From Chef to Chef Boyardee to Chef Menopause

The following takes place on Monday, Septemer 10th from 12:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.

12:00-1:00 a.m. - Worked on PTO paperwork

1:00-2:00 a.m. - Worked on PTO paperwork

2:00-3:00 a.m. - Worked on PTO paperwork

3:00-4:00 a.m. - Worked on PTO paperwork

4:00-5:00 a.m. - Worked on PTO paperwork

5:00-6:00 a.m. - Watched the clock

6:00-7:00 a.m. - Actually slept

7:00-8:00 a.m. - Still sleeping

8:00-9:00 a.m. - Woke the boys up, got them ready for school, showered, made breakfast, made lunches, scooted BB out the door for school with his friend in tow.

9:00-10:00 a.m. - Drove LB to the pediatrician in Nampa, appt at 9:30.  Saw the doctor.  Found out LB has acid reflux disease and needs to take medicine for it.  (Just like mom and BB)

10:00-11:00 a.m. - Got release forms for LB for school from doctor’s office, took LB to McD’s for hashbrowns, went to Fred Meyer’s to have security tag removed from shoes I bought on my trip to Tacoma that they left on accidentally, went to Big 5 to return LB’s football pants that were too big, had to keep them because they were the only size left in the store, bought football socks for both boys.

11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. - Drove back to Caldwell to take LB to school, went in to the office, signed him in and gave them release from doctor.  Made 580 copies of PTO poster contest forms I did last night, counted out copies for each classroom and delivered to teachers. 

12:00-1:00 p.m. -  Lisa met me at school with John and called up mom to go to CostCo.  Stopped at Maverick for gas and diet coke.  Followed mom to boy’s school to leave her car there, we all went to CostCo together.  Had famous "CostCo lunch" (hot dogs and diet coke) and then went shopping.

1:00-2:00 p.m. - Shopping at CostCo.  Also picked up CostCo donation for the school open house.

2:00-3:00 p.m. - Loaded everything in car, dropped mom and Lisa back off at the school to their cars.  Went to Home Federal to make PTO popcorn money deposit.  Waited to get online account set up.  Also waited while they counted out $200 in quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies. 

3:00-4:00 p.m. -Went to Walgreen’s to pick up my prescriptions and get some Rx items I needed.  Excited because I found 3 pairs of good pantyhose in the clearance bin for .69.  (Like I’ll ever wear them! LOL)   Went to post office.  Went to Pennywise Drugs to pick up LB’s prescription.  They hadn’t filled it.  Medicaid won’t cover it, so they didn’t fill it.  The drug is now sold over the counter at a whopping $28.00.  I can’t afford it. 

4:00-5:00 p.m. - So, they called the doctor’s office (took over 45 minutes to do this) and she changed it to a liquid form of the medication.  Medicaid will cover that.  Cost of the liquid prescription?  $238.00. . .explain the logic to me.  Your government hard at work spending your tax dollars!

5:00-6:00 p.m. - Rushed home, unloaded the car, made dinner real quick for the kids, got BB ready for football practice, ran to Simplot Stadium to meet the director of the football program to exchange BB’s pants, pads, and shoulder pads since they gave him some that were about two sizes too small. 

6:00-7:00 p.m. - Rushed back over to the high school to get BB to practice by 6:00.  Sat and watched BB at football practice.  He is playing starting center.  He is excited!

7:00-8:00 p.m. - Continued to watch BB practice football.  Visited with Jennifer about things that need to be done for PTO.

8:00-9:00 p.m. - Came home, made the boys shower, made bedtime snacks, helped with unfinished homework.  Made LB take his first dose of medicine.  LB is not amused, it is mint flavored. 

9:00-10:00 p.m. - Worked on PTO paperwork.  Cut out insoles for my new tennis shoes.  Cut them way too small.  Threw away $10.00 memory foam insoles.  Very mad, especially since I stayed within the dotted lines showing the sizes!

10:00-11:00 p.m. - Finally got the boys to sleep.  Kept working on the PTO books, balancing checkbook, organizing receipts.

11:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. - Lisa came over to visit, watched t.v.  Finally went to bed around 6:00 a.m. again, but hey, that’s another episode!

Happy Grandparents Day Grandma and Grandpa!  We love you! 

Missing the last two grandbabies. . .most recent group picture I could find.  Sorry Sweet Girl and Little Man!  Everyone knows you are the real stars anyway!

Mom & Dad 2000

Dad with his buddies

Ducks With an Attitude!!

Run away!  Run away!

OR. . . . .

was that - - -

Dorks With an Attitude!  ???

Self Portrait!

LB making faces as usual.  Wonder where he gets that from?

Labor Day. . .through the eyes of a ten year old armed with a camera. 

We took a quickie weekend up to University Place, WA, to visit my uncle that just had a major heart attack.  We hit the road about 8:00 Friday night and left there Monday morning.  I thought it would be interesting to see the things that were important to BB on this trip, so I let him have custody of the camera.  (Most of the time!) Ok, here we go:

Saturday morning we had breakfast with the deer in my uncle’s back yard.  My uncle wants to know:  if one deer is a doe, are two deer called "does?" And doesn’t that spell "does" and not "does?"  Chew on that one. . . .

My uncle.  You can call him Chief.

Chief’s right leg. . .You can call IT sore!!

A belated birthday party for Chief.

Sunday, after a big "brunch" at IHOP, we went to Titlow Beach for some fresh air.

The boys had a great time throwing rocks at the ducks and feeding chips to the water.  Wait, reverse that. . . .

View of Mt. Rainier from the car on the way home on Monday.

Fascinations with cranes never die, do they.

Hindsight. . .

Self-explanatory!

Mountains Majesty!

LB in deep thought (playing Nintendo, of course!)

I canned my first-ever batch of fresh strawberry jam today.  And every jar sealed ()!  It was so easy . . . I made a second batch.  All in all I ended up with about two dozen jars of jam.  That might last the boys a month or two.  I’ve always made strawberry freezer jam in the past but they tasted some canned jam a friend made and begged me to make them some. 

Oh yeah, and I (successfully) made some mac-n-cheese for BB for lunch too.  

I finally got a spare key made today. . . gee I wonder what finally prompted me to do that? 

And, thanks for the offers, but the window is fine, he just removed a screen and jimmied a lock.  It’s already fixed. 

Ok, looks like (as my sister warned me) I AM going to have my hands full with THAT one.

I picked up LB today after lunch because he wasn’t feeling well.  I had a billion errands to run this afternoon and told him he was going to have to tag along or stay at school.  Big surprise, he opted to come along for the ride.  About 2:30 as I was pulling into the WinCo parking lot to get this month’s groceries I decided to call a friend/neighbor to see if BB could hang out at her house after school (which gets out at 3:30) for about 30 minutes, so I could run another errand after shopping, and be DONE for the day (besides unloading the car, putting away all the groceries, making dinner, helping with homework, boiling and fitting mouth guards to two tough guys, and taking BB to football practice from 6-8:00). She said sure, no problem.  At 3:45 as I was heading home my cell phone rings.  Caller ID says "Home".  ????  I’m thinking, who in the ?? is in my house? 

"Hi Mom, where are you?" 

"BB! How did you get in the house?" 

"Through the window. . . where are you?" 

"What window and how?!"  

"I just broke in through a window. . . where are you?" 

Need I remind you he is only 10 years old?    

Oy vay! 

However, on a good note, when I got home ten minutes later he was sitting at the dining room table already doing his homework with his friend AND had already taken out the garbage!