The Braces are Still Here!

I totally forgot to tell ya'll that Abby still has her braces on.

Can you believe it?!
She was told that they would put her retainer on.
They did.
They took the wire off her bottom teeth, put the retainer on and left the braces on.
They want to make sure that her teeth don't move.

She was devestated!
I can't blame her either.

I was a bit miffed that I took her out of school for a 20 minute procedure.
I thought it would take a good hour for them to take off her braces
so I scheduled her during the school day.

When it was time to schedule her again they wanted to know if I wanted the same time.
Ah, let me think....

NO!

I would like a 4:30pm appointment so my kid doesn't have to get out of
school early for another 20 minute appointment.

Course, then the coaches expect you to schedule everything around all the sports practices and games. I have stopped doing that.

If they have an appointment, they will miss practice so they don't miss school.
I think I have had to re-schedule about 5 times this year and I simply
refuse to do it again!

Off to have some supper.
I'm thinkin' some leftover potato soup.

Hugs!
Jeanette

Life

The girls had a 1/2 day of school today.
Teachers institute.
We were all excited.
My mom took us out to dinner and then we went shopping for pj's for the girls for Christmas.
Grandma and grandpa always buy the kids pj's for Christmas.

I got a pair too!

Gabby was thrilled to find out that she got a 100% A+ on her biology test.
She did a dance.
Something similar to this....
(you may want to turn it to mute, Elaine uses the h.e. double hockeysticks word)




Ok, well maybe not that bad but something very similar!!

The kids in her class could not believe that she did better than they did.
I think that is pretty low on their part but she sure ruined the curve for them :}

Tonight we finally got to try Patrice's potato soup recipe.
It is AWESOME!
My kids LOVED it.

YUMMO!

THANK YOU PATRICE!!!

We have enough to last us for at least the next few days but, hey,
leftovers are great aren't they?!

Still working on Christmas for my girls but at least they have given me a few ideas.

Off to do more shopping!

Love & Hugs,

Jeanette

Snow?

Can you believe that when we were heading home from Abby's basketball game that is was snowing? Not a lot but you could hear it hitting the windshield like rain.

The girls thought is was cool.
I love snow so I thought it was cool too!!

Abby is getting her braces off tomorrow - at least her bottom ones.
She is excited and can hardly wait.

I can't believe that we are not done paying for them yet and she is getting them off!
I'll be happy when that bill is totally paid for!

My Christmas shopping is just about done for my nieces and nephews.

My girls are a different story.
Their birthday's are in December and January too so it just makes it worse.
I'm thinking a digital camera for Gabby but I'm not sure.
She hasn't come up with anything that she really wants either.

Abby has requested a few things and I ordered them for her today.
I do all of my shopping online.
So far I have only had to pay shipping on 2 items.
Much better than having to go from store to store don't ya think?!

I'm thinking maybe some cool earrings for Gabby for her birthday but I'm not sure.
She doesn't really need clothes which is a shocker.
Abby requested no jewelry. She is not a huge jewelry girl.
So with her I am stuck.

I would take any suggestions that anyone may have for teenagers.
I haven't heard what the big thing is for this year.

Life is pretty boring this week.
Volleyball is over but basketball is still going.
At least we are down to one sport!!

Time to get the girls to bed.

Hugs!

Jeanette