Friday YUP!

I have been doing the whole letter thing on Fridays

But 

This Friday is going to be different 

Why

Because of a few things

I have off for Good Friday 

And

 I have a sick Kid

She says she feels fine

Her face says something completely different

I think I might be getting it too though

So today for the most part has consisted of

Coffee with a friend

Errands for some cold meds

A bit of cleaning

Wii playing for the Kid

I am sure I could have made this into a letter post

I just did not have the brain power to be creative

So sad but true

Gonna go eat my sweet and sour soup 

And hopefully get ourselves better 

So we can spend sometime with the Family  on Sunday

I hope this weekend treats all of you well 

Enjoy your Easter Sunday if you celebrate

Off track and Impatient

My mind is all over the place

The weather has not been my friend

I yearn for spring

Or a least a day or two of weather that makes me smile

And

Allows me to awake early and sit on my front steps 

Drinking my coffee slowly 

Enjoying the silence that is in my neighborhood

The snow is almost gone

Again

This time for good I hope

The Kid 

Oh I feel for her

She just had her final appointment with her Orthopedist

It was a good to know we were done

Only to find out 

We need to start seeing a new one

And 

For a new reason

X-rays

Showed she has scoliosis

This is the curve in her dorsal spine,she also has one in her lumbar spine

Oh and can I say

Finding a Doctor who deals with spines in a child

Who also takes my insurance

Not an easy task

I don't know much about scoliosis

And

I am not going to do a whole lot of Internet investigating either

Last time I did that

I had a panic attack 

In the parking lot of Barnes & Noble

 I am just going to wait till our appointment 

2 weeks from today

The Kid is nervous

She is hoping that she can continue doing the sports she likes

 I hope for that too

So to waiting and passing time 

For spring flowers and good news

All around

 

Give me an F...

I have been a bit MIA 

So I apologize to those of you who read

When things are quiet on the home front

I don't seem to know what to write about

So instead of just putting something out there just cause

I do nothing

Which I do not think is good either

I will try to do more or at least participate more

Or 

Create things like this post

 I feel that it gives me a starting point

F

Frozen

The Kid had her first outside lacrosse practice

This past Sunday

It was a beautiful sunny day

But

It was cold and windy

I'd say about 35 degrees

So after 2 hours even with running around

All those girls were frozen

I am sure I might have been too

That is if I had stayed

Her next outside practice who knows

Now that we have snow covered grounds again

Who is that masked child?

R
Road Trip
I have been itching to take a trip
Not a full on vacation
More of a day/overnight trip
I have a couple of ideas
I want to wait till it is a bit warmer
I am thinking Mystic,CT
I haven't been there since I was my daughter's age
So I think it would be a fun little road trip
For us to take together

I
 Ikea
I need/want to go
Really soon
It is a good thing I do not live closer to one
I think it would be like having a Target in town
In other words
No good for my wallet

 D
Done
Basketball season for the Kid is now done
It was a great season
Only 2 losses
I enjoy watching the games
I kind of even understand all the rules now 
The part I love the most 
The fact that my Kid has tons of fun

Happiness

The 2012-13 Biddy Ball Team

       
 A
 Amused
Jimmy Fallon & Justin Timberlake
Both of you amused me this week
Thanks for the smiles
 

Y

Yet

Yet again

My Kid is getting X-rays

The Pediatrician we see does not like ordering them

However 

With her recent medical history 

Now he doesn't resist ordering them

The news we receive after them not always the best

This story is still developing

Unfortunately

  

 

   I got this posted before Saturday at least :)

Punxsutawney Phil, I think you have some explaining to do!

Winter showed itself in my neck of the woods again

It is not cool 

Tomorrow is the first day of Spring

But 

Instead of looking out my window and seeing spring flowers

I am looking at snow

Mother Nature what is the deal

 Seriously 

I need some bright blue skies 

Fresh flowers and green grass

Temperatures above 50

Heck I will even deal with the hay fever 

Just no more cold and snow 

PLEASE

 

Friday,Friday,Friday OHH wait it is Sunday

F

Finally

Better late than never

Kid finally had her follow up doctors visit

Regarding her bilateral hip surgery from almost a year ago 

It doesn't even seem like it has been that long

It all happened so fast

I happily cross this off our list of to do things

The Doctor says everything  looks great 

And 

No more visits needed

WOO HOO!

R

Raring

One more work week under my belt

It has been an odd one

Between people and weather

Not sure what the issue was

I am just going to blame it on the time change

But 

I am raring to go head first into this weekend

Get to hang out with a friend I have not seen in awhile

So dinner and drinks it is 

Very excited 

I
Ice Cream
I had promised  an ice cream date 
To my favorite 7 year old friend Nicholas
It was part of my belated Birthday gift to him
Of course the day we finally decide on
It is freezing out
It was worth it though

Luv this little dude

Yummy

   D

Dreading
I have a pile of laundry  or I should say piles
I am not proud
I kept putting it off this week
And now I must face the mess
That I created
It is not the cleaning that get to me
All the folding and putting away 
That is the real chore I dread

A
    Admiring
I have been admiring a few camera bag inserts online
Not sure what one to get
They all look pretty much the same
But
I want to make sure I get the proper one
One that will also work for me
Any of you out there have a particular one out there you like

Y
Yack
There seems to be a stomach virus
Rearing its ugly head around these parts
The Kid was not feeling great
Stomach was really bothering her
She ended up getting sick
But then seemed better
That was until Monday evening
It was basketball nigt
She warned her coach she was feeling to great
We both told her she was fine
She played hard
But 
Mid way the final quarter 
She waved her coach down and asked to be taken out of the game
She looked kinda wiped
So off to the side lines she went
    That was when the yacking began
The coach and I shared a glanced and both said maybe next we will listen to her
She is better now
Thankfully it did not ruin the game for the other kids either


So Friday got away from me
This post was ready to go and I forgot to to do just that
Now it is Sunday  
And I am getting my next post ready
Whoops ...  

 
    

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My moment

I am going to take a moment

So please bear with me

I am a novice to this blogging world

Lately

I have read a few blogs

That have been almost condescending in the tone

I get that this is the blogger's way of maybe giving advice

To others who have decided to blog

However

If I decide to use ALL CAPS

or an abundance of !!!!!!!

Or none at all

I believe that is my choice

It is my blog

Do I want people to view my blog

Sure

Do I want to hear feed back

Yes

What I don't need is a blogger trashing other bloggers

Because they don't meet their standards

I know some of you out there make money with your blogs

I don't

Maybe one day

But 

Right now I am just feeling my way through this blogging community

I am looking for my voice and my style

So it may take a bit

So with commas or without

 Or misused words

I make no apologies

Just like I don't expect  you to make any in regards to your blog

Happy blogging to all! 

A big thanks to all those who have had words of encouragement for me

I'd like to buy a vowel

F

Frugal

So after a little bit of a spending spree

I'm getting back into frugal mode.

Menu planning,coupon cutting,bill slashing ,

Are all on my agenda 

To tackle this weekend.

R

Rook

Saturday a good portion of the day is reserved for the Kid.

She is participating in another Chess Tournament.

It's a very long day,boring day for me.

But

The Kid enjoys it.

These are her memories to make.

I tend to kill the time with above mentioned menu planning for next week.

Plus,

This year I have my new camera to play with,

Something I can look forward to do.

I

Information

Information overload with my new camera.

I figured though,

If I was willing to plunk down that chunk of change,

I might as well figure out the correct ways to use it.

Step up my picture taking skills.

Lots and lots of stuff to think about.

D

Downton Abbey

I have a whole season to catch up on.

I can hardly wait to get the chance to escape into that world.

Remembering a time where I made sure to be home to watch my shows,

Not so much anymore.

I enjoy being able to watch it when I want.

Only downfall,

Avoiding spoilers.

It is a risk I will take though to watch back to back episodes.
A
Allowance
This has been an on going discussion in our home.
I never received one.
But
My mom thinks I should give my Kid one.
How is that for irony.
I  think paying a child do keep their room clean is a joke.
They should just keep it clean.
If the Kid took it upon herself to do something
Like weed/clean out the car etc
I might throw her a couple of $$
However, just to give her money for taking care of normal household things seems silly to me.
What are your thoughts? 

Y
Yup
I read an excerpt of an article online this morning.
It was an article about Jennifer Lawrence talking about how middle school was hard for her,and
How she had trouble with some of the girls.
How sad is it that movie called Mean Girls ..
Is so darn true!
As a parent now of a middle school age girl,
 I completely understand what Jennifer Lawrence said in the article.
I might not have said it the same way to my Kid but,YUP! it is so true!
(sorry if the language offends)

 "Don't worry about the bitches. That could be a good motto, because you come across people like that throughout your life."
 via

I like that Jennifer Lawrence more and more!

Have  a wonderful weekend!

School projects...yuck!

School projects

Oh how I loathe you

Mind you 

It is not my project but the Kid's

Of course

It is due on Wednesday

And

Tuesday evening guess what was still being worked on

Maybe my issue 

Is that I was such an over achiever in the project department

I always made sure my projects were great

Especially if I knew I could bump my grade up 

The Kid does not seem to think along these lines

Her project seems all over the place to me

No organization

Of thoughts or ideas

I just want to jump in

But 

 I can not 

It is her project 

I feel she needs to figure it out

It was along night
She was up later then she usually is
Which made her a bit loopy
 And
A tad bit crazy eyed

We survived
And most of all
She finished her project
She was happy with it
Now to see what the teacher thought

Overall I am happy with her project
What do you think?
Do you think sometimes teachers don't give enough information on what they are expecting?

One click at a time

Finally

Finished moving my mom

With a hired helper 

That would be my friend's son

Figured he would like the gas money

Being such a great kid he didn't want to take the money

I insisted

I was super grateful for the move to be done

Then got cleaning on the brain

I needed some new supplies

So off I went to the store

Splurged on a 2 new mops

A new bucket and a couple of new spray bottles

Trying to get away from the chemical stuff

Especially for cleaning my kitchen

So I picked up a bottle of cleaning vinegar 
Wish that I had jumped on this band wagon alot sooner
Things honestly seem so much cleaner to me
 

 I also made this tasty cucumber salad
I wanted to eat it the minute it was done
I have a feeling  I will be making a lot of this
  
Best part of my weekend
Picking up my new camera
And
Taking the above picture with it
So happy that I treated myself to this gift

This little beauty is going to be taking up a lot of my free timeTook it to my daughter's basketball game
Snapped pictures the whole time while cheering them on

   
So I apologize in advance if I flood your screen with pictures
 I am off to go read and study up more on my new toy