November 14, 2008

• Bracing Myself for Friday

  First of all . . .  (drum roll, please) . . .

  Today is our youngest granddaughter’s birthday!!!  We have no current pictures – but that won’t keep us from wishing her the biggest, happiest birthday a *FOUR* year old could ever have (in the whole wide world)!!!

  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JAIDEN!!!!!!!!!
  Granny, PoPo and the Girls
  Love YOU!!!

  

  
  

  I’ll have to make this post a quick one, I HAVE TO get in the shower and wash my hair.  I’ll let it dry while I’m teaching school – another *MUST DO* before leaving the house.  As I suspected, last night, Jesse asked the girls what they learned in school.  I helped by asking them specific questions of things we had covered.  NOPE!  I was right!  They retained less than 5% of what I taught.  I didn’t *think* I was getting through to them!!!!

  This is therapy appointment day for Annamarie and Luci and this is also the day we will have the three girls examined for “communicable diseases” (the home study worker’s words, not mine).  Then, off to run errands.  I don’t have much cash for the grocery store today, which means things will have to be shaved off the grocery list and planned for next Friday’s trek out into public.

  Jesse had me look up a truck his friend, Camilo, was thinking of buying.  While on the NADA site, I looked up my Suburban’s value.  It has everything except a sunroof and DVD player.  I was shocked at how high the numbers were; but quickly thought, “Who wants a full size SUV these days?”  I’m sure my thoughts pull the value down quite a bit and make the numbers not so realistic.  I know more people in Oklahoma have large vehicles because . . .  well, I was going to say it’s ranch/farm land – but that’s not true of *all* large vehicle owners.  Maybe larger families????  I look at the cute little hybrid cars on TV and figure they are made for men and women to use when they commute to work, and they are not intended for “the whole family” . . . certainly not a family with more than one or two children!

  Other news around our house:

  This morning, Rissy fixed her dad an egg, cheese, and sausage bagel before he left for work.  (where was I???)  He called to thank her for breakfast, which was the first time I was made aware that she had made breakfast for him.  I’m tellin’ you, I’m in La-La-Land when I first get up!!!   I guess I’m not only a “Sluggard Mother” this week, but I also hold the title for “Sluggard Wife” – as Rissy has out done me by making breakfast for MY husband several mornings this week!

  Speaking of being helpful around the house,  here is

  Another piece of news:

  Chirper has proven to be interested in helping our family with chores.  He is definitely pulling his weight!  You saw him earlier in the week helping Rissy clean the ceiling fans.  Yesterday, he helped me with the laundry. 

  No, really!  I’m serious! 

  And, I have the pictures to prove it!

  The littlest family member waiting for me to toss him things to put in the dryer.
     
  He is the most helpful cat I’ve ever owned!  He doesn’t watch TV like Stormy, but you sure can count on him when it’s chore time!

  Didn’t sleep really well last night.  Tossed and turned (and dreamed) all night.  It made it harder for me to get out of bed this morning, but I knew this was a “have to push to get things done” day and, reluctantly, got up, anyway.

  Whether I wanted to get out of bed or not, the pitter-patter of little feet (and children’s raucous laughter) would have awakened me, no matter what!

  The little honeys were up bright and early with their newest invention.

  We have a new cat. 

  Okay, hang on . . . It’s actually a “Furr-Real” toy cat they got last Christmas (or the Christmas before) and they had it on a “leash” (made from a jump rope) and the “leash” was attached to their doll stroller.

  Jesse hadn’t even left the house and the squeaky wheels and our children’s laughter permeated our house.  Maybe that’s the reason I was unaware of someone cooking breakfast in the kitchen!!!  TOO MUCH stimulation!

  Annamarie
  

  More pitter-pattering of little feet that caught the attention of Chirper.
  
  
  

  I think little Chirpy is thinking the same thing as me,
  “Don’t we have enough animals, already?”
  
  I guess since Stormy still hasn’t shown much interest in becoming his friend, a stuffed toy, that meows and hisses, is the next best thing to a “real” friend!

  The To Do List for today:
  *  Shower and wash hair
  *  Have all three of “The Littles” take a quick bath
  *  Put Jesse’s shirts (that were hanging to dry) in his closet
  *  Teach school (yes, a glutton for punishment, am I)
  *  Boil chicken breasts for tonight’s dinner of chicken corn chowder (easy meal to pull together fast)
  *  Keep my head on straight so I don’t lose any of my children while we maneuver therapy and well child exams
  *  Cross off least important items on the grocery list, transfer to next week’s list
  *  Figure out what we should wear today

  The last item on my list probably sounds like a benign dilemma, but it’s going to be 59 degrees (why not just say 60 degrees?  how do weathermen come up with the “perfect” predicted temperature????) this morning before the cold front moves through and the winds shift to northerly gales of steady 30mph winds, making the temperatures plummet.  Do we sweat in a warm dress and bring coats for later, or what?  No one needs to catch any more runny noses and hacky coughs!

  So, there you have it.

  

  And . . .

  It’s a wrap!

  Be blessed  ~
  

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