Field Trip Success!

Hanging Rock, NC

Okay.... so I'll be honest. I'm a very paranoid mother (my full belief is I have reason to be, others may disagree) so when I heard about the field trip to Hanging Rock I was not overly excited. Of course, I chimed right in to be a volunteer! But, for the first time ever was told "thanks, but no thanks!"

I'll explain:

This was supposed to be a trip meant for Tyler's class only. But once the word got out, the whole 4th grade wanted to go! Okay fine. Well, Tyler's class had 7 chaperone's volunteer for this trip. And the response was, each teacher was only allowed 2 per class. However, Tyler's teacher requested 3 b/c she had such a great response to attend the trip. Ask and you shall receive... she even chose 4! And so you're thinking.. great! NOT SO MUCH... I was not one of the four "chosen ones". So... I had a mission... to through a fit and get my way!

To make a long story short... I won my battle and thus, Tyler's class had 5 chaperone's! Great, given there's only 15 kids in the class! Funny thing is at this point, after all my persistence to attend, you would think I would have been happy! WRONG.

I'm not the "outdoorsy" type... and the thought of being with 60 4th graders on a 2 hour bus ride... hiking a mile and a half to be on the top of a mountain rock that hangs 200 ft. over nothing.... followed by swimming in a lake...and another 2 hour ride back, totalling a 12 hour long day.............................................................................

NEED I SAY MORE?

So... I begged and pleaded with my husband to take my place. But was turned down at every single offer I could throw at him. "You fought to go... you're the one going!" he said! And, I suppose he was right... if I was going to bitch and moan about having my presence to ease my own insecurities about her safety... then I should witness it all myself!
And I must say... I was glad I did! Not only was it the most beautiful day ever.. weather was near perfect! But it was a great trip!! Glad I went. Tyler's teacher was way more organized than I expected...and safety was always a top concern.

Just the fact that I was up at the crack of dawn, hiked a mountian in tennis shoes (that's right...but I did take my flip flops to change into, LOL) and swam in a lake with fishies bitting my butt... was an accomplishment in it's self! HOORAY!

Normally....

I'm not a fan of time flying by, wondering what happened to weeks, months or years that have past so quickly. However... this week has gone by so fast it's as if it didn't exist! And all I can say to that is WHOO HOOO it's FRIDAY!
So ready for my weekend. Not a single plan in the books, just a small obligation to swim lessons otherwise I'm free as a bird! So, what to do?
Thinking that I might finish a scrap project or two.. clean my closet (completely overdue!) and veg a little. I've been needing some veg time!
I'll try and get some pics of the project Sheila and I did at our scrap class last Sunday. Very cute 6 x 12 album.. I love it. So glad we went. Have another class scheduled for completing an acrylic album, super excited about that too!

In other news, yesterday I received a phone call from my son's preschool letting me know that he was bitten, AGAIN by a student in his class. Last week it was his face... this week was his stomach! The first bite left no mark. The second bite however (although bitten over top of his shirt) left a very nasty bite mark, bleeding and all!
The only thing that has stopped me from causing bodily harm to this little boy who sees it fit to taste every child in his classroom is the fact that he has been permanently removed from preschool! BYE BYE NOW!
In all honesty I've always thought this boy looked a little bit "evil"... I have been hearing lots of things about him (all negative of course) in the past few weeks. Even to the point of Nathan saying he wanted to go back to the class he moved up from back in April. Needless to say, I'm glad the problem has been solved, just hoping that this bite mark doesn't leave permanent scaring... to the skin, or to Nathan!

Tyler and I are gearing up fro a fun field trip on Monday, have to be ready to leave out by 6:30AM... for a 12 hour day with 60 children! WISH ME LUCK!
Did I say I have plans for the weekend... SLEEPING more likely!

I know you missed me!

Okay... so mid-July or Aug 1st! Whichever... I was close enough!

I'm going to try this thing called BLOGGIN' again! Can't say I'll be better at it than I was before... but I figured I'd give it a go, it's here!

So, my "lots going on" was full of many things. Keeping it brief, we spent a lot of time in FL to be with family; my brother-in-law passed away in a very bad accident involving his career. Came home and went right back out of town to spend some time at the beach with my Dad & friends(who came down from WI). Then it was trying to get "back to normal"... both kids started up swim lessons, Tyler started school and I had 2 weeks to put together her backyard carnival party!

This with the occasional addition of work crap (ie. stress, lack of work, overdue bills, etc.), cable service calls, torn muscles, colds, ear infections, sty's, chigger bites (that's a southern thing) and migraines... it's kind of kept me away from sharing the glorious days of my fabulous life with all of you!

And as my fabulous life would go... I have nothing much to share in the time I've been away, so I'll keep it simple and share some party pics.

Getting some scrappin' done this weekend with Sheila... even catching a class at our LSS (Local Scrapbook Store)! Should be tons of fun, will be sure to share my fab. creations!!

Lots going on...

I will be out of town for quite a while, look for me around Mid-July.. but I will be back!

Yup.... I've got it!

It's always a PLUS and a MINUS isn't it!!!! That's it... they cancel each other out. That's my life... One good... one bad... screw it... nothings changed than has it... I mean REALLY!!!

Okay... well that's totally random, but I'm okay with that!

Happy bad luck day to all!

Summer came early!

Yet again in NC it's been 102' for the past several days and it's not even officially Summer. If this is even a mere sign of what Summer is going to be like.. I'm not overly excited about it!

Well both of my chickens are still learning to swim. So.. with the current heat wave, we've decided to hit the pool early and get a head start!! Swim lessons are set for later in the Summer, but I have to say....at this rate they might already know how to swim before lessons even begin!

Nathan was ALL about Aunt Heather and after 2 trips to the pool in the same day...he was swimming by himself (well, with the help of his swimmies...but still!) Tyler has been becoming quite brave and going under water a lot! Just last night she was 'swimming' under water with no swimmies on!

No fear of the water going on here.... HELLO SUMMER!

Sharing my shit mood...

And don't ya just *love* me for it!!!

Let's see...
Okay...so (since my last post) I've gone bathing suit shopping, now I know all woman over the age of 30 whom have bared children and their bodies haven't seen the light of day since Sept. of 2007...just love flipping through the racks and racks of string bikinis that would better fit a beer bottle than a human being!!! Trying desperately not to resort to a full figured one-piece bathing suit in fear of becoming labeled as an "older woman"...we settle on the great little invention of the "tank-ini" that can at very least cover up our kangaroo pouch in which we carried our loving children in for 9 whole months!!! Needless to say: THIS TASK SUCKS!

We've been having cable issues.. and our big screen TV in the downstairs living room has been 'broken' for the past week and a half. The cable box upstairs has been rebooting itself, by itself...just for fun, and of course after many phone calls over countless hours resulted in a cable guy coming to the house to say that everything checks out fine... but hey... call me if you have any more problems! Really...

The hottest week of the year... thus far... reaching a fabulous 97' practically ALL WEEK LONG... and our office (yet again) has NO AC! Oh the joy...as if it doesn't suck enough coming to work day after day already... I enjoy nothing more than roasting to death in my work cave!!! Makes me SO much more efficient than normal, and I must say.. in a GREAT mood! We should really resort to this year round!

Not to mention...My death trap on wheels, some prefer to call it a '99 Honda Odyssey... still continues to shriek loud enough to rattle the ancient Egyptians from their tombs every time I come to a stop! I have to say that I have mastered my princess wave quite well!! I'm LOVING all the attention I am getting! I should buy a tiara... it only seems right!

And so yesterday I decided to take the day off of work (to work even harder) to give my house a good cleaning...it was due. But what I would like to know is why the person WITHOUT a penis is subjected to clean all of the pee drippings from the toilet bowl (I do however understand that 98% of it probably is coming from my almost 4 year old...but STILL) the seat and the floor? I'm thinking this comes with the package... so to speak... kind of like if you have a penis you should be responsible for the mess it makes....and so I am throwing in my elbow length gloves... no more will my face come THAT close to a toilet where I can smell week old urine, at best!

Okay... well that about sums it up,wait... there's more. Isn't there ALWAYS more..

But I'll save that for another bitch session, can't spill out all the good stuff in one sitting... what would I possibly talk about next time! :)