Just Keep Swimmin' & Hot Pockets

The rain just keeps coming! I don't think we are seeing the effects of Ike yet but the rain is supposed to continue thru Monday. From the looks of our yard, you would think it was May and not September. Check out the water surrounding our tree out front.

I have not watered these flowers all summer!

More water standing in the yard.

I was blessed to be able to take advantage of the day and got in a nap this afternoon. It has been a rough week so after picking Abby up from basketball practice and running some errands I had lunch and hit the couch. IT WAS WONDERFUL! It was so dark that it was like night time.

Gabby has yet another party tonight so off to pick up a birthday gift. I dropped her and her friend off at the mall and did some birthday shopping for my two nephews. Ryan and Liam have birthdays one day apart. Both being boys, I had no idea what to get them so calls were made and the gifts were purchased. Gabby had to be dropped off at her party right in the middle of the flash flood we were having - isn't that how it always goes?!

Abby got her shower after ball practice and has been in her jammies all day. She was tired too. No nap for her but she and my hubs have been watching a Burn Notice marathon on USA network.

OK, before you go you need to check out this snipet from youtube. We watched this guy on tv last week and we was really funny. My hubs has been singing the "hot pockets" song all week.

Check it out!



Anyway, I thought you might need a good laugh on this otherwise dreary day.

I need to get to my ice cream that has been calling me all day. Coldstone has a few new flavors. Marshmallow and Nutter Butter. Both are flavors developed for some Make - A - Wish kids. The Nutter Butter is great but very rich so take it slow - it tastes just like it! Marshmallow is good too and I would totally mix the two to have a Fluffer Nutter flavor.

YUMMY!!! Come on over, I'll give you a taste :}

Hugs!

Jeanette

It is time to start building that ark......

Life is good again. I am still checking heads daily but at least everything is clean and I think we are on the upswing. I don't want to say that too loud though.

I believe we should start building an ark.

Enough already!

Softball season is over for us, we don't need anymore rain!

Our weather people are saying that we may receive up to 2 inches of rain this weekend. Our yard has never been this green in September. By the time the rain stops on Tuesday we will have to bale our yard. I did not get to mow on Wednesday due to all the issues from my previous post. It started raining yesterday and it is not going to stop.

My crazy girls went to the football game tonight. No umbrella, no jackets to keep them dry. No nothing! I am not sure how they are straight A students - they don't always use their brains! Then again, not many high school kids do......

Not much going on here YIPEE! But I just could not stand to keep the previous post on any longer -

EEEEEEWWWWWWW!

I had to add that in case you thought I was over the whole ordeal :}

I'm going to head to the basement and chill with my hubs until the girls want to come home. You all have a great weekend doing whatever you do!

Hugs!

Jeanette

Mortified!

OK my girlfriend bloggy buddies, I am going out on a limb here.

I am believing that you won't think badly of me or my family.

We found something at my house yesterday that simply mortified me!

LICE!

I KNOW, EEEEEEEWWWWWWWW GROOOOSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!

I will tell the story but if you are as grossed out by it, as I am, you may chose to not read on.

Gabby was complaining that her head itched. She has sensitive skin so I just thought she had not rinsed her hair good when she washed her hair. I told her to come into my bathroom and I would wash her hair with my shampoo to see if that helped. After washing, she came back into my bathroom and said.....

Mom, this just fell out of my hair.

I looked at it and thought.....surely this isn't lice. But never having had it before, I had to look it up on the net. Sure enough she had adult lice in her hair. I quick called the school to report what she had and the nurse called me back. Bless the district nurse!!! She is a mom to one of Gab's friends so we know each other personally. She told me exactly what to do and where to start. She said she would check Abby around lunch time to she if she had them too.

I quick hit CVS to pick up my truckload of supplies and headed home to get started. I shampooed and started going through her hair in teeny tiny sections getting all the nits out. Through all this we watched Nim's Island (good movie by the way) Gabby was actually enjoying this and said it felt good. About 2 hours into Gabby's hair, I got a call from the school nurse and sure enough Abby had them too. Now, Abby's softball team was to play their last game of the season last night. She was not able to play.

After getting Abby from school, I was in tears.

HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO US?
WE ARE CLEAN PEOPLE!
I AM CRAZY ABOUT MY HOUSE BEING CLEAN!!!

Can I say it again?

EEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWW!

I called my hubs and work and he was not real happy. He told me to call someone to come and help. My reply.....I did, I called you! He did not come home but called later to make sure I was doing ok.

Another two hours later, Gabby's hair had been gone through once and I sent her up to get a shower. I started picking through Abby's hair. Another 4 hours later......

Back to Gabby's hair again......Abby's hair now........Gabby's hair........Abby's hair.........

Around 7pm last night our dear pediatrician that leaves just 3 doors down (I am sure he is gonna move away because of me) came down to check them out. I wasn't going to bed last night without someone checking to make sure I had gotten everything. He said they looked really good and if he kids ever get it he is going to send them to me.

AH, THANKS BUT.....NO THANKS!!

Anyway, after washing all the bedding (in hot hot water and drying on high heat) and spraying down mattresses, buying new pillows and throwing all the old ones away, buying all new brushes and hair thingys. I was exhausted. I had to remake all the beds and run the vacuum through each room. I am still doing laundry today and am running everything I can through hot water and putting everything in the dryer.

The school nurse deemed both girls nit free this morning and gave me some more tips on keeping them that way.

From now on, every time they come home from a sleepover, I will pour olive oil into their hair. This is a sure fire way to keep all nits from sticking. All pillows will be put into the dryer for at least an hour on high heat to kill anything that might be in them. All blankets will be washed and all clothes right into the washer as well.

We have no idea where the critters where picked up from. We highly suspect softball and no one report it to the school. We know we did the right thing in reporting it and getting them cleared to get back in.

I have to say that even this morning I was still itching and am not sure I will stop until all the laundry is done and I know the house is clean.

So, for today, enjoy if you can and go take another shower if you feel you need one :}

I am waiting for the Maytag man to come and fix my oven (yeah, that guy on those commercials would be kept VERY busy at my house with my Maytags). That is for another post.

What can I say....When it rains it pours!!!

Hugs!

Jeanette

Teenagers are funny.....

Our last softball tourney was yesterday and it was a LONG day! Abby's school team has had a rough season but they did battle yesterday in their first game of the tourney and came out on top. They beat the other team in an international tiebreaker. At the end of each game, each team gives a member of the other team a "player of the game" trophy. Abby got it for hitting a home run! Here she is with what she calls her "gold action figure". Her coach just laughs at that description!

My hubs was happy to hear that they did bring home some hardware in receiving the 4th place trophy. Which sounds really good except for the fact that they only won 1 game in 3 and they lost the last two by the 10 run rule. OUCH!!

Today was the kick off date for our new church. IT WAS AWESOME! We had over 600 people, including children on our first day. It was incredible to see all the people in the theatre. We have been working on this day for the last two years and to see so many new people was simply awesome!! Only God can work in the hearts of those that were with us today. Me and the girls were happy to work in the nursery on this first Sunday. I worked in the infant room with 14 babies. YIKES!! The girls worked in the toddler room and they had 9 kiddos in that room. I got to sit and rock a sweetie to sleep.

Abby actually made the basketball team (how good is this team gonna be?) she has NEVER played basketball before EVER! This is the result of a new middle school in our district that has split the previous middle school to half the size it was last year. This means that all the sports teams are struggling to get enough kids to play (one of the reasons they said they needed another school is because they have to turn so many kids away from sports each year) and are having a hard time having even an average season. At least the schools are academically excellent. This is the most important thing anyway.

Gabby has a dress for homecoming in a few weeks. She will be going with some girlfriends. She had a huge meltdown last weekend. The conversation went something like this.......

She heard that so and so was going to ask her to homecoming.

OK, well that is great but you are 14.

Dating age is 16.

TEARS......TEARS.......TEARS

All my friends have dates..........
(parents rolling eyes here because this argument always works right?!)

Why are you getting so upset about something that has not happened yet?
The kid has not even asked you yet?

Tears and run to the bathroom.......

It was almost comical except that this was all happening in a restaurant.

We have a history of making a scene at this restaurant.

When the girls were small they were both being horrible on my only day out of the house that whole week. We were desperately trying to just get our food and get out. Abby kept turning around and stealing food of the table behind us. This act is was got us kicked out running out of the restaurant.

I'm thinking that striking this restaurant from our restaurant list is probably a good move on our part and I'm sure the restaurant will send us a thank you note!

Now, looking back a week later, Gabby is laughing about it.....

can you say hormones???