Reflection of a Middle-Aged Mother: LIFE- I need a day off!

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

LIFE- I need a day off!

I'm feeling the pressure to post something new, because I know how irritated I get when I check someone's blog (not naming any names) and it hasn't been updated in days. SO I guess I will just talk about all the things that I have been up to for the last week.
Yard work.......That's pretty much it. I have layed sod, tilled a garden, lined it with railroad ties, prepped the swells, seeded grass and planted about 30 plants and two trees. Completely by myself. My body hurts so bad, and my hands are hashed. I have cuts and slivers and bruises all over me. I am burned on my arms, ears and nose and then re-burned. I need a massage and a manicure.
I am hoping the weather dries out enough this weekend to be able to seed the rest of my yard. So I am somewhat glad that I have a few days to recover before I have to work my butt of again.

Also, am I the only one that totally stresses out about all the end of the year crap that has to be done? Viki and I are making graduation invitations for the eighth grade (and she doesn't even have an eighth grader. Thank you Viki.) We have soccer practice, t-ball practice, pitching machine, graduation, my tennis league has started, Pipe's end of the year activities, K, 1, 2 3 grade fun day. I'm sure there are a few things I have missed.
LIFE.......I need a day off. Or maybe a martini?

3 comments:

Unknown said...: I totally forgot about the Fun Day - shows you how well my brain is functioning - or not? Count me in on a manicure and drinks (virgin, of course!); May 21, 2008 at 3:23 PM
dhinton said...: I am glad that you posted a new blog, I feel that it is a way to keep up with you being all the way over there. I have been checking for anything new. I hope you do get that long overdue day off!!!
I know I need one.
Love ya,
Delisa; May 21, 2008 at 5:01 PM
dhinton said...: I am glad you put on a new post, I feel that I can ba a little part of your life way over here when I read your blog. I miss you and hoope you get that long deserved day off.!!!
love ya!
delisa; May 21, 2008 at 5:02 PM

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Kids Say The Darndest Things

BRADY - "I'm kinda glad Tyler still remembers how to speak American." 10-10-11
On our way to Vegas we stopped and had lunch with Brooke because Syd insisted. She said, "Mom I need a serious dose of sarcasm right now."
Syd was talking about a date her friends were setting her up on. Brady was sitting with us and he says, " I don't know why you would want to go on a date with a blind guy." We both looked at each other and started laughing. We realized when she talked about a "blind date" he thought we literally meant he was blind.
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So Brady was having a conversation with his friend on the way home from school and he says, "do you know what an exchange student is"? Gage says, "No". Well it's like when your brother goes to college or something and you get someone from another country to come live at your house".
Brady and Andrew were driving down the road and he says to Drew, "It would be fun to be a fireman because you could bring marshmallows and chocolate and stuff and for the first minute you could make smores and then you could put out the fire."
We are on our way to lunch on the last day of school and Landon says, "we all got award's today". I reply, "oh really, what did you get one for?" So he preceeds for read it to me. "The ornery award for critical thinker. I start to laugh and say, oh boy Mrs. Shenton sure knows you if she gave you the ornery award." Then I look at the paper and it says, honarary award for most "critical thinker". I laughed so hard I almost peed my pants.
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Favorite Quotes

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill
"Those who have nothing to hide, hide nothing." Dr. Phil
"You wouldn't worry so much about what people think about you, if you knew how seldom they did." Dr. Phil
"Worrying is like rocking in a rocking chair. You can do it all day, but it won't get you anywhere."
"My friend is one... who takes me for what I am."
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...it's learning to dance in the rain."
"Live while you are alive. Life is too short for drama & petty things, so laugh hard, love truly and forgive quickly. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity. Forgive now those who made you cry. You might not get a second chance. Lost time can never again be found."
"Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."