How I survived my Class Party

Today we had our Fall Class Party ans I was a class mother.  I enjoyed the party and I hope the kids did too!  We had all kinds of snack, both healthy and junk.  Cheese and Crackers, Fruit Platter, Pretzels and Cupcakes were served and enjoyed by all.  Rules are now so different then they were when I was a kid...it used to be a free for all, now it's little icing this and 100% fruit juice that...I understand the childhood obesity problem here, but depriving kids of these things can't be healthy either.  But I digress!
We played the mummy game where 2 kids wrap 1 kid as a mummy with toilet paper...a Memory game and then a word search and color pages with a goodie bag and a book light as prizes.  We also took their pictures with some fall characters.
I survived my first class mother party...
Not out for Mexican and hopefully a Margarita is in my future.  Let the weekend begin!

Happy Halloween XXXOOO

In Full Swing

As you all know I am a volunteer junkie, if you need help, I'm there!  Well, with school being in full swing I am in over my head, as usual.  You need beanbags made?  I'll take care of that!  You need a class mom for the fall party?  I'll do that!  You need something baked?  I'm all over that!  Book Fair late night?  Count me in!  Do you see how it starts?
Well, yesterday I was talking to a fellow volunteer and told her I found a really cute idea for the weekend event we have for the PTA...aren't they a cute idea!  Well of course I was asked, "Now, in what spare time will you get this done?"  If I have to give up sleep my love, I will get these done for you....I think they will become a requested item!  I already have the beanbag half done, fall party is all but handled and I haven't been asked to make anything for the bake sale YET, so I'm in good shape.
In other news, we've been busy, busy, busy...would you expect anything more from me?  Danny is almost done with baseball and I'm hoping he gets back into full swing with scouts and Ryan will help him out with that since I am buried in PTA business.  If we can add an hour or two to each day I will be in good shape...or maybe I should give a few hours up at work?  Feed back would be greatly appreciated!
Happy Tuesday XXXOOO

Blog, Blog Baby

I know that I tend not to keep up with my blogging and that those of you (2) miss me when I don't post.  There has been so much going on recently that I seem to find time slipping away and my writing takes a back seat to life.  So on this sunny Wednesday afternoon, instead of working, I am going to fill you in on all my dirt!

I dont' know the last time I posted, so I will just start with the launch of the school year...that seems to be where I lost my sanity, I'm sorry I mean my place.  We headed back to school the Thursday before Labor Day and it has been non stop.  With work, my PTA duties, Scouting and Travel Baseball it seems that all my days a nights are full.  Add to that neighborhood drama and life in general, things tend to be very complex. 

Add to that Danny being evaluated and finally diagnosed with ADHD we have had our hands full.  We still
need to do a sleep study and see an allergist to rule out a few other "distractions" but it is as we had suspected for the last year.  We are very lucky to go to the school that we do and receive the full support of the Child Study Team along with the building staff and the principal.  Without their guidance and support I don't know that I would have known what my options were!

I have also been picked to be the class mom for the fall party at school...I am combing my way through blogs looking for ideas for games, crafts and snacks (ummm snacks) that are fall or Halloween themed.  I love the fall it's my favorite season...the time between Back to School and Thanksgiving I live for.  I love the decor and the theme from Harvest, to Halloween and then to Thanksgiving.  It warms me inside and primes my kitchen for Holiday baking and lots of winter cooking.  I cannot wait to make a pot of soup or to roast a turkey.

I hope you are all enjoying the season....XXXOOO

If I jump off the deep end...will you come with me?

Today has turned out to be a challenge of my sanity.  It all started this morning, when as all Monday's go, I think I have all the time in the world and it turns out it's 7:50am and we have to leave for the bus.  I do, as always, ask Danny which shoes I should wear by showing him the 2 I'd like to wear and he chooses what I like to call my hooker heels.  Now I love these shoes, they are black suede and have a 3 1/2" heel...they are by all means "do me" shoes.  In order to wear them comfortably they require the ball of the foot cushions so that my feet don't ache all day long.  Well this morning they were missing, not totally but I only found 1...so I hem and haw over to change my clothes, because the pants I choose need heels, or to stick it out.  Well dear reader, I stuck it out.  Wait it gets better...
I opt to stop at Walgreen's on my way to work so that I can get my much needed (and deserved at this point) ball of the foot cushions.  I get out of the car and because my shoes are missing this little piece of cloud beneath my feet, I walk right out of my shoes...I cannot walk in these shoes with out my "filler"!  So I walk ever so slowly thru the store...ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK, get my filler and limp back up to the register.  The young man at the counter looks at me and says, "have a great day" then I inform him, "I will now", to which he replies, "whatever"...PUNK!  Okay shoe crisis averted, but my feet hurt already.
Well I get to work and my mood, as usual, goes downhill.  Not for any other reason but I got pissed off and THEN I remembered I was pissed off from Friday and was supposed to call in sick today...UGH!!!  As I come to this revelation I get a call from the warehouse that there is an emergency with the container that just arrived and I HAVE to come back IMMEDIATELY...my feet hurt, do I have to?  SO I go back and there lies a stack of bags and parsley on the floor.. "so whats the emergency?"..."we don't know how to stack this" REALLY???  What do I look like?  The Guru of stacking pallets?  My feet hurt...I hobble back to my desk.
At noon one of the women leaves for family reasons, at 12:30 another leaves because her planets are out of sync and at 1:20 the other leaves for lunch..."Who's going to answer the phones?"..."you are"...no I'm not, my feet hurt!  Know what?  I didn't answer the phone...instead I crawled back to the warehouse to take pictures of the damage in flicked on us by the container.  Now I'm ready to whine about how I will never wear these shoes again and want to live in flip flops all year round...think I need a beach house!  Or maybe I will try calling in sick again tomorrow...if I remember!
Happy Monday XXXOOO

Back to the grind

We are finally back to the getting here at the Sunny Spot, school has started and volunteer commitments are creeping back and, of course, back to work....UGH!  I love the carefree, unscheduled days of summer.  The times when there really is no bed time and you don't care if you are a few minutes late for work...I dislike sitting in traffic and getting stuck behind school buses.  I love the fact that ice cream is a perfectly acceptable dinner and that dinner is a perfectly acceptable dessert.  The days are long and warm and the nights are warm and clear.  I love summer and all that goes with it, sun, beach, cold cocktails...
With the fall quickly approaching, yes I said FALL!  Today's high here in NNJ is only going to be 72 degrees...yes ONLY 72 degrees.  Do you know what that means for us cold blooded people?  That means that we have a party late this afternoon and I will have to dress (and be taunted by warm blooded people) like Nanook of the North.  I already know I will need to wear jeans and a sweatshirt for most of the day, but when the sun goes down I will need to add layers...warm layers and sit REALLY close to the fire because tonight's low is 45 degrees.  Can you imagine?  Last week I was sitingg on the beach in OBX, NC it was 90+ degrees and I was happy as a clam, beer in hand and feet (only) in the water.  Now that is my element!
Okay, so I will stop brooding over this cold weather and go finish my coffee and head out to the farmers market...have a ton of green tomatoes that I am going to make salsa with and need some fresh ingredients to make it perfect and maybe a loaf of warm bread to stuff in my shirt to keep me warm later.
Happy Sunday and Labor Day!  XXXOOO

Vacation 2010 - Outer Banks

Vacation Part One

Vacation this week started 5 days ago when Ryan and I left New Jersey and headed to Tennessee to pick Danny up from his Part I of vacation.  We drove for 13 hours and arrived late Friday night and spent the day with my parents on Saturday and hit the road to North Carolina on Sunday morning.  We arrived in the Outer Banks around 8pm after driving another 11 hours.  Monday we spent recouping, or should I say I spent recouping...the boys spent fishing.
I have a ton of pictures to show you and will set up a link as soon as I find my cable.  We went to the Hattaras Lighthouse yesterday..Danny and I made it to the top, Ryan almost made it before they closed the lighthouse due to "inclimate weather".  Today we spent the morning at the beach together before I was made a fishing widow again.
Hope you are all having a good week.  Back home on Sunday XXXOOO