Shelly's Blog

Well, I guess I missed blogging yesterday. Not to worry, though, because I didn't really have a lot to write about anyway! Today, Jessica had a dental appointment to get her teeth cleaned. While she was getting her teeth cleaned, I got my night guard adjusted and hopefully I won't ditch it during the night like the dentist says I might. Evidently, I also have to keep it away from the dog because dogs like to chew on night guards. Alyssa and I are still practicing on memorizing the multiplication tables. She still doesn't believe in my method, but I am on the way to getting her to understand it.

I sat down to write a few lines for Wednesday, when I realized that it's NOT Wednesday! It's only Tuesday.....blah! Well, anyway, I guess I'll just have to deal with it. Alyssa made a 95 on her first multiplication test.......We are so proud of her! She has her next multiplication test on Friday for the 3's and 6's and we have been practicing with flash cards for that one. She is supposed to go to a friends house in the evening on Friday and then she is going to the Museum of Natural Science on Saturday for girl scouts to work on a badge. Saturday evening, we are going to go and celebrate Donna's birthday but not sure yet where we will celebrate at.

Once again, it's Monday. I'm just glad that it's almost over. Today was one heck of a day. I was the only service rep in the office and the phones rang off the hook. I ended up taking a late lunch and did a little early Christmas shopping. I feel like I really accomplished something today just by doing that little bit of shopping. I think it must be therapy for me. :o) Once we got home, Glenn had home-made pizza ready for us and the girls got their studying done. Alyssa's got a religion test tomorrow and a multiplication test on Friday. We worked on the flash cards and I think she is well on her way to getting what it's all about. Last year she learned where all the states were and now she is learning what all of the state capitals are. She's going to one smart little cookie! Jessica will start practicing this week for the JV Cheer Christmas show at the Downtown Aquarium on December 14th. They have to learn 2 dances, one Christmas chant and one new cheer for the...

Once again, it has been a really beautiful day. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and the temperature didn't get out of the 70's. Jessica worked on her school Social Studies project for most of the day and when she was finished, the whole family went on another bike ride. We rode down the greenbelt up to the elementary school. We rested while the kids played on the playground equipment. Then we took off again through the Willow Lake subdivision and then back to on to our Willow Point subdivision and then on home. When we got home, all four of us threw the football around in the front yard, so I think we all got much needed exercise today. Glenn worked all day on Saturday so he'll get the day off tomorrow. I'm jealous!

Today was a really beautiful day today and the girls and I got out and enjoyed it! Nana, the girls and I went to Old Town Spring for some shopping. We looked at mostly Christmas decorations and of course, stuff for the girls. They both took their money and so Alyssa bought herself a horse in a purse that makes horsie noises. (If anyone is looking for ideas for Alyssa for Christmas, then anything to do with horses will work) Jessica bought she and Alyssa some rock candy and I bought both of them some window gel clings for Christmas. They're really cute! After Old Town Spring, we took off to lunch at the TGI Friday's in the Woodlands, then to the Woodlands Mall for more shopping. Of course, we pretty much bought stuff just for the girls there, too. The good thing is that Jess bought 1/2 of her outfit so I wasn't out too very much money. We also found something for Nana that she was looking for, we bought Christmas stuff for Ethan and Ryan, and Nana bought some Christ...

Nice title, but, well, I still got nothin'. Here's what I did today - I went to lunch with the J&G girls today to celebrate Michelle's birthday. We went to Uptown Park to eat at Cafe Express, then to Crave Cupcakes for the best cupcakes I've had in a long time. My kids thought so, too, since I brought some back for them. We cut them each in half so that we could share when we got to Nana's. They want to go back tomorrow to get some more, so we might go to the Galleria to shop, have lunch and then get cupcakes! Jessica was invited to join the BETA club at school. The only students invited to join are ones in the junior high that have a 90 or above over-all grade average. She had her first meeting after school today. The BETA clubs does service work and they usually take a trip to Dallas at the end of the school year. She is really looking forward to being in the BETA club. She is also going to do a dance routine with the cheer squad at the Downtown Aquarium ...

When I started blogging every day for National Blog Posting Month, I figured it would be easy to write a few lines every day. Well, I think I am running out of things to say. Nothing exciting has happened today. I ordered Ethan one of the shepherd's hats from Oriental Trading Company. (Josh and Rox - tell him it will be at Nana's house sometime next week. He can be happy again) I also went ahead and ordered the candy for the kids goodie bags that they'll give out at school at Christmas. Wow! ......What an exciting day!