Yesterday we went to Katie's first parent-teacher conference. It felt very good to hear that we were doing things right. Katie is very good with her letters and numbers and participates with great enthusiasm.
She is a leader. She loves helping the other kids and showing them how to do things.
Her "needs work" areas are all social. She still thinks she is the queen of the universe. She's not so good at sharing and taking turns.
All in all it was a very positive report.
And Miss Barbara says she is looking forward to having Julie in her class next fall.

Today we are going to the end of term party. The children have prepared a little program and there will be snacks and chatting. Sounds like fun.

GHR

Yesterday, I felt like crap. I got nothing done.
I was grouchy. I was listless. (I fell asleep in my chair when the girls and I took a break to watch the new Dinosaur Train.) I munched through the day.
Today, on an hour's less sleep I did five loads of laundry, put new slider feet on two of the kitchen chairs, swept, picked up a bit.
I ate responceablly. And I have enough energy left to post here.

The difference? Today, I drove through Burger King after dropping Katie at school and got a coffee, (small, one cream.)
If it stays at one small coffee in the AM I'm good with it. But I have a history of developing a tolerance to medication. I don't want to caffiene myself to the jitters like I did when I worked at the bank and it was there, free, all day.

We'll see.

GHR

This morning, when I dropped Katie off at school, one of the teachers that we met at the open house last week complemented me on the girls' manners. I tend to think of them as hooligans, but appearently their company manners are good.
This made me happy.

Potty training proceeds on its herky jerky way. Katie has backslid a little, but Julie is making progress. Now, if I could only get her to remember to flush.

Last week we bought some plants for the container garden on the patio. Amongst the petunias and marigolds the girls each picked out a tomato plant. Julie's looked fine, but Katie picked out one that looked like "it needed love."
The good news is that once it was in soil and watered, it has perked up considerablly.
It's amazing how much they have grown since Friday.
We'll get more plants this weekend. We still have to do the front of the house.

Must go now, I have some shopping to do.
Most of Katie's leggins are capris now. Growth spurt girl strikes again.

GHR

Saw The Avengers today.
Liked it a lot.
Lots of Swooping. (Not for the motion-sickness prone.)
Lots of explosions.
Lots of eye candy.

Definately going to rent it when it comes to Red Box so I can ask Roper all those pesky comic book questions.


GHR

For the first time since Conamazoo in the mid '90s I'm taking the Dodeka table to a con all by myself.
Roper was supposed to go but this latest crisis at work is keeping him home.
I'm a touch worried about my back, but I'll have an easier time than Roper who has NEVER had the girls to himself overnight much less all weekend.

Good thoughts and/or prayers will be appreciated.

GHR

I was just wasting some time on the computer and wondered how different things would be if
pigs understood nails and mortar.


GHR

Anybody else out there still use the word "hence" on a regular basis?
What's your favorite obscure/obsolete word?

GHR

Little girls are asleep.
I'm going down stairs to watch a program I recorded earlier in the week and decompress.
And do Easter bunny duty.

Here's hoping that tomorrow will be calmer.
Thanks for the kind words and support.

Sweet Dreams,
GHR

Thanks for the ear, folks.
Yes, we found a lovely lamb cake at the Jewel, frosted in chocolate, no coconut.
Third load of laundry is in the washer, the first is back upstairs. I will shortly let the girls watch Too-much-TV (TM) while I fold and put away.
The rest of the laundry will go in tomorrow.
I managed to get the chain back on Katie's bike, found the airpump and filled her tires.
We never got to the park today. It turned cloudy and chilly after 3 or so.
We'll try and go tomorrow.
Tomorrow between park and laundry I'm going to try and straighten up the house.
whl is coming for dinner.
And Roper will be home late tomorrow evening.

Right now, I'll go and make my pork chop.
Food will help.
GHR

The weekend is being quite challenging so far.
The girls are each demanding a lot of attention. I am only one person and can be in only one place at a time. This results in a lot of competitive behaviour and fighting.
I have yelled much more than I have wanted to. And have gotten very little of the laundry and house cleaning done that was on the agenda.
I have to do laundry as Katie has no clean pajamas and Julie is almost out of pants. And the cat has decided to express his displeasure at the disruption by peeing somewhere in the guest room.
I woke up with my nose running like a leaky faucet. I told Katie "no" when she wanted to play the games on daddy's tablet and she told me I didn't love her and wanted her to leave the family. She sulked until Julie found the bamboo flute. Katie pulled out the recorders in self defence. And the resulting competative recorder duel has given me a crashing headache.
We will shortly be off to the grocery store where we hope to buy a lamb cake as there is no hope of baking one.
On the other hand dying eggs went very well yesterday. The girls had a lot of fun and the kitchen suffered very little damage.

Now, what I'm looking for here is "aw, poor baby." and "my kids do that, too."
I don't want to be told that my children are out-of-control monsters or a litany of all the things I am doing wrong raising them.
I've gotten that before and it just makesme cry. ANd my nose is running enough as it is.

And I really want them to fix the spell checker.
Hrumph!

GHR