So the high school experience begins for Kristen

Today is the 1st day of bandcamp. We went shopping yesterday for water bottle(huge battle over this), sunglasses, notebook and plastic page protectors. Today, she got up at 5:30 so she could shower, dry her hair, straighten her hair and pack her lunch. She was ready by 7am so all of us are hoping we get to sleep a little later tomorrow.

Matt is scheduled for no hours at the bowling alley, so he will be calling his boss(who we all agree is an idiot) to find out what's what. He will also be applying for a part time cashier job at Budget Home Center. He and I will be seeing the batman movie this afternoon.

I am going out for lunch with a friend today. Can't wait.

Sabrina apparently has forgotten where her water bowl and food bowl are. Doggie Alzheimer's?

15,000 books later...

All the books for the new libraries have been shelved! Yes 15,000 is the correct number. It has been the single most stressful event I have been through in my library career. Being responsible for 3 new schools' libraries has been tough. I have yelled so much at freight carriers I am sick of yelling.(good news M and K). The warehouse guys have been phenomenal. They deserved every one of the 3 dozen cookies I made them. I have been so exhausted that tonight I am washing the baking sheets for these cookies that I made on 7/14.Nice thing about dealing with vendors is that they buy you stuff especially if they think you will throw business at them for the next school opening.(next summer)The complete tally is:
1 bloody mary
1 venti starbucks
1 lunch at Popeye's chicken
1 b bq lunch at Famous Dave's.

Adding to this stress is the mousie problem. Silver lining is that Randy cleaned out the floor of the pantry and vacuumed the basement. He also repaired the springs on the loveseat and rocking chair. Note to kiddies: Unless you want to buy us new furniture, the throwing yourselves into the furniture needs to cease and desist.

I am typing this on my new dell latitude laptop. It has a DVD player/burner but apparently I am more PC challenged than I realized. I can not open the DVD thing to even watch a movie. Waitng for Randy to get home from fishing.

Mamma Mia! Oh my!

Girls night out! Anita(Norm's wife) and I had dinner at Ragazzi's(stuffed canneloni) and then went to see Mamma Mia! Both of us love the songs of ABBA. Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan singing is not to be missed. The beautiful Greek scenery as a backdrop makes me want to go there this second. Randy, save those miles on United. Make sure you stay for the credits. Everyone in the theater clapped when it was over. Anyone clapping for Batman? I doubt it. I want the DVD now! I may go see it again. I will be buying the CD as soon as my furniture is delivered tomorrow! Off to download all of ABBA's songs into my playlist.

She has been "digging the ride"

Kristen has been in jazz camp all week with her favorite teacher, Mr. Carmichael. She has learned all kinds of new music but acts like she is not enjoying it. She freaks if she thinks she will be late and Doug Carmichael has told the owner of the music studio that she has been "digging the ride". He wants her to do a solo, but so far has refused. People will look at her, she says. In a good way, Kristen,in a good way. Hopefully pictures from the concert, Sat.

new furniture

Locks of love

Over the weekend Kristen donated over 10 inches of her beautiful long hair to Locks of Love.(http://www.locksoflove.org/) She was quite nervous and stressed about the whole procedure and managed to put the whammy on my camera so I did not get pictures of the actual procedure. It seemed to work just fine after it was all over. I think she looks more grown up. What do the two of you who read this blog think?

Happy Independence Day-Hour 1 of my captivity

My school district is not celebrating the 4th of July as a national holiday. They have chosen to celebrate the day after Christmas instead. Thanks Mike and Mike in Human Resources. Rather than using a vacation day, I am at work. R had yesterday and today off.

I am copying training manuals. About to start the other Boleyn Girl. Watch for a review later today.

Our weekend

First of all, I should have not been here. A. I should have been in Anaheim, but ALA showed their typical disorganization and I did not know I should have been in Anaheim. B.I should have been in Washington DC watching my cousin get married, but my son's refusal to do homework made that impossible. Thanks, Matt.

What we did was a whole lot of nothing. Except for Sabrina. She may have caught Ghiardia. She has diarrhea and the vet needs a sample. In order to get that. I had to mix uncooked pumpkin with her dog food. Gross, but apparently it is quite delectable to her.