Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Well, the usual?

My life is so busy right now it has been making me sick. I spent a 2nd weekend-a 3 day weekend really sick again with mouth sores. It was so bad I couldn't talk and could hardly eat anything I couldn't go to a graduation we were suppose to go to this weekend or go to church. But Monday was nice. We got some yard cleaned up and set up the gazebo I got for mothers day on the rock patio. We bar b Q some steaks. They were so good I suffered through the pain of eating them because I was so starving for something chewier than yogurt. We have since eaten dinner in the Gazebo the last 3 days.

Last week Amber severely sprained her ankle, playing basketball again during lunch. We had to take her to the Dr again. She had her 7th x-ray of the year. 5 have been in the last 3 weeks. Two dentist x-rays, MRI, 2 on her feet. She is wearing a splint on her ankle.

Amber had an awards ceremony last night. I think she was up getting awards more than almost all the 9th graders. She got an Jr Honors society pin, MVP for JV Volleyball-award and medal, Presidential academic award, Honor roll, 3 sport award, And the Band Directors award. Her name will be on a plaque in the band room. She was hoping for that award and they gave her a plaque to hang on her wall.

Kelsea is doing well in Volleyball. She plays well. Her team has won every game she has played except for one game and Kelsea missed that game. Their last game is tomorrow. It is a very short season.

I don't mind my job except for the crosswalk, mainly because people always run the light and I would be so sick if one of those kids got hit while I was doing the crosswalk. ANd when I go to sleep at night and close my eyes I see little kids running all over the playground like a bunch of little crazy ants. But I can't do this job full time next year. I might look at part-time.

Sunday, May 21, 2006

busy week

I tried to blog earlier this week but my computer was acting retarded. So here we are a long time later.

Here's the Lay family brief-
Amber, in her tournament won her first two games and lost her third. SHe would have placed had she won that round. It was close but the girl that beat her took first place. Not bad for a first year tennis player. Devanie can you post that picture for me?
Kelsea started Volleyball. She made Varsity 1. They won their first game and lost the second. Kelsea didn't make that game. Next game Mon.
Kylee Autumn and Hannah had their dance recital last night. Cute as can be. Hannah had the audience laughing with her over zealous pointing at herself with her squinty smile in the part of rainbow connection where they are to point at themselves. She is a ham! Kylee and Autumn did a really good job. Kailyn was in it too and she was fun to watch so it became a fanily event. One less activity to do! Woo Hoo!

The job has not been bad. My only complaint was this last week the temp decided to be over 20 degrees above normal. We were in the mid 90's all week. We went from 70 to 90 just like that. I spend about 3 to 3 1/2 hours outside so I have been coming home wiped out and miserable. But I have a great farmers tan going on and have lost a little weight. This week will be in the 70's again thank goodness. I have had some interesting little things thrown in . I subbed for a little bit in one classroom. I do the crosswalk before and after school, I don't like that very much. I will have to do a class with some of the more difficult kids called character academy this week. I had a couple of girls recognize me in the store. I guess I have celebrity status now in the elementary crowd. They proceeded to entertain me while I tried to bag my groceries.

Lee Joe has about exhausted himself this week. He couldn't stay up this morning to get ready for church. He has been working some long hard hours and of course it was hot to boot. So I have been running the show alone while working. Needless to say not much got done this week. It is a good 4 weeks to decide if I want to keep it up for real.

We had a nasty storm blow in Friday night and it downed trees and knocked power out. Our power stayed on our neighbors across the street didn't have power. We had a lot of dead branches in our yard. No damage for us.

The update on the baby birds. We had one left alive in the nest and it died this last week. The girls were sad but they realize it was nature taking it's course so it wasn't traumatic, like it would have been if the cat ate it.

So much for a brief. I am never at a loss for words.

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

GOLLY vacation is over!!

I have been so busy. Monday was laundry recovery and chase around. Tuesday I had an Appt at noon and then 4 of the girls had dentist appts. Two had cavities, two without. One needs a referrral to an orthodontist-Autumn. Hannah's fillings will be in the hospital because she has 7 and they will put her out and do it all at once. Otherwise it would have been 4 appts.

Today was fuller than I anticipated. We had a dead baby bird in the house this morning. Lee Joe took care of it before the other girls got up. We have a robin that built a nest on top of our electric meter. THe cat just can't go away and the eggs hatched this week. SO we have been concerned about the future outcome. The baby bird in the house this morning was too old to have been in our monitered nest.
Amber had an early morning Drs appt. She is going to have lump removed from her arm on June 1, she had another X-ray on her foot. No stress fracture. And she had an MRI this afternoon. She has tremors that are getting worse. Her braces are going to mess up the results of the MRI. We won't know the results from that until a few days which will be next week if we are lucky.

Amber has one more tennis match. The city tournament is tomorrow. She got a shirt that advertises she is a 3 sport girl-the whole reason she played tennis.
Kelsea is on Varsity 1 volleyball team. She is a happy camper.

I start my new job tomorrow. I am excited and nervous the main office gal will be gone so it is going to be interesting. Hannah is going to the neighbors tomorrow.

Lee Joe is back to his over filled schedule. I haven't seen him much since I have been back.

I tell you high school si going to be more expensive than jr high. I thought we were in the public school system. Amber will attend a class this summer. $110 to take one semester of PE so she can take seminary during the day. She will have to do the next semester next summer, Another $110. Marching Band camp, required attendance in Aug before school starts is $ 140. Drivers ED required for a drivers license here $ 160. We haven't signed her up for that yet. UGH, no wonder I need a job.

Tuesday, May 09, 2006

I'm back

I thought when I was in Clovis New Mexico that I should write a book about "How I survived my trip with my mother" We actually enjoyed each other quite a bit with all the joking that went on. My mom couldn't get us to either of my Aunts' houses without some sort of detour and they were not hard to find.

The funeral was a small graveside service. It was the first time all my aunts and uncles had been together since I was in kindergarten. There were a couple of cousins I hadn't seen since I was 7 or 8. What was really neat was my cousins children were my uncles back yard finding frogs and horny toads and that is what I remember doing with my cousins when I was there all those years ago.

We had a really pleasant time. There was a lot of nostalgia. We ate at Furrs cafeteria, Grandma use to take us there and we had to have the mac and cheese. The car trip was like when we were little going to New Mexico, just the 3 of us. I was trying to find indian dolls for my girls but they were not as easy to find as they had been when I was little. But I found some.

Lee Joe handled mr mom week well. He had a couple of curve balls thrown in. There were 2 unexpected school events. Hannah got an ear infection, he had to take her to the doctor. And there was a birthday party. He gave me a very sweet card when I got home.