12.31.2007
12.27.2007
The Guest from HELL!!
So, Christmas is over, and I'm slowly getting my house back into pre-holiday shape. Today, we all slept in and then I spent most of the afternoon sitting in the chair, watching a Project Runway marathon and thinking how I really needed to clean the house. Finally, around 6 PM, I got off my ass and started putting away all of my Christmas decorations and taking down the tree. Then I cleaned another room. Then I cleaned another. Then I sorted the mountain of laundry (7 people in the house + no laundry done for 3 days = mountains). I still have a bunch of stuff to do, but I at least got some of it accomplished tonight.
My youngest sister is in town this week. Originally, she was supposed to come down and stay the day of Christmas Eve. She waited until she was here, with all of her stuff packed in the car, to "ask" me if she could stay here until Friday. Let me just say that I don't mind her staying here, but she's a lousy houseguest. Not to mention she pretty much invited herself to stay at my home. We already have my mom staying here for a little while, so we are kind of full anyway.
The biggest thing that bugs me about her staying here is that she doesn't want to help out in the house at all, pick up after herself or help clean. Keep in mind, of course, that if she was an invited guest I wouldn't expect her to clean, but that's not the case, now is it? On the evening of Christmas Eve, my mom, Darrell, Shelby, Maggie, and I were all in the kitchen baking pies, making cookies, etc. I asked S if she'd help us out. She actually had the nerve to tell me that she has to cook supper and wash dishes everyday, so she wasn't doing anything. I asked her if she thought we only ate on Christmas. Miss "cooks for two adults and one baby", wah wah wah. Hello! We have 7 people in this house to cook for and clean up after. I have my mom here to help me now, but that's still 3.5 people apiece. Heh.
Luckily (for her), she went to stay with my older sister tonight and tomorrow night. She'll just be coming back down here Friday when her boyfriend comes to pick them up to get the rest of her things that she left here, and to say goodbye.
So anyway, enough of my bitching and moaning. Overall, our Christmas was a good one. The kids loved all of their presents. We got up super early (thanks, Mackenzie!) and opened gifts. Then Darrell started falling asleep on the loveseat, I dozed in the recliner, and my mom slept on the couch while the kids enjoyed their new toys. We ended up sleeping until noon, so our typical Christmas lunch turned out to be Christmas dinner. It was just a great lazy day. The kids were great, no arguing, and the adults sat around and watched tv. I cooked the dinner and my mom cleaned up.
I hope everyone else had a good day, and now it's on to the New Year! My sister and her clan are coming over for NYE, and I plan to get shitfaced. I'm going to buy some vodka this week sometime and get completely smashed that night. I haven't done that in forever, and I'll have at least 3 other adults in the house that won't be drinking, so I won't have to worry about the kids. :D
My youngest sister is in town this week. Originally, she was supposed to come down and stay the day of Christmas Eve. She waited until she was here, with all of her stuff packed in the car, to "ask" me if she could stay here until Friday. Let me just say that I don't mind her staying here, but she's a lousy houseguest. Not to mention she pretty much invited herself to stay at my home. We already have my mom staying here for a little while, so we are kind of full anyway.
The biggest thing that bugs me about her staying here is that she doesn't want to help out in the house at all, pick up after herself or help clean. Keep in mind, of course, that if she was an invited guest I wouldn't expect her to clean, but that's not the case, now is it? On the evening of Christmas Eve, my mom, Darrell, Shelby, Maggie, and I were all in the kitchen baking pies, making cookies, etc. I asked S if she'd help us out. She actually had the nerve to tell me that she has to cook supper and wash dishes everyday, so she wasn't doing anything. I asked her if she thought we only ate on Christmas. Miss "cooks for two adults and one baby", wah wah wah. Hello! We have 7 people in this house to cook for and clean up after. I have my mom here to help me now, but that's still 3.5 people apiece. Heh.
Luckily (for her), she went to stay with my older sister tonight and tomorrow night. She'll just be coming back down here Friday when her boyfriend comes to pick them up to get the rest of her things that she left here, and to say goodbye.
So anyway, enough of my bitching and moaning. Overall, our Christmas was a good one. The kids loved all of their presents. We got up super early (thanks, Mackenzie!) and opened gifts. Then Darrell started falling asleep on the loveseat, I dozed in the recliner, and my mom slept on the couch while the kids enjoyed their new toys. We ended up sleeping until noon, so our typical Christmas lunch turned out to be Christmas dinner. It was just a great lazy day. The kids were great, no arguing, and the adults sat around and watched tv. I cooked the dinner and my mom cleaned up.
I hope everyone else had a good day, and now it's on to the New Year! My sister and her clan are coming over for NYE, and I plan to get shitfaced. I'm going to buy some vodka this week sometime and get completely smashed that night. I haven't done that in forever, and I'll have at least 3 other adults in the house that won't be drinking, so I won't have to worry about the kids. :D
12.24.2007
Merry Christmas to all!
This will probably be my last blog entry before Christmas, so I wanted to wish you all a wonderful holiday, if you celebrate. :) I know I don't have many readers, but that's okay. I enjoy keeping this blog (finally!), so I'm fine with having only a few readers. :)
Yesterday, we did the Christmas party I mentioned in another post. I had a really good time. I got to see all of my aunts and uncles and cousins that I don't see regularly. There was some good food, too! Tonight, we took the kids and drove around for a while looking at Christmas lights. I planned it for after supper and baths, and since Maggie hadn't napped all day, she was asleep by the time we got home. Yes, the plan worked!
Tomorrow, I'm going to finish cleaning the house, bake a bunch of pies and cookies, and get ready for Christmas. I'm planning cinnamon rolls for Christmas morning, then we're having ham and turkey breast for dinner. I have a couple of gifts to wrap yet, but I guess that will wait until tomorrow night. And of course, we have to drag out all of the gifts from Santa and the stocking stuffers. Mackenzie is getting a bunch of bath stuff, make-up, and perfume with a locking case; Hunter is getting a PSP and game, and Shelby and Maggie are getting a combined Santa gift this year. It's a bunch of doll furniture, a few dolls, diapers, toys, bottles/cups, & clothes. We did so well this year, we only spent around $300 for all of the kids' presents. We found a few awesome deals, so I'm glad about that!
I hope everyone reading this has a most wonderful, joyous, and peaceful holiday. I'm glad to have all of you to vent to, commiserate and share my joy with, and lucky to consider some of you my very good friends. Merry Christmas!
Yesterday, we did the Christmas party I mentioned in another post. I had a really good time. I got to see all of my aunts and uncles and cousins that I don't see regularly. There was some good food, too! Tonight, we took the kids and drove around for a while looking at Christmas lights. I planned it for after supper and baths, and since Maggie hadn't napped all day, she was asleep by the time we got home. Yes, the plan worked!
Tomorrow, I'm going to finish cleaning the house, bake a bunch of pies and cookies, and get ready for Christmas. I'm planning cinnamon rolls for Christmas morning, then we're having ham and turkey breast for dinner. I have a couple of gifts to wrap yet, but I guess that will wait until tomorrow night. And of course, we have to drag out all of the gifts from Santa and the stocking stuffers. Mackenzie is getting a bunch of bath stuff, make-up, and perfume with a locking case; Hunter is getting a PSP and game, and Shelby and Maggie are getting a combined Santa gift this year. It's a bunch of doll furniture, a few dolls, diapers, toys, bottles/cups, & clothes. We did so well this year, we only spent around $300 for all of the kids' presents. We found a few awesome deals, so I'm glad about that!
I hope everyone reading this has a most wonderful, joyous, and peaceful holiday. I'm glad to have all of you to vent to, commiserate and share my joy with, and lucky to consider some of you my very good friends. Merry Christmas!
12.20.2007
I passed!
Yay! I got a B in the dreaded Art class. It looks like she didn't take any points off for my absence. I got As in both Spanish and Lit, which I was pretty sure of. Here's the proof:
I knew y'all didn't believe me. :p I wish there was a way to know what I made on my finals, they should put that on the website, too.
Now, to rest up over the next 2 weeks before I start back, with one more class than I had this semester. Hopefully, without the Professor from Hell, it won't be as stressful. I'm not looking forward to 4 months of Algebra, though.
We are officially selling cookies now. Well, technically not for 9 more days, but I have the order forms. They do that in such a weird way. We don't have GS meetings while school is on break, so we have to hand out the order forms at the last meeting before the holidays. But the girls aren't allowed to start selling until the 29th. They should either let us start selling as soon as we get the forms, or have us wait until we all come back in January. The holidays are a prime time to sell, too, so you'd think they'd want us to start selling as soon as possible. Oh, well. Not much they do makes sense, so I shouldn't be surprised.
We have our family Christmas party Saturday afternoon. It should be fun. I like getting together with my extended family, it's always a good time. And that's not sarcasm, people! Heh.
| CRN | Subject | Course | Section | Course Title | Campus | Final Grade | Attempted | Earned | GPA Hours | Quality Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80001 | ART | 1030 | A | Intro to Visual Arts | Main Campus | B | 3.000 | 3.000 | 3.000 | 9.000 | |
| 80234 | ENGL | 2010 | I | Intro to Literary Genres | Main Campus | A | 3.000 | 3.000 | 3.000 | 12.000 | |
| 80035 | SPAN | 1010 | B | Beginning Spanish I | Main Campus | A | 3.000 | 3.000 | 3.000 | 12.000 |
I knew y'all didn't believe me. :p I wish there was a way to know what I made on my finals, they should put that on the website, too.
Now, to rest up over the next 2 weeks before I start back, with one more class than I had this semester. Hopefully, without the Professor from Hell, it won't be as stressful. I'm not looking forward to 4 months of Algebra, though.
We are officially selling cookies now. Well, technically not for 9 more days, but I have the order forms. They do that in such a weird way. We don't have GS meetings while school is on break, so we have to hand out the order forms at the last meeting before the holidays. But the girls aren't allowed to start selling until the 29th. They should either let us start selling as soon as we get the forms, or have us wait until we all come back in January. The holidays are a prime time to sell, too, so you'd think they'd want us to start selling as soon as possible. Oh, well. Not much they do makes sense, so I shouldn't be surprised.
We have our family Christmas party Saturday afternoon. It should be fun. I like getting together with my extended family, it's always a good time. And that's not sarcasm, people! Heh.
12.15.2007
Radio City Christmas Spectacular
Last night, Mackenzie's girl scout troop went to see the Radio City Christmas Spectacular in Nashville. We went last year too, and it was so much fun. I took Shelby with us this year and she absolutely loved it. I was so glad I took her, it was fun just to watch her reactions to the different shows. All of the girls had a great time. Next year, we're going to try to go see the Nashville Ballet. I can't wait for that!
This year, the troop decided to sponsor a local family and buy them some gifts for Christmas instead of having a party. So last week, we wrapped all of the gifts we got them. The family has three kids, and we got each kid two outfits apiece, and one toy type of gift. I also had them make Christmas cards from construction paper last week. Monday, the troop leader and I are going to deliver the presents to the family, and then on Tuesday, the girls are going to deliver the cards they made to the nursing home and maybe sing some carols. After that, we're done with meetings until after the new year.
Cookie sales start December 31! If anyone reading this is interested in buying some cookies from Mackenzie, let me know! We have a cookie meeting Monday for the leaders, and I've been told there are two new cookie flavors this year. A chocolate chip (sugar free), and a lemon sandwich cookie. We'll get to taste them, so I can tell you how they are. :) The troop leader, L, asked me if I'd handle all the meetings during cookie season, so I've got to start getting some plans together while I'm off school, so I won't have to worry about planning when I get back to school.
We had our leader Christmas party tonight. It was at L's house, and we had a great time. The kids all played together, and we visited and ate for a while. We just got home about an hour ago, actually. Tomorrow I've got to clean the house and, well, that's about it! The kids have school Monday, and then Tuesday is an abbreviated day. They go back on January 4th, and I start back on the 8th. I get my grades from this semester on the 21st of December, so I'll let y'all know how I did! :)
This year, the troop decided to sponsor a local family and buy them some gifts for Christmas instead of having a party. So last week, we wrapped all of the gifts we got them. The family has three kids, and we got each kid two outfits apiece, and one toy type of gift. I also had them make Christmas cards from construction paper last week. Monday, the troop leader and I are going to deliver the presents to the family, and then on Tuesday, the girls are going to deliver the cards they made to the nursing home and maybe sing some carols. After that, we're done with meetings until after the new year.
Cookie sales start December 31! If anyone reading this is interested in buying some cookies from Mackenzie, let me know! We have a cookie meeting Monday for the leaders, and I've been told there are two new cookie flavors this year. A chocolate chip (sugar free), and a lemon sandwich cookie. We'll get to taste them, so I can tell you how they are. :) The troop leader, L, asked me if I'd handle all the meetings during cookie season, so I've got to start getting some plans together while I'm off school, so I won't have to worry about planning when I get back to school.
We had our leader Christmas party tonight. It was at L's house, and we had a great time. The kids all played together, and we visited and ate for a while. We just got home about an hour ago, actually. Tomorrow I've got to clean the house and, well, that's about it! The kids have school Monday, and then Tuesday is an abbreviated day. They go back on January 4th, and I start back on the 8th. I get my grades from this semester on the 21st of December, so I'll let y'all know how I did! :)
12.13.2007
Finals? Are Ovah!
Halle-freaking-lujah!
I think I did well on all three of my finals. If my calculations are correct, I'll have an 84 average in Art. I hope like hell that she doesn't take off the 5 points for my absence so I can be clear of that class. If she does, it'll drop me to a 79, which will have me retaking the class. Not with her, though, that's for damn sure!
I need to nap now. :D
I think I did well on all three of my finals. If my calculations are correct, I'll have an 84 average in Art. I hope like hell that she doesn't take off the 5 points for my absence so I can be clear of that class. If she does, it'll drop me to a 79, which will have me retaking the class. Not with her, though, that's for damn sure!
I need to nap now. :D
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