Well, we have arrived at the 'rents house in OHIO. We took a town car from home to the LAX airport and I must say that a town car is really the way to go to the airport. I think that I will try that again!
We were on the red eye and we were a little red eyed upon arrival. The flight was fine. It was totally packed though. We arrived at the pgh airport at three am our time so we were a little blurry. Anyway, they found us right away and we got our things just fine. We headed to Pappy's executive parking place and took a short ride through 3 states! PA, WV, and OH.
It is not too far from the airport to the rents new home. The new house is nice. We relaxed a few days and took a trip to see Gpap yesterday. He looks good and had good news from the Doc, so that is good. We delivered the TRIX cereal and really made his day! He ate some as soon as he got a bowl! We brought Rainey back with us to visit for a few days.
All is well. Everyone seems good and Max has only been in time out one time. History repeats itself and toilets are clogged here, so it feels like home already! Max and Pappy enjoy each other's company a lot. Max has been playing chef's helper at dinner time. He runs up and down the stairs to get the plates and everything that is needed by the grill master! He loves it. Max has taken to telling stupid jokes at 1 am in the morning, laughing his head off is his ploy to get to sleep in Mom's bed.
The fam is playing scrabble and I guess somebodies going to slow! Max is playing lego star wars too. He is liking that game and that rat game too. Max and I have been reading the JUnie B. Jones book and he seems to like it too.
All seems well, we will be having the cousins over soon and I am excited to see the new nephew! All is well, but I miss me manny! We'll see him soon! Enuff for now! Toodles trix
Friday, July 13, 2007
Thursday, July 05, 2007
Happy Birthday America and other musings ....
We enjoyed a beautiful, although hot Independence Day. It started on July 3rd in the evening at the Gardens of the World. Maddie, Max and I listened to the Air Force Band of the Golden west play a patriotic set and also celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Air Force. Both Maddie and I were dressed in Air Force T-shirts and while we waited for the band to start, someone from the Ventura County Newspaper took our picture. It must of been b/c both the children were glued to their gameboys waiting for the concert to begin! We must really be Conejo Valley residents now that they want to put our picture in the newspaper. The concert was great, free and the garden's of the world are beautiful. Who would have thought that tucked right off of TO Blvd., such a beautiful place existed! So far we haven't seen ourselves in the paper yet. I am hoping it happens and certain teens are hoping it does not! Funny how some people like the spotlight and other's do not! I think teen thought it would be so incredible uncool to be seen at the patriotic concert, but I think she actaully had a good time.
The fourth began with, sleeping late, watering plants and then a small shopping trip for Maddie and Mom to KOhls'. After that we came home and headed out to the pool for an hour. Much fun was had by all. Our swimming star, Maddie was beaten by Mom in backstroke and Dad in freestyle. 8-( She is convinced that she now needs to do some laps or something b/c she used to be able to beat us both! I must say that my rear and butt are hurting today from the swimming. We came home and I began working on the feast in honor of America. We had surf and turf, a spicy non-mayonnaise potato salad, bean salad, and corn on the cob. The only problem was that the grill gave out in the middle of cooking the turf. But we stuck it in the broiler and it turned out fine. After dinner, we met up with our neighbors up the street, Max's very good friend Chase and his parents and we climbed the mountain across from Peppertree to watch the fireworks there. We could see the mall fireworks and much to our surprise, someone in Newbury Park was lighting the fireworks right on the street below us. We had a great view of the fireworks and did not have to battle with any traffic, which is really nice when your poor hubby has to go to work the next day! The guys from down the street came over and we all ate red, white and blue cake. I tried a new one this year with ice cream on the outside inside of icing. It turned out great and now my friend thinks that I am a gourmand. She kept asking me, "How'd ya get the ice cream on there?" And saying "That had to be really hard!" It took a little patience and fast work, but it was really easy to do and tasted pretty good, if I must say so myself. We had a nice time.
We have been busy. I had been playing too much when summer first started so last week I had a huge to do list. I got most of it done. But, now I am on to the getting ready for vacation to do list.
Applied for a job. We'll see what happens with that. Am ambivalent about the whole back to work thing. Anyway, once I return to CA from the vacation then I'll get down to seriously trying to find something.
Vacation should be busy. A lot of people to see and visit with. I am blessed to have so many people who are close to me.
Maddie has her classes today ... stained glass and volleyball. Don said yesterday after hearing her rave about the class "We have no room in our garage for a stained glass studio." He seemed sort of sad or wistful (can a man seem wistful?) when he said it, almost as if he would actually like us to be able to do stained glass in the garage. Hmm, maybe ...
Anyway, much to do ... so toodles for now. So Cal Trixie
The fourth began with, sleeping late, watering plants and then a small shopping trip for Maddie and Mom to KOhls'. After that we came home and headed out to the pool for an hour. Much fun was had by all. Our swimming star, Maddie was beaten by Mom in backstroke and Dad in freestyle. 8-( She is convinced that she now needs to do some laps or something b/c she used to be able to beat us both! I must say that my rear and butt are hurting today from the swimming. We came home and I began working on the feast in honor of America. We had surf and turf, a spicy non-mayonnaise potato salad, bean salad, and corn on the cob. The only problem was that the grill gave out in the middle of cooking the turf. But we stuck it in the broiler and it turned out fine. After dinner, we met up with our neighbors up the street, Max's very good friend Chase and his parents and we climbed the mountain across from Peppertree to watch the fireworks there. We could see the mall fireworks and much to our surprise, someone in Newbury Park was lighting the fireworks right on the street below us. We had a great view of the fireworks and did not have to battle with any traffic, which is really nice when your poor hubby has to go to work the next day! The guys from down the street came over and we all ate red, white and blue cake. I tried a new one this year with ice cream on the outside inside of icing. It turned out great and now my friend thinks that I am a gourmand. She kept asking me, "How'd ya get the ice cream on there?" And saying "That had to be really hard!" It took a little patience and fast work, but it was really easy to do and tasted pretty good, if I must say so myself. We had a nice time.
We have been busy. I had been playing too much when summer first started so last week I had a huge to do list. I got most of it done. But, now I am on to the getting ready for vacation to do list.
Applied for a job. We'll see what happens with that. Am ambivalent about the whole back to work thing. Anyway, once I return to CA from the vacation then I'll get down to seriously trying to find something.
Vacation should be busy. A lot of people to see and visit with. I am blessed to have so many people who are close to me.
Maddie has her classes today ... stained glass and volleyball. Don said yesterday after hearing her rave about the class "We have no room in our garage for a stained glass studio." He seemed sort of sad or wistful (can a man seem wistful?) when he said it, almost as if he would actually like us to be able to do stained glass in the garage. Hmm, maybe ...
Anyway, much to do ... so toodles for now. So Cal Trixie
Sunday, June 24, 2007
89 cents and one year later ...
I fixed the cabinet in the kid's bathroom. It was on the original closing repair list but somehow, it must have slipped through. It wouldn't close and latch. The latch was loose and eventually got ripped off in frustration. But, talk about an easy repair to skip!!!! I was very proud of myself that I fixed it and the handy man skipped it. Although, based upon the jobs that the handyman fixed, maybe it was too hard for him! 8-)
We bought the Jeep wrangler unlimited. I drove it to home depotty today to try to buy a special drill bit (Torx head #40)to get the hard top off, but they didn't have it. Anyway, I took off the two front hard tops over the driver's and front passenger side very easily. I have to say that it is so fun to dive! I just smiled the whole way to the home depot and the wind whipped around in my hair! I love that car!! I put the hard tops back on myself too!!! Don's first car was a jeep cj, so I said I guess we will have to get a VW bug now, since that was my first car!
I am already planning a 4 wheel driving trip somewhere. Some of the state parks here have places that you can take 4-wheel drive vehicles. They have camp sites and that would be such fun! Anyway, I don't think that I will be sorry that we got this car! I really really like it! My neighbor wants to do a girls road trip! That might be good fun!
We went on Friday to Santa Monica and the hump. The hump was ok. I ate shrimp tartaRE. iT TASTED LIKE BUTTER. the SHRIMP HEADS WERE BETTER. Pinkberry was GREAT. I think I'll skip the "best" from guidebooks from now on. And we were the only celebrities there! It took us like 2 and a half hours to get home on Friday night! We drove on Mullhound Highway through the canyon. It was pretty cool. The scenery here is just gorgeous!
Off to the library, old car fix and due bill from the new car tomorrow! Due bill = cool cool tires!!!
Finished reading Marley and Me today. Every dog lover should read that book. I thoroughly enjoyed it! It was definitely a tear jerker though!
We bought the Jeep wrangler unlimited. I drove it to home depotty today to try to buy a special drill bit (Torx head #40)to get the hard top off, but they didn't have it. Anyway, I took off the two front hard tops over the driver's and front passenger side very easily. I have to say that it is so fun to dive! I just smiled the whole way to the home depot and the wind whipped around in my hair! I love that car!! I put the hard tops back on myself too!!! Don's first car was a jeep cj, so I said I guess we will have to get a VW bug now, since that was my first car!
I am already planning a 4 wheel driving trip somewhere. Some of the state parks here have places that you can take 4-wheel drive vehicles. They have camp sites and that would be such fun! Anyway, I don't think that I will be sorry that we got this car! I really really like it! My neighbor wants to do a girls road trip! That might be good fun!
We went on Friday to Santa Monica and the hump. The hump was ok. I ate shrimp tartaRE. iT TASTED LIKE BUTTER. the SHRIMP HEADS WERE BETTER. Pinkberry was GREAT. I think I'll skip the "best" from guidebooks from now on. And we were the only celebrities there! It took us like 2 and a half hours to get home on Friday night! We drove on Mullhound Highway through the canyon. It was pretty cool. The scenery here is just gorgeous!
Off to the library, old car fix and due bill from the new car tomorrow! Due bill = cool cool tires!!!
Finished reading Marley and Me today. Every dog lover should read that book. I thoroughly enjoyed it! It was definitely a tear jerker though!
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Beach baby ...
Well, how very fitting that on the first day of summer we .... HIT THE BEACH!!!
We headed right out after Max's swimming lesson. He did great. He swam like a champ and jumped off of the low dive on the very first try! We ran into his friend from Pre-k too! Our town is getting smaller and smaller, seems like we know someone almost everywhere we go now!
The beach was great. We went with the neighborhood gals and their boys. The boys (7 under 8 years old) and Maddie had a great time boogie boarding, racing waves and building sandcastles. The only problem was that all three of us got the big bad sunburns! I kept on putting sun screen on Max, but he really got burned anyway!!! I am going to check out the consumer reports on sun screen to find out which one was the best before our next trip out there. There were like four different families there that we know! It was cool and fun. They go once a week all summer!!!!
Tomorrow, we are off to Santa Monica for possibly what one guidebook calls the best sushi in LA! The restaurant is called the hump, I guess it is a vague reference to the Himalayas? It is supposed to be a good celeb sighting spot too! So who knows? We hope that we can get into the restaurant, if not there is a huge pan Asian restaurant underneath and they serve crickets!! We may head there instead. Our plan is to try to hit the LA farmers market and maybe the grove after lunch with Don. I'm gonna pack the cooler and some ice blocks so that whatever fresh goodies we find we can keep cool!!! Oh I heard a good joke today ... if you live in TO and you are afraid to drive to Los Angeles then you have Agouraphobia ... You are afraid to go past agoura hills!!!!
Looks like dear hubby is going to join us in Ohio for a few days toward the end of our trip!!!! He requested the days off and now I just have to get him a ticket!!! Yeahh!!!
We'll that is it for now!!! I love summertime!!!! Hugs, SoCal Trixie
We headed right out after Max's swimming lesson. He did great. He swam like a champ and jumped off of the low dive on the very first try! We ran into his friend from Pre-k too! Our town is getting smaller and smaller, seems like we know someone almost everywhere we go now!
The beach was great. We went with the neighborhood gals and their boys. The boys (7 under 8 years old) and Maddie had a great time boogie boarding, racing waves and building sandcastles. The only problem was that all three of us got the big bad sunburns! I kept on putting sun screen on Max, but he really got burned anyway!!! I am going to check out the consumer reports on sun screen to find out which one was the best before our next trip out there. There were like four different families there that we know! It was cool and fun. They go once a week all summer!!!!
Tomorrow, we are off to Santa Monica for possibly what one guidebook calls the best sushi in LA! The restaurant is called the hump, I guess it is a vague reference to the Himalayas? It is supposed to be a good celeb sighting spot too! So who knows? We hope that we can get into the restaurant, if not there is a huge pan Asian restaurant underneath and they serve crickets!! We may head there instead. Our plan is to try to hit the LA farmers market and maybe the grove after lunch with Don. I'm gonna pack the cooler and some ice blocks so that whatever fresh goodies we find we can keep cool!!! Oh I heard a good joke today ... if you live in TO and you are afraid to drive to Los Angeles then you have Agouraphobia ... You are afraid to go past agoura hills!!!!
Looks like dear hubby is going to join us in Ohio for a few days toward the end of our trip!!!! He requested the days off and now I just have to get him a ticket!!! Yeahh!!!
We'll that is it for now!!! I love summertime!!!! Hugs, SoCal Trixie
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Day two summer vacation ....
We survived Maddie's graduation/promotion. It was a very nice ceremony. She will be off to ninth grade next year!
We also survived father's day. Don got a nintendo wii. So wii play!!! It is big fun.
I survived the first day of summer with both kids home. No big fights! Maddie picked out a paint color for her room, so that project will be starting soon. Max's swim lessons were post-poned. I guess the pool pump blew out at the high school! OOPS! He should start tomorrow, if it is fixed. Max and I are headed to the library sometime today. We'll probably hit home depot for paint and I need to go to the grocery store. So that would be pretty much a full day. Oh, also need to do some laundry!
Have some potential jobs in the hopper. Just need to get the resume all polished up!
Have been exercising some the past few days. Am feeling good!
Posted some pics on the website ... Sent it off to dear friends and family and heard from some people I hadn't heard from for awhile! That was very nice!
Well, I need to shower! Still have community pool water in my hair. A huge dog almost went swimmiing with us yesterday! I guess that is why it is called a community pool! Searching for a decent hat now to keep my new hair color stronger!
May head to Santa Monica for lunch Friday. Looking for something to do after, may hit the farmer's market and the grove!
Toodles for now, shower is calling! so cal, trixie
We also survived father's day. Don got a nintendo wii. So wii play!!! It is big fun.
I survived the first day of summer with both kids home. No big fights! Maddie picked out a paint color for her room, so that project will be starting soon. Max's swim lessons were post-poned. I guess the pool pump blew out at the high school! OOPS! He should start tomorrow, if it is fixed. Max and I are headed to the library sometime today. We'll probably hit home depot for paint and I need to go to the grocery store. So that would be pretty much a full day. Oh, also need to do some laundry!
Have some potential jobs in the hopper. Just need to get the resume all polished up!
Have been exercising some the past few days. Am feeling good!
Posted some pics on the website ... Sent it off to dear friends and family and heard from some people I hadn't heard from for awhile! That was very nice!
Well, I need to shower! Still have community pool water in my hair. A huge dog almost went swimmiing with us yesterday! I guess that is why it is called a community pool! Searching for a decent hat now to keep my new hair color stronger!
May head to Santa Monica for lunch Friday. Looking for something to do after, may hit the farmer's market and the grove!
Toodles for now, shower is calling! so cal, trixie
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Flag Day
Today is flag day, so Max and I hung up our old glory on the house this morning! The wind was blowing it and it looked great, but now, I just noticed that it is all stuck on the beam. I'll hafta fix that!
I have a hair appointment for cut and color on Saturday ... thinking that the posh do may be a go.
Maddie is at Magic Mountain today. I was reviewing with her the emergency procedures etc. that she needs to take into account and she was so annoyed with me. She was huffing and moaning the whole ride to school. Then she says ...
"you are really stressed out about this, huh?"
I answered "No, if I was really stressed out, you wouldn't be going."
Last night, she came up with the brilliant idea of leaving her extra supplies here! I really think that that girl just doesn't think sometimes. If she had some problem and didn't have stuff with her, I'd have to drive out to flippin' Lancaster, CA ... That is like an hour away. I kiboshed the idea of not taking the supplies! GEEZ!
Anyway, I think that she will have a good time and I am surprisingly calm about the whole thing. She should be calling to check in soon. Poor kids, it is supposed to be like 100 degrees in the desert today!
Tomorrow is her Eighth grade promotion. It should be fun. They sent home a note that said (along with other items,) "please be patient in the parking lot." I guess that is a nice way of saying don't get into an altercation with other parents who have the so cal attitude of I own the world while parking. This especially true in the middle school parking lot. Apparently, some driver's children are more important than others and they can cut the line to drop off Biff and Buff in the Hummer. Of course, the subtly of the patient parking message will be lost on those who believe that they own the world. Mostly everyone is very nice, so I should not judge. I'll let you know how I feel about the whole parking lot issue tomorrow. Another little message, be courteous to others when arriving and taking pictures during the ceremony. I guess this means don't try to save the whole frickin" first row and stand up while the ceremony is going on. I feel sorry that today's fine educators feel that it is necessary to instruct parents how to act in parking lots and graduation ceremonies!!!
Strange thing happened yesterday, M, M and I decided that we would go to Wal-mart in Oxnard and while we were there they called a code Adam. Code Adam is a store wide alarm for a missing child. All associates must stop working to look for the child. Now, I had left my beautiful teen aged daughter trying on clothes in the dressing room to take boyo to the bathroom when they started calling this code Adam. So that left me a little unsettled, thinking that there was a child abductor in the store and I did not have both of my children with me! Anyway, we all met up a few minutes later and more happy endings are in order, because the code adam was cancelled and child found safe and sound. But, after that the walmart trip just got worse and worse. I think I was just unsettled and uneasy, but we did get some stuff, but I think that I'll avoid that walmart and stick to Simi valley, even though you have to drive on the huge 118/23 connector to get there ! Even Maddie said, did we like Walmart in florida, cuz I don't like this one.
This is the simi overpass after Northridge! Ahh, California ... you gotta love it!
Father's day is coming up this weekend. Don has off on Friday so that should be fun!
I LOVE LA just came on the itunes!
Hate New York City
It's cold and it's damp
And all the people dressed like monkeys
Let's leave Chicago to the Eskimos
That town's a little bit too rugged
For you and me you bad girl
Rollin' down the Imperial Highway
With a big nasty redhead at my side
Santa Ana winds blowin' hot from the north
And we as born to ride
Roll down the window put down the top
Crank up the Beach Boys baby
Don't let the music stop
We're gonna ride it till we just can't ride it no more
From the South Bay to the Valley
>From the West Side to the East Side
Everybody's very happy
'Cause the sun is shining all the time
Looks like another perfect day
I love L.A. (We love it)
I love L.A. (We love it)
Look at that mountain
Look at those trees
Look at that bum over there, man
He's down on his knees
Look at these women
There ain't nothin' like 'em nowhere
Century Boulevard (We love it)
Victory Boulevard (We love it)
Santa Monica Boulevard (We love it)
Sixth Street (We love it, we love it)
I love L.A.
I love L.A.
(We love it)
Hope that we can see some cool LA sites this summer!!!!!! Anyway, gotta go check on boy-o and get some lunch!
Toodles, hugs to ya'all!
I have a hair appointment for cut and color on Saturday ... thinking that the posh do may be a go.
Maddie is at Magic Mountain today. I was reviewing with her the emergency procedures etc. that she needs to take into account and she was so annoyed with me. She was huffing and moaning the whole ride to school. Then she says ...
"you are really stressed out about this, huh?"
I answered "No, if I was really stressed out, you wouldn't be going."
Last night, she came up with the brilliant idea of leaving her extra supplies here! I really think that that girl just doesn't think sometimes. If she had some problem and didn't have stuff with her, I'd have to drive out to flippin' Lancaster, CA ... That is like an hour away. I kiboshed the idea of not taking the supplies! GEEZ!
Anyway, I think that she will have a good time and I am surprisingly calm about the whole thing. She should be calling to check in soon. Poor kids, it is supposed to be like 100 degrees in the desert today!
Tomorrow is her Eighth grade promotion. It should be fun. They sent home a note that said (along with other items,) "please be patient in the parking lot." I guess that is a nice way of saying don't get into an altercation with other parents who have the so cal attitude of I own the world while parking. This especially true in the middle school parking lot. Apparently, some driver's children are more important than others and they can cut the line to drop off Biff and Buff in the Hummer. Of course, the subtly of the patient parking message will be lost on those who believe that they own the world. Mostly everyone is very nice, so I should not judge. I'll let you know how I feel about the whole parking lot issue tomorrow. Another little message, be courteous to others when arriving and taking pictures during the ceremony. I guess this means don't try to save the whole frickin" first row and stand up while the ceremony is going on. I feel sorry that today's fine educators feel that it is necessary to instruct parents how to act in parking lots and graduation ceremonies!!!
Strange thing happened yesterday, M, M and I decided that we would go to Wal-mart in Oxnard and while we were there they called a code Adam. Code Adam is a store wide alarm for a missing child. All associates must stop working to look for the child. Now, I had left my beautiful teen aged daughter trying on clothes in the dressing room to take boyo to the bathroom when they started calling this code Adam. So that left me a little unsettled, thinking that there was a child abductor in the store and I did not have both of my children with me! Anyway, we all met up a few minutes later and more happy endings are in order, because the code adam was cancelled and child found safe and sound. But, after that the walmart trip just got worse and worse. I think I was just unsettled and uneasy, but we did get some stuff, but I think that I'll avoid that walmart and stick to Simi valley, even though you have to drive on the huge 118/23 connector to get there ! Even Maddie said, did we like Walmart in florida, cuz I don't like this one.
This is the simi overpass after Northridge! Ahh, California ... you gotta love it!
Father's day is coming up this weekend. Don has off on Friday so that should be fun!
I LOVE LA just came on the itunes!
Hate New York City
It's cold and it's damp
And all the people dressed like monkeys
Let's leave Chicago to the Eskimos
That town's a little bit too rugged
For you and me you bad girl
Rollin' down the Imperial Highway
With a big nasty redhead at my side
Santa Ana winds blowin' hot from the north
And we as born to ride
Roll down the window put down the top
Crank up the Beach Boys baby
Don't let the music stop
We're gonna ride it till we just can't ride it no more
From the South Bay to the Valley
>From the West Side to the East Side
Everybody's very happy
'Cause the sun is shining all the time
Looks like another perfect day
I love L.A. (We love it)
I love L.A. (We love it)
Look at that mountain
Look at those trees
Look at that bum over there, man
He's down on his knees
Look at these women
There ain't nothin' like 'em nowhere
Century Boulevard (We love it)
Victory Boulevard (We love it)
Santa Monica Boulevard (We love it)
Sixth Street (We love it, we love it)
I love L.A.
I love L.A.
(We love it)
Hope that we can see some cool LA sites this summer!!!!!! Anyway, gotta go check on boy-o and get some lunch!
Toodles, hugs to ya'all!
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Random thoughts on ...
LIFE?
Nah ... way too serious ...
the kids are playing together and laughing as a write. Is there not a sweeter sound than two siblings actually getting along? Ok, well, that was short lived ... apparently the rough housing fun turned into an elbow to the eye, but all is ok now. Mr. Bump and watching the rugrats solves it all. 8-)
Went to a few stores today ... found a lovely wine store in To today. Bought one 2 brothers Big tattoo red.
Red Red WIne
Part of the proceeds from the sales goes to various charities and these two wine drinking and tattoing brothers are honoring their mother's memory by selling wine! I hope my kids team up to do something nice like that when I am GONE!!! OOps, that would be some random thoughts on life, right?
Max and I went to the pool this afternoon. Met up with some friends there ... yes, I actually am starting to have friends in California ... Amazing. We had a good time. He does not want to share his new boogie board, but will eventually learn that if you do not want to share then ... don't bring it to the community pool! Gosh, we never had that problem in Florida ! But we rarely met up with friends at the pool either!
I am toying with the thought of getting a bob again. Something along the POsh spice aka Victoria Beckham style. Check out the photo below ....
Max found out about the Father's day surprise today. Unfortunately, I needed to take him with me to one of the stores to purchase for the surprise. I really hope that he can keep his big mouth shut.
My neighbor/friend down the street is waging revenge on her across the street neighbors. Last friday, she came by to chat and was really worked up about the situation that she has going on across the street. Rightly so, worked up, but, when she started talkin' about the feud .... I just about puked!! I was so thrown back into the troubles that I had in the old house that I was up in a bad head space all day!!! Hopefully, the troubles will calm way down soon. The camera system she is installjgn may do the trick or NOT?
I am thinking about trying out the church I see coming off the freeway. They have a sign out for VBS and I need some faith. It is so close but, it certainly is not the frozen choosen!! Max continues to pray every evening. Thanks to Miss Dawn and Miss Connie every prayer begins Dear God ... thank you for this beautiful day ... eventually it turns into a discussion of what toy is currently the coolest ...
Not much else going on, the news is filled with the paris Hilton debacle here. She is really a piece of work. They said it is costing tax payers nearly $1200 a day to keep her in prison! CRAZY. I guess our girl found God now too! I hope that she will find a better purpose than running her luxury car into the curb on the way to in and out burger!
Whatta you think posh bob or no? Let me know loyal fans .. a girls gotta have a short haircut if she has a convertible right?
Hugs and kisses ... much love to my world
Nah ... way too serious ...
the kids are playing together and laughing as a write. Is there not a sweeter sound than two siblings actually getting along? Ok, well, that was short lived ... apparently the rough housing fun turned into an elbow to the eye, but all is ok now. Mr. Bump and watching the rugrats solves it all. 8-)
Went to a few stores today ... found a lovely wine store in To today. Bought one 2 brothers Big tattoo red.
Red Red WIne
Part of the proceeds from the sales goes to various charities and these two wine drinking and tattoing brothers are honoring their mother's memory by selling wine! I hope my kids team up to do something nice like that when I am GONE!!! OOps, that would be some random thoughts on life, right?
Max and I went to the pool this afternoon. Met up with some friends there ... yes, I actually am starting to have friends in California ... Amazing. We had a good time. He does not want to share his new boogie board, but will eventually learn that if you do not want to share then ... don't bring it to the community pool! Gosh, we never had that problem in Florida ! But we rarely met up with friends at the pool either!
I am toying with the thought of getting a bob again. Something along the POsh spice aka Victoria Beckham style. Check out the photo below ....
Max found out about the Father's day surprise today. Unfortunately, I needed to take him with me to one of the stores to purchase for the surprise. I really hope that he can keep his big mouth shut.
My neighbor/friend down the street is waging revenge on her across the street neighbors. Last friday, she came by to chat and was really worked up about the situation that she has going on across the street. Rightly so, worked up, but, when she started talkin' about the feud .... I just about puked!! I was so thrown back into the troubles that I had in the old house that I was up in a bad head space all day!!! Hopefully, the troubles will calm way down soon. The camera system she is installjgn may do the trick or NOT?
I am thinking about trying out the church I see coming off the freeway. They have a sign out for VBS and I need some faith. It is so close but, it certainly is not the frozen choosen!! Max continues to pray every evening. Thanks to Miss Dawn and Miss Connie every prayer begins Dear God ... thank you for this beautiful day ... eventually it turns into a discussion of what toy is currently the coolest ...
Not much else going on, the news is filled with the paris Hilton debacle here. She is really a piece of work. They said it is costing tax payers nearly $1200 a day to keep her in prison! CRAZY. I guess our girl found God now too! I hope that she will find a better purpose than running her luxury car into the curb on the way to in and out burger!
Whatta you think posh bob or no? Let me know loyal fans .. a girls gotta have a short haircut if she has a convertible right?
Hugs and kisses ... much love to my world
Monday, June 11, 2007
We want to buy a jeep ?
Jeep Wrangler unlimited
Well, we finally tried out the Jeep wrangler over the weekend. It was fun to drive. It has four doors and it seems to be a convertible. We are wanting to buy it I think. I would like to wait until the fall, but we will see. Of course, in the event of an earthquake or other catastrophic event, we could drive on all sorts of terrain to get the heck outta so cal!! Course, with the gas mileage the thing gets, we may not make it very far.
Not much going on here. Max had another day without school. He ssems to be settling into a little routine. Eat breakfast watch tv, play video games, play with Mom. Eat lunch, play outside. We played a guessing game for a long time while I folded the laundry. I gave clues and he had to draw the picture of what I was giving him clues about. Then he had to write the name of the thing in the picture. I would spell it out for him. I now have some cute pictures of 2 cats, flower, dog, Mom, Max. It was fun and he seemed to like it too. The last clue was rocket and he decided that he would draw the people who went in the rocket and then started to come up with who was good and bad. Then he said he could make it a rocket blaster video game. Maybe we have a future video game designer on our hands?
Maddie is good. Only a few more days of school. She has a field trip today. One on thursday too. 8th grade promotion on Friday! Summer plans are falling into place ... volleyball, swimming, free movies, trips to exotic Ohio. Eye appointments, dr's appointments, dentist appointments!!! She took her brother to the playground to play this afternoon. What a good kid she is! 8-)
I worked out to a FitTv excerise show today and have tivoed some others. So maybe after last nights giantic meal at Cheesecake factory I can lose some pounds before beach days! I had lost 15 pounds a year ago and guess what. I gained it all right back!!! Oh well, you know what they say about fat and happy ... Although, my bmi is right inside the normal range!!!
Well Don is crunching and won't be home for dinner so the kids and I have to find something. Best go look right now!
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Wednesday
Max is jumping like a crab does! He is doing some strange crab walk/jumping thing. I can't beleive that he still has all that energy.
All is good here. Went to Maddie's school again today. The magic mountain trip has three buses now! I get to go back again tomorrow to help sell tickets again. Maddie and most of her friends came by to say hi today.
Max had his pre school graduation today. It was very cute. He said a line and he wants to be king when he grows up. Maybe Don will upload the graduation video to you tube?
I am trying to convince Maddie to put the taydie show (Maddie's film fest video) on but she will not.
Well, summer is almost here. Max is done with school. We may hit the mall show tomorrow or transplant our radishes in the garden. Not much going on. We realized that this is the only time that Maddie and Max will have graduation at the same time... wierd ...
Nothing else is going on ... ta ta for now ... hugs to ys so cal trixie
All is good here. Went to Maddie's school again today. The magic mountain trip has three buses now! I get to go back again tomorrow to help sell tickets again. Maddie and most of her friends came by to say hi today.
Max had his pre school graduation today. It was very cute. He said a line and he wants to be king when he grows up. Maybe Don will upload the graduation video to you tube?
I am trying to convince Maddie to put the taydie show (Maddie's film fest video) on but she will not.
Well, summer is almost here. Max is done with school. We may hit the mall show tomorrow or transplant our radishes in the garden. Not much going on. We realized that this is the only time that Maddie and Max will have graduation at the same time... wierd ...
Nothing else is going on ... ta ta for now ... hugs to ys so cal trixie
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Weekend Fun
Wow ... what a busy weekend. Saturday was Max's last soccer game and pizza party. It was fun. Then on the way home we stopped off at the To artwalk and looked at some funky art. We found a ceramic fountain that we kinda liked but decided it was too small for the atrium. We came home an Maddie and I headed out to target and the grocery store. I got watermelon and cupcake mix for Max's grdauation bbq. That was today. It was fun they had a mega jumper there and the kids had a great time.
Next week will be super busy too! Oh well, here are some pictures from the weekend ...
Toodles luv, So cal trixie
Next week will be super busy too! Oh well, here are some pictures from the weekend ...
Toodles luv, So cal trixie
Friday, June 01, 2007
Busy days near end of school year!!!
Well, yesterday was a busy day. We finished off the plant boxes. Rescued my neighbors dog who escaped from their fence and went to the Film fest. I was running early (amazing!), so I thought that I would stop by my local grocery store to pick up a few of my Rx's. Well, that was a big mistake. I should know that picking up prescriptions is never a quick job, but I had half an hour and thought that I should have plenty of time! OOPs, poor Max and I stood in line for quite a while and it was 1:25 when we left the local neighborhood store (which I am currently boy-cotting b/c their prices are way too high!) Anyway, we arrived at Sequoia MS at 1:35, already late and needed to sign in at the office before the film fest. We were rushing through the parking lot and splat ... Poor Max really hit the pavement! Everything went in slow motion for a moment and I hoped that it would be one of those miraculous falls where nothing is hurt and you can't understand why? But as he stood up I saw the blood gushing from his knee. So I got him to stop crying (don't ask me how?) and ushered him into the office. Luckily, they have a clinic (which they call Health Office here?) and he got all bandaged up. While we were there of course, the cell phone rings .... "Mom where are you? are you coming? " So I explained to Maddie what had happened that we were actually at the school, but only in the health office/clinic getting bandaged. So Maddie told everyone at the film fest what had happened. Meanwhile, poor Max is sure that he can not bend his knees and what I thought was one knee injury turned into two knees and an elbow all scraped up. We arrive at the film fest and everyone says "OOOH" to Max. Then Maddie's teacher, (who she believes is not so very nice), gave Max two sponge bob band-aids and a stuffed Ewok to hold onto. Max proceeded to throw the Ewok on the floor! But "princess" teacher (the teacher's self given moniker!) took it all in stride and played right off of Max. Comedy ensued and there was much giggling by all! Unfortunatley, the trauma of falling and all the attention from like 20 grown ups and 11 almost grown ups, left him feeling a little upset. But, being the big trooper, brave boy that he is, his little eyes only welled up and he did not cry. He asked me afterwards why everyone was laughing at him? Poor guy! We ate some snacks ... the lofthouse sugar cookies do wonders for a young man's mood and then we watched the movies. They were very good. Max sat next to me very quietly with hands folded neatly in lap and laughed at the movies. The taydie show (Maddie's movie) was his favorite! The girls did a good job and got it done by the deadline! Then, Princess teacher took out the new yearbooks that Maddie and her classmates have been working on all year! But, they could not keep them, so when the bell rang, back in the box they went. Anyway, the yearbook looked GREAT! I am interested in seeing it up close soon!
After our adventures at Sequoia MS, I took Max to soccer practice and to play at the playground. He was fine despite his injuries, until he decided to take off one of the band-aids! Then he felt injured all over AGAIN and decided he could not practice, but managed to play a little bit at the playground when practice was over. Apparently one of Max's teammates has a crush on him. He was playing chase with her and when she came over to get a drink, I asked her "Is Max giving you a hard time?" She said "Max is giving me a HEART ATTACK!". She had a huge grin on her face! She even blew off her best friend to chase after Max! The best friend was not too sure about the whole sitch, but decided she would join the chase game, so Max ended up with two beautiful young 4 year old's chasing after him! He is becoming quite the ladies man, when his knee was hurt during practice, he decided he would keep the coach's daughter company, while she did her soccer practice grass picking! He even ditched ME to go sit with her! I think having an older sister must give him some great insight on young women!
I wrenched my back trying to put him on the little kid's sized zip line! Ouch, I still feel a little stiff today!
Almost overslept this morning to delivery Maddie to school. At 7:00 am I rolled over to snooze a little more. Don turned off the alarma and at 8:20 I heard the garage door open and looked over him to see the clock. Opps! Both he and I wonder if Maddie was gonna knock on our door, or if she would just plant herself in front of the tv and be late to school. I was still so half asleep that I could barely see from the sleepers in my eyes. I was really glad that she didn't have to wake us up , b?c i would have heard about it everytime that I have to wake her up. "Mom, remember that time ...." Anyway, thank goodness for small miracles, cuz I just happened to wake up. It will be nice to sleep in when school is over. Bet, my sil will take to calling at 8 am again! 8-)
Maddie and her pals went to the mall this evening. Max and I stopped in and had some Mickey D's. He played in the mall play place and wouldcha know it as soon as he went into the play area, splat right down on the ground again. I am strting to think it may be his new shoes are too big! Luckily, it is soft and carpeted, he lost one of his band-aids though. He played for a while and then we came home.
Last soccer game tomorrow. I'll be sad to see it end, we have had a fun season.
Not much else, played phone tag with Rainey for alittle while today. Hope that she and Grandpap are hanging in during their ordeal. Picked up some see's candies to send to Grandpap, hope that will brighten his day! Anyway can't believe that it is hotter in Pittsburgh than here. It was actually cold when I picked up Max from school.
That's it for me today. Oh, Max's teachers liked their flower boxes and Max explained to them all about dusty miller, how it just looks dusty but won't really get you dirty! It turned out to be a really cute teacher gift and I saw quite a few parent's looking at me like "gee, I wish I thought of that!" It felt really good to do something nice too!
That is it .. I really mean it this time! Toodles and tata for now! Hugs, kisses, kisses, hugs, SO cal trixie
After our adventures at Sequoia MS, I took Max to soccer practice and to play at the playground. He was fine despite his injuries, until he decided to take off one of the band-aids! Then he felt injured all over AGAIN and decided he could not practice, but managed to play a little bit at the playground when practice was over. Apparently one of Max's teammates has a crush on him. He was playing chase with her and when she came over to get a drink, I asked her "Is Max giving you a hard time?" She said "Max is giving me a HEART ATTACK!". She had a huge grin on her face! She even blew off her best friend to chase after Max! The best friend was not too sure about the whole sitch, but decided she would join the chase game, so Max ended up with two beautiful young 4 year old's chasing after him! He is becoming quite the ladies man, when his knee was hurt during practice, he decided he would keep the coach's daughter company, while she did her soccer practice grass picking! He even ditched ME to go sit with her! I think having an older sister must give him some great insight on young women!
I wrenched my back trying to put him on the little kid's sized zip line! Ouch, I still feel a little stiff today!
Almost overslept this morning to delivery Maddie to school. At 7:00 am I rolled over to snooze a little more. Don turned off the alarma and at 8:20 I heard the garage door open and looked over him to see the clock. Opps! Both he and I wonder if Maddie was gonna knock on our door, or if she would just plant herself in front of the tv and be late to school. I was still so half asleep that I could barely see from the sleepers in my eyes. I was really glad that she didn't have to wake us up , b?c i would have heard about it everytime that I have to wake her up. "Mom, remember that time ...." Anyway, thank goodness for small miracles, cuz I just happened to wake up. It will be nice to sleep in when school is over. Bet, my sil will take to calling at 8 am again! 8-)
Maddie and her pals went to the mall this evening. Max and I stopped in and had some Mickey D's. He played in the mall play place and wouldcha know it as soon as he went into the play area, splat right down on the ground again. I am strting to think it may be his new shoes are too big! Luckily, it is soft and carpeted, he lost one of his band-aids though. He played for a while and then we came home.
Last soccer game tomorrow. I'll be sad to see it end, we have had a fun season.
Not much else, played phone tag with Rainey for alittle while today. Hope that she and Grandpap are hanging in during their ordeal. Picked up some see's candies to send to Grandpap, hope that will brighten his day! Anyway can't believe that it is hotter in Pittsburgh than here. It was actually cold when I picked up Max from school.
That's it for me today. Oh, Max's teachers liked their flower boxes and Max explained to them all about dusty miller, how it just looks dusty but won't really get you dirty! It turned out to be a really cute teacher gift and I saw quite a few parent's looking at me like "gee, I wish I thought of that!" It felt really good to do something nice too!
That is it .. I really mean it this time! Toodles and tata for now! Hugs, kisses, kisses, hugs, SO cal trixie
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Wednesday Wednesday ....
Not much going on here ...
Max had school today and he was glad. He wore the mohawk today. He likes it! It loosk really cute on him. We are making plant boxes for his Pre-K teachers and we stamped paint on them today. I think that we'll plant the flowers tomorrow and we can deliver them on Friday. He stamped "Thank you for helping me grow!" I was going to buy herbs for the boxes, but he decided he wanted flowers instead, so he picked out some pretty ones. I think it will turn out cute and I think they will like them! He only has Friday, Monday and next Wednesday left of school and then it is summer for him!!!
Tomorrow is the film fest for Maddie's Journalism class. Max and I will attend. I think it should be fun. Maddie is making seven layer dip for a snack! FUN! I hope that Max will behave.
What else, not much .... chatted it up with my cool neighbor for awhile this afternoon. Not much else, gonna watch "so you think you can dance tonight"
Gotta put the laundry away. All seems very good ... Hugs and kisses, So Cal Trixie
Max had school today and he was glad. He wore the mohawk today. He likes it! It loosk really cute on him. We are making plant boxes for his Pre-K teachers and we stamped paint on them today. I think that we'll plant the flowers tomorrow and we can deliver them on Friday. He stamped "Thank you for helping me grow!" I was going to buy herbs for the boxes, but he decided he wanted flowers instead, so he picked out some pretty ones. I think it will turn out cute and I think they will like them! He only has Friday, Monday and next Wednesday left of school and then it is summer for him!!!
Tomorrow is the film fest for Maddie's Journalism class. Max and I will attend. I think it should be fun. Maddie is making seven layer dip for a snack! FUN! I hope that Max will behave.
What else, not much .... chatted it up with my cool neighbor for awhile this afternoon. Not much else, gonna watch "so you think you can dance tonight"
Gotta put the laundry away. All seems very good ... Hugs and kisses, So Cal Trixie
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
A few days away ....
Haven't blogged for a few ...
Here's what's up ...
Today is all about dinners and food for the week. Sold a bunch of stuff on Ebay! Got it all shipped out easily. Need to start round two of ebay sales on Friday while Max is at school, so that means that tomorrow is .... CLEAN THE WHOLE HOUSE DAY!!!
So here are our meals for the week and links to any needed recipes ...
Meal 1 -
Black beans and rice. I wanted plantains for tostones but apparently they don't sell them at Vons/Safeway.
Meal 2 -
Pirogis, kielbasa and canned greened beans! Pirogis have jalepenios in them so I am sure that the kids will hate them. Kielbasa is bogo this week at Vons! BONUS!
Meal 3 -
Salmon and shrimp
Grilled Veggies
Missed a carb on this meal, guess that it is atkins now!
Meal 4 - BBQ ground turkey burgers, buns, slaw
Meal 5 - Steak Fajita salad with tortilla chips (We're eatin this tonight!)
And Finally for Memorial Day - Peanut Satay,
Coucous and Salad
Sweet and salty pretzel brownies (recipe card from June 1st Woman's day mag.)
So there are some meal ideas for ya!
Here are some snippets from So Cal trixie's ipod ...
Stand by Rascal Flatts
God of Wonders by Cliff Young, Danielle Young and Mac Powell
Somebody's Hero by Jamie O'neal
Californication by the red hot chili peppers
Sunshine and Summertime by Faith Hill
Small town girl by Kelli Pickler
Have a distinctive country flavor right now ..
Anyway that is it for now must run to make dinner! Very hungry!
Hugs, Toodles So cal trixie
Here's what's up ...
Today is all about dinners and food for the week. Sold a bunch of stuff on Ebay! Got it all shipped out easily. Need to start round two of ebay sales on Friday while Max is at school, so that means that tomorrow is .... CLEAN THE WHOLE HOUSE DAY!!!
So here are our meals for the week and links to any needed recipes ...
Meal 1 -
Black beans and rice. I wanted plantains for tostones but apparently they don't sell them at Vons/Safeway.
Meal 2 -
Pirogis, kielbasa and canned greened beans! Pirogis have jalepenios in them so I am sure that the kids will hate them. Kielbasa is bogo this week at Vons! BONUS!
Meal 3 -
Salmon and shrimp
Grilled Veggies
Missed a carb on this meal, guess that it is atkins now!
Meal 4 - BBQ ground turkey burgers, buns, slaw
Meal 5 - Steak Fajita salad with tortilla chips (We're eatin this tonight!)
And Finally for Memorial Day - Peanut Satay,
Coucous and Salad
Sweet and salty pretzel brownies (recipe card from June 1st Woman's day mag.)
So there are some meal ideas for ya!
Here are some snippets from So Cal trixie's ipod ...
Stand by Rascal Flatts
God of Wonders by Cliff Young, Danielle Young and Mac Powell
Somebody's Hero by Jamie O'neal
Californication by the red hot chili peppers
Sunshine and Summertime by Faith Hill
Small town girl by Kelli Pickler
Have a distinctive country flavor right now ..
Anyway that is it for now must run to make dinner! Very hungry!
Hugs, Toodles So cal trixie
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Sunday, Sunday ...
Privet ...
Not too much going on today. Yesterday was an exciting day though. Max had soccer. We videotaped him and used the tape for training purposes. His Dad and I kept saying "why are you so far away from the ball?" and Max said "I'll let my friends have the ball." He is such a nice boy. We came home and had lunch and then Don and I headed out for a marathon shopping session at the Camarillo premium outlets. Mr. B did really well. He really needed clothes. I got a few things too. I found my slip-on tennies that I had been wanting. A couple of nice Izod sweaters and some Polo pants. Being the well schooled Grandma Clarice shopper that I am , I printed out my free VIP coupons before our adventure and we saved a bunch! Don hates shopping, but after 5 hours, I think we found him some stuff to last quite a while! Maddie and Max hung out together the whole time and skipped out on the shopping fun!
We are just doing little house chores today. I still need to plant my marigolds form the other day, but I am waiting for the "May Gray" to go away. So far it is just cloudy and the sun is MIA. It really looks like it should rain, but it hasn't. Made some heart healthy potato salad for our hamburgers tonight. Hope it tastes good. What else, not much. All is good and for that I am thankful!
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Day 2 - May Gray
Back again!!!
Today is gloomy again ... apparently, in southern california there is May gray and June Gloom.
Today is May Gray.
I guess the marine layer comes into the valleys and hangs around until afternoon, then the sun finally burns it away. At night it is still quite cool, I think it was down in the 50s again and we all woke up chilly this morning. The weather will turn out nice in the afternoon. It stays cool and not humid at all. If you are standing in the shade and the wind is blowing breezy, sometimes it feels a little chilly even.
Yesterday turned out well, teen tude stayed away! 8-)
I took Muddie, Sushi Princeess, and her friend to lunch after I dropped Mox at preschool. We had a nice time. They were both socialable and we had a nice talk about Mudd's testing and high school sports. Mudd's friend, S., will do cross country and track at NPHS. S. has competed in Junior Olympics on the national level. Mudd is still thinking about trying to do a different sport each season. I am really trying to convince her to stick to swimming and join the Conejo Simi aquatics team. She says no. She would rather try to catch up with everyone who is expereinced in two sports she has never even played before. Oh well, we will see what happens. Volleyball is one of the sports that she is considering, so I tried to get her to join a summer league at the teen center to get some practice, but she says no. She doesn't want to be on a team at the teen center this summer. And yet she wants to try out for the high school team? I am thinking that there a a flaw in her thinking about this one, but I'll let her make her own decisions. Especially since, I would have to drive her to the games and practices if she joined the teen center team.
Mox had school yesterday. He had a good day. We hung out with some other Moms at the playground for 45 minutes after school. Then we came home and the kids played outside in the driveway while I cooked dinner. Mox is trying to learn how to skateboard. He's played the Tony Hawk's skateboard videogame. Being an observant lad, he told his Dad "Those skaters in the videogame are really bad! They don't wear a helmet and they get lots of blood. That is so bad!" He looks really cute with all the pads and helmet and all. I'll try to post a pic of him soon. Needless to say, by the time bedtime rolled around, he had the red sleepy rims on his eyes. But he did not fall asleep before his Dad got to read the stories. They have such fun being silly at bedtime!
I have a little laundry on the agenda today, a trip to the pharmacy and maybe some gardening. Dear hubby has helped me to see the potential of marigolds (I used to hate them.) So Mox and I may plant some in the back. Then we could see them from the kitchen window. I would also like to pick up some more gerbera daisies for the front. Why is it that when you follow the planting instructions on the pots they never fill in? You know space 20 feet apart etc. etc. Really .. if you plant the stuff so far apart, then it looks really raggedy.
Anyway, we'll see how much we get done! Well, must go ... toodles, trix.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Long time no BLOG
Hello Trixie fans...
Well I have not blogged on here for a while, so first off ... sorry.
I am happy to report that ...we are unpacked and settled in nicely ! Still a few hings to do, but for the most part all is now settled in the Cali home.
Only 4 WEEKS more of school ...
The end of the school year approaches rapidly for Mudd and Mox. Both of them have graduation ceremonies, for 8th grade and pre-k. Poor hubby has gotta take off multiple days so that he can celebrate these grand achievements!!!
Mox's soccer season is almost over. One more game on Saturday and then, what is sure to be his favorite part of the season ... TROPHIES and PIZZA PARTY!!!! Even though, we miss our coach from last year quite a lot, this season has been a good one. Two goals scored by Mox to date and his mom and dad are learning that a four year old does not have to be a world cup soccer star. I think we have mellowed as far as our expectations for him. He still runs after the pack and kind of waits for he ball to pop out of the swarm of kids, but I know that I wouldn't want to be in there getting all kicked up. We still wonder about his lack of focus on the ball at all times, but he seems to be pretty much the same as his peers, who sometimes engage in grass picking, soining coach tackling, mining for nose gooblins and various other non-soccer realted pursuits while on the field!!
Well I have not blogged on here for a while, so first off ... sorry.
I am happy to report that ...we are unpacked and settled in nicely ! Still a few hings to do, but for the most part all is now settled in the Cali home.
Only 4 WEEKS more of school ...
The end of the school year approaches rapidly for Mudd and Mox. Both of them have graduation ceremonies, for 8th grade and pre-k. Poor hubby has gotta take off multiple days so that he can celebrate these grand achievements!!!
Soccer Monster ...
Mox's soccer season is almost over. One more game on Saturday and then, what is sure to be his favorite part of the season ... TROPHIES and PIZZA PARTY!!!! Even though, we miss our coach from last year quite a lot, this season has been a good one. Two goals scored by Mox to date and his mom and dad are learning that a four year old does not have to be a world cup soccer star. I think we have mellowed as far as our expectations for him. He still runs after the pack and kind of waits for he ball to pop out of the swarm of kids, but I know that I wouldn't want to be in there getting all kicked up. We still wonder about his lack of focus on the ball at all times, but he seems to be pretty much the same as his peers, who sometimes engage in grass picking, soining coach tackling, mining for nose gooblins and various other non-soccer realted pursuits while on the field!!
Not much else today ...
it is overcast and gloomy right now and was spitting on the drive to Mudd's school. She has her cali state standard's tests this week, so she leavees at 12;35 today. may be we'll grab some lunch together? Well have to see how the teen tude is playing out this afternoon ....
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