Learning to learn K style

....not to be confused with the royal dofus K-fed.........
Tonight I have to go to an auditorium and learn how to be a parent of a Kindergartner. The letter that we received on Friday last week was dated last Wednesday. Clearly timing is not important, but making sure parents go to Learning to parent a Kindergartner is. It was indicated in the letter that parents or guardians make an "honest" effort to be there. What is a dishonest effort? We are in the process of teaching honesty and responsibility. I am sure that there are parents who have been through this, and they may not be there, but really. If I do not go am I dishonest? am I a bad parent? do I get black listed from the PTA before I sign up. What If I have to work, do I need a note from my employer?
Regardless, I am going to be there and I will listen. I will learn how to be a good Kindergarten parent.

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Bike Rodeo and Birthday

This weekend was kind of busy.
Bud had a Bike Rodeo sponsored by the police department and a birthday party for a former hockey team mate.

Saturday at the bike rodeo I was selling hots and hammies to the participants in the rodeo to raise money for CODA (Children's Organ Donor Association) and Bud was participating in the rodeo. Since there were over 100 kids registered it was going to be a nice afternoon. NOT! Just after the safety demonstration when the kids were told to get their bikes a teary face comes up to me in the food booth "Mommy... sniff sniff my bike is missing". I look around and I see a child on my sons bike. So I say to Bud "Stay here, mommy sees your bike" I walk up to the parent and say "I think your child grabbed my child's bike by accident" said parent says disgusted that I said something to her scowls at me and says "no, we have not put our bikes down" I incredulously say "...are you sure? my son has a bike like this with a broken reflector, no kick stand, no cap on the handle bar AND tears in the seat" She says no it is ours. Defeated I walk away. I go to Bud and tell him that that boys mommy said it was that boys bike.

I approach the police who are running this event and say someone has taken my sons bike and could he please look around. I also mentioned that the parent who I thought had Buds bike assured me it was hers. So as Bud is crying in the lawn because he can not participate in the rodeo, and I have to sell food. That is what I am there to do. There is nothing else that I can do for my child. That feeling is the suckiest feeling ever! I give my child a can of soda (he is not allowed to have soda) and tell him to watch.

Just as the rodeo was coming to an end another parent who heard all of the conversations I had comes up to me and says "that boy who you said had your bike is on another." I tell Bud to go and get his bike and bring it to me. I take a marker and write on it under the velcro flap his name. Completely disgusted that the parent lied to me about the bike and let my kid sit and cry missing the rodeo.

So later in the day Bud says to me "mommy that lady did not get in to trouble for fibbing, how come?" All I could say is "I am not her mommy". I wanted to say that stupid whore is not a good mommy and her mommy was not a good mommy if she does that. But I held back and said those are the people that end up in jail.

Now the birthday party was a blast Bud had a great time. He was the only preschooler there. The rest were kindergartners. He fit right in. September here we come.

p.s. mangled bike is from learning to ride with 2 wheels. That bike took a beating last fall.

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Fun Shoe friday

These have the ouch factor. I am not sure who would buy them, but they have been sold for the bargain price of $150.

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Ch Ch Ch Changes

Once again things are in total upheaval. My boss is moving on to greener pastures just as we come to an understanding of what is going on. Meaning specifically, what roles we are going to play and the like. Now with the replacements coming it is time for a change and once again uncertainty.
I am very much appreciative of the job I have, and for the money I make (of course who would not want more). That being the case I believe in trust and right now I am not sure where that is.

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Fixing makes it worse

As of today here is the new breakdown

6 in the morning
2 in the afternoon
6 in the evening

Once 7 days are up it will be

7 in the morning
2 in the afternoon
7 in the night

For the rest of my ever loving life. All this for the bargain price of feeling like shit and needing to sleep 16 hours on the weekends to recover.

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Not once but twice

Damn you popsicles!

Could I really be that stupid?

Apparently I can.

Not sure if I blogged about it or not, but here it is. One random Thursday night Bud & I sat down with the hubs and enjoyed a sugar-free popsicle for an after dinner snack. In the process of eating said popsicle it stuck to the top inner upper lip. Like an idiot I tried to pull it off and got the bottom inner lip stuck to it. rinse. lather repeat. I eventually got it off after two stuck sessions. Anyways with swollen lips for a few days and thalking like an idioth I finally healed with minor scaring on my pride. So what do I do a couple months later? You gussed it. I do again..... I have a different popsicle and this one is smaller and again my top inner lip froze to the popsicle, however the sensation of the lip adhering to the popsicle was familiar this time and I was able to pull my lip away before it really stuck. Still had minor tear age, but more of a nuisance like biting the inside of your mouth. Lesson here. No more popsicles for me.

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I'm hooked on a feeling

That feeling you may ask is the one of crap!
My throat hurts, my head is fuzzy and nothing feels good!
so there!

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You decide

I know the one picture is a bit fuzzy, but really they are similiar

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Winners: All of 'em

I happen to have a special fondness for the goalie.

Happy Birthday Hubs!

Today the hubs is another year older, so I wish you a Happy Birthday!

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Fun Shoe Friday

The possibilities that this shoe has. I want 'em.

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Let the ugliness begin

Here you have my bathroom please try to refrain from the following:

1. tossing your cookies on this lovely set up
2. laughing at the mismatched spider man towel
3. commenting on the general mess.

These were taken this morning after two showers and while getting ready for work.

I wanted to make sure that you could get the full appreciation of what a color disaster my bathroom is. Pinks, purples and the black floor.

So, this is before and as I mentioned the measurements to come with the weekly updates as to what I have actually done. It is not a big room, but we make it work.

Again the hubs thinks I am nuts and is mocking me. We will see who laughs last!

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Bathroom 101 Update

I spent many minutes on the Behr website looking at color. I have found what I like on screen, but need to see it in person. I was looking at dolphin fin. A nice mild grey color and should go with my shower curtain. Next weekend I will hit the local home improvement stores and start pricing out what I need....errr want. I need to take measurements too. My husband thinks that I am crazy and that I am not going to do this. The plumbing part is going to be hard, but I will call my father in law. I will do everything else. I am getting giddy just thinking about it.
Pictures of the current awful bathroom to come tomorrow!

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Spring project Bathroom 101

I have put my foot down and I am finally going to get the paint to do my bathroom. you see I have this really crappy pink and purple bathroom. I mean puke pink and lilac purple with a black floor. I have had it for almost 6 years and now I am finally well enough to do something about it so this week I am going to start scouting paint. I will take my shower curtain everywhere I go

I am going to change it around a bit and get a new vanity and paint the bathroom gray a nice dove gray and I just may get new flooring. If I do it will be a cream color, but I have not decided yet. I am going to do this myself and I am going to do my best to make it right. Again not an ounce of craftiness, but I will be posting the before, during and after picts.

So the hunt will be on for the perfect grey paint.

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Funky Shoe Friday Kids Edition

All I am going to say is that my son has seen these on TV and all I can say is WHY? His answer was I am glad I am a boy mommy.

so am I bud...so am I

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Who me? Cook? You're kidding right?

OK so I am not a fan of cooking, but I did this. It was "culture day" at bud's Pre K and I had to do something, but what? The hubs is Polish and I am Mohawk Indian. I could recite to you a laundry list of jokes, but I will spare you. So what is one to make after all these two cultures have NOTHING in common. Did I mention that I do not cook? No well let me tell you I do not cook, so if it involved anything hard forget it. There was also the drama of what dish do I choose? How do I choose one culture over the other? The easy Indian dish of Chicken and Dumplings was the no brainer, and a Polish Pie is a house hold favorite. Again how do I choose? I do not. I made both.
The pie I made in a lo cal version and was very good. A bit under cooked, but good. The dumplings were awesome. Almost as good as my aunts on the reservation. I did it! I cooked.

I enjoyed the cooking, but need to figure how to make less of a mess. That part REALLY sucked.

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Noah - I heart you!

I had a dream about a great doggie that a co-worker has named Noah. I never have dreams like that, but it made me tell her earlier this morning that I had this great dream of Noah. Such a cute dog!
Let me take a minute and back up here....
Noah is this cute little adorable Italian Greyhound. I believe that he was a rescued dog, but that is not the point, he was being raised by this really fascinating woman and her husband, again not really the point. Anyways, she adopts doggies of this particular breed, and loves the heck out of them. So, I tell her about this dream, and with a somewhat fallen face she tells me that today specifically this afternoon Noah is going to doggie heaven. Now I really like all of her doggies, but I really loved Noah!
When I first started at my current place of employment she would bring in the dogs and they would stay in her office. At lunch they would go out and run and come in to the office and look for snacks. I would keep some special ones in my desk for them. Noah was the first to warm up to me, and he was the one that did not look like the others. That is why, to me he was so special.
Well will be with Max in doggie heaven and I realize that I had that dream for a reason.

Noah.... I heart you!

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Whew! glad that's over!

What a week. I left work on Monday at about 1:30 to go home an party with "Ralph". That lasted about 12 hours straight. It was very unpleasant. Poor Bud is climbing on the bed saying "mommy you want water?" "It will keep you Hymated" Her apparently was trying to recall hydrated, anyways anything going in was not staying so I gave him a thanks, but no thanks. I stayed home Tuesday are recuperated. Back to myself today THANK GOD! Since yesterday felt like I was having a hangover. It did help the detox of artificial ingredients bit though. Yeah! I am on day 4 so far so good. I have been eating apples, oranges, celery & carrots; however bananas are not allowed or watermelon. Those are two of my favorites. I am feeling better too. It may just be the spring like weather too. We'll have to see.
So that is really all. 5 days left. I can do it.

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1-1-1

This weekend was such a blur. We drove to Buffalo for Bud's hockey tournament. It was a blast. tiring, but a blast. We left our house at 7:30 to get to my parents house. They insisted on going to the tournament. We got to buffalo at 9:47. Buds first game was at 10:30. They got creamed by a tournament team. I found out that a tournament team is one that is picked specifically for playing on the road in tournaments. They were really good and honestly did not belong in this tournament. So, as I mentioned we got creamed 6-1. The next game was at 2:30. We went to the hotel and checked in, had a "rest" then went to the next game.
This one they won 7-0. Bud's team mates were really bummed out that they lost the first game and they really stepped it up and played their little hearts out. They did so well. We went back to the hotel and he went swimming. had a pizza party and swimming some more. It was a blast!
The final game was the next day at 1:00 and by then all of the kids were tired and ended up with a tie that game5-5. So end result a series of 1-1-1.
What a learning experience for me, and Bud was happy to be home. " We are not going to Buffalo again are we?" No Bud, I think you have had enough.

Now Day 1 on the detox. So far a monster headache, but I have to go to the store to get some veggies. So buh bye

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Fun Shoe Friday: The Water Shoe

I love shoes. I have more that the average person should. Honestly I do! So in honor of my love of shoes I am going to start a new post for Fridays called Fun Shoe Friday.

I would buy these. Not sure where I would wear them since I do not camp and do not hike. But just to have.

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