Finally sitting down... for a minute OR two

Weekend is off to a hoppin' start, nothing new there. I'm finally sitting down for a sec. and getting this deal posted. I may not be posting as frequently for the next few weeks. My laptop croaked on me last week and I need a new hard drive, not sure when that will happen. It's been a good laptop, it's an HP we bought when I was preggers with John-Robert- so it's over 5 years old, not bad. Luckily we were able to back everything up to an external hard drive before it became unresponsive.

So... on a more positive note- check out my cute new purse! My Aunt Susan made it for me, isn't it great!! I love it! Thank you Aunt Susan, you're the best!

Let's get caught up on our week...

Monday the kids got tardy slips cause they just couldn't seem to get out of the house. Monday evening we went out to Stacy & Dave's to hang with the family. My nephew Jacob's father passed away this past weekend so everyone congregated @ the Lema household after the visitation. It was really nice to spend some time with everyone despite the sad situation, my nieces and nephews have really grown up to be good kids, they are definitely entertaining- especially after they have had a few drinks.

Tuesday kids were on time for school, don't know how because it was midnight before they got to bed. John & I attended Tim's funeral mass and spent some time out at Stacy & Dave's with Angela, Randy, & Jacob before they went home. My nieces Christy, Samantha, & Megan stuck around to visit as well. Samantha got her waxing pot going & did mine & Christy's eyebrows- love it, they look great, thanks Sam... muahh! We walked around the neighborhood and looked at the model homes. John and I found one that was perfect for us... well, with the exception of the $371,000 price tag. We played the lottery that night in the attempt to win the money for the house, everyone helped us pick numbers, we didn't win. :(

Wednesday another Mom & I "babysat" John-Robert's Pre-K class during lunch. The Pre-K teachers eat with their class EVERY day so in the attempt to give them a break a few times a month some of us watch the class while they go eat. This was the first time anyone had watched the class during lunch so the kids weren't exactly sure what to think. Taking all 20 of them to the restroom during their scheduled "time" was interesting to say the least. I got to see Emma-Rae for a minute because she was outside for recess when I got there, then back to work to deal with the computer network- as usual. The computers at work are usually a complete pain in my ass that monopolize an inordinate amount of mine & everyone else's time but the past week or so has been particularly trying.

Don't remember anything too spectacular happening Thursday- oh yes, I made french toast for dinner & my kids thought it was the best stuff ever! I got this recipe online from one of the resorts @ Walt Disney World, John laughed because I used a recipe for french toast but he stuffed his face too. The recipe has all sorts of yummy stuff in it like vanilla, sugar, & cinnamon. Actually with the exception of Monday night when we went out to dinner with the family either I or John cooked dinner EVERY night this week. Tuesday was spaghetti, Wednesday was chili mac, Thursday french toast, Friday pork chops, & tonight salmon. That's just about a record for us.

We like to play the game Rockband on Playstation 3. We play with my most excellent singing sister-in-law Stacy & her washcloth & my rocker brother-in-law Dave who will never play on medium again. We love them VERY much but... they have been cheating on us with these other Rockband wannabees (they know who they are :) so, John came up with another way for us to amuse ourselves last night. We took turns going through songs we had low scores on & seeing which one of us could get a higher score. Check out some of our results- gold stars baby!

Which leads us to today...

Two soccer games, one set of soccer pictures, a trip to Fresh Market- bought a star fruit, have never tried one & will have to let everyone know what we think of it, kids went back & forth between our house & the Thorne house all afternoon, several loads of laundry done, &... I finished watching the last few episodes of Ghost Whisperer that have been on my DVR forever- I am ready for the new season! John's really happy that I've finally erased them from the DVR, for some reason TV shows that have been on there since April & May bothered him.

Guess we're going to head to bed. John has to fly to Georgia for a few hours tomorrow which means he has to be @ the airport around 7:30 a.m. Tonight we have remnants of Ike rolling in so I'd better go locate a working flashlight. Love to you all- Sarah