Author: Ally

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Just a little more

I have just a little more work to do tonight and then I am off to bed. This crazy schedule is really messing up everything lately. I can’t sleep at night and I am way to sleepy in the morning. It makes it difficult to get anything done around here. I am not sure how my sleep schedule got so messed up, but I think it was from being sick. I slept so much during that time, that when I finally was able to kick the flu I had had enough sleep to last me for a long while.

I know that the NyQuil that I was taking had a lot to do with it. I don’t want to take any now though, even if it would help me regulate back to normal. I really don’t like taking medicine at all. I think I will take a long relaxing bath and see if that will help me get to sleep.

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Wedding invitations

Well I had to send out a few more wedding invitations. Apparently we received a partial list from her future mother in law and had to add some people. That is really annoying because the invitations went out weeks ago. Fortunately for us we over ordered the invitations just in case of such an occurrence. My girl called me and told me just a little while ago. She said we have to up the numbers for the wedding with the caterer and such. All of those who are being sent invites, have already told her mother in law they will be attending, but will still send the RSVP. At least I don’t have to wait for those to come back in.

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Not sure how to handle this

Apparently the girls next door are being really nasty to my kids. I have forbidden them to come over and told my kids to just stay away from them. Unfortunately, I can’t discuss this with their parents because there really nasty people too. Any overtures will be escalated into a fight that could end up involving the police. I feel sorry for those girls because they come from a really messed up family, but I am tired of the drama. To top that off, ever since they changed the kids bus driver there has been nothing but problems.

I guess I am going to have to talk to the bus driver myself, although she has to know that I have been trying to get her moved off of this bus. I am pretty sure it will be a pointless conversation. I will try this afternoon though. After that, I will go make a formal complaint at the school board. If they do not do something, then I will call the media and get them involved. I have had enough of this. I don’t see what the difficulty is, in making sure these girls stay away from my kids on the  bus.

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Wedding flutes

These wedding flutes are gorgeous. I just love the elegance of them. I am one of those women who has a china cabinet full of china and crystal. The glass part of the cabinet has mostly crystal in it and only a couple of pieces of china. These wedding flutes will look really good in my cabinet. As I am in the bridal party, we ordered enough for all of the brides maids and maid of honor to take a pair home with them. I can’t wait to add them to my collection. I already have a spot all picked out to put them in.

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Missed the bus

I didn’t sleep very well last night and consequently, the kids missed the bus this morning. I got one of them up, and went back to sleep. Big mistake. I usually doze after the first ones get up, because one has to shower in the morning. He prefers it that way. The youngest doesn’t have to be up for another forty five minutes so I have a little time to kill. With very little sleep last night, I didn’t get back up in time and had to take the kids to school. That was fun….not.

First when I went outside, I slid in the mud and knee planted in the middle of a stepping stone. That hurt and still does. I am hoping that it doesn’t swell up. Then because it is raining, I had to drive in the rain which I hate. I got one to school on time the others, were slightly late. I don’t understand why the schools have to be so far apart. It’s really irritating. Tomorrow, I will make sure I am not too late getting them up for school. I hate it when they miss the bus. Note to self; go to bed earlier tonight and get some sleep.

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Hcg

HCG is a hormone produced by the body and helps to metabolize stored fat. Hcg drops are a great way to help lose weight for people who have had difficulties in the past with weight loss. My sister tried it and it worked wonderfully for her. She lost over fifty pounds and is now much healthier and happier then she has been in years. I decided that it was time for me to follow in her footsteps and do the same. I want to lose about forty five pounds before summer time. I would love to get back into one of those bikini’s that I have tucked away in the dresser. I haven’t worn one of those in a few years. That is my goal anyway. Wish me luck!

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Spaghetti for dinner

I think we will have spaghetti for dinner. The kids always love it and it doesn’t take a lot of prep time since I am not making it from scratch today. I will add a tossed salad and some garlic bread on the side and that will do. My eldest child loves to make salads, so I will let him. He really makes a great salad and adds all kinds of stuff. Sometimes, I have to stop him from putting too much. I am teaching him, what ingredients go well in a side salad, based on what you are eating as the main course.

With spaghetti, I like a spinach or ceasar salad for the most part. Sometimes, arugula salad is good with it as well. For tonight, I believe I have the makings for a spinach salad with sprouts, bacon bits, boiled egg, shredded cheese and croutons. I know that there is a lovely raspberry vinaigrette  dressing in there to go on it as well. Knowing my son, he will find a couple of other things to throw in it too. That is the beauty of teaching the kids not just to cook but to create. Now I am really hungry just thinking about it.

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Wine wedding favors

Oh these Wine wedding favors are so cute. They are double heart wine bottle stoppers and I love the way they look. I can’t wait till the wedding to have mine. I know that I could have it now, but I will wait like everyone else. After all, that is part of the fun. The wedding is only a couple of months away and I get more excited as each day passes. You would think it was my wedding as excited as I am.   That is how things are when you have a close friend like mine. Our lives have been entwined since we were kids and I couldn’t imagine my life without her. I am certainly happy that I really like her fiance. He has become like a brother to me, just as she is like a sister. I am so happy for them.

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Movie night

Last night was movie night. We watched two movies, one for the kids and one for the adults after the kids went to bed. The first one was The Lorax. It was a cute movie about saving the environment from corporate greed. I really liked it because of the parallel with the reality of today’s corporate society. Don’t get me wrong, there are a lot of companies that are trying very hard to run their companies and preserve the environment as well, but there are a lot that do not do anything at all. Their footprint on our planet is much too large, but enough about that.

The second movie we watched was Loopers with Bruce Willis. It was a really good movie that was about hit men and time travel. Time travel was outlawed in the future, but the organized crime syndicates would use it to send people back in time that they wanted killed. Someone in the past would be there when the person arrived and kill them. However, at one point the person they had to kill from the future would be their future self. They would receive a large payment and be retired from service to live the next thirty years as they see fit. As you can imagine, one of the future selves gets away and pandemonium ensues.

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Orders from headquarters

Okay, yes I am laughing, because I am talking about ordering stuff for my honey online. I had to order acme thread something or other for him. I can’t find the paper he wrote it on, but I know that I got it right when I ordered it, because I had the paper then. My desk is a mess from doing so much work from home. I think tomorrow, I will take the bull by the horns and clean it.