Celebrating Success
Katie got her report card last week and it was a good one. It wasn’t straight A’s, but it was close. Way to go, Katie! Of course, I knew long before that piece of paper was in her hands what the grades were. She’s pretty good at monitoring the situation with her grades. At any given time, she usually knows how things are going with her grades. She checks in with her teachers fairly frequently to be sure she’s doing okay. She’s not a perfect student and she’s fine with a B. But she doesn’t like anything less than that. I’m lucky Katie keeps up with her work and is driven enough to take care of things on her own. So I try to be careful not to take it for granted. I try to tell her frequently how much I appreciate that report card days are not frightening days.
Lost Lab and Owner are Re-united!
In this third and final chapter (blog post), there is a happy ending, and my Basset Hound, Happy, was happy about that. The lost black lab camped out with us for the weekend. Austin was growing fond of the lost pet and hoped that I would not be able to connect with the owner as he has been asking for another dog for 2-3 years. The low to the ground Basset has never been quite what he wants for a dog – he wants a large, rambunctious, roll and tumble dog to expend some of his energies with. Meanwhile, I continued with my research and endeavor to restore this very nice dog to its owner. Multiple attempts to reach city animal control/ “dog pound” were to no avail, especially on the weekend and reaching the voice mail with NUMEROUS automated options got old fast. The rabies tag had the name
Lost Dog Saga Continues
It turns out that not only am I super mom, but a crafty detective as well. I guess I have some idea now of what I may do in retirement or possibly in the “next life”. So, Friday afternoon kicks off with totally re-arranged plans for the week-end with the abrupt arrival of an unknown quite large frisky male black lab dog. He, of unknown origin and name is to lodge with our family over the week-end and who knows how long. You have to understand, this was also much of a disturbance to our gentle, sedate Basset Hound, Happy, who has been an “only dog” for over 8 years now. She kept looking at me as if to say, “How could you let this happen to our peaceful little setting”? Austin and Lydia and numerous friends coming and going thought it was a grand idea to adopt another pet. Adopt?
Something New and (P)interesting
Oh, my goodness. I did not need another way to waste time on the internet. That’s why I never looked up Pinterest even though I was constantly hearing friends talk about all the interesting things they found on that site. But the other day Katie told me about something she saw on Pinterest and that was the last straw. I went ahead and found the site via google search and I am afraid I am hooked. I went so far as to request and invitation to join. I may never get anything done again in my life. I have to admit I’m not totally sure how it all works. But my understanding is that it is like an online virtual bulletin board where you can find great ideas for crafts, recipes, tutorials, photographs, home decorating ideas, quotes, and whatever other ideas people have found and “pinned.” If you are not
Lost and Found
There is simply never a dull moment at my house. As if three teenagers and Grandma don’t provide enough entertainment, let’s just add one more variable to the mix on a Friday afternoon. Just as I took some deep breaths at the prospect of a quiet week-end about to unfold, the cards began to fall in a different way than I had planned. That is what I get for even thinking about a peaceful plan! First off on Friday am, the news came that Austin’s out of town soccer tournament was cancelled due to wet soggy field conditions. Darn! Tim was to head out of town with him for the WHOLE weekend and I was to remain at home with the “low risk” Grandma and just Lydia – a piece of cake I thought. Now the landscape changed and I had no choice but to re-group and reconsider my “quiet
