May 15, 2006
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Ouch, that stings a bit.
Today will be a combo post as there are several things to discuss. First off… the car wash was a success albeit a TON of work. 4 solid hours of washing cars with nary a break in between. 9 student ambassadors and their assorted families and friends showed up ready to work, and work we did. Each Student Ambassador took home $90.00 towards their trip. Since we were charging $5.00/car — and there were 9 kids.. = a whole lot of washing going on. I spent the day drying (one of the worst jobs and surprisingly, it almost all parents working that aspect). It was hot, tiring and I’m glad its over! We ordered pizza on the way home, picked it up and came home where we collapsed for the next 4 hours or so. Whew!! Next fund raiser… less work, more money… I’m thinking bake sale. Ok next topic…
One of my “friends” here that I scrapbook with will be moving in June. We have been fairly close (so I thought) but I just found out that our other friend is having a barbecue for her as a going away and guess what??? My invitation seems to have gotten lost in the mail. Ouch… that kind of stings. Not that I really thought these ladies were friends, like real friends that you keep even after moving, but I thought that we were playing that way. Oh well…. such is the life of a military wife, especially when different ranks get involved…. Ci La Vie.
Mother’s Day was just perfect! My kids and husband out did themselves and I am so grateful to have such a wonderful family. The day started with hubby getting up early and cleaning the kitchen (hooray… already I’m happy, remember the day before was the car wash, we were exhausted and therefore left the kitchen a mess). My youngest dd gave me some beautiful pink roses and mixed flowers, along with a book she made (we don’t actually have that in hand yet, her teacher still has it). My oldest dd bought me a book I’ve been wanting, which she was thoughtful enough to wrap ohhh about 14 times. LOL. Hubby went above and beyond and got me an ipod Nano. Then we went for a REALLY nice buffet at the Hailie Mailie General Store (don’t let the name fool you, it’s a really nice place!) We followed that up with church. Oh yeah, hubby also gave me a gorgeous orchid lei. Was that nice or what? A great Mother’s Day, with a great family.
Ok, last but not least SURVIVOR!! We had to download Thursday’s episode and watch it because we weren’t home and due to a power outage, or DVR recording was canceled. So we watched that first, then the finale. I can’t believe that Aras won it. He SO didn’t deserve it, but then again neither did Danielle. It should have been Terry or Ciree, but oh well…. at least Aras deserved it more than Cire. I can’t believe how many people Terry won over by the end. Only Bruce and Cire would have voted for Danielle. Way to go Terry. At least Terry and Cire both won a car. Well this season is over it’s back to reading out loud at night on Thursdays, especially since CSI ends this week too. And NCIS our favorite show, which we also have to download because the afore mentioned power outage happened during it.
Alright, so it wasn’t the last bit, this is!
Went to the library and paid my late fines and checked out some more books to pay late fines on later! I honestly could save myself money by just buying the books…. the late fines kill me! In Tucson the library system had an online renewal system… that was handy, I could stop those late fines at 2:00 am. Here I can see my stuff, but have to call in. Uhhh.. if I would remember to call in during library hours, I would just take the books back!!! DUH!!! They are always so helpful when I go to pay… You know you can call in and renew?? (If I remember during library hours). You can drop them in the box (I am not returning library books at midnight, by then I’m in my pj’s and lucky to remember to make the coffee), Have you thought about getting a child’s card? The fees are less? — I always answer this is my way of supporting the Library system, and let’s just think of this as a donation! I know, I’m an idiot, what can I say. So I’m off to help Squirt rearrange her room… why?? Because I don’t have enough to do, I wanted to add some heavy lifting into my daily routine. This should be fun!
Question of the days:
Do you utilize your library? And if so… HOW on EARTH do you remember to return your books before racking up late fees that rival the national deficit??????
Comments (7)
I would utilize my library more often if it weren’t for my astronomical late fees…I keep waiting for them to do another can food drive…occasionally they will do this and forgive all late fees for a few cans of food…ummm…bet I gotcha beat on late fees…ever hit triple digits? I’m not proud.
:wave:I use the library off and on…..when I do, I go alot cuz I get stuck on reading in phases. But I usually don’t have late fees cuz the library is soooooo close to me and the kids go there every day to use their computers. I won’t let them play a certain game on here cuz it uses up too much memory
woohoo glad to hear the car wash went great! How did ya find out that you wernt invited? That is so rude and i dont understand why people go do the rank thing! We personally never did that and i dont understand why people do.I remember one time i went to a wive’s get together and my husband at that time was a E1 and i was talking to this lady and she asked me what rank he was and i told her she got up and walked away from me! I was shocked from that point on I told myself i would never be that women and always have my house open for all ranks.I could care less what rank ya are.Crazy and im so sorry that happened to ya. Im on you with the late libary books mine are always late and i always have to pay a fine lol.
My strategy for remembering to return library books is to make sure my kids have books due the same day as mine. They finish theirs quickly, and then nag me until I take them (and my books) back – sort of like a really annoying alarm system.
I used the library once here. The stress of having to take something back on a certain day irritated me so I just buy my books and sell them.
I think Aras is a girly boy. He still needs to cut the cord from his mommy. Considering he was ticked that he didn’t get picked for the overnight luxury award with his loved one (mom) and insisted that his love for her was the same as a man and his wife…
Oh and those hugs that he gave Shane at night by the fireside were real..
Or so he says…
Remember the agreement we had about “those wives”?
Want me to kick her ass for ya?
WELL HIYA.
you weren’t invited? *is indignant* and what did i say about Pam?
lol. well, we’ll just twiddle our fingers in their faces and spit at them. like this I SPIT ON YOU!!………………………puh. :mad::p:nono: