11.28.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 5:51 pm by hecticmom
Here are a few random pictures that I have taken (or had taken) in the last couple of weeks:
This is at Bubba’s soccer party. They went bowling. This was an interesting shot with the bowling ball in the air – they’re supposed to be airborne – right?
Jasmine has it in the bag:
Here is a picture of our Thanksgiving table yesterday.
Yummmm Turkey:
The only thing that brings all three kitties together is a little bit of leftover turkey:
For any family reading this, you can see more family pictures on my flickr page. We have the rights to these, if you’d like any copies, let us know the sizes you want and we can send you some.
Here are a few of our family pictures that we took last weekend:
She’s getting more and more beautiful by the day:
Oh, we’re gonna have trouble with this one when he gets older.
So – there is my family, and a little glimse into our life these last few weeks
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11.26.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:29 pm by hecticmom
At least I got a picture this time!
Today, as we were leaving from a little jaunt to pick up some arts and
crafts, we saw a turkey making a break for it. He better run!!! There
was a grocery store right across the street.
What is up with all the turkeys running around here? Did a local farm
have a breakout? This is just weird.
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11.23.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 6:56 pm by hecticmom
Yesterday, Prissy and I were driving to the library. I was driving down a neighborhood street that has a golf course nestled in between houses. It also crosses a street (so, as you drive down the street on the right you see house, house, golf course, house on the left side of the street you also see house, house golf course, house.)
Anyway… we were driving down the street about 30 miles per hour when ALL OF THE SUDDEN THERE WAS A STAMPEDE OF TURKEYS!!!!! I kid you not. The “lead” turkey just started running across the street and I had to slam on my breaks. Then, about 15 other turkeys followed behind him. They were running from one side of the golf course to the other. The most hilarious thing? They were using the cross walk…
Prissy and I were trying to decide if:
a) they were exercising so they’d be too lean to eat.
b) they were running from Da Man who was gonna eat them for dinner.
c) or they were preparing for the
Turkey Trot - which is just down the way a bit. Seems like their training is paying off – they were FAST!
I wish I could have gotten some pictures, but they were just too fast for me to get my cell phone out.
Anyway, I wish them all the best in their race.
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11.22.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 4:51 pm by hecticmom
Tonight, my daughter is gone. She is at her very first sleep-over. It feels really weird. The house seems empty without her. Even though she would be sleeping upstairs, I can feel her absence.
I didn’t think that her going up the street to a friends house over night would hit me quite so hard.
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11.20.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 7:05 pm by hecticmom
I found this picture when I was moving my office. It’s from 1994 and shows a very young and happy couple (just a side note – I FINALLY got my new printer today and it scans awesomely.)
Here is the old fart couple in 2008:
We’ve been together a really long time. I can without hesitation say that I still love him as much as ever. And no, it’s not our anniversary or anything special today – I’m just feeling very stress-free. I really do have the greatest husband ever.
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11.18.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 8:24 pm by hecticmom
Heard at the dinner table (I’m not sure how well this is going to translate to the written word – but it was very funny):
Bubba: Tyler wasn’t there.
Hubby: How about
Tippecanoe? (You just can’t beat social studies humor at the dinner table.. Ugh..)
Bubba: Yeah, he was there…
Hubby: Tippecanoe was at your play?
Bubba: Of course.
Me: Which one was he?
Bubba: The Principal!!!!!
The Principal’s name is Mr. Thibideau (pronounced Tib-a-doo – rhymes with Tippecanoe).
So, from here on out – we will be calling the Princpal Mr. Tippecanoe.
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11.12.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 8:22 am by hecticmom
Man! It’s not even 8am yet and I’m ready for a Xanax.
Bubba has a class singing-performance-thing coming up for a school assembly. He “volunteered” to be a football player – on Monday. We, of course, do not have any sort of football gear. No pants, no shirts, no helmets. But, I figured I’d look at Walmart this weekend to see if they had any halloween leftovers – and if not, I’d go to the party store. Worst came to worst, we could borrow something from our neighbor that plays football.
HOWEVER, Bubba was getting dressed this morning and he started yelling – “Today is my performance – what did you get me to wear?” What? It’s today? TODAY!??!!! “Are you sure Bubba?” “YES! It’s today!!! DID YOU FORGET??!!!!” Panic is creaping into his voice.
Oh no! Oh no! OH NO!!! The teacher gives us one day – ONE WORK DAY to prepare for this? WHAT??!!! So, soccer shirt and baseball pants it is – I tell him that he’ll look great. Then, I went upstairs and looked in our old costume relics and Bubba wore a Power Ranger costume last year I think. It had muscles. It was quite small, so I cut the top half off of it:
And then put his shirt on over it:
Not too bad right? Especially in just a few minutes? I put new batteries in the camera – took a few pictures and we’re off. On time even. I ask Bubba if he wants to take any other clothes and he says no, that he’ll just take the “pads” off after the singing. Ok – we’re off.
We’re walking to school and Bubba says, “I hope it’s today… Maybe it’s next week sometime…” Oh, he didn’t just say that…
The kids play outside before school starts, but I went and talked to his teacher. And no, there is no performance today. It’s not until next Tuesday. I think I must have blacked out about then. (I joke of course.)
Upon coming to, I tell the teacher that I’ll go home and get him some other clothes. *sigh*
When I get home – I see the kitten peeing on Prissy’s baton bag. “What are you doing?!!!” I couldn’t deal with that at the moment – I pack Bubba’s clothes up and head back to school. I get there and the students are lining up to go to class and Bubba says, “Did you pack me my class T-shirt? We have a fieldtrip today and we have to wear our class t-shirts.” Of course, I did not. I told him ”Too bad, so sad.” - ’cause I’m a good mom like that.
The End.
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11.11.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:11 pm by hecticmom
Tonight I have so many things buzzing around in my head. I figured I’d do the bullet list update.
- Prissy went to the allergist yesterday and he gave us some hope on the peanut allergy front. He was at a food allergy conference this past weekend – and the immunotherapy research is really going well. Patients are given controlled amounts of peanut flour to put under their tongue and the dosage is increased bit by bit and it has been showing to make peanut allergic people less sensitive. He said there should probably be something mainstream in the next 5-10 years. This is just awesome news. The not awesome news is that Prissy’s peanut allergy is still as present as ever – and still crazy bad. I thought it might be getting better – because she hasn’t had a reaction for a long time – but, it’s just that our carefulness is paying off.
- Bubba and Prissy didn’t have school today – and I got to work from home. Holy smokes, not so easy. I rented several movies, and got them a Wii game. They were actually really good, for the most part. I was still able to work, and still give them attention, and they didn’t bicker too much today. I thank all that is good. I’m not sure if I could have handled it otherwise.
- Work continues to be good – although, I have to take all the New-Employee classes, which is somewhat silly. I think I probably created some of those classes. *laugh* So, that is sort of boring, but it’s short lived.
- Jasmine still has to wear her collar to keep from biting her incision – she has to keep the collar on until Friday. Then she’ll get to take it off (originally it was supposed to come off toady.) She is still running a bit of a fever – even after 8 days of antibiotics. That concerns me, but the vet just wants me to keep giving her the medicine. The good thing is that she is very easy to give medicine too – which I’m grateful for.
- Hubby is traveling and comes home tomorrow. YAY!
My life in bullets. How is that for fun?
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11.06.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 8:41 pm by hecticmom
I haven’t talked much about Taekwondo recently. This past testing completely stressed me out. There was minimal time between testings, and we traveled to Italy during that time, and my work life was pretty much in chaos. To make matters a little more hectic, testing was last Saturday, which was supposed to entail going to two soccer games, a friends open house, Taekwondo testing and a Halloween party. We lucked out because it rained like crazy and the soccer games were cancelled. So, it all worked out okay.
Anyway, both Hubby and I passed. We are now red-belt decideds. Which is very exciting.
My belt looks orange in the picture, but it’s red, trust me. 
Testing went well. Our next testing we will be black belt recommended. Our belt will be half red and half black. Then our next belt is black. So, only two more belts and we will be black belts. Dang, this has been one long journey.
Anyway, I actually plan to go after my 2nd degree. We’ll see.
Almost there….
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11.05.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 7:50 pm by hecticmom
Well, I’ll post a little work related stuff. I don’t do that very often. But, I started my new job on Monday. I finally got my computer yesterday, and I finally got my email working today. Then the onslaught came. Holy smokes – I have so much work to do. And I love it.
My new boss (who is the same as my old old boss) is da bomb. I have missed him SO MUCH the last, almost, 2 years (he was my manager for almost 8 years and then when he left I took his position). He is really an amazing manager. I am being thrown in head first – but, for the first time in a long time I feel like I’m not swimming upstream. I feel like I’m not fighting for everything. I feel like I’m actually appreciated and I get help when I need it. *HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF* Plus, the work is all new and it’s really pretty fun (ask me again in 6 months and we’ll see what I have to say.)
So – take all of that, and while I was waiting for my account to be reset one last time, he came and got me and made me go play Wii Bowling. Totally weird.
On the down side – oh, I totally miss my team. I so wanted to be with them this morning to talk over the election. We have all become so close that I miss my friends. However, NIB is in town, and I do NOT miss that one bit.
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