Crazy Little Thing Called Life

Hobby Lobby day!

Geez, I haven't been in like 3 weeks!  :)
Mom & I are going to hit the Starbucks drive through, and then head down south a bit.
Target, Hobby Lobby, Michaels, Gap Outlet...here we come.

Here's our selfy from last week:

From last week also...

Lola's attempt at being a West Point kitty.  (Actually, she just likes to lay on top of whatever happens to be on the bed.  She's also a remote kitty...cell phone kitty...library book kitty...newspaper kitty...People magazine kitty...)

I took Ian & his buddy Lane to see the Lego movie.  Belle too...she took the picture.
Such a cute movie.  Everything is awesome.....can't stop singing.

Still plugging away with Shelby on the list.
We got a couple more things done yesterday.  

Iz & I are doing a little presentation (which is way too formal a word...a 15 minute talk is more like it)...at his Kiwanis group tomorrow on West Point.
I'm a little nervous, but not too bad.  It's a lot of older gentlemen, and they love me because I bid on everything at the Sweetheart Auction... a fundraiser they do every year.  
Bid...not buy.  But I do like to hold the little card up.  

Happy Tuesday!
Back to class tomorrow Luke...mwuh ha ha ha....

just keep swimming...just keep swimming....

Shelby actually let me straighten her hair yesterday.
Yes she let me.  I say that because she has absolutely ZERO interest in doing it herself.
She is the poster girl for low maintainence.
So she was in a good mood.
And while I had her trapped in the bathroom, I managed some make up too.
Mascara.  Egads.

Yeah, she 'fancies' up pretty nice. :)  But I'm biased.
I belong to a Facebook Page for the parents of the West Point Class of 2018 Cadet Candidates.  And it's kind of the 'thing' to post a picture of your kid with her certificate.
Sooooooo, not wanting to be left out of the 'thing'...



It just melts my heart every time. :)
She was being all goofy posing for this picture, so I oh so very gently reminded her that I was going to post this on the parent page.  You know, where all the parents and BOY cadet candidates can see it.  (West Point classes run typically 80+% male.)

So then I got the above photo instead of more of this:



Which I will TOTALLY use if necessary.  :)

As for just keep swimming...

Shelby's fingerprints were accepted.  We're still waiting for the Security Clearance part to open up.  But in the meantime, holy cow!  A list of about 20 things to do came up on her Portal.
-Another trip to the Police Department for a background check.
-Purchase boots.  (Sounds simple, but insert evil laugh...it's pretty much nuclear fusion.)
-Buy plane tickets for R-Day in July.  Hey!  I actually got this one done.  R-Day is Reception Day.  It's when all the Cadet Candidates arrive and stand in line.  Lots and lots of lines.  The boys get haircuts (and by the way, you do NOT want to be that guy who cuts his hair ahead of time.) and they are issued gear...plus tons of other stuff.  We basically turn our daughter over to West Point, and are given 60 seconds to say good bye.  Not kidding.  They time it.  Then she goes off to 7 weeks of Cadet Basic Training.  And I will most likely need Valium.  But I digress.

-Immunization forms to be filled out by her doctor.  I'm thinking she might need a couple of shots, plus blood work too.
-Dental x-rays and forms to be completed by her dentist.  Hey, we got this too...she's heading to the dentist this morning!
-Birth certificate.  I only had one certified copy, so I had to send for another one.  $50 please.  
-Create a USAA bank account...again, should be simple...but more nuclear fusion.
-Renew her passport.
-About a dozen other things....

Just keep swimming...just keep swimming...



just keep swimming swimming swimming.....

Happy Monday!
Spring Break's almost over Luke...make SURE you thank TJ's mom!

 

 

 

 

for a smile...

Thanks so much for all your kind words yesterday...they meant so much. :)

For a smile today...

 

Things Cats Do that would be Creepy if you did them.
I laughed so hard.

And also from Facebook today:

Have a great Thursday!  Whacha up to Luke...I need more puppy pictures!!

march 5.

My Dad went to be with the Lord 3 years ago today.
And I miss him.

So handsome in his tux...and wow mom.  That dress.
I remember playing dress up with it when I was a little older.  I would put on the crystal dangly earrings too.  (Clip on...she didn't get her ears pierced until after I did, at age 17.  In the immortal words of my father..."If God had meant for you to have holes in your ears, He would have put them there!")
I think this was for my brother Karl's wedding.  I was supposed to be flower girl, but I cried and wouldn't walk down the aisle.
Karl's still mad.

This one is before my time, but I love to look at pictures of my folks with the boys.
I think this is Phil, Karl, and the top of Eldon's head.  Loving Mom's hat.

I'm going all out of order here.  This was their wedding picture.  April 26, 1946.
Dad had just gotten out of the Army.

I LOVE this picture of him.  He looks so happy.
And then I looked a little closer and saw he has his hand on my Mom's bum.

I remember taking this out at Stoney Ridge Farm in the fall.

He was ALWAYS trying to kiss on my mom.  She would act all 'oh stop that'...but she liked it. ;)

Love this one of him and Ian.

And with Shelby.  Oh my word, how proud he would be of her going to West Point.

At my niece's wedding.  It was starting to get to the place where he couldn't leave the Care Center.  

Love and miss you Dad.
For always.

 

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Catch up day.  See you tomorrow!

Have a good day Luke :)

ugh. monday.

I am over the weather.

And I know we've had NOTHING compared to other areas of the country.
I'm so glad I haven't been dealing with months of snow and ice.  Eeks.

I am ready for spring.  97 days until Hawaii with the fam.

 

Much better!

In other news...

I'm thinking of doing those fun custom M&M's for Shelby graduation party.
Has anyone ever ordered them before?  Is this the only place?  They're $30/lb.  Gulp.

Have a good Monday...
Enjoy your spring break Luke! :)

the uneaten asparagus hypothesis

There are two bags of asparagus sitting in my refrigerator.
One has been in there for far too long.

By the time I think of making a vegetable for the meal, it is too late for asparagus.
And so, the bag of Steamfresh corn or peas goes into the microwave.
And the asparagus remains in the fridge.  No love.

I have come to the conclusion that it makes me feel better just having it in the fridge.
Not Shelby...she actually wants to eat it.  Go figure.
It makes me feel slightly healthy.  Don't healthy people have crap like asparagus in their fridges?

There's some yogurt in there too.  Even a Greek one.....all the rage, right?  Past the date.
But it looks so nice next to the asparagus.

Have a great weekend.
Maybe I should clean out my fridge.
Happy Spring Break Luke!

 

 

ridiculously random...

1.  I couldn't get the Underdog theme song out of my head.  
I think it's because the Peabody & Mr. Sherman movie is out, and that made me think of Underdog and Polly Purebred.
And then I got as far as "Speed of lightning...roar of thunder.................crickets."
I had to look it up on Youtube to get the rest..."fighting all who rob or plunder."
It's ok.  I can sleep now.

2.  Thank you Alissa, for showing me this:

I am getting hearts in Iowa & New York, with a Bible verse on the charm. :)
Can't wait to see it!

3.  Shelby is officially finger printed.
I will mail them off to West Point Security today, and probably next week some time we can start the next step of security clearance.
I think right now she's feeling overwhelmed with her stupid senior project.  Pretty sure all kids hit a time where they're just so sick of it and want it to be DONE. lol

4.  meTV.
Am I the last one on the planet to discover this?  Here it's Channel 12...all retro shows.  Gunsmoke, The Big Valley, Bonanza...and then a little later in the day Dragnet, Adam 12, Emergency (Luke's favoite from when he was little)...Gilligan's Island. 
I love it!  I leave it playing in our bedroom during the day for the cats.  (They like The Rifleman...but then, they're girls, and it's Chuck Connors...who wouldn't?)

That's about it.  There's other non-random things, like the laundry.  Blech.

Happy Thursday...tough loss last night Luke :(