March 26, 2007

  • We woke up to a wonderful sound this morning, the sound of rain!  As the morning progressed, so did the intensity of rain, as it changed into a steady down pour.  Such a welcome visitor!  It was supposed to rain all day off and on, but this morning was the only offering we have had so far.  "They" (whoever "they" really are!!!)  say we should have more storms today and through tomorrow morning.  These are the same "theys" who predicted major rain all last week while students were on their spring break, and nary a drop we saw!

    I'm preparing for Annamarie's birthday this coming Thursday.  She FINALLY lost her loose upper front tooth over the week end.  I think it's been loose since Thanksgiving (for sure since Christmas) and has hung at varying degrees of precarious angles making it almost impossible for me to look her in the face when she talked to me.  I truly have felt bad for feeling this way about my own child, but her mouth had taken on a kind of semi Quasi Modo look!  Everyone knows my extreme aversion to teeth or anything having to do with teeth, so no need for me to explain!  She's been babying that one tooth forever (as she has done with all of her loose teeth) and, of all things, it almost completely let loose while she was eating spaghetti.  Spaghetti!!!!  We were 100 miles away from home and, despite the 2 paper towels she clutched in her hand while leaving the restaurant, we encouraged her NOT to pull it in the back seat of our Suburban, but rather to wait until she got home to a bathroom.  Jesse went into the bathroom with her and within seconds she proudly produced a tooth in her hand.  YUCK!!!!!!!!  I don't know how I ever dealt with my own loose teeth!  That night, I grabbed the tooth in a baggy from under her pillow and replaced it with the same type baggy holding $2.00. 

    Jesse and I went round and round discussing and trying to decide what the going rate of teeth should be.  As a child, I got a dime for front teeth and a quarter for molars.  He got nothing.  He wanted to give Annamarie $5.00 a tooth, but I reminded him our girls are so close in age that I could easily foresee a time in the future when we could spend $50 in one week on the teeth from three girls!  So, the final verdict was:  $2.00 for front teeth and $5.00 for a molar.

    Friday, Jesse and his lawn buddy (buddy in ALL things, actually), Camilo, helped him trim our yard up and clean out the flower beds.  We lost a few bushes and some other things this last icy winter.  Everything around our yard looks barren and ready for flowers, but I want to wait to be sure of no more surprise frosts.  I may splurge this year and plant things closer together in the beginning, then pray they are well established by the time the parching summer heat arrives.  I would like caladiums (my first choice) or coleus intermingled with some hearty flowers.  A flat of dianthus did incredibly well 2 years ago.  They even grew back last spring.  I thing I'm going to try for the variety of foliage rather than rely on just flowers for color.

    Today, Rissy and Annamarie were grounded from television and video games (Leapster hand held) and have been cleaning house for me.  I'm serious.  Really c-l-e-a-n-i-n-g house!  It smells good and looks much nicer.  They've done a great job.  Rissy has always been a worker and Annamarie a little slower, but Annamarie has stuck with it today and gotten the dusting done in places that are difficult for me to reach.  I ran the dishwasher after cleaning up the mess I made making pancakes for breakfast and have been at my desk most of the day taking care of business.  Rissy has swept and then mopped all of the tiled rooms with Pinesol. 

    I need to expend the same amount of energy filing the stacks of papers that lie about my desk!  If I did, the surface of a beautiful piece of furniture would be revealed!!!