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Daily Ooo's Thursday June 4

faerywings

The Loopy-O
CHEERY O
Gooood morning my O-Fam!

hey girls, how are you all today? Hope everyone is great!
Yesterday i ended up cleaning my house- well, at least downstairs. Upstairs is just the kids rooms, the kids BR, and the "Media Room." That is half family room, half Gary's mess/office/guitar studio. I stay out of there! LOL It was nice to see it cleaned. it ain't gonna last though!

We had a crazy day in town too. On my way to work, right at the end of the street, a school bus was empty and smoking. The kids were on the lawn next door. It was the Catholic school bus and it apparently caught on fire.

Then I am driving to my school to pick Caitlyn up from her Literary Club mtg and all of these cars are stopped dead. Another car was straight across the road. I finally am able to inch up to get past and I see my friend waving me down- I am freaking! I thought she was in the accident. She had witnessed it and pulled over the help the kids and call 911.

When I get to the school, all of the kids that were still there (I was late) were talking about a car accident that closed down the main road down the mountain to the school. A car had flipped three times. I swear, I wanted to wrap Caitlyn and my car in bubble wrap!

Today I have to drive down to my MIL's (45 mins, no traffic) and I am going to be keeping my fingers crossed that it is totally uneventful!

LindaW- I bet you are in peri-menopause- no doubt. My old dr (whom I loved, and was in the Real Housewives of New Jersey) said that peri-men. can start early and last for years. Why is had to drag itself out, don't ask me. I get hot flashes at night for a week before my period. It is part Lyme and part hormones. Lyme and hormones are a bad mix.I bought some herbal tea that you are supposed to drink either right before or right after your period, but I never got around to it.

Dawn- ouch! I haven't read all the way down, so I don't know if you got your results back. But why did you wait so long, girl?? feel better!
ITA about Rx sunglasses. I have a pair for when I can't wear contacts but butt ugly is right!

Oh and Dawn and any other moms of teens/older kids.... how do you deal with the defiance??? I never really had to deal with that with Scott, not on a big level. Last night at dinner, he got out of control on an issue, and wouldn't listen, was yelling at Gary and I.... bad.... I know Gary spent quite a bit of time talking to him afterwards and I gave him a hug and told him that I knew we were angry at each other but I still loved him.
But man!! I just don't know how to get through to him.

Sandra, that is sounfortunate about the school. My school is going through *horribel* budget cuts and it is affecting the kids who need extra help. We had a Junior Kdg and a Transitional First grade, and now both have been cut. There is also a plan to cut the Reading/ Basic Skills dept.
It is so unfortunate that they did this w/o input, but I can't imagine how crazy that would have got.
Lots of luck on the job!

Hi Karen, how is everything with you? :)

Merkee- I still want Ginger! :D How are you doing, is the back all better? We missed you here!

LindaW-- that is so aweome about scrapping yourself!!!

Clara- are you feeling any better today? Muscle relaxers like Flexeril- while they are awesome for the pain, they make my head spin too.
Good luck to you on your taco feed! If I lived by you,I'd send Scott- he could gobble up tacos like no-one!

Ona- more rain?? Oh yuck! It really does seem to me that the weather is just getting wackier and wackier. We are still cold and rainy, hello! it is June!
Hope you dry out soon!
And yes, I am getting jealous of all of you who are getting business lunches and dinners and coffee.;)

Dawn- ok- now I am seeing your results. Good news that it is nothing. Bad news that it is nothing. I hate that!
Hope it gets better- can you get a brace for it and try to "rest" it?

Sara- wow- that is cool that your dh would want you to stay home with Ben! but from a different perspective, he seems like he is ready to be out there in preschool. Thanks for the sweet words about being a good mom. I am sure not feeling it ATM.

Sally- LOL at Sara's editing!
Loved your and Sara's rant and perspectives. I wish that there were more people "hgher-up" that would see that.

On that note, I have time for one more quick cupp of coffee before Scott needs to get to the bus.

xoxoxox
 
Hi Fabulous O's;)

Another night of about 4 hours of sleep...yay....yes it was weak...I am just about to pull out my zanax and take those for a few days...I sleep like a baby when I take one....I do okay if I get at least two nights a week of regular sleep..but I have not slept more than 4 hours in about 10 days...

Anyway...my little man (Cameran) popped over last night...he's playing hookie with Nana today...YAY...we are going to toys r us in a little bit to see if they have a Jeff Hardy figurine...he is 5, and has become obsessed with wrestling...something I have never watched in my life...but because my little man likes it so much, I am right there with him..we are taking him to Smackdown Live in two weeks (sssshhhh...he doesn't know yet...) It's not what entertainment, or activities I would pick for him, but I am thinking, I have been through the "I know what is best for you" thing with my girls...I did learn, it's better to let them be expressive now, and usually they grow out of it, instead of being determined to do it anyway. If it's not hurting them or anyone else, it's probably not as bad as you think...and after watching this crazy stuff...it's a MAN'S SOAP OPERA!!! LOL:p Oh well....let me see who I didn't catch yesterday...

Clara...sorry the muscle relaxers are making you so hazy...I have never taken any, but my DH has....he is a zombie when he does! So I feel for you! He always just has to get off of them, and do the Ibuprofen 1000 mg first dose and 400 every four hours...seems to help him get through the day when his back is acting up. Good luck with you Taco Dinner... what a wonderful cause to support...fingers are crossed that you meet your goal!!:)

Ona....wow...more rain...soooooooooo sorry...we have gotten a lot of rain for us this year too...I usually am out watering every evening and morning but there has been enough rain that I haven't had water any so far...but nothing like what you guys are getting...Hopeful thoughts coming your way to drying up soon:) Hope you had a nice visit with your manager, she sounds like a great boss!

Dawn...So happy the knee is not damaged:D and I agree with Clara...if you get more pics, go for the MRI....everytime anyone our family has to have something done...they send for the CT and end up with the MRI anyway....just saves a step!

Sara....That would be awesome to stay at home with your little guy! I wish I could have when my girls were young...we just couldn't afford it...but I did learn that they need you at home more when they are older. I wish I had quit when I daughter was about 12...maybe I could have cut some of DRAMA in our lives if I had...she was almost 16 when I quit...

Sally..Hi...seems like we are all on the same page about Sandra's situation...there just seems to be nothing more important than giving those little ones a GREAT start..and the options to suit their abilities to help give them the push they need.

Chris...OMG about the accident...and the fire....what a day! That's a heart attack day indeed!! hopefully your day will be calmer today...:)

And thanks to you all for the advise and support on the Menopause issue....I have been looking at all of options....I hate taking any kind of medicine (RX or OTC)...but I know I am headed that way...just have to decide....I would change Docs, but I have been seeing this one for 16-17 years...he has been wonderful for all of my other female ailments...and I have had MANY!! He just doesn't believe in passing out the meds unless it's absolutely necessary....I haven't asked for any, yet, but I am just not pleased that he brushes off my symptoms so easily. Being a man, he will never understand....I have been considering asking for the big "H", but I have heard that surgery doesn't cure it either...oh well...I better go...my little man is wanting some breakfast and wants to play....:cool:
 
Chris....defiance is, unfortunately, a part of the growing up process...loving them through it is about the best thing you can do...but always stand your ground....giving in will always lead to worse problems. Kids have a wonderful ability to forgive their parents without even realizing they do forgive....just natural. Wish I could be more help....but this is just one of those things that comes with raising teens!!
 
Morning all! My "little guy" didn't want to sleep today and I stayed up a little too late reading a book. =) So I'm half awake, have a bit of a headache, and really needing some coffee. I'm still going to take Ben to daycare today so that I can go see Up in the afternoon. Not sure when I'm getting him there. I'm awfully groggy right now. =)

Chris - Wow what a drama of a day! I hope today is better for you. I hope that Scott feels better too.

Linda - I'm with you on the Zanax. I don't have anything that extreme, but most nights I take Benedryl. The nurses and doctors in my life have said it's non habit forming and really is the main ingredient in most of the nighttime medicines. =) Have fun with your little man. I honestly hope that Ben doesn't get into wrestling, but if he does...then I'll support him. =)

Well everyone, have a good day. I'll check back later.
 
Happy Thursday everybody!!!! Woohoo another cloudy, rainy day here in Western Ky :) gotta love that LOL.

My knee actually is feeling pretty good today, it goes through these cycles, so apparently the Harley is a factor DH is less than thrilled about that ;). I'll see what the dr says today maybe just stay off the bike for a while since that's what triggered this latest spell.

Chris-Woohoo on the clean house! You can come do mine anytime! I never seem to find time since whenever I'm here I am on the puter LOL. DH ends up doing most of the cooking when we eat at home, I don't like to cook anyway. As to the defiance issue it's just part of it, just try and ignore it and don't take it personally. It was soooo hard for me because me, my DH, and my son are all Taurus and totally live up to our stubborn streaks LOL. There were lots of shouting matches and lots of slamming of doors, lots of fists against walls around here. It's actually part of what led me to leave my DH and to our divorce, he would tell me to handle things and then when I told our son he couldn't drive his truck for a month he let him. Of course, there was a lot more to it but that was my final straw at the time. (sorry, didn't mean to go off on a tangent LOL). I hope your drive is uneventful today! Driving scares me anymore, I think as I age my mortality is an issue but I also think people are more careless and the cell phone thing is a factor, there was a local accident where a 17 yr old boy was texting and had a 15 yr old girl and 9 yr old boy as passengers I haven't heard how they are doing but the accident shouldn't have happened!

LindaW-I'm glad you got some sleep no matter how little!

Well, I was late getting up....I set my alarm for 5:45 and promptly laid back down....for 30 min then had to shower, dry my hair, iron my clothes, play with Davy.....etc....then ended up being long-winded. LOL......

Love and hugs to all and I'll play catch up this evening!!!!!!
 
good morning! its another icky, rainy day here in the Bluegrass! Not to mention downright cold right now... we're sitting at about 55! Will brought home packets from school yesterday and the way the notes on each packet read is that the kids were going to have to work all summer long too... so I sent the principal another email telling her how upset as was... she actually called me back! Said she was sorry I seemed so disappointed with the school, but that a letter was going home that said the packets were completely voluntary... well it should have been sent home with the packets and I wouldn't have been so upset... I'm beginning to think this principal isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer!

Not much going on here today because of the rain... it's my last day of babysitting and the last day of school... Will did NOT want to get up this morning, so I think he's definitely ready for summer break.. I must admit I'm ready to sleep in as long as Matthew will let me LOL... maybe with the summer break, I can get him sleeping a little later...

Chris - how sad! we fortunately are not being affected much by budget cuts... just our principal making decisions that I think are detrimental to the school in general... I'm thinking it's not going to be long before I head down to talk to the superintendent about my concerns.

hi Dawn, LindaW, and Sara!

Have a great day everyone!
 
Sandra - Make sure to read the tail end of yesterday's Daily O's. A lot of us had a lot to say about your situation. (O.k. I had diarrhea of the mouth on the topic.) =)
 
good morning my dear O family!!!

today begins the marathon weekend for me. (i know, i know...surprise, surprise, right?) I'm taking my kids to the children's museum this morning and early afternoon, then I'm meeting mr gorgeous and our pastor (aka our business partner) over at Reliant Center (our big convention center) to set up for our booth for this weekend. Then tonight i'm gonna come home and relax and possibly make 200 bonboniettis...little pieces of tulle wrapped up around 2 hershey's kisses with a ribbon and our business card. They worked really well in the 10 years I did bridal shows, so i think i need to try them this weekend, too!

then tomorrow, we have to be at the convention center around 7:30am! omgosh!! you guys know me!! i might as well just stay up all night, huh??? LOL!! just kidding! i'll go to bed early tonight...i can use some of sara's benedryl...heeheee ... then the homeschooling convention lasts until 6:30pm...*sigh* it's gonna be a long friday!!! then we go home, go to bed, wake up and do it again on saturday. I actually am really looking forward to this. After 10 years of bridal shows (that's 20 shows...), this should prove to be sooo much easier! And I always had to figure out what to do with my kids...this show, they are welcome to help! And there is a kids camp thingy where they can go and play with other kids!! oh yeah...we are gonna have fun...the best thing is that mr gorgeous will be with me the WHOLE TIME!!!!! *sigh* this is a good thing since he has to go back to CA next monday...

sara, i knew we were bffs when you mentioned the diarrhea of the mouth...one of my father's fave sayings!! LOL!!! sorry about the groggyness...i sometimes live constantly in that state...usually when mr gorgeous is in ca and i don't have anyone to say...GO TO BED, SALLY!! LOL!! hugs to you...and i'm sending you some coffee!! :)

sandra, i like that you are sooo involved with will's school. when mr gorgeous taught school, we had NO parent participation at all! And the kids reflected that...scary, scary!! good luck with teaching matthew to sleep in...lillian still gets up at the crack of dawn. she's just learned not to come anywhere near me that early! LOL!!

dawn, *sigh* on the bike ban. hopefully you and your mr gorgeous can find something else fun to do in the meantime...hehehehehe...keep us posted on your knee! :) have a great day today!!

linda, have a super time with Cam today...love that he's 5 and is into wrestling! that's one sport that i haven't gotten into...don't get me started!!!! LOL!! i have enough drama in my life right now! ahahahahah!! and hun, get some sleep! it's the best thing for ya!!

chris, my darling!!! i hear you on the accidents...it's nuts out there some days. luckily (and i wouldn't normally say this, but i've been driving slower lately) there have been a lot of cops out lately and i think that cuts down on the stupidity of drivers...but again, i am in the 4th largest city in the nation, and in this state, everything is bigger...*sigh* hope gary is doing a gob better!! hugs to your whole fam...

and to everyone who is on their way here, love you all...have a GREAT DAY!!!!!! yay!! i'm off to print the stuff for our booth that i created last night! :)
 
Before I say anything else and forget...Linda...a Hysterectomy does not make menopause better but throws you into it immediately 100%. Once you have everything removed (ovaries specifically) you no longer have the hormones that regulate menopause stuff. So, just so you know...that is not the menopause answer.

So, Thursday...evil provider is not here which is great, although she's a little nicer lately. Although that could end soon since I didn't do an x-ray how she wanted me to. We'll see how she reacts on Monday. But Thursday also means coffee day. Yummy chai!!

I was supposed to go shopping yesterday for taco stuff but the girl who was going with me got called into work for something that generally wouldn't need a person to go in for but she works for the dept. of deaf something or other so a lot of the employees are deaf so if there is a question about something they can't always just do it over the phone. So we rescheduled for tonight. Which is just fine with me. It ended up working out really well because dh got called into work too and E was invited to go to a movie so I got to hang out with Addie which is always fun. I felt much better than the day before so we went for a walk and stuff. She was being super sweet so it was perfect. I put her to bed without clothes on though and she was not happy about it. She also wants to go to sleep with all of her covers on. It got into the 90s yesterday so it was way too hot for clothes and covers at night. I am so not ready for summer as far as clothes go. All she has is warm fuzzy pajamas which the kids can usually wear into june at least. Such a weird weather year. I'm not complaining, I'm just not ready. I need to get E some shorts and short sleeved shirts and her some lighter PJs. I have some Old Navy GC so I think I may head over there at lunch today maybe. Depends on when the doctor gets done. Maybe if I folded the laundry instead of just stacking it on the extra bed in the guest room I might be able to find something. I hate doing all the laundry. Ugh!! We are getting someone to help us with the house work. She's going to do standard simple cleaning and help me to get everything organized one thing at a time. Then once it is all done hopefully maintenance will be much easier. I am just not an organized person so my house tends to fall apart quickly. It stinks. DH is the same way so we have no hope. Grrr!!

Chris - be careful driving for sure. These things seem to happen in 3s so hopefully that is it and there will be no more accidents for awhile. I'm glad you were able to get your house clean. I'm jealous that you have the motivation to do that.

Linda - sorry you haven't been able to sleep. I wouldn't be able to function. I am a big leeper and really need at least 7 hours of sleep to be of any use to anybody. I would be taking something if I couldn't sleep. I can't take benedryl for sleep though because I don't sleep well on it. i've been sleeping like a baby with these muscle relaxers though. My back is getting much better now so I think I won't be taking anything stronger than ibuprofen for a bit. So no more groggy clara. Yay!! Wrestling is so strange. I don't get it. DS hasn't gotten into thankfully. I hope he doesn't get into sports wrestling either. DH was bulemic in high school to make weight and stuff. Not my favorite sport for kids.

Chris - I am sorry you are having to deal with t he defiance with Scott. I hope it gets better. I was very defiant and it lasted forever so I hope you don't have to deal with what I put my parents through. Unfortunately a lot of my defiance had to do with being sick and my parents were the only safe place for me to work through my anger at not being able to do all the things I wanted to. If you want to know anything about how to deal with that specific issue let me know and I can talk to my mom and maybe get some answers for you, or even direct you directly to her.

Sara - That would be so cool if you could work part time. I've been thinking about working part time also. Probably not completely part-time but less than now. I can't make any changes now until dh gets out of the army and has a job for sure. He's been working on talking to some people. It just stinks because everything is in Tacoma about 30 minutes north. The military hospital would be great. It is much closer. We'll see what happens.

Dawn - I am glad your knee is doing much better. Did you say before you didn't love riding anyway?? I can't remember if you said that or not. If so...then yay...no riding for awhile.

Sandra - I'm sorry your principal is a not so great. I think I principal really sets the tone of the school. You are lucky not to have budget cuts. You would think they would keep up all the programs they can. Our school is holding onto everything they can hoping for less budget cutting. They changed the schedules so that we need less busdrivers. This year there were 2 elementary start times so that the bus drivers would have 2 elemenatary school routes. It has been just crazy. Sorry for the rain. I hope it goes away soon. I think you have our weather and I have yours...but I'm not giving it back. I am loving all the sunshine.

Sally - Holy Cow lady!! Have fun at the Homeschooling thing. I wish more homeschooling parents put in the effort and energy you do. So many homeschooling parents don't do very much work or let their kids be anti-social. So, go out there and show em how it's done. Have fun.

To all other people on their way over here...Have a fantastic day!!
 
Dawn - I am glad your knee is doing much better. Did you say before you didn't love riding anyway?? I can't remember if you said that or not. If so...then yay...no riding for awhile.


LOL, Clara, girl you are so very perceptive and don't forget anything!!!
No, I really don't love it, but I love going places and seeing the country and the only way DH loves to do it is to ride...sooooo LOL...I ride along plus save money on gas. We get to take a lot more trips that way. What I really don't like is that he wants to go every weekend and his idea of fun is not always mine. He is happy to just ride, say 8 hrs, spend the night, then ride 8hrs back home. Ugh, not fun to me! And he has no patience with me taking pictures, he thinks I should just be able to point at something snap a pic and be done with it, grr, men! LOL.

Wow! I envy you getting someone to help with the house :). I thought I had someone....Amanda LOL. Nah. Her idea of vacuuming the house is a speed sweep. Takes 3-4 minutes tops. It consists of pushing the vac as long as the cord will reach 3-4 swipes in however many rooms are within reach. Done. Oh, and if the canister was full and it wasn't picking up anything, too bad, she never noticed. If it ate the cord, or a shoe, or the cat, too bad, gone. Laundry? HAH, better do it yourself unless you want everything blue, or pink, oh, there was nothing pink or blue in there? Oh, believe me, somehow, some way it found a way in there. Dishes? Do you really want food left on the dishes in your cabinets? She's had 25 yrs to learn this stuff, it hasn't sank in yet. One time I asked her to wash some dishes in the sink. Ok. She did. And she dried them. Put them up. I got a glass of water. OMGosh. Pure soap. A-M-A-N-D-A!!!! Oh, was I supposed to rinse? Agh! The dishwasher, she might wash some, but no soap. eeeek.

Oh wait...we were talking about Clara, right?! hehehehehee
 
. Then tonight i'm gonna come home and relax and possibly make 200 bonboniettis...little pieces of tulle wrapped up around 2 hershey's kisses with a ribbon and our business card.

dawn, *sigh* on the bike ban. hopefully you and your mr gorgeous can find something else fun to do in the meantime...hehehehehe...keep us posted on your knee! :) have a great day today!!
:)

Sally, your bonboniettis sound soooo cute!!!! Sounds like a super busy, but fun weekend! Have fun with YMG :). I imagine my DH and I will be riding as usual, just resting more while doing it :).
 
hey ladies, i've been so busy getting everything together for our trip that i haven't had time to come in and post properly~ should be packing, but here i sit, reading the Daily O's and posting to you all. lol. priorities, right? work has been crazy busy, and we still have a lot to do before heading to florida and the cruise. i am so ready to sit in the sun and read a book. :)

hope you all are having a great week and type to you when we get home next week.
 
Dawn you are so silly...I love it. I don't clean much better than your daughter...but I know this. i hope having someone come in really helps though. i'm so tired of my house at the moment.
 
Funny thing is, Clara, I know DD can do it all...she's just learned how to make it seem like she can't and it makes me friggin' nuts! She's smart, what do you do with someone when you know they can do something but won't?

Anyhow, LOL. I forgot to announce my awesome news yesterday!!!! I had my evaluation at work yesterday...my horrid boss is out of town on vacay, but my team leader is there and called me to her office yesterday. It was the most relaxing eval I've had since Michelle has been DON...I hope she's absent from now on during it LOL. My team leader prepared the whole thing and worded it all so it wasn't harsh sounding. I got a 1% raise which I am thrilled with considering I didnt' think I'd get one at all after being suspended those 2 days recently. I am very pleased :). I have enjoyed work lately. I hope it continues like this.
 
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