Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

It felt like Monday ALL Day...But thankfully it was not! Charlie sent me roses for my birthday today...he is sooo funny...he never sends them on my birthday so that I will be surprised...but it confuses everyone, even the florist! I did need them today...I woke up kind of angry. I had a parent/ teacher conference with Callie's teacher today...Wow, 1st grade is not going so well. I learned today that Callie will talk to any student that she is sat beside, I learned that Callie is a stinker at school and NOT just at home, I learned that Callie gives Mrs. Alexander dirty looks, and that she chooses to fail reading tests because they take too long. Her teacher is concerned that she can spell on a upper 2nd grade level and yet her reading test indicates that she is on a kindergarten reading level. I also learned that she loves the boys...and she gives all the boys at her table the answers! She looks like Charlie, but she has my dad's personality (and that is not all good)! I am officially the mom of the kid that no one wants in their homeroom! I assured Mrs. Alexander that I was on her side and that together we may be able to defeat the evil forces that poses my 7 year old monster....What a Day!

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Homework complete ( Without too much snot and tears), chickens fed, donkey fed, pig fed, dogs fed, , dinner cooked, (forgot to feed the goldfish) kitchen cleaned, clutter picked up, mountain of clean clothes put away, gave cats flea medication, put girls clothes out for in the morning...now what? Lately I am just drowning in domestic junk because Charlie has been so determined to do everything that he and Walt did together ALONE!...which leaves me to do everything that we did together ALONE! I really think we should purchase a tractor that rakes and rolls at the same time...I have heard that they do exist! Has anyone noticed that even the dumpy little dollar stores have already put out their Christmas decorations...I say we protest by simply skipping Christmas this year...I am not ready to start purchasing Christmas gifts for people that I don't even really like. Christmas would be so much more fun if you could truly just gives gifts to the people you really WANT to give gifts to...the people you really love and admire! When I turn 70, I am going to play the crazy old lady card and do my Christmas shopping in just that manner! WELL, survived MONDAY...and now I have to make it through a parent/teacher conference with Callie's teacher tomorrow after school...