1st day of school

Well, I imagine by now everyone's kids are back in school. How did everyone cope? I'm not gonna lie....I cried like a baby and my child is in 5th grade!! It got me thinking about when we were kids and the first day of school. Does anyone remember any first day of any year? I remember my first day of 5th grade......I thought Mr. Tollefson was so cool and how much fun it was going to be. He put a big damper on that by handing out dictionary pages to some of us. I'm pretty sure that year I copied A-M of the dictionary!!!!!!!

Reunion- NEXT YEAR

Hello everybody! I finally got on this blog. It has been so long, I forgot my password etc. There is an ALL class reunion next summer in conjunction with the City of Malta's 100th birthday. The dates are July 10-12, 2009. Our class needs to send a representative to the planning committee, which will meet after labor day. I guess we need to know what people are thinking/feeling since we just had our awesome reunion and the possibility of Bridgette's camping trip. Let us know. All is well here. Just getting ready for school to start in 3 days. My oldest boy is heading to kindergarten all day, every day. It will be quite an adjustment for me and his little sister. To say I am a little worried is a big understatement. I'll be getting the box of Kleenex out, and Kory, the belly flashbacks will come in handy. HA!

Reunion Footage

Kory and I received a VERY valuable package in the mail today. . . the video highlights from the Amazing Race!!! Thanks Stacy for sending that to us. We're thinking of having everyone from Billings (or wherever you may be traveling from) to get a little tipsy (well ok, drunk!) and watch the video. You will get to see highlights from the race track, the football field, and most entertaining of all, Trafton Park!!! We're thinking of having the reveal party the weekend of August 23rd. Post a comment if you can make it!

By the way Bonnie, we installed a security system, so don't even THINK of trying to break in and steal the video!!

Music

Hey everybody!

I added a music playlist to the blog, so every time you login, it will automatically start playing some eighty's music. You can see the playlist at the bottom of our blog. If you think of some other 80's songs you'd like me to add, post a comment with the names and I will add them. We can have up to 100 songs on the playlist. Rock On!!!

Weekend & After Work Projects

This year we and by we it usually means my husband, have changed the color on the outside of our house. It was a pale yellow with a pale tan on the shutters and awnings. We took a long time discussing what the new colors would be. We have lived here for 10 years and have never really liked the original colors. We chose a medium sage green as the main color and the awnings and shutters are very dark purple. 3/4's of the job is done it is slow going because of work and other family stuff. We have also purchased a 20' twin keel sloop rigged sailboat that we will be refinishing. My husband is also working on a lot of doors and shelves and desks inside the house to help all of us get reorganized. My sister and nephews will be here for about a year and we all got rid of a lot of stuff and have to be efficient in how we store everything. We will also be performing a minor remodel on our one and only bathroom. I would say that is enough projects for now. I try to help with the carpentry and painting but I usually get distracted with housework yuck and cooking yeah.

What project is everyone else working on or wish they had time for?

Vacation anyone?

Ron's post got me thinking:

Where is the most interesting vacation destination you have been to?

Where would you like to go? Who would you take?

Why haven't you gone?

Sounds a little like a jounal assignment for English class doesn't it? Anyway, I thought it might be interesting to hear where everyone has been and where we'd like to go. Maybe a destination reunion is in order....

This is what I feel like lately. . .

AAADD - KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....PLEASE READ! Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder. Somehow I feel better, even though I have it!! Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests: I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing. As I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mail box earlier. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car. I lay my car keys on the table, Put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table, And notice that the can is full. So, I decide to put the bills back On the table and take out the garbage first. But then I think,Since I'm going to be near the mailbox When I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. I take my check book off the table, And see that there is only one check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, So I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Coke I'd been drinking. I'm going to look for my checks, But first I need to push the Coke aside So that I don't accidentally knock it over. The Coke is getting warm, And I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.. As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, A vase of flowers on the counter Catches my eye--they need water. I put the Coke on the counter and Discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning. I decide I better put them back on my desk, But first I'm going to water the flowers. I set the glasses back down on the counter,Fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote.. Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I'll be looking for the remote, But I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, So I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, But first I'll water the flowers. I pour some water in the flowers, But quite a bit of it spills on the floor. So, I set the remote back on the table, Get some towels and wipe up the spill. Then, I head down the hall trying to Remember what I was planning to do. At the end of the day: The car isn't washed The bills aren't paid There is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter The flowers don't have enough water, There is still only 1 check in my check book, I can't find the remote, I can't find my glasses, And I don't remember what I did with the car keys. Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day, And I'm really tired. I realize this is a serious problem, And I'll try to get some help for it, But first I'll check my e-mail.... Do me a favor. Forward this message to everyone you know,
Because I don't remember who I've sent it to.