Book Tagged

I have been book tagged by Sarah. This is what you do:

1. Pick up the nearest book to you (one of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.

Okay, so the closest book is The Mistress's Daughter (A.M. Homes). I just finished it yesterday and it was on my desk (since I posted it in Goodreads/facebook).

So,

And I know how sad Ellen was when he was ill and after he died.
How did they meet?
He had a wife, Katherine -- I see her name on some of the documents and I find a card from her to Ellen.

I tag Tami, Leslie Kate, Trish, Sayra, and Cassie.

My Daddy Has Good Lips!

I stole this post from my sister's blog to post on my own blog. It was really funny when it happened.

Post from Confessions of a Mimi:
"I really love my little Franklin. He makes me laugh and fills my heart with love. On Monday he wanted to spend the night with me and play with my kids. I love having him around and couldn't say no to him. Even though it was a school night for all I decided to let him stay with me. He did great.....until bedtime. He couldn't make up his mind who he wanted to sleep with...YaYa or BB.....but wait.....Mimi! I think he just assumed that I would be up the latest and he could stay up longer if he chose me. Well, he was right on the money. He could not settle down and he wanted to watch the news with me to see LiLi. She was chosen to ring the bell at school for the Governor. He visited their school that day. There were news cameras all around. Too bad we couldn't find the news station that carried the story. When I wake up Franklin to go to school the next morning he is just a little bit sleepy and doesn't want to get out of bed and get moving. He is soon persuaded because he wants to go with me to drop my kids off at their school. After I drop off my kids I head to Franklin 's house. He has a mini GPS system in his little brain and always knows where he is and where anyone is going. He quickly determines that we are headed to his house and tells me that he is not ready to go home. We go back and forth for a while until he asks why I have to take him home. I say "Because...". He comes back with "Mimi, that is a wrong answer." (Apparently he likes to say because as an answer to his mom a lot and she tells him its the wrong answer.) I promise him that I am staying at his house for a little while and he calms down. When we get to his house his Dad is about to leave for the day. He runs over to give his dad a kiss and a hug and then excitedly turns to me and says: " Mimi, come kiss my dad! He has good lips!" How do you explain to a 4 year old that Mimi's don't kiss other peoples dads? I just love my Franklin!"


Now understand that I was there when Franklin wanted to share Dad's lips with Mimi.....I am just not ready to share my sweet hubby with others yet .....

For now the Doctor is out.......wondering how to explain to Franklin that not everyone can kiss dad....only he and I can!!!

Rude Waitresses, Rude Managers....

I have to vent. Tonight, my friend, her son, my mom, my sister and her 3 kids, all joined myself and Franklin to have a fun Mexican meal at a local restaurant. Count us, there are nine of us!!!! Nine people and the waitress sits us at a table for six!!! We are trying to crowd in and make this work, but you can imagine how crowded it must have been. Well, I politely, let me stress that, POLITELY, asked the waitress if they could add another table or something since it was very crowded (and yes, the restaurant was crowded anyway --- it is Friday night afterall). A waiter came over and told us that he could move us to another room for a larger table so we could be more comfortable. We all stood up to move and I asked if we needed to bring our chips and salsa, silverware, etc. At this time another waitress (not involved in our service at all) turned to our waitress and said, "I feel for you having to deal with the B.......ch tonight." As you can imagine, I, along with my party, was very shocked at this behavior and it was made a little worse since the waiter turned to the butting in waitress and said that she should not talk like that in front of customers.

So, we moved to our new table and asked to speak to the manager. He came over, we explained what happened and that we did not appreciate the manner that the waitress spoke about me. THe manager then very rudely tried to explain the behavior away telling us that the waitress was not addressing our party at all. We disagreed and then he very RUDELY said, "If I went to a restaurant and I didn't like the service, then I would leave and go somewhere else." So we did!!!

We went to another Mexican restaurant in a nearby town (just a few miles down the road) and had a very lovely time.....great food, nice atmosphere, and KIND, attentive, helpful staff.

When I told sweet hubby (who is out of town this weekend) what happened he was a little more than upset and decided we had eaten our last meal at local Mexican restaurant (We ate there twice last week!).

For now the doctor is out.....trying to get over the "stuffed" feeling from her new favorite Mexican restaurant...

I have a Memory

Here are the directions:
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty cool (and funny) to see the responses.
If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. :)

Take Me Out to the Ballgame!

A week or so ago, sweet hubby and I decided to take our boys to see the local minor league baseball team the Travelers. This would be the first time our boys have been to a professional ballgame. When sweet hubby and I were dating many moons ago we would take our other two kids (from our previous marriage) to see the Travelers play all season. Susie Q and JW loved going to see the ballgame. Many times we sat in the hot, humid ballpark stands rooting our guys to victory or crying over their loss. Watching the Travelers play is a family tradition (my own daddy used to take us when we were growing up) that we have decided to continue with our little boys. The only difference is that the Travelers now play in a beautiful new ballpark instead of the old rundown one that I went to as a child and that Susie Q and JW went to. Our little guys had a great time sitting on the first baseline and feeling very close to the players and the field as well as having to watch for stray balls hit in our direction!

When we arrived there were people handing out travelers t-shirts for the first 1000 kids to come into the park. They are huge on the boys but they make good sleeping shirts!

Always, first up we have to get our nachoes and hotdogs!! Our friend was there with his lemonade booth so we got free lemonade - which was delish and soooo cool in the heat!

And of course we have silly boys during inning changes!

Our team won that night -- 9 to 5!! AND, it was a sold out game. We actually ended up sitting in the beer garden!! The only seats available were on the green or in the beer garden. We chose the beer garden in hopes that it would be too bad for Franklin - smoking is allowed only in the beer garden and Franklin is allergic to cig smoke--- but it was fine, not too many smokers that night and we did very well.

Our lemonade friend also sold cotton candy......so, of course we had to get some of that too!!! I mean it was free so what else could we do......it is a good thing that I carry wipees with me....we needed them desperately!

When the game was over, Franklin was soooo tired that dad had to carry him back to the car! Both boys fell asleep before we made it back home. But they had a blast and we have to go back again!! We would love to go see the NY Yankees play since big sis Susie Q lives very close to the NY Yankees ball park.....ummmmm sounds like a plan!

For now the doctor is out.......wondering if she really could take those boys to see the Yankees play.....

Mock Swim Meet for Cole

On Tuesday Cole had his first swim meet (mock swim meet that is). The coach wanted the "new" kids to see how an actual meet would be done so they held the mock one for everyone. It was a blast - parents yelling, encouraging, and jumping with joy for their child to finish (umm, wait a minute - that parent was me!) Actually, he did ok for his first time....I was just greatful he jumped in and finished his lap!! Cole has always been a little afraid of the water and we are working very hard to help him get over this. His swim team coach is also his swim lesson instructor so that has helped a lot. I am posting a few pictures that I took of him and some others. The picture I really want is from another parent who is a professional photographer and she captured his dive beautifully in mid air (of course I didn't get that on my little ole kodak digital --- maybe Santa will bring me on of those really good cameras for Christmas).

Resting after his warm up in the water (temps were a little chilly that evening since it had been cloudy all day.

Anxiously awaiting his turn to dive in and swim. He is watching everyone else dive and swim at this point. I really was worried that he wouldn't jump in!!

On your mark, get set, and go.........ummm, yea, he did jump in!

Swim, Swim, Swim

My cheering squad!

Summer is Here!

Well, school is officially over today (as of 35 minutes ago to be precise), but we actually skipped the last few days to start our summer break early. On Monday we began the week with swimteam practice and we began some refresher swim lessons on Wednesday. Cole did very well and Franklin did much better than I thought he would since we had so many problems last summer. Unfortunately, on Thursday morning we had to visit the dentist -- not a good way to begin the summer vacation but it must be done. AND, of course we have to go back for more work on both boys!! We are finding out that "drug" babies tend to have extensive problems with teeth and our two boys are no exception. After that visit to the dentist we decided pizza sounded good for lunch and then home to rest while watching a movie. It is already so hot here that being outside is almost unbearable (with the exception of the cool pool water).

We already have a full schedule for summer. Cole is on the swimteam and taking tennis lessons as well as attending a tennis camp in a couple of weeks. Franklin is taking swim lessons each week but is too youngand not coordinated enough for the swimteam or tennis (he has weak muscle tone that prevents him from doing tennis right now so we will be working on that).
The boys will also be participating in our library's summer reading program and they are very excited about this. Hopefully we will be able to throw in some time to get to the beach this year with our cousins.

Unfortunately for Cole, summer will be shorter this year than in the past. Cole will be starting back to school July 21st instead of the end of August like most others. Cole will be attending a new Charter school this next year and they begin classes much earlier than the local public schools. So we only have about six weeks to really enjoy our summer!! I guess that is why we are packing so much into such a short time!

For now, the doctor is out......trying to keep cool and keep on schedule!