Thursday, July 31, 2008
storage room day
today is storage room day. nathan has been hanging out with shelby while i continue working downstairs. i don't usually have nathan babysit for me (except maybe while she's napping), but i am working with a deadline this time. it's looking pretty good! there is a purpose to all of this hard work. terry and i are having a garage sale tomorrow and saturday.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
separation anxiety
i made arrangements with my mom and my dad today for nathan to be gone for a week. he'll start out with mom in dayton on friday, work his way through kentucky, the ohio state fair, warren, and then end up in youngstown where he will leave to come back to columbus the following sunday for the mopar nationals with dad.
my friend sandra thinks i should be looking forward to the day when i can send all three kids away with mom, but i've never been that way. i think that they should be at home in their beds at night where i know they are safe. not gallivanting all over creation with grandparents, working outdoors, going to fairs, visiting family, and whatever other healthy things they do with them ;P
i am going to take advantage of him being gone, though. for one thing, i'm going to reorganize his room! he's a bit of a pack rat. he won't miss a thing.
i got a lot done in the storage room today! yeah for me :) when i was tired of working i took a load of garage sale items to terry's, had cheesecake, and visited with her and her kids. they are a fun crowd over there.
and then i tried to grill ribs... it all goes downhill from here. i baked them for too long, but didn't realize it. it doesn't really matter because i caught them on fire on the grill! oh yes, they were black. we had arby's for dinner.
my friend sandra thinks i should be looking forward to the day when i can send all three kids away with mom, but i've never been that way. i think that they should be at home in their beds at night where i know they are safe. not gallivanting all over creation with grandparents, working outdoors, going to fairs, visiting family, and whatever other healthy things they do with them ;P
i am going to take advantage of him being gone, though. for one thing, i'm going to reorganize his room! he's a bit of a pack rat. he won't miss a thing.
i got a lot done in the storage room today! yeah for me :) when i was tired of working i took a load of garage sale items to terry's, had cheesecake, and visited with her and her kids. they are a fun crowd over there.
and then i tried to grill ribs... it all goes downhill from here. i baked them for too long, but didn't realize it. it doesn't really matter because i caught them on fire on the grill! oh yes, they were black. we had arby's for dinner.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
inniswood metro gardens geology program and scrapbooking
we went to inniswood park today for a program on geology. the instructor is very animated and makes the class fun. nathan played one of the games and chose some jewelry as his prize for shelby. it was very sweet of him, but i did have to warn him about starting that trend! i told him that the jewelry will only get more and more expensive as she gets older.
nathan had his tae kwon do and hapkido classes this evening. he is in class for almost three hours on tuesday and thursday evenings. i used to go and watch, but the more mobile that shelby became, the more i was just chasing her off of the practice floor. now on tuesday evenings i scrapbook at cord camera with my friend terry. shelby hangs out in her stroller and plays, reads, and eats.
nathan had his tae kwon do and hapkido classes this evening. he is in class for almost three hours on tuesday and thursday evenings. i used to go and watch, but the more mobile that shelby became, the more i was just chasing her off of the practice floor. now on tuesday evenings i scrapbook at cord camera with my friend terry. shelby hangs out in her stroller and plays, reads, and eats.
Monday, July 28, 2008
nathan's birthday
today's nathan's birthday! he's 15, can you believe it! today was a low-key birthday, but it's just one of several days that he's celebrating on.
this last weekend he celebrated with his dad at mona's house (mona is parish's cousin). they had a cookout and cake and lots of family around. he brought some cake and some chips and home-made salsa home, both were really good! yesterday he and parish met us at the park and showed off his new remote controlled airplane... for about two minutes. that two minutes included the take off, a few circles around the basketball court, and the crash. he was frustrated, but i have to tell you that it was pretty funny to watch.
today he didn't have to do any chores and has been playing unreal tournament 3 with stephon all day. i cooked dinner for him from a recipe of his choice. it was a roast beef sandwich with goat cheese spread. it was okay. now, the cheesecake... that was good! parish brought him a gift from his girlfriend, stephanie. she sent him a cool pair of shoes and a marvel comics t-shirt that we're all jealous of. that was really nice of her.
later this week my mom will be here to celebrate with him, and then on august 10 my dad will be here to celebrate with him at the mopar nationals. it's like i said, today was just one of several days to celebrate :)
the day started out with shelby getting into nathan's birthday cake. stephon and i were talking in the other room and noticed that shelby was really quiet. have you heard the saying that 30 seconds of quiet is bliss and 31 is shear terror? if you have kids, you know exactly what that means! she ate some of his icing and had it all over her face and hands. it was pretty funny :)
shelby had a doctor's appointment today. dr. harper said that she is perfect and so smart and absolutely beautiful :) she takes all of that after me. she also had one immunization shot today. she didn't even cry. she's a tough little girl, which she also takes from me. next time she gets into trouble, i will let you know what she takes from stephon.
this last weekend he celebrated with his dad at mona's house (mona is parish's cousin). they had a cookout and cake and lots of family around. he brought some cake and some chips and home-made salsa home, both were really good! yesterday he and parish met us at the park and showed off his new remote controlled airplane... for about two minutes. that two minutes included the take off, a few circles around the basketball court, and the crash. he was frustrated, but i have to tell you that it was pretty funny to watch.
today he didn't have to do any chores and has been playing unreal tournament 3 with stephon all day. i cooked dinner for him from a recipe of his choice. it was a roast beef sandwich with goat cheese spread. it was okay. now, the cheesecake... that was good! parish brought him a gift from his girlfriend, stephanie. she sent him a cool pair of shoes and a marvel comics t-shirt that we're all jealous of. that was really nice of her.
later this week my mom will be here to celebrate with him, and then on august 10 my dad will be here to celebrate with him at the mopar nationals. it's like i said, today was just one of several days to celebrate :)
the day started out with shelby getting into nathan's birthday cake. stephon and i were talking in the other room and noticed that shelby was really quiet. have you heard the saying that 30 seconds of quiet is bliss and 31 is shear terror? if you have kids, you know exactly what that means! she ate some of his icing and had it all over her face and hands. it was pretty funny :)
shelby had a doctor's appointment today. dr. harper said that she is perfect and so smart and absolutely beautiful :) she takes all of that after me. she also had one immunization shot today. she didn't even cry. she's a tough little girl, which she also takes from me. next time she gets into trouble, i will let you know what she takes from stephon.
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