LarkExaltation

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Not as easy as you might think. Copy this questionaire… hit new/compose/paste…then Change the answers to suit you and then pass it on. Send it back to me!
Remember: one word answers if you can…

1. Where is your mobile phone? desk

2.Your significant other? Paul

3. Your hair? brown

4. Your mother? Kathy

5. Your father? Larry

6. Your favorite thing? Children

7. Your dream last night? forgettable

8. Your favorite drink? frappuccino

9. Your dream goal? comfortable

10. The room you’re in? Cubicle

11. Your ex? immature

12. Your fear? pain

13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? school

14. Where were you last night? Home

15. What you’re not? perfect

16. Muffins? yum

17. One of your wish list items? House

18. Where you grew up? Springhill

19. The last thing you did? answer

20. What are you wearing? clothes

21. Your TV Show? none

22. Your pets? mice

23. Your computer? rocks

24. Your life? busy

25. Your mood? funk

26. Missing someone? someones

27. Your car? parked

28. Something you’re not wearing? watch

29. Favorite Store? expensive

30. Your summer? HOT

31. Like someone? yes

32. Your favorite color? blueish

33. When is the last time you laughed? now

34. Last time you cried? today

35. Who will/would re-post this? people

36. Were you able to answer ALL of the questions with ONE word answers? Yes.

1:42am - wake to coughing two month old/change diaper/administer breathing treatment - approximately 10min
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2:40am - wake to hungry two month old/change diaper/nurse said child - approximately 20min but I really couldn’t tell you, I was asleep.
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3:30am - wake to fussy two month old/change diaper/rock
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5:30am - wake, in living room recliner, to alarm clock in bedroom
5:40am - change diaper/administer breathing treatment to infant
6:00am - arouse sleepy two year old, in my bed
6:10am - bathe said two year old
6:20am - bathe sleepy five year old
6:30am - shower/brush teeth/dress
6:40am - dry five year olds hair
6:50am - brush old* children’s teeth
7:05am - kiss 34/5/2 goodbye
8:00am - nurse infant/change diaper
8:15am - eat cereal
8:30am - load/run dishwasher
9:00am - start washing/putting away laundry
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11:00am - nurse hungry infant
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12:10pm - wake in recliner/change diaper/administer breathing treatment
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12:28pm - check email/bank account/document day on blog
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12:45pm - continue laundry
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1:30pm - change diaper/continue laundry
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2:30pm - nurse baby/dress beds/finish laundry
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3:45pm - 34/5/2 come home
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4:15pm - update blog post/start on dinner
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5:00pm - dinner/dishes/diaper/breathing treatment
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5:45pm - monopoly (with a 5yr old)
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6:30pm - nurse baby/continue monopoly
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7:20pm - Thing 2 to bed/still playing monopoly
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9:00pm - nurse baby/put monopoly on hold
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10:45pm - wake in recliner/diaper/breathing treatment/bed
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*LOL - okay, yeah I’m tired, that was suppose to be “older”

Costumes in order by age…
PD:Red Riding Hood, Bec:Bad Wolf in Disguise, Sam:Blue Power Ranger, Libs:”Punkey”, Evie:Granny

We also spent a good part of the day working on a “Wendy’s” wig. I think it turned out really well.
PD thinks he is going to wear it for Red Ribbon Week next week at the junior high for “Crazy Hat Day” on Halloween.

The weather was perfect, we couldn’t have asked for better temperatures for the picnic Saturday morning.

The afternoon was so nice, we couldn’t see going back inside, so a group of us decided to take a trip out to our favorite local wildlife reserve. We just love sitting on the porch of the visitor center, there was such a nice breeze. The lake was as beautiful as always, it really makes me want a boat.

We saw lots of fun wildlife in the education center and out on the trails.

After a late lunch we went for a swim at a friend’s house. I would have to say this will probably be the last swim of the summer, if this weather keeps up like this. It was very …. refreshing! Libby and I didn’t stay in long, it was just a little too chilly for my little girl. She was having so much fun she didn’t want to get out, but she just couldn’t make herself stay in the water. She got in and out a couple of times before she decided she had enough.

This morning was even a bit chilly, though very nice. Sam made it two steps out the door and was saying that his hands were “freezing.” It wasn’t really that bad, only around 66 degrees. We made it to school and just as I pull into a parking place he informs me that he is “very hungry.” The events to follow have been the most nerve wracking since the first day of school (which really wasn’t that bad for me emotionally). I asked him if he wanted to have breakfast in the cafeteria and he said yes, but when I told him I didn’t think I’d be able to sit with him and wait to walk him to class, he said he didn’t want to go alone. Once we got in the cafeteria and he looked around I gave him a dollar and had him confirm he wanted breakfast and reminded him that I wouldn’t be staying. He seemed fine with it. He put his backpack on the table and made his way to the line, and I made my way to his teachers class to let her know where I had left him. She said she thought he’d be fine. That their class sits near the stage at lunch and she figured he’d go right there to eat. When I made my way passed the cafeteria to leave, he was standing at a table his class ate at last year, the seats were folded up. So, I stood in the door and smiled at him until he realized I was there. He smiled, but continued to stand there, so I made my way in. I directed him to the table where his teacher said they usually sat for lunch and told him, once again, when he finished to put his tray where it belonged, to get his bag from the table in the back, and make his way down to his class. On my way out I let the duty teacher know it was his first time for breakfast alone and she said she’d keep an eye on him.

Leaving him on his own in a room full of people I don’t know, for him figure things out on his own was very hard for me. He is still so very young. I only assume he made it to class, hopefully on time, no one has called to tell me otherwise. It wasnt’ that large of a breakfast, so it shouldn’t have taken him too long to finish. Perhaps this will build his confidence to let me drop him off at the font to the school, to walk to class on his own. I really don’t know why I’m so comfortable with the thought of him walking there on his own, but not as comfortable with his having breakfast before he went to class? Just one more series of steps for him to work through before he gets to his destination, I suppose.

“Physical activity will dramatically improve your outlook today.”

interesting, but does not compare to my fortune about “A Tub and a Rub…”

Yeah Okay, it’s nine weeks and three days early but I’m SO excited about this! A month or so ago a friend and I were talking about going to the beach. Samuel has been begging (as much as a four year old can remember to beg about something he’s never done before) to go but my only problem was trying to find a time when PD would be out of school and not working. I finally decided on labor day weekend, birthday weekend. He said it shouldn’t be any trouble for him to take off, and I don’t think the world will end if my kindergartner misses a Friday. I think he only missed two days of school last year, and only one of those was for being sick. I don’t imagine this year will be much different.

So I’m taking my sweet little family to Gulf Shores! Why am I so very excited you may ask? I’m the normal amount of excited for the trip itself, but yesterday after I booked the house (really a side of a duplex) the company who rents out the properties called me and said that the house would not be one of their properties come mid August and asked if I wanted to cancel or find another place. I wasn’t quite grasping the thought of not getting to stay there yet. “so… what does this mean to me? you’re saying i can’t stay there?” and he said that he wouldn’t want to risk it with the other company taking the property. Yesterday I took this as someone else renting it, but this morning I think he just wanted to keep the business. I asked him if they had anything comparable, that I was looking for something as close to the beach as possible. He showed another to me. A little more expensive per night, so he first thought to give me a free night to make up for the cost, but then after he realized it was only for the weekend he decided to give it to me for the same price as the other. I’m so excited, the whole house to ourselves! right across the street from the beach! I can hardly wait!

I’ve been using a lot of exclamation points lately! hehe!

and in my email this morning… Lands’ End beach towels on sale! hehe it’s like they can read my mind.

I think this is going to be something that we do every summer.