Being TESTED

Okay, sometimes I just have to wonder, why the heck stuff happens as it seems to. I am a pretty positive and remarkably upbeat most of the time, but if anyone happens to be listening,

I HAVE HAD ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am not certain how much else I am willing to handle right now.

Aunt Sue was in a car accident this morning. Thank God Joshy wasn't with her and thank goodness that no one was hurt. But, not at all what anyone needed right now. and NOT the phonecall anyone wants to get.

OY.

So, I didn't go to school today, but rather to South Tampa to make sure she was okay. Wish it had been like up in Lutz or something, cause it took me over an hour to get down there. And of course, NOTHING good going thru my mind on the way. I was sooooooo relieved to see her and know she was okay.

Her Santa Fe is a MESS, but who cares. Thank goodness for insurance. She will be sore tomorrow, but State Farm will take care of the rest.

If you read this far, thanks for letting me vent.
Off to type up final raffle sheets. AGAIN. LOL.

Happy Sunday

Hope that everyone is enjoying their weekend so far.
I am up earlier than I would like to be for a change. There is a little boy in my house that just won't let me sleep. AHHHH. "Open your eyes Mommy" as he pries my eyelids open. Too bad he isnt' there later to actually hold them open when I feel them wanting to close at about 3 pm.

Friday I went to see my favorite-HOT eye doctor. Good news is that I was able to get away with buying reading glasses in the $1 bin at Target. YEAH.

Finalizing details for the crop next week and trying to organize my CRAP in case I get to work on anything-NOT likely. However, Iam going to the Creep Over in Sebring so I will need stuff then.

Have a gr-8 Sunday.
Happy Birthday to Linda's Lil Man, Taylor!! 13 already. WOW.

Good Morning

Wow, it is Thursday already. While I would usually be thrilled that the week is passing so quickly, it simply reminds me how much closer I am to next weekend's crop. YIKES.

I am feeling better about my lil man. Thank you all for the supportive words. I KNOW this will be fine and he will come thru it w/flying colors. He is soooooo strong and such an amazing gift of a lil guy.

I am fighting a cold. Same one he has too. Gosh for the last two days he has fallen asleep in the car at 5ish on the way home and slept thru the night. My poor dh hasn't seen him awake in two days. He is having withdrawal. LOL.
He will get his fill tonite as I have a meeting from 6-8pm to begin organization on the Tampa MS Walk for Hope in March.

Going to jump in the shower while I can. Have a gr-8 Thursday everyone.

rough day

This morning was a ROUGH one for this mommy.
We had an appointment for Joshy at ALL CHILDRENS satellite office today up in New Port Richey. I am pretty strong when it comes to most things, but I am telling you that the tears DID start falling as we scheduled my BABY for surgery on Oct. 24th.

It is nothing serious, but I did lose it for a minute. Good thing that Aunt Sue came with us, cause she took him back into the playroom while John and I spoke to the doctor.

They are going to remove his tonsils and adnoids(sp)? as well as snip his tongue as he is tongue tied.........this should help with his lisp and speech .

We will stay overnight at UCH and then hopefully be fine and NO MORE snoring. Dr. Patel said we will NOT believe the difference in his sleeping once he is healed. Hope so.

Thanks for letting me vent/share. It is bound to be a rough time for us. Hoping he recuperates from things like I do as I ate steak the day after my tonsils came out-LOL.

Hug your babies tonite a bit tighter,
Jackie

Happy Birthday

I just wanted to wish my very dear friend,
Miami Dawn an amazing birthday!!
Hope it is a fabulous day and a year filled with ONLY good things.

Hugs and see you in 10 days,
Jackie

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what a week

Can't believe it is Sunday already. Time goes wayyyy tooooo fast, esp. on the weekends!

Yesterday we went to the mall to make our final purchases for Cash For Class . Hoping my school places this year as we could really use the $$. Last year, brand new schools won everything. I am not knocking brand new schools, esp. since they are in the most populated, new areas, but they have the BEST of everything . Construction money can often be used creatively by administration.

My school(that I have been at for 15 years) was built in 1971. Hardly new . And with that said, we have stuff that is from 1971 too. The only way to get NEW and updated/needed items is to win something like this.

So go to Citrus Park Mall and buy yourself a diamond necklace, turn in the receipt for Bay Crest and then return it ...........Pretty PLEASE!!

Aunt Sue took me out on a date last night. LOL. We went to the Performing Arts Center to see MY FAIR LADY. I had a really nice time. Great show. However, I was up until nearly 3am as I could not to save my life or Ambien fall asleep. Not too bad but my lil guy was literally PRYING my eyes open telling me to open them up at 7:15am. UGHHHHHHHHH.

But, here is the GREAT news...................Daddy took him and I got to sleep in until the phone rang at 9:45am. Now, for me and those that know me, that is RARE and an incredible treat. Thanks Froggie.

While I was at the theater, a neighbor did his magic and dropped off a TON of donations for the Crop. I have sooooooo much to do with all of it. Can't wait .
Off to put some laundry away, while dh cleans up the crap in the backyard. The pool guys have left sooooooooooooooooooooooo much garbage out there it isn't even funny. I know it is a construction site for them, but hell, it is my backyard and if I had to look at the BIG GULP cup one more day, well, that is why John is outside cleaning up.

Hoping the inspection has been ordered so someone can do something on the damn thing soon. At this point, pool party for Christmas. UGH.

Happy Sunny Sunday.

TGIF!!

Wow, this week FLEW by and sooo happy that it is Friday. I feel like my life is pulling me in 15 different directions most days and I often not sure which way to go or how to catch my breath!!

At least I have the weekend to do some relaxing-yeah right and get stuff re-organized.

Joshy is sick again and I am so hoping NOT to catch it. Stayed up wayyyy too late last night doing crop stuff, so I am tired today.

Will blog more over the weekend. Enjoy!

Happy Monday

Hi girls,
Just checking in. I just walked in the door from what felt like a long day, but I got alot accomplished.

The tile guy is done with the tile and the plumbing on the pool. So, that is moving right along. I am guessing no one will show up for another 3 weeks or so.

Spent some time after school seriously trying to get my act together in my classroom. I do NOT like the feeling that I am "winging" it each day. So, tomorrow it is my mission to act like I got it all together. Keep your fingers crossed-LOL.

I guess that's about all I can update you on. Have a great evening.

I am sad :(

Got the phonecall this morning that I have been dreading. My Nana died.
I am full of guilt for not getting down there, but I just couldn't. Now because of the Jewish holidays they have decided to bury her up in NY on Tuesday. Well, that isn't going to be possible for me. There is only one direct flight that would get me there in time, but then I would have to rent a car, drive two hours to the cemetary and do it all myself.
John can't take time off of the new job and it just isn't in the cards for me. I feel badly. I do want to be there to say good-bye, but .............

So, I sit here with a sad heart and feel like a total SH*T, but I will mourn in my own way.

I sure hope tomorrow is a better day. I don' tlike feeling like this.

Rest in peace Nana. No more suffering and give Papa a hug from HIS Jackie.

Life is GOOD.....

What a great day today!!
Headed out to hear my neuro lecture on the many new treatment options coming down the pike for MS patients. It was a bit overwhelming and hard to digest it all at once, but some very xciting things in the future. YEAH.

Then she performed for us all. She is a professional ballerina as well as being a phenominal doctor and person in general. I am sooo fortunate to have found her. Thanks Lisa.

Aunt Sue and I enjoyed a very nice day together. We ran a few errands and did a little shopping too. I picked up some donations for the crop and that was the first time all day that I thought of it.

John and Joshy had gone to see the Thomas movie today. They both enjoyed it. My lil guy sure is growing up quickly. When I got home Johnnie had put the wall unit back together. YEAH. Then I put out another table and organized all the crop stuff into groups so the clutter is categorized now and not sprawled out across the kitchen, living room, family room and it is all contained in the dining room. We only use that for Thanksgiving so that is a good thing.

The best part of the entire day was doing laundry. Now, as you well know, NOT one of my favorite chores, but today........entirely different story. It was fabulous. Because, you see, at the bottom of the washing machine, sitting all sparkly and shiny, was my ENGAGEMENT RING. YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH.
I can not even begin to express just how happy I was to find it gleaming in there. Must have been in my pants pocket from the other night when I took it off to make chix. parm. I am so relieved, as is my dh, I am sure. YEAH.

Hope Sunday is just as good. Enjoy.

what a disaster

Yesterday was absolutely NUTS from start to finish.

I had two tile people here doing the tile. It looks great so far.
At the same time, we had two electricians doing the electrical work.
About that time, the Verizon dude calls that he is coming to fix the FIOS cable that was cut during bulldozing over a week ago. YEAH we finally have tv back in the family room, although the unit is still in a zillion pieces.

Then I realize that I can NOT find my engagement ring. GONE. No, I didn't "lose" it persay. It doesn't like slide off my fat fingers, it just is NOT where I keep it and Joshy did NOT take it.

If that isn't the morning from you know where, I also realize that my front tooth is jagged and sharp and cutting my tongue. GREAT. I have no dental insurance and .................I am going to look like I belong on the Beverly Hillbillies if I don't get it fixed.

Take a deep breath. Off to work. School is going well. I am enjoying my team and my kiddos are sweet and "getting" there in terms of routine. I am all about routine.

Watch the news after I get to Aunt Sue's. A child I had in class in 2002 was arrested for talking about blowing up his high school. NICE.

I miss the social committee meeting as Joshy takes a long nap and on my way home, as if the day hasn' t been enough ...........I get a phonecall telling me that my Nana is NOT doing well and most likely will not make it thru the night. JEEZ. When it rains it pours and at the moment, I am getting DRENCHED.

Good news, I guess is that the phone didn't ring today telling me she passed. It hasn't been an easy time hearing of her suffering and I hope that the end will be painless for her. The guilt I feel will not go away, as I had planned on going down to see her sometime this summer and didn't. Now I am having anxiety issues about whether to attend the funeral. I luv my Nana, and Joshy luved her the few times that he was with her. He brought her much joy too.
However, I am NOT about spending days with that part of my family. PLEASE do NOT pass judgement............LONG story.

If the services were going to be held in FL I would go with anxiety. However, the plan is that they will be held in NY and I can NOT fathom flying up there by myself and dealing with all that alone. Yet, having John and Joshy go is not only an enormous xpense, but not probably appropriate or likely. So you see my dilemma.

On a positive note, I got in to see my old dentist yesterday(waited nearly two hours) but I didn't have an appt. He couldn't fix it yesterday, but Monday afternoon I will have it bonded and repaired.

On an even happier note, it is FRIDAY and I can accomplish "stuff" this weekend.

My guys are going to the Thomas the Train movie tomorrow while Aunt Sue and I attend a conference on the new MS therapies and survey results of recent studies. Should be enlightening. Then Dr. Ledoux is dancing for us all-she is a professional ballerina on top of being an amazing neurologist.

So, i am off to go make some dinner and collapse. If ya happen to have any idea where my engagement ring is, let me know okay.

Thanks all. Have a gr-8 weekend. Sorry this was soooooo long winded.

pool update

So, the tile guy did show up and it appears he actually did some prep work for the pool tile, which looks like it is about to go in.

John spent some time today on the phone with the owner of the company, who, although our contract says they don't pay for running over buried cables, agreed to pay HALF of the $300 it is going to cost to fix our FIOS ...........grrrr. I am still NOT happy about this. Hopefully, it will get fixed SOON. It is a pita not to have a tv downstairs and even bigger pain to have the MESS that is all over since the wall unit is taken apart .

Everything else is good. The C4H is keeping me wayy busy, but it is coming together. Still getting registrations in for the days that I have open and packages arriving daily. I am excited and will be thrilled to pull it all off the way that it is planned in my head.

Joshy bumped his head today at Aunt Sue's but although he has a bump and a black n blue mark, he is NO worse for wear. Poor A. S. felt soooooooo bad until I reminded her that the last goose egg he got on his head, he received while sitting IN MY LAP!!

He and Johnnie are getting excited about the Thomas movie on Saturday. I almost wish I were going too, but I am giong to hear my neuro lecture and dance for us. She even called me today personally to remind me. What Dr. does that?????????? That is her second personal call to me in a month. She is truly an incredible lady.

Okay, off to try to get the lil guy down. and to watch BB8,
Nite Nite.

sooooo busy

I am hanging my head here in shame for not keeping up. It isn't easy blogging and remember to do it each day, but it is even more difficult when I trying to keep up with TWO blogs. Sometimes, I am more active on the other one, so check it out.

Pool guys never showed up yesterday despite the fact they were going to start the tile work. Yeah right. I am even more upset that NO ONE from the pool company has called to fess up to cutting my cable and having the initiative to get it FIXED. Apparently they don't wanna pay. Let's just say I AM NOT HAPPY!!

On a positive not, you should have seen the productivity that went on here yesterday from about 7 am til well past 1am.
Val Mobley came over and took charge in helping to organize the chaos that is the crop for hope prizes. what a BIG job. Then my mother in law and sister in law came to help out. Mom helped foof up about 10 silent auction baskets. she is very good at that. sil helped keep the lil guy(and the big one occupied) and amanada came and took charge of the goodie bags.

It was a well oiled machine and we got soooooooo much categorized and organized. I def. feel much less stressed about it all and can't say how very much I appreciate their help.

It sure is nice toknow that I have such good friends and family.
Happy SUnday.