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Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 9:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet was awesome! The kids did such a great job, they were hysterical, and had a lot of fun. I'm so proud of them.

2. They had to dance about half way through the play and I was in tears laughing. All these years, I've been so wrong...Caleb did inherit something from me, my dancing skills (or lack thereof!) You should have seen my tall, gangly kid trying to hide in the back while having some kind of weird seizure while standing up straight, lol! I'm going to be giggling for days.

3. After the play, their teacher/director had them all come out and sit on stage while he gave a little speech about how proud he was of them all and how hard they've worked, how sad he is this is the last year with them cuz he loves them all so much (that feeling is mutual) and by the end he was in tears and all the kids jumped up and rushed over to give him a big group hug. I think there will be a lot of these types of moments over the next few weeks with the school closing.

4. And then he presented all the drama club kids with plaques. I thought Dakota was going to faint from embarrassment when he called her up on stage to get hers.

5. All in all, it was very nice. Caleb actually thanked us on the way home for encouraging them to get involved in school activities and said he'd had a lot of fun with drama club and the play. He was sad it was over, but always encouraging (it's good for kids to be involved!) we reminded him the high school would also have plenty of after school stuff he could get into.

5.5 I do have a pic of both kids after the play, but can't resize it on this computer.

Hermione69
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07-23-2002

Friday, May 14, 2010 - 6:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
1. Ooo, it sounds like a wonderful night.

2. So Caleb will be in high school next year, but Kota is still in middle school? And the school is closing? What's going to happen next?

3. I have two Yahoo mails, one that I use for Facebook stuff and the other that I use for personal correspondence.

4. The Facebook account has gotten slammed with spam. I must get 40 spams a day. I can't figure out how that happened. It's not like I go to porn sites. Much.

5. I am so glad it is Friday. I want to sleep and sleep.

6. After a really good run of feeling well, my mood has dipped today. I'm sure it will pick back up, but I am in a very introverted mood at the moment. I don't want to be around anyone and wish I was at home alone with my pets.

Hermione69
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07-23-2002

Friday, May 14, 2010 - 6:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
P.S. If you want to send me the picture, I can resize it for you.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Friday, May 14, 2010 - 10:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
1. Many of you know that I am a youth leader at church.
2. My stewardship is over young women ages 12-18.
3. I've been doing this for over 10 yrs now.
4. Quite a few of my girls are now wives and mothers.
5. One of my girls has a very precocious three year old that keeps us in stitches.
6. She asked her daughter if she was getting hungry and her daughter told her no, but she was a little bit starving.
7. Once again we were in stitches. I love little kids :-)

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, May 14, 2010 - 12:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Er, lets see how straight I can get this, lol.

2. About 10 years ago, they changed our elementary and jr highs. Elementary school used to be K-6 and jr high 7-8 then they switched them to K-5 and 6-8 (which imo was stupid cuz then the jr highs kept the 6th graders completely seperated from the 7-8th graders.) So now, with our jr high closing, they are going back to the old way, Dakota's 6th grade class will be the last to attend jr high and the elementary schools are going back to K-6th grades.

2. The current 6th & 7th graders are being split up between the four remaining jr highs in town. Dakota will be going to a jr high that is, oddly enough, only four blocks from our house (the one she's at now is 2 miles away.)

3. There has been a lot of, "Where are you going next year?" questions. Most of the 6th grade teachers are going back to elementary schools while the 7th and 8th grade teachers are moving on to the other jr highs and in some cases the high schools. I know the school nurse and one of the office ladies are going to different schools, not sure about the rest though (administrators and support staff.)

4. The kids school is the oldest jr high (maybe oldest school) in Lancaster, 65 years it's been there. There are a lot of kids there whose parents and even grandparents attended the school. My step dad for instance went there and so did my moms brother. And quite a few teachers who had gone to school there and then came back to teach. So it's not just the hassle of changing your kids schools or people finding new jobs, but lots of memories tied up in the school and people who care a great deal about it. Hehe, Caleb's music room, where he's spent a great deal of time over the last two years, they have a wall with pictures of band over the years. First time I was in the class, I walked over and looked at the pics and called Caleb over, then pointed out one from the late 60's and said, "That's your grandpa!" Lots of stories like that and teachers/staff who have been there long enough to teach not only the current crop of kids but some of their parents as well. Very sad.

5. And what makes it all the more confusing, they've said over and over they are doing this because of budget cuts, can't afford it and if they have to close a school it might as well be the oldest one and the one most in need of repairs. But at the same time they are saying the closing is only temporary, 5 years, and during that time they will be tearing down and replacing some of the buildings on campus, and repairing and remodeling the rest. Not quite sure how they're going to save any money!

6. Just as bad as the school closing, the little league that has been there almost as long as the school is in doubt as well. Right now, the little league is closing, their kids splitting between our league and another one, the fields being torn down and replaced as well as the school. But, the little league itself is pretty much begging the school district not to close them down and let them continue there. No one is sure yet what will happen with that.

7. If you don't mind resizing it Hermie, I'll send it to you. It's not the best pic (taken inside the school cafeteria) but, the only one I have from the play.

8. LOL Lady, little ones are so much fun!

Hermione69
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07-23-2002

Friday, May 14, 2010 - 1:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
7.1 Go ahead and send it to me. I'm happy to do it. Do you want me to post it in your folder after I've resized it?

8.1 Cute story, LT, and those girls are so lucky to have you!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, May 17, 2010 - 9:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. We went to the Renaisannce Faire Saturday. It was fun.

2. Used to go every year when the kids were little, but haven't for several years. Was pretty fun to go with the kids a little older. They enjoyed the shows more and had more interest in looking around at all the different stuff.

3. Caleb really liked watching the different demos like the guys making knives (wonder where he gets that from, lol?) He decided to get a little bronze medal necklace because they strike it right there, he walked away and put his necklace on and said, "That was totally cool!"

4. Dakota really enjoyed the Scottish dancers and playing with bows and arrows. They do archery in pe at school so she knew what she was doing.

5. My poor baby was dragging this morning. She went to nephews birthday party yesterday with sis and bil and didn't get home til after midnight.

6. I laid out shorts and tshirts for everyone last night. Weather has been beautiful the last 4-5 days, low to mid 80's temps, sunny, and mild breezes. Haha, woke up this morning and it is cloudy, windy, and too cold for shorts!

7. Had strange dreams last night, but I don't remember them. I woke up somewhere around 4 trying to figure one of them out, but even then couldn't remember it, just that it was very strange.

8. Caleb has decided to go back on accutane. Dr asked us if we were ready for it a couple weeks ago and he wanted to think about it some. Darren, the dr, and I think it's for the best, didn't spend all that time and money getting his skin clear for the acne to come back, we decided it was for Caleb to make the call. He knows the side effects and what he went through last time and he should have the final say on that choice.

9. Which reminds me, I need to call and schedule their appts.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, May 17, 2010 - 9:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
9.5 And wouldn't ya know it, for the first time I ever, I get the referral letter from insurance company and the drs office didn't. Now have to wait for them to get a copy before I can make the appt.

Schoolmarm
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02-18-2001

Monday, May 17, 2010 - 6:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Schoolmarm a private message Print Post    
OK, I'll do 10!

1. The semester from hell is over! I had good students and two new classes that turned out well, but everything else was the pits!

2. I got out my old Magic the Gathering cards and played a couple of games with a student of mine. FUN!

3. I actually went into the office today and liked it...it was QUIET and I was very productive.

4. I figured out that it was a great day because I wasn't constantly being bombarded with crises.

5. Only one problem, and not at crisis stage.

6. Filled out several hundred dollars of travel reimbursement forms. Hope there is money left to pay them!

7. I'm going to the library tomorrow....sooooo many books! So little time!

8. It feels like a crisp fall day today!

9. Good sleeping weather. Windows open, fresh air, comfy temp if you are under a comforter!

10. I can't believe that I got a bucket of KFC tonight!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 9:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Hey Marm! If you get a couple minutes, can you pop into this thread? Boberg is planning a trip to Germany and looking for suggestions.

Hermione69
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07-23-2002

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 9:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
1. Wargod, did you decide not to send the picture?

2. We are having a fine forgiveness day tomorrow. Students can bring in their overdues and not have to pay the fine. If they have a fine already on their record, they can bring in a canned good for the local Food Bank to clear it. It will be interesting to see if we get many takers. I'm betting not, all the students have such short attention spans this time of year.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 10:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Shoot, Hermie, I forgot after the busy weekend. I don't have your email addy, can you email me at wargod617@msn.com with it?

2. And then can you come to the kids school and talk to them about fine forgiveness day? Caleb got a card today from the school library informing him he's had a book checked out since the beginning of the year. He went at lunch and talked to the librarian...she said weird, in the three years he's been there, he's been in the library doing work and research many times and couldn't remember him ever checking a book out, he told her he didn't need to check out books cuz mom had tons at home, including the one they said he hadn't turned in (Lord of the Rings.) Librarian told him she'd check into it and get back to him cuz she thought it was a mistake.

3. No short attention span here, lol. It bugged both me and Caleb a great deal. If the 8th graders have anything on their records, they can't participate in any of the graduation fun day stuff (a trip to Six Flags and a picnic at the park,) graduation ceremony, or get their final report cards. Also no talent show and final school concert (which are coming up later this month.)

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 9:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. I feel like I'm playing juggle the calendar these days.

2. One of the local high schools is hosting a softball clinic this Saturday. The girls (Kota and older two nieces) want to go. So we call and reserve their spots and girls are totally excited, they get to work with the high school softball team. And then Kota comes home with an invite to a slumber party the same day. I've got to call the mom and see if it's ok for Kota to be late since I'm sure they'll appreciate her coming home to take a shower and change clothes after spending most the day playing softball.

3. Then the next Saturday the kids drama club is going to a pizza place for their end of year party...but that's also the weekend of Caleb's birthday so I need to juggle to try to schedule something for that (he doesn't want a party though.)

4. Which isn't as easy as it sounds since the next several weekends after that will be taken up with a softball tournament and closing ceremonies and end of season party for the girls, graduation stuff, and a couple other birthdays.

4.5 And the dang derm appt was just as hard to schedule since Kota has to be in there between certain dates to keep her accutane prescription going and the kids have several field trips, concerts, graduation, and the softball stuff all during that same time period.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 10:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Thank you Hermi! The picture I took after Caleb's play last week:

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3. Not the best pic I've taken, but eh, school cafeteria, what did I expect?

4. The costumes the kids wore were great...they were all kinds of funky, with the goofy hats and wild socks. Caleb also had a Dr. Seuss tie that one of the teachers loaned them.

5. Dakota's tshirt (along with the rest of the drama kids) was a walking billboard. On the front they say, "What would happen...if the world's greatest playwright and the world's greatest childrens author wrote the world's greatest love story?" Then on back it has all the information for the dates of the play. The kids wore those shirts every chance they got for about six weeks, lol.

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 11:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
5.1 War you have good looking kids.

Hermione69
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07-23-2002

Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 5:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
1. I have been trying to figure out what her t-shirt said!

2. It was no problem helping. Anytime! :-) They look like they are having a blast!

3. I've had "I am Sixteen, Going on Seventeen" in my head since Sunday when my sister and I took her two older kids to see a theatrical production of The Sound of Music.

4. But "American Pie" is starting to show up as a contender.

5. My school is having a Scrabble tournament and I signed up for it. I had my first match this morning and won. I love Scrabble. Rumor has it there is a 9th grader who is awesome and she's favored to win the whole thing!

6. I think I am going to dye my hair very light blonde!

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 8:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
1. I'm am so tired. I really wanted to be productive today but I think I'm going to sleep and watch a movie.

2. I am done with the day in and day out of school forever! It's been a long time since I got my Bachelor's Degree. I went back to school 1 1/2 yrs. ago to get an additional certificate. I took my last final last night! I'm so happy to be done. It has been so hard. (because it has been so time consuming)

3. Not too happy about the "16-17" earworm Hermi gave me! Maybe the Am. Pie can help get rid of it.

4. My oldest kid comes home from college tomorrow for the summer, yay! I really miss her!

5. War, cute photo! Kota looks so happy, Caleb looks like he's up to something-sly smile. That is a really great photo. Play sounds interesting and I wish I could see it!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 9:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Congratulations Happymom!! I can imagine how happy you are to be done!

2. Darren's got another six months to go and it's been hitting him lately just how long that is. He's ready to be done too.

3. Thankfully I've never heard that song so it can't get stuck in my head! I've never even seen the Sound of Music. Despite my love of Greese (best movie ever) and thinking Glee is awesome, I've never been into musicals.

4. Oh Dakota was so funny the night of the play, she was like a little mother. By the end of the night, she was almost bursting with pride over how well the kids had done, she'd gotten her plaque for being in drama club, but most of all she was tickled to pieces to have had her name and bio included in the program for the play (she'd done quite a bit of behind the scenes stuff leading up to the play.)

5. Caleb's home sick today. He came home early yesterday with a headache and nasuea, I'd hoped it was just a headache, but nope he feels cruddy today.

6. I think your plans for today sound fantastic, Happymom. I didn't get much sleep last night and have been considering heading towards the couch with a book for the last hour.

7. My bil trimmed most of his goatee off yesterday. It had reached his chest, now its up to his chin. Sis is throwing a fit, lol. A couple years ago, he singed (is that spelled right?) most of it off lighting the bbq grill and since then it's never grown even. He's been considering trimming it off for the last year and a half or so. Last night at the girls game, someone said something about it to sis and she said, "Yeah, it's horrible! He just woke up this morning and whacked it off." I started laughing and couldn't stop, she sounded so personally offended by it.

8. Hehe, Caleb's curled up on the dogs bed sleeping with PJ. I can't figure out which one of them looks happier with the situation.

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Friday, May 21, 2010 - 7:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
1. Thanks War! I hope the next 6 mos. goes smoothly for your hubby. I hope Caleb feels better.

2. War's #8 made me even sleepier. (Reminded me of that book: The Napping House.) I napped twice and got a great night's sleep! I feel so much better. I took my youngest to JoAnn Fabrics yesterday. (spent less than $1 (:-)!)on ribbon to turn her strapless dress for 8th grade dance into dress code appropriate) It did not help being so tired because the energy in that store just sucks any remaining energy out of a person. I know someone who quit working there and now I can see why!

3. I do not like clutter. Now that my finals are over, I am really looking forward to getting everything off every surface in this house, text books stored, and paperwork and filing done that I haven't had time to do for a few weeks.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, May 21, 2010 - 10:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. LOL, I have no idea what number we are on!

2. Last night was open house at the kids school. I always enjoy open house, it's a chance to go in and see what the kids have been doing in class, chat with the teachers, but not a serious sit down discussion of how my kid is doing type of event.

3. Since Caleb was sick yesterday and didn't go with us, we didn't visit his classes (no fun if he's not there to show off his work ya know?) Er, well except one teacher.

4. We started off with Kota's homeroom/science/social studies class. This teacher is one of those that all the kids love. Caleb never had him for class, but as the schools athletic director and track/cross country coach, him and Caleb have been close since he started school there. We were tickled to pieces when we found out he was Dakota's homeroom teacher.

5. He'd had the kids write a paragraph about what they learned in 6th grade and Darren and I cracked up reading them, because every single kid had some variation of "You are the greatest teacher ever!" and "I've learned to hang out with people who are my real friends." Not one thing about math or science, lol. He will be moving back to elementary school next year, my nieces school in fact and I've told sis to do whatever she can to get the girls in his class when they reach 6th grade.

6. We stopped and chatted with her LA teacher and her math teacher (who also works with the drama club.) They think she's terrific. LOL, that's not mom pride, they could have been reading from a script...she's so quiet in class, participates when she needs to, works hard, good kid, they so enjoy having her in class.

7. Then we popped over to the gym. We'd only met her pe teacher once at the very begining of the year. She had been pregnant and went off on medical leave and then maternity leave and has only recently come back. That was the only negative thing we heard all night...she loves Kota, loves how she throws herself into whatever they are doing and how active she is, but she's had to mediate some disputes between Kota and her bff since coming back to work. Yup, tell me about it, the girls have had a rocky year, best of friends one day, fighting like crazy the next.

8. The only one of Caleb's teachers we talked to was his pe teacher (since he was in the gym too.) When I was in school, this is the pe teacher that would have scared the crap out of me. Stereotypical pe teacher if ever there was one, lol...the little shorts, tshirt, whistle, stern look, big voice. First time I met him I swear I flinched back as he opened his mouth, lol. And then I had to reevaluate my feelings of all pe teachers cuz he is the nicest guy. Caleb's had him all three years of jr high and we really like him. So we stopped and chatted with him for awhile.

9. He cracked up with me when I told him how when I'd taken Caleb to register at the high school, the football team approached him several times. My boy is so not built to play football.

10. Oh, I did find out that the plans for the school have changed. The school district is renting the campus out to the University of Antelope Valley and they've given the little league there another year (for now.)

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Friday, May 21, 2010 - 11:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
1. War you story reminded me of myself when I was her age fighting with my BFF's

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, May 21, 2010 - 11:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Dfennessey, I've been reminding myself of that a lot. It's the age and the move to jr high, they've each made new friends and sometimes the other one doesn't have anything in common with or just doesn't like the new friends.

2. They've been bff's since first grade and shouldn't be fighting like this. But, I also remember what it was like at that age and I bite my tongue and wait them out. They'll make up soon enough. Right now they're all good, going to a slumber party together tomorrow night and excitedly going over the plans for the evening.

Schoolmarm
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02-18-2001

Saturday, May 22, 2010 - 10:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Schoolmarm a private message Print Post    
1. Went to the farmer's market for the first time in YEARS (ok, maybe 1 year!) For $23 I got: 6 tomato plants, 6 bell pepper plants, 1 rosemary plant, 1 sweet basil plant; 2 pounds of organic beef spare ribs, 2 tomatoes, 1 big bunch of asparagus, 1 big bunch of onions.

2. Going to do what Tom Collechio says in his cookbook: look at the fresh produce and then produce a meal. Ribs on the grill with grilled onions and roasted asparagus for supper tonight! YUM!

3. I'm going to plant the plants in my upside down hanging baskets and hook them to the old swingset that is now used as a plant hanger. Hope this works. Has anyone else done the "topsy turvy" planting?

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, May 22, 2010 - 9:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Marm, sis and bil bought one a couple weeks ago but haven't used it yet. Bil has a super green thumb and is dying to try it out, but right now he's busy weeding the garden and hasn't had the time.

2. Today was the girls softball clinic with the high school team. They had a blast! Middle niece was the youngest girl out there, so every time they switched stations (batting, catching, throwing, pitching, etc) one of the hs girls would grab her and work 1 on 1. Kidlet was never alone and she loved every minute of it, lol.

3. Kota and oldest niece had just as much fun. Kota spent a lot of time with one of the catchers (that was her buddy for the day) and both girls got to work with the pitchers, including a young woman who has played on a national team and is now a private pitching coach. I think they learned quite a bit, they certainly enjoyed playing with and learning from the older girls, and I think the older girls had fun with them. They're planning another clinic in Feb. and the girls are already begging to go back.

4. But, the part they enjoyed most was just how much fun this team has practicing. One of the coaches had told the parents this, but until I saw it, I had no clue what he was talking about. They played music throughout the afternoon and ever so often, they'd stop what they were doing to sing and dance and then go right back to practice. Once in a while one of the older girls would yell out "clap" and they'd all stop practice to clap and yell and jump around, and then right back to practice. The funniest though, and what the girls absolutely loved, was when one of them would yell "hit the deck!" The girls would throw themselves in the dirt and start rolling around. They were filthy!

4.5 I did have a groan moment. Half of our team showed up for this clinic and I realized that they will be taking this stuff back to their own team. I looked at sis and Darren and had to ask...how long do you think it'll take them before they have the rest of their team rolling around in the dirt???

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 10:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. When I was in the 8th grade (and my aunt five years before me and sis two years after me,) we had to do a year long project for English class, the Me book. Each week of the year, we were given a couple assignments for the book, sometimes it was something everyone had to do (a family tree or a poem) and othertimes we got to pick from several different items (choices might be to write your own obituary-Hermi might be intrested to know I envisioned myself getting crushed under piles of my books, lol-or to write a song.) It was a huge project, probably 50-75 pages by the end of the school year, and worth a significant portion of our final semesters English grade. I'm pretty sure mom still has mine and sis' Me books somewhere, I should ask her.

2. 5-6 years ago, my neighbors then 8th grader came over to ask Darren and I if we would answer some survey questions for him he had to do for a school project. I was downright shocked to hear it was for his Me book. So, when Caleb mentioned the Me book at the beginning of the year, I was ready. Yep, need to get out the baby pictures and his birth stats, maybe pull out a couple photo albums that he could go through when he had to write about his favorite childhood memory or first vacation, need to find that family tree that's somewhere around here. I was a bit disappointed when his teacher told us the Me book was no longer such a huge project as when I'd been in school and they wouldn't even be working on it til May.

3. The project was finally assigned on April 29th. Caleb has been working on it all month and actually had all of it finished last week. Pictures, song lyrics, family tree, favorite childhood memory, favorite recipe, etc etc etc. It's due tomorrow and I'm thinking awesome, he's ahead of the curve! No worries, right?

4. Hahahaha! He waited til tonight to tell us he needed a binder and oh, he needs to take a picture of his buddies and print it out and while he's doing that he needs to type up the final drafts of every freaking thing he's written the last three weeks. OMG(osh) I could have strangled him. We're out of printer ink, no binders around the house so off Darren goes to the store while I sit here helping him type out pages (I got three pages typed before he had one done) and then get everything printed. To top it off, Caleb ran down to take the picture of his buddies, he wasn't sure if he got the pic cuz the battery died, so we download my memory card and me, him, and Darren all went, "crap!" One of his smartass buddies decided to flip the camera off. I know Caleb has a few things to say to him about that tomorrow and I will be mentioning it to the boys parents, but I'm wondering if they might like an unedited copy of the freaking pictures!

5. On the plus side, he has the book all put together and ready to turn in in the morning. We did have a little chat about the fact that just because he had everything written and shoved in his folder did not mean he was finished with his dang project! He's got another project due in science next week (has to build a bridge out of toothpicks) that he'll be working on over the next few days.