrow and reply. Take care and enjoy your last few days of school with your kiddos. Off on a fieldtrip tomorrow if we have school. IT is very cold here. It snowed a little bit this morning. We are to get more tonight.
Well I am off to bed. Talk to you all later.
Kerry

Glad that you got a 2 hour delay. I had to go and stay outside in 7 degree weather doing bus duty from 7:50 until 8:20. I was frozen even through my layered clothing.
Then we went on a cold bus to the movies to see Polar Express. That is an awesome movie. My kids were really great. Then we got back to school at 1:30. We ate lunch and then watched another movie. So today was a good day!
How was everyone else's days? Well I better go and get ready to take my kiddos to their next activities. Then I will be off to Curves around 6 to workout. Check in with you all later.
Take care,
Kerry

Well hello all! I find myself having a little time because we had a snow day today. I did try to post on Wednesday when I returned from my trip, but I kept getting kicked off by AOL, and after 45 minutes of fighting with my computer, I gave up.

What I wanted to tell you all was what an amazing experience I had. I was treated like a VIP. I was greeted with a gift basket and a table filled with food and a poinsettia. I did my interviews and observations, and wrote up my report of commendations and recommendations. I recommended the preschool for accreditation. In the process, I met some interesting administrators and teachers from Maine and Mass. We shared delicious food and stories in the elegant Crowne Plaza Hotel. It was great for my career and for my confidence.

While I was gone, I got two new students. Since I do all my own registrations, I was pretty pissed. I never would have let a new child start this week. I would have waited till January. But, since I wasn't there to stop it from happening, I had to deal with the new kids who weren't signed up for the field trip or on the list for gifts from Santa. Not to mention the fact that they couldn't possibly learn the songs for the pageant between now and Wednesday. Now when they miss out on what every other kid will enjoy, how will they feel? They shouldn't have started till January!!!

Saturday night, we saw the Boston Pops at the Bridgeport Arena. We had a table for 10. It was beautiful and really kicked off Christmas for me.

My asthmatic bronchitis is still bothering me. I am so tired of coughing and wheezing. I may need to get on a stronger asthma medication.

I lost the "decorate a door" contest at school to someone who no doubt out-did me. She did a gingerbread house on her door with REAL CANDY. I am happy for her. The competition made everyone work really hard to decorate resulting in a very Christmasy school. Today we were supposed to go on a field trip to see "The Polar Express." It looks like we may be going tomorrow instead, but I have no way of notifying my PM class. Tomorrow morning is going to be a crazy, hectic mess. The holiday pageant is Wednesday which I still have a lot to prepare for. Thursday is our Christmas party and the day Santa will come with presents for each child.

Now I will go back and read your posts. I'll be back.

Ginny, thanks for the Christmas card! I'm sorry this is a blue time for you. Maybe you can make some happy Christmas memories to replace the painful one of your father's death. November used to be very difficult for me because of my mother's death. But, then my DD was born in November and made it the most joyful month of the year for me. Good luck with the new truck. I know how it feels for money to be tight...I'm living it too. And my DH seems to want to spend too. I'm trying really hard to focus on things that do not have anything to do with money.

Kerry, how funny that we had the same plans for today! Too bad that mine didn't happen. You sound very busy with everything. You also sound more organized for Christmas than me!

Robyn, A belated HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!! It sounds like you had a wonderful time. I spent the weekend and today baking as well. We made and decorated sugar cookies and chocolate chip. I had my DD's friend over today. Her mom drives DD to school, and I cover snow days. I had dreaded it because she is a high maintenance child, but she ended up keeping DD busy today. And, aside from decorating cookies with them and giving them lunch, they pretty much left me alone. I can't believe you don't get the two hour delay as well as the kids. Just wait till a teacher has a serious accident, then we will see what happens. Years ago, our music teacher was almost killed trying to get to work on time in icey conditions. He raised holy **** once he got out of the hospital.

Mousie, do you make No Pudge Brownies? Their recipe is with yogurt. I like to make them with Stoneyfield Farms chocolate yogurt and then mix in semi-sweet morsels. Congrats on being hired as a life guard!!!

In another week, I will be around all of the time, so I will try to be more in the loop!

I surely hope that January gives me more time.

G'evening all. It was COLD COLD COLD COLD today! It was negative something this morning: weatherbug was going insane telling me the windchill was 65538 or something because it couldn't handle the temperatures! The actual temp was 8 degrees. And WE WERE ON TIME! The southern counties and lots of their government offices and such were delayed, eastern shore schools were closed because of high wind warnings.
So, I had parked in the garage last night... smart... and was able to get the car started without any problems and wrapped up like a snowperson to go to work. Our parking lot was so icey: I had to use my walking stick to get in the building safely.
Then the automatic door the kids come in for some buses got stuck OPEN... I had to muscle it shut, to many cheers from staff doing hall duty and students.
I gave over the brownies... No, Summer, they aren't No Pudge, they're ordinary Betty Crocker, low-fat mix. I just modify accordingly.
I'm sure there was something else that I was going to say, but I just can't remember what it was... I think it has something to do with your trip, Summer... glad it went so well. :) :)
:mouse:

My hands are so cold I can barely type. This is evidently NOT Tahiti.

It certainly was good to hear from you Summer! Sounds like your time away was better than just OK! I would also be crazy over having not 1 but 2 new kiddos appear days away from the BIGGEST EVENT short of the last day of school.

So I've spent the day (minus 2 hours, of course!) baking gingerbread cookies with the kiddos....in a toaster oven. 2 at a time... oy! Anywhooo... so I've baked, dipped, wrapped, etc... now it is time for me to make sure that all gifts get where they are going tomorrow. 7th grade son pulls out (against his will) Civics and Biology ...both subjects have a test tomorrow. Review, review, review. Study, study, study. ARGH! Anyway...so as he is putting away that junk, he pulls out a math sheet that has a drawing of some very cute snowmen around it. He says, and I quote here...(.and PLEASE remember that his IEP is double digits thick!) "Mom, I know that you've got a lot to do, but if YOU would color this for me, I'll get extra credit." (Okey...now what do I do? He does NOT color...IEP.... he has not been offered any extra credit that HE can do....only this... he has an A in math....BUT banking extra credit is smart. SOOOO, I just finished my coloring homework...and I'm a bit ticked! 7th grade? coloring? anddddddddddd what about something that fits into the KIDs IEP for extra credit?! WHAT THE HECK Did he get out of my coloring other than the extra 10 points? Okey...it didn't KILL me...but that isn't my point at all!) Fair, Equal, and appropriate! WHEN?

Well....all that being said.... I've been studying for Civics and Biology and freakin coloring since dinner.........I've got to get back to getting all the junk in the right spots for delivery tomorrow.

The kids are getting a tad CRAZYYYYY! And I'm not too far behind!
I'm FREEZING in case you missed that announcement!

(((hugs))) to all my friends!
meee

Glad to have you back Summer! I hope that you are able to go on your field trip tomorrow. The movie is wonderful. Sounds like you were treated like a queen on your trip. That is great that you had such a wonderful time. Hope all goes well with your Chirstmas program. By the way, we are not that organized for Chirstmas. We still don't have our tree up and decorated yet. My dh wanted to put it up last night and I told him that I didn't have time to do that. I wanted to do it when the kids were here and have them help. Maybe we can do it tomorrow evening before their ball game. I just got their gifts wrapped last night since they were not here lurking around.
Mouse I am with you about going to work today. A couple of the districts around us were on two hour delays, but not us. So what did you end up doing with the brownies? Did you cut them into squares and put them in baggies or cut off the dryed out edges? Those brownies sound good that way. I might have to try it sometime.
Ginny how are you doing gal? Did you have school today? Hope you were able to find a few minutes to relax and gear up for the coming days this week with all the little hyper kiddos. Congrats on your weight loss. I don't think I mentioned that to you in my previous posts. I have my WI tomorrow evening. We had eaten out 4 times this weekend and I am hoping that it doesn't catch up with me.
Robyn, sorry to hear that you are so cold. One of the janitior's at school turned off the heater on Friday and so it was not turned back on until 6 this morning when the head janitor came into work. I was so glad to go home at the end of the day to warm up You are a brave lady making gingerbread cookies in a toaster oven. How long did it take to bake? My kids would not be able to stand to wait so long. How many cookies did you bake with your kiddos?
I got some very sad news this evening. My mom told me that our next door neighbor found out that she has lung cancer and she is coming home from FLA. to die. That it probably will not be very long. This hurts so bad because she had fought and won brain cancer, a brain tumor, breast cancer and some other form of cancer. Please keep her and her family in your thoughts and prayers.
Well I think I am going to go to bed. It was a fun day, but very long. Talk to you all tomorrow. Only two more days until vacation.
Take care,
Kerry

Good morning!!!!!
Summer- great to hear from you, and it sounds as though your trip was a success.
I won't be able to get personal this am...just up to my eyeballs with stuff to do and have to get ready to take the hyper kiddies in. Kerry, hope your WI was ok, you have been working out a lot so maybe it will all balance out. My WI is tonite.....and TOM just showed up so who knows!
We went to Ds's Christmas concert last nite, a pleasant evening. What we did not know until we got home was that Dd's bfriend had broken up with her- (we did suspect something) and there were probably several parents there who knew that already (her friends parents and former Bf's family). Stinks for her.......why do guys have such miserable timing????? So, Dh and I discussed the situation to death- I am here on 4 hours of sleep and a long day ahead. Oh, bother!
Guess I'd better go. Did get my WW video in this am......better that than stuffing my face.
See ya later!
Ginny