A Busy Day~UPDATED

Today marked the six month anniversary of the children's last teeth cleaning.  That meant we were headed off to the dentist bright and early this morning.


By bright and early, I mean their appointment was at 10:30 am.  Yes, for me that is early!  :-)  They all received great reviews!  Good brush-ers all around!

T met us at the dentist and then he had to race home to meet the electrical inspector.  The children and I stopped to pick up some lunch (what is it about the dentist that makes one hungry) and then headed home as well.


We were able to eat together and then it was "back to school" for the day.  The children are attempting to get things caught up even as I type this.  


Did I mention that it is the 9th week of the 3rd quarter?  Yes, sir, it is.  Which means, I really should be working on school paperwork, reports and report cards.  Instead, here I sit writing this post.


After all, I am already a day late with our word of the week.  Here is this week's word.  


OLIGOPSONY \_'ä-l-'gäp-s-nē\ n : 


a market situation in which each of a few buyers exerts a disproportionate influence on the market


You girls are hilarious!  I loved reading your comments!  Thanks for playing!




I'll be waiting to see what you have to say. Have a great Wednesday.


After all, the week is half over!


Oh yes, we passed the inspection.  Only a few things to do for the FINAL inspection and then we can move into our new room!  Woo-hoo!

You Know...

There are teenagers in the house when your mail looks like this.

This was only one day!

In Review

Sunday - In getting ready for church last week, I chose a dress that I hadn't worn in a long time.  As I was getting ready (the dress was across my bed) I started crying.  I hadn't worn that dress since my Grandma's funeral.  I really thought it wouldn't bother me, but I just couldn't wear it.  Silly me.

Then, once we arrived at church, I went into the ladies room and slipped on the slippery floor.  Landed on my knee and ankle and poked my heel into a sensitive part of my antomy.  :-)  Thankfully, other than being a little sore and embarassed, there were no lasting efffects.

Monday - Spent the day at home, taking it easy.  I didn't even have to take the teens to work.  T came home and picked up Ty and Beth had the day off.

Tuesday -  A repeat of Monday, except I did take Beth to work.  When T came home from work.  We started working on some of out "to do list".  We made a list of the supplies needed, headed out to grab  Papa John's for dinner and then picked up Beth after work.  We went to Lowe's, bought the needed items and returned home.

We live in a house that is more than 100 years old.  So, needless to say, no little job is ever a LITTLE job.  We ended up spending quite a bit of time fixing a leaky faucet.  Oh, why did I want the water to stop leaking?

Wednesday -  Bad, bad day.  We won't even talk about it!

Thursday - BAD, BAD, BAD day!  Nope, you do not want to know!  The only thing I did was take Ty to work.

Friday - A better day.  T took me to lunch. I ran some errands, did a little shopping and got an adjustment,  it was a much better day.

Today we (T) worked around the house and the children spent the day building snow forts.  We also tried to get our act together to outfit our new closet.  Talk about a trial.  By the end of the day, we are happy with what we found, we just need to make a few returns and tweak it a bit.

Thank you for listening to me.  I feel so much better now.  Enjoy the rest of the weekend. 

I, myself, am staying away from slippery bathroom floors at church :-D tomorrow!

What Do These Have in Common?

The 2010 Winter Olypmics, Burn Notice, Demesne and NCIS: Los Angeles...

Do you have any ideas?  What are you thinking? 

They are all how I spent Monday night. 

First, the children and I watched the Olympics.  We cracked some jokes about the luge-rs and the track.  Picture Beth trying to walk up the track.  If you knew her, you would be laughing.  Laughing really hard!  She can trip over the lines in linoleum. lol
Trust me, it is totally true and she would agree!

Then we sent the children off to bed and got down to some serious tv watching. 

I heart Michael Westin (Burn Notice) and G Callen (NCIS)!

Finally, while I was enjoying the "bad" boys, I figured  I would get our word of the week
ready. 

Aren't you proud?  I am going to be on time!  Woo-Hoo!  YAY! For me and you!

Just kidding.  Maybe.

Here is the word of the week.  I can't wait to hear from you!


DEMESNE: \di-'mān\ n 


1: legal possession of land as one’s own
2 a: the land attached to a mansion
   b: estate *c: region or territory
3: realm or domain


Congratulations, momma!  You did it again! 


 I really liked your guess about the men of Monday night tv!
That made me smile! 
(and if you knew the week I have had, I will take some lightness anywhere I can get it)