It's been a sleepy day. I never did make it to bed last night, so I've slept most of today. Poor Manda is recovering from a sinus infection, so she slept all day, too. Bob worked and then went to many, many yard sales, and came home with two paintings: one a lovely painting of a family in a sled going to through the snowy woods, and another of a train in the mountains. He's a happy pup, and has been holding the paintings up all over the house to see where they might look best.
---------------- Sophie surprised me once again. I has strawberries and yogurt for supper (one of my favorites), and Sophie was begging her beanie little head off. So, I offered her a strawberry to shut her up. Obviously, Bob wasn't home, or there would have been an unpleasant scene about giving into Sophie begging. Of course, he's the man who feeds birds against my will.
Joke's on me, once again. Sophie ate the strawberry like it was filet mignon. I gave her a small bowl of strawberries and yogurt (I was full, anyway), and she is enjoying it immensely.
(Manda just discovered that dogs like pumpernickel, too)
----------------- As proof that Manda is growing up way too fast, she brought home paperwork for a field trip. In February. To Spain. Without a parent. Last year, the honors kids went to Italy (Manda is bummed that she missed that trip) and one girl bought a $350 purse in Milan. I am not upset Manda missed that trip, and have already threatened a certain child with death if she spends that kind of money on a purse or if she drinks any alcohol. (Some kids got hammered last year, too)
She can't wait. She's talking about it nonstop, and even offered to pay for the trip herself. (Of course not) Surprisingly, all the kids who have been invited to go are girls. I wondered how the teachers knew the personalities of these kids after only two weeks of school. Then I found out that each teacher from middle school wrote a letter about each of their honors and advanced students (maybe all the kids, I don't know), introducing them to their new teachers.
The math teacher at the high school made a copy of Manda's letter and sent it home. I want to back to the middle school and give the math teacher a big hug: he got her personality down cold, and really gave the teacher a good feel about her math skills. I asked, and only the middle school Amanda attended sent such letters.
------------------------ I am nearly done with Mary's (Meihjana's) bridal headpiece. Like many of my pieces, it's taking a lot longer than I had anticipated, but I think that the piece will end up as an heirloom. As with my other big pieces, I used the very best materials I could find. Real silk, Swarovski (from Latrinka), pearls, good stuff all around.
Boy, I hope she likes it.
------------------------- We invented a new word the other day. Bob was away for three days for a trade show, and the weather was very warm. Unbeknownst to Manda and me, Bob had used the George Foreman grill to make burgers before he left. However, he hadn't cleaned out the drip tray and the warm weather caused the meat juices to go bad and get oogy. (Enough to make me vegetarian, I'll tell you!)
I smelled something horrible in the kitchen and tracked down the smell. As I cleaned the stinky tray, Manda and I coined our new word: "Fungdungtious." (Fung'-Dung-Shus) It suits the vomitrocious stench coming out that tray. We've decided that Sophie is fundungctious most of the time, too.
------------------------ Tomorrow I am going to be able to do a home study for Cairn Terrier rescue, for the first time in many years. I had to quit doing a lot of volunteer work for Cairn rescue when I got so sick, but I was recently begged to do this home study - the rescue organization had been looking for a person in my home town.
Turns out the place is less than half a mile away, and across the street from Manda's old middle school. It'll be cool to do a home study again - it's been so long, and I've really missed working with rescue.
--------------------- Yo, ho, ho, ho, a Pirate's life for me! Last Sunday was "Talk Like a Pirate Day" and I had a ball embarrassing my daughter by talking like a pirate all day. Unbeknownst to her, I also ordered us pirate shirts. I'm wearing mine at this very moment. Manda is highly embarrassed by her shirt. heh. heh. heh.
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So, that's all that's happening here. Still in pain, although the accupuncture which seems to be helping some.
Kathy N-V