Hello??

Sonya · Guru

RE: Hello??

Boots and Bananas · Guru

That is exactly how my van used to be. It was always disgusting. YAY for finding good stuff!!!!!

Sonya · Guru

Erin wrote:

I didnt mean to type Soyns. But, now Im thinking that if I ever meet you in person, I will have to call you that. Nn's for Sonya are hard to come by.

lol, you can do that.

I answer to pretty much everything these days.

Josie has taken to calling me Mamo. I get furious, lol. so don't call me mamo.

Boots and Bananas · Guru

Erin wrote:

Sonya wrote:

hi girls!

we had the kids birthday party yesterday and I'm exhausted.

we did a beach party and we invited both daycare classes (18 and 27 kids) + families and siblings.

It is a long weekend so we got a small (relatively) group of people.

There were 20 kids all together and their parents. It went SO well.

I kept it really moderate - the only real loot we did was a dollar store beach ball. I didn't want to spend a lot of money on junk.

We did fresh veggies and dip and a few bottles of juice for the food.

I was going to make cupcakes and then i came to my senses and bought two store bought cakes. I let charlie pick since he wanted cupcakes and all was perfect.

The beach has a picnic area so we lucked out getting a table. gave the kids the beach balls as they arrived and set them loose on the grassy area.

they had a blast. Then we did cake and hit the beach.

It was a perfect day and everyone asked us to make it an annual event.

we didn't do gifts - we asked for a food bank donation (i feel like you can't invite 40 people + and ask for presents).

anyway, that was my long post for the day.

Sonys, that is awesome! My goal in life is to have some gathering that my friends and family want to be an annual event. We dont have much in the way of family traditions, and I soooo want my kids to have some. The beach party sounds fantastic!

I love the food bank donation. A friend of mine collected kids books (as in, everyone just bring a book or two that you no longer read or want) and then donated them to the women's/kids shelterin town. I thought that was a great idea also and need to remember it for next year.

Joe's friends have tons of annual parties (4th of July was one, this last weekend was the 5th annual horseshoe tournament). It's crazy I have never seen anything like it. He said it kind of sucks that we live 2 hours away and will never have a house big enough for everyone to crash here so we can't throw a party. I'm not sure I'm ready for that pressure anyway LOL

Sonya · Guru

i have to go clean the house so we can go into the city.

we're off to our friends place on wednesday for a few days. I can't wait!

i think tomorrow will just be a relaxing day in the city.

our summer is just zipping by. I can't believe that school starts in a month.

Sonya · Guru

it was pretty nice that everyone was so happy with the party. i do plan on doing it annually (though if we sell the house it won't be so easy).

mike said he's never been to a birthday party where everyone said they couldnt' wait to do it again. He says he usually thinks "when the hell will this be over". lmao

it was so low key and the beach provided all the entertainment.

Sonya · Guru

oh, and everyone who said they were coming, came. well, except for Cheri but she had a 2 hour drive so that is totally understandable.

Juanita · Guru

hello everyone

my back is still hurting me today, so i'm going to the doctor in 3 hours

you know it's bad when i call the doctor..i don't like them wink

Juanita · Guru

Sonya wrote:

i have to go clean the house so we can go into the city.

we're off to our friends place on wednesday for a few days. I can't wait!

i think tomorrow will just be a relaxing day in the city.

our summer is just zipping by. I can't believe that school starts in a month.

school here starts in 2 weeks

Sonya · Guru

Juanita wrote:

Sonya wrote:

i have to go clean the house so we can go into the city.

we're off to our friends place on wednesday for a few days. I can't wait!

i think tomorrow will just be a relaxing day in the city.

our summer is just zipping by. I can't believe that school starts in a month.

school here starts in 2 weeks

not that it mattered to us this year but school ends here at the very end of June.

Sonya · Guru

Ihope your back feels better, Jenn. Man, nothing is worse than a bad back. it is so awful.

kris · Guru

our school starts a week from tomorrow.

i'm sad to be sending jake to kindergarten.

Boots and Bananas · Guru

We start school Sept. 1st.

Nikki has a job opportunity that is going to make it impossible for her to babysit for the next month.

I am totally screwed.

supergrover · Guru

kris wrote:

annnnnnnnnnnnd now I have to talk to DS1's girlfriend's mother about previously mentioned body part pictures.

have you heard the song Hate my Life?

well, that is me.

Ugh Kris, that is awkward...but at least you care enough to have that conversation. And better she (the girlfriend) learns a lesson now and not it some other instance when the whole school gets a hold of similiar pics.

I'm not looking forward to the tween-teen years. at all.

supergrover · Guru

Boots and Bananas wrote:

We start school Sept. 1st.

Nikki has a job opportunity that is going to make it impossible for her to babysit for the next month.

I am totally screwed.

Is Travis old enough to help? I can't remember how old he is.

supergrover · Guru

Do you know what is beautiful?

Everytime I complete a project/training presentation, I move a copy of the file over to my "transition" folder.

I have a transition folder!!!!

Even hellish-August isn't so bad when I know it is the LAST ONE.

10 more months...10 more months...

Boots and Bananas · Guru

I need maternity clothes (or bigger regular clothes LOL)

I am trying hard not to buy them because I am going to be much larger in the winter

I have exactly 4 pairs of pants and 3-5 shirts I can wear right now.

This is going to make cleaning out my closet easy. I'm just boxing everything. By the time I can wear them again we will (hopefully) be living in a bigger place and my stuff will already be packed LOL

Boots and Bananas · Guru

supergrover wrote:

Boots and Bananas wrote:

We start school Sept. 1st.

Nikki has a job opportunity that is going to make it impossible for her to babysit for the next month.

I am totally screwed.

Is Travis old enough to help? I can't remember how old he is.

He is 12.5 and yes he definitely can but I don't want to make him responsible for Lucas for the rest of the summer especially because he is helping with my niece in the afternoons.

I can't even put him in daycare. It's not like I can drive him anywhere.

This is gonna be tricky

supergrover · Guru

kris wrote:

supergrover wrote:

kris wrote:

annnnnnnnnnnnd now I have to talk to DS1's girlfriend's mother about previously mentioned body part pictures.

have you heard the song Hate my Life?

well, that is me.

Ugh Kris, that is awkward...but at least you care enough to have that conversation. And better she (the girlfriend) learns a lesson now and not it some other instance when the whole school gets a hold of similiar pics.

I'm not looking forward to the tween-teen years. at all.

well, unfortunately it was my child's body part which was the subject of this text message

sorry

Boots and Bananas · Guru

kris wrote:

supergrover wrote:

kris wrote:

annnnnnnnnnnnd now I have to talk to DS1's girlfriend's mother about previously mentioned body part pictures.

have you heard the song Hate my Life?

well, that is me.

Ugh Kris, that is awkward...but at least you care enough to have that conversation. And better she (the girlfriend) learns a lesson now and not it some other instance when the whole school gets a hold of similiar pics.

I'm not looking forward to the tween-teen years. at all.

well, unfortunately it was my child's body part which was the subject of this text message

UGH

We have had issues with Travis with texting. No inappropriate pics but def. inappropriate subject matter. Tweens suck.