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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, August 28, 2009 - 2:15 am
Friday's Mission I did some picking up around the house and paid some bills but that was about it. Caleb stayed home sick with a cold and I was feeling run down so we watched a couple movies and vegged. I picked Kota up after school and she's feeling lousy now too. She's not been using her sinus wash and that was the first thing I thought about, time to start the sinus wash again or this cold will turn into a sinus infection. Oddly enough, since she's usually the one to get sicker, I think she's feeling better than Caleb The original plan for tomorrow was Caleb's blood test, cleaning, some grocery shopping and then watching my oldest and youngest niece while sis takes middle niece to the dentist. Not too sure that is going to happen. I called sis tonight to see how the girls were feeling sicne they'd spent some time with my kids yesterday and as soon as she picked up the phone I asked what was wrong. She has always had uti's and kidney infections (in fact that was what kicked off the difficult pregnancy she had with youngest niece) but has been doing pretty good lately. She was fine earlier today, but then I guess she started having kidney pain later in the day and was pretty sure by tonight she has a kidney infection. She sounded horrible and said bil wanted to take her to the emergency room (was after urgent care closed) but she must have talked him into her going to urgent care tomorrow since she didn't drop the girls off tonight. My guess is I'll end up with baby niece tomorrow while she goes to the doctor. Not sure what she's going to do about nieces dentist appt, bil's working 10 hour days (plus a 2 hour commute) and won't be home on time to take her, but they're losing their insurance on the 31st and will be without it for a couple months (bil was laid off, just started back to work) so they can't really skip the appointment.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, August 28, 2009 - 10:39 am
DArn, whatever hits you guys usually hits us a week or so later, and I am on vacation that week!! Hope everyone feels better soon! I was picking up and putting away so my sister could come and clean today, but she called this morning not feeling well (ACCK, it is already here, LOL). I watered the plants, cleaned out the fridge, oh and I made roasted veggies last night, that was part of the fridge cleanout. Anyway, I have some mending to do this weekend, sew a button, sew a hole in a pocket, maybe finish up my photo album project and a few other things I didn't do since Lisa isn't coming until Monday. Hope you guys all have a good weekend, and some good drugs to knock out all the sickness!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, August 28, 2009 - 11:12 am
Dipo, whatever this is, it's been going around for a couple weeks now. The kids were amazed the first week of school at all the absences there were. In one of Caleb's classes the 2nd or 3rd day of school, there were 11! And Dakota's language arts class yesterday, which only has 10 students right now, 5 were gone. I'm not getting done as much as I wanted to. Sis called this morning, said she didn't go to er last night because she was worried it'd force bil to take a day off work and since he's only been back to work 4 days, that wouldn't be good. She called the drs office and they told her to go to er this morning, so then called me to come take her over and keep the baby. I stayed with her til they called her back to triage and will go back in probably a few hours to pick her up when she's done. She also asked if I could take middle niece to the dentist later.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, August 31, 2009 - 12:21 am
Monday's Mission This weekend was not all that great for us. First, on Friday, I took niece to the dentist. She cried (a few tears and an ow or two, nothing dramatic or freak-outish) and the dentist refused to do anything to her and said she had to go to the specialist. Fine by me, I was taking her for two fillings and he wanted to do two root canals her parents didn't know about and was very upset when I told him I couldn't authorize that! I am not going to ok some work my sis didn't know about (though I know she'd get the root canals if needed, but it wasn't up to me) and certainly not when sis is as sick as she is and bil working insane hours! We left, ran by the grocery store, and I dropped her off at home. Caleb has felt lousy all weekend, better than he was but still not great. We've got two pretty big fires right on the other side of the mountains from us, so we're getting the smoke and ash from those. Dakota's been sinus-y and having asthma attacks since Friday, she sounds a lot like Caleb, except she's not sick. Triple digit temps and the smoke/ash have not been good for us, everyone's having sinus probs in the house. Yesterday Dakota went to a birthday party at a friends house. We'd thought about going to the fair last night, but with Caleb sick and the fires we just weren't too eager to do that. Finding out it costs $8 each to get in and we said forget that! We decided we'd take the kids to the movies and out to dinner tonight instead. Today started out with both kids sounding like crud and me and Darren with the sinus head congestion. It'd have been nice to just stay home watching movies/tv, but he had homework and I had grocery shopping and a couple of chores to do. While he stayed home, I went to grocery shop. Dropped a few things off at my aunts and invited oldest two nieces to go to the movies with us (we were going to the cheap $2 theater.) They came back home with me and the girls took turns showering while I cleaned out the fridge and put groceries away. We went to the movies, Darren and Caleb saw the Terminator Salvation movie and the girls and I saw Aliens in the Attic (funny, silly, girls enjoyed it) and middle nieces tooth fell out halfway through, lol. Poor kid is now missing five teeth, but she's got a full piggybank. We dropped the girls off at home, then took our kids to dinner and got back just in time to throw a load of laundry in and watch big brother. Since putting everyone else to bed, I've been doing laundry and I filled out my timecard so it's ready to be mailed tomorrow. Also wrote notes to both kids PE teachers. Even though I reported Caleb's abscences to the office, they never notify the pe teachers so I have to send him a seperate note. Also asked that he sit out PE for a day or two til he's over some of this nasty congestion he has going on. Then wrote a note to Kota's PE teacher. The schools will cancel outside activities when we have bad smoke/air quality, but I want to make sure if they for some reason are outside tomorrow, her teacher knows she's to sit out because of her asthma and that if they are playing inside she should be ok, but should also take it easy because she is wheezing and coughing a lot. Also want to make sure her teacher knows she has an inhaler in the office and how to reach me if she needs to (mommy speaking from experience, with the smoke this bad if we avoid a trip to the ER with Kota, I'll be absolutely surprised!) So that was my weekend, lol. Not that great, though we did have fun at the movies and dinner. Tomorrow Caleb has a dermatology appt in the morning (I plan on picking him up and then taking him back to school) and then cleaning around the house. Caleb and my aunt have an eye dr appt Tuesday morning, so I'm going over tomorrow afternoon to help aunt with her shower, that way we don't have to worry about it Tuesday morning when we'll be rushing.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, August 31, 2009 - 10:34 am
Sorry to hear that the smoke is so troubling, hope those fires are put out soon without any more injuries/loss. It is awful that we lost two firefighters! I did a little bit here and there. It turned out to be 102 on Saturday so I did my best not to add any more drain on the power system than just the AC, fans, and tv. Since it was going to cool off on Sunday, I saved all my chores. Ran the dishwasher, finished my photo project, moved the bookcase back to the wall where it belongs. I had moved it to access the plug for the AC unit, but I decided it would be better to cut a hole in the back for the plug (novel idea, LOL!), so I took care of that and put it back in place. Fixed the leg of the bed, for some reason one set of screws keeps loosening, did some mending on Saturday - sewed up a hole in a pants pocket, mended a stay-at-home shirt with some holes, and sewed a button a shirt. Straightened out and put away stuff in my walk in closet. I did todays mission around the whole house since my sister is coming today (she was sick on friday).
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, August 31, 2009 - 11:53 pm
Tuesday's Mission It's terrible about the fire fighters, Dipo. I've heard there's also been several injuries (people who ignored the mandatory evacs) and houses burned down. The Station fire last I heard was only 5% contained and they're expecitng it to burn another week. I will say, on one of those odd notes (like beautiful sunsets during fires) that because the gov. declared a state emergency we got to see something kinda cool. They've been flying in the big military helicopters with equipment to help fight them, so we got to watch a couple of those fly overhead towards the base. They are really big! Took Caleb to the derm this morning, he's off accutane as soon as he finishes what he has left at home. Yay! He goes back in three months for a check up. He's still feeling rather lousy so I didn't take him back to school. Got a bit done around the house and then this evening got my aunt showered and ready for her appt tomorrow. In the morning I'll drop the kids off, go over to her house and get her ready. Sis is going to pick Caleb up from school for me and run to the store while I'm getting aunt ready and then we'll take both of them to the eye dr. Sis has to go with me because I have to stay with Caleb during his appt and aunt needs someone to help her. Then I'll take Caleb back to school and drop off aunt and sis and come home for some more cleaning here.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, September 01, 2009 - 12:39 pm
HOw cool, I love those big helicopters! I didn't really do much, got home and the house was lovely, the kitties didn't even throw up on the floors after my sister left (for some reason, they usually do). I made some hummingbird food, watched some tapes and crawled into bed around 8:30, I was tired, opened the mail and read my paper.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, September 01, 2009 - 11:36 pm
Wednesday's Mission Those helicopters were really neat. When I told Darren about it, he told me he'd actually flown in one a few times when he was in the army and they were even cooler hitching a ride! Woo hoo for an early night. I hope you got good sleep! Went to my aunts early and started getting her ready for the eye appt. Sis ran to the store and then to get Caleb from school. Ohhh, scary...sis said while she was waiting for Caleb to come to the office, another boy came in late and got a pass to go to class. As he was walking out of the office, a shotgun shell (not the casing, the whole thing) fell out of his backpack. She said her and the receptionist stared at it for a minute, then the receptions asked if it'd fallen out of the boys backpack. Sis said yes and the receptionist sent another receptionist and janitor after him to bring him back to the office. She said she considered pulling Kota out of school, but since the school was well aware of it and who the boy was and brought him back to the office, she wasn't too worried. I had to agree, though still disturbing. I didn't get too much done, we spent 2 hours at the eye doctor and didn't get back home til after 1. Did a little bit of cleaning, cooked dinner, did a couple loads of laundry, and ran by the pharmacy. Tomorrow I have nothing to do except staying home and cleaning and the girls have practice in the afternoon.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 12:13 pm
oooh, that is weird about the shotgun shell, hope it was an innocent mistake of some stuff left over from the weekend travels or something. I ended up shopping last night for dinner stuff, chicken, spinach, cheese. I am going to make a recipe I found here tonight. Then I watched my tapes, put together a list of what I want to accomplish for my vacation (next week), watered the plants (only 86 but today it will be 95!)and that was about it. If I manage to track down all the supplies I am going to regrout my bathroom floor and I have the stuff to stain the vanity and cabinet darker, then I need to repaint the purple baseboards and back of the door to the nice tan that all the other trim is painted. I think the prior owner had a lot more color and repainted to neturals but left the purple in the bathroom! I think I am going to take my list and make it more comprehesive so I don't feel to pressured on a daily basis. I think I need to do the staining first since that will require sanding, then after I clean all that up I can prime, paint and grout. Biggest problem is figuring out where to put the kitty box for the week, LOL.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 12:30 am
Thursday's Mission Dipo, I keep hoping it was an innocent mistake too, but we haven't heard anything else about it. Today though the kids came home and told us that another kid was caught with a knife, not just a knife Caleb said, but one like that (pointed at one of Darren's daggers.) Rumor around school was that he just wanted to show it off and I shook my head...it wouldn't surprise me to hear that at an elementary school, but Jr High? Those kids are old enough to know better! I got quite a bit done today around the house, clean cleaned the living room and kitchen, picked up around the rest of the house and did some laundry. Dakota's practice was cancelled because of the smoke and it turned out to be a good thing. The school has 3 meetings a year (you have to attend one with your kid) for kids who play sports at school about good sportsmanship. I found the flyer crumpled at the bottom of Dakota's backpack. Meeting was for tonight! Tomorrow is banking day for my aunt. We're (sis and I) are going to do her Costco shopping early in the day while the kids are in school. After that I'll do some more cleaning around the house, but probably not too much.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 11:43 pm
Friday's Mission Today was pretty hectic. I dropped the kids off at school, ran home and took a shower, then headed over to my aunts to pay bills and balance her check book. Then it was off to the bank, back to her house to drop off her money and get the grocery money then sis and I ran to Costco. We had to go to Walmart after that and then to aunts to put all the groceries away. I got home with enough time to eat a quick lunch, scan tvch and then head off to pick up the kids from school. I think I've finally come down with what Caleb's had. I just felt lousy all day, dragging and couldn't wait to get home. Head and chest and nose are stuffed up, sore throat and that whole feeling of being beat down. So that was all I got done today, luckily I'd picked up a salad and sandwiches at Costco and didn't have to cook dinner. I don't see me getting too much done tomorrow. The girls have practice in the evening and I'll probably have Darren or sis take them. Baby niece's birthday party (she'll be 2) is on Saturday and Darren has a study group that evening, it'll be an early party day for us. No plans Sunday, and everyone will be home Monday for the holiday. Oh, except for Darren who is going golfing with some buddies, he's been so busy with work and school he hasn't had the chance to do anything fun lately.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, September 04, 2009 - 10:39 am
Hope you feel better!! Wargod. I haven't been doing much, it was too hot. Today should only be around 86 and then the weekend is cooling off to the high 70's, low 80's. Watered the plants this morning and took out some recycling. Last night I loaded up the dishwasher, read the paper and tried to stay awake for project runway. I am getting the grout today so I can fix my bathroom floor. That may be the extent of my excitment for my vacation, LOL. I am thinking of going to the movies, but I may just veg a little.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, September 04, 2009 - 11:59 pm
I say go for vegging. I feel like I've been run over with a truck. I took the kids to school, read online for a bit, then laid down and slept til 1. Read online for a bit more, and by 2 was back on the couch. Darren went to get the kids from shcool, I was almost asleep when the phone rang. I was out cold a couple hours later and slept another 3 hours and spent most the night on the couch watching tv. I'll be going to bed soon. My whole body hurts, sinuses hurt, chest is congested, sore throat, low fever. I don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow. Nieces birthday party is tomorrow and I may end up staying home so I don't spread this crap to everyone.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, September 06, 2009 - 12:02 pm
hahahaha, I did do a little vegging yesterday, watched a bunch of the US Open! Today, I have eaten breakfast, swept up the hallway and bedroom, cleaned up the kitchen and bathroom, refilled my water bottles and soda bottles, hauled out some recycling and trash, and watered the plants. I made some coffee and and I am off to the bedroom to read the Sunday paper.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, September 07, 2009 - 12:17 am
You got quite a bit done for vegging, Dipo, lol! I vegged a lot this weekend. We went shopping for the girls presents yesterday, then picked up the cake and dropped that off at my sisters. Came back home to wrap up the baby's presents and went back to sis'. I stayed about an hour, set in the house most of the time away from everyone else then decided it was time to come home (I did give niece our present and watched her open it.) We got home about 3 and I laid down on the couch...last thing I knew til about 8:30! Darren had gone to his study group, the kids were at my sisters, I was out cold til he got home and it was time to pick the kidlets up. Today was more of the same...I had to go grocery shopping and dragged Darren with me, came home and put groceries away and was out on the couch in no time flat. I did get up and wash a couple dishes (think I was still half asleep, lol, cuz no idea why I was doing that) but that was about it. I feel like I'm feeling a little better but don't think I'm up for too much. Even now after sleeping the better part of two days I'm near ready for bed. Tomorrow, not much planned at all for me. Darren's going golfing with work buddies and should be gone all morning and probably early afternoon. Dakota has some reading to do and asked me to read with her (she's struggling through the assigned book) so that's on the schedule and she has practice but that's about it. I'm just going to take it easy and hope by Tuesday I'm back to my normal self.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, September 08, 2009 - 1:36 am
Monday & Tuesday's Missions I didn't do much today except a little kitchen cleaning and taking Kota to practice. I'm feeling much better, but still not up to any big chores or bouts of energy yet. If I feel like it tomorrow I'll do a good cleaning on the kitchen and living room. Maybe some laundry. I've got a chicken pulled out to throw in the crockpot in the morning with potatoes, onions and other veggies (for some reason it sounds good even though it's still pretty hot here.) Not much else planned really. Darren goes back to work...12 hour days all week and maybe Saturday as well (they have inventory this week.) The kids are back in school as well and have drama club tomorrow so won't be home til sometimes between 4 & 5. Oh, I do need to run by the grocery store, forgot a couple things the other day that I need like dishsoap.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, September 08, 2009 - 11:46 am
Boneheaded move of the day: I thought I'd get a jump start on my day and head to the grocery store as soon as I dropped the kids off at school. Stopping during the day, no matter what I'm doing, to go shopping always throws me off and leaves me not finishing something or other I'd planned to do. Downside to making the last minute descision to run to the store right after driving the kids to school? I didn't write a list. I grabbed dinner rolls, garlic, febreeze, and toilet bowl cleaner. Got home and was putting the stuff away when I realized I forgot the one thing I really needed...dishsoap. Luckily I have enough for today. I changed my mind on putting the chicken in the crockpot and decided to roast it later instead. Other than that, I've cleaned the living room top to bottom, dusted, and vacuumed. I have one load of laundry in the washer and one that needs to be folded. Haven't done much else yet, but I'm getting there.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, September 08, 2009 - 5:04 pm
LOL, so funny about the dishsoap! Glad you had enough to make it another day, I know how annoying that can be. I didn't do anything yesterday, watched the US Open and that was about it. This morning I got up and ran the dishwasher, straightened out the kitchen and bathroom, then took off to buy my grout. It was hotter than I expected, so I ended up stopping at Walgreens and got on of those "as seen on tv" caulking kits that has the tools and a small container of caulk (I have a one inch area that needs replacing in the bathtub)and I think I can use the tools for the grout project. Then I went and got a coffee and sat outside in the shade and read the paper, then over to the lumberyard/hardware store, picked out the grout, I am going to have a ton left over, LOL, then home, and lunch. Oh, I forgot, emptied the litter locker and hauled that and some other trash out on the way this morning. I have been watching Tennis, need to go and unload the dishwasher, and make some dinner. Tomorrow I think I will go get coffee, drop off some photos to be fixed/corrected, drop off my purse to be fixed and then start prepping the bathroom for my project. We shall see.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, September 08, 2009 - 5:24 pm
Let me know how that tool works, I've seen it and was curious about it! I finished the kitchen and another couple of loads of laundry. Also decided to start the chicken in the crockpot. I feel like I've done more, but really haven't. I'm working on the den now, but probably won't get most of it finished until later on.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, September 08, 2009 - 11:50 pm
Wednesday's Mission I did finish the den, though need to mop the floor but I'll wait til tomorrow when I clean the bathroom and do both floors at once. That was it for today, I haven't done much in the last week and today kinda wore me out. Tomorrow is the bathroom, the floors, more laundry, and maybe my bedroom. Darren again is working 12 hours. The kids are also staying after school...oh how great is this? I got a phone call today from Caleb's social studies teacher. She told me she was concerned, he had an essay due that he didn't turn in and she wanted to make sure he wasn't getting behind. Turned out they'd been writing the essay in class and he missed four days of her class (two being sick, two for the derm appt and eye appt) and she'd given him extra time to complete it...not due til Friday. As soon as I mentioned his missed days, she said nevermind, lol, I gave him til Friday to turn it in. I thought that was really nifty though that she'd call after one missed assignment! She holds tutoring on Wednesdays after school so he's going to go and do his essay and Dakota is going to go hang out in his class and do her homework til I pick them up.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 3:56 pm
that is cool Wargod, glad to here the teachers are on top of stuff. I wonder sometimes when I see/hear some of the kids at work. Lets see, I have made tuna salad, watched tennis, done some work for my investment club (wasn't planning on that), activated some credit cards, fixed my answering machine, made a hair appointment and lunch date for friday. I have done a little prep work on the bathroom, will be doing some more later so that I am ready to grout in the morning.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 4:12 pm
First, Dipo, Happy Birthday! I hope you've had a great day. Some teachers stay on top of stuff like that. Some don't. We have a website to check grades and stuff but they're just getting that up and running this week. It's the same there, some teachers are great at updating the site and having current grades posted, while others I don't think have ever seen the website, lol.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 6:55 pm
Thanks Wargod, I have had a great day! and I am sure the week/month will be even better. I believe in the birthday month celebration so all my friends have the opportunity for a one-on-one meal with me, hahahahaha!!
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 3:53 am
Happy Belated Birthday Dipo! Glad you had such a nice day!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 8:51 am
Thursday's Mission Forgot to post it last night. LOL Dipo, my sis has a birthday month celebration too. Her birthday is the end of Jan. and Jan. 1 she'll call at 12:01 am to say Happy New Year, hangs up, then calls back at 12:02 am to remind us it's her birthday. Enjoy it and have fun with it! I'm not sure what I'm doing today outside of regular cleaning. The kids may/may not be staying after school. Caleb's joining robotics, which runs late in the afternoon, one of my carpool kids is trying out for volleyball, and Kota doesn't mind sitting there watching/waiting with either one of them since it gives her a chance to work on homework. Darren's still on 12 hour days and looking at working Saturday as well.
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