Some Shout-Outs!!

Just want to give a few shout-outs!

Shout-out to the Switzers! Glad to see you joined the blog crew. I did in fact get some great OTC meds for my cold, and I feel much better today after a good solid night of rest. Hope you'll keep up on the blog and stay in touch! I'm enjoying the red wine here and learning how to cook!

Shout-out to my biggest blog fan---GMA, WASSUP? Yep, that's you Grandma! I heard you look forward to every new blog so I'm glad it's a form of entertainment. I love you dearly!

Thanks Aunt Judy for my letter and newspaper clippings! Got them today in the mail and laughed pretty hard about the cat "terrorizing" Pullman! I swear to God I think it's Fraidy! If they find out his owners are from Uniontown, then it's true I raised a bully.

Okay on with the daily blog....today I really do feel better, my cold is not all gone, but I got a good 8 hours of sleep and was energized this morning. I'm still taking my cold medicine, and hopefully I'm good to go by Friday night. I had a busy and productive day with the kids...taking them to/from school (I must say I lose my patience sometimes with the little one...he doesn't obey very well all the time and when it comes to doing naughty things involving the car, I get irritated quickly and am not so fun...like sticking his head out the window even though it's parked, or unbuckling his belt, or running into the street) I guess I forget he's not quite 3...I just want him to behave a little better...I'll work on that. I need to work on my patience too...I got irritable fairly quick today with him, and he still managed to disobey throughout the day. However I realized tonight that he hadn't taken a nap and this definitely contributed to his crankiness and whining (even Virginie said so). Anyways, I prepared a game of "restaurant" (thanks for the idea Ruthie!) for lunch....I made up menus and set the table, and made a sign for the door saying "Restaurant Laura...Bienvenue". I was the server...and took their orders. They ordered drinks, an aperatif, a main dish and dessert. I looked for everything I could make that was in the fridge and was hoping they'd go for the more elaborate things, but no...they ordered hot dogs and chicken nuggets. Oh well! It was a fun game for them. I made a poster with Matthieu and then we played with the play-do type activity that my sister sent him for a gift. We made a turtle, a gift box, and a ball of green and purple goo....lol. Ines had her first day of gymnastics....it went well. I got done with work at 7 and attempted to go for my brisk 30 minute walk, but realized it was chilly and since I have a cold and also got a little tummy ache during the walk, I cut it down to 20 minutes and returned home.

Tomorrow I have the afternoon off (about 5 hours!) which is enough to go into the city for a cafe and maybe see something new. I have to 'babysit' in the evening for about 2 hours, so I can't plan too much...I just got some poster-type butcher paper for my walls, so I can hang those and tape my photos from home, etc. I'm excited to give my walls some color. Well, I think that's all for now. I am going to start some decorating, read from my latest novel and go to bed shortly...

p.s. Too bad about Britney Spears bombing her comeback...wow, it was terrible! I watched it on YouTube...think it's time she be a stay-at-home mom or "quelque chose comme ca"

and Ms. South Carolina Teen USA, did you see her response to the question about "why can't so many Americans locate the USA on a world map?" omg...how embarrassing!