Friday, May 14, 2010

Sophia's class was meeting at Cedar Creek park today. We were happy that the rain held out and they were finally able to get this park date in. It started pouring rain as soon as I got back to the park to pick her up.
I was able to finish up all my packing for my trip in between giving the kids lunch, shipping Larry's packages and taking care of the kids.
I picked Lynn up and we were off on the road to our favorite weekend of the year...The Simsbury Inn Scrapbook Summit. Instead of going out for dinner, we ordered in from a local pizza restaurant and had Chicken Parm grinders (heros) and wine and beer. It was a relaxing night after our long drive (rush hour traffic).

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Stayed in with the kids today as Sophia was still not feeling well with her cold. Larry helped out with the kids when I had to leave for my hair appointment. I got a trim, color and highlights.
I was delighted to find out at my Weight Watchers meeting tonight, that I had lost another 2.8 lbs. this week. That makes 9.2 lbs since 5 weeks ago.
Started packing the car with the items Lynn dropped off for our scrapbook weekend.
Larry & I met Kathy & Tom at Palmers for dinner.

Sophia was not feeling well today so I kept her home from school. She is coming down with a cold. We had a nice day at home, and the kids had fun playing with the box that my oven came in. Sophia ended up falling asleep and taking a 2 and a half hour nap, which is not like her at all.

I went out and had a manicure/ pedicure this afternoon...getting ready for my weekend in connecticut. (scrapbook summit).

Got my new stove installed today. My old oven stopped working a few weeks ago so I've been using the toaster oven since then. We were able to use the stove top though. Rather than put money into an appliance that's over 15 years old, we decided to get a new one and start fresh.

The installer wasn't out of my house yet and Sophia says "let's bake cookies" and she went to my recipe file box to find my cookie recipes. I had a mix in the house that we just had to add an egg and butter so we made those. My new oven works great! It came with and extra burner in the middle and a flat grill insert so we also made grilled cheese sandwiches for the kids for lunch.

While Sophia was at nursery school today, I took a nice walk with Nico and invited Mary C. to walk with us. We must have walked about an hour and enjoyed catching up on each others' news.
Sophia had a birthday party of a classmate to attend this afternoon, so I kept Nico with us until Chris got home from work.

I ran to A.C. Moore and Michael's tonight to buy some last minute supplies for my scrapbook weekend coming up.

Photo of the day: Jenn just arrived home from work.

Happy Mother's Day

Lovely day from start to finish... Larry bought me fresh strawberries and served them to me with whipped cream for breakfast. (my favorite)
Katie stopped by with a few gifts for my reading garden... a flowered stake and a windchime.

When Jenn got home from working on grading tests she gave me a new pandora charm.
Kathy & Tom went to visit Mom and drove her back to our house because she was spending the day with us. Mom brought me a lovely plant.

We had a very nice day at Grandma Angie' s house. I was surrounded by all my children and grandchildren and our 2 Moms. We had a fun time. Joe planted to Arborvitae bush that we gave Angie for Mother's day.

It was a day of preparing....Larry & I went out and did our food shopping for the barbecue we're having on mother's Day. We picked up burgers, hot dogs, rolls, beans and paper goods... Tomorrow Larry will pick up the fresh sausages and bread.

We're going to my mother-in-law's and my mom is coming too! It'll be nice to celebrate with both moms. Larry's brother and his family will also join us and will be bringing salads and dessert.


Jenn has been working overtime for the last few weeks, grading the tests from the standardized testing (even Sat & Sundays)... so it was nice to spend a little time with her when she got home this evening as we all stayed in and had dinner together.

Photo of the day: Old silhouette of my 3 children which was done at Disneyworld many years ago.