The Pile

Do you have one?

I have about ONE MILLION of them!

Or at least that is what it feels like some days!

After unpacking and organizing the office this summer, I created a huge pile of papers that needed something done to them.

I am notorious for dog-earring magazines with ideas, products, websites that I want to remember. I am also one of those people that jots things down on scraps of paper. And then there was tons of contact information that needed put in the computer. A few pieces of memories were in this pile too.

With the rain all day on Saturday, I found a bit of time to FINALLY go through the pile!

I love the end product!



That is my office trashcan filled over the top!

Now grant it, I still have a pile to be filed from all this work I did, but at least I have a open cubby space in my computer table!

One of the funny things I found was an OLD list I made my senior year in college.

Let's LOL together!

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To Remember:

John Butcher
The Call
Chris Rhea
Michael Penn
Roche Sisters

(I am assuming this is music I wanted to remember!)

Kids-

Cortland Paul
Jory Cliff
Camelia Nicole
Britan Alise
Other- Colten, Kyle, Garrett, Ashley, Dillon, Cole, Harmony, Macee, Ann, Katlin, Dashnelle (really?!), Blaise, Claire, Chloe

(You know you made one of those "What I want to name my future kids." list too!)

Thetas-

Kite Flight, Easter Egg Hunt, Women in Crisis volunteers, Adopt Highway, Plant tree, Pledge Slave Day

Wedding-

Come Let Me Love You (John Denver)
There Is Love
I've Benn In Love With You
The Cousins Theme from Steel Magnolias

Make 2 wrap-around coats from magazine

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I am not brave enough (yet!) to share my journals from junior high that I found!

Stacey

She's here!

My niece arrived shortly before 1 pm today!

My sister had to wait and go in this morning, but once they got her started, she had an easy delivery with wonderful results!

She is around 7 pounds and 20 inches which makes her smaller than the other two and allowed my sister an easier time!

I can't wait to meet her in 2 weeks!

Stacey

I am convinced it's a money-s*cking cult!

I don't even WANT to know how much money I actually spent last week!

ALL of it on school-related stuff!

Can't they at least spread it out and let us pretend!

Here is what I spent money on last week:

* A school t-shirt for son.
* A school t-shirt for dtr and myself. Yes, I needed one too for all the PTA events! Plus, won't we make a cute mother-daughter picture!
* Scholastic Book Fair to support dtr's school library.
* School pictures. Total rip-off! I just need ONE picture for her school album, but the cheapest pkg I could get for what I needed was $20!
* Computers for Education coupon booklet.

Oh this one was funny! My dtr had shared this wild story early last week about these super fancy sunglasses with music, a t-shirt, and a trip to Hawaii! I figured it was something she had seen on TV. Well, I was partially right! She had seen it on the BIG SCREEN TV in her cafeteria! It was a booklet you fill out with names/addresses of family and friends. They then send the coupon to them in hopes they purchase a magazine to support you.

I am thinking we will probably score the glow-in-the-dark Scooby Doo tshirt.

And the trip to Hawaii?

Well, it is actually a trip to Florida. But if we are lucky, they will draw our name! ;)

My friend Pam is probably going to laugh hysterically when she reads this! She has 4 kids and has been eagerly anticipating the day we all feel her pain! :)

While on the subject of kids, I thought I would share a few of their papers that came home last week.

Want to guess why this makes me want to pull my hair out?


This is my FOUR YEAR OLD son's paper he brought home last week. I thought he did a FABULOUS job! Is she serious?!! He can't even read what her note and the sticker say! Don't think I won't talk about this come parent-"teacher" conference time!


This is my 6 year old daughter's first practice spelling test. It is hard to tell, but the one she got wrong was because she used a capital "P" instead of a lower-case "p". I realize that learning about that stuff is important, but not in this case. I would have had an issue if this had been her real test. Spelling should be about spelling! Thankfully, she did indeed make a 100 on her real test the next day!

Hey, maybe I could just throw some more money to the schools and bribe the teachers to give my kids perfect scores all the time!

Yes, I know! It is only the beginning!

Stacey

I don't usually post on the weekends, but I would love to ask a little favor.

My younger sister is checking into the hospital at midnight in order to start labor and hopefully, have a new sweet baby girl come Monday.

The last time she labored it was a little rougher and they are hoping for an easier time this round by doing things a bit different. She has two energetic kids at home and needs to recover quickly so she can love on the new baby and resume being Mom to her other kids.

Would you mind saying a quick prayer for my sister, the health of the baby, and for an uncomplicated delivery?

Thanks!

I will let you know when I know!

Stacey

Six

I thought I had forgotten to save these pictures before my portrait package expired.

I was so sad.

I found them!

I am so happy!

Four

Watch your back, John Travolta!

Near the end of summer, my kids decided to take the stage one early morning.

I should have video taped!

There are some serious moves going on here!

All to a little Boyz In The Sink playing in the background.

I don't know what it is about wood floors that has caused my son to channel a break dance spirit from the 80's.

Since moving here, he will find any opportunity to bust a move!

Seriously, there are days that my husband walks in and he says, "Hey Daddy, watch my moves?".

Oh dear!

Waiting for his musical cue











Can't you just visualize the swift leg moves my girl is doing in the background?!







I had the giggles all day after this one!

Stacey