The hail and frost we had a week ago killed all the zucchini and tomato plants Dad and I put in the ground. They look really pathetic just standing there all dead. We need to go get some more if we want to grow anything this year but it is already late in the growing season (it was late in the growing season when we planted the stuff in the first place).
The lettuce, herbs and onions seem to be thriving. I would have thought frost and hail would kill herbs. Herbs just scream "fragile" to me (don't worry; plants don't really talk to me, that would be silly). Apparently peppermint, rosemary, and basil are heartier than they look.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Writer's Block
I figured it was something you get when you are either in school or trying to write something for a living, not when you are trying to blog for Pete's sake!
The total lack of posts is due to my total lack of creativity. I am trying to figure out how to write things being all cute and witty but I can't seem to come up with it. So instead of some cute story that ties a sock-eating-dryer to Dallas you just get: Dallas likes to take socks off. Everyone's socks. His, mine, Daddy's, even Chelane's.
I will now also relate that other big fun new thing I am doing: making my own baby food. Yeah it is SOO hard too. I put cooked up veggies (so far I have done yams and carrots and peas) in either a small food processor or my mom's baby food grinder (it was an awesome find, I found it in her cupboard) with some water and volia! I have also taken to mashing up avacados and bananas with a fork. All you have to do is add some water to it and mix it up really well.
This kid loves it. We just started solid foods a month or so ago and I am thinking we need to up the times of day she eats, once again, to a total of three.
There is my bland, non-creative, I-wrote-it-because-I-felt-obligated-to-do-it post, enjoy.
The total lack of posts is due to my total lack of creativity. I am trying to figure out how to write things being all cute and witty but I can't seem to come up with it. So instead of some cute story that ties a sock-eating-dryer to Dallas you just get: Dallas likes to take socks off. Everyone's socks. His, mine, Daddy's, even Chelane's.
I will now also relate that other big fun new thing I am doing: making my own baby food. Yeah it is SOO hard too. I put cooked up veggies (so far I have done yams and carrots and peas) in either a small food processor or my mom's baby food grinder (it was an awesome find, I found it in her cupboard) with some water and volia! I have also taken to mashing up avacados and bananas with a fork. All you have to do is add some water to it and mix it up really well.
This kid loves it. We just started solid foods a month or so ago and I am thinking we need to up the times of day she eats, once again, to a total of three.
There is my bland, non-creative, I-wrote-it-because-I-felt-obligated-to-do-it post, enjoy.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Comments
So I haven't had any comments in over a week. It isn't due to lack of posts - there are three in the last week. So am I just too boring for you? You are all giving me a complex.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Spring Break!
I am loving this Spring Break thing. I get to spend the days with my kids and hubby (and other assorted family members depending on the day)! I have also planned to make this a very productive week (ie doing all the things I have been putting off for the last month or two).
On Monday I am getting fingerprinted for my paraeducator job (I sorta needed to do that within about ten days of being hired...). I also need to be fingerprinted for my Washington Teaching Certification application that I have (finally) finished. Luckily I can do it all at the same time for only one fee and I have to be fingerprinted at the building I need to turn the application into so it works out beautifully. Then I can start on my application to the Auburn School District (they have a middle school AND high school math teacher opening for next year).
Wednesday it my most exciting day (of things arleady scheduled). I go to the dentist at 7am (and I am ECSTATIC about it, not kidding at all), hopefully schedule another dentist appointment for later this week, and then get my haircut at 10am. I am very ready for a hair change. Cam says he doesn't care what I do with it and when I warned him I may come back with it shorter than his he didn't bat an eye. I just can't keep it long. It gives me headaches when there is too much weight on my head. And I just put it up in a ponytail all the time (which causes worse headaches). I am thinking of a Keira Knightly thing (when she had short hair) or the current Natalie Portman.
Thursday the SKIP therapists are doing a home visit/evaluation to start Dallas' speech therapy. I am very happy I will be home for it. We are also scheduling them so they can be done in the evenings after I am home from work. I am hoping we can get Dallas to be more verbal.
I get to do some outdoor/lawn work as well as starting the garden(!!) Dad bought some already started tomato, zucchini, and lettuce plants that can be put in the ground soon. He also wants some bushes ripped up and the gate to the fence finished. Cam will need to do a bit of the outside work too, but since I am here to watch the kids he is free to.
I will be home to take Dallas to the park in the afternoon if we want (the weather should be in the 60's on Monday). Hopefully we can hit the Science Center or Zoo or Pike's Place sometime this week too.
On Monday I am getting fingerprinted for my paraeducator job (I sorta needed to do that within about ten days of being hired...). I also need to be fingerprinted for my Washington Teaching Certification application that I have (finally) finished. Luckily I can do it all at the same time for only one fee and I have to be fingerprinted at the building I need to turn the application into so it works out beautifully. Then I can start on my application to the Auburn School District (they have a middle school AND high school math teacher opening for next year).
Wednesday it my most exciting day (of things arleady scheduled). I go to the dentist at 7am (and I am ECSTATIC about it, not kidding at all), hopefully schedule another dentist appointment for later this week, and then get my haircut at 10am. I am very ready for a hair change. Cam says he doesn't care what I do with it and when I warned him I may come back with it shorter than his he didn't bat an eye. I just can't keep it long. It gives me headaches when there is too much weight on my head. And I just put it up in a ponytail all the time (which causes worse headaches). I am thinking of a Keira Knightly thing (when she had short hair) or the current Natalie Portman.
Thursday the SKIP therapists are doing a home visit/evaluation to start Dallas' speech therapy. I am very happy I will be home for it. We are also scheduling them so they can be done in the evenings after I am home from work. I am hoping we can get Dallas to be more verbal.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Benefits
In the Auburn School District benefits kick in the 1st of the month after you have worked ten days. I only worked four days in Febraury so I have been waiting ALL March for the 1st of April and my dental benefits to kick in.
I had a filling fall out in the back of my mouth in December. It really hadn't been that bad until the end(ish) of February but has been steadily getting worse and more sensetive. I can't eat cold cereal because the cold milk ends up in every nook and crany of my mouth and I have massive sensitivity issues. Also food loves to get stuck in that gaping chasm in my mouth. I use to be able to play with it with my tongue and stuck the inside of my check and that would remove alot of stuck food. Now sucking the inside of my mouth causes a huge pain in my tooth (and jaw. It has gotten bad enough that I have to be careful how badly I suck my spit together before I swallow... I know you really didn't want to hear that but, too bad, you got to anyway.) Floss does jack, and a tooth brush doesn't do too much either. The best I can do is swish with body temperature water (it can't be too cold or too hot or it hurts).
So imagine my elation when APRIL finally rolls around. Well my health card arrived promptly on the 1st but nothing from the dental company... so I email the person in HR that deals with benefits. They gist of her response was to wait until the end of the month and then call if I hadn't gotten my card; they usually tell new employees not to expect to schedule anything the first month of having their benefits because it takes a while to get new employees in their systems. Well I wasn't taking that. I had already waited a month and I had those benefits NOW dang it! It wasn't the end of the month yet but I want that root canal ASAP (never thought you would hear someone who wanted a root canal, did you?)
I called the dental company Friday after school. I wasn't in the system yet... but my name was on the new list they got from the school district that day. The operator quickly put me in the system and transfered me over to make an appointment. I go in Wednesday morning for my new patient exam and hopefully I can get the root canal soon thereafter; both of my back teeth are shot all to heck I fear. I will let you know if a root canal is all I hope and dream it will be...
I had a filling fall out in the back of my mouth in December. It really hadn't been that bad until the end(ish) of February but has been steadily getting worse and more sensetive. I can't eat cold cereal because the cold milk ends up in every nook and crany of my mouth and I have massive sensitivity issues. Also food loves to get stuck in that gaping chasm in my mouth. I use to be able to play with it with my tongue and stuck the inside of my check and that would remove alot of stuck food. Now sucking the inside of my mouth causes a huge pain in my tooth (and jaw. It has gotten bad enough that I have to be careful how badly I suck my spit together before I swallow... I know you really didn't want to hear that but, too bad, you got to anyway.) Floss does jack, and a tooth brush doesn't do too much either. The best I can do is swish with body temperature water (it can't be too cold or too hot or it hurts).
So imagine my elation when APRIL finally rolls around. Well my health card arrived promptly on the 1st but nothing from the dental company... so I email the person in HR that deals with benefits. They gist of her response was to wait until the end of the month and then call if I hadn't gotten my card; they usually tell new employees not to expect to schedule anything the first month of having their benefits because it takes a while to get new employees in their systems. Well I wasn't taking that. I had already waited a month and I had those benefits NOW dang it! It wasn't the end of the month yet but I want that root canal ASAP (never thought you would hear someone who wanted a root canal, did you?)
I called the dental company Friday after school. I wasn't in the system yet... but my name was on the new list they got from the school district that day. The operator quickly put me in the system and transfered me over to make an appointment. I go in Wednesday morning for my new patient exam and hopefully I can get the root canal soon thereafter; both of my back teeth are shot all to heck I fear. I will let you know if a root canal is all I hope and dream it will be...
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