Skipping a Day

I'm worried about being too boring so I have to build the anticipation by skipping a day or two here and there. Monday was not too interesting anyway, not that any day is all that action-packed. I accompanied Lucas and his parents to Costco while Lucas meandered down every aisle with me behind trying to keep up. He definitely has a mind of his own and only goes where and does what he decides. It makes for a quick Costco trip but he does anticipate a root beer and a pretzel after the checkout.

Kim and I finished up her stage backdrop and then went to see Hotel Rwanda. I was having a nice day until that experience. I couldn't stop watching but it was a movie that isn't uplifting.

Today was the senior fitness class followed by a haircut and then investment club after taking my mom to her lunch at the senior center. We have $2000 to spend but we've spent months rehashing a proper stock. I'm up for Microsoft but no one wants to make the big step. We are up 11% for the past three years. It makes me feel smarter just to throw around the stock terms like ticker and p/e ratio but I haven't a clue about what's going on with the stock market.

It's kind of like the income tax. The 13 classes I took did me no good and I'm ready to take everything to an accountant again. I've put everything on Turbotax and now I need to figure out what to do with a Schedule K which the investment group insists we need.

Lucas stopped by tonight to play with play dough and get a Nemo treat. Tomorrow he'll be here for dinner. I talked to my friend Linda today. She's having Spring Vacation and going to Palm Springs for the rest of the week. She thinks it is raining there.

Judy will be in Portland about 2 on Friday and we'll be there about 4. I hope to remember my camera so I can post our photos. There is a rehearsal dinner Friday night and we are all staying at the same hotel downtown. Nancy, Cyd, Leslie, Barb, Rachel and I are going to a spa place for various beauty treatments. Judy is going to the zoo as she's into seeing animal beauty. The wedding is at 6 p.m so after the festivities it will be early to bed and home the
next morning. Leslie is so thrilled about her big day.

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Leslie's Wedding

I am beginning to feel very anxious about not taking my mom to Leslie's wedding. Leslie is Alberta's brother's grand daughter and it only seems right that she go to the wedding. I said months ago that I would not take her so I bought one airline ticket with the idea that she would stay home. For the past week or so I've been dreading mentioning to my mom that I would be going to Portland. Today her conversation regarding a "growing" plastic plant helped me believe that she would enjoy staying home. She was pleased with all the new buds on the plant and when I told her it was plastic she said she was sure it was real because it had been changing so much. Later after an afternoon of Bridge and dinner with Brett, Anna Marie and Lucas she mentioned that she was all confused over the activities she attended today. Her day gets filled up when she is out and about for more than 4 hours. She looks so good and moves so well that it's hard to remember that she tires easily too.

I had fun today sewing ties for a large backdrop for my friend Kim's dance show she is producing in her spare time. Wednesday night is the big night and Kim has made all the outfits and the stage materials. She is a person who hates to have time on her hands. I can't figure her out but I guess she likes the stress of having something to do hanging over her head at all times. Tomorrow perhaps we'll finish up with the ties. I've been counting and we had more than 40 ties to hold the backdrop to the PVC pipe rack Kim built.

Desperate Housewives is on tonight if I can stay awake. Tyler, Dave's son, got another traffic ticket today. It is his fifth so far and, of course, this one was not his fault. However it does point out that his new car has good pick up.

Blogging

It is not as easy as it sounds unless you are used to reading computer rules that follow no rhyme nor reason to me. I did spend more than an hour putting that silly photo up there just because someone said you should have a photo. I mostly want to put a photo of Lucas on the site but I'll have to find a new one.

I'm excited to hear from my friend Jane as she is going to England to hear her daughter present a scholarly paper at Cambridge. I think Jane is happiest about the trip because she gets to see her grand daughter Maia. I hope Jane gets her blog going soon as she can really write down some interesting tales.

Today I spent a nice day have breakfast with the neighbors at Lindaman's. Then I got to go inside Mike and Beth's new house and it is so cute. They are so fortunate to find a starter home with all that charm. Alberta and I went to lunch and shopped at The Bon's Clearance Floor. We came away empty handed but we had fun looking.

Lucas Overnight

I only told five people about my attempts to start a blog site. So far my friend, Jane has warned me about the pitfalls of such an endeavor. I want to say that I checked the keep off the google search page so maybe that will make the difference. I'm not totally sure but I don't see how anyone but a few of my friends would want to read this. Anyway I like writing it and I'm not writing 5 emails a day so that is nice.

Judy thinks I have too much time on my hands but then she forgets that almost 2 hours a day she spends walking her dog and really visiting her friends in the park. It's nice we each have difference interests.

Tonight Lucas is spending the night. I get ready by checking out 4 videos at the the library, stocking up on Nemo fruit snacks and by resting the afternoon prior. I've been reading Newsweeks and watching Dr. Phil. I think I'll be ready to be on the go for three hours before
bedtime and then again for a few hours in the am. His parents are always on time and they arrive exactly at 8 a.m. Of course by then we've been up since 5:30 so we've already had quite a
morning. We have one small toy room upstairs and we go from there to the basement which is full of broken and new toys. I think he still wants to try my sewing machine instead.

Tomorrow the neighbors are going to breakfast together to celebrate Claire's birthday. The date for lunch today was canceled since she had to accompany Raymond on his pacemaker checkup. We will have a good time visiting in the morning. Later it will be time to take Alberta to lunch and then we like to do a little grocery shopping for the week.

It is warming up here and I have purple crocus blooming.

Claire's Birthday

Today Claire is 62 and it seems like we should be celebrating in some fashion. I phoned her this morning and got Raymond as she was at Rockwood Clinic getting medicine for her sinus cold. I know she will be getting her Social Security check anyday now so just having her own special stash to spend is a big birthday gift.

I think I will like blogging as I only will have to write this material on one email. It is very sunny today and it looks nice just sitting inside and seeing it.

I helped Arlene at Sacred Heart today and she assigned me one sixth grade boy who would not look at me or acknowledge me in anyway. He then got a 15 minutes time out so he could sit in a chair and kick the file cabinet. Finally he agreed to work with me. When I asked who is teacher was he answered that I was kind of nosey about things that were not my business. He let his papers fall on the floor and of course I picked them up. He started with the easiest paper first and did label the parts of the eye quickly. Then he chose a math paper and I timed how long it took him to do one row of fractions-14 seconds. He is not a slow learner. We had a good time when I discovered he liked to talk about computers and game boys. I wish I could remember the differences between x boxes, game boys, pokemon, and computer games. I do know that Halo1 is on the computer but so far Halo2 is not. I may go back a few more times. It is a disorganized, chaotic classroom just because of the age range and the different abilities in the room. I don't know how Arlene manages.

I took a nap when I got home. My mom is at Bridge. I'm heading to a Spinning class at 4:30.

I'll see if this makes it to the publishing segment.