Fabulous Friday

At least I hope it's a fabulous Friday LOL..Kiddo seems to be in a better mood at least...Gotta get up and get moving this morning and go to Sam's..We need groceries LOL! Haven't decided if I'm going to make it a double hit and go to WM this afternoon too-depends on how much energy I have. I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Wonderful Wednesday Morning.......NOT!

LOL woke up to a delightfully,grumpy little kid this morning---he's always MR ATTITUDE in the mornings....SHEESH!!! I need a vacation this morning!

a Tuesday in May

We had our "end of year" homeschool party today. A few of the families were going out of town in the next few weeks so this was the best time to have it where everyone could attend. It was fun--fun games,funny kids, great food and company. It was a great day. Could have been about 20-30 degrees cooler for my taste LOL but it there was a nice breeze blowing,so it really didn't feel that hot. Zachary got over heated,but with his fair complexion it's easy to do. On the way home he said he was tired. When we got home,I got him into the tub and he cooled down and played. On the way home,he also asked if we were having a summer. I knew that was coming! LOL he's figured out that summer means NO SCHOOL/HOMEWORK! LOL Well, we homeschool all year,but we definately slow things down a bit during summer and do it at a slower pace. I knew I was going to be in trouble when he found out the TRUE MEANING OF SUMMER LOL!

Other Happenings........

Guess I have alot to blog about today. I had my yearly gynocologist visit last week--fun fun. Hate the whole idea of it,but I have a fabulous doctor. Dr Nelson makes things comfortable for her patients,she LISTENS to them if they have questions,concerns,she ASKS them about things other than what's going on in the exam room (family life) and really listens. She treats just about all of the gals (old and young) in my family. She's more like a friend. She helped me through a very dangerous,difficult pregnancy and I really like her. My son is one of her favorite deliveries. She gets pics of all the babies she delivers and likes to keep up with them over the years. She has pics of tons of babies all over her office,but she has like TONS of my son. I hear from friends and family all the time saying "oh I just saw Dr Nelson the other day and saw a pic of your son". Guess he made an impression on her when he peed on her after she delivered him LOL. She was pregnant with her first son when I was pregnant with Zachary. They were supposed to be born within weeks of each other,but Zach ended up coming 2 months early.

OK,back to the dr visit. **SIGH** She wants to send me to an cardiologist. Heart disease runs rampant in the family tree. I'm on medication for both blood pressure and cholesterol and of course diabetes. The blood pressure gave us alot of problems during pregnancy,but has been good in the years after. And I'm not having any problems with heart issues,but she said because of my age (made me feel old **sniff sniff**) LOL and because of family history that she wanted me to see the cardiologist. Makes sense-but still scares the crap out of me. I know Dr Rodriguez is going to run a battery of tests and I just dread all that. My first visit will be in June.And I know one of the first things she's going to tell me is that I need to lose about 80pounds. Easier said than done. I did join WW a few months ago and lost about 6-8pounds but with each monthly cycle,some of that lovely weight gain we all get at that time stayed around. I know I need to get tighter with watching my points and sticking to the exercising every day,but it just gets so darn frustrating to work so hard and not see any progress or loss....and I know in part it's the insulin that makes losing weight that more difficult....it's like a no-win situation.....

Sunday--Sunday-a stormy Sunday

Just because it was Sunday and just because the marshmallows were buy 1 get 1 free at the store the other day LOL,today I made strawberry rice krispy treats. I tried to get kiddo to help me,but he was more interested in Grandpa than helping mom in the kitchen.




Zach is happy as a clam because his laptop came back a few days ago.We had to send it off to be repaired.


WOW! It's been a week since I blogged,hasn't it? I've had the intentions,but other things just kept coming up. Today's been a bit more laid back (at least the late afternoon has). Last week,we had an appointment with a pediatric behavior specialist. We had testing done a few months before to see if Zachary's behavior would fall into the add/adhd category-which it did. He also has very mild asperger's syndrome. Even though I was expecting to hear it,it still hurt my soul a little. I know-I know,it's not the end of the world and won't affect my son's health,it still hurt to hear those results. We're not going to go the medication route-at least for now. We're basicly going to try behavior modification "therapy". Which means I have to do some things at home with him-like if he has a tantrum it will have a certain consequence. If he has any other sort of unappropriate behavior another consequence will happen. And then every 2 weeks we will go to her office where she will have play "sessions" with Zach-which will basicly be behavior modification too. Kinda nervous about that cause mom's not invited to those sessions usually LOL. (Can you tell I'm an over-protective mom?) That whole "hearing" the results and letting it sink in has really been draining on me. I have been sick since April 22nd. I ended up going to the dr and getting antibiotics for a sinus infection. The next day,Zach was at his dr with basicly the same thing. Another thing to drain away my energy. We're both over it (thank goodness).

I splurged a little bit the other day and got an electric ice cream/sorbet maker.We have an old electric one but it's soo messy and loud and I've been wanting one of those nice ones on FoodNetwork like when Emeril makes a fancy sorbet.It wasn't a big splurge-just $28,but for me it's a splurge. LOL Funny how the hubby's idea of a splurge and my idea are sooo different. His idea is to spend hundreds of dollars on guns or amo and mine can be as cheap as a new kind of make up I've been wanting to try-or an ice cream maker LOL. I can't wait to try it out. I've got an idea of using vanilla soy milk and seeing how it comes out. This model says it can make it in 15mins. YUM.

On the schooling front,we're trying to play catch up and finish a few workbooks before we start the 2nd grade studies. I ordered a great "kiddie" microscope and it came in yesterday. Zach is already "itching" to pull it out and explore all the slides that came with it. All the workbooks for 2nd grade that I ordered have come in too,thank goodness. I think we're all set-supply wise,but I can't wait till all the supplies go on sale in a few weeks--love all those 25cent notebooks and pencils!
Our homeschool group is doing a party Tuesday to celebrate the ending of the school year. Zach doesn't really know what a summer break is-since we homeschool year round. We take breaks as needed. I think if he found out that other kids had like 2 1/2 months off school for summer that might be dangerous! LOL

The front yard is looking really good. Grandpa handed me $200 the other day to get flowers for the yard with. Our yard really needed it too. I got 4 azalea bushes-we think they are all PINK. I got a blue hydrangea bush to go with the pink one I planted in the yard a few weeks ago. I got a flat of Gerber Daisies and other Dasies that my son helped pick out. I got a blue bush that I think is called a PLUMBAGO. I got two hot pink little flowers that I hope will run up the little bamboo arch that they were planted with. They look like hibiscus but aren't. If I can remember the name,I'll update LOL. I got something I call "spider grass"-it's a tall grassy plant that has little purple flowers. I might get more of that to fill in the bare spots in the flower beds. I just love the purple flowers. I got two pothos plants to go in a hanging basket on the front porch. I went to a little plant shop that is on the route that hubby takes to work--PLANT THE EARTH. They have just about every flower/plant you could ever want! I just hope it all lives LOL. There is just one bare spot in front of the house that needs to be filled with some color. The guys are putting new soil down for me and I'm waiting till that's finished before I add more flowers. I already have picked out what I want to go in that spot. We also got an ELECTROLUX HE washing machine-the only color at the store that day was red LOL. So I have a red washing machine. We're going to get the matching dryer in a few days. Our other washer/dryer wasn't old-probably 2yrs old at the most,but Grandpa wanted to upgrade things and is even talking about a new dishwasher. I think he's seen some things about how the newest appliances are more energy effecient. Pics coming soon......

Sunny Sunday

Today is a beautiful,sunny day! We made it through all the storms yesterday and the worst that we got (at least in my neighborhood) was a few limbs blown down and the bushes looked like the wind whipped them pretty good. I need to go out back and check on my little garden patch and see how it fared. I took a few mins this morning to highlight my hair. I usually let my neice do it for me. She works at KUT N UP salon at Bonita Lakes mall. If you're there and need a haircut or color,go see DONDI-she will fix you up! Before she got her job at the mall,she would make housecalls and cut my son's hair and either color or highlight my hair. That was sooo nice! LOL She really spoiled me-plus she would give me a good family discount! ;) But at the salon,she's kinda locked into their prices. A few months ago I went and it was $75 for my hightlights. OUCH! LOL I needed them badly now,but couldn't quite fit that into the budget right now,so I decided to do it myself. I'd done it before,but they had never quite turn out how I want. I bought a new brand this time and was a little more relaxed and just went for it. Not to be braggin' on myself,but I love my hair! It turned out great--just what I wanted! Sorry,Dondi! LOL I should go to beauty school myself! When I was about 8-9 yrs old that's what I wanted to do--style hair. My barbies got regular new "hair-dos" lol. One time,my nephew helped me chop off all the doll's hair! It's so funny-he still remembers that to this day! LOL He is married to Dondi.

This afternoon,my son's music class is making drums-he is so excited. Then on Friday,at music they are having story time and will use the drums to help the story teller tell the story. That will be fun.

HAPPY EARTH DAY!

HAPPY EARTH DAY!!!!!