Takin' It Easy Day... not

Today is the last day of school for our kids. I had supposidly thought it would be nice to have an 'off' day where not too big of things are planned for me. Maybe a jaunt to the library, a nice little lunch out in quietness, and a big walk in the woods with Lisi. I laid in bed listening to Duane leaving very early for work today and made a mental list:

I have to get to the library to get the books back, and then I have to run to Sam's. We're out of olive oil and some other things, the pictures are back at Target and we need a new garbage can that Duane is nearly daily reminding me to get, the grass is long and I should mow. Hope it stays too wet so it isn't a consideration. The bird feeders are empty. The "ting-ing" house isn't. Not bad, but no ting after five days of good use. Father's Day is Sunday! Both sets of parents are coming. Plus, I need to go shopping... as there is a birthday in there too. And the kids want me at their school for an end-of-year thing at 2:15. The dog needs a possible vet appointment too. After swimming in the flood of 'o8, she now is harboring a rash and it is getting bumps and scabs all around her collar area. She also needs more interaction and walks. She was alone most of yesterday and got quite naughty last night. Oh and did I mention the washer is spinning?

So off I go for my relaxing day!

Follow up since all you are waiting for the results (or not): Vet says it is a bacterial infection. So some medicine goes down the hatch for the next two weeks.

Zoo t-shirts

Three t-shirts made me take a double on them:

1) a terribly adorable little boy about 18 months with a bright green t-shirt that said, 'I'm my daddy's Deere'.

2) a guy with a big gut that had a red t-shirt on saying 'i like ketchup on my ketchup'. Um... Mr? You like something under that ketchup too...

3) an early 20 something guy with one that read, 'When I'm right, I'm right, and when I'm wrong I'm still right'. I've known some people like that.


On a side note, we see a lot of bizarre people since we live in a metropolitan area. But this one gave me shivers. It was a "mom" who had at least 50 piercings on her face (for real, she was near me by a playground), her teeth and tongue had a lot of metal inside to the point that she couldn't enunciate properly, she had these plastic prong thingys coming out of her nostrils that were attached somewhere, she had tatoos over every inch of her body with weird devil-ish and religious symbols, and then to top it all off, her head was shaved except for right above both ears and that swooped down to her shoulders. Oh and she was wearing some goth-type waaaay too big shorts, tank that revealed way too much and some strange shoes on. She actually scared one of the litle girls in my group. And me too!

Our new spot

Last week, we had the inspection at the house we've placed an offer on. I took my camera and got some pictures inside and out. Will post a couple. There is some living room furniture in the kitchen/dinette because they were doing some drywall repair in the great room per our request. Right now, the closing looks like it'll be on July 15. Our official moving date is uncertain. First, I want to clean at the new place. No wait, I don't want to clean it, but I need to. For my sanity. I like clean places. And even though the place is 'clean', I want to start fresh. Second, we need to sell this one. Remember the 'ting' entry a week ago? Well, we got ready for the open house yesterday and it was a 'ting-ting' clean. I even vacuumed the rugs in the garage by the back door! And so we scampered out of here right at noon when the broker got here. We went out to eat and drove around looking at flood damage and then returned at the appointed time. Walk in and the guys says, 'not one person came'. You've got to be kidding! I realize the market isn't all that hot. I realize that there was just a terrific storm an hour ago. But NO ONE??? Doesn't everyone see what a terrific place this it? Cozy! Comfortable! Cute! Clean as clean can be! Not one! He was almost snickering as I stood there crest-fallen. He had warned us that because of the weather, it wasn't a good day. So we'll wait and see what the next month(s) bring as far as potential buyers. Anyhoo, getting back to the moving date... we'll probably wait and look at the first part of August to actually move. Want to be settled in before school starts on Sept. 2nd for sure.

Storm of '08

Saturday late afternoon, we got an invite to go swim and have supper with good friends of ours. As we got there, the sky started to look ominous. The kids barely got their toes wet when the rumbles started. Soon after, the sirens went off. And then the storm hit. Whooo-eee did it ever! Terrific wind, lightening, and just torrential rain that wouldn't let up. In all, that brought 6" in that deluge. Then later that night it rained some more and some more and some more. And in meeting yesterday morning, the sky got weird looking and then the skies opened up again and left another couple of inches. Needless to say, there are floods. At the bottom of the hill we live on is the Fox River. It came over the road for the first time in our near 14 years of living here. Last night, the kids literally swam on the grassy field we usually walk and play catch on. Lisi is really loving it. But there are snakes, and water-logged rodents, and lots of frantic birds. I'll post some pictures I took this morning. On one of them, a red-winged blackbird is frantically upset that Lisi is close to her babies. And note the sign. If you can't read it... it says, 'thin ice'. Yeah, really thin ice. So thin it is wet!

Trek 100

Saturday, Duane, Jeff, Dave, and Austin braved high temperature, humidity, and wind to ride 100 miles for the Milwaukee Area Cancer Care fund. We met up with them around mile 40 something. They were only 2 1/2 hours into the ride and were soaked with sweat. They all completed it (although Jeff could have done it twice that day because of the shape he's in) before the huge storm came rolling in (pictures to follow on the aftermath of the storm).

Farm Field Trip

We went to the farm! My last kindergarten field trip. This one turned out to be kinda fun! And I came home without a headache. Only three kids in my group. And we got to basically pet everything except the llamas. They're mean I guess! Of course since we're in Wisconsin, we had to milk a cow. But poor 'Belle'! She stood there having to endure all these kids squeeeeezing on her one teat. Once in awhile, she'd lift her back leg like, 'wow, that didn't feel good'. Made me remember my days of nursing! Will post some pictures on our day. Mira just loved it. She inherited my innate love for animals and I could hardly get her (or me for that matter) out of the kitty barn.

Bony fingers

I thought of a song we sang in school (I think it was in high school choir). "Work your fingers to the bone... whatdayaget? Bony Fingers!!!"

Yep that's me. After the 'ting' inside of the house, now I moved on. The garage can almost go 'ting' and the basement as well. Four big black plastic garbage bags full of old treasures not worthy of moving. The garbage men will be busy on Friday.

Oh and the yard! Weeding, watering, winding up hoses.

And dog training. Lisi started class last night. She tried to make friends with a very serious german shepherd. It didn't work. Which brings me to a thought sitting in class. Friendly people get friendly dogs. Unfriendly people get borderline mean dogs. The lady at the end of the leash had a look of a german shepherd. Okee-dokee lady. Will leave you alone now! But the chocolate lab puppy had the nicest people along with him! And another thing... dogs sniffing butts to get to know the other one is something I can hardly get used to. I'm glad people don't do that. Can you imagine large groups? (tee-hee)

Trevor's baseball team is 0-3 so far. But they are improving. But he grumbles as he gets into bed after a game and tells me all the reasons for the loss. Hope springs up in him and off he goes for another game. We have another on Thursday. The season is over the end of July.

I have a chiro appt. on Thursday. I'm certain I'll get my money's worth. I ache to the nth degree. I need a massage too.

But we have field trips and end of year bubble days. And lots of 'opportunities' that I need to get involved in. I feel like I should since this is the final hurrah at Prairie Elementary.

I'm tired of urging the kids to get through the bedtime routine. 'Get in the shower! Brush your teeth! Did you go to the bathroom? Hang up your towel!' You get the picture. Tonight I said I'll take away privileges for tomorrow if I have to say things twice or more. Rayna did great since she's to go to a friend's after school and didn't want to mess that up. Trevor had one warning and then he cruised through the process. Mira was warned. Once. Twice. I said, 'You lost 10 minutes of play tomorrow'. Third warning, 'You lost 10 more minutes and you'll be doing jobs for me after school.' She looks at me with a huge smile and says, 'great! Then I'll get money when you pay me for the jobs!' Wait a minute... I pay you for being naughty???

I think this is enough for the time being...