Life this Week

This has been a rough week.
Madgette has been gone all week for the first real time. She had a blast- she won the camper of the week trophy, and when we picked her up the counselors told us she had been so sweet. She complimented every camper about something. They also said she never wined or complained. That made me very proud.
She was very happy to be home, and we were happy to have her!

The Razorback's dad is back in the hospital, and things aren't looking good. I just don't understand Cancer. Actually, I hate it. It took my mother before I was old enough to get to know her or remember her. There have been so many days in my life when I have wished she was there, or wondered what she would think about something. However, my friend Gancack (who I love with all my heart) got a clear checkup from her doctor. I am so glad she got a cancer-free report that every time I think about it I want to cry. I am sick of people I love being taken from me.

Anyway, the poor Razorback has had to deal with an emotional wife this week. That is definitely not the norm at our home! He has been an amazing man and let me cry on his shoulder (literally) and tried hard to just listen to me without trying to "fix it". I am so thankful God gave me this man as my husband. I love him more than I did when I married him 10 years ago, but it is a different kind of love. I appreciate him.

I am looking forward to the week ahead and pray that things will ease up in our world. I hope it gets better!

Wrapping up summer

Well, I have gone back to work for the school year and hit the ground running. At least this year I will already have some idea of the responsibilities I will have. That can only mean good things.

Madgette is staying home with her daddy during the day and seems glad to see me when I walk through the door. They have made a few trips to the library but I think mostly this week she has just enjoyed hanging out in her "teenage" room (as she calls it). One more week of hanging with dad and she is off to horse camp. She is counting down the days, and so excited she can hardly stand it. A spend the night camp, for 5 days! Plus, she is going to find out if horses are worth all the work it takes to have them.

The Razorback has made the difficult decision to focus on school full time this upcoming year. He is enrolled at Sam Houston State and will have classes 4 days per week. He will be substituting on Tuesdays. Hopefully if he focuses on nothing but college for a while he will finish up next summer, but no later than next Christmas. We are all looking forward to that!

I will try and blog a little more regularly than I did over the last year, but I thought you all deserved a little catch up blog first!

A New Dr. Suess Book

I do not like this Uncle Sam,

I do not like this health care scam,

I do not like these dirty crooks,

or how they lie and cook the books.

I do not like when Congress steals,

I do not like their secret deals.

I do not like this speaker, Nan,

I do not like this "YES WE CAN."

I do not like this spending spree,

I'm smart, I know that nothing's free.

I do not like your smug replies,

when I complain about your lies.

I do not like this kind of hope.

I do not like it- nope, nope, nope!

Happy Weekend

The weekend has been the best weekend of Madgette's 7 years. As yesterday was Halloween, we started our day off early with crafts at Michael's, then went to Toys R Us for their festivities. We folllowed those up with an event some of the local retailers were having. After that we went to the grand opening of a vet clinic in Porter. We really hit the jackpot there. Chloe must be very lucky because I don't win stuff but with her by my side we won the cakewalk (A Red Velvet Cake) and then won the first big raffle of the day. She got a 40 lb bag of Purina dog food, rawhide chews, a leash, doggie shampoo, a ball cap, and 2 days of hotel and spa at their doggie lounge. Talk about cool!
This is a snapshot of Madison at the Toys R Us event, then this is Chloe with her fru-fru collar.

Today was Madgette's 7th birthday. It is so hard for me to believe she is that old. (Much less that in about 2 months I will have been married for 10 years). The pictures above show her with her BFF in the purple, and then two of her other good friends. The little girl in the red dress is her friend from softball, the other girl in pink is a school friend.

The girls got to dress up, have their hair and makeup done, nails painted, and do a fashion show on the runway. The fashion show was followed by a dance party on the runway, and a ride in the pink limo. I had been telling Madgette for over a month that she would NOT get to ride in the limo because it was to expensive. But, she was so good hearted about it I decided to get it anyway. She was so thrilled to find out she was getting to ride in it!


After the limo ride was over, we came back to the store and the girls changed back into their normal clothes. They had some of the High School Musical birthday cake (which were actually cupcakes) and each got to pick out their favorite "Ragmonster" thanks to Momma Pug. In the pic aboove each girl is holding their own.

**Side note: the Razorback talked to the host girl when she commented how cute the ragmonsters were and told her that their creator was with us. He mentioned that their store really should carry them to which the girl throughly agreed. She then connected Momma Pug with the store manager who is going to call MP next week to discuss this possibility. Woo-hoo! One more step towards the ragmonster empire!

Once we got home, Madgette played with her new toys and gifts then asked me to lay down with her on the couch. Her Poppa Reed called to wish her a happy birthday, then she crashed. And I do mean hard!

Hope you all have a wonderful week.

REALLY???

OK- We all know that I like to talk a little bit. Maybe a few times in my life I have gotten in trouble for talking a little more than I should. So are any of us really suprised that my daughter is a talker?
Her teachers tried to be all nice about it, especially since I am an administrator in district, but what they said in "teacher-ease" is that she is the kid that could run the class for the day while the substitute teacher sits at the desk and eats bon-bons.
She is extremely strong in her English reading and comprehension skills but rather low on Spanish reading and comprehension. Really? My child reads and comprehends better in English than in Spanish. Imagine that! What got me was that when they delivered this information, they cringed like I might explode. Somehow that doesn't upset me. Would I like her to be knocking the socks off of both languages? Sure! But realistically, I am not much use to her in the Spanish language so I kind of expected that.

Are any of you suprised?

Still Trying!

My dear friend Nana tells me that I need to keep writing even though no one is reading blogs anymore, so Nana- this one is for you!

We have had a great day. Madgette and I got up early and went to my appointment with the chiropractor. Had my neck and upper back adjusted. You should have heard all the popping that my spine did! Then we ran into a neighborhood garage sale (it was my friend Catfish and her husband Phruitz neighborhood). Bought a few beanie babies, then we headed to the grocery store.

HEB (my favorite grocery store in the whole wide world) didn't seem to be nearly as busy as usual, so we took our time and did a little shopping. We ordered her birthday cake, which actually turns out to be a cupcake creation with a High School Musical theme. We finished up the shopping then headed to rent a couple of movies.

The Razorback had invited a friend over for dinner so we invited a few other folks over as well and have had a relaxing evening with friends of all ages. I thought we were going to watch movies, but it turns out that the MSU vs. Florida game was to good to turn off so the men overruled us.

Madgette doesn't have school on Monday because of parent teacher conferences. Razorback has to have his stomach scoped on Monday morning, and a gallbladder ultrasound, so Madgette is going to spend Sunday night with a friend and they are going to the movies and play put-put on Monday. She is looking forward to it, but she told me she can't wait for this week to be over because she is ready for her birthday party.

I have several meetings off campus this week. I think I am traveling 2 days. So a lot coming up in the next week...

Questions and Comments

I doubt that anyone still reads this because I have been so lacking in the posting of blogs. I truly apologize, I just can't get it together in the evenings to even blog. As Dr. Gabbert would say, I "Used all my words for the day" by the time I leave school.

I just wanted to let anyone who is still checking the blog that this years exchange student has been moved to another home. She is now located in Magnolia, TX. We are very happy with the move as I am sure that she is. She just did not fit into our family at all.

I hope you are all doing well!