Today I ....

feel like I can breathe and relax. The 1000 lb gorilla got off my chest finally.

I don't do stress very well and that isn't good for someone with a condition that doesn't respond kindly to stress. I don't do well with reduce stress techniques either.

It's nice when the only thing on the to do list is to go get flu mist for the girls and go to soccer.

DH gets home tomorrow night and the next weekend I go on my scrapbook retreat. Nice break coming up. The cat seems to be recovering well. No retaliation that I can find yet. I wonder if he's waiting for DH to get home. He always retaliates on his stuff. It shouldn't be but it's quite funny!

Have a good weekend everyone!

Dilemma...

about what to do.

I'm big on the kids going to school when they are suppose to. For example, they went all the swine flu make up days even though half the school didn't and they didn't do to much. Anyway, we are going on a trip for Fall Break. This year they get Th, F, and M off instead of a whole week. If we have them miss T from school it would make flying back so much easier on me (one connection instead of 3 or 4). So what do you think? Take an unexcused absence or make it hard on me flying back?

Missing my grandmother...

even though she is still alive. You see my grandmother has Alzheimer's. She lives nearby in a nursing home. She no longer talks and can barely see, otherwise she is in great physical health. I miss my grandmother from my college years. I went to college about an hour and a half from my grandparents. I would go stay weekends or just go do laundry midweek. Gas was cheaper then the laundry mat then. They always expected me even if I didn't tell them I was coming. My PaPa (he died in 2001) would have something cooked (tomatoes and rice) or we'd call Grandmother at work and have her bring home a pizza. It was good times.

My grandmother collected salt and pepper shakers. She had hundreds. My dad was in the army and my folks got married when my mom was 17. So we started picking one up for her every where we went and it caught on to other family members as well. When her household was consolidated the shakers were distributed amongst family. Here is my share.



I should have taken them down and took a close up. You get the point though.

Every once in a while...

you find a good deal. I went to Batteries Plus today to get a battery in my watch 'cause nobody else would do it. Well they offer a deal for $13 where they replace the battery for the lifetime of the watch. So unless they go out of business or did something to break my watch that's a good deal. They don't do all brands but they did my Seiko. Now if they'll do Mickey...

Am I the last....

one to discover Ben & Jerry's Brownie Cheesecake ice cream? How come nobody let me in on the secret. This stuff is great. You just need a few bites to get your fix too.

The beach...

I love going to the beach. We went a few weeks ago with my folks, sister and BIL. It was fun. We stayed on the Bay in Destin and we weren't far from what the girls call the "big beach". Next year I want to go back to PCB where I grew up going.

YDD got a crick in her neck on the way there. That is why she is favoring it in the photo.

Why I bother...

I'm so behind I should probably just quit the blog.