celebrating a great first day of school

Klunker's is a great place to go to celebrate a fabulous first day!

watching the parade

Wedge and Irene

best friends

AWESOME!

my reward!

Irene enjoys her ice cream cone

Rhys is SIX! *gasp!*

emergency giant doughnut

now THAT is a doughnut!!

black light frisbee

at cub scout camp

waiting for his turn to use the laser gun.

tie fighter cookies

to celebrate Rhys' birthday before school ends.

yea me :)

it's hard to read, but I received a Girl Scout Award from our service
unit tonight. It is the Valued Volunteer Award *beam*

overwhelm? anxious?

I don't know how to explain it (and we'll just pass over the elephant in the room - you know, the one where people wonder why i haven't been updating this with any kind of regularity), but every once in a while, I just feel anxious and overwhelmed. Like I'm forgetting something of vital importance.

Part of this could be that I'm meeting with the principal today. Part of it could be that I'm frustrated with some girl scout stuff having to do with my troop. I also have financials due soon and i'd give my right arm for a treasurer. I don't enjoy using other people's money and making sure that I know where it all goes/went and being accountable for it.

The school stuff is frustrating. Irene and Rhys have been retracked. I didn't want them retracked. I was happy knowing our schedule. It's now changed. The only good part of it is that Rhys might have Irene's first grade teacher. That's really all that will make it okay. I need to think of what to say to the principal. I feel like I help the school quite a bit in the ways I am able. I volunteer in the classrooms, I can sub almost always at a moment's notice (since both kids go there, it's easier than when I have to go to a different school), I volunteer for PTO things, I do my best to be supportive of the teachers. And, because I don't LIKE being the squeaky wheel, I feel like my kids got ewed-scray.

I'm trying to keep it together and just don't like this fast heartbeat slightly queasy feeling.

sprintyfast sleeping

orange inspiration

with nachos from Jaye :)

crazimus!

A Black Easter Egg for Sensei

I like the reflection in this.
happy Easter!

this is what happens when the car is cozy

ready for our night out.

cool model fun at the library

"it's from the late cretacious period. so it IS a t-Rex"
it was fun putting it together.

Missing Pat

It's funny when it hits me. Tonight it was when I opened up my browser and there was a picture of her. The picture was taken after her first fight with ovarian cancer seemed like it was over. Her hair had grown back and she had the slick new doo - I loved it. Anyway, I saw the picture and a wave of missing Pat came over me.

We didn't always see eye to eye, Pat and I. But I know she loved me very much - as I did (do) her. I was, what she called, "her nother daughter." I am almost always wearing the necklace she gave me after Rhys was born. It's actually Bob's baby ring. Bob's mother gave it to Pat when Rob was born. She almost always had it on - from the time I met her until she gave it to me. Here I am at Disneyland with a wee bitty Rhysie and the necklace from Pat.



I have a special ring that was hers as well. I need to get it resized so that it fits me a bit better because I'd like to wear it more often.It's the green ring. This picture is from our trip to Disneyland in November 2006. It was a good trip. Anyway, I'm just missing her and thought I'd write it down.

Cool little video

My brother works for The Press Enterprise in San Bernadino County. He edited this for the PE's online paper - it is a nice story - especially in these times when there is so much negativity in the news.

West Zone | Video On Demand | PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern Californi

let me know, please, if the link doesn't work.

one potholder made.

muahahahahah
now I have to figure out how to finish it off.