In light of all the new changes for our little trio and all that is to come in the next year, I've decided to breathe new life in to the old blog and give it another try.
With moving and exploring a new place and Laura starting at a new school, Andy readjusting to full time soldier mode and my new obsession with crochet, should be interesting. Or not, it could just be...us.
Soon I'll get it updated with new pictures and posts. Be patient. Yes, I'm asking you to do be something I can't be, patient. Not even sure I know the definition as it applies to me anyway.
Showing posts with label Just Saying. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Just Saying. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Monday, September 8, 2008
Hmm...
Must think of something to write on here! I know we're more exciting then this! There must be updates... (crickets) wow this is sad. But wait! There are a few...
Laura is having a grand ol' time with school. Ms. Young said she judged by her size that Laura would be quiet and reserved...wrong. She said she's right in the middle of everything, very vocal and generally the life of the party. She's great with going to breakfast and lunch line all by herself and is joined at the hip to her apparent BFF Savannah. She's also neat as a pin and follows all rules to a 't'. That's my girl!
As for dance, her teacher, Miss Susan declared her love for Laura after only 2 lessons. She picks up quick and is eager to do everything. Also follows directions and rules perfectly. (Wish some of the parents in the waiting room had the discipline of my 4 year old. That room is an exercise in my patience level and Andy's blood pressure.)
Andy is getting into the college state of mind, as long as I turn off all TVs, games, music... I think he'll do just fine, he's capable of a lot more than he thinks he is.
I'm enjoying my time at home. Doing crafty things and planning projects for Christmas gifts. I even decorated the joint for the fall, kind of a "if I build it, it will come." All it brought was a hurricane.
In some sad/happy news. Ozzie has found a new wonderful home. He is now Ralph and has a wonderful family that fell in love with him really fast. Even the husband who spent a week saying he didn't want a cat, then said only if he's an outside cat, loves him. The cat didn't even spend one night, nary one HOUR outside. Now he plays with the husband and sleeps at the end of their sons bed. He's found his home and he's happy and they adore him and that is all that matters to me.
In conclusion, things remain the same and perhaps that is the hardest thing of all, to maintain the same. To keep up the love, the happy, the peace, a clean house....
Laura is having a grand ol' time with school. Ms. Young said she judged by her size that Laura would be quiet and reserved...wrong. She said she's right in the middle of everything, very vocal and generally the life of the party. She's great with going to breakfast and lunch line all by herself and is joined at the hip to her apparent BFF Savannah. She's also neat as a pin and follows all rules to a 't'. That's my girl!
As for dance, her teacher, Miss Susan declared her love for Laura after only 2 lessons. She picks up quick and is eager to do everything. Also follows directions and rules perfectly. (Wish some of the parents in the waiting room had the discipline of my 4 year old. That room is an exercise in my patience level and Andy's blood pressure.)
Andy is getting into the college state of mind, as long as I turn off all TVs, games, music... I think he'll do just fine, he's capable of a lot more than he thinks he is.
I'm enjoying my time at home. Doing crafty things and planning projects for Christmas gifts. I even decorated the joint for the fall, kind of a "if I build it, it will come." All it brought was a hurricane.
In some sad/happy news. Ozzie has found a new wonderful home. He is now Ralph and has a wonderful family that fell in love with him really fast. Even the husband who spent a week saying he didn't want a cat, then said only if he's an outside cat, loves him. The cat didn't even spend one night, nary one HOUR outside. Now he plays with the husband and sleeps at the end of their sons bed. He's found his home and he's happy and they adore him and that is all that matters to me.
In conclusion, things remain the same and perhaps that is the hardest thing of all, to maintain the same. To keep up the love, the happy, the peace, a clean house....
Saturday, August 16, 2008
This Week In Louisiana...
Monday: Is it sad that I don't remember? Wait, watched Olympics!
Tuesday: Andy finally met with his advisor and signed up for his classes. He has English Wednesdays 6PM - 9Pm and Speech Thursdays 6PM - 9PM. He got his school ID and did all the paperwork for his G.I. Bill and Tuition exempt which of course he forgot to sign and we didn't find out until we got home.
Wednesday: Andy had his first day back at work. No kids, just getting to know the files on them, refresher courses and changing light bulbs. Lots of light bulbs. Laura was officially registered at school. She will start on August 25th. She'll be going to Union Elementary in Doyline, her teacher is Miss Young and is very nice. I cry my eyes out every time I think about it so moving on!
Thursday: Andy went to work and screwed in more light bulbs, no I'm not kidding or exaggerating. I stabbed myself no less then 2,865 times while sewing and glued my fingers together with 'Fray Check' while trying to make big uniform bottoms fit a very tiny girl.
Friday: Andy went to LSUS and signed the paperwork so now he's officially enrolled and we would be officially in debt but we're not! Thank you National Guard!
Saturday (pending): We're headed to see Wall-E on Barksdale. Which translates to cheap. We saw it in the theater when it came out and paid the big ticket price and Laura loved it so much we're going to see it again. Just like we did for Horton (3 times total) and Kung Fu Panda (2 times). There's something refreshing about a military base theater. Every person standing when they play the National Anthem. Its just so cool. Best part is seeing Laura standing perfectly straight, perfectly still, hand on heart for the whole song. Makes me cry every time (Her during the National Anthem, not having to see only "G" rated movies.)
Wait! I almost forgot the best moment of the week.
Thursday night: Andy serenading me with a rousing chorus of "What would you do-o-o for a Klondike bar?" At 2 AM. While asleep. Him, not me. Married couples, separate bedrooms, I'm starting to get that concept.
Tuesday: Andy finally met with his advisor and signed up for his classes. He has English Wednesdays 6PM - 9Pm and Speech Thursdays 6PM - 9PM. He got his school ID and did all the paperwork for his G.I. Bill and Tuition exempt which of course he forgot to sign and we didn't find out until we got home.
Wednesday: Andy had his first day back at work. No kids, just getting to know the files on them, refresher courses and changing light bulbs. Lots of light bulbs. Laura was officially registered at school. She will start on August 25th. She'll be going to Union Elementary in Doyline, her teacher is Miss Young and is very nice. I cry my eyes out every time I think about it so moving on!
Thursday: Andy went to work and screwed in more light bulbs, no I'm not kidding or exaggerating. I stabbed myself no less then 2,865 times while sewing and glued my fingers together with 'Fray Check' while trying to make big uniform bottoms fit a very tiny girl.
Friday: Andy went to LSUS and signed the paperwork so now he's officially enrolled and we would be officially in debt but we're not! Thank you National Guard!
Saturday (pending): We're headed to see Wall-E on Barksdale. Which translates to cheap. We saw it in the theater when it came out and paid the big ticket price and Laura loved it so much we're going to see it again. Just like we did for Horton (3 times total) and Kung Fu Panda (2 times). There's something refreshing about a military base theater. Every person standing when they play the National Anthem. Its just so cool. Best part is seeing Laura standing perfectly straight, perfectly still, hand on heart for the whole song. Makes me cry every time (Her during the National Anthem, not having to see only "G" rated movies.)
Wait! I almost forgot the best moment of the week.
Thursday night: Andy serenading me with a rousing chorus of "What would you do-o-o for a Klondike bar?" At 2 AM. While asleep. Him, not me. Married couples, separate bedrooms, I'm starting to get that concept.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Yeah, We're Still Here...
Things have just been a little hectic lately! Andy is in the last week of this cycle and believe me the end can't come soon enough. For any of us! He's been working his usual 12 hour days but he's been working every day. He has one day off (tomorrow) in 2 weeks. That's a lot of time at work. Needless to say he's exhausted and sick of these kids who seem to only get worse every day. He won't have his birthday off (don't forget it, it's Thursday) so we're going to celebrate it on the Sunday after instead which works double well because the kids graduate on Saturday. So we'll celebrate them being gone too! I do have a request for all of you to send out some extra prayers for CSM Hemphill, Andy's boss and a very close friend. He had a stroke yesterday and is in the hospital in Minden. I'm not sure how he's doing but Andy is going to go by tonight to see him.
Laura had dance camp this past week and really loved it. She did really well and kept up with the older kids. I'll get pictures sent and posted soon, promise! She'll start tap and ballet in September. Monday night for one and Wednesday night for the other. I can't keep which is when straight! We're in the process of getting all necessary items for both classes, and there's a lot, on top of getting school supplies and uniforms. Yep, all Louisiana public schools wear uniforms and yep, she looks adorable in it. They have some pretty specific guidelines and as soon as I get the skirts and pants taken in (she's so tiny!) I'll send some pictures of her in her uniform. As well as her decked out in both ballet and tap garb. I'm going to be doing a lot of waiting to pick up and drop off real soon!
So far the San Antonio trip is still on. I keep finding problems with the hotel, problem being that I keep trying to find reviews on the internet and don't like what I read then usually find out I'm reading about the wrong hotel. I guess its pretty much a toss up on hotel and location when its a new city and you can't afford a 4 star place. This is the first time we've ever planned for a vacation and booked a hotel and all that so its really scary for me. I have trust issues with hotels! I'm just afraid of getting there and being disappointed/upset with the place.
That pretty much brings you up to date. I haven't been doing as much emailing as like I'd like to, busy with Laura and *CFS is rearing its ugly head and I've just been exhausted more than usual lately.
Also...
Happy Birthday (July 17th) to Meghan! Hope it was a good one!
Wishing love and luck to my darling in-laws, Kate, Josh and Sophia, on their upcoming HUGE move across country. I hope we get to make it to MO for a few days to see them when they're there.
*Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (link)
Laura had dance camp this past week and really loved it. She did really well and kept up with the older kids. I'll get pictures sent and posted soon, promise! She'll start tap and ballet in September. Monday night for one and Wednesday night for the other. I can't keep which is when straight! We're in the process of getting all necessary items for both classes, and there's a lot, on top of getting school supplies and uniforms. Yep, all Louisiana public schools wear uniforms and yep, she looks adorable in it. They have some pretty specific guidelines and as soon as I get the skirts and pants taken in (she's so tiny!) I'll send some pictures of her in her uniform. As well as her decked out in both ballet and tap garb. I'm going to be doing a lot of waiting to pick up and drop off real soon!
So far the San Antonio trip is still on. I keep finding problems with the hotel, problem being that I keep trying to find reviews on the internet and don't like what I read then usually find out I'm reading about the wrong hotel. I guess its pretty much a toss up on hotel and location when its a new city and you can't afford a 4 star place. This is the first time we've ever planned for a vacation and booked a hotel and all that so its really scary for me. I have trust issues with hotels! I'm just afraid of getting there and being disappointed/upset with the place.
That pretty much brings you up to date. I haven't been doing as much emailing as like I'd like to, busy with Laura and *CFS is rearing its ugly head and I've just been exhausted more than usual lately.
Also...
Happy Birthday (July 17th) to Meghan! Hope it was a good one!
Wishing love and luck to my darling in-laws, Kate, Josh and Sophia, on their upcoming HUGE move across country. I hope we get to make it to MO for a few days to see them when they're there.
*Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (link)
Friday, June 27, 2008
Hey
Hey all. Just wondering if anyone is actually reading this. If not I'm going to stop doing it but if no one is reading this I guess that's a pointless statement! If you are, please let me know by clicking the word comments under this entry. Please feel free to do this anytime you read any of the entries. After all I did this in order to stay better in touch with family! Thanks
Just Another Day
Not much going on 'round these parts. It is so dang hot and humid we can't hardly go outside. Laura is pretty sensitive to the heat, pretty obvious given who her parents are, so any time outside has to be evening or just a few minutes at a time. We'll see how that works for us in San Antonio! Could be interesting. We have booked our hotel for San Antonio, we're going the 29th thru the 1st. We're excited because it will be our first family vacation! So far Daisy will be boarded at our vet. Maisy will be fine on her own. She doesn't get on or in anything and she doesn't scarf down food. Which brings us to Oz. We are in debate. If he's fixed and declawed before we go we may leave him to his own devices. He has a tendency to scarf his food down so Andy thinks we shouldn't leave him. Plus Maisy is still not his biggest fan, or any fan at all. The hissing has died down but its still tense for her.
So far no big plans for the 4th. Andy will have a few days off from work because the kids will go home on pass. Probably will go to the fireworks again this year at the Boardwalk and hope we don't have to wait 45 minutes to get out of the parking garage again.
Laura has dance camp July 14th - 17th. They will be doing a bit of all dance styles. At the end of the week, if she wants, and you know she'll want, to take any classes this fall we'll sign her up. She wants to continue with gymnastics (she LOVED watching the Olympic trials) and so far she's hung up on ballet.
Preschool starts on August 14th. I'll be sure and send out pictures of her first day. She'll be so sweet in her uniform. Yep, she'll wear a uniform. Most schools in Louisiana require uniforms. Usually navy or khaki pants and polo shirts. I'm not sure if there are shoe or backpack guidelines for her school but some of them do have those. She's excited, I'm not. She keeps telling me to not be sad, she'll come home everyday and see me.
Andy's excelling on days. Tougher than he's ever been! They LOVE him. The teachers adore him especially after he saved one from being attacked by a kid the other day (the kid was removed from the program).
Well, I guess that covers it. Laura is up from her nap and is ready to play. This morning she told me I was "Super sweet and gorgeous. Oh, and super cool too."
So far no big plans for the 4th. Andy will have a few days off from work because the kids will go home on pass. Probably will go to the fireworks again this year at the Boardwalk and hope we don't have to wait 45 minutes to get out of the parking garage again.
Laura has dance camp July 14th - 17th. They will be doing a bit of all dance styles. At the end of the week, if she wants, and you know she'll want, to take any classes this fall we'll sign her up. She wants to continue with gymnastics (she LOVED watching the Olympic trials) and so far she's hung up on ballet.
Preschool starts on August 14th. I'll be sure and send out pictures of her first day. She'll be so sweet in her uniform. Yep, she'll wear a uniform. Most schools in Louisiana require uniforms. Usually navy or khaki pants and polo shirts. I'm not sure if there are shoe or backpack guidelines for her school but some of them do have those. She's excited, I'm not. She keeps telling me to not be sad, she'll come home everyday and see me.
Andy's excelling on days. Tougher than he's ever been! They LOVE him. The teachers adore him especially after he saved one from being attacked by a kid the other day (the kid was removed from the program).
Well, I guess that covers it. Laura is up from her nap and is ready to play. This morning she told me I was "Super sweet and gorgeous. Oh, and super cool too."
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Trying A Bit Of Something New
Hi everyone! I decided we'd try something new to stay in touch. This will be any easy way to update everyone and post pictures without having to send out a bunch of emails! For those of you unfamiliar with blogs this one is completely private. I have to send out an invite for people to view it. This way I feel safe posting pictures of Laura. We'll see how this works, hopefully it will be successful! This will be an easy and fun way to keep everyone up to date on things and I'll cover some past things like Andy's trip to Japan, Laura's 4th birthday and how gymnastics is going! Also under each "blog" entry there is a comment button. Feel free to click and say Hi!
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