Sunday, August 20, 2006

back to real life...

well, tomorrow means back to real life... but this is a good thing as i think we've been ready to go back for about 2 weeks. we went to meet the teacher night on friday, and both girls got teachers i like. and the girls like them, so that's even better.

as to school supplies, this year i refused to buy kleenex or baby wipes. those aren't school supplies! i may send kleenex come winter cold season 'cause both of mine tend to use a lot and it's only fair to everyone. but they're in 2nd and 4th grade this year, and i don't think they need baby wipes.

my 7 yr old finally learned to ride her bike, and she's been busy practicing. mostly in the morning and evening 'cause of the nasty heat.

speaking of heat... i had to do something to make the old, on it's last legs, a/c make it through the rest of the season. it sits in a window on the front south side of our house and catches the sun all day with no shade. so... i created the redneck a/c shade out of a big old umbrella, some string, a screw in cup hook and of course... some duct tape. (i was going to add a photo, but blogger is messing up and won't load it. i'll still try to post it though.)

jack took off again, but came home two days later. he's still on supervised, leashed visits to the great outdoors to potty. thank goodness he's house trained. but the funny is that when he gets out side after being in for most of the day, he does what we are refering to as the "austin powers pee". you know from the first movie. he'll hike his leg and pee 'til he almost falls over! it's the funniest thing to see! the girls just laugh and laugh. the morning after he returned, i took him on a walk. we got to the back of the property, and he just wouldn't do #2 on the leash. so, silly me took it off and followed him. i got to go on what i'm calling "jack's safari". i haven't climbed so many fences since i was 11! he ended his outing at the new housing addition marking his territory on a fence post of a big mean dogs yard. i caught up with him, put him back on the leash, but he wouldn't follow no matter how hard i tugged or promised him puppy treats. i ended up carrying him most of the way home, about 1/2 a mile even with the short cut. have you ever climbed a barbed wire fence with a dog? don't try it! he only weights maybe 16 lbs. but still! he seems to have finally given in to the leash, thankfully. tomorrow is his vet visit for his neuter and it's also his 2nd birthday. heck of a birthday.

my 7 yr old tells me this week that "papa got earings on his chest!" i kept my face straight and said "isn't that silly?!" and she said "yes! he's silly!" then she went on with her game on the computer. i was hoping they wouldn't see this, but oh well. my 9 yr old hasn't said anything about it and i'm not bringing it up. i haven't even said anything to my mom, i just don't want to know anything more than i already do.

well, guess that's all... stay tuned...

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