Nerves of Steel

Today I watched my 16 yr. old baby drive away....alone! Yes, alone. Without adult supervision. Scary, huh? It's hard to let your little one go. Then tonight at the high school was a college information night. It was a double whammy for me. Not only was I slowly cutting the cord but soon enough my boy could be living in another state and I will have to learn to cope with his and my growing pains. While graduation seems so far away it really isn't. In just 13 short months I will be the proud mommy of a high school graduate. While he hasn't really decided what he official plans are I am hoping for college. He seems to still be holding out for the Coast Guard. ROTC at a four year school sounds like a great compromise to me. Doesn't it?

It's over....already?

My weekend started out with these. Hubby sent these to me at work as a surprise for our Wedding anniversary. How sweet. He then whisked me away for lunch at the Olive Garden. Afterwards we came home and waited for the little ones to come home from school. Then they were off to Grandma's so hubby and I could have some more romantic alone time. So what did we do...well we went shopping of course. That seems to be our favorite past time. Then about 9 pm we both decided we were hungry again. It was off to Lonestar for our favorite "Sweet Bourbon Salmon" better know in my house as "Slammin' Salmon". With our bellies full we proceeded home and entertained teenagers for the night.

Saturday was an eventful day as well. Hubby had invited a few new folks to our home for dinner. 11 adults and 3 kids to be exact. So all morning long I prepared the feast. I served chicken parmesan, baked ziti, sausage peppers and onions, tossed salad and rolls. No one should have left here hungry. To top it off we sang Happy Birthday to hubby and enjoyed an Oreo cake and chocolate chip cookies. YUM!

After dinner "K's" plans fell through and he was stuck at home with us. He milled around and let out a few sighs and uttered "I'm bored" a half dozen times. Then he decided we would all play Monopoly. Three hours later he had literally monopolized the board and had more than 10K in money. Even with me owning both Park Place and Boardwalk I was no match for him. He was cut throat, ruthless. He's a picture of him with his millions. Perhaps he should be a business major in college?

With that another weekend was busted. We rounded it out with dinner at Hubby's parents and again celebrated his upcoming birthday. This month alone we have eaten 6 cakes so far. Weight Watchers here I come.

Wednesdays

WOO HOO Wednesday is almost here. Nothing special about this Wednesday except that it represents half of the week is over. So WOO HOO! This past weekend went by just too darn fast. We had the dance Friday night, Pinewood Derby District race all day Saturday and I went to visit my parents on Sunday. So by Monday morning I was ready to pull the covers over my head and sleep in. Of course that didn't get to happen. I am so looking forward to Spring Break. I'm planing on organizing the house...doing yard work and just hanging out with the kids. So as of today I have 12 more work days..that's 2 weeks and two days total....but who's counting? I know who is ...ME. I also only have 5 weeks and 1 day left of college for this semester. YEAH! Can you tell I'm excited. Well it's off to finish laundry. There goes my happy feeling.

The Dancing D's

Tonight was a school dance at the little guys school tonight. This dance was more less a gathering of friends dancing to music while their parents chatted on the sidelines. Both boys really enjoyed themselves. Both really love to dance. This was really evident when "A" broke into a full fledged break-dance routine. Hubby & I looked at each other in amazement. Neither of us is really sure where he learned to dance like this. He was spinning on the floor and doing other floor techniques. He included the worm and a robot reenactment to boot. We were in stitches. My girlfriend hopefully got some shots on her camera. Then hubby and the boys entered the dance contest. Here they were coined "The Dancing D's". This wild routine reminded me of our wedding reception.....hubby thought he was a member of the"Village People". I know my boys come by it naturally. The apple didn't fall far from the tree!

Randomness

Well I went to upload pictures of the birthday boy and for some reason the pictures cannot be found on my computer. The crazy system says that they've been downloaded but I can't seem to find them anywhere. I will have hubby try to find my MIA pictures tonight. This stinking computer drives me insane from time to time. So on that note: Change of subject

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY

I hope the luck of the Irish has found you happy & healthy today. I wore my green today...did you? With that said I won't be having corned beef and cabbage tonight for dinner. I live with an Italian..we'll be feasting on Chicken Fettuccine. YUM!

The weekend here went pretty well. "A" enjoyed his birthday party. Dad came through and made him an R2D2 cake, and Mom made "Yoda Soda" which was a huge hit. We also took in the local RV show. Hubby loves to camp. So it was hard to keep him from buying a family camper. Especially when the boys kept picking out the ones that they wanted to buy. You know the one's with 2 sets of bunk beds and a TV. To them it was all about their sleeping accommodations and the boob tube. That's modern camping for you. Thankfully we left empty handed.

Prom may never be the same

I almost shot orange sherbert straight out of my nose tonight. Do you know how much sherbert burns in your nasopharynx? It does. "K" at dinner announced that he and his side kick(Blue's Brother) "Jake" should go to prom as Harry & Lloyd, complete with pale blue & orange tuxedos. He even said he would go stag(what without the girlfriend??????) to pull the spoof off. Hubby & "K" love this stupid movie. So I totally lost it when they started to reenact the cane fight scene. I'm not sure he'd look good in orange!

My Baby is "6"

I cannot believe my little man is six. It seems like just yesterday I pushed that 10lb. 4oz boy out and quickly packed up my household goods to move here. These past six years have flown by. We enjoyed a yummy birthday dinner at Friendly's. They even came out and sang to him. He was all smiles till they got to the part of the song where it says: " If you're good you'll get your wishes and if you're bad you'll do our dishes." He didn't seem to appreciate the humor in that.

Here's a picture of my two hams. "K" didn't have his hair done and would not allow me to post his picture. Apparently he's too cool to look like a fool on my blog.

Yikes! I really should start wearing make-up a bit more often.

Another busy weekend awaits. "A's" birthday party is Saturday and I have to allow for some study time on Sunday for a big test on Monday. No pressure...NOT!!!