For Other Peeps and Their mini Peeps
If your Children and yourself are at a Sporting Event? wouldn't you want to see how your kids are doing? Wouldn't you want to be able to see the event? Yesterday I had the opportunity to take my 2 youngest Sons to my Middle Son's Cross Country Race. The School did a wonderful job sponsoring this event. I love that they include every Child that wants to join from Grade 3-5. It's a great way for kids to feel accomplished and every Racer gets a Ribbon. It's a feel good event.
My complaint today comes from the parents that think that their child is so very important that they don't need to follow the Rules. The event happened in a public park, and while they couldn't close the track for the race they had an area roped off for the spectators while the race was going on. I had my 5yrold with me. He sat down "behind" the rope so he could see his older Brother run. He's a great Cheerer, but about 8 times another child from another school or even my children's school would step OVER MJ and stand infront of him. I had to repeatedly point this out to them. Parents were no better. All of the children pushed the rope that was to keep the spectators out of the Runners way out into the Running track. I spent more time worrying that some child would trip over another child then I did enjoying seeing my child run this race. The majority of the race happens outside of that area, we don't see them for about 3/4 of the race.
I'm not pleased that I had to pull the rope back myself to keep these kids off the path. I'm not pleased that I was the only parent doing this? The teachers also couldn't keep their kids off the path. I am not pleased.
I will say that one Teacher from our Sponsoring School did an Excellent job! she did it so covertly that it worked. She was going around with a plastic bag to collect all of the empty Juice Boxes for deposit. When she did this? She moved along the line each step moving the kids back out of the line of the track. This didn't work for the whole race but it did move the kids for a bit.
OK I think I'm done complaining. My AJ came in 53rd for Grade 4 boys!! This is a 4 place advance from last week. Hubbie will take them running again Saturday. TJ is also in Cross country. He'll be running at the same park this afternoon, but with the Middle School Crowd.
and of course I forgot my camera!! this is getting serious, I may need to get a cellphone with a camera at this rate. Anyone in Canada want to order Avon? or Become an independant Sales Rep?(it is not a Pyramid Scheme as such) :p
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Saturday VGNO
So I thought I'd participate this week.
I'm really not having a lot of "new" thoughts lately. Life here is kids, Animals and weight loss/gains, oh and Avon. That's it! there isn't much else going on but I did today get me some "fan mail". hehe It was nice to get this message lastnight just before heading to bed.
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Yesterday was Hubbie's Birthday. I bought him a pie. He doesn't want Cake for his Birthdays so he likes Pie now I didn't go all "domestic" on this one. I bought the pie!! his favourite is Lemon Meringue. I did buy some Lard this week with hopes I could try to make pie crust but didn't get it done. Pies make me nervous and I know this topic has come up else where. I almost read the same post from Carmen from MomtothescreamingMasses. She though took the bull by the horns and baked the pie!
I'm really not having a lot of "new" thoughts lately. Life here is kids, Animals and weight loss/gains, oh and Avon. That's it! there isn't much else going on but I did today get me some "fan mail". hehe It was nice to get this message lastnight just before heading to bed.
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Yesterday was Hubbie's Birthday. I bought him a pie. He doesn't want Cake for his Birthdays so he likes Pie now I didn't go all "domestic" on this one. I bought the pie!! his favourite is Lemon Meringue. I did buy some Lard this week with hopes I could try to make pie crust but didn't get it done. Pies make me nervous and I know this topic has come up else where. I almost read the same post from Carmen from MomtothescreamingMasses. She though took the bull by the horns and baked the pie!
The apple Crumble? gone there is no trace of me having baked two of them this week. Well there might be on my Ass? but no sign in the pans. oops!
I'm sure the Altar of Truth(scale for my weight watching) will not smile fondly on me this week.Also not helping AJ just baked cookies... I skipped it this Wednesday due to all the running around that seems to come with having 3 kids in two schools.
The boys are in the full swing of school. $ forked out this month for teams and band and so on? 450.00! so far. I'm a bit confuzzled on this one. Why is it that school band for one middle school is 50.00 but for our school band, it's 220. Both schools are in the same district? Does this not feel like there's some kind of inequality for these kids? Why would a school over there, be more fitting of only paying 50.00 and my Children's school almost 5times? that much? things that make you go hmmmm Failure in Education again Provincial Government!! And you all want me to vote for you this week? uh no!
Now on to Katy Perry. I don't think it's a big deal at all. Maybe if people got less up in arms about cleavage, I would have got less "Stink" eye when putting my children to the Breast for food? BOOBS happen people. My boys all watch the video well the oldest didn't he wasn't home when I showed it.. wait let me find him.... he's 11.
"That was just weird... it would be good with the original song versions" hmmmmm I'm not even sure I know the original words. So there you have it 11yrold boy? it's just weird I asked him to explain? "wrong words and elmo??"
You also have to realize we now have 1 station that comes in with fuzzy reception as our total tv viewing. We don't see a lot of this stuff and Sesame Street is no longer part of the Canadian viewing unless you are paying for US stations or kid TV.
If you're up for a Saturday night VGNO (Virtual Girls Night out) go on over link up to Ann's and get a button. I've apparently used tonight as a brain dump. hhee I do that a lot here. Happy Saturday.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Random Random Random (cha cha cha)
So it's Tuesday, i'm not at the dentist with anyone but I did have a business meeting today, so I guess it's Meeting day now? No it's Random Tuesday.. click away...
Or read first.Either way works just remember to read
So I had another meeting that keeps me on task for selling my Avon. That woman is great! I was almost ready to give up but you know? I want to do it, I want to do well. Now about this make up? I'm going to need me some lessons. Do you think if I go to a make up place, get lessons to doll myself up a bit? would it be called a business expense?
Boys are having a pretty good week. I think I solved the lunch box problem. Boy didn't check lunch box for his own initials. He went to school with his brother's lunch. HE didn't eat any sandwich. Hungry boy. Day 2? he checked!
We're hoping to do running this month but we'll see how that fits in with my boys.
Did you know? being the Parent Volunteer for your child's kindergarten class, is fun! why is it that no one told me this? we went apple picking. I think "I" learned something new.
I got my hair cut last Friday. It looks much better, and less frizzy. I just have to find something that will help it stay less frizzy.
Critter count. No sign of the raccoon and his balls butttttt yes there's a but, not a butt, one of my neighbours told me that another neighbour had the Department of Natural Resources in her yard. Guess what they were doing?
Yep! moving one of these....
Now I don't know if this is the one that was eyeing my barn in June or a different one? I decided not to ask him questions when he showed up in June about whether he'd be back. I continue my walking in the evenings and now I've been also doing a bit of walk in the day.
Also Monday mr5 decided he needed to be on the bus the second it showed up! so he almost ran out into the road. Mralmost 9 saved him. It is now my job to go out at 710am also to wait for the bus. brrrrr and zzzzz come to mind.
I baked an apple crisp yesterday after apple picking. There is no more apple crisp in the house, incase you were wondering?
6-7 chopped apples (peeled)
3/4 cup flour,
3./4 cup oats (not the instant)
1 cup PACKED brown sugar,
1/2 cup cold margerine
1tsp of cinnamon (a bit more if you like it)
fill the pie dish, or shallow casserole dish with the sliced up apples, then in a bowl mix all the dry ingredients, use a pastery blender or fork and make a crumbly mixture in the bowl. It might look like beach sand with oats. Make this your top layer and pat it down over the apples. Bake at 350 for about 30-40minutes (depends on your oven and how you want your apples to feel)
yummy! I also made apple muffins. I think I've shared that recipe before I think.
Apples. make the house smell lived in.
So that's my Tuesday Ramble on and on and random...
Or read first.Either way works just remember to read
So I had another meeting that keeps me on task for selling my Avon. That woman is great! I was almost ready to give up but you know? I want to do it, I want to do well. Now about this make up? I'm going to need me some lessons. Do you think if I go to a make up place, get lessons to doll myself up a bit? would it be called a business expense?
Boys are having a pretty good week. I think I solved the lunch box problem. Boy didn't check lunch box for his own initials. He went to school with his brother's lunch. HE didn't eat any sandwich. Hungry boy. Day 2? he checked!
We're hoping to do running this month but we'll see how that fits in with my boys.
Did you know? being the Parent Volunteer for your child's kindergarten class, is fun! why is it that no one told me this? we went apple picking. I think "I" learned something new.
I got my hair cut last Friday. It looks much better, and less frizzy. I just have to find something that will help it stay less frizzy.
Critter count. No sign of the raccoon and his balls butttttt yes there's a but, not a butt, one of my neighbours told me that another neighbour had the Department of Natural Resources in her yard. Guess what they were doing?
Now I don't know if this is the one that was eyeing my barn in June or a different one? I decided not to ask him questions when he showed up in June about whether he'd be back. I continue my walking in the evenings and now I've been also doing a bit of walk in the day.
Also Monday mr5 decided he needed to be on the bus the second it showed up! so he almost ran out into the road. Mralmost 9 saved him. It is now my job to go out at 710am also to wait for the bus. brrrrr and zzzzz come to mind.
I baked an apple crisp yesterday after apple picking. There is no more apple crisp in the house, incase you were wondering?
6-7 chopped apples (peeled)
3/4 cup flour,
3./4 cup oats (not the instant)
1 cup PACKED brown sugar,
1/2 cup cold margerine
1tsp of cinnamon (a bit more if you like it)
fill the pie dish, or shallow casserole dish with the sliced up apples, then in a bowl mix all the dry ingredients, use a pastery blender or fork and make a crumbly mixture in the bowl. It might look like beach sand with oats. Make this your top layer and pat it down over the apples. Bake at 350 for about 30-40minutes (depends on your oven and how you want your apples to feel)
yummy! I also made apple muffins. I think I've shared that recipe before I think.
Apples. make the house smell lived in.
So that's my Tuesday Ramble on and on and random...
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