James had his kindergarten readiness testing day before yesterday. Let me just preface this with the fact that he did excellent and more than passed with flying colors. In fact, on the reading portion, he flew through the regular tester books so well that they brought out the big guns - the end of the year reading book. And he flew through that one, too.
That said...
One part of the test was rhyming words. i thought, "Well this'll go great; we play the rhyming game all the time!" It's just james, me and the tester lady at this kid-sized table in the library. She says, "Ok, i'm giong to say three words, two of them will rhyme. tell me which words rhyme."
So she does, and he does, and everything's fine.
THEN she says, "Ok, i'm going to say THREE words, and i want you to tell me a word that rhymes with all three of them. ready? Cat, hat, bat..."
He looks at her for a few moments with eyes that are focused with concentration. then he says very slowly, dragged out for about 10 seconds...
"Diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick" (kind of like when ralphie says "fuuuuuuudge" on A Christmas Story).
I just died, busted out laughing, i cant stop, it's like I'm 10 years old in the front row at church or something. Nothing is helping. Even 10 minutes later, as I'm watching him take the rest of the test, if I thought about it I busted out laughing again! I'm sure the tester lady was tres impressed with little Mr. Rhymes-a-lot (or not!) and his immature mother!
And every time i think about it still, i can hardly contain myself.
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So we only have four days till I have a kindergartener and a 7th grader! What a whirlwind summer it seems we've had. I'm supposed to take Clara shopping today, but I have put my foot down and told her that we are NOT buying any more sports t-shirts and shorts. She has more than enough for the rest of her life, and if she gets new clothes, it will be decent stuff, you know, like jean shorts! Grandma Dolloff gave her a million dollars in Visa gift cards, and I told her we'd be spending it all on bras and underpants before I let her buy any more soccer shorts. She needs that stuff anyway.
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James has gotten me absolutely hooked on the Star Wars Complete Saga Lego Wii game. I love it so much. We're *this* close to beating the whole game! Anyway, playing the game got me wanting to watch all six expisodes of the Star Wars movies. James and I decided it would be our mission to watch them all as quickly as possible. We had the first three, bought the next two, and borrowed the last one from Stacie. I'd asked Clara if she wanted to watch with us, and she wasn't interested. However, as we are on the last leg of the 5th movie, she came in and got interested. Now, mind you, James and I have invested about 10 hours into Star Wars movie time, and she has the nerve to ask us if we will start over because she wants to watch now! :) I'm glad she wants to watch with us, but we are not starting over...not until we finish this last one anyway. Then we'll watch them all over again. It makes for some good snuggle time, as we put the movie in the DVD player in Scott's and my bedroom, throw all the pillows in the entire house on the bed, and cuddle down.
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Tonight we go pick up Clara's schedule for school. She's so excited/nervous. She'll be going to the school that USED to be the high school when I graduated. I think that's kind of neat. It's the first time she'll be at a school where I went. I wonder how many classrooms she'll sit in that I sat in before, 15 (jeez) years ago. She'll work out in the same gym and eat in the same lunch room, that's for sure! Too cool :)
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
MEATY
So this weight watchers thing is working. Yay! I had boxed up a bunch of clothes a few months ago…clothes that I’d bought as “really fat clothes, clothes so big that you’ll never even be big enough to wear these” clothes…and I had gotten to the point where I couldn’t even get these giant clothes over my THIGHS.
Anyway. I decided that I’d just see where I was in the process of fitting back into my humongoclothes…and guess what? THEY FIT! They all fit! So yay, I’m back to gigantic, rather than bigger-than-gigantic!
But seriously – I couldn’t be happier about the progress I’ve made. I’m down 26.6 lbs since January 3 and that is just fine with me. I’ve made it through Easter, my birthday, Scott’s birthday, James’s birthday, Cindee’s birthday, Looney’s birthday, Andrew’s birthday, Karen’s birthday and so on and so forth (sorry if I didn’t mention your birthday specifically)! So…I think that I’m doing really well. And I am all the more motivated because of the physical proof of success in the clothes I put BACK in my closet yesterday :)
Clara has been working on clearing out her room for the last several weeks. Yes, I said weeks. It is taking that long. And she’s only about halfway through. I’d finally had enough, and I showed her where to start, handed her some boxes and a trash bag and told her to go through EVERYTHING inch by inch, and get it done. She found brand new, unopened stuff from Christmas (4 months ago), her birthday (6 months ago!!) and even found a check for $50 from her grandma from 2008! I told her that’s why she can’t let her room get like it was – that was $50 she lost out on! Of course, when she called Grandma and told her what I told her to say (LOL), Grandma told her to tear up the check and that she’d write her another one. Aw, what a good grandma!
Anyway, I keep coming into Clara’s room while she’s working to admire the new spaces she’s found on the floor. I’ll just come in and stare at them. And talk about them. And then I have to apologize for being weird. But I need her to get this stuff done because Dad and I are going to build some shelves for her room. I found this AWESOME blog at www.knockoffwood.blogspot.com. This chick rocks! She takes designer furniture and makes plans and instructions for anyone to be able to build the piece for much less. These are the shelves that Dad and I are going to build once Clara gets her room into shape: http://knockoffwood.blogspot.com/2010/03/plans-2x4-rolling-cubbies-console-table.html. Yes, yes...we have our work cut out for us. But I LIKE doing this kind of thing. Both my parents are into DIY stuff, and I guess I kind of got that from them. Plus, it’s always fun to spend time with Dad :) I’m excited!
James, as always, continues to crack me up AND amaze me. First of all, the things that came out of his mouth yesterday were out of control. First, he let me know that he understood that it takes longer for a mommy to make a boy baby in her tummy. Why? Well, because he has to grow a penis, of course…and that takes a while. But the best was the following conversation we had on our way home from Target:
Me: No, you buckle first. People are more important [than stuffed animals].
James: Well, family is the MOST important.
Me: Yes, and families are made of people.
James: Yep, and people are made of meat.
HAHHAAHAHAHAH! Whatever dude. I mean, it’s true. So…
Then last night, I told him to pick up his room, and he had to start with 10 things (it’s a trick I use all the time to get him to clean up). And so I heard him count as he picked up, “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.” And he came in and said “did you hear what I did? I picked up 5 things two times, and that made 10 things!”
I was like, “uh, James, you are doing multiplication, did you know that?” So we started talking about what that meant, and I started asking him 2x3, 3x2, 4x2, etc. Little ones like that. And he totally gets it! He’s FIVE, yawl. I mean, he’s been five for one week, as of today. And he’s reading like crazy still. I know. I know! I don’t want to be a mom who thinks her kid is a genius, and I know that kids do this at different times in their lives, and I know that everyone his age will catch up and he’ll be just like everyone else…but for NOW, my five year old is doing (and understanding) multiplication and reading everything he can. I mean, that’s kind of amazing, right? He said he wants to start doing flashcards with math problems so he can get them down. I mean, it was my suggestion but he wants to do it. Yay!
Anyway. I decided that I’d just see where I was in the process of fitting back into my humongoclothes…and guess what? THEY FIT! They all fit! So yay, I’m back to gigantic, rather than bigger-than-gigantic!
But seriously – I couldn’t be happier about the progress I’ve made. I’m down 26.6 lbs since January 3 and that is just fine with me. I’ve made it through Easter, my birthday, Scott’s birthday, James’s birthday, Cindee’s birthday, Looney’s birthday, Andrew’s birthday, Karen’s birthday and so on and so forth (sorry if I didn’t mention your birthday specifically)! So…I think that I’m doing really well. And I am all the more motivated because of the physical proof of success in the clothes I put BACK in my closet yesterday :)
Clara has been working on clearing out her room for the last several weeks. Yes, I said weeks. It is taking that long. And she’s only about halfway through. I’d finally had enough, and I showed her where to start, handed her some boxes and a trash bag and told her to go through EVERYTHING inch by inch, and get it done. She found brand new, unopened stuff from Christmas (4 months ago), her birthday (6 months ago!!) and even found a check for $50 from her grandma from 2008! I told her that’s why she can’t let her room get like it was – that was $50 she lost out on! Of course, when she called Grandma and told her what I told her to say (LOL), Grandma told her to tear up the check and that she’d write her another one. Aw, what a good grandma!
Anyway, I keep coming into Clara’s room while she’s working to admire the new spaces she’s found on the floor. I’ll just come in and stare at them. And talk about them. And then I have to apologize for being weird. But I need her to get this stuff done because Dad and I are going to build some shelves for her room. I found this AWESOME blog at www.knockoffwood.blogspot.com. This chick rocks! She takes designer furniture and makes plans and instructions for anyone to be able to build the piece for much less. These are the shelves that Dad and I are going to build once Clara gets her room into shape: http://knockoffwood.blogspot.com/2010/03/plans-2x4-rolling-cubbies-console-table.html. Yes, yes...we have our work cut out for us. But I LIKE doing this kind of thing. Both my parents are into DIY stuff, and I guess I kind of got that from them. Plus, it’s always fun to spend time with Dad :) I’m excited!
James, as always, continues to crack me up AND amaze me. First of all, the things that came out of his mouth yesterday were out of control. First, he let me know that he understood that it takes longer for a mommy to make a boy baby in her tummy. Why? Well, because he has to grow a penis, of course…and that takes a while. But the best was the following conversation we had on our way home from Target:
Me: No, you buckle first. People are more important [than stuffed animals].
James: Well, family is the MOST important.
Me: Yes, and families are made of people.
James: Yep, and people are made of meat.
HAHHAAHAHAHAH! Whatever dude. I mean, it’s true. So…
Then last night, I told him to pick up his room, and he had to start with 10 things (it’s a trick I use all the time to get him to clean up). And so I heard him count as he picked up, “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.” And he came in and said “did you hear what I did? I picked up 5 things two times, and that made 10 things!”
I was like, “uh, James, you are doing multiplication, did you know that?” So we started talking about what that meant, and I started asking him 2x3, 3x2, 4x2, etc. Little ones like that. And he totally gets it! He’s FIVE, yawl. I mean, he’s been five for one week, as of today. And he’s reading like crazy still. I know. I know! I don’t want to be a mom who thinks her kid is a genius, and I know that kids do this at different times in their lives, and I know that everyone his age will catch up and he’ll be just like everyone else…but for NOW, my five year old is doing (and understanding) multiplication and reading everything he can. I mean, that’s kind of amazing, right? He said he wants to start doing flashcards with math problems so he can get them down. I mean, it was my suggestion but he wants to do it. Yay!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
26 lbs!
I had a date with James yesterday. I picked him up at noon and we headed to Target, one of his favorite date places. We looked at toys, of course, and I let him linger in each aisle as long as he wanted. He LOVES to do that. I also made a list of all the things he said he wanted since his birthday is coming up. There are probably 50 things on the list. LOL. Lots to choose from.
Anyway, we looked at toys for probably an hour, and then we went to the Target food court place for lunch. He chose chocolate ice cream and cheese Doritos. Since it was a date, I went ahead and let him have that. I know, I know. But…I couldn’t help it. We were having SUCH a good time. We were at Target for an hour and a half or two hours, and we left with nothing but a loveseat cover for Grandma’s new office.
James has been just attached to my hip, which is not unusual but he’s more attached and even sweeter lately. Also, he knows that he has me wrapped around his little finger, so he gets away with everything. I know I’m creating a monster – I know in the very moments I’m doing it. But I just cannot help it right this minute. And it’s not like he is *bad* or anything. We’re talking he gets up out of bed a few times and pretends he’s thirsty or whatever, because he knows the minute I see him, I’ll grab him up and spend a few minutes holding and snuggling him.
And what about my girl? Well, for some reason, she is SO happy and un-pre-teen-ish these days. It is making my life so awesome. For example, I came home last night and she came out of her bedroom and said “MOMMY!!!” She was so excited to see me! She hugs me, talks to me, jokes with me, dances with me, sings with me, and it’s WONDERFUL. I know it might not last, so for the time being, I am going to soak it up and relish it, every single second.
Random – I think that the saying “long days, short years” is the most brilliant saying, and when I think about it, it’s hard for me not to cry.
Random – This morning, I saw the episode of I Love Lucy where Lucy tells Ricky she’s pregnant. I mean, that she’s having a baby. They couldn’t say “pregnant” on TV back then. Anyway, it makes me tear up every time.
I am down 26 pounds now! Waaaahoooooo!
James is having so much fun in t-ball. Well, I think he mostly enjoys the uniform and stuff. At his game on Saturday, he wanted to show Coach his sports socks. So he lifted his pant leg, stuck out his foot and said “OOOO, OOOO!!” You know, in the “raise the roof” type of way. OMG LOVE HIM.
Clara’s poor legs are completely torn up from soccer. She has an area on her shin about the size of, I dunno. Well it’s probably four or five inches long and three or four inches wide. It’s just like a rug burn from the grass. It’s awful. And she’s got a bruise the size of another I don’t know, but it’s huge. Poor girl. Takin’ ‘em for the team.
At Looney’s birthday dinner this past weekend, we went to Ton’s Mongolian grill. On their placemats is the Chinese birthday symbols or something. James was trying to read the word “Chinese” and he said “cuh-huh…” and I said “do you remember what CH sounds like?” And he said “CH! Ch-i-neeeeeeeez” AND HE TOTALLY READ IT. I MEAN COME ON.
Anyway, we looked at toys for probably an hour, and then we went to the Target food court place for lunch. He chose chocolate ice cream and cheese Doritos. Since it was a date, I went ahead and let him have that. I know, I know. But…I couldn’t help it. We were having SUCH a good time. We were at Target for an hour and a half or two hours, and we left with nothing but a loveseat cover for Grandma’s new office.
James has been just attached to my hip, which is not unusual but he’s more attached and even sweeter lately. Also, he knows that he has me wrapped around his little finger, so he gets away with everything. I know I’m creating a monster – I know in the very moments I’m doing it. But I just cannot help it right this minute. And it’s not like he is *bad* or anything. We’re talking he gets up out of bed a few times and pretends he’s thirsty or whatever, because he knows the minute I see him, I’ll grab him up and spend a few minutes holding and snuggling him.
And what about my girl? Well, for some reason, she is SO happy and un-pre-teen-ish these days. It is making my life so awesome. For example, I came home last night and she came out of her bedroom and said “MOMMY!!!” She was so excited to see me! She hugs me, talks to me, jokes with me, dances with me, sings with me, and it’s WONDERFUL. I know it might not last, so for the time being, I am going to soak it up and relish it, every single second.
Random – I think that the saying “long days, short years” is the most brilliant saying, and when I think about it, it’s hard for me not to cry.
Random – This morning, I saw the episode of I Love Lucy where Lucy tells Ricky she’s pregnant. I mean, that she’s having a baby. They couldn’t say “pregnant” on TV back then. Anyway, it makes me tear up every time.
I am down 26 pounds now! Waaaahoooooo!
James is having so much fun in t-ball. Well, I think he mostly enjoys the uniform and stuff. At his game on Saturday, he wanted to show Coach his sports socks. So he lifted his pant leg, stuck out his foot and said “OOOO, OOOO!!” You know, in the “raise the roof” type of way. OMG LOVE HIM.
Clara’s poor legs are completely torn up from soccer. She has an area on her shin about the size of, I dunno. Well it’s probably four or five inches long and three or four inches wide. It’s just like a rug burn from the grass. It’s awful. And she’s got a bruise the size of another I don’t know, but it’s huge. Poor girl. Takin’ ‘em for the team.
At Looney’s birthday dinner this past weekend, we went to Ton’s Mongolian grill. On their placemats is the Chinese birthday symbols or something. James was trying to read the word “Chinese” and he said “cuh-huh…” and I said “do you remember what CH sounds like?” And he said “CH! Ch-i-neeeeeeeez” AND HE TOTALLY READ IT. I MEAN COME ON.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Aunt Karen came into town yesterday. YAY! We spent the evening over at Mom’s and Dad’s and hung out with her. She’ll be here all week, so we’ll be there every day.
James is blowing my mind with all the reading he does. He is a full blown reader. Of course, we’re talking phonetically spelled words. But he can read and write any word like that. Everywhere we go, he sounds out all the words he sees. It really makes me so proud. He’s not even in kindergarten yet. The best part is that he’s excited that he can do this. He loves to try out his skills every chance he gets. That makes me so happy :)
Clara spent most of the weekend with her dad, but she comes home today. I’m so excited to have her for spring break, although she will still have soccer related activities on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. She is going to get her hair chopped off tomorrow – like Selena Gomez. While I hate to see her thick, long beautiful hair go, I know she’s going to look adorable with shorter hair. And…it’s just hair. Right, Aunt Karen??
As for me, I’m trying to find the motivation to get myself to the gym today. Typically I go on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Wow, I go a lot! I never realized it. Go me! This week, however, I did not go on Sunday and I’m reeeeeeeeeeally having to give myself a pep talk about today (Tuesday). I’m down 22 lbs from when I started Weight Watchers, but that is just the beginning of where I need to be. I have a long way to go. It’s not time for me to slack off. So if you see me today, tell me to go to the gym.
James is blowing my mind with all the reading he does. He is a full blown reader. Of course, we’re talking phonetically spelled words. But he can read and write any word like that. Everywhere we go, he sounds out all the words he sees. It really makes me so proud. He’s not even in kindergarten yet. The best part is that he’s excited that he can do this. He loves to try out his skills every chance he gets. That makes me so happy :)
Clara spent most of the weekend with her dad, but she comes home today. I’m so excited to have her for spring break, although she will still have soccer related activities on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. She is going to get her hair chopped off tomorrow – like Selena Gomez. While I hate to see her thick, long beautiful hair go, I know she’s going to look adorable with shorter hair. And…it’s just hair. Right, Aunt Karen??
As for me, I’m trying to find the motivation to get myself to the gym today. Typically I go on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Wow, I go a lot! I never realized it. Go me! This week, however, I did not go on Sunday and I’m reeeeeeeeeeally having to give myself a pep talk about today (Tuesday). I’m down 22 lbs from when I started Weight Watchers, but that is just the beginning of where I need to be. I have a long way to go. It’s not time for me to slack off. So if you see me today, tell me to go to the gym.
Monday, March 15, 2010
KJ
I asked James, "do you want to watch Paul Blart, Mall Cop?"
James replied, "hey, is that the movie with that guy Kevin James?"
LOL!
So we all watched it, all four of us, plus the dog and the cat. Cute.
Remind me to tell you about my trip to Vegas.
James replied, "hey, is that the movie with that guy Kevin James?"
LOL!
So we all watched it, all four of us, plus the dog and the cat. Cute.
Remind me to tell you about my trip to Vegas.
Monday, February 22, 2010
33
I wonder if I *always* think it is the Best Birthday Ever every year. I know I felt that way this time!
Scott dangled a birthday surprise for Saturday over my head all week. Finally Saturday came and after I got out of the bath and began to put on makeup, he came and told me that I was going to get facials and manicures with my sisters! Yay! So I said to heck with makeup and hair, and I put on some comfy clothes.
Scott still acted a little weird, like he was hiding something else but I didn’t push the issue, because if he was, then I didn’t want to ruin it! I love surprises!!
Turns out that everyone dropped a lot of hints about the other surprise, but I was just oblivious to it! First, when Stacie arrived, she asked if “anyone else” was meeting us at our house. Of course, that would be weird wording since we were just expecting Steph. Still, I didn’t really notice.
Then, when Steph arrived, I had to use the restroom, and so from behind the closed door, I asked Steph if she was wearing makeup. She said “I didn’t know if I should, and Mom…” and she trailed off. Again, I didn’t think anything of it, but apparently Scott gave her a dirty look that I couldn’t see from my side of the door.
Next, when we were getting ready to go, I noticed that Scott had set out four champagne glasses, and I asked him why. He said “oh, I just went ahead and washed them all…you only need to bring three.” And when we got to the salon, there was a reservation for FOUR instead of three. I still had no idea, even commented on how funny that everyone seemed to be pushing the number four, with the champagne glasses and the reservation for four.
As soon as I had told the guy it was just three (little did I know that Steph was winking at him behind my back and mouthing “it’s really four!”) I turned around, and MOM walked in!!!
I was so happy! And I was happy that Scott knew the way to make my day special was to invite my sisters to come with me, and then surprise me with my mom!!
Stacie and I ended up with facials at the same time Mom and Steph did pedicures. All took about an hour, and then we could all get manicures done at the same time. Stacie and I had never had facials before! Oh man. It was WONDERFUL. I was so relaxed the entire time.
During our manicures, we all drank champagne that Scott had provided. We had one of the salon employees open the first bottle and when it was time to open the 2nd, we couldn’t find him. So we bullied another guy, a client, into opening our champagne for us. We were all so happy and grateful to Scott for treating us to this incredible day. We are so lucky!!
After we were all dolled up and relaxed, the four of us had a late lunch/early dinner at No Frills. What a day! I was, shall we say, buzzed, between all the champagne and then the pitcher of beer that we split at No Frills. When I was dropped off at home, we immediately left to go get Scott a new phone. Long story short, I was still tipsy enough at the phone store that I decided it would be a good idea to get an iPhone. Groan. I love it, but there was nothing wrong with my old phone. And we had to cancel our contracts with TMobile to get these phones. Oh well, nothing I can do about it now.
Then last night, we went to Mom’s and Dad’s and had dinner. Dad made a DELICIOUS dinner and of course let me pick the entire menu. Dangerous! So we had: grilled shrimp, chicken and filet mignon…along with grilled fresh veggies – broccoli, squash, zucchini, onions. Mushrooms and asparagus! OMYum!!! Then at present time (gift time!), Andrew and James gave me pictures they’d colored, Stacie and Steph gave me money to put toward my new heart rate monitor, Mom gave me a voucher for one trip to Vegas (YEEEEEHAW) and Dad had ordered and paid for a NuWave oven!!! I’m tellin ya, I am not worth all of that! But I’ll take it :)
Then, finally, this morning, the kids and Scott came in while I was getting ready- Scott in his underwear, James with the worst case of bed-head I’ve ever seen, and Clara hardly able to open her eyes to the bright lights of the bathroom, and they sang me happy birthday and gave me my traditional poster-sized posterboard birthday cards, and sang me Happy Birthday.
What a fabulous start to Age 33!! Thank you Family!! I love you all so so so very much!
Scott dangled a birthday surprise for Saturday over my head all week. Finally Saturday came and after I got out of the bath and began to put on makeup, he came and told me that I was going to get facials and manicures with my sisters! Yay! So I said to heck with makeup and hair, and I put on some comfy clothes.
Scott still acted a little weird, like he was hiding something else but I didn’t push the issue, because if he was, then I didn’t want to ruin it! I love surprises!!
Turns out that everyone dropped a lot of hints about the other surprise, but I was just oblivious to it! First, when Stacie arrived, she asked if “anyone else” was meeting us at our house. Of course, that would be weird wording since we were just expecting Steph. Still, I didn’t really notice.
Then, when Steph arrived, I had to use the restroom, and so from behind the closed door, I asked Steph if she was wearing makeup. She said “I didn’t know if I should, and Mom…” and she trailed off. Again, I didn’t think anything of it, but apparently Scott gave her a dirty look that I couldn’t see from my side of the door.
Next, when we were getting ready to go, I noticed that Scott had set out four champagne glasses, and I asked him why. He said “oh, I just went ahead and washed them all…you only need to bring three.” And when we got to the salon, there was a reservation for FOUR instead of three. I still had no idea, even commented on how funny that everyone seemed to be pushing the number four, with the champagne glasses and the reservation for four.
As soon as I had told the guy it was just three (little did I know that Steph was winking at him behind my back and mouthing “it’s really four!”) I turned around, and MOM walked in!!!
I was so happy! And I was happy that Scott knew the way to make my day special was to invite my sisters to come with me, and then surprise me with my mom!!
Stacie and I ended up with facials at the same time Mom and Steph did pedicures. All took about an hour, and then we could all get manicures done at the same time. Stacie and I had never had facials before! Oh man. It was WONDERFUL. I was so relaxed the entire time.
During our manicures, we all drank champagne that Scott had provided. We had one of the salon employees open the first bottle and when it was time to open the 2nd, we couldn’t find him. So we bullied another guy, a client, into opening our champagne for us. We were all so happy and grateful to Scott for treating us to this incredible day. We are so lucky!!
After we were all dolled up and relaxed, the four of us had a late lunch/early dinner at No Frills. What a day! I was, shall we say, buzzed, between all the champagne and then the pitcher of beer that we split at No Frills. When I was dropped off at home, we immediately left to go get Scott a new phone. Long story short, I was still tipsy enough at the phone store that I decided it would be a good idea to get an iPhone. Groan. I love it, but there was nothing wrong with my old phone. And we had to cancel our contracts with TMobile to get these phones. Oh well, nothing I can do about it now.
Then last night, we went to Mom’s and Dad’s and had dinner. Dad made a DELICIOUS dinner and of course let me pick the entire menu. Dangerous! So we had: grilled shrimp, chicken and filet mignon…along with grilled fresh veggies – broccoli, squash, zucchini, onions. Mushrooms and asparagus! OMYum!!! Then at present time (gift time!), Andrew and James gave me pictures they’d colored, Stacie and Steph gave me money to put toward my new heart rate monitor, Mom gave me a voucher for one trip to Vegas (YEEEEEHAW) and Dad had ordered and paid for a NuWave oven!!! I’m tellin ya, I am not worth all of that! But I’ll take it :)
Then, finally, this morning, the kids and Scott came in while I was getting ready- Scott in his underwear, James with the worst case of bed-head I’ve ever seen, and Clara hardly able to open her eyes to the bright lights of the bathroom, and they sang me happy birthday and gave me my traditional poster-sized posterboard birthday cards, and sang me Happy Birthday.
What a fabulous start to Age 33!! Thank you Family!! I love you all so so so very much!
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