A Long Weekend For Me!

This is how I like it! I worked a whole day today ( the first time in 10 weeks!) and now I have 3 days off. That's what I call hard work. I have big plans tomorrow to go see my little grandsons and hang out at Geo Town for a while. Then I'm going to give the gym a try again. I'm supposed to meet up with Paulette there and then we'll go run the streets for a bit. Well, not really run the streets, but we'll find something to do. We always do. I'm looking forward to seeing Mama Mia again on Sat. with my sister. She hasn't been to a movie since she broke her leg back in March. I'm so proud of her for working so hard to get back to walking. She's no longer using her walker and only very seldom is in her wheelchair. I love her so much and don't know what I'd do without her. I have a dinner party to go to Sat. night and then the kids are coming for dinner Sun. It's great to be busy. I don't have as much time to dwell on things I can't change. ILMF

Yea Me!!

I Already Got A Day Off! Actually, I only work for comp. time the few days before school starts and they decided yesterday that they really didn't want to do that. So I got a few hours yesterday, took today off, and have staff meetings until about 1:30 tomorrow. It really worked out because I felt like a piece of dog meat today, so it was just as well I could hang out at home. I've still been doing real good with my eating plan. And that's an upper! Abby, Shelly, and I went on a feeding frenzy while we were together. Played games and ate junk every night after the kids went to bed. We all vowed to be real good after we had to part ways. And I am...I don't know about those 2 though. Kami called this afternoon and they made it safe and sound to Indiana. I sure miss them, especially my Tyler. I find myself thinking about my grandkids more and more everyday and the joy they bring to me and the livewires they all are. Some of them are nothing but pure justice for their parents :-) And that makes me smile. Kylie's moving tomorrow and she's very excited. I don't know her housemates, but they sound like very nice, RESPONSIBLE, people. Time to turn in. I'm a working woman again, you know. At least I have Fri. off. ILMF

Why My Reunion??

You may be asking..."why in the world did she put a count down to her reunion on here"? Because I'm the chairman and we had a class of over 500 students back in the day! It's kind of a big job and when I chaired the last one, I didn't work. So this is going to be a little more challenging. I was told the last one was the best ever, so I now have to maintain the same high standard. Thank heavens I have great friends to help me out! And they really are fun to go to, for all you reunion naysayers out there. All the cliques have disappeared and everyone is on the same level. And that, my friends, is why I put the counter on here...because I have to keep track!

Here I Go!

I'm off to the 'salt mine' as they say. I put a smile on my face and will have a great year...with middle school kids! I had a fun day yesterday and met Debi for lunch. Did a few errands and actualli DID get to the gym! It was good to see Mandy ~ I rubbed sweat all over her when I hugged her to leave. That way it was proof that I REALLY did workout! Everything has worked out for Kylie and her new rental, and that's good news. The only sad thing for me ( I actually tried not to think about it) was that my Tyler had to leave for Indiana :-( I know he'll be back soon though and I KNOW he'll miss me too. Peace out!

Great day

Today was much better! Like most moms who have grown children...you like to grab any minute you can have with them. Jake, Kylie, and Abby and my little grandsons were over for dinner today and we had such fun conversation. I'm so proud of Jake for being promoted in the Az. Nat'l Guard this weekend to Sgt. He gave me a flag folded in a box as a keepsake that I think they all got for serving in Afghanistan. He's also been offered a job with the Defense Dept. that he's very excited about, and I hope it all works out for him. It's moving season for all the Smiths I guess...or half of them anyways. Kami and Luke are on their way to Indiana for what we hope will be a temporary stay, Abby is waiting on word from hers and Jakes realtor on an offer they put in on a house for her and the boys, Kylie's moving just down the road from where she's at (but it's still a move!), and if Abby moves...so will Jake because he's staying with her right now. I'm feeling a lot better and plan on going to the gym tomorrow so will catch up with Mandy. I've really missed seeing her daily. Eric calls about every other day and they're all fine and happy in the cool of Wa. And Shelly does call everyday so I get to pretend she lives right here in town! She'll be coming in on Aug. 15th for the weekend and I can't wait to see her. I just completed another day totally on my eating plan and that makes me happy. I'm trying to decide whether or not to take golf lessons at the park in Marana. I need to decide soon because the sign up deadline is upon me. I'm also trying to find a softball team to join...wish me luck there. I don't know how good I'll be, but watching Shelly's game last week gave me the guts to go for it. I sure wish all us girls could play together on the same team, but that would be an impossible feat. I'm anxiously awaiting the first of Sept., because that means the longest, hottest month of school will be over and it won't be long until fall...my favorite season. Not to be confused with Christmas...my favorite holiday. Peace out!

Bloggers Don't Whine!

That's going to have to be my motto. It would be sooo easy to take all my whining out right here on my blog. But I'm not going to do that. Who would want to read that stuff? So, all I'll say about yesterday is that it was a very long, very boring day.The toughest thing about being on my own is that I'm a 'people' person. I like to have plans, go places, do things. And after having 8 kids and a very busy life it's hard to adjust to the quiet that I consistently find myself in. If I didn't have to go back to work next week I'd be in Wa. or Ca. I love ALL my kids so much and want to be with every one of them.

Movie Junkie!

I'll admit I'm the biggest movie junkie around! I'm trying to take advantage of my last few days off before the school year begins, so went to movies yesterday and today. It helped that my best friend, Paulette, was off for a little vacation as well. We saw The Dark Knight yesterday and I thought they said it was a 2 1/2 hour movie. It seems as if it barely started and it was over! Batman, Spiderman, Superman...all those super hero guys didn't even make it onto my "C" list a few years ago. But I guess I've matured and LOVE them! Then today we saw Mama Mia. My gosh! I haven't laughed that hard at a movie in a good long time. I sooooo want to move to Greece now. I miss going to the movies with my girls, but as they've had more babies, work, and actual lives....I find myself catching the most I can under whatever circumstances arise. I was hoping to hit the gym right after that, but Libby had been in the house for 7 hours by that time and I feared she was crossing her legs, waiting for me to get home! So I just took her for a little walk instead. Even though it was hotter than Helsinki! I did great on my eating plan for today and am anxious to be able to start back full swing with Mandy at the gym. As soon as all the residual effects from my weird illness subside...I can go back full guns!

I've already learned 1 thing...

You need to pick your font size, type, and color BEFORE you start your post. What a concept. I hope to learn to add photos real quick, because that's half the fun of this (I hear). I've had a real busy summer and got to log some real quality 'Grandma' hours with all 10 of my grandchildren. They are the loves of my life. I know there must be somewhere on here where you can post some kind of a bio. or life story or something. Those kind of scare me off at times, because I don't really recognize the life I now lead. But I'll try to do my best to update and post something of substance often.

Whoa....I'm new at this!

I'm going to try out this blogging business, even though I'm so 'technology challenged' I'm embarrassed for myself! Bear with me if this bounces around for awhile. Eventually I'll figure out what goes where and stuff. So I imagine this will be my first post and if everything goes well with it there may even be a second...