http://www.pleonast.com/user/busymommy recent pleonast.com entries by user busymommy en-us http://www.pleonast.com/user/busymommy?l=5&entryID=601603 You just have to love the weather in Kentucky. The only reasons I like winter are the holidays and this.... Today Dylan had his pilgrim/indian feast. Isn't he cute as a pilgrim? Then this evening, we went to fifth grade showcase for Caroline. The band, chorus and orchestra performed for parents. I am so excited that we have a night to do nothing tomorrow. Saturday, I am getting the kids picture made and Caroline and the chorus will be singing at Light up Simpsonville. It should be an interesting adventure!! Have a good weekend!! Julie 2008-11-21 http://www.pleonast.com/user/busymommy?l=5&entryID=600762 I haven't updated in a while, but here are a couple of pictures to represent the past few weeks. We celebrated her birthday. She got the Samantha American Girl doll. The company is retiring her after Christmas, so we went ahead and got it for her. She had a great birthday. I can't believe that she is 8!! Aren't these flowers beautiful?!! They were sent to me by my family after I had some outpatient surgery last week. Since I have been recovering slower than I expected, I have made good use of the time and started Christmas shopping online. I have already bought all the presents for your family and have even bought your birthday present!! I have had an easy time picking out gifts this year except for my immediate family (hubby and kids). It seems that nothing will really compare to a Corvette!! Well better be going, hubby has a business person in from Georgia this week and he wishes to have a family dinner with me and the kids tonight. We are going to take him to Cl... 2008-11-18 http://www.pleonast.com/user/busymommy?l=5&entryID=593391 Since we are not buying our acreage and new house now...we need to sell this. And since we are selling the tractor (not the child!) Hubby decided he needed to buy this.... Does anyone else see a mid-life crisis coming on? We got our flu shots today. I have never gotten one before. Have any of you had the side effects? How long did it take to get over them? Have a safe and happy Halloween! Julie 2008-10-30 http://www.pleonast.com/user/busymommy?l=5&entryID=592342 The other day I downloaded several pictures. Here are some of my favorites. The Halloween ones were taken at the zoo a couple of weeks ago. The cardboard cutouts are from the movie "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." Kayla is getting excited about her birthday next week. I think she will be very surprised when she gets her present. I will keep it a secret until I have pictures. She has been easily counting down the days. It is the day before the election day. She has just been subtracting a day from the election ticker on Fox news!! I hope everyone has a good week. We have a freeze warning for tomorrow morning. I'm not ready for winter!!! 2008-10-28 http://www.pleonast.com/user/busymommy?l=5&entryID=590149 Just a few interesting notes to share from the Mason home: - Kayla ended her perfect attendance streak today. She has had a cough for a week now, but no fever. It has gradually gotten worse, so today I kept her home from school. We stayed very quiet this morning, and she ended up sleeping 13 hours last night. She is no better though, so tomorrow I am taking her to the doctor. Lets hope that the whooping cough has not extended into Shelby county. - We have had NO luck selling our house. Of course, every news story seems to focus on the gloom and doom of our economy. So, to make a long story short - the offer on the other house ends this week and we have compromised with Coldwell-Banker to take our house off the market this Friday. Being self-employed, we need to see what the election holds for the future!! - I did a lot of cleaning today and do you know what I found? Easter grass. I hate easter grass in the kids easter baskets. I have no idea where it came from, but there... 2008-10-22 http://www.pleonast.com/user/busymommy?l=5&entryID=582119 It's been a while since I updated. We, as usual have been rather busy. The kids usually have homework 4 nights a week in addition to special projects. Hubby has been busy with work and studying to preach and teach. The house has not sold, but who is searching for a new house in these "hard times". The media alone has probably scared all our potential buyers away. Tonight the 5 year old had a tragic evening. On Friday, he and his sister both won goldfish at the FC booster festival. His goldfish had been the more active and excitable, but when I went into his room to get him ready for bed, Jack was no longer with us. He had become rather attached, and has not handled it well this evening. This is the first pet he has ever had, hubby said it will be character building. As of now the other fish is well. But who knows fish seem to be such finicky animals. Kayla was so sweet about it, she says she will now share her fish with him. Hubby has promised him that he can pic... 2008-10-01 http://www.pleonast.com/user/busymommy?l=5&entryID=573775 So far, no luck on the house front. Hubby called the agent yesterday and she said that August is the worst month of the year to try to sell a house. I wish we would have known that about 6 weeks ago!! Hubby and I are getting ready to teach a new quarter at church. (Well we are currently teaching, but this will be different classes.) I need bulletin board ideas for the book of Ecclesiastes for the teenage class and the book of Acts for K-1st grade. Does anyone have ideas?? The following quarter, hubby and I will be teaching a few weeks in the Men/Ladies class designed by the elders. Does anyone know of some great reference material for me? My topics are: Why was woman made?, Respect and Submit to Husbands, The mother as a disciplinarian, and The Bible's answer to the Feminist Movement. I think that the feminist lesson may be the most difficult one for me, but I have until January to work on them all!! Yes, I am trying to use all the knowledge I can gain from others. Thanks ... 2008-09-10 http://www.pleonast.com/user/busymommy?l=5&entryID=567675 I never have understood why when I am ill and could really use the rest someone else gets sick. Thus is the case again. Dylan has missed yesterday and today of school with a high fever. The doctor said that he had a nasty looking throat, but the strep was negative. He is doing better today and probably will return to school tomorrow. Then, Caroline comes home today with a 101 fever. I guess it will now make its rounds through the kids. I called the oral surgeon back today. Last night was the worst night of pain yet and I was pretty concerned. They told me that the 3rd-5th days can be the worst on your jaw muscles, because of all the numbing shots. If I am not better by Friday call back. We were planning on visiting the new baby in Texas this weekend, but we have had to change plans. Maybe it will work out soon, if not I guess we will meet Molly at Thanksgiving or Christmas!! I really need to learn to not make major trip plans within the first month of school. The kids jus... 2008-08-26 http://www.pleonast.com/user/busymommy?l=5&entryID=566528 Well, the best thing I can say about wisdom teeth at this moment is that they will never have to come out again. I went to the oral surgeon yesterday and they easily removed three and fought with the one that absolutely had to come out. I had never had nitrous gas before and I found out that my body doesn't like it, thus I was fully awake throughout the whole procedure. I am somewhat better today as long as I am on pain medicine. I must praise my husband. He has done a wonderful job of taking care of me. And thanks to my sister and my dad for taking the kids for last night and today. That was very helpful. We are having an open house to sell our house tomorrow. Not exactly the best timing, since I would like to spend the afternoon in bed, but maybe we will get lucky and get a contract. They showed the house last Saturday and the people loved it. They are still looking at others, but we are on the top of the list. I must go and push my kids to bed. I am feeling the need fo... 2008-08-24 http://www.pleonast.com/user/busymommy?l=5&entryID=562088 School is going rather well here. The kids need to be in bed by 8:00 every night, but we haven't quite made that happen yet. Homework has started this week and the routines are becoming normal again. My sinus infection is gone now, but I have still been having significant jaw pain. So, I went to the dentist today. Not exactly the best visit I have ever had. They diagnosed me with TMJ, fitted me for a mouth guard for sleeping and told me to get a wisdom tooth pulled. Of course, the general rule of thumb is that you should have all 4 pulled, not just one. (because you will never want to go back and have any remaining teeth taken care of). So, I scheduled it for next week. The sooner the better in my opinion. Hubby says that I am falling apart on him, I guess it is just old age!!! No news on the house yet. On the 24th they are going to have an Open House. (2 days after wisdom tooth removal!) Hopefully that will create some interest. I hope you all have a great week. Please k... 2008-08-13