Mother's Day '09

Kris had to work this year so her Mother's day started off pretty crummy. The girls were very excited to give Kris her presents when she got home. They got her an iPod and docking station/boom box. So I spent the afternoon loading it up with music.

As Promised...

The neighbors had their storage shed, errrrr, garage door open so I ran upstairs to get a couple of pictures.





I don't know, maybe it's wrong of me to be annoyed by that, but I am!

Students of the Month

Alison got the Student of the Month Award this month for her class. We ended up going to the PTA meeting last night so she could get herself a student of the month pencil (apparently a very big deal). And she got to have lunch with the principal yesterday as well, again, a very big deal for her.

We were also contacted last week by the principal and informed that Sarah was going to be the Menomonee Falls Rotary Club student of the month for May. I’m still sort of fuzzy on what exactly the requirements are and who votes for the Rotary Club Student of the Month, but no matter. Sarah gets to go have lunch at the North Hills Country Club at the monthly Rotary Club Lunch where she’ll get her certificate.

Way to go girls!

Caffeine

In an effort to try and improve my health, I have cut WAY back on my daily intake of caffeine. Short of a Pepsi here and there, I have gone cold turkey. I have even taken to drinking decaf coffee in the morning, but that is mainly because I like having something warm to drink when I wake up. But I can honestly say I’m feeling it. It has been hard getting through the day when I get up early and go to bed late. No coffee in the morning makes it hard to keep my eyes open. I am hoping that it is just something I have to work through and as I get accustomed to not having caffeine flowing through my veins, I’ll become less tired.

Wet, Wet, Wet

I finally was able to cut the grass on Monday. I had to wait until the ground dried up a little bit, but even then the backyard was still very wet. It was like walking on a sponge. It almost makes me wonder why I put the 18 yards of dirt back there 8 years ago. If I need to build up the yard every five years it make me wonder if it is even worth it. Then I look at the clown behind me and think I suppose if I did feel that way I would be like him and have a wetlands in my yard for six months a year.

Update

It has been a while since I have had a free moment to sit down and write out what has been going on, so here is a brief description of what we have been doing for the past two weeks.

Kris had a mother-daughter event with the girls for scouts where they painted plates. They spent two hours designing and painting. In the end the people running the event took the plates back to put a glaze on them and bake them in a kiln. We should have them back in a couple of weeks so we’ll post some photos when they get here.

Next we had “family night” at dance, which is code for allowing parent to sit and watch. The girls have their recital coming up in about a month so they are working hard to get their routines down. The girls also got to pick up their costumes. They were very excited to finally get them, more so Alison than Sarah. One of Sarah’s costumes is VERY glittery. We took it out to make sure it fit (and also because we have to do a slight modification to the straps) and it got all over the floor. Pictures are coming up on 5/21 so until then it’ll stay in the bag, except for fixing the straps.

I was finally able to get some fertilizer down on the lawn. It really needed it, especially in the backyard. When the pine trees were cut down last year and we filled in where they were as well as behind the garage, the plan was to lay sod, well the sod farm was out at the time and if I had waited for the sod farm to cut more it would have been October before I could have laid it. SO I seeded the spots instead. However, the topsoil now has sprouted what appears to be some sort of goldenrod type weeds. As soon as we have a few dry days in a row and the sponge that is my backyard has dried up enough, I’ll be spraying weed killer to see if I can kill them. It may be a moot point since I have plenty of low spots that I am going to attempt to fill and seed this year.

Kris's Finger

I get home from work yesterday and Kris shows me her finger. It looks like she got a blister that popped, and she says, nope. At the very least it is infected. Over the course of last night it had gotten more red and swollen. I told her she should go to the ER and have it looked at, but she refused. We’ll see how it looks today after soaking it in alcohol and some triple antibiotic. Let’s just hope we don’t need to cut it off.