Lily came home with a letter from the principal today. Lily's teacher and her classmates have selected her to be Student of the Month!!! The award "is in recognition of Lily's outstanding attitude and effort in classroom work and overall behavior."
The whole student body will honor all the Outstanding Students at an Assembly and Awards Ceremony on Friday.
Way to go Lily!
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
America's Educational Systems Rocks!!!
I love Lily's teacher. This afternoon I had a meeting with Lily's teacher to discuss a differentiated curriculum. I was a little nervous and I didn't know what to expect. I didn't want to one of "those parents" apparently. However, my concern was not unmet. Lily's teacher had accessed the same need that I had. She was so welcoming and listening to my concerns that I was very impressed. She had prepared weekly spelling lists for Lily, instead of phonics cards. She had an assigned chapter book with reading comprehension questions, instead of a phonics library book. She also had the idea of individual book reports to do instead of more phonics reading. She even listened to my ideas (borrowed from a friend) of doing a book club with high achieving kids, an individual interest presentation and a Lily binder (with higher ability worksheets and activities). She thought my ideas were great and said she would work on them. She even expressed the desire to be able to do this for more kids like Lily. I feel so at ease. I don't know what I was so worried about.
And on a funny note... Lily came home and did 3 weeks worth of spelling words in one night. I don't think Mrs. Maxim knows exactly what she has on her hands...
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Life Just Got Busy...and I'm Loving It.
With school in full swing, life has returned to normal...better than normal I would even say.
Peter is loving his preschool. I switched him into a 5 morning Pre-K program that he is totally loving! The class is 12 kids with half girls and half boys. I had to get them to waive the age cut off, but once they did, I knew that this was the place for him. After Lily gets on the bus, he keeps asking, "Mom is it time for school yet. Can we go to school yet?" The kids in the school are a bit older than him, but with his social & emotional skills, he fits in perfect. The boys in the class have really glued together quickly, so there is already quite the comradeship. Even with him going to school 5 mornings a week, we are still getting plenty of Mom & Peter time. We ride bikes in the morning together and he has become my garden helper. I think he really is enjoying the singular attention.
Lily, surprise, is also loving school. She has grown accustom to the new schedule and is getting to know her classmates. Her new friends are Syanna and Jocelyn. They are shy and soft spoken, the kinds of friends Lily usually picks. Lily's school work is coming very easy to her. She is well above her class in reading and is in the top math group. I never have to help her with her homework. I am in conversations with her teacher to start some differentiated curriculum with her. It's so fun. I love it that she loves it. There is nothing worse than pushing your kids...but Lily is different. Tonight she kept wanting me to ask her how to spell things.... like the days of the week, the months, everything. She is such a bookworm. Last week she went to B&N to pick out a book and what does my 6 year old go for...pocket animal & gem encyclopedias. You should have seen her squealing in the rows of books when she founds books on snakes, crocodiles, mammals & ocean life. My Lily. She learned how to do cartwheels today. She is very proud.
Outside of school we have Peter in swimming, soccer and "Little Church." He is getting really self sufficient in the water. It's amazing the jump he has made since we left Minnesota. I think the change in teaching instruction might have made a difference. And as for soccer, he is hilarious. He had his first game this weekend. It was so funny. They run and play for the first 15 minutes, but as the game dwindles the teams start arguing about who is mean and what the other person "said." Boys are so different than girls.
As for Lily, she has quite the social calendar. She's in swimming, learning the butterfly and the breaststroke. She's also in soccer (and has become quite the defensive player), ballet (so she can dance like Barbie & the 12 Dancing Princesses), Brownies (so that she can go on animal adventures) and Faith Formation (because she loves to talk about God).
As for me, I signed up to be Lily's Brownie Troop's co-leader and well as her Faith Formation 1st Communion teacher. I also am volunteering in Lily's class as a reading instructor. I am meeting a lot of people...and am even recognizing some people around town. I put myself into two book clubs in the neighborhood, so slowly but surely we are joining the community.
This past weekend we joined the Padre Serra Catholic Parish in town. I was dragging my feet on the matter, being that neither church in town TOTALLY fit us or felt like home, but I think we made the right choice for our family.
As for Mike, he is working like crazy. He likes his job and is enjoying himself. He has quite a bit of travel coming up in the month of October, so I am glad to be busy.
Not to mention, I love fall t.v.
Good night from Ventura County!
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Monday, September 08, 2008
Yet More Famous People!!
Saturday, we took Barb & Rog to Solvang to explore. While finishing up our lunch, a man tapped me on the shoulder and asked if this grandfatherly man could play the harmonica for Peter and Lily. I accepted, of course. The man playing the harmonica turned out to be Robert Muller, Assistant Secretary General and "Philosopher" to the United Nations! He is a war hero, an author of 23 books, an 11 time nominee for the Nobel Prize, and has dedicated his life to world peace.
Below is his bio from his website:
Robert Muller was born in Belgium in 1923 and raised in the Alsace-Lorraine region in France, he experienced constant political and cultural turmoil during his youth. His grandparents had five successive nationalities (French, German, French, German, French) without leaving their village as a result of three wars (1870-1871, 1914-1918, 1939-1945). Often as a child, Robert Muller would look out of his window at the border he could not cross and long for the day when he, like the birds, the clouds, the sun and the stars, would no longer have to observe the imaginary line. Today, thanks to the dream and effort of his compatriot Robert Schuman who similarly hated these borders, Robert Muller's passport reads, "European Union" with the sub-title France, and he is free to cross all western European borders.
Robert Muller knew the horrors of World War II, of being a refugee, of Nazi occupation and imprisonment. During the war he was a member of the French Resistance. After the war he returned home and earned a Doctorate of Law from the University of Strasbourg. In 1948 he entered and won an essay contest on how to govern the world, the prize of which was an internship at the newly created United Nations.
Dr. Muller devoted the next 40 years of his life behind the scenes at the United Nations focusing his energies on world peace. He rose through the ranks at the UN to the official position of Assistant-Secretary-General. He has been called the "Philosopher" and "Prophet of Hope" of the United Nations. Robert Muller is a deeply spiritual person. From his vantage point of a top level global states-person he has seen a strong connection between spirituality and the political/cultural scene.
Robert Muller created a "World Core Curriculum" and is known throughout the world as the "father of global education." There are 29 Robert Muller schools around the world with more being established each year. The "World Core Curriculum" earned him the UNESCO Peace Education Prize in 1989. Based on this curriculum and his devotion to good causes, Dr. Muller has recently drawn up a "Framework for World Media Coverage" as a public service, as well as a "Framework for Planetary and Cosmic Consciousness" and a "Framework for the Arts and Culture."
Now in active "retirement," Dr. Muller is Chancellor of the University for Peace created by the United Nations in demilitarized Costa Rica. He is in great demand to make speeches to educational, environmental, spiritual and political conferences around the world. Dr. Muller concentrates his efforts on promoting greater human understanding and global awareness. He was recently the recipient of the Albert Schweitzer International Prize for the Humanities and the Eleanor Roosevelt Man of Vision Award.
Dr. Muller lives most of the year at his small farm overlooking the University of Peace, on a sacred indigenous hill, Mt. Rasur, from which according to indigenous prophecy, a civilization of peace will extend to the entire world. His traditional Costa Rican house is located just up the hill from the Peace Monument of the University. In addition to his duties at the University, he devotes time to his writings and is an internationally acclaimed, multi-lingual speaker and author of fourteen books published in various languages. He has published his Testament to the UN as well as his plans and dreams for a peaceful, happy world.
At the prompting of many of his friends, admirers and non-governmental organizations Robert Muller was a candidate as a global citizen in 1996 for the post of Secretary General of the United Nations.
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Last night after going with Barb to the Santa Barbara zoo and dinner, we took a walk out on the golf course at dusk. While walking across the fairway, Lily said,
"Mom, a snake, a snake."
Literally 5 feet from us was a California Kingsake!!!! It was roughly 4 feet in length and was hanging out on the grass. We quickly exited to the path, but were quite shaken up. The kids were super excited. Apparently, Kingsnakes are immune from rattlesnake venom and actually eat them!!! Harmless to humans, thankfully.
I picked up Barb from the airport this morning. I drove her around Rodeo Drive and then over to Hollywood to see the Kodak Theater.
We were stopped at a light in front of the Chinese Theater, when who should cross the street but...
DAVID COOK!!!
At first I did a double take, but was quickly reassured when I saw his profile. He was dressed all in black with black designer sunglasses and he just crossed the street in front of our van. It was soooo cool.
Officially my first star sighting in CA!
Ahhhhhhh... I love David Cook.
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008
The first day of school report came back good. She shared quite a bit.
The biggest item was that she got lost after lunch. She told me that I packed her too big of a lunch, so she kept eating and eating and the class went to recess without her. That mom....always packing too much lunch. But she found her way back to her classroom and met up with her teacher again.
Then at snack, her yogurt was frozen, so she had to wait FOREVER for it unthaw. She even had to go to the cafeteria for a spoon, because she didn't see hers until lunch.
Also, a boy asked for some of her strawberries and an oreo. And she shared. "But he better not keep asking," she said.
At recess, some girls found a flying spider!!! Apparently.
And then a boy got a "W" on his good behavior chart. I guess he wasn't paying attention and was talking when the teacher was teaching.
They read some books, they sang some songs, they wrote their names.
I guess most of the girls in class knew each other, but there is one other new person.
She learned that if she gets good behavior marks that she gets something from the treasure box.
They had quiet time, "where you lay your head on your desk!!!"
The bus was hot. But she met a friend. She jumped off the bus so quick to tell me that the bus driver had to remind her to go back and get her backpack. She wanted her phone number right away to give to her new friend.
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Lily's First Day of School!!!
So, Lily's off to her first day of 1st grade!!! We all went to meet her teacher this morning. She sits in a pod with 4 boys and 1 girl. Her teacher is Mrs. Maxim, she comes highly recommended. She is quiet, which Lily has always liked in a teacher. There are 20 kids in Lily's class, 8 of which are girls. About 1/4 of the class is younger than Lily. We explored the class, took a peak in her textbooks, and met some parents.
It was all smiles this morning. She was very excited to go. Today she will ride the bus home and tomorrow we will start the whole routine. So expect a bus video tomorrow.
I got a little misty eyed this morning when the whole class waved goodbye to the parents. So, now it's just Pete and I. He has been getting plenty of mom's hugs and kisses today. Only one more year until he's on that bus...
Happy 1st Day of School!!!
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- We went to the Camarillo Airshow on Saturday. Peter really liked the micro jets and the M2s. They had mostly war planes. It was very neat to see both American and Japanese WWII planes. The kids really enjoyed the army helicopters.
- On Sunday, we went to Zuma Beach in Malibu. It's one of the beaches that Baywatch was filmed. It was gorgeous. The kids had a blast. Peter even said to Lily, "I love having a big sister." Afterwards we drove through the Santa Monica Mts back to Thousand Oaks. OH MY GOSH was it a spectacular drive. We're talking hairpin switchbacks, driving on the side of a cliff and steep inclines in a minivan!!! It was awesome. We capped it off with our first visit to In-N-Out, an iconic CA burger joint.
- I frenched my own beans!!! I opened back up my macrobiotics books and got cooking again. I really miss putting out the whole spread. It's much more effective than looking in the fridge at 6 o'clock trying to make dinner in 15 min.
- I posted family rules and a star chart again. I think we need it... All of us.
- I started running in the morning again. It takes a mountain to get me there, but once I'm there I enjoy it. Otherwise, I just feel like a loser all day, being that I failed at the first task of the day. I'm just trying to pull myself forward, in all ways possible...
- Yesterday, I took the kids to the Zimmer Children's Museum in LA. It was really a nice museum, but only an eighth of the size of the Minnesota Children's Museum. But we got in free and we parked for free, so it was great! The museum is of Jewish origin, so the kids learned about prayer walls, synagogues & such. They made windsocks, which was neat. They also had an airplane and an ambulance for them to play. On the way home, we passed Rodeo Drive. I saw the Jimmy Choo store, Barney's New York & Saks. I also drove past the Plaza Hotel, from the Price is Right. So cool.
- Lily is learning the butterfly!!! After 2 lessons, she's almost got it licked. It's amazing. Peter is showing great improvement too, he is getting pretty good at flip breaths and his front crawl.
-Soccer started up for the fall. I put both the kids on a team. I still miss PSA though.
- My CA drivers license came in the mail, so I'm official.
- We got tickets for the Twins versus the Angels in Anaheim on Saturday! So be watching for a MN Twins family of 4.
- We had our first thunderstorm. Apparently, they have not had one in years. It was SOOO loud. I don't remembered a thunderstorm that loud since I was a kid. The sound was bouncing off the mountains around us. We were getting power surges with each bolt. It was awesome. It only downpoured for about 5 minutes and that is the extent of rain since I got here.
- We checked out a Catholic church in town. And in some ways, I don't want to find a new church or new friends. I already have them. I miss you.
Lily STARTS SCHOOL IN 7 DAYS!!!!! She is soooo excited. She's already sharpened all of her pencils and packed her backpack. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. It makes me sad to look back at the last 6 years and see the finality in her babyhood. I'm really going to miss that part of her life. I can't believe I have a grade schooler!!!
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Thursday, August 14, 2008
Our Trip to the Santa Barbara Zoo
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My Muffin Girl
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The Lemonade Stand
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Monday, August 11, 2008
Things I Miss Most About Plymouth, MN
1. Family & Friends, obviously.... 2. The kid's friends 3. Lifetime Fitness. There is nothing remotely comparable here. 4. Our pediatrician, doctors & medical facilities. I mean seriously, we are living in the dark ages here. 5. Parks... There are none in walking distance. For real... 6. Close proximity to the bank, Walgreen's, the dry cleaner, etc, etc... I feel like I am driving all the time. 7. St. Bart's. That place rocks. 8. Faith in the school system. I have no idea what to expect come September. 9. WCCNS. I love that place. 10. The feeling of safety & familiarity. I feel so vulnerable everywhere I go.
Things I Like Better about Camarillo, CA
1. Beautifulness... It's breathtakingly beautiful here. From the mountains to the ocean, it cannot get any better than this. 2. The weather, sunny and 80 every day with a light breeze 3. The house - from the backyard to the driveway... 4. Freedom in my own house 5. Fresh produce. Food is sooooo much better here. 6. The ocean 7. The kinship that is forming between Lily & Peter 8. No mosquitoes 9. The feeling that I am on vacation 10. All the phone calls & mail we get from family & friends.
I am sure there is more, but I haven't discovered it yet....
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Monday, August 04, 2008
We had a great weekend!!! Brett, Ania & Kate joined us for the weekend. It was great catching up and getting to know Kate. Here are a few pictures.
We had our first earthquake today!!!! It was crazy. We were in Target in the hooks aisle when all the merchandise started swaying... At first I thought someone was rocking the shelves, until I figured it out. I instinctively crouched down and made Lily too. It didn't last long and it was really nothing much. But it was drama...Fun, you could say.
The kids were pretty much unaffected. Lily said, "Mom, I didn't even feel it. I just saw stuff swaying."
The earthquake was a 5.4 magnitude, centered in Chino, CA, about 90 miles away driving. I am unsure as a crow flies.
Ever since my equilibrium has been totally off. I am sure I am feeling ever-so-slight aftershocks (some being 3.4 mag), being that there has been several in the past hours. I almost feel sick to my stomach, I am so motion sick. It's weird.
I am glad we were pretty far from it, I would hate to have felt it at the epicenter.
Anyhow, just another day in the life of a Californian.
Tomorrow, it's off to get a smog check.
Expect a picture post soon.
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
The Mover's CAME!!!
Our stuff made it it. Mangled, but here. I mean, seriously, it looks like it's been through a war. I would say about 10% of our bin are in tact (crack free) and about 20% of the boxes uncrushed. It was nuts!!!! But even through it all, I have very little that is broken....a crystal bowl, some coffee cups... The main mess was the flour, oil and syrup that had leaked all over the box contents. I had to wash EVERYTHING in my kitchen. We did had some scuffing of furniture, but nothing too bad.. And as for missing stuff... a lot of bins broke... So, I think we may be missing some puzzles pieces, maybe some train stuff, but nothing huge. At least that I can think of.
I have been crazy, whirlwind girl putting things away. Yesterday, I tackled the kitchen, the dining, the family room, and our room. Today, I did the kid's rooms. Their room was WAYYYYYY harder. I was cursing everyone who had ever given them toys. I mean seriously. It's ridiculous. Even this house isn't big enough for it all. I am realizing now that Lily needs a dresser and book shelf upgrade. Ugh....
Well, tomorrow it's the office & garage. I've got a lot of loose ends to tie up. The garbage & box pile is nuts!!!! I'm unpacking 9100lbs!!!!! Yikers. That's a lot.
I am really having fun unpacking though... Some of my stuff have been in boxes since Peter was 1! I don't think I have even seen my china or crystal since our wedding!!! It's so fun to see all my baking pans & glassware again. I keep trying to organize things, only to realize that I have plenty of room.
I do love this house though. It rocks.
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Sunday, July 20, 2008
Good news!!!!
We have couches!!! AND...our Plymouth townhouse rented!!! AND....wait for it...the driver called and said, Tuesday. So, Tuesday, life will normalize. It also looks as if karma has started to work with us.
This weekend was pretty normal.
Saturday, I swore off Oxnard completely, trying to find the DMV, which apparently is closed on Saturdays. I mean really, who closes the DMV on Saturday. I also realized how much I actually hate the city and its forever long stop lights. I told Mike that I will never go there again.
It was actually cloudy in Camarillo!!!! And for the first time since I arrived, I actually felt ever-so-slight sprinkles of rain drops!!!
The rest of the day was better. We headed out to the Underwood Family Farm in Moorpark, which was absolutely my real favorite place in the world. There we picked peaches, nectarines, romaine lettuce, yellow raspberries, strawberries, bell peppers, cucumbers, zuccini, the list goes on and on. I seriously have a true love for garden vegetables. I think I should own a farm.
Anyhow, that night we relaxed on our new couches, watched MN baseball and were just a family. I think it was the first night that I felt this place was home. And maybe truthfully, I think it may have been the first time I have felt at home with my family ever. I don't think I felt at home in Plymouth being that it was always my place of work and never a place for ME to relax.
Today was just an R&R day. Mike visited a club, nothing even remotely comparing to Lifetime, I ran to Target for like the millionth time (where I got a bottle on wine on a Sunday!), and we visited with some neighbors. Mike has been cooking me fabulous meals on the grill!!! Cooking fresh here is totally awesome.
Well, tomorrow it's off to Thousand Oaks to the DMV (I'll get this right after all), a stop at the park, and preparing for the moving truck on Tuesday. Send us some happy thoughts for Tuesday!
And by the way, Mike is watching Titanic on cable.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Hey, let me know if you have Verizon, so that I can call you for free.
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Tonight, the kids met the neighbor kids. It was priceless. Mike and I watched nervously from the front step as Peter introduced themselves 3 houses down. There are a TON of kids on our block. A mom home schools 5 kids a few houses down. Most of the moms on my street either work from home or stay at home. It's great. There are a few kids Lily's age and a few Peter's age. The majority are a little older... But the kids are thrilled. And me too. They were playing sidewalk chalk and tag. It reminded me of my childhood. I looking forward to where that takes us.
As for the rest of the day, it was a bit of culture shock. Peter visited the doctor's office in Oxnard, which was cash only, and I was the only white gal in the office. They looked at me funny when I started talking about electronic medical records and had my own vaccination schedule. They soon advised me that I should visit the Camarillo location. The doctor was very thorough though. But it made Park Nicollet look like the Hilton.
And then we visited Lassen's, the Natural Foods store, which was depressing. I mean groceries were twice the price, and they STILL entered the price in the cash register instead of using UPC's. I mean seriously. My total came to $2,000 and some dollars before she realized that she made a keying error.... REALLY..... What century are we in. I think I need to visit Whole Foods soon.
I even went to get my oil changed at Jiffy Lube and they wanted $39.... I told them I would come back tomorrow. Yikers....
That's not to mention lunch....when lunch at a sub place for me and two kids cost $20!!!! Talk about sticker shock!!!
At least we met some nice people today.... and the kids are on their way to finding some friends.
The journey continues.
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Monday, July 14, 2008
The Longest Move EVER!!!!
Sunday came and went with no truck, not that we were expecting one or anything. This morning we got "news" that they had left Chicago and that we could expect a delivery between Tuesday and Friday. I talked to another person that said, "this weekend," but I bet it will be Wednesday of next week. I am getting more patient as the days roll on...
The conveniences of home are gradually starting to set it. Today, the cable guy connected Mike's 13' work t.v, so we were able to watch Justin Morneau win the Home Run Derby and...I even saw Paul Magers do the 5 o'clock news on Channel 2. Yipppeeee!!! I think the cable guy thought I was nuts when I did a little, "eeekkkk," when I saw him. The gas man also hooked up our dryer, so now we have clean clothes too!
We received an applicant on our Plymouth townhouse, so cross your fingers....
The weekend....
Sunday we took the kids north to Santa Barbara for a day by the beach. We rented a bicycle built for four and strolled along the coastal bike path. We stopped for a seaside lunch, some ice cream and managed to see a bunch of hermit crabs of the pier. Lily loved it! From there we set out to find a local winery, only to end up in SOLVANG!!! The drive was spectacular!!! We found a local wine tasting, took the kids to a Danish candy and toy store and departed...promising to go back for more. We meandered back to 101, in hopes of spotting the Reagan Ranch, to no avail. We then went for dinner in Ventura, before retiring for the evening.
Sunday was couch hunting day. After making our final selection, we stopped into the Green Burrito for lunch. While finishing up, I glanced over at the soda fountain, when who should be standing there, but BRETT!!!! They were on their way to Santa Barbara, when they pulled off for coffee, only to change their minds, and ended up there too!! Some things are just God things... We chatted for a bit and then, on their way home that night, they stopped in to see our place.
By the end of the weekend, though fun, I was starting to feel a little like I was on a desert island.... These kids and I need some things to do... and some friends.
Last night and today, I pulled out all the brochure's from the Chamber of Commerce, the Park & Rec, the YMCA, the library, and the Happening Magazine. I started clipping out activities, clubs, festivals, hikes, swim schools, classes, festivals, and things that we would be interested in. Then today I started calling. I called the Newcomer's Club, the Mom's Club, the Republican Women's Club, the Girl Scouts, the YMCA, the Boys and Girls Club, a swim school, a pediatricians office, the DMV, and about a bagillion more places. I even took the kids on a walk, to go kid hunting.... No luck. But it was a good planning day.
Tomorrow, It looks like a trip to Home Depot to return dryer gas lines, a stop at Target for a slip mat for the kids bath, and maybe a drive to Thousand Oaks to see about a swim school.
One thing is for certain, I am totally loving the space in the house. Today the kids were out playing in the hose and I had complete freedom. It's pretty common that they just disappear upstairs for a while and I am able to do my own things. Total heaven!!!
And a quick note to anyone who's tried to call me.... I am REALLY low on cell phone minutes. I have already upgraded plans and only have 100 minutes for 6 days!!! Yikes!!! So, please don't take it personally that I am not returning phone calls. We will have a home phone on July 25th, not to mention my usage gets reset on July 21st. So, soon.
We signed the kids up for fall soccer.
And DID YOU SEE...
CNN Money voted Plymouth, MN the Best City in America!!!
I miss that place.
I feel very unique out here. I DO have an accent. I do look and act different. It's amazing what you learn about yourself being out of your "culture." I'm not sure if I will find any one like me here. I really feel as if there is a special niche in this world for my talents and ideas, which are unlike the rest of the world. Who knows where that will take me... But somewhere, I think.
Well, Wednesday has come and gone.... Still no stuff. We have managed to get some money back, but basically there has been some serious communication problems between the coordinator and the carrier. Needless to say, they are going to have to eat the penalty between the two of them. Now they are saying, "By Sunday," so we will see.
After Alyssa left, I had my moment of freaking out, but that has since come and gone, and I feel better now. It is weird knowing that the kids have no one to play with, no activities to go to, no one's house to visit...and neither do I. Yikers. It was funny because I was ready to be alone and then right after Wak left, I wanted her back.
The good thing is that Lily's bed and our dryer was delivered on Wednesday, so at least everyone has a bed to sleep in. I am still working on getting the gas dryer connected, but I think I found someone to do that. We can't just call Grandpa or Uncle Matt anymore.
Anyhow, this week has been more business than play. I have mainly been working on furnishing the house with rugs, towels, placemats, cleaning supplies & food. I've also done a lot of address change stuff, label ordering & thank you writing. I even mowed the lawn and washed the car. I forgot what it was like to take the kids EVERYWHERE and attend to them ALL DAY with no t.v. I liked it better when time was more balanced, but we will get there. I think the kids are going through a bit of adjustment themselves, having to run more errands than usual and spend more time with each other.
We've got a lot of mail from family and friends this week, so we are enjoying that. The kids have also been really good about talking on the phone.
I think we are going to take an R&R day tomorrow and go to the pool and another picking farm. I'm looking forward to the weekend.
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