We all know that many people who survive cancer take it as a sign to live life to the fullest! Some decide to take a trip they'd always meant to go on and some decide to spend more time with family.
How many do you think decide that it is high time they bought an embroidery machine? Well that's what my mother has decided to do! Don't get me wrong, buying something you've always wanted to do something you love is a great way to celebrate recovery!
I just didin't expect the statement that started with "I've learned some things from this experience and there is something to be said for not waiting to do the things you want to do"....to end in "so I'm buying and embroidery machine!"
So yippie for mom! and bring on the embroidery for one and all!
Friday, June 20, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Jay's 36 Hour Tuesday
Four planes and and 36 hours after beginning his Tuesday morning in Shanghai Jay finally made it to the Memphis airport! [Most of ya'll already know this still means a 2 hour drive home]!
I must say I was very glad to see him! There were several times throughout the day when delayed planes and tight connections led me to believe it might drag out until Wednesday. Luckily I had a hotel room in Memphis and I hung out there until his plane arrived almost two hours late at 11:58pm.
After a short night in Memphis we have made it home and he is doing his very best to stay awake until tonight to help with adjusting from the 13 hour time difference. [I put a certain 7 year old on the job.]
Monday, June 9, 2008
Thanks
As most of you know--I have never lived alone and I am not especially good at it. With Jay in China for 10 days and the kids in Indiana for 8 days--I was definately alone. Luckily I have some really great friends and family that took good care of me and watched out for me and a nice Louisville slugger to sleep with.
So thank you-
To Hank for all your watchdog duties-it helped me sleep at night.
To Sarah for all the walks and dinner at KC's
To Mom and Caroyln for dinner and everything
To Randall for calling at just the right time
To Emily for girl's night
To Kelly for encouragement (yes I realize that I should enjoy the quiteness)
To Amy, Lillian and Mabel for the walk
To Robert and Lisa for introducing me to skype allowing me to talk to Jay daily
To Dottie, Claude and the kids for knowing it is hard to let go and calling every night
To everyone else who called or sent an email and understood that it is hard even at my age-but as Edye's friend at the spend the said--I did it! (Not that I want to do it again any time soon)
Soon I head to the airport to pick up Jay. Edye is home with me and Tony stopped in for about 12 hours before heading to camp (.5 miles away but he might as well be in Texas)!
So thank you-
To Hank for all your watchdog duties-it helped me sleep at night.
To Sarah for all the walks and dinner at KC's
To Mom and Caroyln for dinner and everything
To Randall for calling at just the right time
To Emily for girl's night
To Kelly for encouragement (yes I realize that I should enjoy the quiteness)
To Amy, Lillian and Mabel for the walk
To Robert and Lisa for introducing me to skype allowing me to talk to Jay daily
To Dottie, Claude and the kids for knowing it is hard to let go and calling every night
To everyone else who called or sent an email and understood that it is hard even at my age-but as Edye's friend at the spend the said--I did it! (Not that I want to do it again any time soon)
Soon I head to the airport to pick up Jay. Edye is home with me and Tony stopped in for about 12 hours before heading to camp (.5 miles away but he might as well be in Texas)!
Friday, June 6, 2008
Soapbox: Seatbelts
I am sure that the other parents at my children's schools love their kids as much as I do! Which is why I am totally baffled by the lack of seatbelt use and the amazing number of children under the magic 4'9" number not in booster seats. There is even a police officer who drops off his kids, front seat with no belts! Hello! Have they not see the commercial about how fast objects (including people) move forward in a vehicle that suddenly stops!
It has never been a choice in our car and the kids have never questioned it. One block or 10 hours, we buckle up! Hell my son who is now 16 and driving was in a booster until the 5th grade and did not sit in the front seat until about 8th grade! My 7 year old wanted to be measured a few weeks ago, I told her she was 3'10". She said how many more til I'm 4'9"? She knows her magic number and looking out for the day she reaches it.
Just a few months ago we had two students killed in a car crash here. All four thrown and no one wearing a seatbelt. A few weeks later a similar accident on the same highway. The college president, college newspaper, local newspapers and the local tv news all had a lot to say about seatbelt use and it's importance. Yet, I drive around town and see Delta State students (recognizable by their parking pass) 4-5 to a car with no seatbelt on!
When will people learn-if you love someone tell them to buckle up and set the example-buckle your self up!
It has never been a choice in our car and the kids have never questioned it. One block or 10 hours, we buckle up! Hell my son who is now 16 and driving was in a booster until the 5th grade and did not sit in the front seat until about 8th grade! My 7 year old wanted to be measured a few weeks ago, I told her she was 3'10". She said how many more til I'm 4'9"? She knows her magic number and looking out for the day she reaches it.
Just a few months ago we had two students killed in a car crash here. All four thrown and no one wearing a seatbelt. A few weeks later a similar accident on the same highway. The college president, college newspaper, local newspapers and the local tv news all had a lot to say about seatbelt use and it's importance. Yet, I drive around town and see Delta State students (recognizable by their parking pass) 4-5 to a car with no seatbelt on!
When will people learn-if you love someone tell them to buckle up and set the example-buckle your self up!
Monday, June 2, 2008
The day my husband went to China
So Jay is in China! Check out his blog http://greensinternationaltravel.blogspot.com/ He went with a group through the American Sociological Association. He will be there 10 days site seeing and meeting Chinese academics and eating good food and according to his latest post coming up with new ideas for our backyard!
With luck all four of us will return to China in 2010! For now we live vicariously through Jay!
With luck all four of us will return to China in 2010! For now we live vicariously through Jay!
Thursday, May 29, 2008
The Greens Memorial Day
So at the last minute last week when we found out my sister in law was going home we decided to drive 10 hours home so we could see them! So we hit the road Friday May 23rd in our lovely bright green Focus intending to return to Mississippi by Monday night for cocktails with my mother! Slight glitch-the lovely green Focus decided that it liked Decatur, IL better than Mississippi and refused to leave. So two extra nights in a hotel and too many meals out we made it back to Mississippi in our.....brand new...2008 Silver Focus! We love the new car, which was on the horizon soon anyway--I miss my wagon of bright green--it had a lot of character, but the new one my seven year old describes as the "Green's Family Sports Car" and we got 40 miles to the gallon!
All is well that ends well!
All is well that ends well!
The Green's Green Focus Wagon unique and loved by one and all!
The Green's Gray Focus Sedan (since for some reason Ford does not feel a wagon is necessary anymore! Threee words --Hybrid Focus Wagon!) Growing on all of us!
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Tired!
The slumber party actually turned out well. Pizza was made, eaten and loved! They all enjoyed the movie I netflixed-Alvin and the Chipmunks-even the two who saw it at school that day. I will forever be amazed that my children watch non-educational movies at school! But that is another story and shall be told at another time.
I got the girls to bed by 10pm which was only an hour later than I'd planned. Had I then actually gone to sleep things might have been really rosy! However--I was waiting for the husband to call and the teenager to get home and reading a good book. Husband called--still no teenager--it was graduation night here and with friends graduating and parties to attend he showed up at 12:30am--don't worry he called earlier to check in--so he comes in and we talk about graduation, the party etc-forget sleep-I love that at sixteen my kid really talks to me about his life! I finally turned out the lights 1:30am--2:00am somebody wanted their mommy-easily taken care of and this morning she was so proud of herself she came into my room and shouted "I did it, I love sleepovers!" However my child instigated the --wake everyone up at 6:45am thing--amazingly the teenager sleep through all-although he locked his door-which turned out to be a good idea as "scare big brother and jump on big brother to wake him up" were on the list of activities his sister created.
Anyway here I am tired, waiting for the teenager to get home (he's on a date!) and the husband to call...wait I think I've been here before...BUT the important thing is tomorrow is Sunday and life returns to normal or as normal as it gets in this household!
I got the girls to bed by 10pm which was only an hour later than I'd planned. Had I then actually gone to sleep things might have been really rosy! However--I was waiting for the husband to call and the teenager to get home and reading a good book. Husband called--still no teenager--it was graduation night here and with friends graduating and parties to attend he showed up at 12:30am--don't worry he called earlier to check in--so he comes in and we talk about graduation, the party etc-forget sleep-I love that at sixteen my kid really talks to me about his life! I finally turned out the lights 1:30am--2:00am somebody wanted their mommy-easily taken care of and this morning she was so proud of herself she came into my room and shouted "I did it, I love sleepovers!" However my child instigated the --wake everyone up at 6:45am thing--amazingly the teenager sleep through all-although he locked his door-which turned out to be a good idea as "scare big brother and jump on big brother to wake him up" were on the list of activities his sister created.
Anyway here I am tired, waiting for the teenager to get home (he's on a date!) and the husband to call...wait I think I've been here before...BUT the important thing is tomorrow is Sunday and life returns to normal or as normal as it gets in this household!
Friday, May 16, 2008
Feeling Smug!
I am feeling rather smug this afternoon. In one lunch hour I:
1. Made pizza dough from flour yeast and things-it is slowly rising in the frig and we speak!
2. Made pizza sauce from tomatoes, garlic and other secret ingredients.
3. Made and ate a healthy lunch-whole wheat pasta, carrots, broccoli and baked chicken in an olive oil red pepper sauce!
4. Did the dishes!
5. Made it back to work with two minutes to spare!
Don't worry someone will knock me down from my pedestal soon-until then I will enjoy the view-I've always wanted to be tall!
Okay I confess-I did not actually sit down to eat the yummy lunch-gotta multitask!
1. Made pizza dough from flour yeast and things-it is slowly rising in the frig and we speak!
2. Made pizza sauce from tomatoes, garlic and other secret ingredients.
3. Made and ate a healthy lunch-whole wheat pasta, carrots, broccoli and baked chicken in an olive oil red pepper sauce!
4. Did the dishes!
5. Made it back to work with two minutes to spare!
Don't worry someone will knock me down from my pedestal soon-until then I will enjoy the view-I've always wanted to be tall!
Okay I confess-I did not actually sit down to eat the yummy lunch-gotta multitask!
Call it Insanity!
So at some point this week I went insane most likely from lack of adult companionship-Sunday can not come soooon enough! I realize that on some level my 16 year old can and does hold an adult conversation, however let's face it he's 16 and there are friends home from college to see, a girl and a movie and graduations to attend etc etc...
In my insanity I have agreed that my seven year old can have not one, not two, but three other girls over for a slumber party-did I mention this is our first-I am thinking we should have started smaller. My husband says better you than me and hopes there is no evidence when he returns. At some point I should tell him about the hole the other child put in the wall...he will learn to patch this weekend!
My daughter has written out a schedule of what they will do this evening-which included "set alarm for 12:00am"-luckily I was advised of said schedule and that activity has been deleted from the list! If we actually stuck to the schedule things would probably go smoothly-but I can't image that actually happening!
So now you ask, what am I doing on my lunch break today? If you said making pizza sauce, dough etc to prepare for this adventure you when the prize! Then back to work, then carpool, then work, then home to wait for chaos to ensue.
In my insanity I have agreed that my seven year old can have not one, not two, but three other girls over for a slumber party-did I mention this is our first-I am thinking we should have started smaller. My husband says better you than me and hopes there is no evidence when he returns. At some point I should tell him about the hole the other child put in the wall...he will learn to patch this weekend!
My daughter has written out a schedule of what they will do this evening-which included "set alarm for 12:00am"-luckily I was advised of said schedule and that activity has been deleted from the list! If we actually stuck to the schedule things would probably go smoothly-but I can't image that actually happening!
So now you ask, what am I doing on my lunch break today? If you said making pizza sauce, dough etc to prepare for this adventure you when the prize! Then back to work, then carpool, then work, then home to wait for chaos to ensue.
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