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Putting candles on Tom's cake
4 Weeks Ago

I realized, as I was taking out the extra candles (box of 36, and he's 32 today) that, after my next birthday next month, two boxes of candles will be needed.

I'm going to be a whole box of candles old.

That almost feels as weird as when I realized I was a quarter of a century a while ago.

Next weirdness? 42!

(17 replies, Latest reply: 2 Days Ago)

Been awhile (again)...
Aug 12, 2009

I haven't posted any journals (except birthday announcements) since May 31! No wonder it seems like it's been awhile...

One excuse is that the keyboard on this laptop has a funky spacebar--I usually have to go back and insert spaces, which is annoying and takes forever. Of coarse, I could always go up and get the other keyboard and plug it in, which I did

Anyway, I'll try to get caught up chronologically, though if stuff goes with something earlier, I'll talk about that stuff topically, instead.



That will make sense, I promise

June--

Faith "graduated" from kindergarten We do have pictures--they're just not online yet, and they're not very good--the only camera we have right now (and then) is on Tom's phone. Plus Faith was in a hurry to get back to her seat after getting her diploma, so there's just a white blur Part of the ceremony was a slideshow of pictures taken throughout the year (including one of me helping in Faith's class 4 days before Grace was born--due to the angle, I don't look pregnant at all ) and each kindergartener--excuse me, ex-kindergartener--received a dvd, including (as I learned later) one who had moved to South Carolina, thus reducing the amount of boys in the class to 3. (Unless some boys have registered over the summer, there will be only 2 male first graders--one of the boys was not ready to move on. Luckily, the 2 boys get along well!) Be glad I'm clueless about YouTube, or you might be subjected to it Faith's grades arrived in the mail a couple weeks ago--her lowest grade was 95.54%! Evidently, kindergarteners are subjected to standardized tests nowadays--Faith is at her grade level for reading, the equivilent of someone 2.5 years older in math, and listens as well as someone 3.7 grades above her

After I honestly don't know how many years (more than 6, though, because I remember it fading totally when I was pregnant with Faith--which did not happen this last pregnancy) I finally talked to a doctor about my red nose, which had spread to be my red cheeks and chin, as well. My speculation that it may be rosacea turned out to be correct, and I got a prescription, which has worked wonders. I'm almost embarrassed to say that not having a red nose makes me feel a lot better, but who cares if I'm that shallow

July--

The biggest thing in July is that we ran a fireworks stand for the first time, with basically just Tom and myself, from June 28-July 2, with a couple of extra people on the 3rd and 4th, and then us again on the 5th. OK, mostly just Tom the first stretch--I basically was bathroom relief and food-bringer. This booth was to raise funds for the ministry--and the fireworks guy said we did quite well, especially for it being our first time (Tom had helped with a booth last year, but he hadn't been the one in charge). The 4th itself, we were quite busy--Grace and I were to be in the parade to represent our ministry, Faith was in the kid's choir on our church's float, and Tom was, of course, in the booth. After the parade, Faith went with her grandparents', and a friend of ours watched Grace. Both of these babysitting jobs turned out to be overnighters--I didn't get home until nearly 1 am, and Tom got home even later. We are going to do some things differently next year--more people, for a start! And the person we have stay in the booth each night, as a nightwatchperson, will have their own mobile, vehicle, or both. Preferably both.

I *almost* got to meet Phred and Mrs. Firecloud, but things didn't work out. Maybe next time they come this way, if they do

We'd gotten a Wii after Christmas, and we bought EA Active (an exercise game), which I've been doing. I haven't lost weight, in fact I've gained some, but since my clothes are looser, it must be muscle

Faith's birthday party on the 11th went well. She did get what she really really wanted--an Easy Bake Oven. A friend of ours had one that her kids never used, and gave it to Tom and I so it could be from us. The only problem is, you have to have a 100 watt bulb--a regular one, not soft white, not energy-saving, not any other wattage, because it's the heat from the bulb that cooks the things. Now, what do you think that I have been unable to find? Granted, I haven't hit the hardware stores yet, but I've been to every other store in town...

For our 12th anniversary, Tom and I went out for dinner, and went to see the Star Trek movie that came out in May at the drive-in.

We got a new (to us) pickup truck towards the end of the month.

August--

I had a follow-up appointment (having had a lood test) and my cholesterol's a little high--my LDL's 140. I didn't think to ask what my other numbers were

Grace was weighed and measured--she's now 15 pounds and 25.25 inches. Her actual checkup is next month.

We have an appointment down in Redding the evening of the 19th, and then we're continuing south to Sacramento to show Grace off. We'll be returning on the 24th, and then the *next* weekend, we're going to be in Hoopa. Church picnic is the 30th, and the first day of school is September 1st. I'm going to be taking a break from the internet (except for email and maybe working some more on http://www.reachoutus.org which has been neglected--not that I know a whole lot to be able to do to it) starting tomorrow and going through to at least the 19th--if I have access after that, before we get home, you may see me here

In between the big stuff, of course, is taking care of the girls, spending time with my husband, and other things along those lines that would make for even more boring reading.

(19 replies, Latest reply: Aug 25, 2009)

Something special about today...
Jul 11, 2009

Can't quite put my finger on what it could be...

Oh,yes--I've been on h2g2 for 8 years

And tomorrow will be Tom and my 12th anniversary

But was there something else...?



Happy 6th birthday, Faith!

(26 replies, Latest reply: Jul 20, 2009)

Busy, busy!
May 31, 2009

So where have I been this past month or so, you ask? Well, for most of the month, I've been scoring standardized tests online. Actually, I've been scoring one question of one test that whole time. One question. For an average of 6 hours a day. Five days a week. From the 11th until the 26th (it was estimated to last until the 29th, but we got finished early.) It was a math question, that had to do with Order of Operations--thus my tag, which no one seems to have noticed *pouts*

On the 22nd, Faith's class had a fieldtrip to Stout Grove (Tom, Grace, and I joined them)--the hiking trail mentioned in the Coastal Redwoods Entry as being wheelchair accessible. I can now say that the source I got that info from was correct--the trail is wide, level, and flat. There *is* a bit of a hill coming from the parking lot, but it's paved. There's a spot in the trail where it looks like the trees are growing through, but the trail's laid around them, since they obviously predate the trail there's also a couple of spots where the trail follows fallen tree trunks, which helps bring these trees into perspective--especially since you can touch them. Great for min and 2legs to tell just how big these trees are! When/if they get here...

The middle bit of this last week, I was painting a sign. Finished at 2:30 am on the 29th. Went to bed, then got up at 6 to take a shower and get both girls and I ready to go on a whole school fieldtrip to http://www.rvfamilyfuncenter.com/

(13 replies, Latest reply: Jun 1, 2009)

Baby pics
Apr 17, 2009

I finally got them online! http://picasaweb.google.com/amy.pawloski/BabyPics#

They're from 3 different sources--our camera, Tom's phone (better than our camera, sadly), and scanned in photos that the nurses took with the hospital camera (the real photos look much better--evidently our scanner's not a good one). Some pics may be confusing--my baby shower was held in my hospital room! I'll try to make the next deadline, to get them in context

(12 replies, Latest reply: May 1, 2009)