Thanks Cherie for updating me on DH. It is going to be a good season. Those women are all so darn beautiful! I'm jealous :lol:
I am going to shut this computer down now and try and get myself into bed. I am so tired, LOL. TGIF All!!!! The weather here is going to be really nice here this weekend so I would like to get the family outside doing something. Maybe take a ride north and look at the fall colors or go hiking somewhere. I would like to go and get some fresh apples too.
GoodNight Everyone.

Fresh Apples and hiking.. that sounds like a great plan! Myself, I'm just going to see my brother .. a quick trip to drop off my extra furniture. Sunday, it's church, going shopping for the cruise and back home to a church activity with the girls at Perfect Swing. A fun outdoors play park area. My weekend will be really full.. but fun.

Today, I am fighting a fever blister that came up yesterday and a headache that I had yesterday as well. I'm not sure where it's coming from, but I just wish these annoyances would go away.

The weather is is beautiful... nice and cool... sunny. I love this. I slept with my window open all night long. Wish I could do that again tonight.. but I'll be somewhere in Arkansas.. not even sure where we will be staying tonight! I'll play it by ear.

OK.. well back to work here. I'll talk to you soon!

Cherie

Hi All,

Sorry to be MIA for awhile. Report cards have to be input and printed by Monday. I had 95 5-paragraph essays and 95 Literature tests that still needed grading. I'm all finished and reading to input the grades. We have conferences next Thurs and Fri. I decided to print out progress reports for any students with D's or F's so I can show the parents why their son/daughter is failing; mostly due to missing work. This week will be hectic, but it's the last one before break.

Julie: Going to see fall colors sounds great. I wish we could do that here. Up north, near Flagstaff and Sedona, the fall colors aren't worth going to see until November. Maybe we'll take a drive then.

Cherie: Enjoy your weekend. It does sound like fun. I'm actually looking forward to having some time to do fun things. I am so busy with school that I just don't feel like doing anything very much. I will be volunteering at Ashley's school for a couple of days while I'm on break. I'm looking forward to it.

This is short and I don't mean to leave anyone out, but I have to go to the school to input the grades. I want to get it done early.

Have a great day and weekend everyone!!

Cal

Happy Monday! :-) It's October... I love October! Not too hot, not too cold. Great Month!

Well, I took my furniture to my brother Friday evening. I spent the night with them and got up and started coming back home around noon Saturday. It was great seeing my brother and his family, but it made me realize, I am so glad I don't have a baby anymore. His son, Connor, will be 2 on Xmas Eve. And all he did was cry! Needless to say, I asked Hannah if she wanted a baby brother now, and she said NO.. and I said, well me either.. and she said.. but you already have one, and I told her, See.. I know what I am talking about! :D My brother didn't appreciate that humor. :D

Sunday, I skipped church.. and cleaned the house a bit. The girls and I went and met a friend of mine and we went shopping for dresses for the cruise. I found a really nice black satin long dress to wear.. and a few others. It's going to be strange wearing these clothes. I haven't dressed like this in years, and Alan has never seen me in a dress really, so he will be surprised. Now.. if I can just buckle down for three weeks and make sure I look OK in the dresses, I'll be happy.

Tonight, Megan has her daisy meeting... and tomorrow my aunt and uncle are coming for dinner, so I need to make it to the grocery store.

Oh.. I took Hannah to the orthodontist.. and in a month, she is going to be fitted for an appliance for her upper mouth, with something called a Quad Helix with thumb habit reminder. Hopefully this will help break her of her thumb sucking habit and get her top mouth aligned. 6 months later, we will be addressing her lower mouth with another appliance. Now I know why my mother never took me to an orthodontist... they are expensive!

OK.. guess I better get to work now....

Cal.... Good Luck this week. Enjoy your break next week!

Talk soon,
Cherie

Good Morning! :-) Nothing much to report.. Megan had a great Daisy meeting last night, and I actually got on the treadmill! :-) Woo hoo! I tried out my new heart rate monitor.. but every time I tried to jog, it started beeping at me, seems my heart rate was going OVER the limit... so I need to look at the book and see if I can adjust it. Anytime I got it over 147 it would start beeping.

Tonight, my aunt and uncle are coming over. I am making meatloaf and mashed potatoes with black eyed peas. I hope I can control my eating.... I love that stuff! I never cook it cause it's just too much for the girls and I?

Well, I hope everyone is doing ok. I'll check back in later.

Halloween candy sucks. I've had 4 mini bars today.. in addition to two rice cakes that came straight from Japan, and they are a little greasy, so I know they are not as healthy as my Quaker Oats ones. I can't read what is in them.. all Japanese to me :D

ok... going home now.

Happy Wednesday... It is Wednesday right? We are expecting a cold front today.. so I sent the girls out in jeans and jackets.. even though they don't need them this morning. By this afternoon, the temps are going to drop over 20 degrees!

I didn't exercise last night. My aunt and uncle came over and we had a really nice visit. I was kinda surprised by that. They didn't leave til 8 PM.. and by the time I got the girls into bed... I just wasn't into exercising. I am procrastinating and I need to get past that.

Well... I'm not sure where everyone is.. but HI EVERYONE!!!! :-) I miss ya!

OK.. I'll check back in later to see if anyone comes up for air!

Cherie

Hi Girls.

Cherie, sorry you have been alone here the last couple of days! I have been busy and have not made time to post :^:. Plus I couldn't get on the internet today so dh had to call our internet server and figure what was going on with it today. Ds had a field trip today. He has got these two girls that just will not leave his side. It is so cute. One of them calls him her boyfriend. I am not ready for that yet, lol! I went over to the mall after to spend my gift certificate from my birthday and bought some bras and panties and I got these really cool knives. Oh joy, huh :lol:. I am just way to boring, lol. I also got some wine glasses and I am trying to talk dh into having a glass of wine once in a while with me. My eating has just been terrible, yikes!! I have to get control of it. I want at least ten pounds GONE!! I had some brats for dinner tonight. But on wheat buns ;).
The weather here was so hot and humid today. I could not believe it for this time of year. We are suppose to get a big cool down though tomorrow. Hopefully that will bring some of my motivation back to excercise. I just have such a hard time excercising in the heat. My body totally swells up even when pms is not here. I don't know what is up with that? We also ended up going apple picking last weekend. It was a great time. The apples taste so great right off the tree. I also tried a new apple crisp recipe from my Paula Dean cookbook. I will not even tell you how much butter went into it. I cut the recipe in half though. I love her recipes.

Cherie, I bet you will look beautiful in your black dress. How fun to dress up! I have not dressed up like that in years either. You have a thumb sucker too, my dd has been doing that forever. I remember on my ultrasound she was doing that in my belly. I am trying to talk her out of it. She is four. So hopefully I can get her to stop. I am craving Halloween candy sooo bad! I want a Almond Joy!! None in the house though.
I am glad you had a nice visit with your Aunt and Uncle. Your dinner sounds so good. I have not had meatloaf in ages. It is a great fall comfort food.

Cal I hope you busy week is going smoothly for you. I have so much respect for teachers. They work so hard!

Well girls kids are asking for a snack and dinner just got done with an hour ago, lol. Check back soon! Hi everyone. :)

Btw Noelle I hope you are having a great time! You come back tomorrow I thought you had said. Missed ya!

Night Girls :)

Julie.. your son has some girlfriends eh? :D Well, back when Hannah was in kindergarten, they exchanged valentines with the class. In her bag was this very lovely homemade one that obviously someone helped the little boy with, and it said on the inside, I LOVE YOU HANNAH, LOVE ERIC. Well.... as you can imagine.. Mom wasn't too thrilled with this... and Hannah told me it was from her BOYFRIEND!!!!! I finally got to meet this little boy one day during the summer, and I have to say, she had good taste cause he was a cutie! :-) Now she has boys that she 'likes' and I try to keep it light hearted and enjoy her innocence. She still thinks kissing is EWWWWWWW so that is a good thing! :-)

Oh... and on another note about Hannah... I got two letters in the mail from her school yesterday. She took a standardized test a couple of weeks ago, and she scored above average on it. The second letter was from the school saying because of this ability test, (she scored in the 97-99% of kids her age and kids in her grade across the US), she qualified for the Gifted and Talented program in her school. And that she would remain throughout her school career in the G&T program! I am so proud of her! I knew she was smart! Now if I can only get Megan to be half that bright... but I think we are going to have a few learning disabilities with her... I just need to sit down and start working with her at night.

My diet and exercise has gone out the window... and I don't know where to find it. It just sucks not to have any motiviation. I am finding myself slipping into a depression again, for no reason that I know of.. so I may start back on the antidepressants for a while.

OK.. well, I hope everyone is doing great..... Julie, did you watch the biggest loser this week? I really liked Ryan.. I was sorry to see her go. But she looks awesome now.

OK..back to work.. talk soon,

Cherie

Cherie, congrats on your little Hannah! Wow that is great about the about her test scores. That is really something to be proud of. My ds has his conferences coming up and I hope and pray to hear good reports. He has really got adjusted to kindergarten very well. It is quite a change for a kid to go to school all day when they were never in like a full time daycare setting. But I have positive feeling he is going to do just fine.
I am sorry you are feeling down. You know you have been through so much, with the loss of Steven and moving and taking care of the girls on your own. It must be a lot to handle. You are so so strong! The girls are lucky to have you as their Mom.
I caught the end of the Biggest Loser. I have been missing parts of it. I have to send myself and e-mail to remind me. I liked Ryan too.
Okay I will check in later on, I have to finish getting dd signed up for dance class that starts next week. And I think I might make some tuna salad sandwiches for lunch, YUM! Have a great day girls :)

Have a great Friday. Hi everyone.

Hey girls, I'm back! I am tired and feeling headachy but I am glad to be home. I lost my voice at Disneyland (Space Mountain) and maybe California Adventure (Tower of Terror), then I caught a slight cold so it was a double whammy on my vocal chords. I sound like a raspy chain smoker :smoking: Anyway, the vacation was great, I did write post cards in CA but did not get to send them out until I got to Vegas so you guys should be getting them any day now. I missed chatting w/you guys but I had a blast.... my sis called me with the news that Motley Crue is supposed to doing a tour stop here in HI on 12/14--wouldn't that just be a major birthday treat for me??? I was seriously contemplating extending my stay in Vegas since they are performing at the Hard Rock on 10/8 and 9....I flew home on the 6th :( But anyway, concert tix there were $195 and up.

I have to go back and read up on the thread...I'll be back tomorrow hopefully. Love ya girls. Talk later.

Hi Noelle!!!! So glad you are back, I missed chatting with you too! Glad you had a great time. You better take care of that voice because you will be losing it AGAIN on your birthday ;). That is so COOL about the concert right on the day of your birthday. You are going to go aren't you? WOOHOO so excited for you. We regret not going :( ....I felt like I was to old....what the heck was I thinking :lol:? Anyway I will be watching for the post card from you, that was sweet of you to think of us. Take care of that cold and get some rest girl.

Cherie are you feeling better? Thinking of you. Any plans for the weekend?

Cal how is break going? Relax and have fun!

Angie, how are you doing? Did you take a ride yet to see the fall colors? I think they are almost at their peak up north here.

Dips any word yet on where you are going? Been thinking of you.

Kempy miss chatting with you.

My mom just stopped by and dropped off a Casper DVD for the kids. I think we will watch that tonight. That will have to do until Chicken Little comes out, the kids can't wait to go and see it. It looks like a cute movie. One of our local grocery stores is having their annual pumpkin festival today so we are going to get some. The kids want to carve one so I will be making toasted pumpkin seeds. I just love the smell of a fresh cut pumpkin. Yesterday I went and I got a new pair of jeans but I got a size smaller than I am wearing now. And everytime that I want to have a bowl of ice cream after dinner (I had a bowl after dinner everynight this week :o) I am going to think about the jeans. Also I am going to go make room in the family room for my treadmill, I am going to dust the thing off and use it. Have a great Saturday everyone. Check back later on :)