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Ok, so I just blogged a paragraph or two and lost it somewhere in cyber space when I tried to add a smiley. They really need to get that fixed--it's soooo annoying!
Anyhow, as I said before (but of course you didn't hear it because, as I mentioned before, it got lost)...I am just trying to think of something [anything!] that we did today that could be considered even remotely school-related...Matthew did two Math lessons--dividing/multiplying decimals. I'm not even sure what else he did. I think he actually finished most of his work for today yesterday evening. He said the math was tooooo easy. We'll see about that when I grade it :o) I haven't done 'real' school with Elizabeth all week. Today wasn't any different. Let's see...we got up early and cleaned the house...took Daddy to work and went out to breakfast (McD's in the car on BK's parking lot--is that legal?)...took Jessica to school...came home...Mommy played on the computer while Matt did Math and Elizabeth played Barbies and Polly Pockets (and they both tormented each other half to death--not Barbie and Polly...Matt and Elizabeth)...then we met Daddy for lunch (BK in the car)...by this time it was time to pick Jessica up again...we came home and took down the Halloween decorations (ripped the sun-faded paper jack-o-lanterns with fan-folded dangly arms and legs from the windows, peeled off the dusty Frankenstein window decals, pulled the pipe cleaner spiders from the real spider webs they were now nestled in, threw away the once soft-now hard lady bug carcass infested "Happy Halloween" door mat as well as the hand-made rotted crabapple & leaf styrofoam plate wreath, and tossed the shriveled-up-like-old-people-with-no-teeth jack and jill-O'lanterns (tealights, mildew and all) in the trash can with a thud)...I didn't realize Elizabeth knew how to work both kinds of shades until she brought me all the decals from Jessica's window! Then I rearranged the gourds and newer not-yet-carved pumpkins on the porch. I probably should've swept or something, but from the road it looks neat.
Elizabeth and I worked together to clean up her horrendous mess of a room at some point and Matt cleaned his as well. I talked to my sister and brother on the phone and played on the computer some more. Imagine that. This evening, after picking Jesse up from work, we went to the church to help set up for tomorrow's rummage sale and to get ready for Civil War Days! I'm soooo excited! Plus I got to look through the rummage stuff early and bought a bunch of clothes for Elizabeth and Jessica for a quarter each! :o) Elizabeth played with Mary & Ginnie while Matt hung out with Madi, Corey, Ricky, & Lexi.
So, is there anything at all schoolish in there? I think not. Besides the Math. The worst part is that I don't even feel an ounce of guilt about it. So we didn't sing the days of the week again or practice our phone number...big deal. We spent time together and with our friends...and on the computer--ok I feel a little guilty about all the time I've spent on here today. Oh, well...tomorrow's another day, right?
But all is well that ends well. Jesse is in bed (no doubt waiting for me). I am on the computer, but getting off VERY soon to hit the sack as well. Jessica is asleep in her room and has been for a couple hours (Jennifer spent the night so she AND Elizabeth are in Jessica's bed, too). Matthew and Ricky (who also spent the night) are in his room making way too much noise for this time of night--they've been playing Don't Break the Ice (which I bought for a quarter at the sale--even though it has all its pieces and 3 extra pieces of ice to spare!) but I think they're playing a video game now. They're laughing a LOT, though, so I'll have to squelch that soon...Anyways, we ate out too many times today (Rocky Tops' cheese sticks for dinner), sang way too loud in the van on the way home tonight, and OMGosh I just remembered that we forgot to do our Christmas ornaments!! Oh well...like I always say...what DO I always say? I can't remember, but I'm sure it involves something to do with a happy ending...and that's how this day ended so who can complain? |
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