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randomness.........

2+1=3

c a t spells cat

Round the bold digit to the nearest thousand: 67,435

Now I have two little people doing homework after school. It seems funny to sit with Ben as he does his, though. I'm impressed with what he knows. He was so proud to show me how he could do his math page. I'm just not used to my little man doing these things!

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Things at the store are 30% off this week (this is the last week to get QuicKutz products at a discount). I was there today to work and I'll be there again on Friday. It was nice to see a few girls that I haven't seen in a while (hi Sue! hi Ivana!). I took all the scrapbook page samples off the walls today and it looks so bare and sad. :-(    FYI to the local people -> Inventory is going down with the sale, but there is still a decent amount of product available. Next week is 40% off, then 50% off the following week and finally 75% off. Details here.

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On the agenda tomorrow: go to the grocery store, make a cheesecake, get some creative time in. :-)

what's been going on around here....

• We survived the downpour from tropical storm Hanna. The grass has greened up and isn't so crunchy underfoot anymore.
• Since I'm talking green things, the deer have eaten 98% of the what-was-beautiful flowering hyacinth bean vine in the middle of my herb garden. They didn't touch the herbs, but they scalped the vine. One day gorgeous, the next gone.
• Benjamin has a cold. It happens every year - within one to two weeks of school starting he gets sick. Gotta keep an eye on him so it doesn't develop into an ear infection.
• Sarah is reading The Chronicles of Narnia. It amazes me because have you seen the size of this book? It's daunting for an adult and she's nine. But, she loves to read.
• I am reading the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Sarah got them as a gift and recently finished reading them. I thought I'd read them as well. They are actually very good (and I'm 40!).
• I spent my rainy day yesterday cleaning and rearranging my art/scrapbook supplies. It's always fun to rediscover a favorite item that you forgot you had!
• Todd spent a good portion of the day today washing and waxing his work truck. Last weekend he washed and waxed our Envoy. My mom asked if she could drop off her Jeep.
• I received a surprise package in the mail from Ronda - thank you!!! So sweet of you!!!!
• I have become addicted to Etsy. A D D I C T E D.
• We are all getting adjusted to the school schedule. No more after-midnight nights for me! I have inherited a neat thing, though. The ability to wake up within a few minutes before my alarm goes off. (I am pretty sure my dad did this as well.) Weird.
• Ben and Sarah (and Todd) have been playing with Lego's. They were strewn from one end of the living room to the other before I made them clean up tonight. I think I saw a Lego alligator strapped to the top of some sort of Lego vehicle. Not sure what was going on there.
• Todd picked the last of the corn from our corn patch. There is another batch but I'm not sure they'll get big enough to pick before the season ends. We had corn-on-the-cob and grilled cheeseburgers for dinner tonight. mmmmmmmmm
• Let's see.... we met Sarah's teacher last week and this week we'll meet Ben's teacher. Sarah and Ben both like their teachers, so this is good. Sarah already came home from school early last week with a bad stomach ache. I met the new school nurse that day and found out the nurse also met Ben - he spilled juice on his shirt at lunch and she gave him another shirt to wear. So, she met both of my kids on the third day of school.
• I'm working on some stuff and can't tell you what it is - I want it to be a surprise. I have to get my butt in gear with this. See that quote over there in the left column under my picture? I have to keep reminding myself of this. Go Patty GO.
• I think that's about it for now. Todd is watching the Phillies so I think I'll head out to the living room to see the score. Maybe have a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios. Night!

 

a non-fancy, forgetful first day

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

It was very quiet around the house today.

It was the first day of school - that's why!

Sarah looks like her backpack weighs about 50 pounds the way she's all hunched over... I mean, I packed a lunch, but it wasn't that heavy!!! Rice Krispie treats are lighter than air. ;-)

A few days before school started I was wondering what she would want to wear on the first day. She has always worn a dress or a skirt on the first day and I was thinking that she really doesn't have anything like that that will fit her this year. Then the thought popped in my head that one of these years she won't want to dress 'fancy', as she calls it, on her first day. Yesterday afternoon I asked her what she wanted to wear for the first day. She came up to me and in a sheepish I hope you're not going to be upset manner asked if it was okay if she didn't dress fancy this time. "Could I just wear shorts and a top?" I started to laugh and, sappy me, get tears in my eyes, because this is the year. Another milestone.

This year went better than last year - no crying! Sarah and Ben were nervous, but once we got up to the bus stop it felt like the three months they've been off never even happened. Back in the routine again. The bus is coming down the street here....

All the kids lined up so nice. I gave a quick hug and kiss to both of them and off they went...

This morning when we left Ben started to go down the steps and I said, "Ben  - your backpack." "Oh yeah." I handed it to him and we left. At the bus stop Sarah hopped out of the car and Ben started to hop out. "Ben - your backpack." "Oh yeah." I handed it to him and he hopped out. And then, this afternoon, Ben is getting off the bus and I'm taking his picture and then I notice he's not wearing his backpack.

"Ben - where's your backpack?!" "I forgot my backpack!" And he turns around and it's like a salmon swimming upstream as he tries to get passed the other kids getting off the bus. Thankfully it was only on his seat! Little goof-ball. He'll have to get back in that routine!

It was a good first day. Bring on day two. :-)