So many things to share!!!

1: Have picked up a bunch of extra shifts at work. Yuck for work; yeah for money.

2: Hayden finished the basketball season with her best game ever. Still nothing in the "W" column but a good game is a good game!!!

3: The girls and I attended a hockey game by ourselves and had an awesome time. Very little fighting at all!

4: I have a new FAVORITE sandwich!! Quizno's Turkey Ranch Sandwich. So delish and so few points!!

5: I've met my 5% weight loss goal with Weight Watchers!! (Hence the above mentioned points comment)

6: The girls had a long weekend off of school. We went to see the Tooth Fairy today with my friend Lisa and her boys. Cute and funny movie!!! The kids loved it and Lisa and I giggled through almost all of it! AND at Andy's suggestion (since he had been working his butt off continually for the past 3 weeks at work AND at home) we went out to Ninja for dinner. Yummy!! The only problem was that during the "show" the guy didn't throw food at us so Hayden got upset. Being 9 is so hard!!

7: We had snow and the girls and I almost got stranded driving in it. Scary moments but we did make it home.

8: Hayden had a yearly eye doctor appointment and..... duh duh duuuuuhhhhh...... got contacts. She's happy about it. Except when she has to have them taken out. And I say have them taken out because she hasn't learned how to do it yet so Mom has to take them out. That is the fun part....NOT!!!

9: The Olympics are on and I've been thoroughly enjoying them. In fact I have decided that the girls need to start training for the snowboard cross race immediately so that they can be in the 2022 Olympics. I guess I should give them the option but it looks really cool and I just know they would be awesome..... and well I'm too old and I want to go to the Olympics and did I mention it looks REALLY cool? I'm just saying! Moving to Lake Placid New York or Vancouver may be rough on the family but in the long run I'm sure it will be the best option for everyone!!! lol

10: I worked Valentine's Day and Valentine's Eve. But I did arrive home Saturday night to find a large heart stomped into the snow with "I love you" inside it. How often can you get that?!!?

11: We had a spend the night party Thursday night and all 4 of the kids got along!! That is such big news that it probably should have been #1 but......

12: My BFF Shalina and her daughter Anna are coming down this weekend!!! We are all sooooo excited. The countdown has been going on for a couple of weeks now. The girls have planned what they will be wearing when they arrive, what they will be doing and where they will be sleeping. I can't wait!!!

Life

Today was busy. After working last night I went to a murder mystery theater luncheon with my Mozzie. I must say that I figured out who the "murderer" was. Yeah I'm that much of a detective.

After that I picked up the girls from school, did homework and enjoyed the Around the World family fun night at the elementary school. Plenty of good food to try and the book fair to boot.

Tomorrow looks like it's going to be another busy one. Gotta get to the school early to pop popcorn for the 1st grade Popcorn Sale. Then help in B's class. Then back to the popcorn.

Oh yeah, and did I mention that I was going to try to have a meeting with H's principal? Sure am. Because of the whole bully thing my child, who absolutely has loved Buford, loves her friends, her class and her teacher, has informed me that she wants to change schools or never go back to school again. Needless to say, this is a deal breaker and now I'm moving up the ladder.

Wish me luck! Or offer any ideas you might have to help me!!!!!

Are you ready for this?

My oldest child hates her name.

Absolutely. Hates. It.

She wants to change it to Zora Wiggs.

And she's serious about it.

What's up with that?

Grrrrrrrr......

That's it? That's it? Are you kidding me? Where is the resolution? Where is the notification of the other child's parents? Where is the calling in the right other kids? Seriously?!?!!? "Don't talk to each other for a month and then we'll revisit the situation" is NOT the answer!!!!!!

And that's all I have to say about that.

Here's hoping....

So I had to call the Assistant Principal at Hayden's school today to discuss a girl who has been bullying Hayden and her friends since the first grade. Why is it that when I have to talk to them I still feel like I'm a kid about to get in trouble? Talking to her last time didn't help, let's hope this time will. This is the same kid who told my daughter and her friends in first grade that she was going to "cut off their heads and bury their bodies". Nice thing for a 7 year old to say. She has now toned it down to mean comments and occasional smacks. The good news is that she hasn't hit Hayden....yet. Mama Bear may go a little ballistic if that were to happen. As it is I'm tired of my child being told they are stupid, ugly and dumb. Keep your fingers crossed for me!!

Slack, slack, slack

Okay, I just realized it has been almost a month since I posted!!

I missed Christmas and New Year's posts.

With that being said I know you all know how busy this time of year can be!!!!

I made a resolution to make sure that I blogged at least every other day. All I can say is that my other resolutions are hanging in there a lot better than that one!!! But I'm going to do my best to stay on it. Honest. I mean it. Seriously!

Friday night fun

First of all I have to say my Dad rocks!

A few Friday nights ago he and Mom gave us tickets to the Gladiators game (minor league hockey team in Gwinnett in case you're wondering). He then informed us that he had spoken with the team doctor who was going to give us a locker room tour after the game!!

The Glads lost the game but the girls thought it was so cool to go see the locker room (dubbed stinky by both girls), the med room (including a newly stitched Siddell), the equipment room and meet a few players. Needless to say as much as they love hockey (just like Daddy and Mommy) they LoVeD their tour!!

The only downside was not knowing who the players were out of their uniforms and having to look them up when we got home so we would know whose signatures we had!! Thank goodness they signed their numbers as well as their names!!

Thanks Dad and Mom for a fun-filled night for the 4 of us!!

Jason Lawrence #8

Mike Bayrack #9 and Tom Zanoski #10

Matt Siddell #29 (freshly stitched)

Daniel Sullivan #28