Week of May 17

Summary: This was a tough week. Chris and I both had busy and stressful work weeks. On Wednesday, Kyle’s friend Ben took him to take his road test. (He had the highest test score of the day-a 92.) Chris picked him up and took him to the DMV to get his license. I had a seminar downtown all day Wednesday (Kelby Training Adobe Lightroom.) Thursday night was Keila’s last band concert. On Friday, we had the lawn aerated and fertilized and discovered something ate through the sprinkler system wires so we’ll need to have that fixed. Max was sick and Chris spent several hours Friday night and Saturday cleaning up after him. All in all, a very busy and frustrating week! So glad it’s over!!

Sun, May 17
D&J Panera
Fed the ducks at Utah park
BBB, library, Home Depot & Michael’s (for Keila’s science fair project)
Keila and Mom saw Witch Mountain
Dinner-pork chops & mac cheese
Watched Survivor finale-J.T. won

Mon, May 18
Lunch-Paradise (and Einstein’s for a coffee refill for me)
Michael got Og’s book bag; took a dino book and Brown Bear, Brown Bear
Dinner-chili nachos
Watched first hour of 24 season finale

Tue, May 19
PAL day
Got closer to being caught up in the office; filing done; medical bills verified & paid
Sent resume to another recruiter and uploaded a resume and profile to Charles Schwab
Dinner-French Bread pizzas

Wed, May 20
PAL day
Kyle got his driver’s license! He had the highest test score of the day-a 92. Drove to Brett’s in his car (1st solo drive.)
Adobe Lightroom class at Denver Convention Center
Dinner-chicken soft tacos
Watched last hour of 24 season finale

Thu, May 21
Ordered diffuser for SB-600 speedlight
KT-no school (graduation)
KT-drove to Cassidy’s in Golden
Courtney’s bday
Lunch-Lemon Grass; tried Kung Pao Chicken. Yum!
Chris back on Rick’s team
Keila-band concert 7pm main gym (Mom and Joni came too)
Dinner-Frito pie
Maggie Moo’s
Watched Criminal Minds

Fri, May 22
Fusion class at gym
Cory Ramos-aerated & fertilized; some creature ate through the sprinkler system wires so we’re going to have to have someone come out and fix
Lunch-Red Robin
Max sick
Dinner-Michael and I Wendy’s; Chris Papa John’s
MBO

Sat, May 23
Went to Panera.
Went to Home Depot & Pet’s Mart.
Continued to clean up after Max
Turned Michael’s dresser over. (It was changing table.)
Tried to take clothes to the consignment store; they’re only taking clothes in sizes 12 mos and under. Cash out-$59.11.
Dinner-Ruby Tuesday
Watched Criminal Minds

Primrose:
Unit of Learning: Summer Fun
Letter of the Week: Bb (bouncy ball)
Spanish: Simple phrases and words related to the weather
Theme: Keeping Promises

Layout credits:
Weeds & Wildflowers: Ad Challenge 3-30 template
Gina Marie Huff:
Life 365: Hodge Podge 10- paper, weekof1, weekof6; Paper Pack 2 paper6
Ransom Note Alpha (#s)
Bohemian Art Fix It Bonus03 (scrapartist.com)
Font: SP You’ve Got Mail

Week of May 10

Sun, May 10
Mother’s Day
Dinner-Mimi’s (for May bdays) with Dad, Joni, GG, Randy, Stephanie and Ben-11 in all!
Michael and Keila made me gifts.
Chris took the kids to the store so I had some time at home and got me purple Iris’s.
Mother’s bracelet.
Mom in Montana.
Watched Celebrity Apprentice season finale-Joan Rivers won

Mon, May 11
PAL day
Received call from daycare-Michael kept saying he had to go potty and doing the little dance, but wasn’t able to go when he went into the bathroom. This happened about 4x.
Dinner-Steak Fajitas
Watched 24

Tue, May 12
PAL day
My 40th bday (or 14,610th day as Chris figured out!)
Lunch-Tokyo Joe’s
Saw The Soloist
KT-final driving lesson wit A+
Dinner-Little Ricci’s pizza
Maggie Moo’s
Vicki’s bday gifts received:
$80 cash
Chico’s gift card
Archiver’s gift cards
Gift certificate for photography class
Vintage Shiny Camera necklace
Amazon gift certificate
3.5” HP digi picture frame

Wed, May 13
Kyle’s 16th bday
Rheana Shine
Lunch-Red Robin
Dinner-Panda & brownies for dessert
KT-hair cut
Kyle bday gifts received:
White 2002 Hyundai Accent L
Elitches season pass
iTunes gift cards-$45
$100 savings bond
"I Need My Golf time” t-shirt
Hollister hoodie
"Never Drive Faster than your Guardian Angel Can fly" rearview mirror charm
$108
Two golf shirts
Notorious
Chipping & driving mat

Thu, May 14
KT-AP World History exam
Big Picture Scrapbooking Microblog Album workshop begins
10am-MD doctor’s appt
Lunch-Paradise
Dinner-Papa John’s (had to pick up prescription and new undies for Michael)
Watched Survivor

Fri, May 15
Fusion class with Jackie
Michael got extra jump time in the jumpy castle at Primrose
Lunch-Paradise with Courtney
Dinner-Quick Spaghetti
Played at “new” playground
Watched Prison Break season/series finale

Sat, May 16
Facial with Dencye
Chris worked for a few hours
Cassidy came over to see Kyle
Spent $25 gift card at Archiver’s
Keila finished A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (author of The Secret Garden); 316 pages!

Primrose:
Unit of Learning: Circus and Zoo Animals
Letter of the Week: Aa (airplane)
Spanish: Colors and counting to ten

Layout Credits:
Moriginals: 365 Template No 018
Gina Marie Huff: Life 365-Papers 2&7, Hodge Podge #1 DateStripPSD, Hodge Podge #4 frame1b, Attach It hardware.
Studio mgl: 365: International Edition-Take2-Day Bubbles
Megan Turnidge: Party Boy-Birthday Swirl, Party Girl Paper4, Ribbony Sweet Treats cupcake bottom1 and top3.
Font: SP You’ve Got Mail

Week of May 3

Sun, May 3
Breakfast with Dad & Joni at Panera; Randy and Ben came too
Chris got a ticket for running a red light
Took Keila shopping at Kohl’s
Dinner-Fillet’s, French fries, salad
Watched Celebrity Apprentice-Clint Black, Jesse James and Brande Roderick fired

Mon, May 4
Finished Apr 26-30 layout
Teacher appreciation-picture of Michael doing “something fun”
Sauce for lunch
Michael got another Happy Gram! from Ms. Cassie for noticing his friend Kyle was struggling to get a toy and helping him.
Chicken pot pie for dinner
Made Smores, yum!
Got Nuggets playoff tickets for tomorrow night for Chris’ birthday

Golden Graham Smores
¾ c. light corn syrup
3 tbsp. butter
1 pkg. (11.5 oz.) milk chocolate morsels
3 c. miniature marshmallows
1 tsp. vanilla
1 pkg. (12 oz.) Golden Graham cereal (9c.)
1. Grease rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches.
2. Heat syrup, butter and morsels to boiling, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla.
3. Pour over cereal; toss until coated. Fold in marshmallows, 1 cup at a time. Press in pan with buttered back of spoon. Let stand 1 hour.
4. Cut into 2 inch squares. Store loosely covered at room temperature up to 2 days.
Makes 24 squares.

Tue, May 5
Finished May 1-2 layout
Lemon Grass for lunch
Burritos for dinner
Chris went to the Nuggets game with Ed

Wed, May 6
MD-Class picture
Teacher appreciation-thank you cards
Lunch-Paradise
KT-blood draw for Sat derm appt
Dinner-quick spaghetti
Watched CSI (from 4/16)

Thu, May 7
Liquidated Kyle’s Selected account to purchase a car; $4180.48 as of 5/6.
Applied for Compliance Coordinator position.
Bought Kyle’s car; white Hyundai Accent L with approx. 63,000 miles for $3,500. Initially they wanted about $4,150; sticker price of $3,494 + delivery fee of $498 and taxes of $160. Chris and I had already discussed that we only wanted to spend between $3000 & $3500. Chris and Michael were already out of the dealership when I stopped to talk to the salesman and his manager to both let them know that we were going to continue to look and to ask where the car might be. (They brought it up from Colorado Springs for us to look at.) The manager asked what needed to happen for us to go home with the car, so I told him and they made it happen! My very first negotiation (ha ha.)
Watched Survivor.

Fri, May 8
PAL day
KL-no school; 2nd Gardasil shot
Chris’ bday-played golf with Ryan; 8:40 tee time at Saddle Rock
Lunch-Old Chicago
Took Kyle’s car to Firestone to make sure it’s mechanically sound.
Chris and I went to Kohl’s. We saved $250 according to our receipt! I used my $50 from Deb and Ron to buy a digital picture frame. Chris used his to get several shirts.
Teacher appreciation: $5 Target gift card
Dinner-thin crust Papa John’s
Spiderman DQ ice cream cake for desert
Watched Prison Break.

Sat, May 9
Firestone said Kyle’s car looks good. They think the 60,000 mile check up was done recently. They listed a couple of things that could be done. Depending on how much we receive from Kyle’s UTMA, we may go ahead and do a couple things.
KT-10 am derm appt
Chris played poker at Ed’s.
Movie night for Michael, Keila and I.

Primrose:
Teacher Appreciation Week
Unit of Learning: Farm and Farm Animals
Letter of the Week: Zz

Layout credits-
Gina Marie Huff (Weeds & Wildflowers):
Life 365- Patterned Blocks pattern2b, journalblock11b, brads, roundweekdays2,7-photo template3, Paper Pack 2 paper14, Hodge Podge #3 border2 & button1, Hodge Podge #5 monday2 & Wednesday frames, Hodge Podge #7 alphablack.
Emily Merritt {wst}-alphakraftm
Emily Powers {wst}-selotsoflinespapers3 from Storyteller Essentials v.1 Bundle
Christina Bartholomew (Scrapbook-Elements)-Scissors Brushes Torn Edges 1
Elegant WordArt by Bethany framing calendar freebie
Font: SP You’ve Got Mail

Week of Apr 26

Leftovers in their visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734 British physician, preacher, and scholar; author of Gnomologia: Adagies and Proverbs.)

Sun, Apr 26
Swine flu public emergency declared.
Chris worked about 5 hours
Michael and I went to the Target in Parker (so we could get his hair cut), did some shopping and filled Kyle’s prescription. We made it until 10 when Snip-Its opened but Michael didn’t want a hair cut after we bought him a toy. He wanted to go home and play!
Chris and I saw State of Play.
Roast, carrots, potatoes and green beans for dinner; mom stayed.
Watched Celebrity Apprentice; Melissa Rivers fired.

Mon, Apr 27
Snow.
Kyle missed the bus.
Lunch-Wendy’s/bank
Dinner-Chicken Parmesan
Watched 24.
Posted Apr weeks 3 & 4 for Life 365 incentive
Michael was calling bad (not nice) names at daycare. He told Miss Cassie he was going to tell me on her :D
Ordered April prints from Shutterfly (25 free)

Tue, Apr 28
Registered for Kelby Training Adobe Lightroom class on 5/20
Purchased Microblog Album Workshop class (bigpicturescrapbooking) that starts 5/14 & ends 6/10
Purchased DiA Photography CD with copyright release
Paradise for lunch
Baked potato soup for dinner
Watched House
Received Hodge Podge #9 Life 365 incentive

Wed, Apr 29
Placed ScanCafe order (10% off) and submitted paragraph about how ScanCafe has touched my life for an additional 3% off. (It’s 5% if you make them cry, but I don’t think mine will :D.)
WHO (World Health Organization) raises swine flu pandemic level to 5; second highest level, meaning that it believes a global outbreak of the disease is imminent.
Looked at cars for Kyle at lunch & mailed ScanCafe order.
Papa John’s for dinner
Chris researched cars
Made banana bread (Banana-Oat Quick Bread from June 2000 Cooking Light, Sowing Your Oats); came out of the pan perfectly!

Thu, Apr 30
Swine flu shuts 300 schools across the U.S.
Came home for lunch to get Tom Slingsby’s phone number
Received Shutterfly order
Watched Survivor
Maggie Moo’s

Fri, May 1
Gym-Fusion class with Jackie
Watched Yes Man
Red Robin for lunch; I changed it up and had a cheeseburger
Chili nachos for dinner

Sat, May 2
National Scrapbooking Day; spent $34.13 over the weekend (Love to the Sea, Welcome to the Zoo!, Dingy Boy Kit, No. 2, Photo Edge FX, NSD Grab Bag, Biggest Fan Kit, Biggest Fan Date Stamp, Confessions class, Life 365: Attach It 3, Border It 5, Ransom Notes Dates, Scrap Box 1, Puzzled)
KT-AP World History final 7:30-noon; he got a 79 and the class average was 77
Michael got a haircut
Dinner at Mom’s for birthday’s; spaghetti pie, garlic bread, corn, cole slaw & choc pie
Chris told Michael he was cute and Michael’s response was that he wasn’t cute, he’s sweet

Primrose:
Unit of Learning: The Month in Review
Life Skills April Theme: Making Good Choices
Spanish: Sang El Ocean & La Tortuga
Letter of the Week: Yy; Michael took a yellow tractor for Show & Share

04 Apr Week 5 layout credits:
Gina Marie Huff:
Hugs & Kisses: Paper 7
Life 365:
Tool Kit: week of, yarnties; Border It 3c
Ransom Notes Dates: Apr
Hodge Podge #5: wordstripa3
Hodge Podge #7: dates2
Hodge Podge #9: dates2
Border It 5: Bborders
Attach It 3: zzstitches
Font: Burst My Bubble

01 May Week 1 layout credits:
Gina Marie Huff:
Life is Good: Papers 4 & 11; chalkdoodle3c
Life 365: Paper Pack 2 Paper 3; Hodge Podge #6 Paper Strips, Attach It #2 Ribbons2
geniaBeana Template 31
Font: SP You’ve Got Mail