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March 31, 2004

It's finally quiet

Did you ever have a night when you just let the kids pick out their own dinner? Yeah.. I did too.. P was working late and the girls didn't want chicken. So, at their request, I made mini pizzas for each of them - no cheese for O. After that, they were still hungry so each girl got a leftover piece of meatloaf with dipping "sauce" (ketchup). Dessert - soy chips. Again, their choice. Thank goodness they ate healthy breakfasts and lunches!
P got home around 830pm, just in time to chat with the girls before they had to brush their teeth and head into bed. They got tossed in around 915pm. These late bedtimes have got to stop. It makes my mornings miserable.
P and I are hosting Easter dinner. We are now up to 9 or 10 people. Oy - where am I gonna seat all these people??? I am going to have to rearrange my living room and maybe put some seating out there. Actually, I think (and hope and pray!) it will go smoothly. So far, the menu will be ham, turkey, mashed potatoes or rice, green beans, broccoli, tossed salad, baking powder biscuits (I have an awesome recipe for those) and assorted desserts - apple and pumpkin pie (the girls have been nagging me for pumpkin pie), chocolate chip cookies and maybe some fresh fruit. I guess I will be busy that entire weekend!
Anyone have plans for Easter?

Posted by Cate at 10:19 PM | Comments (4)

I am a God

(snagged from <a href="http://www.crittersmom.net/movabletype/archives/000715.php">Alexia</a>)
Well - only a Grammar God but I was pretty excited about these results!

<img src="http://images.quizilla.com/B/BaalObsidian/1080162080_cturesgod3.jpg" border="0" alt="Grammar God!"> You are a GRAMMAR GOD!
 If your mission in life is not already to preserve the English tongue, it should be. Congratulations and thank you!
 <a href="http://quizilla.com/users/BaalObsidian/quizzes/How%20grammatically%20sound%20are%20you%3F/"> How grammatically sound are you?</a> brought to you by <a href="http://quizilla.com">Quizilla</a>

Posted by Cate at 12:54 PM | Comments (2)

Well well well

Look <a href="http://www.squeezings.blogspot.com/2004_03_01_squeezings_archive.html#108027071346958530">who</a> finally decided to start blogging again. Took ya long enough... AND I had to read about it on another blog too
:::mumbling::: not like you stopped over here to say hi or anything...

Posted by Cate at 11:53 AM | Comments (1)

Back home

I spent almost $50 on patches and pins for the troop and that was including a $20 council credit. I love finding cute patches for the girls!

Posted by Cate at 11:19 AM | Comments (0)

Girl Scouts

Lots of GS stuff to do this morning.. have to drive to the Council to pick up try-its, patches and pins (oh my!)
Later dudes!

Posted by Cate at 07:54 AM | Comments (2)

March 30, 2004

Current Project

<a href="http://www.katespot.com/archives/P3300257.php" onclick="window.open('http://www.katespot.com/archives/P3300257.php','popup','width=384,height=288,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">Baby Blanket</a>

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Posted by Cate at 02:05 PM | Comments (5)

Statue Of Liberty

I am so excited about this! P and I will be bringing the girls to see her.

<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040330/ap_on_re_us/statue_of_liberty_3">NEW YORK - The Statue of Liberty, closed immediately after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, will reopen to the public this summer, officials said Tuesday</a>.

Pledges of $7 million in donations, including a $100,000 gift from Mayor Michael Bloomberg, will finance upgrades that were necessary at the national monument before it could be reopened.

<a href="http://www.katespot.com/archives/thumb.ny11403301401.statue_of_liberty_ny1141.php" onclick="window.open('http://www.katespot.com/archives/thumb.ny11403301401.statue_of_liberty_ny1141.php','popup','width=264,height=410,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">Currently, tourists can visit Liberty Island but are not allowed inside the 151-foot statue in New York Harbor.</a>

"Safety of our citizens and preservation of the statue are our main goals," said Secretary of the Interior Gail Norton, acknowledging that the 118-year-old statue was "an attractive terrorist target."

The billionaire mayor, who joined Norton at a news conference on the island, said he was "proud to have played such a small role" in getting the statue available to the public once again.

According to Norton, an examination of the national monument revealed potential for fire problems and a lack of exits. Screening procedures, much like those at airports, and a reservation system to reduce long lines will be implemented once the monument reopens in late July, Norton said.

She said after the upgrades are completed, the public will be allowed to climb the 354 steps to the statue's crown, or observation deck.

The island was closed for 100 days after Sept. 11, 2001. Airport-type metal detectors were installed to screen visitors boarding the ferry from lower Manhattan before the island was reopened in December 2001. But the statue itself has remained closed.

Since the terrorist attacks, officials have said the number of visitors to Liberty Island has dropped by 40 percent. Still, more than 4 million people have visited since then. The statue had undergone a major restoration for its 100th birthday in 1986.

The upgrade project is being overseen by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation.

Posted by Cate at 12:39 PM | Comments (2)

Back from the rock

No silly - not <a href="http://www.katespot.com/archives/rock.php" onclick="window.open('http://www.katespot.com/archives/rock.php','popup','width=450,height=278,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">this rock</a>...
I am feeling better now that I have had several doses of <a href="http://www.katespot.com/archives/rob.php" onclick="window.open('http://www.katespot.com/archives/rob.php','popup','width=155,height=264,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">Robitussin</a> and Motrin. I still have some icky sinus things going on but at least I don't feel like I am going to puke anymore.

On his way home from work last night, P stopped at McD's for the kids. All I wanted to do was lay down and sleep. Of course, I didn't really sleep - my mind was racing.. I was having a hard time winding down. I managed to doze on and off until about 7-ish. At that point, the phone rang and I said **** it and got up. The girls had a great night. M had finished her homework and O was already in her pjs. P pulled out one of the train sets and set it up on the kitchen table. The girls hauled out the legos and built little structures to put around the train tracks. It was pretty cute. If I had the energy, I would have taken pictures. I was just vegging on the couch. The girls finally got to bed by 915pm and I put on my Sex and the City season 1 dvd. I had watched a few episodes earlier while O was at school. P and I watched 5 episodes before I finally shut it off. I was getting burned out on Carrie and her freakiness. <a href="http://www.katespot.com/archives/big.php" onclick="window.open('http://www.katespot.com/archives/big.php','popup','width=295,height=524,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">Mr. Big</a> - well - <a href="http://www.geocities.com/nothworthy/index1.htm"target=_blank>who can ever get enough of him</a>? Can you say hubba hubba?
Anyway, I managed to finally fall asleep around 130am. I tossed and turned for most of the night. I think I smacked poor P in the face with my constant pillow flipping and flopping. I hate hot pillows - ewwwwwww! I need one of those <a href="http://www.katespot.com/archives/chillow.php" onclick="window.open('http://www.katespot.com/archives/chillow.php','popup','width=300,height=300,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">Chillow things</a>. M made it to school on time then O and I ran a few errands - bank, gas, bread and milk - and made it back home.
Tonight, M has a 4-H meeting. We are checking it out for the first time. I thought 4-H was all about farm animals, etc but it also has a lot to do with the environment, training pets, fixing computers, growing plants... etc.. I think she would really do well with this. Plus, a couple of her friends are also involved in it as well.
Ok - enough rambling... time to do a few things around the house. .. catch ya'll later!

Posted by Cate at 11:35 AM | Comments (1)

Rock

I have crawled out from under my rock to report that I am ok.. now it's time to crawl back under it... I will hopefully be around tomorrow...

{{{hugs}}}

Posted by Cate at 07:41 AM | Comments (1)

March 29, 2004

South Beach

Ok - who is on it and is it really as good as it seems?

Posted by Cate at 02:39 PM | Comments (6)

Ugh

I still feel like crap but I am going to take O out so she can ride her trike. She is so excited - you'd think I never take her anywear. : - )

Posted by Cate at 01:25 PM | Comments (3)

Ick

I feel gross - my throat is sore and my sinuses... ew... let's just leave it at that..
I am going to lay on the couch for a little while..

Posted by Cate at 10:06 AM | Comments (2)

Whatta weekend!

We had a great weekend...
The dance on Friday night was lame but M had a fun time.
Saturday - P took the girls out early in the morning to shoot off rockets. The girls had SO much fun - they can't wait to do it again. We putzed around the house and eventually made it over to Michaels for birthday presents for three of M's friends and model rocket stuff for P. Stopped at Pathmark and picked up some basics. We didn't do too much that night. The girls helped me with a new zoo I set up on Zoo Tycoon - this game is like crack to me.
Today, the girls and I went to church. I taught Sunday school. M went to one friend's house after church. Then, that friend's mom drove M and her daughter to a bowling birthday party. I had a meeting at church at 1230pm (remind me to get into that tomorrow) and O stayed home with P.
O and I played Zoo Tycoon again today and then tonight before they got their night time stories. P and I watched the Sopranos and Deadwood. Two awesome shows! Well- gotta hit the hay. I am beat and not feeling too well - damn scratchy throat!
So - hi and bye!

Posted by Cate at 07:16 AM | Comments (1)

March 26, 2004

Scout Mart - A Success!

The girls loved <a href="http://www.katespot.com/archives/004926.php#004926">Scout Mart.</a> I think this was probably the best meeting we have ever had. I have just enough time to get dinner ready, eat and then bring M to the second grade dance at 7pm. I will be staying as her partner and P will be home with Miss O.
I need a drink. Who's buying?

Posted by Cate at 05:12 PM | Comments (2)

~~:updated 115pm~~ 222pm with newly completed items bolded

To Do list:

<strike>Open windows - air out stuffy house</strike>
<strike>Bank deposit</strike>
Update checkbook/online banking
Pay bills
<strike>Change sheets in MBR</strike>
<strike>Wash, dry, fold and put away kids clothes</strike>
<strike>Fold and put away clothes on sofa and chair in living room</strike>
<strike>Clean up living room</strike> - dust, vacuum
<strike>Clean up computer desk</strike>
<strike>Clean counters in kitchen</strike>
<strike>Dishwasher - unload, reload, run?</strike>
<strike>Put out recycleables</strike>
<strike>Finish meeting plan for troop</strike>
<strike>Organize all supplies for troop</strike>
<strike>Pick up O at 1130am and bring to friend's house for play date - pack lunch and snack for her</strike>

Posted by Cate at 01:15 PM | Comments (2)

Busy busy

::updated 1031am - woohoo - so far so good!

To Do list:

<strike>Open windows - air out stuffy house</strike>
<strike>Bank deposit</strike>
Update checkbook/online banking
Pay bills
<strike>Change sheets in MBR</strike>
Wash, dry, fold and put away kids clothes
<strike>Fold and put away clothes on sofa and chair in living room</strike>
Clean up living room - dust, vacuum
Clean up computer desk
Clean counters in kitchen
Dishwasher - unload, reload, run?
<strike>Put out recycleables</strike>
Finish meeting plan for troop
Organize all supplies for troop
Pick up O at 1130am and bring to friend's house for play date - pack lunch and snack for her

You might not see me too much today - the above list is why. M also has a dance tonight at her school. It's for the second grade. It should be cute.
As for me now, I will be cranking out cds - Bare Naked Ladies new cd, Frank Sinatra greatest hits and N*SYNC's cd - No Strings Attached - mmmmm - lurve me some JC....
Bye for now!

Posted by Cate at 09:44 AM | Comments (4)

March 25, 2004

Popular tonight

I have received more phone calls this past hour than I have all day.

Weird.

Posted by Cate at 08:28 PM | Comments (2)

Great Soprano Quotes

All borrowed from IMDB

[Tony urges Dr. Melfi to get out of town for a while]
Dr. Jennifer Melfi: I have patients who are suicidal!
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: Well they're not gonna feel any better about their life if you get clipped.

Bobby "Bacala" Baccalieri: The world really went downhill, since 9/11. You know, Quasimodo predicted all of this.
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: Who did what?
Bobby "Bacala" Baccalieri: You know, the middle east. The end of the world.
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: Nostradamus. Quasimodo's the hunchback of Notre Dame.
Bobby "Bacala" Baccalieri: Oh, right. Notredamus.
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: Nostradamus and Notre Dame, that's two things different completely.
Bobby "Bacala" Baccalieri: It's interesting that they'd be so similar, though. You know, I always thought "Ok, you got the hunchback of Notre Dame. But you also got your quarterback and your headback of Notre Dame".
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: Notre Dame's a fucking cathedral!
Bobby "Bacala" Baccalieri: Obviously, I know. I'm just saying. It's interesting, the coincidences. What, you're gonna tell me you never pondered that?
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: No!

[After Matthew Bevilaqua tries to clean up cheese from Silvo Dante, and Silvio goes ballistic]
Matthew Bevilaqua: I'm just trying to clean the cheese from your feet.
Silvio Dante: Why now? Huh? Leave the fucking cheese alone. I stick mother fuckin' provolone in my socks every night so they smell like your sister's crotch in the morning. Now get out of here!

[Tony disapproves of Meadow's new boyfriend because he is black]
Carmela Soprano: If you want her to be with him, just keep playing the race card. You're gonna drive her right into his arms.
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: Not if I cut off those arms.

Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: Maybe I should tap into my roots, too. My grandmother was half Indian.
Christopher Moltisanti: Get the fuck out of here.
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: No, it's true. She was in the Fakawee tribe.
Christopher Moltisanti: Oh, yeah?
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: Yeah. When they used to get lost in the woods, they stopped and said "Where the Fakawee?"

[Chris and Husbandie just botched a hit on a Russian gangster, and are lost in the woods. They call Tony, and get a bad reception]
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: Listen to me, this guy was a Russian green beret. He was in the ministry of the interior or something. He single-handedly killed 16 Chechen rebels. Be fucking careful.
Husbandie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri: All right.
[hangs up]
Christopher Moltisanti: What did he say?
Husbandie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri: He said the guy killed 16 Czechoslovakians, and he was an interior decorator.
Christopher Moltisanti: Interior decorator? His appartment looked like shit.

Teittleman: Mr. Soprano, he hit my daughter. You have a daughter, right?
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: Yeah, I do.
Teittleman: What would you do if someone hit your daughter.
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: I'd go talk to him...
Silvio Dante: With a ball peen hammer.

Husbandie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri: Hey, Sil. You remember your first blowjob?
Silvio Dante: Oh, yeah.
Husbandie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri: How long did it take for the guy to come?

Federal interrogator: You prefer Corrado or Junior?
Corrado Erico 'Uncle Junior' Soprano: I prefer mr. Soprano.
Federal interrogator: Your tenure as boss was a short one. Actually, it was unusual in several ways. Let me put this to you as simply as I can. You can avoid sentencing on these charges if you will testify that in fact, you were not the boss of North Jersey, that in fact, your nephew Anthony Soprano was and is. That he de facto controlled your capos with the backing of two of the new york families communicating through their emissary, John Sacrimoni. We want Johnny Sack. But more than him, we want Mangano and Teresi.
Corrado Erico 'Uncle Junior' Soprano: I want to fuck Angie Dickinson, let's see who gets lucky first.

Dr. Jennifer Melfi: Have you ever had a prostate exam?
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: Are you kidding? I don't let anyone wag their finger in my FACE

Posted by Cate at 06:54 PM | Comments (1)

This can't be right

(snagged from <a href="http://redgrandam.colagrl.com/archives/001646.php">Susan</a>)
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<img src="http://www.zenhex.com/tests/drivers/prudent.jpg" border="0" height="125" width="330"> 
Find out what kind of driver you are!</a>

Posted by Cate at 03:55 PM | Comments (1)

Netflix

Woohoo! Sex and the City Season 1 is on it;s way to me! Now I can watch Big from the very beginning.. rowr...

Posted by Cate at 03:06 PM | Comments (1)

Netflix

Woohoo! Sex and the City Season 1 is on it;s way to me! Now I can watch Big from the very beginning.. rowr...

Posted by Cate at 03:06 PM | Comments (0)

Good MORNING

Hello people!
I mailed out a big old check to our local Girl Scout council for 29 Six Flags tickets. I am looking forward to this event. I know the girls will have a lot of fun. 10 of my 14 girls are going as well as at least 1 parent per girl. Several girls have their whole family coming! I think we might do an overnight trip to the local campground too - nothing too crazy - it would be from Friday 6pm to Saturday 2pm. Doesn't sound too difficult to me... I hope I can <strike>con</strike> recruit a couple adult volunteers to camp out with us too!
I have been feeling kinda blah... it's a dreary day today. Cold. Grey. Rainy. Yuck. I have a headache too - I think my head is like some sort of barometer. I swear, whenever the weather gets sucky, I get a headace. Weird.
Am I just rambling on and on? Hell yeah...

O and I have been working on her letters. She likes to trace over the dotted out letters so I have been "dotting" out her name, address, phone number. She knows them anyway. I drilled her phone number into her head by the time she was 2 1/2 years old. I hope she can pick up reading by the end of the summer. She still has another year of preschool since she doesn't turn 5 until December 30th. I think she is bored in preschool. It's more for a social outlet than actual learning. She does learn stuff but she already knows most of what is reviewed in class. I wish I could homeschool her. Heck, I might be able to depending on her medical situation. We are not testing for her food allergies until next year. I hope to God that she outgrows the dairy and egg allergy. The peanut/nuts allergy sucks but I would be happy to have just that. Geez - that sounds so sad and pathetic. LOL.
Anyway - I suppose I should get something done around her.... nahhhhhhhh. I am gonna read some blogs!

Posted by Cate at 10:58 AM | Comments (2)

March 24, 2004

Sleepy

Not much to say... I am pooped. I don't exactly know why but it's been a long day. I think I pulled a muscle in my upper back, near my right shoulder blade. I am going to lay down, watch some tv and try to fall asleep.
G'night ya'll.

Posted by Cate at 11:15 PM | Comments (3)

Gotta Brag

M just brought home her report card today. She is AP (Advanced Proficient) in reading, writing and mathematics! Her personal and social developement levels are much more advanced than last marking period. Her teacher also wrote: 
M is becoming a thorough, skilled and creative worker. She is
more organized and on task. She asks questions when she needs help
and participates in discussion.

The principal also wrote "Nice work!" I am so proud of her!

Posted by Cate at 05:39 PM | Comments (8)

1pm?

Jeez - 1pm already??? :::runs around frantically::: I got stuff to do!

Posted by Cate at 01:06 PM | Comments (0)

Why?

Ok - here's the story. Our troop is going to a Six Flags event next month. It's for Girls Scouts and their families only for $36.00 per person. The ticket price includes lunch and a free admission ticket to come back another time. Normal ticket prices are $45.99 so you can see that this event and the price is a really good deal. Even better - our troop will pay for each one of our girls who attend. BUT, there is a catch. I need the money UP FRONT from the parents because I have to purchase these tickets in advance. No tickets will be sold at the door so I need to purchase and pay for these tickets as soon as possible.
I have had to track down no less than six families to find out if they are even going or not. ::sigh::
I hate nagging people for money but I refuse to pay for events like this with troop money. The girls work so hard selling nuts and cookies this past year. I am not going to let it get wasted.

Posted by Cate at 09:36 AM | Comments (5)

Drugs are bad, mmmkay?

(link via <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=757&e=10&u=/ap/20040323/ap_on_re_us/kindergartner_marijuana">Yahoo</a>)
MIAMI - A 5-year-old boy took a bag of marijuana to school and was sprinkling it over a friend's lasagna like oregano when a monitor intervened, police said.

The lasagna was confiscated before the other boy had a chance to eat it Monday in the cafeteria at Gratigny Elementary School.

Police said it was unclear whether the kindergartner even knew what he was carrying, although he tried to hide the bag when the monitor approached.

The boy "may have said it was oregano," said Mayco Villafana, spokesman for Miami-Dade County Public Schools.

Police and child welfare authorities were investigating the boy's family. "The focus is on the child's environment and what issues could have led to a child having a bag of marijuana in school," Villafana said. Police also were looking into whether an older friend may have asked the boy to hold the bag.

Also on Monday, authorities in Indianapolis said a 4-year-old boy took crack cocaine that police said was worth up to $10,000 to his preschool class and showed it to classmates, saying it was flour.

Teachers realized it was cocaine and called authorities.

"This could have killed these kids," said police Sgt. Roger Tuchek.

Indianapolis police said Tuesday they were still seeking the boy's parents, Kenneth Lee Green, 24, and Andrea D. Jackson, 23. Jackson was wanted on a warrant for failing to appear in court, court records showed. Green had been convicted of carrying an unlicensed firearm, resisting law enforcement and marijuana possession.

Posted by Cate at 09:12 AM | Comments (4)

March 23, 2004

Cookies

<a href="http://www.ailurophile.com/mainiac/">Christine</a> and <a href="http://shelley.littlemeanfish.com/blog/">Shelley</a> -

I have finally sent out your cookies. Thank you SO much for ordering from our troop and for being patient with me. {{{hugs}}} Enjoy them!

Posted by Cate at 09:21 PM | Comments (2)

Lazy

Anyone want to come over and clean my house? How about making dinner?
Pretty please? With sugar on top.

Posted by Cate at 05:21 PM | Comments (2)

Scared ****less

I just turned on my radio/cd unit and BLASTED on, scaring the ever loving **** out of me. O almost fell off her kitchen chair. The stereo was turned up to the loudest it could have been. Oy. I think I just aged ten years...

Ok - I think my heartbeat is back down to normal now... I think...

Posted by Cate at 01:32 PM | Comments (0)

So far so good

I think O is feeling better although I notice she complains about things when she is "bored". We are going to work on some craft projects.. see you later!

Posted by Cate at 01:02 PM | Comments (0)

Why?

O has been lucky enough to catch some kind of mutant cold that only develops between the hours of midnight and 3am. She has been up and down all night/morning. I am going to try to get an appointment for her if she doesn't seem to feel better in the next few hours. Luckily, she doesn't have school today or tomorrow.
Off to take M to school.. catch ya later!

Posted by Cate at 08:31 AM | Comments (0)

March 22, 2004

Thank GAWD

The girls are in bed! Hooray!
I found a new crochet pattern and I am going to give it a shot. So far so good.

Posted by Cate at 09:07 PM | Comments (3)

Sunny and cold!

Brrrr! It's 32 degrees here!!!

Just a quick note to say good morning before the girls and I head out the door. I have to go to the dollar store and possibly Wally-Mart to pick up little things for the next Girl Scout badge - Penny Power. I am going to set up a little store and have the girls go shopping with play money. This should be fun!
My Sopranos discussion is in <a href="http://www.katespot.com/archives/004924.php#004924">this post</a> - so discuss already!

Posted by Cate at 08:08 AM | Comments (1)

March 21, 2004

Wow

Soprano spoiler below..

Man - very powerful tonight.

Junior's Alzheimers and mini strokes. Scary. What a nightmare for families to deal with... I thought he might jump off the bridge when he was walking across. When Tony asked Junior if he still loved Tony, I started to tear up at Junior's reaction/
Janice is a slob - she pisses me off every episode. And poor Bobby. He had better get rid of Janice ASAP.
Chris-TA-fur is a moron. What the hell is he thinking trying to offer Johnny Sack advice? Sheeesh. And someone better hand Johnny a 2x4 to kill the bug that's up his ass. What a ****er.
Feech and Pie - poor Sal Vietro getting the crap beat outta him by Feech. Man, does Feech have a grudge or what? How about when Pie smacked that dude up the head with a shovel? Jesus, that poor bastard.

Ok - discuss!

Posted by Cate at 10:20 PM | Comments (6)

Better late than never!

Yeah yeah... so I haven't posted since Friday... I know..

Things went well yesterday. The four of us went to the mall to buy Easter dresses for the girls and some summer clothes for Eldest. We walked and walked.. we saw the Easter Bunny and the girls got their picture taken with him. We finally found coordinating (not identical) dresses in the Gap. Luckily, Mom had insisted on paying for them. She was supposed to come with us but she wasn't feeling too hot the day after the procedure. Anyway, the dresses are very cute and not the usual poofy fluffy Easter dresses. I am not a big fan of poofy but I know there are some really pretty ones for sale. Mom loved these suits but I can't buy dresses for the girls without the girls trying them on first.

We spent about five hours driving, shopping and driving home. By the time we got home, I was beat! I just heated up leftovers and we had a nice quiet night. Husband and I played a little Weboggle, watched some television and chatted. We watched Rush Hour with Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan. Very funny! Jackie Chan is incredible and Chris Tucker was so damn funny!
My Dad and StepMom stopped for a visit today. They spent the weekend in AC and caught the Bette Midler concert last night. They both really enjoyed the show. Dad showed Eldest how to use the abacus and now Husband and Eldest are doing math problems on it. I bet she is the only kid in her class that knows how to use an abacus! Youngestis playing with crayons and markers and I am trying to figure out what to make for dinner. I have chicken breasts and Spanish rice. I will whip up some veggies and a small salad. I found a recipe that calls for using potato flakes as the breading for the chicken. Of course, you will have to add other seasinings as well but I am going to test it out for dinner.
Ok - gotta run. Don't forget to watch The Sopranos tonight!

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March 19, 2004

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At Mom's place

The surgery went well - I just got back to her place about 45 minutes ago. Will update more later...
:::smooches:::

Update
Ok - I ate dinner so I am feeling a little better now. Details are in the extended entry

I got to the hospital by 740am. I went upstairs to Ambulatory Care and Mom was already there. The nurse called her in around 815am. She was getting prepped for surgery, etc.. Dan and I got in to see her by 830am. She was already hooked up with an IV line and in a narrow transport bed. She was there until 11am. They wheeled her off to the OR and we got to hang out in the waiting room. Her procedure was supposed to be at 1030am. She didn't even go in until noon. We saw the suregon around 130pm and he gave us the update about Mom. The surgeon removed the cyst - about the size of a pea - and he believes that it is benign. Of course, he sent it to the lab and the test results will be in hopefully by Tuesday. She has to make a follow up appointment with the surgeon for 3/30. <a href="http://www.gigglechick.com/erin/blog/index.php">Erin</a> - you know the surgeon - remember Carney DeSarno? Class of 1985? Well - he's a DOCTAH now. Small world.
She wasn't able to get out of the recovery area and back up to Ambulatory Care until 330pm as there were no available beds until that time. David was the nurse that was assigned to her. He was an incredibly good looking black man with a great set of shoulders and arms. ::rowr:: He was nice enough to get Mom a sandwich and ginger ale. She was so hungry! While she was eating, another nurse brought Mom her clothes. After she finished eating her sandwich, Mom got dressed. David went over some medical information with and we were able to leave shortly after that. On the way home, I called my brother and let hin know what was going on with Mom. I got to Mom's house by 4pm and helped out with some stuff around here. I will be heading home in about an hour. I am beat.
It's been a looooong day.

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Morning

Oh man - for all the days to get another snowstorm.... I am looking at driving in about 4 inches of snow. In a Saturn.
Freaking joy.

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March 18, 2004

Heading to bed

I am jumping in the shower and heading into bed soon. I have to be outta here tomorrow around 6-630ish and meet Mom at the hospital.
I will blog more tomorrow via Audblog and when I get to my Mom's place and can use her computer.

Thanks for all the kind thoughts. You guys rock! :::smooches:::

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Plans for tomorrow

Mom's procedure will be at 8am tomorrow. I will be leaving my house between 630am-7am. It shouldn't take too long but I am not sure as to what she might need me to do for her. Most likely to help her out at home. Dan, her boyfriend, isn't the most nurturing type.. if you know what I mean.

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Bills

Paying bills sucks.

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Hi there!

I fell asleep at 1130pm last night. Again.

The girls didn't get into bed until 930pm. By the time M had gotten showered, dressed and had a snack.. she didn't have time to read her book. She did fall asleep very quickly - maybe she should go to dances a lot more often!
While M and I were out last night, P fixed my stove and dishwasher. Hooray! The dishwasher is back again. I have missed it so much!

I have to kick these girls in the butt and get them moving again.. catch ya later!

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March 17, 2004

Girl Scout Dance

Lots of fun.. loud music.. screaming girls... how can you not love an event like this?

M and Friend

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Favorite Disney Movie

I think I would have to choose Aladdin. The theme song "Whole New World" was our wedding song.
Your favorite?

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Unplanned visit

This morning, I dropped off M's cookie money to our troop cookie mom. I had O with me. She is friends with the cookie mom's daughter. The cookie mom is my friend. We ended up staying for about 3 hours this morning! Luckily, Liz (the mom) is super nice and didn't mind (or seem to mind) us hanging out for a while.
I have a Girl Scout dance tonight. This should be fun.. I hope!

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Good MORNING

Happy St. Patricks Day to you all. Check out the <a href="http://www.katespot.com/archives/googlestpaddy.php" onclick="window.open('http://www.katespot.com/archives/googlestpaddy.php','popup','width=300,height=115,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">Google's logo</a>

A wish for a happy St.Patrick's Day
is coming from me to you to say

May Irish blessings lead your way
to keep you safe and strong
May no turmoil ever defeat you
and your life be filled with song.

May you always have a friend
who never becomes your foe
and love...not wind....
be at your back
wherever you may go.

I wish for you
each day be new
like one you could live over
and where your feet
would meet life's road
be filled with fields of clover

All these blessings that I wish
be you not or be you Irish
for the wearing of the green
and for all that comes between.

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March 16, 2004

Evening

Well - P fell asleep on the bed at 730pm. I got the girls ready for bed, had them brush their teeth, washed the dishes, read stories and got them into bed by 915pm. I hate washing dishes. We are still waiting on the parts for the dishwasher. Hopefully, I will be getting them very very soon. I was annoyed just a teeny bit about having to wash the dishes.. hell, I cooked dinner! LOL! But, I know he was so tired, the poor guy. The girls were pretty easy tonight. They fell asleep rather quickly too - always a bonus!
So, the house is all quiet and now I can play <a href="http://plutor.org/boggle/">Weboggle</a> in peace. So - who's playing too?

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Attacked!

Freakin' spammers! GO AWAY!

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Rainy Day Shopping

If anyone is looking for some great prices, check out <a href="http://www.kohls.com">Kohls</a> clearance section - Free shipping on $75+ Kohls Coupon Code: NOSHIP exp 3/17.

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Max and Ruby

Ok - does anyone else just love <a href="http://www.maxandruby.ca/">this show</a>? It's so darn cute!
<a href="http://www.rosemarywells.com">Rosemary Wells</a> wrote some very cute and very likeable characters. I think I will be buying some of her books for O. She is completely hooked on this show. I can't blame her - I watch it with her!

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One more thing

Isn't <a href="http://plutor.org/boggle">WEBoggle</a> a lot of fun?? I got P totally hooked on it and he loves to play it. He was playing it last night when I fell asleep on the couch!

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Good morning

Ugh - gross yucky day today. It's starting to snow. My county is not going to get too much, perhaps an inch or two, but people who live further north will get a few more inches snow. Better you than me!

I was going to write last night but ended up falling asleep on the couch. I staggered into bed around midnight and went right back to sleep!

Today might be a good Play Doh day. Anyone want to come over and play?

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March 15, 2004

Where did my day go?

I was pretty busy today. After I picked up O from school, we came back home and ate lunch. P took a half day - he wasn't feeling well. At 2pm, I picked up M from school to go to the allergist. They both got a clean bill of health, renewed medications and new Epi-Pens for O.
It was really nice today - a little windy but very nice. While driving home, I decided to bring the girls to the playground. They had a blast. We bumped into one of our other troop leaders and her two daughters. All four girls played hard and had a great time. Of course, getting them to leave was a little difficult, as always.
When we got home, we found P asleep on the couch. In fact, he is still sleeping as I type. The girls just plopped down on the floor and I flipped on Kim Possible while I attempt to make dinner. Salisbury steaks with fresh green beans and rice pilaf.
Yum!

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Harry Potter Personality

(snagged from <a href="http://www.geekgrrl.com/archives/2004/03/003171.php">GeekGrrl</a>)

<a href="http://piratemonkeysinc.com/quiz.htm"><img src="http://piratemonkeysinc.com/images/ENFJ.gif" width=275 height=250 border=0 alt="Pirate Monkey's Harry Potter Personality Quiz"> Harry Potter Personality Quiz</a> by <a href="http://piratemonkeysinc.com">Pirate Monkeys Inc.</a>

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Ugh

I went shopping this morning... food shopping. I have to clean out my fridge and cabinets now.. see you later!

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March 14, 2004

Yeah baby!

Another awesome episode!
(spoiler below)

The music was awesome.. "Undercover of the Night" is a great song. Perfect 80's song to go along with the Miami Vice look. Buscemi was great tonight. The scene in the Bing when he gave out massages to the guys.. freakin' hysterical. I loved when he called P Grandpa Munster!
So - what did you think??

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Sunday Morning

The girls and I are going to church. P is still conked out. I don't even know what time he came to bed. I was watching tv in our bedroom and felt my eyes rolling up in my head. At that point, I decided to actually turn the television off and go to sleep! DUH!
One of M's friends comes to the same church so she will be coming home with us for an afternoon playdate. EJ is a sweet girl. I don't have to worry about fights, etc when she and M play together.
Damn - look at the time.. gotta run!

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Sleepy

I watched the 2nd dvd of my 3 dvd SATC Season 2. I was cracking up - so funny! Anyway - I'm going to bed. I am tired.
G'nite!

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March 13, 2004

Howdy

The bookfair last night was fun. The girls got some books and I bumped into a friend who was there with herdaughter. After the fair, we stopped at Kmart and wandered around. I picked up some bread, water, toilet paper.. important stuff. The kids got to bed by 930-ish.
P and I watched the first of three SATC Season 2 dvds. Some of those episodes were so damn funny. I never even watched that show until much later. I have to say - Big is just gorgeous. ::rowr::
This morning, M had her Young Authors Conference from 9am-1pm. I only knew of one other kid, a boy who is one of M's buddies, who was going. There must have been two hundred kids or more children there. All various ages. M seemed to have a great time. I brought her and her friend back to our house. They ate lunch then played a board game. P and O, who spent the day together, came back from a trip to Home Depot shortly afterwards. Then, another one of M's friends, a boy who lives a few houses away, came down to see if M wanted to play. The three of them and O are now racing around the backyard having a grand old time.
I am off to work on laundry and other household chores. Joy!

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March 12, 2004

Goin' out!

M's school is having a book fair tonight. We are going in about 20 minutes. What fun. P will be home working in the kitchen, fixing the stove.
Boy - can we party or what?

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WOW

I received a HUGE surprise in the mail today! Kristin, from <a href="http://www.therapyfailed.com">Therapy Failed</a>, sent me an item off my wish list! I always wanted <a href="http://www.katespot.com/archives/P3120233.php" onclick="window.open('http://www.katespot.com/archives/P3120233.php','popup','width=512,height=384,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">this cd</a>. I am stunned. I just don't know what to say other than thank you so much my friend. {{{hugs}}}

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::phew::

I managed to tear myself away from <a href="http://plutor.org/boggle/game.html">WEBoggle</a> long enough to pick up O from school and stop at my friend's house. She is having 40 trees removed from her property, most of which are those nasty half dead scrub pine trees. Trust me - they ain't pretty trees they look something like <a href="http://www.katespot.com/archives/pines.php" onclick="window.open('http://www.katespot.com/archives/pines.php','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">these</a>.
Time for lunch! Bye.

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Help me

I can't stop playing <a href="http://plutor.org/boggle/">WEBoggle</a>! I also saw Erin aka <a href="http://www.gigglechick.com/erin/blog/">GiggleChick</a> playing against me... and kicking my ass too.. and <a href="http://www.stfam.com/">Tom</a> was playing too.
It's addicting -HELP ME!

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Book Quiz

I am not too sure about this one...

<img src="http://bluepyramid.org/ia/lvn.jpg"> 

You're Lolita! by Vladimir Nabokov 
Considered by most to be depraved and immoral, you are obsessed with sex. What really tantalizes you is that which deviates from societal standards in everyway, though you admit that this probably isn't the best and you're not sure what causes this desire. Nonetheless, you've done some pretty nefarious things in your life, and probably gotten caught for them. The names have been changed, but the problems are real. Please stay away from children. 
Take the <a href="http://bluepyramid.org/ia/bquiz.htm">Book Quiz</a>
at the <a href="http://bluepyramid.org">Blue Pyramid</a>.

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TGIF

Man - Friday could not come fast enough. I have a <strike>ton</strike> MOUNTAIN of clean laundry. Seriously, it must be five loads worth. ::sigh:: At least it's clean..
I need to go food shopping at some point in the next couple days. I am almost out of bread and milk and very low and my basics. Ugh - fun. Tonight, M's school has a book fair. I had originally wanted to go on Wednesday but things came up and we didn't make it. Then, I wanted to go last night and the kids were moving slower than molassas. So, we didn't go last night. I get to spend Friday night at a book fair with two overly excited girls. Yay?
Well - time to finish getting the kiddies ready for school. I am going to treat myself to a fresh bagel after I <strike>boot them out of the car</strike> bring the girls to school. Then, I get to wash dishes.
Crap.

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WrapUp

Hey everyone...

Finally getting a chance to post tonight. P and I have been *so* addicted to WEBoggle. I think we played it for a good hour! At one point I was playing with <a href="http://www.geekgrrl.com/">GeekGrrrl</a>, <a href="http://crankydragon.net/">CrankyDragon</a>, <a href="http://www.milbertus.com/">Milburtus</a>, -d and <a href="http://www.natalieville.net/">Natalie</a>.
In other news, my dishwasher is broken. Sonofbitch. P was able to order the parts from Sears but it will take a few days before they get here. ::sigh:: I think I am gonna buy some Chinet!
Ok - I am beat. Gonna head on to bed... have a great Friday!

(quiz below snagged from <a href="http://www.gigglechick.com/erin/blog/003021.php#003021">erin</a>)

<img src="http://images.quizilla.com/R/rwanat/1069093333_ktopfuhrer.jpg" border="0" alt="Grammar Fuhrer"> You are the grammar Fuhrer. All bow to your authority. You will crush all the inferior people under the soles of your jackboots, and any who question your motives will be eliminated. Your punishment is being the bane of every other person's existence, because you're constantly contradicting stupidity. Everyone will be gunning for you. Your dreams of a master race of spellers and grammarians frighten the masses. You must always watch your back. If only your power could be used for good instead of evil.
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March 11, 2004

Addicting

(link snagged from <a href="http://www.geekgrrl.com/archives/2004/03/003164.php#comments">GeekGrrrl</a>)

I present the worlds most addicting game - <a href="http://plutor.org/boggle/">WeBoggle</a>

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Cool!

<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040311/ap_en_tv/pier_1_imports_3">FORT WORTH, Texas - Kirstie Alley (news) is out as spokeswoman for Pier 1 Imports. A queer eye is in. </a>

The home furnishing chain has launched a new marketing campaign featuring
<a href="http://www.katespot.com/archives/thom.php" onclick="window.open('http://www.katespot.com/archives/thom.php','popup','width=329,height=410,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">Thom Filicia</a>, the design guru of the hit makeover show "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy."
With the success of shows like "Trading Spaces" and "Queer Eye," it was time for Pier 1 to capitalize on the rising home decorating trend, said Phil Schneider, executive vice president for Pier 1 marketing.
National television ads featuring Filicia were to begin airing Thursday.
"We wanted somebody that was renowned as a decorator-expert and Thom certainly has been well-connected in his career," said Marvin J. Girouard, chairman and CEO of the Fort Worth-based chain. "He's done some things that we think will really play well into the type of merchandizing and advertising that we're going to."
The Bravo channel's "Queer Eye" features five gay men helping straight men transform their style from slovenly to chic in categories including fashion, grooming, interior design, food and wine and culture. Filicia is the "design doctor."
The Pier 1 Imports ads will show Filicia helping customers find decorative furnishings that reflect their personal style. He replaces actress Alley, who for three years was the company's celebrity spokeswoman.
"Is there risk involved in big change? Absolutely," said Girouard, who has worked for the company since 1975. "But there's much more risk involved in not changing things."
Filicia was named one of America's top designers by House Beautiful and owns the New York design company Thom Filicia Inc. He said he uses Pier 1 items in his designs, so he had no problem signing up as a pitchman for a year.
"There's so much personality in their pieces," Filicia said. "This is a store where you can really express yourself."
Filicia's sexuality will likely be a non-issue with most Pier 1 customers, one analyst said.
"The 'Queer Eye for the Straight Guy' has been pretty successful, so that takes the pressure off Pier 1," said Thomas Cline, associate professor of marketing at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa.
Pier 1 started in 1962 as a single store in California. The company moved to Fort Worth in 1966 and now boasts more than $1.7 billion in sales and more than 1,200 stores in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Puerto Rico and Mexico.
"Thom Filicia is a bold move, but one that makes sense given his credibility as a designer and the popularity of the show he is on now," said Laura Richardson, an analyst in equity research at Adams, Harkness & Hill.

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The Giving Tree

I read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060256656/ref=sib_rdr_dp/103-7112127-2389426?%5Fencoding=UTF8&no=283155&me=ATVPDKIKX0DER&st=books">The Giving Tree</a> by Shel Silverstein to O and M the other day and I found myself crying while reading. I literally could not get through each page without choking up. I don't know if the kids knew that I was crying - I was hoping they didn't because I did not know how I could explain that such a simple and beautifully written story could make me cry. I could have discussed with them the many sacrifices that the tree made or the apparent selfishness of the boy.. but I couldn't bring myself to bring it up. I wanted to finish the book as fast as I possibly could. Why? It's a beautiful story. I think it reminded me of my selfishness from when I was growing up, taking everything for granted, assuming I could take take take and not have to give give give.
My girls had completely changed my life. Now, I give give give and they take, as they should. They are a part of me and I will always give to them, until I have no more left to give.

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March 10, 2004

Goin' shopping

For Christmas, Mom had given me a gift card to Fashion Bug. Tonight, I am going out and spending it. Yay!! I need socks and some other ::ahem:: girlie things as well. Husband is going to stay at home with the girls so I can shop in peace.

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Nicknames

(snagged from <a href="http://whimsicalchaos.blogspot.com/">Shannon</a>)

My Nick is Skittles. <a href="http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/namegen/178/">Take The Nickname Name Generator today!</a> Created with <a href="http://rumandmonkey.com/">Rum and Monkey</a>'s <a href="http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/namegen/">Name Generator Generator</a>.

My God-damned hippie name is Peace Hearth. <a href="http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/namegen/13/">Take The Damned Hippie Name Generator today!</a> Created with <a href="http://rumandmonkey.com/">Rum and Monkey</a>'s <a href="http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/namegen/">Name Generator Generator</a>.

My very British name is Charlotte Gladstone. <a href="http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/namegen/10/">Take The Very British Name Generator today!</a> Created with <a href="http://rumandmonkey.com/">Rum and Monkey</a>'s <a href="http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/namegen/">Name Generator Generator</a>.

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Memories

I was reading a post that <a href="http://www.adelle.net/archives/001940.php#001940">Adelle</a> wrote about the cartoon Jem. Apparently, there will be a Jem dvd coming out at the end of the month. Now, Jem wasn't my cup of tea. I preferred the older stuff like <a href="http://www.katespot.com/archives/ccmm1.php" onclick="window.open'http://www.katespot.com/archives/ccmm1.php','popup','width=564,height=342,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">these guys</a> with bad guys like <a href="http://www.katespot.com/archives/ccmm.php" onclick="window.open('http://www.katespot.com/archives/ccmm.php','popup','width=585,height=348,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">this</a>. Who can forget classic cartoons like <a href="http://www.katespot.com/archives/tj.php" onclick="window.open('http://www.katespot.com/archives/tj.php','popup','width=568,height=388,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">Tom and Jerry</a>, <a href="http://www.katespot.com/archives/ud.php" onclick="window.open('http://www.katespot.com/archives/ud.php','popup','width=512,height=384,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">Underdog</a> and many others... Woody Woodpecker, Chilly Willie, Huckleberry Hound, (bing bing BING) Ricochet Rabbit, Bugs Bunny and all the Looney Tunes gang...
I miss the old cartoons. I think I am going to shop for some dvds..

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Break

Man - I am just finishing catching up on my emails. Busy busy!

Today is <a href="http://www.buzzstuff.net/archives/003722.php">Blog it Forward</a> day. I am having a very hard time deciding who to choose. Have you seen my blogroll??I am going to <strike>pimp out</strike> put up two bloggers that I have just discovered - <a href="http://www.genuineblog.com/">Genuine</a> and <a href="http://www.thezeroboss.com/">The Zero Boss</a>.
Go on over and check them out.... tell them Kate sent ya..

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Stress Management

Thank you all so very very much for your kind emails and comments. I am truly touched {{{hugs}}}
As for me, I am just trying to keep busy. I have a lot of Girl Scout paperwork to do so I am diving into that and catching up with phone calls. O is playing computer games and staying busy.
I'll try to write more later.

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March 09, 2004

Double Whammy

I don't know if everyone who read me knows abotu my parents. They are divorced - have been since I was about 14 years old. Dad married a really wonderful woman and I think he is pretty damn lucky to have her. Mom never remarried but she is in a committed relationship with D - since like forever.
Mom was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2001. She has had multiple courses of chemoptherapy and it was looking very good for a while.
She just discovered a lump on her cheek by her ear last night. The doctor wants a biopsy done by her surgeon ASAP.
Dad was diagnosed with Colon Cancer almost one year ago. He had surgery to remove a very large tumor and had undergone chemotherapy as well. He had finished his chemo and was doing so well. There was a spot on his liver that was diagnosed in the summer that had gotten larger and there was also the possiblilty that another spot was there as well. I heard from M (stepmom) today - Dad has cancer in his liver. He has to start a new chemo for several months then most likely surgery.
I can't believe this - it's not goddamn fair.

Posted by Cate at 10:24 PM | Comments (28)

Dinner

Tonight - I am declaring FFY - Fend For Yourself night. Dinner will be a combination of leftovers and a salad. Isn't my family lucky?
I think so.

Posted by Cate at 05:10 PM | Comments (0)

Another celeb passes on

<a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040309/people_nm/people_pastorelli_dc_2">LOS ANGELES, California -- Robert Pastorelli, the boxer-turned-actor best known to television audiences as the house painter Eldin on long-running CBS comedy "Murphy Brown," has died, the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office said Tuesday</a>.

Pastorelli, 49, was found dead in the bathroom of his Hollywood Hills home Monday afternoon, a coroner's spokesman said. Drug paraphernalia was found on the scene, he added, and an autopsy was to be conducted Tuesday.

The New Jersey-born Pastorelli got into stage acting in the 1970s in productions like "Rebel Without A Cause" but found his greatest fame on "Murphy Brown," painting the house of the title character played by Candice Bergen but never quite finishing his ambitious artistic projects on her walls.

He briefly had his own series, "Double Rush," about the manager of a bicycle messenger service. Most recently, he was cast in the film "Be Cool," a sequel to "Get Shorty."

Syndicated TV entertainment show Access Hollywood, which first reported the actor's death, said his girlfriend died in the same home in early 1999. The two had a daughter.

Posted by Cate at 03:16 PM | Comments (8)

Double trouble

O and her buddy are eating lunch... they want to watch The Aristocats when they are done eating.
They are such girlie girls.

Posted by Cate at 12:54 PM | Comments (3)

The new Elvis?

<a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&ncid=529&e=3&u=/ap/20040308/ap_en_mu/people_william_hung_1">NEW YORK - Who needs "American Idol"? William Hung doesn't ? he already has a recording contract. </a>

The singer, who became a fan favorite ? but not a judges' favorite ? during open auditions for the Fox series with his spirited version of Ricky Martin (news)'s "She Bangs," has signed a deal with Fuse Music Network and Koch Records.

His debut album, tentatively titled "The True Idol," is scheduled for release April 6, it was announced Monday. It will contain "She Bangs," along with another Martin hit, "Shake Your Bon Bon," and a cover of Elton John (news)'s "Rocket Man," which Hung sang recently on "The Ellen DeGeneres (news) Show."

And for those of you hankering for more Hung, the disc will include a 40-minute DVD with behind-the-scenes footage from his studio recording sessions and fan questions and answers.

"He may not be the next American Idol, but he is definitely a star and inspiration to everyone who sings in the shower," said Marc Juris, president of Fuse, which will exclusively air his "She Bangs" video.

Koch Records general manager Alan Grunblatt was even more effusive: "He is the new Elvis!"

Hung, a 21-year-old Hong Kong native and civil engineering student at the University of California, Berkeley, has inspired fan clubs and Web sites that sing his praises.

Meanwhile, back at "American Idol," eight of the 12 finalists have been chosen. The remaining four will be announced this week when "wild card" singers ? those who didn't get enough votes the first time ? come back for a second chance.

Posted by Cate at 08:07 AM | Comments (5)

K-i-s-s-i-n-g

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Couples caught kissing passionately in public in Indonesia could spend five years in jail.

Members of parliament in the world?s most populous Muslim country have proposed an anti-pornography bill that includes a ban on kissing on the mouth in public.

?I think there must be some restrictions on such acts because it is against our traditions of decency,? said Aisyah Hamid Baidlowi, head of a parliamentary committee drafting the bill.

Heavy kissing could carry a maximum penalty of five years in jail or a 250 million rupiah ($29,000) fine. Anyone caught flashing would face similar penalties.

The bill also proposes bans on public nudity, erotic dances and sex parties, with jail terms ranging from three to 10 years. Watching such a display could lead to two years behind bars.

Indonesians have long followed a moderate version of Islam, although an emphasis on Muslim practices and identification with Islamic traditions have grown stronger in recent years.

Public displays of affection are frowned upon by many, though.

Posted by Cate at 07:48 AM | Comments (2)

March 08, 2004

Late Night

I had a great time at Bonkos tonight. I didn't win any prizes (boohoo!) but still had a lot of fun. P had a good night with the girls while I was out.
M has now decided that she wants an American Girl doll. Yikes - those damn things are expensive! Even on eBay, very expensive. Why are they so much money? It's just a doll!
O has a playdate scheduled for tomorrow. Her little friend M is coming over. I love listening to them chatter - it's so darn cute! I am sure they will be playing dress-up, Barbies, Polly Pockets.. all that fun stuff..

Well - off to surf and check emails.. Goodnight!

Posted by Cate at 11:40 PM | Comments (2)

Blah blah blah

Just having that kind of day.. it's still raining/sleeting outside. Yuck.

On a bright note, I have Bonkos tonight. Yippie!

Posted by Cate at 03:52 PM | Comments (5)

Bummer

<a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040308/ap_en_mo/tv_sex_and_the_city_2">ASPEN, Colo. - Don't expect a "Sex and the City" movie, said the TV series' executive producer, Michael Patrick King</a>.

"Nothing we did in the series was altered to save something for the movie," King said at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival.

"This is exactly the way we wanted to end the series," he said Friday. "We're proud of what we did."

The HBO series, which aired its last new episode Feb. 22, will live on in syndication. That pleases star Sarah Jessica Parker (news), even if the episodes are toned down for a broader audience.

"I am not sad about a larger audience," said Parker, who played columnist Carrie Bradshaw. "Part of me is happy that people who could not afford HBO" will now have the opportunity to meet the four women whose love lives were chronicled on the show.

"We joke there will be no Samantha" after the censors have their way, writer Cindy Chupak said of the free-spirited character played by Kim Cattrall.

Parker, King, Chupak and the show's five other writers appeared at the comedy festival, which ended Sunday.

The writers, all women, described how their real-life experiences made their way into the scripts. In the sanctity of the writers' room, they discussed their dates and relationships.

"Very often that bleeds into story building," said writer Elisa Zuritsky.

Some of the writers said they share the characters' love of expensive shoes. Amy B. Harris acknowledged she has 50 to 75 pairs; Jenny Bicks' collection consists of about 30 pairs.

And Parker's shoe wardrobe? "I can't talk about it," she said with a laugh.

Posted by Cate at 11:04 AM | Comments (3)

Snow?

What the hell? Snow??

It's not too bad here - the roads are slushy. I managed to get some errands done today after I dropped the girls off at school. I picked up a 16oz coffee and a bagel and I was on my way. I got my oil changed at Jiffy-Doctor-Lube place. It literally took five minutes. Five minutes. Hey - works for me, thankyouverymuch.
I checked out a few thrift shops. Nothing but junk. Bleech. I stopped at another awesome looking antiques shop but they weren't open until 10am. I didn't feel like waiting around. Maybe next time. I had to fill out two referral forms for the girls. They will be seeing the allergist on Monday and their referrals ran out. God - filling out those forms are such a pain in the ass. It doesn't take long but just having to go to the pediatricin's office and do it - that's the pain!
Sooooo - what about them Sopranos, eh?? Great episode! I can't wait to see Steve Bescemi next week. He is such a freak!
Does anyone watch Curb Your Enthusiam? I watched it last night and thought I was going to wet myself from laughing. God - I love these story lines. The episode when Larry and Jeff attempted to get Larry's golf club out of a dead man's coffin? F'ing priceless. They literally pried a gold club out of the man's cold dead hands.
I guess you had to see that episode. Brilliant writing. Larry David is my new idol. If you don't watch it - you are really missing out on a great show.
Off to do a few things before picking up O. Ciao!

Posted by Cate at 10:33 AM | Comments (0)

March 07, 2004

Phone Booth

P and I just watched Phone Booth with Colin Farrell. Pretty good... predictable but good.

Posted by Cate at 11:53 PM | Comments (1)

First Episode

Wow! Great episode!
(spoiler below)

Ok - did anyone else laugh at the scenes between Chris and Pie? That poor waiter! And the scene with Melfi and her dream about Tony?? Rowr!! It looks like Carmine is gonna buy the farm - who's going to pull the plug? Johnny?

Posted by Cate at 10:05 PM | Comments (3)

Fun fun weekend!

Had lots of fun - will write more later..

Don't forgot - The Sopranos are on at 9PM EST!!! Woohoo!

Posted by Cate at 05:30 PM | Comments (2)

March 06, 2004

Hangin' at the inlaws

Our Girl Scout event went very well. Too bad only 7 of my 14 girls decided to show up ::eyeroll:: After the event, M and I met P and O at my inlaws. We are having a nice visit. I decided to jump online for a few minutes.
I hope you are all having a great day!

Posted by Cate at 02:30 PM | Comments (1)

March 05, 2004

Which VW are you?

(link snagged from <a href="http://www.cumberlandblues.blogspot.com/">Chris</a>)

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Posted by Cate at 10:33 PM | Comments (2)

Meeting Day

Another meeting day - wish me luck! I am sure I will be coming home and having a few beers after the meeting. Heh.Hey, at least I'm not drinking before meetings.. although it might make for some fun meetings!
Ciao!

Posted by Cate at 02:20 PM | Comments (4)

I bought them!

One stamp. Two stamp. Red stamp. Seuss stamp.
How cool is this??

I found them today while at the post office. You can buy yours online <a href="http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/postal_store_non_ssl/display_products/productDetail.jsp?OID=4848950">here</a>.

Posted by Cate at 11:31 AM | Comments (6)

Errand Day

We have a Scout meeting after school today. I need to do a few things to prepare today's activities (can you say procrastinate)? I am keeping O home today - just in case. That way, hopefully, she will be all healthy for Monday!
Gotta run.. will chat later!

Posted by Cate at 08:26 AM | Comments (1)

March 04, 2004

Bed time

I am trying to make P go to bed. He has to leave the house around 4am to pick up his dad for the <a href="http://www.katespot.com/archives/004858.php#004858">surgery</a>.

Good - he's going in now.

Posted by Cate at 10:32 PM | Comments (3)

Star Trek

I just *love* the fight music from Star Trek - the Original Series..

I have to pick up M at the bus stop in about 15 minutes.. so of course O is out cold on the couch. ::sigh:: Damn - I hate waking her up ...

Posted by Cate at 02:59 PM | Comments (3)

My color

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Posted by Cate at 01:25 PM | Comments (4)

Home again

O and I made it back home by noon. If you didn't listen to <a href="http://www.katespot.com/archives/004860.php#004860">my audioblog post</a> earlier, I mentioned that O fell asleep on the ride to P's office. I forgot I had given her a lollipop when we got started. When we got to P's office, she woke up and looked pretty groggy. As I am looking at her in the rear view mirror, I noticed that she was all wet along her left cheek. It was at that point I remembered about the lollipop. She was all slobbery - the poor kid. Thank goodness I travel with wipes. I must have used about 6 of them on her. Luckily, since it was raining, she was wearing her raincoat! I didn't have to worry about her coat getting all wet.
Once we got home, I had to give her another breathing treatment. Man - that stuff makes her so jumpy and jittery. I really would love for her to just calm the hell down and rest for a little while. I guess the nap and medication just perked her up - Yippie.
I am going to hang on the couch and hopefully catch a snooze. Later!

Posted by Cate at 01:20 PM | Comments (2)

audio post powered by audblog

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Posted by Cate at 10:58 AM | Comments (0)

Type of Beverage

(snagged from <a href="http://www.drex35.blogspot.com/2004_03_01_drex35_archive.html#107834260974710478">John</a>)

<img src="http://images.quizilla.com/M/MissAnthropy/1044699355_uizzeswine.jpg" border="0" alt="wine"> You're a Glass of Wine!
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Posted by Cate at 09:57 AM | Comments (0)

Not going to be a good day

P just called from work. He asked how I was doing and I said I was exhausted. He paused for a moment and said "I am about to make your day more difficult. I locked my keys in the car." He felt so bad and kept apologizing. It would be funny if I wasn't so damn grumpy.
I have to drive up there (35 minutes away), unlock the car then drive back home. Normally, he would catch a ride home after work with one of the guys. But, he has a carload of Girl Scout cookies to deliver to my Mom's house and he needs to fix one of her toilets. Plus - he needs to drive his dad to a medical procedure tomorrow morning.. early tomorrow morning.

This is not going to be a good day. I need more coffee.

Posted by Cate at 09:34 AM | Comments (1)

Today's Horoscope

Gemini Horoscope
Thu Mar. 4, 2004

The only good thing about being on an emotional roller coaster is that you never feel the same way for long. One moment you're up, the next you're down. You can't seem to figure out just what it is you want today. Rather than bringing your loved ones along on this wild ride, why not take some time away from your usual environment. You'll be a lot better off on your own. And who knows? Something more important may come out of these few moments of solitude!

Heh - you think?

Posted by Cate at 08:59 AM | Comments (0)

I'm a Lego

(link snagged from <a href="http://straightwhiteguy.com/archives/000426.html">Eric</a>)

I only wish my hair looked as good as my Lego version.

Makes your Lego self <a href="http://www.reasonablyclever.com/mini/solo.htm">here</a>.

Posted by Cate at 08:22 AM | Comments (1)

Huh?

I think I have had about 3 hours of sleep. O woke up around midnight, coughing big time. P brought her into the bathroom for some steam and then we gave her a breathing treatment. I tucked her back into bed then P and I went to bed. She came into my room around 2am-ish, crying and wanting to come into our bed. I just let her climb in so we could both try to get some sleep. Well, I think P and O got some sleep - I got kicked and coughed on for most of the night. At 6am, P's alarm went off and we all ended up getting up at that time. M got up at 630.
I can't wait to get M off to school so I can go BACK to bed. I will drag O in with me. Obviously, she won't be going to school today.
::::yawning:::: I'm so tired....

Oh - and all you spammers...

Go **** yourselves.

Posted by Cate at 07:29 AM | Comments (3)

March 03, 2004

Quickie

Just a quick post - dinner is cooking now..

My scuzzy, disgusting hill-billy dirt bag neighbors that live behind us have sold their house and are gone. GONE!! YAY! I hope the new people moving in are decent ::praying::
I washed my <a href="http://www.katespot.com/archives/santafe.php" onclick="window.open('http://www.katespot.com/archives/santafe.php','popup','width=379,height=215,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">Santa Fe</a> today - it looks fabulous. I vacuumed the inside, moved the seats, Armor-All'ed the consoles, doors and dash and Windexed all the glass, inside and out. It's so sparkly now. I do good work!

Ooops - the buzzer went off.. gotta run!

Posted by Cate at 06:10 PM | Comments (1)

Cool Quiz

(snagged from <a href="http://www.crittersmom.net/movabletype/archives/000651.htm">Critter's Mom</a>)

<a href="http://quizilla.com/users/amishlurker/quizzes/Which%20Dr.%20Seuss%20character%20are%20you%3F/"><img src="http://images.quizilla.com/A/amishlurker/1061691477_zcatresult.jpg" border="0" alt="Cat in the Hat"> Which Dr. Seuss character are you?</a> brought to you by <a href="http://quizilla.com">Quizilla</a>

Posted by Cate at 02:25 PM | Comments (0)

Medical Article

P found <a href="http://www.ajc.com/health/content/shared/health/ap/ap_story.html/Health/AP.V4811.AP-Earaches-Antibi.html"target=_blank>this link</a> regarding ear infections in children. Basically, the article states that the two leading medical groups (AAP and AAFP) are expected to recommend this spring that doctors stop treating most ear infections in children with antibiotics, federal health officials said Tuesday

Further in the article is this:
About half of all antibiotics prescribed to preschool children are for treating ear infections. Health officials believe if they can reduce child antibiotic use for such infections, they can stop the rise of antibiotic-resistant germs created by overuse of the drugs.

"It will mark a dramatic change in appropriate antibiotic use,'' said Dr. Richard Besser, acting chief of the meningitis and special pathogens branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Practice must be formally approved by the medical bodies before they are published for doctors.

I have to say that I do agree with the article. I hate the fact I had to give O so many different antibiotics for her ear infections. In her situation, the damn infections never went away - even with medication. Last year, she had what seemed to be one very long ear infection. The pediatrician and I figured that she had about 7 or 8 infections between October and June. That's approximately one a month. She would never recover fully from one when she would get hit with another. She was taking all different kinds of antibiotics - amoxicillin, augmentin, zithromax and a couple others that were even stronger. Finally, we (P and I) decided to have O get ear tubes. They are wonderful. She gets colds but nothing, nothing like she used to get last year.. no more midnight trips to the ER with 104 fevers and vomiting... thank God.

About 10 million prescriptions each year are written for ear infections in children of all ages.

A specific definition for doctors of what constitutes a serious ear infection also is expected to reduce antibiotic overuse.

"Antibiotics only will be considered if it's truly acute otitis media and not every abnormal-appearing ear," Lieberthal said.

Medical studies have found the antibiotics do very little for a child's ear infection pain. Common painkillers such as acetaminophen or ibuprofren are effective for that, said Lieberthal, also a pediatrician for Kaiser Permanente in Panorama City, Calif.

"Since the discovery of penicillin, when there is a bacterial infection, antibiotics are given,'' Lieberthal said. "Because of the increasing resistance of common bacteria to antibiotics, the importance of limiting their use is essential.''

Did anyone read "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0451169530/qid=1078329681/sr=2-3/ref=sr_2_3/102-8390133-8664923">The Stand</a>" by Stephen King? Most of the world gets wiped out by a super germ, unstoppable by antibiotics.

Creepy indeed.

Posted by Cate at 10:44 AM | Comments (2)

Good MORNING!!

Well - my day has been good so far...even though I have only been awake for an hour!
I have some errands to do today so I will leave you an interesting photo in the extended entry.. and yes, it is work safe...

Posted by Cate at 08:01 AM | Comments (5)

March 02, 2004

All's quiet

They are alseep - M, O.. and yes, P too. He is conked out on our bed, on top of the covers, completely dressed. I just turned the lights off and left him there.
Hmm - what to do?? Surf my reads? Well - I did most of that. Laundry? Loads are in the washer and dryer. Watch television and crochet? Now that sound slike a GREAT idea.
Catch ya later!

Posted by Cate at 09:40 PM | Comments (1)

It must be nice

(both links via Yahoo)
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/040229/ids_photos_en/r146529095.jpg&e=4&ncid=441">Shoes</a>
Singer Alison Krauss wears <a href="http://www.katespot.com/archives/shoes.php" onclick="window.open('http://www.katespot.com/archives/shoes.php','popup','width=410,height=238,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">$2 million dollar shoes</a>, made out of Kwait diamonds and designed by Stuart Weitzman, as she arrives for the 76th Academy Awards in Hollywood, February 29, 2004.

<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/040229/ids_photos_en/r3189306148.jpg&e=4&ncid=1756">Dress</a>
This detail photograph shows the <a href="http://www.katespot.com/archives/dress.php" onclick="window.open('http://www.katespot.com/archives/dress.php','popup','width=410,height=274,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">diamond-studded dress</a> from Randi Rahm worn by Maria Menounos, 'Entertainment Tonight' host for the Oscar Arrivals telecast, on the red carpet at the 76th annual Academy Awards (news - web sites) in Hollywood, California February 29, 2004. The one-of-a-kind dress is emblazoned with 3,000 hand-sewn round, princess and marquis-cut colored stones totaling two thousand carats, weighs 2.5 lbs and is worth $2.5 million.

Posted by Cate at 06:07 PM | Comments (4)

Drinking Game

Check out <a href="http://blog.akacooties.com/archives/001839.shtml#001839"target=_blank>this link</a> for a new drinking game based upon TLC's show <a href="http://tlc.discovery.com/fansites/cleansweep/cleansweep.html">Clean Sweep</a>. I know I would be loaded in about 20 minutes!

Posted by Cate at 09:59 AM | Comments (1)

Another blogger gone

<a href="http://www.robertgoodwin.net/archives/000614.html">Bob</a> - good luck. I know I will miss you... please don't stay away too long..

Posted by Cate at 09:54 AM | Comments (0)

Down and Out

Remember I posted about <a href="http://www.katespot.com/archives/004843.php#004843">O getting a cold</a>? Well, it's still hanging around today. She had another breathing treatment this morning. She was also complaining about her right ear hurting. I decided to give her a dose of motrin for the pain. She is usually a trooper for sticking it out so when she actually does complain, we give her the motrin.
It did stop raining but it's all soggy outside. She is lounging in M's beanbag chair and watching a Wiggles dvd - Space Dancing. This way, I can get some laundry finished up and she will lay down and relax for 10 or 15 minutes. Heh.

Posted by Cate at 09:35 AM | Comments (1)

Interesting

I am getting my crockpot set up for dinner tonight (sauce and meatballs). I pulled some frozen tomato sauce and sausages out of my freezer, opened up the plastic container and find this:

I guess I filled the container so full that, while in the freezing process, the lid must have been pressing against the sauce. Weird!

Posted by Cate at 09:00 AM | Comments (1)

March 01, 2004

Bed? Nahhhhhhhhh

I really should get some sleep. But, it's finally quiet in the house - I just want to watch tv and eat a couple Girl Scout cookies!

Posted by Cate at 10:38 PM | Comments (4)

Too good to last

Well, I didn't think it would last.. but it doesn't hurt to hope. It looks like rain for the next two days. Mind you, it will still be in the mid-sixties but raining. Ick.
In other news, O started to wheeze and cough tonight. Damn. We fired up the nebulizer and gave her a breathing treatment with albuterol and pulmicort (steriod). Her nose was a mess - alternating between being runny and being stuffy. We gave her Nasonex as well as an OTC medication to dry up her nose. She is flying right now, full of energy and her cheeks are bright red. In fact, it looks like I drew two red rouge circles on her cheeks. Very weird. I am sure she will go to bed soon - say somewhere around midnight!

Posted by Cate at 09:10 PM | Comments (2)

Music

Has anyone heard of <a href="http://www.loslonelyboys.org/cms/home.html">Los Lonely Boys</a>? I heard a commercial on television last night that advertised their new cd. I loved their sound - a cross between Stevie Ray Vaughn and Santana. Go listen to a clip of their new song "Heaven" - it's on their home page. I think I might just buy this cd!

Posted by Cate at 02:09 PM | Comments (2)

Another incredible day

Wow - just wow. O and I went back to the playground today after she was done with school. We met up with a few of her schoolmates there too. She played and played... and played some more! I think she is played out!

Posted by Cate at 01:55 PM | Comments (1)

Birthday Wishes

Happy Birthday <a href="http://www.mysinglemomlife.com/blog/index.php">Kat</a>! Have a wonderful day {{{hugs}}}

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It's Monday

Already?? Wasn't it just Friday like three minutes ago?? Sheesh....

Saturday night was good - we watched Charlie's Angels 2. Geez, what a load of crap. It was literally a movie with unbelievable stunts created completely by special effects. YAWN.
Sunday was fairly uneventful. We all went to church - I had to teach M's class and O had fun in the preschool class.. When we got home, we goofed around for a little while then by 1130am, one of her buddies, who happens to be a neighbor, came up to see if M could play. She took off on her bike and they went down to his house - three houses away. Around 130pm, I got a call from my friend and O and I went to her house so O could play with her little buddy. P stayed home and made sure the couch stayed busy. Heh.
O and I didn't get home until 530pm! I made burgers for dinner along with oven fries and carrots. The kids had fruit for dessert. I had to give them baths again - they were some seriously stinky children!!!
Once they got to bed, I played Zoo Tycoon for a while. It's a lot of fun and it's certainly relaxing for me. P surfed on the other computer and we had a quiet evening. It was nice.
Today is going to be 60 degrees!! Woohooo! More time at the playground! I have errands to run while the boogers are at school - including some food shopping, the post office, returns at WallyMart and the library. I had better skip to my lou and get moving!
Have a great day!

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