Day #1 of School for 2008-2009

Our first day of school went off without a hitch. Last night, I felt like June Cleaver and had everything done, including notes in the girls lunchboxes. Kids were in bed by 7:30 and all was good in the world. Jillian did still have coughing bouts, very bad ones, but someone fell back to sleep and woke around 5:30 this morning. I was already in and out of the shower by then.



Since everything was ready, breakfast, teeth, dressing, etc. went so smooth. The advantage of having Sunday to make sure things go together. In my normal weekday, that will not happen. (Possibly Wednesday since we are closed tomorrow!)



We walked Elizabeth in and she was a bit apprehensive. She has nobody from her class last year with her, but she did hit it off with a little girl during open house and she did know someone from a different class last year. So she sat with Crystal. When I picked her up from school, first of all, the car line was horrendus....Worse than I ever saw it, but excusable being the first day of school. I'm a little annoyed that she came home with some of her supplies telling me that they were sending things home because they had enough. Why the hell go out and spend the money...What am I going to do with 3 dozen #2 pencils?? Oh well, we are set for a couple of years.



Jillian did EXTREMELY well. Had a great day. Our BooHoo breakfast was nice and we had a nice little turnout. Its nice to do something for everyone, but with the intention of those moms and dads that are having a difficult time sending their child to school the first day. By time I leave Limona, I would of had 4 years in their school. What will I ever do without them? For now, I have this year and next to figure that one out.

Tonight is family night. The girl's favorite dinner is stuffed shells, sausage and garlic bread...so that is what we are having. We'll all sit down and talk about our days....and then I proceed to fill bottles of water, just in case..Oh yea, must charge the DVD! I find the more I prepare and be ready for a storm, the more likely it will pass us by. But I am a weather nut, I will admit that this intrigues me and if I could be guaranteed that there would be no damage and everyone would be safe, I would love to see a hurricane. But I can't be guaranteed that, so I need to wore off the source! LOL!

Hope all of you had a FANTASTIC first day of school and for those who have not gone or my 2 day friends, later this week...

Last Day of Summer Vacation

Well, here we sit...3:30 and all set for school tomorrow. Just need bath and shower time and we'll be set...

In any case, we had a nice swim for a couple of hours. Even Jillian. She took it easy, but no fever and acting fine, why not. Let her enjoy the last hurrah before school begins.


Interesting enough, George went out to clean the pool this morning. There was an injured butterfly in our pool. What looked like happened was that he or she landed in the water. Possibly, her wings were soaked and she couldn't fly. George brought her in the house and the girls held her for a few minutes and we let her flap her wings, hoping to fly again. About an hour later, nothing. I am hoping that she has picked herself up and flown into this lovely sky today.



First picture is Elizabeth holding our friend and the second is Jillian. Sad news, we tried and I just asked George...The Butterfly did not make it and is in Butterfly Heaven!

That's about it for now....Just waiting on the good word for tomorrow. I hope that we have school, full or half, just that the girls are excited...(so is Mommy!) LOL!

Jillian Update

Poor Jillian does not seem to be getting any better. She's now had the cough for over two weeks. I mentioned how I started her on the antibiotic, but not even a slight improvement. My girls react almost immediately to an antibiotic, so this is not the norm. I had to call her doctor today and ask if I can give her Mucinex for Kids. I know as an adult, that does wonders. She said yes. Jillian is near to choking with her cough and I know this is TMI, but its almost like everything that needs to come up from a cold/cough is clogging her throat. I am keeping my fingers crossed with this one.

I know it seems like my girls are sick a lot, but they are not sickly. They are extremely social, see and even all through the summer, see different friends and other kids. They are active and have always been. So who's to say why this is happening to her now...I just hope we do not go through the same thing we went through with Elizabeth's 4th year, being so sick.

Both girls and I played the Wii machine today. Amazing how they both love to play and play pretty good. With bowling, both girls were getting strikes....and today was Jillian's first real day of playing.

Well, George is at the Rolling Pin and its time for a game of Candyland...

Tropical or Hurricane Fay

Will it come or will it not? Will it be what they make storms out to be before they hit, or will it be a small breeze, making Wednesday storms look like they were a tropical wave...

The latest doppler shows a stronger possibility hitting Miami...I am assuming going across the state because Fox 13 News shows it going north, right along the west coast...Hmmm? At 70 mph...again Hmmm? Wouldn't it lose some strength...?

I truly cannot be bothered with wondering until we get closer. Living in "snowville" up north for many years, I love the hustle and bustle and the pure panic of people....Hello people, we live in Florida, its hurricane season....What, you had no batteries.....By now, people should know and if you have to stockpile on toilet paper, I think someone might have a problem....

Good luck to either storm people (if it comes to be) shopping along with last minute Back-to-School shoppers...Oy Vey!! I'm glad my normal grocery shopping is complete!!! LOL!

Friday has finally arrived

Well after very successful doctor visit's this week, today was our last one. Looks like we can escape tubes for Elizabeth's ears...We are on a roll...First, Jillian's appt., which I really did not share much about, George's and now Elizabeth's....How exhausting!!!!

Jillian cough is still very rough. We started the Zithromax this morning. Hopefully this will help...

Weekend looks pretty uneventful...Just some household things and getting last minute things together for Monday. Both girls are equally excited as is Mommy and we start the new school year.

Ran to Publix to get some lunch and snack things for school. I have to say, I am disappointed that Publix has bought out Albertson's because I would make the extra trip to Albertson's just for meat. In my opinion, they have better meat that Publix. All groceries are high but quality matters. Publix tends to be higher and you get less. The cuts of meat are skimpy and to top it off, the one on Kingsway has been slacking off. Last week, I went grocery shopping, had about $10.00 in coupons. I didn't pay close enough attention, but the man who checked us out, did not scan our coupons...He must of just put them in his drawer. I did not realize this until much later when I was going to record the slip in my checkbook. They sometimes "falsely" advertise prices and I had someone who said that it must of been a misprint. Stores sometimes will give you what is printed....Oh well....But today I still went back for more punshment..LOL! It was not as bad...Had to buy juices, cheese a few frozen items, egg, things that you would hope not to be screwed up...

I am hoping for a relaxing evening with my husband...maybe even watch a movie or catch up on Saving Grace, a show we tape on TNT....We'll see though....things in our household cannot always be planned!!!!

Prayers have been answered

George appt. with the Pulmonary Specialist went very well today. He does need another CT scan in 4 months and there are larger lymph nodes, but nothing the doctor seems to be concerned with at this point. Relief and prayers have been answered! Thank you, all!

Orientation and Open House Day

Today started off with 2 orientation's at Limona, one for the 2 yr old class and one for Jillian's class. I had to speak at both regarding our Parent's Association. We were there for about 2 hours and the girls had a chance to play with all different children. They had a blast.

Jillian's cough has not improved and although her doctor said to wait until the weekend, I filled the Zithromax. I will start her tomorrow on it. Driving home from Limona, she was coughing so hard that she could not catch her breath. That scared the sh*t out of me. I will also call her doctor and let her know how this cough has progressed. Just when I thought we might of had a good night last night, that one crack of thunder that Karlise mentioned on her blog woke her up. We were up until 2:30. Yes, I am beat again as my husband is too.

Tonight, off to Elizabeth's school to meet her teacher. I really like her teacher....She's a little more old school and I like that. I've seen teachers that can be completed walked over. But there is one boy that is in her class that I was warned about by her Kindergarten teacher. Unfortunately, he is well-known for his bad, bad behavior. I knew he was in her class at the beginning of the week, but that was something I didn't share with Elizabeth. I didn't want her to be concerned about. But oh boy, when he walked in....Thankfully, her Kindergarten teacher spoke to her 1st grade teacher already about her feelings. (Its nice to have it in with a teacher! LOL!)

Tomorrow, back to Limona for one more orientation! Then the weekend is like any other weekend.....Hard to believe that tomorrow is the last day of summer vacation. Time has really flown by....