Mother's Day

Saturday-the day before Mother's Day. Since I have to work tomorrow, I spent this morning in bed. I was visited at various times by the girls, Don and the dog. Don made muffins this morning so Maggie brought me one in bed and Don brought me some coffee. Chrissy went out into the woods to pick me some flowers. She was still in her pj's but that's OK when you are 7. Allie wants me to wake her up at 5 tomorrow so they can make me breakfast.
Now I have to get ready for work. On my way I'll drop Don and his two beautiful peanut butter pies at the Legion post. The Ladies Auxillary is having a bake sale to raise money for the Cancer Society's Relay for Life. Last year someone paid $100 for his pies!! He was very excited about that.

Beach Day

A rainy and dreary Friday. Allie and Chrissy have beach day at school. They both left here with flip flops and capris on. They covered them selves with their hoodies because it is only about 45 degrees out with an expected high of about 50. (The weather update is for my nephew Tim in case he looks at this blog!)
Last night was a late night. My friend Tracy is taking a promotion to manager of the Get Go station in Ashtabula. For those of you not familiar with Get Go it is the gas station that Giant Eagle has outside the stores. Some are as big as a regular convienence store, others are just pumps and a small store with cigs. and candy.
I'm happy for Tracy but I don't want her to go. Anyways, a few of us went to Quigleys last night to celebrate with wings and beer. Quigs is in walking distance- a plus these days. It was fun but today will probably be a long day. Good thing I'm off!!
We still have not found where Suzy has her kittens but she comes to the house to eat and then goes back out. Maybe she'll bring them to the house but she really hates the dog so I don't think she'll bring them around.

Suzy-Q

A dreary Thursday morning. I'm still drying out from last night's softball practices. Chrissy's coach called her practice off but we were already there for Allie's team. There was another coach pitch team there so Chrissy practiced with them. She told me she didn't need to practice because she was already a good player. That's a lot of confidence for someone who has only had one practice under her belt! Allie is starting to come along. She made some good contact with the ball during batting practice. She also made some good plays at second.
Tonight Allie has her school skating party. It is only for 4th & 5th graders so she is really excited. She got her class t-shirt yesterday ( red for Mrs. DeLong's class). She'll wear it tonight skating.
Suzy-Q the cat had kittens yesterday. We haven't seen them yet because she had them outside somewhere. This is her third litter but none of her other babies survived. We hadn't seen her for at least a month and when she showed up at the back door, she was very pregnant. The girls have tried to follow her to find the kittens but no luck(?) yet. Suzy is named for my sister because she was born when the girls were at her house after the flood.
Although I certainly do not need any more animals here, I hope Suzy's kittens are OK.

2 Cup Morning

Here it is:6:15 am. on my day off and I'm up!! Don has an appointment with the ENT today so he has already been picked up and is on his way. It's nice that Laketran picks him up for his appointments at the VA hospital in Cleveland. Saves us from driving in and trying to park, etc. He'll be home around noon. All of his visits have been good. Hopefully he'll only have to go every 6 months after this one instead of every 4.
My Chrissy just came down from the bedroom. She's all cute and cuddly in her sleeper pjs. She still kicks her covers off so the sleepers keep her warm. She's my only one that will still wear them. She'll probably switch to oversized t-shirts like her sisters. They don't stay little for long.
I should be a good Mom and make breakfast for the girls. I wonder what kind of cereal is in the cabinet?!
My coffee is ready. Cup# 2!!

Another Busy Monday

It's a beautiful spring day here in Ohio. A little cool but very sunny. Allie and Chrissy both have practice tonight. This will be Chrissy's first practice. I got a call from her coach yesterday. It was a new coach. I don't know what happened to the first one. I can't wait to see how she does tonight. Allie has more confidence now. She says it's boring but that's because she's use to the action of soccer and basketball. I told her that once the games start that it will be more exciting. Soccer will be back in the fall.
Maggie will be taking a test this week for 7th grade enriched language arts. She tested well on the algebra test last month so it looks like she'll have algebra next year. They give the kids highschool credit for algebra and for geometry in 8th grade. I told her that having some of her highschool math requirements out of the way, it will free up her schedule for some fun classes.
Twenty one days of school left. That includes the extra day that Allie and Chrissy have to make up and the three days Maggie needs to make up. This is the first year that the used up more than 5 snow days since Maggie started school. the two extra days that Maggie has is due to power failures at the middle school and at one of the elementary schools. Maggie thought it was funny when the other teo had school and she could stay home. Now, Allie and Chrissy are laughing at their big sister!!

Softball

I have to work 9-5 today but as soon as I get off work I have to pick up Al from softball practice. She's doing OK. A few more practices and she'll have a little more confidence in herself. I'll be able to help her as I was a pretty fair softball player in my day. Chrissy's doesn't have her first practice until next week. I was pitching to her last night and she has a pretty good swing.

I am really excited that they are playing softball. All three girls are excellent soccer players. They certainly learned alot from 6 years of soccer(spring and fall seasons which makes 12 teams each except Chrissy!!) Maggie is coaching soccer again this season. She is helping with an 8-9 year old team. Next season she wants to work with the 4-5 year olds as some of the kids on her team now are bigger than she is!!
Well, off to work.

Day Off

Today is my day off. What to do?? Oh yeah: clean the bathrooms, do the laundry, grocery shop etc,etc,etc.

Makes me wonder why it's called a day off. The taxi cab starts after the girls come home: softball practice for

Allie, soccer practice for Maggie and Chrissy will go with one of them. There's a carnival at Memorial for the

latchkey program. At least Don will take care of dinner.

I have to grocery shop early because Don's sister is coming to visit. She is in the middle of chemo treatments for

cancer in her lungs. They think it is early enough so her treatments will be very effective. Anyways, if she is

stopping by, the housework needs to be done. I don't want her to see the slob I truly am!!