Growing Up

L went to a sleepover last night at a friend's. She plans to be back at noon and maybe have an afternoon group tennis lesson. I hardly see my 16 year old anymore, good thing K's still around. She has yet to show me her award from yesterday's presentations. It was a plaque for achieving an over 90 average. Her friend had an 89.3 average and just missed it. Her other friend picked up most of the subject awards, she'll definitely get her first choice of university.

L really likes her new Sociology class. They had some interesting reading material yesterday that showed how people build misconceptions about others of different cultures.

I met a friend for breakfast at McD's this rainy morning, she's a coupon fanatic, so we split the $5.99 coupon special. I overdid it on the cream in my coffee. We also picked up some 49c bread on special at Shopper's Drug Mart. She says it's hard to find bread under $2.29 these days. Interestingly, she was on a recent trip to Chicago and noticed that a McD's yogurt parfait is $1 US, and here it's $1.99. They must have a foreign pricing structure, nothing to do with the exchange rate.

M and I should go over to the hardware store and get some Benjamin Moore paint swatches as that's the paint the contractors will use. It's not too bad looking at these swatches, as it's all laid out for you by colour group. I think I'll be able to choose the right soft beige from about 10 choices! Last night I dreamt that the contractor was knocking on the door and that I was the only one able to hear him.

K has to read a couple of pages of History and I'm going to try to get him to do some advance reading on cell structures for Science class, easier said than done!


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Floater continued

So M ended up at the optometrist this morning and K's eye is normal apparently. It seems even kids can get these floaters that are clumped up eye gel. So he only missed half a day of school. Emergency was slow and a waste of time, there is no opthalmologist on call so he would've just seen the emergency doctor. You really only want to go to emergency if you have no other choice, I think.

I was just reading this post in 'The Clutter Diet Blog' about the author's philanthropy group 'Impact Austin' It's a group of about 500 women who have pooled their money for philanthropical purposes. I think it's a wonderful idea.

Floater

L is receiving an academic award at school today for last year's work.

M is taking K to the hospital emergency this morning to check this floater thing that's developed on and off in his eye the past few days. It started in the doctor's office during his annual checkup. The doc couldn't see anything but told us we could take him to emergency to see an opthalmologist if it persisted. Last night I drew a picture of an eye and asked him to draw the floater beside it and it was almost the size of the pupil.

Oh, yesterday I mentioned that the contractor had asked us not to use the tap or toilet for a couple of hours. Well, it seems the electrician forgot and took a dump and flushed. It went right into the contractor's face and all over his shirt. He rushed home and showered about 3 times, poor guy.


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My sister called last night to say her breast test was negative, whew! She had developed a lesion and had to have it tested.

I was at the dentist this morning for a regular checkup and found this website in this month's Chatelaine women's magazine - http://www.keepass.info It's a free website that helps you securely manage all your passwords. It sounds like something worth checking into.

So the contractor just opened our sewage tank, we're not allowed to use the taps or toilets for 2 hours. Hope I can remember that.

I seem to have all sorts of little things to get done since school started and am feeling really behind. L is planning to take a driving course being offered out of her high school, so we have to register for that. I took the kids to their annual checkups yesterday after school. K is off next week on a camping type field trip up north for a few days, so we have to get ready for that this weekend. The piano teacher called inquiring about K's future plans. I told her he's likely quitting.

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A moral dilemma

Note that as of Mar 17, 2009 I discovered the 'fake $5' is actually just an older note.

There were 2 trucks delivering supplies when I got back from the gym and 2 fireplace guys just arrived. It's busy around here. There are also 2 other guys completing the framing.

So the instructor at the gym was saying that there was a lady on Oprah recently that won 340 million in the lottery. The irony of it is that her husband passed away one year later. The instructor said she'd rather have her husband. Then, she joked 'maybe not'. That's something to think about, perhaps, a moral dilemma. I suppose even if you hated your spouse, his life would be more important than money, wouldn't it?

I received another fake $5 at McDonald's at the mall today, and returned it.

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First Day of School

Well, the kids are off. It's a gorgeous day. I picked up a few last minute school supplies at Costco this morning and decided to splurge on some beef tenderloin steaks. I normally use strip loin but everyone's saying the beef tenderloin there is amazing (amazingly expensive I'd say). There was a Home Depot nearby, so I stopped in and picked up some paint pamphlets to browse. I tell you, there is a vast array of paint selections, but they have it all categorized for you based on colour group and personal style. I figure it can't hurt to educate myself although I'm quite happy with builder's beige.

The basement electrical is all planned out now, the trick is to make sure there are no 'dead' (unlit) spots at the end of the day. M produced a colour-coded electrical diagram with a legend for the guys to follow. The contractors usually do this, but he's helping out. I'd say he's enjoying this.

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So Picky

I'm tired today after spending 8 hours at Canada's Wonderland yesterday. My 70 year old mom didn't seem as tired as me. All the kids decided to brave the new Behemoth roller coaster, including K. L said it's a smooth ride, not as bumpy as the older roller coasters. We saw a very professional ice skating show at an indoor theatre.

The electricians and the framing guy are here today, working on a holiday. M was down there asking for extra little things. I told him they all add up, but he's so picky.

Well, today we should focus on 'back to school' in the morning. At least we should have gorgeous weather this week.




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