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We're waiting for another 15-20cms of snow this evening into the morning. We're also going to a Raptor's basketball game tonight, maybe taking the subway if that will help.

So my friend's husband that contracted Bell's palsy after their trip to southeast asia went to see a neurologist on a friend's recommedation. He identified the problem as a latent shingles virus (related to chicken pox) that manifested itself into a painful ear infection that oozed blood. The Bell's palsy was another side effect. It's changed their lifestyle dramatically and overnight. Hopefully it clears up soon.

I was looking through K's math notes and realized he had not been correcting any of his homework, which had all been done 'conscientiously'. So he wouldn't have learned much that way. He said they did the takeup on the board. Well, now he knows what he has to do from now on. Middle school is a turning point. He's hitting himself on the head when he sees how easy factor trees, GCF, LCM are now. The test sheet wasn't really that hard if you know what you are doing.

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Well, it's -23C with the wind chill today. That's like -13F according to the radio announce this morning. Brr. At least it's sunny and almost the end of February.

Step class was fun, lots of catchy numbers today, the class went by quickly. A lady at the gym was telling me her recent bone density test came back with readings a bit low, and she exercises a lot. Not much we can do about age I guess.

K's Parent teacher interviews are tonight, not looking forward to that. My new theory in this new obsession I have is that he's not lazy. He has always just tucked away work that seems too hard, hoping it will go away. Once he masters it a little piece at a time, he's fine.

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and inflammation! Well, this is good news as per the story below. We haven't had much trouble switching to whole grains the past few years and they seem to be making them more delicous and nutritious than ever, with all kinds of grains.

My sister had a great birthday party for her teenage daughter recently. This lady she knows is a professional makeup artist but she opened her own soap making shop with a party room upstairs. She sells all kinds of soaps, lotions, makeup, cards, jewelry and other things she likes. Anyway, my sister and the lady came up with this idea for a teen party. She normally does soap making with little kids. She gave the girls mud masks, exfoliating cream, then she made all girls up! Her daughter loved her fake eyelashes. The woman really tried to stress that they don't need a lot of makeup to look pretty, just very light colors and light lip gloss. I wish we had something like that in my neck of the woods that didn't cost the earth.

We've done so much math review with K this weekend, his brain must be bursting. He's been co-operative and receptive and I think he's learned a lot. He and M are off to a Raptors basketball game momentarily, so that will be a good break for us all. He's also started practicing for his RCM grade 5 level piano practical exam that we hope to schedule in the late summer. L just started her advanced level tennis lessons and loves the challenge.

Hope to catch some of the Oscars tonight.

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Just plain lazy

We went to L's school's play last night. It was amazing. I couldn't fault the costumes, the rollaway set decoration and props. Even the programs had the most professional cover drawn by one of L's friends. The band did an amazing job with the music. They even had a pony come on stage with the impression of pulling a carriage. And someone's beautiful dog also had a role. They had real guns fire some blanks (to wake M up). They had a knife fight and stunt fighting, really well executed. And the kids sang the songs just like Disney characters, looking off into the sky when they sang. It was about 3 hours long including a 15 min intermission, would've cut that by about half an hour. And they had well choreographed dance numbers (tap, jazz, ballet type numbers). Even good comedy thrown in. Tonight's show is sold out.

Well, K produced the results of 3 math tests I've never seen before. It's like a whole unit of work I didn't know about. If he had not been outsmarting himself as usual...like deliberately keeping me in the dark to avoid review. Now I know why some of the teachers ask to have the test signed. He managed to avoid me signing the art one awhile back that I still haven't seen.

He has a good math teacher, hard tests. I now see that at the top of every test he puts an inspiration quote like 'baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical', which I think most of them don't notice. And he seems to have given them 3 unit quizzes leading up to the unit test. Lots of opportunity to achieve.

Well guess what we're doing today. (Math, math, and more math) L has tennis in the afternoon. She got 98% on her last math test. She thinks he's just lazy and she's probably right.


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A brand new day

Well, today's a brand new day, lovely and sunny, I feel great and have accomplished a lot today so far. K and I were having a chat in the car this morning and he seems really motivated to improve on his academics and I'm thinking this may be what's needed, a change from inside him rather than us pushing him. (Finger's crossed). He's really quite organized and we think he has it in him, he just needs to care. I apologized to L for not being there for her mentally last night, to share in all her recent accomplishments, and she said 'that's ok, I quite understand'. We're off to her school's senior play tonight, it's a musical, looking forward to it.

I saw a whole rabbit in the NoFrills grocery store meat section today, and that grossed me out. Somehow if it's cut into chunks or frozen it doesn't bother me as much. I remember trying rabbit once in a restaurant and it was the oddest thing, the bones all seemed to be in the wrong place and I just couldn't get my mind around it. I supposed I'd feel the same about frog's legs.

At the gym this morning, they had some of the cast of 'Dirty Dancing' performing on the local TV station, and they looked fantastic. I was waiting for it to go on sale, but now I don't think I can. The energy of those young, good looking dancers... One of them is Melissa O'Neil, a former Canadian Idol.

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I tried a soft tofu dessert from the supermarket today, it was delicious, inexpensive and nutritious. They come in different flavours, so light tasting.

K's report card wasn't too bad, but the thing is he is failing math and that would mean he won't get a credit for the year, ministry guidelines. He passed everything else. We're stressed and he realizes what it means, so we're going to have to work really hard the next few months.

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