Katie is still struggling with her allergies and running a little low grade fever. She is pitiful and I've kept her home from daycare this week because she just doesn't feel good. Please continue to pray for her because she is taking 5 medications orally, plus a nasal spray, plus Tylenol and Motrin for her low grade fever. That's ALOT for a 2-year-old.
I need everyone to pray for my family in Louisiana that just went through Hurricane Katrina. We were blessed that my mom and the rest of my immediate family wasn't affected other than problems with the phone lines as a result of the New Orleans devastation. But my mom's first cousin had just bought a brand new double wide and it was right by where the levee broke on the West Bank of New Orleans. They also have a home in Port Barre, near where my mom lives, so at least they aren't homeless. But their kids live there and also lost their homes and jobs. So they are all huddled up at the home in Port Barre wondering what to do next. I have family that live in LaPlace that will be allowed back home today but most work in New Orleans so they have no jobs.
I have absolutely no desire to ever move back to Louisiana because I truly love South Carolina but Louisiana is still home to me. It really hurts to see all the devastation down there. We all need to pray for everyone touched by this hurricane. I put myself in their place because if this happened to us, we are insured but that doesn't help for right now and it also will never replace pictures and locks of hair from your child's first haircut, and all the other memories people have collected over the years. I look at the pictures of my dad and realize that if we were to lose our house and all the contents, I would never have pictures of him again as he is gone and can't take more. It is truly a heartbreaking situation. We need to pray for the police officers down in New Orleans. Their jobs were hard enough before but it is so much worse now with those horrible people looting and one even shot an officer in the head. We should never question God but sometimes I wonder why we have people like that in the world while good people die daily.
Anyway, this is definitely the time to get closer to God and pray for those in need and thank him for the MANY blessings we often take for granted.
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Saturday, August 27, 2005
Good day for Brittanie
Brittanie is VERY much like her daddy. She doesn't smile easily. In fact, I would have to say that she is worse than Tom when it comes to being stingy with her smile. Well yesterday, I went to pick her up from school and she had a smile from ear to ear and was about to pop because she was so excited. She said it was the best day she had had so far this school year. She has been really bummed about John not being in school so it was nice to see her happy. From what I could gather, she likes 3 guys and John is the one she likes most, then William, then Joey. Well yesterday, William sat next to her at the pep rally. Then after school they were both outside waiting for their rides home and he started flirting and she started flirting back and they ended up holding hands. He told her he was going to try to be at the football game that night to meet up with her. Well she volunteered for JROTC parking detail for the football game so she had to be there an hour early. (By the way, all three of these guys are in JROTC.) Well William showed up at 6 to work parking detail with Brittanie. She commented how shocked she was that he was early and he told her that he heard through the grapevine that she was working parking detail and he wanted to be there with her. Awwwwwwwww!!!!
When they got done with parking, she went into the football game. By then it was 7:45 and she met up with John, who had been looking for her for 45 minutes. She ran up and gave him a hug because she hadn't seen him in a week. She told him she HAD to get something to drink. So they walked up to get her something to drink and Brittanie asked him about going to Carowinds with her (this morning) and he said yes. His parents had said it was ok and he was looking forward to it. I don't know where William was during all of this but next thing in the story was John went somewhere and she hung out with William during the rest of the football game. Remember the jerk who asked her if she was on birth control? Well he came up to Brittanie and William and showed Brittanie a picture of a girl that he was going out with now. Brittanie told him she is very pretty. Not the reaction the jerk was hoping for so he said it again that he was going out with her. Brittanie said again that she is very pretty. That's when William reached over and gave her a quick peck on the mouth. The jerk promptly left. HEHEHEHE William said that the jerk was huge so he wasn't going to get in his face or anything but he figured since he didn't get it when he saw that they were holding hands, maybe a quick kiss would drive the point home. And it worked.
Both William and John are Christian boys and she likes them both. She said the first one to ask her out is the one she will go out with. But she got in the car last night a very happy girl. I called John's dad last night during the football game to ask if John was going to Carowinds and he said in a very happy tone "Ohhh, you're Brittanie's mom!" Hmmmm somebody has been talking to his parents about Brittanie. That's always a good sign. I just want Brittanie to have a good Christian boyfriend that she can have fun with and not have to worry that they are going to pressure her to have sex or do other bad things.
Anyway, she got up this morning and you would have thought she was ready for dinner and a movie instead of a trip to Carowinds. She looked totally different than she does when she goes with her daddy. LOL
Anyway, that's the latest in teenage stuff. By the way, I'm proud of Brittanie. She told me that even if William had tried to kiss her at school, she wouldn't have because you can hold hands and have your arms around each other but no other public displays of affection are allowed. I didn't know that because when I pull up everybody is kissing their significant other. She said "Just because everybody does it, doesn't make it right." That's my girl!!!!
When they got done with parking, she went into the football game. By then it was 7:45 and she met up with John, who had been looking for her for 45 minutes. She ran up and gave him a hug because she hadn't seen him in a week. She told him she HAD to get something to drink. So they walked up to get her something to drink and Brittanie asked him about going to Carowinds with her (this morning) and he said yes. His parents had said it was ok and he was looking forward to it. I don't know where William was during all of this but next thing in the story was John went somewhere and she hung out with William during the rest of the football game. Remember the jerk who asked her if she was on birth control? Well he came up to Brittanie and William and showed Brittanie a picture of a girl that he was going out with now. Brittanie told him she is very pretty. Not the reaction the jerk was hoping for so he said it again that he was going out with her. Brittanie said again that she is very pretty. That's when William reached over and gave her a quick peck on the mouth. The jerk promptly left. HEHEHEHE William said that the jerk was huge so he wasn't going to get in his face or anything but he figured since he didn't get it when he saw that they were holding hands, maybe a quick kiss would drive the point home. And it worked.
Both William and John are Christian boys and she likes them both. She said the first one to ask her out is the one she will go out with. But she got in the car last night a very happy girl. I called John's dad last night during the football game to ask if John was going to Carowinds and he said in a very happy tone "Ohhh, you're Brittanie's mom!" Hmmmm somebody has been talking to his parents about Brittanie. That's always a good sign. I just want Brittanie to have a good Christian boyfriend that she can have fun with and not have to worry that they are going to pressure her to have sex or do other bad things.
Anyway, she got up this morning and you would have thought she was ready for dinner and a movie instead of a trip to Carowinds. She looked totally different than she does when she goes with her daddy. LOL
Anyway, that's the latest in teenage stuff. By the way, I'm proud of Brittanie. She told me that even if William had tried to kiss her at school, she wouldn't have because you can hold hands and have your arms around each other but no other public displays of affection are allowed. I didn't know that because when I pull up everybody is kissing their significant other. She said "Just because everybody does it, doesn't make it right." That's my girl!!!!
Friday, August 26, 2005
The human recorder
I never realized how much Katie pays attention to everything we do. Brittanie has been losing weight since before the summer started. She keeps the scale in the foyer and weighs there since it has hard wood floors and she thinks it is the best place on the house to weigh. Also, my computer is right in line with the foyer so I can celebrate each pound loss with her. Well a minute ago, Katie went in the foyer, stood on the scale, jumped off (just like Brittanie does) picked up the scale and tried to come to show me what it said but it was too heavy. But she said "Look! 113 pounds!" LOL Obviously she isn't 113 pounds but it was so cute anyway. She wants to be JUST like her sister.
Thursday, August 25, 2005
And the gloves come off!
I have the utmost respect for our JROTC personnel but yesterday 1st Sgt showed me why Brittanie thinks he is so special. Brittanie had rifle team practice yesterday after school. After practice, 1st Sgt gave her a dollar and told her to go get her a bottled water because she looked like she was about to have a heat stroke. She went into the main building, past the commons to go to the JR/SR dining hall to get to the bottled water machines. The cheerleaders were having practice in the commons area and Miss R, the cheerleading coach, turned around and told Brittanie she wasn't allow to go through there. Brittanie told her that she was just going to get a bottled water. She was walking in the hallway, which is at the back of the commons area. It wasn't like she walked through the practice area or anything but she and Brittanie continued to argue about whether Brittanie was allowed to go get her water. Brittanie finally got fed up, rolled her eyes, and walked away and went into the JR/SR dining hall to go get her water. That's when Miss R screamed "OH NO YOU DIDN'T JUST ROLL YOUR EYES AT ME! COME BACK HERE! BRITTANIE!!!" Brittanie just ignored her and kept walking until she heard 1st Sgt's booming voice asking Miss R if there was a problem. She proceeded to tell 1st Sgt that Brittanie interrupted her cheerleading practice and she isn't allowed in there. 1st Sgt told Miss R that Brittanie IS allowed in there because he told her that she could go in there. He then said "You are worried about her interrupting your practice yet you stopped practice to yell at her." He then turned to the cheerleaders and asked "Did any of you even notice her walking back there?" They all said no, they hadn't noticed her at all. Miss R argued that he is undermining her authority. He quickly pointed out that he out ranks her because she works for the school, who works for the government and that he works for the government. He also told her "I know Sightler is special and all but she made her choice and she chose the right team. If she were happy being one of your cheerleaders, you would still have her. So you need to get it straight in your head and get over it. I don't want you talking to my cadets this way. I don't talk to your cheerleaders like you were talking to her and I don't want you talking to my cadets that way either!" He told Brittanie to carry on....go get her water. I LOVE 1st Sgt!!! If he hadn't handled it, I would have gone up there and had a prayer meeting with Miss R myself. 1st Sgt reminds me so much of Tom. He is very logical and keeps more of a cool head in situations of stress. He gets that gift from his dad. I, on the other hand, throw my brain out of the window when someone messes with my child. The brain is gone and the fangs are out and then I come across looking like the one that is wrong. Brittanie said because Miss R was ranting and raving and 1st Sgt just stood there calmly talking to her, it made her look like a jerk in front of her entire cheerleading squad.
Brittanie's rifle came in today. I was in the shower when FedEX tried to deliver it so I'm going to run by the FedEX office on the way to get Katie and pick it up. I can't wait to take her to Shooter's Choice to practice! Who'd have thought Brittanie would love this stuff so much. She is so balanced though. She has the tomboy side that plays sports, does karate, and loves military stuff. Then she has the girly side that straightens her hair everyday, puts on make-up, is very fashionable and was thrilled to be able to get a manicure this week now that she is no longer on the cheerleading squad. I'm so proud of her!!!
Katie is doing great these days. After her wonderful note from her teacher, I went and bought her a Spongebob backpack and got rid of her diaper bag. I told her that since she doesn't wear diapers anymore, she doesn't need a diaper bag and big girls carry backpacks. She LOVES her backpack and can't wait to put it on in the morning before school. This morning she was so excited that she was trying to put it on over her pajamas. I had to stop her, get her dressed, THEN put it on. She is so funny. Brittanie was teaching her how to march and about face yesterday. She told me this morning on the way to school that she liked Brittanie's uniform and she was pointed to Brittanie's Class A uniform that I picked up from the dry cleaner. She said she wanted one. I may end up with two girls in the Army. Who knows?
Brittanie's rifle came in today. I was in the shower when FedEX tried to deliver it so I'm going to run by the FedEX office on the way to get Katie and pick it up. I can't wait to take her to Shooter's Choice to practice! Who'd have thought Brittanie would love this stuff so much. She is so balanced though. She has the tomboy side that plays sports, does karate, and loves military stuff. Then she has the girly side that straightens her hair everyday, puts on make-up, is very fashionable and was thrilled to be able to get a manicure this week now that she is no longer on the cheerleading squad. I'm so proud of her!!!
Katie is doing great these days. After her wonderful note from her teacher, I went and bought her a Spongebob backpack and got rid of her diaper bag. I told her that since she doesn't wear diapers anymore, she doesn't need a diaper bag and big girls carry backpacks. She LOVES her backpack and can't wait to put it on in the morning before school. This morning she was so excited that she was trying to put it on over her pajamas. I had to stop her, get her dressed, THEN put it on. She is so funny. Brittanie was teaching her how to march and about face yesterday. She told me this morning on the way to school that she liked Brittanie's uniform and she was pointed to Brittanie's Class A uniform that I picked up from the dry cleaner. She said she wanted one. I may end up with two girls in the Army. Who knows?
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
I forgot the best thing!
I almost forgot the best part of my day yesterday was picking up Katie and seeing a note from her teacher taped to her diaper bag. It said that Katie had a very good day and that last Thursday was a battle of wills. But yesterday she sat down at the table with everyone and ate with her spoon and obeyed all day. It even said "Way to go, Katie" and was signed by her teacher. I was so proud of her. Last Thursday, Mrs. Julie had a talk with me about the need to spank Katie because she was kicking, biting, and hitting the other children. She didn't want to sit at the table and eat. She was just defiant and they thought that time outs were no longer effective and needed to step it up to a swat on the butt with a ruler. She said they would call me before doing it. I told her that I spank her at home so no need to call me. Do it! But she hasn't needed it and then had a really good day yesterday too. Putting her in Grace's daycare is the best thing I have ever done. She is much better behaved at home even since she started there. (Thanks for praying, Denise!)
I am going to keep her there through K3 but the plan is to move her to Ben Lippen, which is a Christian school that has uniforms, when she starts K4. But I know with the foundation Grace has set in daycare, she will be ready when that time comes.
I am going to keep her there through K3 but the plan is to move her to Ben Lippen, which is a Christian school that has uniforms, when she starts K4. But I know with the foundation Grace has set in daycare, she will be ready when that time comes.
Just another manic Monday
I am behind on my typing....AGAIN....and after bringing Katie to daycare, I came home and should have started typing but the phone rang and I stupidly answered it and got stuck in a 2 hour conversation. By that time, it was time to leave to go have lunch with Samantha. I hadn't seen Samantha in 3 weeks and was going through withdrawals so typing or no typing, I was going to have lunch with her. I was very pleasantly surprised to find that Sandra was there as she had taken the day off for a couple of doctor's appointments. So I was able to talk to her too, which is a rare treat since she is always working when I have lunch with Sam. I do love both of them so much! I love Jimmy too but Sandra and Samantha are my favorites. I had the added bonus of Melissa (who I adore) coming by with her new baby boy, Hunter, while I was visiting with Samantha. He is truly one of the most precious baby boys I have ever seen. I loved holding him but definitely had to give him back because those old feelings of wanting another baby were starting to pop up again and when I'm not around a baby and can think straight, I KNOW I don't want another one. But I'm a sucker for baby boys as I have always wanted one of my own but God had a different plan for us. But I got home and was sleepy and instead of typing, I layed down and tried to take a nap, thinking that I would get up refreshed and ready to type. But I didn't. I picked up Brittanie at 5 and headed to West Columbia to pick up Katie from daycare and my friend, Misi, asked me that morning to pick up her daughter from her daycare for her since it is right down the road from Katie's daycare. So I got Katie first then went to get Misi's daughter, Mallorie. Places like Mallorie's daycare makes me appreciate Grace soooooooooooo much!!! I got there and it was POURING down rain. Brittanie got out for me and took my license to go get Mallorie. Well Mallorie doesn't know Brittanie so she wouldn't go to her so they made me get out in the pouring rain to go get her. Mallorie knows me but not very well. She didn't come to me but wasn't clinging to the daycare worker like she did with Brittanie. But the place was in a home and cluttered with junk and had a funky smell to it. It was gross. I couldn't help comparing it to Grace. Grace has NEVER had a DSS violation ever. The place is cleaned daily and has a clean smell to it as well as it IS clean and junk free. But it falls back on "you get what you pay for." Grace costs $480 a month for a 4 week month and $600 on a 5 week month. It is worth every penny! The one Mallorie goes to takes the welfare voucher so it is free and look what you get. It is just as bad as the daycare in Gaston. Praise God I don't have to put Katie in one of those type of places. Even when we were struggling to make it in Louisiana, we had Brittanie in a Baptist church daycare and it was just like Grace....only less expensive....but that was 12 years ago.
Anyway, I left that nasty daycare, ran by Food Lion to get another pack of chicken for dinner, came home, cooked supper, and was just too tired to do anything. Tom, on the other hand, came home in a good mood and fixed the drawer that Katie broke in the kitchen, vacuumed up the mess Katie made in the living room, and was very energetic and chipper. It was GREAT!! But I was too tired to enjoy it long. I went to bed at 10pm and got up at 4:30 this morning to start typing....which is what I should be doing now but I wanted to get my blog done before I forgot what I wanted to say.
By the way, Brittanie's promotion board ceremony is August 30th and she REALLY wanted company commander. 1st Sgt told her that Green is next in line for that position so her next position down would have been 1st Lt. but that is more of a "work behind the scenes" position and she is too much of a leader for that so he will make her 1st Sgt so she can command the Let 1's. She was happy with that because she enjoys working with her Let 1's. Everybody pray for her on that day. That morning she has an appointment at 11:30 to find out if there is anything broken in her back then she has promotion board at 3:30 that afternoon. It is going to be a big day for her so please remember her when you pray. Also lift her up where her grades are concerned. She has block classes this year, which is 4 classes until Christmas and then come back in January and start 4 new classes. She LOVES this because she is better able to get her stuff done and study effectively without being overwhelmed with 8 classes. Well so far, she has made A's on all tests and quizzes. She is even studying through lunch in the library. She wants to maintain a 4.0 through her last 3 years in high school to get into West Point. Please pray that she will be able to get that 4.0 but that God's will be done as far as where she goes to college. I know she REALLY wants West Point but she is a mama's girl and struggled being away from me for 3 days while she was in Myrtle Beach during cheerleading camp this summer. So just pray for her....and for me because if she really goes to West Point, I'm going to cry till she comes home for Christmas! hahaha
Anyway, I left that nasty daycare, ran by Food Lion to get another pack of chicken for dinner, came home, cooked supper, and was just too tired to do anything. Tom, on the other hand, came home in a good mood and fixed the drawer that Katie broke in the kitchen, vacuumed up the mess Katie made in the living room, and was very energetic and chipper. It was GREAT!! But I was too tired to enjoy it long. I went to bed at 10pm and got up at 4:30 this morning to start typing....which is what I should be doing now but I wanted to get my blog done before I forgot what I wanted to say.
By the way, Brittanie's promotion board ceremony is August 30th and she REALLY wanted company commander. 1st Sgt told her that Green is next in line for that position so her next position down would have been 1st Lt. but that is more of a "work behind the scenes" position and she is too much of a leader for that so he will make her 1st Sgt so she can command the Let 1's. She was happy with that because she enjoys working with her Let 1's. Everybody pray for her on that day. That morning she has an appointment at 11:30 to find out if there is anything broken in her back then she has promotion board at 3:30 that afternoon. It is going to be a big day for her so please remember her when you pray. Also lift her up where her grades are concerned. She has block classes this year, which is 4 classes until Christmas and then come back in January and start 4 new classes. She LOVES this because she is better able to get her stuff done and study effectively without being overwhelmed with 8 classes. Well so far, she has made A's on all tests and quizzes. She is even studying through lunch in the library. She wants to maintain a 4.0 through her last 3 years in high school to get into West Point. Please pray that she will be able to get that 4.0 but that God's will be done as far as where she goes to college. I know she REALLY wants West Point but she is a mama's girl and struggled being away from me for 3 days while she was in Myrtle Beach during cheerleading camp this summer. So just pray for her....and for me because if she really goes to West Point, I'm going to cry till she comes home for Christmas! hahaha
Saturday, August 20, 2005
What a difference a day makes!
Last week, I asked Major Norton if our JROTC had a parade banner and he told me no. I asked him if he wanted one. He said yes but they are between $200 and $300 and they really can't afford that right now. I offered to help raise the money and he told me that he would appreciate any help I could give. Well I am a big supporter of a school board member who is now running for county council so I e-mailed him and asked if he could pass the hat at the school board meeting on August 15th to help us raise that money. I also contacted the writer of the Swansea column for the best local newspaper, the Chronicle, and asked her if she would put a tidbit about JROTC in her column and tell the readers that we need to purchase a banner which will cost $300 and donations would be greatly appreciated. The column came out on Thursday and on Friday the local pharmacist called me and I wasn't home so I got up this morning and called him back. He donated the entire $300 we needed for the banner. He told me to pick up the check before 1pm. Well, I got up this morning knowing that I had to judge a beauty pageant and I really really didn't feel like it. I'm four days behind on my typing and I should be home doing that. But I committed to doing it so I was going to do it even though I didn't feel like it. But I got in a much better mood after talking to the pharmacist. So I got ready for the pageant and Brittanie and I headed to the drug store, picked up the check, and headed to the JROTC car wash. Brittanie got out of my car to start helping wash cars and I talked to Major Norton and was excited to be able to give him that check for $300 for our banner. He was shocked that one person would donate so much and very appreciative as well. Then Major Norton thanked me for talking to the superintendent of schools for our district because he spoke with our principal and pledged more support for our JROTC program. I explained to him that I didn't actually talk to the superintendent. I talked to a school board member who brought it up at the school board meeting. I just wanted $300 but we are getting so much more in the form of financial and other support now. So I went off to the pageant feeling great. It was a great pageant and I had a good time judging it and made $25. When I got done, I grabbed something to eat and was heading back to the car wash to pick up Brittanie when she called me to tell me to get my car washed. No thank you. I'm not about to sit in the 100 degree heat while they wash my car. So I just donated the $25 I made at the pageant. The total when we left the car wash was $353.00!! During my talk with Major Norton the first time, he told me that he could help Britt get into Texas A&M and that it is definitely a school she should consider because they have the best ROTC program second only to the military academies. When I came back to pick Brittanie up, 1st Sgt. talked to me and told me how great Brittanie was doing and that he is proud of her. He used to teach at West Point. So he is going to help her get ready physically for West Point.
This was just a great day. Now I'm typing and Tom is cutting the grass while Brittanie watches Katie. Earlier, I tried to take a nap before starting my typing. I was joined by Brittanie and Katie and Brittanie plopped herself on my back and I grunted, which stressed Katie out. She grabbed my face and was about to cry saying "It's alright. It's alright, Honey." I could have kissed her sweet little face off when she said that. It was adorable!!! But I had to make Brittanie stop before Katie burst out crying. I called to Tom and said "Tom! Come beat the big one!" Katie immediately said "Tom! Come beat sissy!" It was so funny.
This was just a great day. Now I'm typing and Tom is cutting the grass while Brittanie watches Katie. Earlier, I tried to take a nap before starting my typing. I was joined by Brittanie and Katie and Brittanie plopped herself on my back and I grunted, which stressed Katie out. She grabbed my face and was about to cry saying "It's alright. It's alright, Honey." I could have kissed her sweet little face off when she said that. It was adorable!!! But I had to make Brittanie stop before Katie burst out crying. I called to Tom and said "Tom! Come beat the big one!" Katie immediately said "Tom! Come beat sissy!" It was so funny.
Public schools *sigh*
This has been a rough week as a parent. It was quite a roller coaster. I'm so far behind on my typing that I cancelled two appointments that I had on Monday but still didn't get all my typing done. Brittanie had her first rifle team practice and I was excited for her. She has been torn between two guys.....one that she really doesn't care for and one that she has been knowing since they went to Grace together in 4th and 5th grade. One called her and the other talked to her on the internet. She was feeling pretty good.
Tuesday, I worked the polls for the Republican primary for County Council. My guy won but there is going to be a run off because it wasn't a 51% win. I couldn't wait to get home to hear how Brittanie's day was. She was supposed to go see a movie with the guy she really didn't like but I don't know what happened but she backed out.
Wednesday, Brittanie had rifle team practice again and when she got home, the guy she really didn't care for called and asked her out to a movie on Friday night. She was in the living room with me talking to him on the phone and in the same breath that he asked her out, he asked her if she was on birth control!!! She flipped out on him. I was so proud of her. Needless to say, she won't be talking to him anymore. She was so angry and said she felt so disrespected that she just wanted to hit him. I know I'm going to sound like a geezer but in my day guys would date you a long time before they even thought about such things but they would NEVER ask a girl something like that unless she was being overly aggressive....which she definitely was NOT being. Brittanie said this is what she hates about being a teenager. She feels like she is just a piece of meat to guys. I told her that there are good guys out there and when the time is right, God will send that guy to her. She really isn't in a hurry anyway.
Thursday, she had her MRI of her back then her appointment with her sleep doctor. We got done at 11:30 so I called Tom and asked him if he wanted to have lunch with us. Brittanie had left her make-up in his truck anyway so we could pick it up from him after we had lunch. After lunch, I dropped her off at school just in time for JROTC class. Well she has JROTC with the guy she liked, "J". Well he was acting strange and wasn't reciting the pledge of allegiance or the cadet creed. When they finished, he couldn't figure out how to sit down in his chair. Major Norton pulled him out in the hall and he wasn't seen again. Brittanie got in my car that afternoon and told me that "J" is no longer an option because he was high in class today. This was just frustrating to her because she thought he would be a good boyfriend choice because he doesn't believe in cheating, he goes to church, and even went to Grace with her. Just because a guy goes to church doesn't mean he is a Christian or dedicated. So she was bummed last night.
Today, Brittanie's best friend, Miranda, called her and told her that her (Miranda's) ex-boyfriend, "C", got arrested at school today for drugs. "C"thought Brittanie reported him to Officer Smiley. Brittanie knew she didn't so she asked me if I did. I didn't. After a little digging, I found out that "C" was not actually arrested. He was expelled and has an expulsion hearing next Tuesday so he can answer to the charge of giving "J" three Ativans. That is what was wrong with John yesterday. He skipped three classes then showed up in JROTC after allegedly taking those and was acting weird. His parents were called and took him to the hospital. So supposedly he is kicked out of school too. My knee jerk reaction was to pull her out of that school. But then I remembered that Grace had one cheerleader get pregnant and another cheerleader snuck into a teacher's house and had sex with the teacher's foster son. There were students that would stay after school and smoke behind the gym instead of going out on visitation. There were students that did drugs before school, in the bathroom at school, and when they got home from school at Grace. Grace has the added pressure of having mean people like "M" who make fun of people for not wearing brand name clothes and for having Wal-Mart booksacks and lunch boxes. Brittanie was tortured because of her size and everything else they could think of. I personally know one cheerleader and one basketball player from Grace that both developed an eating disorder from being picked at by mean spirited "Christian" teenagers at Grace. I know two girls who tried to commit suicide while going to Grace. Plus we had a teacher even commit suicide there in 2002. I tried to address my concerns with the principal but he is in denial and will not believe that there is a problem. So when you look at things from that perspective, why pay tuition for my child to be tortured by "Christians" when she could go to public school for free and be exposed to alot of the same things....minus the torture because people at her school are mostly poor so they ALL wear Wal-Mart. Nobody cares if you wear Nike or Payless. That and much more courses to chose from are the best reasons for sending Brittanie to public school. She would not go back to Grace now. She LOVES JROTC too much to ever leave Swansea.
I have to judge a pageant in the morning and then come home and type my fingers off. I'm 4 days behind and I HAVE to catch up this weekend. I'm sick of being behind. Brittanie has a car wash tomorrow morning for JROTC. So I'm going to drop her off there while I do the pageant and then pick her up on the way back. I better get to bed. This week has been really exhausting. Yall pray for us!!
Tuesday, I worked the polls for the Republican primary for County Council. My guy won but there is going to be a run off because it wasn't a 51% win. I couldn't wait to get home to hear how Brittanie's day was. She was supposed to go see a movie with the guy she really didn't like but I don't know what happened but she backed out.
Wednesday, Brittanie had rifle team practice again and when she got home, the guy she really didn't care for called and asked her out to a movie on Friday night. She was in the living room with me talking to him on the phone and in the same breath that he asked her out, he asked her if she was on birth control!!! She flipped out on him. I was so proud of her. Needless to say, she won't be talking to him anymore. She was so angry and said she felt so disrespected that she just wanted to hit him. I know I'm going to sound like a geezer but in my day guys would date you a long time before they even thought about such things but they would NEVER ask a girl something like that unless she was being overly aggressive....which she definitely was NOT being. Brittanie said this is what she hates about being a teenager. She feels like she is just a piece of meat to guys. I told her that there are good guys out there and when the time is right, God will send that guy to her. She really isn't in a hurry anyway.
Thursday, she had her MRI of her back then her appointment with her sleep doctor. We got done at 11:30 so I called Tom and asked him if he wanted to have lunch with us. Brittanie had left her make-up in his truck anyway so we could pick it up from him after we had lunch. After lunch, I dropped her off at school just in time for JROTC class. Well she has JROTC with the guy she liked, "J". Well he was acting strange and wasn't reciting the pledge of allegiance or the cadet creed. When they finished, he couldn't figure out how to sit down in his chair. Major Norton pulled him out in the hall and he wasn't seen again. Brittanie got in my car that afternoon and told me that "J" is no longer an option because he was high in class today. This was just frustrating to her because she thought he would be a good boyfriend choice because he doesn't believe in cheating, he goes to church, and even went to Grace with her. Just because a guy goes to church doesn't mean he is a Christian or dedicated. So she was bummed last night.
Today, Brittanie's best friend, Miranda, called her and told her that her (Miranda's) ex-boyfriend, "C", got arrested at school today for drugs. "C"thought Brittanie reported him to Officer Smiley. Brittanie knew she didn't so she asked me if I did. I didn't. After a little digging, I found out that "C" was not actually arrested. He was expelled and has an expulsion hearing next Tuesday so he can answer to the charge of giving "J" three Ativans. That is what was wrong with John yesterday. He skipped three classes then showed up in JROTC after allegedly taking those and was acting weird. His parents were called and took him to the hospital. So supposedly he is kicked out of school too. My knee jerk reaction was to pull her out of that school. But then I remembered that Grace had one cheerleader get pregnant and another cheerleader snuck into a teacher's house and had sex with the teacher's foster son. There were students that would stay after school and smoke behind the gym instead of going out on visitation. There were students that did drugs before school, in the bathroom at school, and when they got home from school at Grace. Grace has the added pressure of having mean people like "M" who make fun of people for not wearing brand name clothes and for having Wal-Mart booksacks and lunch boxes. Brittanie was tortured because of her size and everything else they could think of. I personally know one cheerleader and one basketball player from Grace that both developed an eating disorder from being picked at by mean spirited "Christian" teenagers at Grace. I know two girls who tried to commit suicide while going to Grace. Plus we had a teacher even commit suicide there in 2002. I tried to address my concerns with the principal but he is in denial and will not believe that there is a problem. So when you look at things from that perspective, why pay tuition for my child to be tortured by "Christians" when she could go to public school for free and be exposed to alot of the same things....minus the torture because people at her school are mostly poor so they ALL wear Wal-Mart. Nobody cares if you wear Nike or Payless. That and much more courses to chose from are the best reasons for sending Brittanie to public school. She would not go back to Grace now. She LOVES JROTC too much to ever leave Swansea.
I have to judge a pageant in the morning and then come home and type my fingers off. I'm 4 days behind and I HAVE to catch up this weekend. I'm sick of being behind. Brittanie has a car wash tomorrow morning for JROTC. So I'm going to drop her off there while I do the pageant and then pick her up on the way back. I better get to bed. This week has been really exhausting. Yall pray for us!!
Friday, August 12, 2005
Problem solved
Well the cheerleading versus rifle team problem is solved but not without a few tears shed. The cheerleading coach was unwilling to compromise. All she needed to give up was 30 minutes of her Wednesday practice and Brittanie could have done both. But she refused and Brittanie was forced to chose between rifle team and cheerleading. Not surprisingly, she chose rifle team. Now that she isn't doing cheerleading, she can also do drill team with JROTC. So she gets two activities for one. But she worked so hard all summer, missed JROTC camp to go to cheerleading camp, and it is all for nothing....all because of 30 minutes. She cried and she is scared that the cheerleaders will be mad at her and turn others against her at school. But she has to be true to her heart and her heart is with JROTC. It also is going to be so useful in her future as an Army officer. But that sure didn't make it any easier. I feel for her but I'm glad the decision is made and over with. We took her out to eat at O'Charley's tonight and that cheered her up. Let's hope it lasts.
Well I'm pooped and going to bed. Joanie came and cleaned my house today and it is spotless and I LOVE IT!! I'm going to climb into my bed with my freshly washed sheets and sleep myself into oblivion.
G'night yall!
Well I'm pooped and going to bed. Joanie came and cleaned my house today and it is spotless and I LOVE IT!! I'm going to climb into my bed with my freshly washed sheets and sleep myself into oblivion.
G'night yall!
Thursday, August 11, 2005
My life is a soap opera
I guess it is more like Brittanie's life but it still affects me when she is upset. Yesterday, she had a safety lecture for rifle team right after school. It was from 3:30 to 4:30. Cheerleading practice starts at 4. She told her coach that she may be late. Her coach told her to ask Major Norton if she could get out early to make practice. He told her absolutely not because if she has an accident with her rifle, he will get in trouble for letting her handle her rifle without being properly trained in safety. I told her....JROTC comes first because this is what she wants in her future. So she got to cheerleading at 4:30 and the coach chewed her out and Brittanie fought back informing her that JROTC was MUCH more important to her than cheerleading and that after this year she isn't cheering anymore. The coach asked why and said because of this. I'm going to be career military not career cheerleading so JROTC is much more vital to my future than cheerleading. It got kinda heated and Brittanie almost quit but JROTC cadets do not quit. So she just forgot about it and went on with practice. She also was able to get in a better mood thinking about the fact that Major Norton just made her safety officer for the rifle team, which means she checks each rifle and distributes them to the cadets before every practice and competition. That's a leadership position in an extra curricular activity....much more impressive on a college application....especially to West Point...than cheerleading. So if that cheerleading coach doesn't want to lose another cheerleader this close to competitions, she better learn to compromise some.
Another drama Brittanie had to deal with is typical teen junk, which we all HATE! She has known Tristen since 1997 when they played softball together. Her mom and I have been friends....not close friends but friends....since then. Well they have moved here and now she is going to high school with Brittanie. She is in Freshman Academy and Brittanie is upstairs all day so they never see each other. Well the first day of school she told me and Brittanie that Amanda, one of my other friend's daughter, was mean to her and rolled her eyes at her and told her something was none of her business. When I talked to Amanda about it, she was shocked. She said, "I'm upstairs all day. I didn't even see Tristen much less talk to her." Yet another lie among MANY that Tristen has made up. Tristen, by her mom's admission, is a pathological liar. Well yesterday, she came up to Brittanie and told her that Amanda called her a s*ut and is telling everybody that Brittanie is having sex with everyone at Swansea. First of all, Brittanie's nickname at school, according to her friends that talked to me, is literally "Last American Virgin" and secondly Amanda and Brittanie went through all of their 9th grade year together last year without a problem. Amanda rode home with us most of the year. This was just one more of her lies. Well Brittanie did what Grace taught her to do and didn't keep Tristen's "secret" and went straight to Amanda with it and were going to confront Tristen with it. But they don't ever get to see her because they are on separate floors with separate lunch hours. Amanda called Tristen's mom and told her that if she can't get Tristen to shut her mouth, she will shut it for her and that she should stop lying, especially when it concerns her and Brittanie. Misi's mom said Tristen has been told and told and told and she doesn't listen so she deserves what she gets. But Brittanie was taking it a bit more in stride. She said she knew it wasn't true. She called Tristen out to be the liar she is and she is done with it. I'm just afraid that Tristen is going to spread untrue rumors about Brittanie. But Brittanie said that she isn't worried about that. She has a year on Tristen and her reputation speaks for itself. She also said that she can't control what mean people say, only how she reacts to it. She is so mature. I'm so proud of her.
I also found out a little more on the JROTC conference in Texas. Major Norton choses 5 cadets to go. If you tell him you want to go, he writes up a recommendation for you to go, submits it to the conference officials and they chose the top 500 cadets they deem worthy to go from all over the US and foreign nations....there were 9 nations represented last year. So I told her that if it is that hard to get into, you tell him you can go and if the officials chose her, she is going!! If she gets thrown off the cheerleading squad because of it, oh well. She can't pass up a $35K scholarship which will affect her future to stay for one practice, one football game, and one cheerleading competition. That would be bad parenting on my part. So everyone pray that God's will be done in this situation.
Ok, back to my typing. I didn't get to type much yesterday because it was popping lightning all day long. I just got this computer with my wonderful flat panel monitor in February and I'm not about to risk it during a lightning storm. But it is not lightning today so I have to play catch up as Jonathan and Sarah are coming tomorrow and Saturday so I won't have the weekend to type. Joanie (Amanda's mom) is over here today cleaning my house to get ready. She took Katie to daycare for me so I could stay home and type and then called me on my cell phone in tears. Katie loves daycare and even begs to go on the weekend but when you drop her off she has the classic Tom poking out lip and sad little face that makes you want to grab her and hold on to her forever. But I know that is emotional blackmail. Tom has literally cried after dropping her off at daycare because of that face. (She has him wrapped around her little finger!) But Tom invented that face. He can do it even today as a 35-year-old man and even make himself cry. So I don't let that face of hers get to me. But Joanie hadn't seen that face before and it made her cry. Suckers! hahaha
Another drama Brittanie had to deal with is typical teen junk, which we all HATE! She has known Tristen since 1997 when they played softball together. Her mom and I have been friends....not close friends but friends....since then. Well they have moved here and now she is going to high school with Brittanie. She is in Freshman Academy and Brittanie is upstairs all day so they never see each other. Well the first day of school she told me and Brittanie that Amanda, one of my other friend's daughter, was mean to her and rolled her eyes at her and told her something was none of her business. When I talked to Amanda about it, she was shocked. She said, "I'm upstairs all day. I didn't even see Tristen much less talk to her." Yet another lie among MANY that Tristen has made up. Tristen, by her mom's admission, is a pathological liar. Well yesterday, she came up to Brittanie and told her that Amanda called her a s*ut and is telling everybody that Brittanie is having sex with everyone at Swansea. First of all, Brittanie's nickname at school, according to her friends that talked to me, is literally "Last American Virgin" and secondly Amanda and Brittanie went through all of their 9th grade year together last year without a problem. Amanda rode home with us most of the year. This was just one more of her lies. Well Brittanie did what Grace taught her to do and didn't keep Tristen's "secret" and went straight to Amanda with it and were going to confront Tristen with it. But they don't ever get to see her because they are on separate floors with separate lunch hours. Amanda called Tristen's mom and told her that if she can't get Tristen to shut her mouth, she will shut it for her and that she should stop lying, especially when it concerns her and Brittanie. Misi's mom said Tristen has been told and told and told and she doesn't listen so she deserves what she gets. But Brittanie was taking it a bit more in stride. She said she knew it wasn't true. She called Tristen out to be the liar she is and she is done with it. I'm just afraid that Tristen is going to spread untrue rumors about Brittanie. But Brittanie said that she isn't worried about that. She has a year on Tristen and her reputation speaks for itself. She also said that she can't control what mean people say, only how she reacts to it. She is so mature. I'm so proud of her.
I also found out a little more on the JROTC conference in Texas. Major Norton choses 5 cadets to go. If you tell him you want to go, he writes up a recommendation for you to go, submits it to the conference officials and they chose the top 500 cadets they deem worthy to go from all over the US and foreign nations....there were 9 nations represented last year. So I told her that if it is that hard to get into, you tell him you can go and if the officials chose her, she is going!! If she gets thrown off the cheerleading squad because of it, oh well. She can't pass up a $35K scholarship which will affect her future to stay for one practice, one football game, and one cheerleading competition. That would be bad parenting on my part. So everyone pray that God's will be done in this situation.
Ok, back to my typing. I didn't get to type much yesterday because it was popping lightning all day long. I just got this computer with my wonderful flat panel monitor in February and I'm not about to risk it during a lightning storm. But it is not lightning today so I have to play catch up as Jonathan and Sarah are coming tomorrow and Saturday so I won't have the weekend to type. Joanie (Amanda's mom) is over here today cleaning my house to get ready. She took Katie to daycare for me so I could stay home and type and then called me on my cell phone in tears. Katie loves daycare and even begs to go on the weekend but when you drop her off she has the classic Tom poking out lip and sad little face that makes you want to grab her and hold on to her forever. But I know that is emotional blackmail. Tom has literally cried after dropping her off at daycare because of that face. (She has him wrapped around her little finger!) But Tom invented that face. He can do it even today as a 35-year-old man and even make himself cry. So I don't let that face of hers get to me. But Joanie hadn't seen that face before and it made her cry. Suckers! hahaha
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Brittanie made it!
Brittanie tried out for the JROTC Rifle Team yesterday and made it! She was so excited. But that excitement turned to sadness last night when she read the paper that Major Norton gave her after try-outs. She and one other cadet...who also happens to be on the cheerleading squad....were chosen to represent Swansea JROTC at JCAP, which is a huge honor to be chosen to go to this. Basically cadets from all over the US will go to Texas A&M for a JROTC kind of conference. Every cadet that attends gets a $35K scholarship to college. She was thrilled to be chosen to go. The dates are October 13th through the 16th. Guess what? Cheerleading practice the 13th, football game to cheer on the 14th, and the Swansea Tiger Invitational Cheerleading Competition on the 15th. She can't go. She cried. She is in a catch 22. JROTC teaches you not to be a quitter and she will be looked down upon if she quits cheerleading. In fact, if she does quit to be able to go to this conference, they will probably rescend the offer. She is not trying out for cheerleading next year so they will probably offer it to her again next year. But she has made the rifle team and Major Norton is going to try to work with the cheerleading coach so that she can do both cheerleading and rifle team. If the cheerleading coach refuses to help her do both, we are going to get her orthopedist, who is seeing Brittanie for her back, to write a note stating that she is not to do any stunting and that will get her out of cheerleading without making her quit. Because honestly, it does hurt her back but she is a true athlete and works through the pain. But JROTC is her first love. If the coach won't cooperate, she will lose a cheerleader....again. She has lost several since try-outs. So we are just going to pray that God's will be done.
The other news, which for those who know me shouldn't be a surprise, is that I'm spastic. I have broken my pinky toe on my right foot! I turned quickly coming out of the bathroom yesterday and slammed it into the door frame. It is black at the base of the toe and hurts tremendously. But there is nothing that can be done for a broke toe except to tape it to another toe and right now, I don't want anyone coming near it, much less taping it. I have an appointment with my podiatrist next Wednesday to have the sides of my right big toenail taken off so while I'm there, I'll get him to look at my pinky toe. I swear I'm an accident waiting to happen.
In Katie news, she has to be the most stubborn child on the planet. She was so much better behaved since putting her in Grace daycare. But yesterday, she backslid. When we got home, she said "I have to go potty." I said "Ok. Go." So she went. Later, I went to use the bathroom in there and saw the toilet paper roll, with about an inch of toilet paper left on it, and a plastic fake Lizzie McGuire watch from a Happy Meal in the toilet. I was furious. We went through months of this when she was a year old and putting everything in the toilet. We had finally broken her of it after months of locking her out of the bathroom. Yesterday, when I saw she was starting that again, I was too mad to spank her. I fussed at her and told her when daddy gets home you are taking a bath and going to bed. Just before Tom got home, she had to go potty again. I told her to go in my bathroom but DO NOT put anything in the toilet except a small piece of toilet paper. She said Ok and I went in the kitchen to fix her dinner. Next thing I know, I hear the toilet flush in her bathroom. She just flushed the toilet paper roll and the plastic watch down the toilet!!! I figured the toilet paper make have soaked long enough that it may be ok but I remembered my floor leaders at PCC telling us over and over and over again "Don't flush your tampons down the toilet!" I knew that if I couldn't flush a tampon, that watch was not good either. Tom got home right after that, spanked her, bathed her, put her to bed, and flushed the toilet a few times because it was obvious there was an obstruction in there. He plunged it and it seems to be ok. But she was in bed at 8:15! This morning she got up and I told her, just like I do every morning, to go get a pair of panties and some socks while I get her clothes from the closet. She just stood there looking at me. So I told her again. Again, she just stood there looking at me like she was retarded. So I popped her leg and told her to go get the panties and socks. She just stood there and cried. So I popped her again. That time she made it to the door of the hall and stood there staring at me and crying. So I said "Where is my paddle?" That's when she went into the room. I told her to hurry up. No response. She was taking too long. I said "C'mon Katelyn! We have to go." She got in the hall....no socks and panties in her hand. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR I went down the hall gave her a good spanking, grabbed the socks and panties, went in the living room, got her dressed and out the door we went. She was happier after I spanked her the last time. I don't get it. It is like she can't start the day without a spanking. She gave me the pouty lip when they took her hand at daycare to lead her to where they were having snack. That lip gets to Tom. She has him wrapped around her little finger. For me, I think that it is HER fault she is in daycare in the first place. If she would behave, I could keep her at home while I work. But she just won't. I think that is what she doesn't like about daycare is the structure. They make her behave. I was going to keep her home with me Monday since I only had 2 hours of typing and I thought I could do it while she took a nap. But she wasn't up 30 minutes and was cutting up and standing up in her desk after I told her to sit down and be still and eat. Next thing I know there is a whole bowl of cereal all over the desk and floor. So I got her dressed and took her to daycare. She gets it honestly because Tom was difficult as a little kid and I was difficult as a teenager. Sometimes I think she needs an exorcism!
Well I better get to typing. I'm a day behind again. Surprise surprise!
The other news, which for those who know me shouldn't be a surprise, is that I'm spastic. I have broken my pinky toe on my right foot! I turned quickly coming out of the bathroom yesterday and slammed it into the door frame. It is black at the base of the toe and hurts tremendously. But there is nothing that can be done for a broke toe except to tape it to another toe and right now, I don't want anyone coming near it, much less taping it. I have an appointment with my podiatrist next Wednesday to have the sides of my right big toenail taken off so while I'm there, I'll get him to look at my pinky toe. I swear I'm an accident waiting to happen.
In Katie news, she has to be the most stubborn child on the planet. She was so much better behaved since putting her in Grace daycare. But yesterday, she backslid. When we got home, she said "I have to go potty." I said "Ok. Go." So she went. Later, I went to use the bathroom in there and saw the toilet paper roll, with about an inch of toilet paper left on it, and a plastic fake Lizzie McGuire watch from a Happy Meal in the toilet. I was furious. We went through months of this when she was a year old and putting everything in the toilet. We had finally broken her of it after months of locking her out of the bathroom. Yesterday, when I saw she was starting that again, I was too mad to spank her. I fussed at her and told her when daddy gets home you are taking a bath and going to bed. Just before Tom got home, she had to go potty again. I told her to go in my bathroom but DO NOT put anything in the toilet except a small piece of toilet paper. She said Ok and I went in the kitchen to fix her dinner. Next thing I know, I hear the toilet flush in her bathroom. She just flushed the toilet paper roll and the plastic watch down the toilet!!! I figured the toilet paper make have soaked long enough that it may be ok but I remembered my floor leaders at PCC telling us over and over and over again "Don't flush your tampons down the toilet!" I knew that if I couldn't flush a tampon, that watch was not good either. Tom got home right after that, spanked her, bathed her, put her to bed, and flushed the toilet a few times because it was obvious there was an obstruction in there. He plunged it and it seems to be ok. But she was in bed at 8:15! This morning she got up and I told her, just like I do every morning, to go get a pair of panties and some socks while I get her clothes from the closet. She just stood there looking at me. So I told her again. Again, she just stood there looking at me like she was retarded. So I popped her leg and told her to go get the panties and socks. She just stood there and cried. So I popped her again. That time she made it to the door of the hall and stood there staring at me and crying. So I said "Where is my paddle?" That's when she went into the room. I told her to hurry up. No response. She was taking too long. I said "C'mon Katelyn! We have to go." She got in the hall....no socks and panties in her hand. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR I went down the hall gave her a good spanking, grabbed the socks and panties, went in the living room, got her dressed and out the door we went. She was happier after I spanked her the last time. I don't get it. It is like she can't start the day without a spanking. She gave me the pouty lip when they took her hand at daycare to lead her to where they were having snack. That lip gets to Tom. She has him wrapped around her little finger. For me, I think that it is HER fault she is in daycare in the first place. If she would behave, I could keep her at home while I work. But she just won't. I think that is what she doesn't like about daycare is the structure. They make her behave. I was going to keep her home with me Monday since I only had 2 hours of typing and I thought I could do it while she took a nap. But she wasn't up 30 minutes and was cutting up and standing up in her desk after I told her to sit down and be still and eat. Next thing I know there is a whole bowl of cereal all over the desk and floor. So I got her dressed and took her to daycare. She gets it honestly because Tom was difficult as a little kid and I was difficult as a teenager. Sometimes I think she needs an exorcism!
Well I better get to typing. I'm a day behind again. Surprise surprise!
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Ok, I admit it, I'm a nerd
I never wanted to admit that I was a nerd but I guess deep down I kinda suspected it. I mean how many people look forward to trips to Office Depot and spends $200 there when they don't even own a business? I love office supplies and if that isn't weird enough, I love politics. I have been working the polls for the local town elections for the last couple of elections. The last town election, I was made Election Commissioner...which means it was up to me to make sure I knew how to do everything right and made sure every right was done. Well John is the election chairperson for District 2 in Gaston for the county election commission and thought I did a good job so he recommended me for the county primary coming up on the 16th. I was excited. It was like a promotion. Well I had to go to a poll class tonight to learn how to do the machines and every other aspect of being a poll manager. After the class was over, John told me that Gaston is about to create a third district and that the poll chairperson for District 1 will be taking over District 3 and if I were interested and would learn the duties of poll chairperson, he would recommend me to be the chairperson for District 1 when she moves to District 3. I was thrilled. That means I will be in charge of my district even in presidential and governor's elections. That's a big responsibility and I am so honored to be chosen. Told ya I was nerdy. Most people wouldn't even want to do it much less would get excited about it. But I definitely march to the beat of a different drummer.
I have an answered prayer. Brittanie LOVES JROTC and has been looking forward to trying out for the Rifle Team since last year. Well she found out today that try-outs are tomorrow from 3:15 to 4:20. Cheerleading practice starts at 4. They were told NEVER to be late for cheerleading practice. Brittanie was afraid it would be a big scene with her coach. But she talked to her after practice tonight and the coach said she would talk to the Major and see if he can let her go a little early from try-outs. If not, just come when she is done. All that stressing for nothing. That's when the scripture about worrying popped in my head. We should not have been worried about it. This will be Brittanie's last year of cheerleading. She really doesn't enjoy it but it will look good to have as an extra-curricular for college. First Sgt said he would work with her to get her physically ready for West Point so she doesn't need cheerleading anymore. But she isn't a quitter. She isn't going to let her squad down unless the coach gets mad and demands she chose between Rifle Team and cheerleading. I don't think that will happen though. Brittanie REALLY wants to become company commander in JROTC and will be studying her hiney off to accomplish that goal. They gave them a booklet that they have to learn up and down and come before the JROTC board on August 30th to be quizzed. They have to wear their dress greens (Class A's) for that even. It is a big deal. So pray for her that God will help her to do her best.
I didn't do any typing today because I was just too sleepy/lazy. So I have to get up early in the morning to do my typing from today and then start on my typing for tomorrow. I am finally caught up and want to keep it that way.
Goodnight!
I have an answered prayer. Brittanie LOVES JROTC and has been looking forward to trying out for the Rifle Team since last year. Well she found out today that try-outs are tomorrow from 3:15 to 4:20. Cheerleading practice starts at 4. They were told NEVER to be late for cheerleading practice. Brittanie was afraid it would be a big scene with her coach. But she talked to her after practice tonight and the coach said she would talk to the Major and see if he can let her go a little early from try-outs. If not, just come when she is done. All that stressing for nothing. That's when the scripture about worrying popped in my head. We should not have been worried about it. This will be Brittanie's last year of cheerleading. She really doesn't enjoy it but it will look good to have as an extra-curricular for college. First Sgt said he would work with her to get her physically ready for West Point so she doesn't need cheerleading anymore. But she isn't a quitter. She isn't going to let her squad down unless the coach gets mad and demands she chose between Rifle Team and cheerleading. I don't think that will happen though. Brittanie REALLY wants to become company commander in JROTC and will be studying her hiney off to accomplish that goal. They gave them a booklet that they have to learn up and down and come before the JROTC board on August 30th to be quizzed. They have to wear their dress greens (Class A's) for that even. It is a big deal. So pray for her that God will help her to do her best.
I didn't do any typing today because I was just too sleepy/lazy. So I have to get up early in the morning to do my typing from today and then start on my typing for tomorrow. I am finally caught up and want to keep it that way.
Goodnight!
Friday, August 05, 2005
My kingdom for a quiet moment
It's funny, I am always wishing for quiet time with nothing to do but when I have it, I'm restless and bored.
Sunday night, I took Brittanie and her friend, Lacy, to see Hilary Duff in concert. Brittanie won "Meet and Greet" passes so she and Lacy both were able to take pictures with Hilary. Here is Brittanie's picture:
I went to see a movie while they were in the concert and I got back to the coliseum a half hour before the concert was over so I read some. Well after Brittanie and Lacy got back to the car, the man who was parked in front of me tapped on my window and asked me to jump him off because he had left his lights off. He didn't know what he was doing. He kept swapping the cables from one post to the other. I was scared to death he would blow up my battery. How hard is it to match red to red and black to black? Thankfully, the battery didn't blow and we got home at 11:45pm.
Monday was a typical day in my life. I took Katie to daycare, had lunch with Samantha, came home and picked up Brittanie and Lacy, took them to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (what a waste of time and money that was!), dropped Lacy off at home, picked up Katie from daycare, dropped off Brittanie at Silver Jax for cheerleading class, came home and made dinner, fed Katie, bathed Katie and put her to bed. I was exhausted by the time I got in bed. I don't even remember putting my CPAP on!
Tuesday, I got all of my typing done and was so proud of myself. But I didn't do as well Wednesday. I typed that morning but that afternoon I had to take Brittanie to see her orthopedist for her back pain. This has been a problem for her for years. Dr. Piehl is great. He took x-rays and they were normal but he said he has been seeing stress fractures in athletes alot so he wanted to make sure that isn't what we are dealing with. So he ordered an MRI and that will give him a better look at the bone structure as well as her spinal cord. That is scheduled for August 18th. After her appointment, we picked up Katie and headed home. I was so tired for some reason and just wanted to go home and relax. Well Brittanie reminded me that she needed pink flip flops for her first day of school outfit and the first day of school is Thursday. So we tried calling Tom, who was at a ColaLUG meeting but his meeting was running long so he couldn't call us back. So at 9pm, I grabbed Katie and Brittanie and off to Wal-Mart we went. We got the flip flops and they are pretty but I was too tired to finish up the last hour and a half of typing I had left. When I got home, Tom came home right behind me and bathed Katie and got her ready for bed and we all went to bed....except Brittanie who primped until 1am and then was up at 5:30am to get ready for school this morning!
Here is Brittanie's first day of school outfit:
And here are the infamous flip flops:
Notice anything strange about her ankles? She sprained her right ankle Monday night at cheerleading. So one is really swollen. She had been wearing an ankle brace but it just didn't go with the flip flops. So she didn't wear it to school today. hehehe
I got all of my typing done today and was so proud of myself! This afternoon, the craziness that is my life continued. I picked up Brittanie and my friend, Misi's daughter, Tristen, from school, dropped Tristen off at home. Misi came out and asked me to go by IGA and pick her up some cranberry juice since I was going to IGA anyway. So I ran to IGA, stood in the line of the slowest cashier on the planet, ran home to get my debit card, went to Grace to pick up Katie, to the bank to deposit my paycheck, ran by Misi's and dropped off her cranberry juice, then home. But it doesn't end there, I "cajunized" turkey drumsticks and popped them in the oven, made some Julienne potatoes and talked to Katie to see how her day was. Then I talked to Brittanie about her day. Tom got home and we all watched Big Brother....which is my all time favorite show for the past 6 years....I'm addicted. Tom put Katie to bed because she ate a spaghetti kid's meal for dinner and she was so tired by 9pm. After she went to bed, we ate our turkey and potatoes and now that I finally have time to play a POGO game, I'm too tired and need to go to bed.
But you know, I'm not complaining. I LOVE my family. I am thrilled to be able to do for them and it is a good tired when I get in bed at night. I'm so blessed!!! I'm also blessed to have one of my best friends in Florida worry about me when I don't update my blog. She's the best! I love ya, Denise!!
G'night yall!
Sunday night, I took Brittanie and her friend, Lacy, to see Hilary Duff in concert. Brittanie won "Meet and Greet" passes so she and Lacy both were able to take pictures with Hilary. Here is Brittanie's picture:
I went to see a movie while they were in the concert and I got back to the coliseum a half hour before the concert was over so I read some. Well after Brittanie and Lacy got back to the car, the man who was parked in front of me tapped on my window and asked me to jump him off because he had left his lights off. He didn't know what he was doing. He kept swapping the cables from one post to the other. I was scared to death he would blow up my battery. How hard is it to match red to red and black to black? Thankfully, the battery didn't blow and we got home at 11:45pm.
Monday was a typical day in my life. I took Katie to daycare, had lunch with Samantha, came home and picked up Brittanie and Lacy, took them to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (what a waste of time and money that was!), dropped Lacy off at home, picked up Katie from daycare, dropped off Brittanie at Silver Jax for cheerleading class, came home and made dinner, fed Katie, bathed Katie and put her to bed. I was exhausted by the time I got in bed. I don't even remember putting my CPAP on!
Tuesday, I got all of my typing done and was so proud of myself. But I didn't do as well Wednesday. I typed that morning but that afternoon I had to take Brittanie to see her orthopedist for her back pain. This has been a problem for her for years. Dr. Piehl is great. He took x-rays and they were normal but he said he has been seeing stress fractures in athletes alot so he wanted to make sure that isn't what we are dealing with. So he ordered an MRI and that will give him a better look at the bone structure as well as her spinal cord. That is scheduled for August 18th. After her appointment, we picked up Katie and headed home. I was so tired for some reason and just wanted to go home and relax. Well Brittanie reminded me that she needed pink flip flops for her first day of school outfit and the first day of school is Thursday. So we tried calling Tom, who was at a ColaLUG meeting but his meeting was running long so he couldn't call us back. So at 9pm, I grabbed Katie and Brittanie and off to Wal-Mart we went. We got the flip flops and they are pretty but I was too tired to finish up the last hour and a half of typing I had left. When I got home, Tom came home right behind me and bathed Katie and got her ready for bed and we all went to bed....except Brittanie who primped until 1am and then was up at 5:30am to get ready for school this morning!
Here is Brittanie's first day of school outfit:
And here are the infamous flip flops:
Notice anything strange about her ankles? She sprained her right ankle Monday night at cheerleading. So one is really swollen. She had been wearing an ankle brace but it just didn't go with the flip flops. So she didn't wear it to school today. hehehe
I got all of my typing done today and was so proud of myself! This afternoon, the craziness that is my life continued. I picked up Brittanie and my friend, Misi's daughter, Tristen, from school, dropped Tristen off at home. Misi came out and asked me to go by IGA and pick her up some cranberry juice since I was going to IGA anyway. So I ran to IGA, stood in the line of the slowest cashier on the planet, ran home to get my debit card, went to Grace to pick up Katie, to the bank to deposit my paycheck, ran by Misi's and dropped off her cranberry juice, then home. But it doesn't end there, I "cajunized" turkey drumsticks and popped them in the oven, made some Julienne potatoes and talked to Katie to see how her day was. Then I talked to Brittanie about her day. Tom got home and we all watched Big Brother....which is my all time favorite show for the past 6 years....I'm addicted. Tom put Katie to bed because she ate a spaghetti kid's meal for dinner and she was so tired by 9pm. After she went to bed, we ate our turkey and potatoes and now that I finally have time to play a POGO game, I'm too tired and need to go to bed.
But you know, I'm not complaining. I LOVE my family. I am thrilled to be able to do for them and it is a good tired when I get in bed at night. I'm so blessed!!! I'm also blessed to have one of my best friends in Florida worry about me when I don't update my blog. She's the best! I love ya, Denise!!
G'night yall!
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