I’m still swimming upstream, but in the interest of full disclosure I’ll work on getting this up-to-date.
- Being sick sucks. The entire family had a stomach bug last week (which we so lovingly passed onto my hometown via my nephew). This week it’s a cold so bad I honestly thought it might lead to pneumonia. It seems to be clearing a bit, but I have been through about 2 boxes of tissues in as many days.
- The armadillo my Girl Scout troop adored on our field trip died in a fire this weekend at the zoo. That makes me unbelievably sad.
- Venatieri can go back to the Patriots now. That is all.
- Except to say I just don’t see this great clutch kicker everyone talks about. Vanderjagt may be an arrogant smart ass, but I’d take him any day.
- I’m working on arrangements to do a live segment on Black Friday. They want me much earlier than usual though, and I was planning to be at Target right about then.
- The pacifier is officially gone. My goal was by age 2, which happened 10 days ago. Two days before her birthday, she went to bed without and hasn’t had it since. She asked about it nightly for awhile, but seems to be over it now. If only potty training were that easy.
- I’m planning a Charlie & Lola Pink Milk Party for Brenia this year. It was supposed to be a Pirate/Princess Tea, but the stupid Birthday Express catalog came in the mail and she fell in love with the C&L crap.
- The gluten free diet has been deemed an official success by the girls’ pediatrician. This time last year we were still in the testing stage and Lorelai weighed 14.4, falling in the 1 percentile. At her 2-year checkup she weighed nearly 26 pounds and falls right at the 50th percentile!
- If anyone has ideas on how to teach organization and responsibility to a 4th grader, I’m all ears. After a month on the Spell Bowl team, winning Power Speller each week, we found out Stacia doesn’t actually get to compete this week. She is an alternate because she did not bother to turn in 3 50-point assignments. Oops.
- Also, if you have ideas on organization for a busy mom, send them my way! We worked hard all weekend and I’m starting to get control of some things around here. However, I have yet to tackle the 50-gallon tub that holds my paperwork.
If anyone has ideas on how to teach organization and responsibility to a 4th grader, I’m all ears.
From Crimson Tide regarding the training of Lipizzaner stallions: Their training program is simplicity itself. You just stick a cattle prod up their a** and you can get a horse to deal cards. [Chuckles] Simple matter of voltage.
You asked for ideas. You didn’t specify moral or legal…. ;-)-
I think we had that same bug last week here. The Stomach flu. Everyone was so sick the toilet became our friend. Ha. I hope you get better soon. I remember being on Spell Bowl in the fourth grade-I learned to spell Nebuchadnezzar that year. And was a professional at it. No one else on the team could spell it right. The funny part-I never studied my list. :S