Thursday Update

I just want to wish Thomas good luck with his interview with the Independence Schools today.

I don't have much else. The customers have been very nasty this week. I can't wait for Friday to be over with. We are looking forward to having Thomas home next week.

Monday Update

Yesterday there were two firsts. We went to Afton's baptism reception and when we pulled up to Johnny's house we saw him getting out of the van and he was wearing long pants! In thirtenn years that is the first time I had ever seen him wearing long pants. Doug said it was only the second time he had seen it. I would post the picture Doug took, but I did not check to see if would be okay. If it is, I will post it tomorrow.

Last night Deb and her boyfriend Tim came for supper. They were a bit late though. Most of us were finished eating by the time they got here. This was the first time we had meet him. He seemed nice enough and he and Doug had a lot to talk about because he had been stationed in Germany in the service.

That's all I have for now. Have a great day everyone.

Saturday Update

The weather is supposed to be nice today. I hope that is true. The yard really needs some attention. There are still so many little sticks out there that I need to rake up and sand near the curbs from all the snow that sat there over the winter.

Last Night we watched 'Walk Hard - The Dewey Cox Story'. I thought it was okay. But, it wasn't one of my favorite movies.

Lately it seems to be all about China. Johnny and Ethan are going over there for a week this month. And yesterday we found out that Amber just got a job teaching 7 and 8 year olds English in a school over there. She will be leaving next month. We are very excited for her and wish her luck. If I were to visit China, the main thing I would want to see is the great wall.

Doris Day turns 84 today. Here is a list of the movies she was in.

Romance on the High Seas My Dream is Yours It's a Great Feeling Young Man With A Horn Tea For Two The West Point Story Storm Warning Lullaby of Broadway On Moonlight Bay I'll See You in my Dreams Starlift The Winning Team April in Paris By the Light of the Silvery Moon Calamity Jane Lucky Me Young at Heart Love Me or Leave Me The Man Who Knew Too Much Julie The Pajama Game Tunnel of Love Teacher's Pet It Happened to Jane Pillow Talk Please Don't Eat the Daisies Midnight Lace Lover Come Back That Touch of Mink Jumbo The Thrill of It All Move Over Darling Send Me No Flowers Do Not Disturb The Glass Bottom Boat Caprice The Ballad of Josie Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? With Six You Get Eggroll

Thursday Update

I thought I should do at least one update before the weekend. I don't have much going on. It looks like we lost another new temp at work. She went through over a week of paid training. On the day she was supposed to go on the phone in the afternoon, she asked to go home sick and the next day she did not come in at all. Hopefully she really was sick and will be back, but it usually doesn't work that way.

Tonight is the beginning of the new season for our Thursday night shows, The Office and My Name is Earl. It hope they are good as they have been in the past.

Thomas has a couple of busy days ahead of him. He will be camping with around 50 kids for the next two days. Good luck with that Thomas. Be safe and have fun.

Monday Update

The weekend went too fast. I just hope the work week goes that fast.

Saturday was fun, Diedre came over and went shopping with me. We went to the library and the moving sale at Pine Needles Sewing Center. Then we went to Hy-Vee. After we were done shopping, we had to stop at her parents house and let her dogs out. I threw the orange buoy thing a couple of times for Ellie (?), but I could never throw it very far.

It was also very nice having Thomas home all weekend. He finally gets a break from school in a couple of weeks. He plans to spend most of the break at home. However, on the 19th he will be going up to stay with Diedre a few days. The Sunday Group plans to go up to Waterloo to see Diedre and Thomas' apartment on the 19th and then go out to eat with them. I hope it works out so we can all get together.

Mao is crazy, he just now came running through the house from the Day-kitchen yowling. I know he wants treats. Crazy cat!

Saturday Update

Last night we watched two old Frank Cappra movies. The first was from 1934, 'It Happened One Night' with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. The second was from 1938, 'You Can't Take It With You' with Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore and James Stewart. Lionel Barrymore actually played a part that was the exact opposite of his part in 'It's a Wonderful Life'.

Today we are going to have Sheppard's Pie with real lamb. Not sure if Chloe will be here to try it. And I hope Thomas and Diedre will like it.

Of course I will do my usual Saturday shopping and maybe look for some plants to replace those that Diedre confiscated. I think I just got too attached to her plants. Sorry Diedre! I also need to stop at the library to return movies and maybe look for more. They seem to have some good old movies.

Friday Update

Yeah, the weekend is almost here. Thomas and Diedre will be driving down this afternoon for the weekend. Diedre is going to be dog-sitting for her parents. I hope to be able to sit down and watch a movie with them this weekend.

I don't have to much else to say today. I hope yesterday's snow is the last for this season. But, something tells me it probably won't be. The snow just will not go away!

Tuesday Update

I wish every work week either started on Tuesday or ended on Thursday. Yes, a four day work week all of the time would be good. I don't have much at all today. Thomas' interview went well yesterday. I took Easter leftovers to my dad and Ilse and listened to stories they have told me many times already. After about an hour I couldn't take it anymore and came home. Other than that I did some laundry, washed dishes, moved a few plants around and watched TV. Not an exciting day off. But, still better than working.

Monday Update

What a busy weekend. I'm glad that I had two extra days. Friday Thomas and I went to Irwin's to pick out his suit. The kid really wears a three button suit well. The shoes he liked were all out in his size, so we went to the mall. We looked at Sears, Younker's and Von Maur. None of their shoes compared. It was a good thing that Irwin's called while we were looking to say the shoes came in on the UPS truck about two minutes after we had left the store. Thomas had even opened the door for the UPS man and we drove around his truck. Anyway, we ended up going back to Irwin's and got him the nice black shoes made with deer skin.

Saturday I went shopping for a white shirt for Thomas. Because his neck is so small, this was not an easy task. Sears was out of white shirts in a 14-1/2 neck size. Von Maur and Kohl's did not have them. And Younker's said they haven't had that size in 2 years. Then I remembered the new Mens Warehouse at the mail. They had his size thank goodness. I also stopped in at Barnes & Noble to pick up the Hello Kitty Uno for Chloe's Easter basket. She was thrilled.

On Saturday, I also made three flavors of jell-o jigglers with my new jiggler molds; lemon, lime and tropical passion (taste like fruit punch). And I mixed up the fruit for my Ambrosia, which by the way was excellent. And Chloe made chocolate cupcakes with bright pink, green and purple frosting.

Easter supper was excellent, all of the food was so good. Of course I almost hurt myself. I was as full as at Christmas and we didn't even have turkey. It was very good to see Jamie, Lauren and Justin make it, despite Jamie's recent loss. We ordered flowers to be sent to the funeral home today from the whole Soup Sunday Group. We are also sending a sympathy card.

This morning is Thomas' interview at Benton Community Schools. I know he is going to do very well. I would hire someone who looks as sharp as he does in that suit! It would be very nice to have him teaching so close to home.

I am going to spend my last day off relaxing. However, I am going to take some food over to my Dad and Ilse since they were not able to make it over yesterday. I am also going to move some of my plants around in the day kitchen, since Diedre took some more of her plants to her apartment yesterday.

Happy First Day of SPRING!!!

Wednesday Update

This week is not moving as fast as I would like. I only want today and tomorrow to move fast, then it can slow down again. Starting Friday, I have another 4 day weekend. Nice!

It will be nice to have Thomas home for a few days. He will be driving down Thursday after school. On Friday I am taking him to Irwin's to get fitted for a suit. He is hoping to get it by Monday for his interview, but I'm not sure if that will happen.

In the afternoon on Friday we hope to take Ilse out for her long awaited birthday lunch. I will stop by after work on Thursday to ask her, that way she won't have a long time to think about getting out of it. Although, I'm almost positive that she will be happy to be getting out of the house after this winter.

Easter Sunday should be a wonderful feast. It will be so much fun having the whole group here. Well, almost the whole group. I few people may be missing.

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY

Saturday Update

I hope it is nice out today. I would like to get in the front yard and clear out some of the fallen branched and sticks. There are a lot of them. I also need to get the Christmas tree and stuff out to the garage now that there is a clear path to it finally. Puck also needs a good cleaning inside and out. The rest of the day I will spend doing my usual Saturday stuff; laundry, grocery shopping and cleaning.

I worked until after 6 yesterday. So, when I got home I didn't feel much like making supper. We decided to watch the new series "The Return of Jezebel James" and then go out to eat. I thought it was very funny. I hope it makes it for awhile, but it looks like the reviews may not be that good.

For supper we went to Red Robin. Doug had been there once before with Johnny and I had never been there. It is a bit pricey, but the food is very good. You also get unlimited refills on pop and steak fries.

Friday Update

The last work day of this week. I didn't think it would ever get here. It has been a bad week! That's OK though because the weather is getting nicer. Thumper has started eating again and we all know that means the worst is over. I plan to wash and vacuum out the van this weekend.

I am looking forward to my 4 day weekend next week. Thomas will come home on Friday and we plan to get him fitted for the suit we are getting for his graduation gift. That will be coming up before we know it. The party will be a lot of fun because of all the graduations we will be honoring, Thomas, Diedre, Chloe, Raven, Matt, Amber, Lauren and Jamie. Did I miss anyone? It is too bad that Thomas, Raven and Matt are all graduating on the same day.

It's getting late, I had better get ready for work. Have a wonderful day everyone.

Teachers

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Win free books for a year sweepstakes.

Wednesday Update

Yeah, it may get up to 50 today. I will be happy to see some of the dirty snow go away. I actually started to see the sidewalk leading to the patio through the snow yesterday. I haven't seen that for a few months!

Last night we felt like pizza and Chloe was actually here to eat with us. So, we ordered Domino's pizza. It wasn't bad, although the bread sticks are whimpy. Ross showed up a little while after we were done eating, so Doug sat down with Ross while he had some pizza too. We watched Idol. It was on for two hours because they are now down to the top 12. They sang Beatles songs. Some were very good, others were awful. It's hard to say who will go home. I hope not David, he just had a bad night I think.

Mao is currently crashed in the corner on the floor. He is so adorable right now.

Tuesday Update

I don't have much to update about. Thomas is getting excited about his NSTA trip to Minneapolis. He has also convinced the group to give the three Seniors an Ipod for a graduation gift this year. Way to go Thomas! He has really done a lot of work for the group over the last four years. So he really does deserve it.

On Sunday night we watched Trilogy of Terror with Wanda. What a classic! You have to love the Zuni doll. And to balance out the night we also watched Enchanted. What a feel good Disney movie.

Even though I don't look forward to a summer of mowing the yard, I do wish all of this snow would melt. I want to get into the garage again. I think we need to start planning what we will put in the garden this year. I love the squash and tomatoes. Peppers are great when they do well. I think we are tired of cucumbers and pickling. Maybe I will plant green beans this year.