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Oh My Goodness is it hot or what? It has been in the 100 mark the last two days in OHio. We have had to go to my MIL for the last two days to beat some of the heat. It sure has been nice to sit in a/c and read a book. I did finish To the Limit and now am reading a book called Baby Proof. It is about a lady who leaves her hubby after he decides he wants a baby after all.
I have been trying really hard to get my water in. So hopefully that will help me when I get on the scales next Tuesday. I haven't been able to workout since it has been so bloody hot. It was still 90 last night when we came home at 11 p.m. from the bowling alley. Miss Mermaid when does your mom have her knee replacement? Hope you have had a better day with your eating today. Does the oldest still have drumline this week? Miss Ginger glad to see that you are still alive. Hope things are slowing down for you a little bit. Hope your weigh in goes well this week. Summer sounds like you had a lovely time with your nephew and his wife. My dh is the same way before going on a road trip. Don't you just want to beat them over the head with something? Sorry your library is not up to par. Hope you are able to find good books at your used bookstore. I use to go to one back near my hometown. It was awesome. Then they had to close. Don't have any around where I live now. Well I better go and give the computer to my dh. I beat him to it when we came home. Maybe the hot weather will help me lose a couple pounds. Feels too hot to really eat anything. Had a big chef salad for dinner tonight. Have a great evening! Take care, Kerry |
heading to an orthodontist appointment and then to get the boys a few "back to school" clothes... they had the nerve to grow this summer! :)
stay cool everyone! take care |
TGIF! It sure has been a long, hot, humid week this week! I hope the heat wave has finally broken for awhile. I can't take much more of it.
Miss Mermaid enjoy your day school clothes shopping for the boys. How dare they grow over the summer. LOL That is like my three stepkiddos. The baby sure has shot up over the summer. I bet you by the end of this school year I will have to look up to him. Miss Ginger and Summer hope you enjoy your Fridays. Are you staying cool enough? I have to go and get my paycheck this morning and then go pay a few bills. Might have to think about going to the store and getting a few things like toliet paper and toothpaste just to mention the major items that we are going to shortly run out of. Hope you all enjoy your days! Chat with you later. Kerry |
3 digit heat
teens with attitudes and stomach aches crowded stores traffic stopped in all directions on all roads BLEECH! hope your day was better! |
Glad you survived your crappy day. I know that my stepkiddos had bad attitudes yesterday. In fact, I made the baby mad at me for making him work on his multiplication. Going into the fourth grade and doesn't even know his facts. So mean stepmommy that I am is making him learn them before school starts. I am enjoying a nice evening to myself. I watched the movie The Holiday. Very good. Now I am getting ready to watch Stomp the Yard. I even did laundry this evening. It is just nice to have the house to myself every once and in awhile.
Miss Ginger and Summer hope you had lovely days. The heat finally broke so it was bearable today. Maybe I can start thinking about working out again. Chat with you all later. Kerry |
Our weather was the opposite. :rain:Thunderstorms began Thursday night and didn't end till Saturday morning. Temps have been in the low 60's. Friday night, we had a bbq with new friends (parents of DD's friend). I had visions of us sitting out on the deck sipping pina coladas while the kids swim in the pool. Yeah right!!! I was pissed at first since I've barely entertained all summer, and all I wanted was a beautiful evening to roast marshmallows, make s'mores, catch lightning bugs, stargaze, and light some firecrackers. At some point, I decided to look at the glass as half-full. I decided to go with a "Tropical Storm Theme!" We have a closed-in porch with screens/windows where I already have my mother's old dining room set which we use when we want to avoid the mosquitoes. The only problem is that the other side of the porch has accumulated lots of crap. So, I spent Thursday and Friday clearing and cleaning the porch. We already have pretty plants in there, shells, a mermaid over the front door, pretty windchimes, and lots of pretty candles. Once the table was set, it looked really cool. I played Jimmy Buffet on my CD player, filled the cooler, and fired up the blender. DH bbq'ed shish ka bobs. I made rice pilaf and pina colada cake. My friend brought a salad and brownies. We ate, drank, and laughed all night. It turns out that the husband and I grew up in the same neighborhood, but since he's 5 years younger than me, I never knew he existed! But, we have so much in common coming from the same place. They both have a great sense of humor, and there were moments I had to take off my glasses and wipe the tears of hysterical laughter away. It has been such a long time since we had fun with both members of a couple. I have so many friends whose husbands I or DH can't stand. I hope we can continue to socialize with them and become real friends.
Today the sun is back and it is a scorching 66 degrees!:flame: I need to straighten up the house from last night, and if it warms up, maybe we can go in the pool later. My sister (whose marriage is falling apart) kicked my BIL out of the bedroom, and she got a new bedroom set with all the trimmings...gorgeous! Anyway, he couldn't fit all their old bedroom furniture in the guest bedroom, so I'm inheriting a desk (which DD jumped for), a bedside table, and a square glass/brass table which will become my new coffee table in my living room. I have to be civil with him because he is delivering it all this morning. It is so hard to be nice to someone who has ruined my sister's life.:mad: Tomorrow I'm hosting a Tastefully Simple party. It is supposed to be sunny, so I can host it outside. I have six confirmed guests. Three can't come but already placed orders. There are four people who never responded, and I'm just dumbstruck how rude people can be. I sent a "save the date" email, mailed an invitation, and followed up with email or phone call. Can you imagine ignoring all that?! Gotta go get dressed. BIL doesn't deserve the cheap thrill of me in my nightie! |
Summer sorry to hear that your weather was so crappy for the last few days. Sounds like you saved the day with the Tropical Storm theme party. You are so cleaver! Glad you had a great time with your new friends. I wish we had more friends that were couples that we could hang out with. Almost all of our friends are single or have girl friends. If they have girl friends goodness look out because they are usually the jealous type when I speak to their man or give their man a hug. Hope you are civil enough to your bil when he delievers the furniture.
Miss Mermaid and Ginger hope you ladies are having a fine weekend. I watched Stomp the Yard last night after I checked the computer. It was a really good movie. Then I read for a little bit. I was trying to stay up until my dh came home. But that didn't happen at 1 I finally went to bed. So I don't know what time he really got home. I think it might be a silent day at our house though. Because he left at 4 p.m. to go to a 6 p.m. football scrimmage that was 1 1/2 hours away from us. Then he was still out at 1 a.m. Dang that must have been some long football scrimmage, huh? Or the boys talked him into going to some bar afterwards. Let's see if he even attempts to spend time with me today. Well I better go and start making some noise to wake his butt up. Chat with you all later. Take care, Kerry |
Oh I am so mad right now. He finally woke up at 10:45 after I turned the tv on in the living room. Then he started acting all lovely dovely towards me. I told him to leave me alone. He had the nerve to tell me that I should have bought sugar yesterday for him since he was out. I said that wasn't my job since I don't use the stuff. That we could get it today when we went to the store. But no he said that he promised his ex-wife (whose weekend it is with the kids), that he would be at the end of the season pool party at our city pool if she would just drop them off. Well one of his boys called upset this morning that they were allowed to go now. Well come to find out they had a knock down drag out fight with fists and feet flying everywhere. So the boys were grounded for the weekend. So instead of taking her daughter into town and dropping her off, my dh volunteers me to go out and pick her up. I had errands to run. So I had to hurry up and go pick her up and take her to the pool. What really gets me is when you tell someone that you will be right there and they are not even ready. So I ran and did my errands. Call my dh to ask him when he will be home and I get the "I don't know, I guess when I get there answer." I guess I am just sick and tired of always being the one to save the day for everyone else. But I don't get any recognition for it, just crapped on all the time. I am sorry that I blew up like that,but I had to get it off my chest.
I got my work letter in the mail today. Suppose the building will be ready for us to come and start working in our classrooms on Aug. 16th. We have our staff inservice on the 21st. Our open house will be on Aug. 27th and school starts on Sept. 4th. So I guess I have to start thinking about school again. LOL Well hope you are all having a better day than I am. I think I might just go take a nap. His royal highness did tell me this morning we had to mow the yard sometime soon. I bet you any amount of money he picks tomorrow to mow it. If so, I am going to be mad. Because then we will not have any time this weekend to go do something just the two of us. Because on Monday it is back to watching the kids for the last week before they go to school on the 21st. Chat with you all later. Take care, Kerry |
Yesterday we went to Target and bought DD a desk set. There were no matching pieces that she liked, so we found brights by Isaac Mizrahi and others that we put together and kind of match. $67 later (:eek:EEK!) her new desk is functional, stylish, and she is thrilled. She wanted a desk lamp and cool chair on wheels, but the desk set broke the bank! We set her up in front of a window overlooking the backyard in the dining room, because I want to be able to cook dinner and help her with homework simultaneously. Since it is a nice piece of furniture, it fits in well enough.
I was pretty headachy from Friday's rum, so after Target sorting through her stuff, and setting up her desk, I was done. I wanted to clean, but it fell on me today. I don't feel like it, but my Tastefully Simple party is in a few hours. My sister's glass table is a perfect coffee table for us. We were using a small hope chest, but when DD was little, she wrote on it with pen. We were planning on buying a new one in a couple of years, but now we don't need to! Ginger, have a fabulous vacation!!! Mermaid, love ya baby!!! Kerry, September 4th?! Lucky girl!!! I start the 27th and get kids the 29th!!! Enough putting off housework. Wah wah wah... |
Summer hope you got your housework done and enjoy your party today. Have fun! Your dd's desk sounds nice.
Ginger and Miss Mermaid hope you are enjoying your weekend. My dh spent time with me last night. We went out to dinner, then went to my sil to visit her. While there we got a phone call from one of our friend's to come over to their house because they were hanging out on their back porch. So it was nice to hang out with a few married couples for a change. We stayed over there until 5 in the morning. They won't let us leave. Just stay a little bit longer. Our host should have a nice little hangover today. Atleast neither my dh or I drank over our limit. He had a couple beers and I had a beer and two fuzzy navels. So I don't have to worry about babysitting. Yeah! The reason our school starts so late this year is that they built 2 new elementary schools and the middle school that I will be working out of. They won't be done until midweek. So we can start going in on the 16th. Well I need to go and check something else out on the computer . Chat with you all later. Have a great Sunday! Take care, Kerry |
Hello ladies!
Sounds as if everyone has been busy and enjoying these last few days! Things here (CoconutTele) have been very quiet! I certainly hope that Ginger enjoys her family vacation! I will miss her while she is gone! Glad you got to spend time with your hubby, Kerry....and that you had fun! I love the location of your daughter's new desk, Summerrr! My guys do their homework (usually) at the kitchen table as that is usually where I am during homework time. They usually don't need my "help" so much as "direction".... Their attention is just like their mom's! Go figure! My metabolism is back to being a snail. If you remember, during the true heatwave, I had a bad experience while exercising..... and I have gotten out of the routine. Without the extra movement, I'm back to the scales not moving. While my eating is (for pretty much) in control and much less.... I was meant to be THE LAST FAT CHICK on the planet... famine? no problem, I have thighs and fanny! Sigh! How are ya'll doing with your eating / exercise plan?! I go back to school on the 24th. Mom has her surgery on the 23rd. Kids begin school on the 4th. (School always resumes the day after Labor Day in Va unless there is a waiver.... This is a tourism thing, really!) take care, meeee |
Mermaid: So you have a full week of professional development and meetings? We have two days of it, and they scatter PD throughout the year on half-days. I would rather get it in the week before and have some time in my room with the kids starting after Labor Day. But not since I was a child has school started after LD around here. What is funny though is that even though I already have students before LD, I still get a tummy ache in the evening on LD. I guess I have a conditioned response from childhood. I'm going to go in on the 23rd and 24th to do my bulletin board and get organized. In past years, I would go in as early as two weeks before, but since summer school wasn't using my classroom, I didn't put away much. But, since the custodian probably moved things around to shampoo rugs, I will surely have some stuff to do. I just don't want to give up anymore of my summer vacation than I have to. At least I will be in the same room all day now, so worse comes to worse, I can do stuff throughout the day when school starts.
My biggest stressor is that I am up for reaccreditation with NAEYC this year, I will have to do a self-study, and collect documentation to prove that I am complying with the requirements.:p It is a lot of work (waste of time) but at least I will be teaching one full-day pre-k this year giving me time while they are napping (hopefully they will actually sleep) to do paperwork. My job requires so much paperwork, but I have no office time built into the schedule. I don't know when they think I'm gonna do it all when I already have to bring work home for lesson planning. Last year I used center time to do documentation when I should have been working with small groups. I want to have time to actually TEACH this year! Phew! That was a mouthful. I think I'm gonna have to add WW online to my budget. I've gained back what I lost on WW in the spring. I thought I could go it on my own, but I was sadly mistaken. So that 9 lb. loss that you see in my signature is no longer valid.:p Last night's party was a success. I had 7 guests and 3 catalog orders from people who couldn't come. My sales totalled $350 so I will get to choose $35 worth of products. I've been considering becoming a Tastefully Simple Consultant (cause you all know how much free time I have!) but nobody booked a party. If three had booked, my consultant would have paid for my kit, I would have gotten free products all totalling $300, and I would have been able to begin my business. But she said that without a few guaranteed parties, I would have no way to start. Maybe I'll try again in the spring. Right now I should be concentrating on my two jobs, choir, and oh yes, my family! It is not very warm today, and the pool is cold from too many cool days & nights. So, I think DD and I will see a movie and venture outdoors tomorrow after the pool has had some sun shining on it. Have a great day! |
okay. I know that both of you have posted today; however, I can't read the messages right now... I'm a big baby. I have to get on the couch and get my foot elevated.
So... Here is my news. Gracefully, of course, I fell off my very short (less than 2 feet!) kitchen stool and fell into my open, bottom drawer pulled out, fully loaded dishwasher. I think that I have broken my second toe on my right foot as I jammed it to the point of an instant gigantic blue/purple bruise on the middle joint.... The whole toe is throbbing. KILLING me. My loving family laughed hysterically at my "antics". When I can walk without wincing, I'm gonna get them! :) (I am hoping and praying that I didn't do damage to my dishwasher! I was so afraid that I was going to land on that loaded silverware thingy...) This is my 2nd major accident in 5 days. I shut my finger in the dryer door last week. Had to open it to get it out. Talk about sucking in air forFREAKINGever! I couldn't even speak or scream! I have a very lovely purple middle finger nail! Graceful, elegant, talented..... and bruised! I hope you all had good days. I will catch up with you tomorrow! take care, meee |
Dear God Mermaid!!! OUCH!!!:eek: You poor thing. I think you are actually pretty lucky that you didn't get hurt more seriously, especially on something sharp. Don't be embarrassed about your accidents. I've been hurting myself doing stuff like that my whole life. It is why I'm so darn overprotective of DD. Take care, and feel better. At least it is sandal season...better than having to wear socks and sandals in the winter.:o
I went to the GYN for an ultrasound follow-up. There are nodules which are probably endometriosis which is the original cause of my infertility. But I have to go for another with a specialist in September just to make sure there isn't anything malignant. I will be having a mammo on Friday. I had called to make an appointment earlier in the summer and was told that I'm not due till January. Then my GYN says I've overdue. The scheduler had read the date wrong. So, I've got to get it NOW. :p I was lucky to get an appointment before school starts. And my ultrasound will be on Rosh Hashanah which I have off. My principal told me to handle all my medical needs over the summer so I wouldn't need to use personal days. B*tch!!!:mad: God forbid I need a hysterectomy. I can't join WW till I get paid again...not till 9/7. I got one lump sum payment in June and I will barely make it till school starts, so no extras right now. It doesn't mean I'm throwing caution to the wind, but there's no way I can go outside my budget right now. Gonna do some laundry, dishes, and maybe I'll get to the pool before DH comes home. |
Afternoon Ladies,
Miss Mermaid sorry to hear about your accident. How is your foot today? I am glad that you didn't land on the silverware part. That would have hurt getting stuck with all those sharp objects. Hope you are able to be up moving around today. I feel your pain sister. I am a klutz myself. I am the only person I know who can fall going up a set of steps. Summer hope your mammo goes well on Friday. I remember how you have had some trouble with them in the past. Your boss doesn't sound like she is a very understanding person. Hope you can schedule all your doctor's appointments on your days off. So did you get to go swimming this afternoon? I have been busy trying to get those last few things done before going back to school that won't get done after I start. I got a phone call this morning from my new assistant principal that we can't get into the building until Monday now. That will only leave us less than two weeks to get our rooms ready. I am not a happy camper right now. Plus my stepson opened his mouth and pissed me off this afternoon. My dh and him have been on the computer all day basically. So when I ask when it is going to be my turn before my TOPS meeting he says that "Dad and I have it right now. Can't you just wait?" That just set me over the edge. I told him that I am only good enough in his eyes when he needs his clothes washed, something to eat, taken somewhere or some money. The rest of the time Kerry is forgotten about. So I haven't spoken to him since until he apologizes. That is not a good way to think only being 9 years old, is it? Well I better take my crabby self and go get ready to go to my meeting. I was in a good mood today until the little brat told me how he saw things. I am not going to let people shove me to the side anymore. I really think that has had some baring on my weight issues too. I will check back in with you all later. Take care, Kerry |
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