Well at least they're not supposed to....cause there's no one to take care of them when they are sick and have to take care of everyone else. I woke up last night shortly after falling asleep with a horrible stomach virus. Of course BD is on travel...the TTs have to go to school...there just isn't time for me to be sick right now. I'll be sick later when it's more convenient for everyone.......
I have to go and do some laundry.....
BD left today. We were able to snuggle with the boys this morning before they had to go to school....then BD and I went and had breakfast together after dropping them off at school. It was nice...just the two of us. That doesn't happen much so we savor those times that we can do that. Luckily the next few days that BD will be gone the TTs are in school, so I will be able to get some things done while they are gone during the mornings.
Before having my boys, I never thought about how hard things are to do when you have kids. You have to do things when they are asleep or at school so that you don't have them underfoot while trying to get things done...it's insane. I leave them for a minute and they start tearing up the house or each other. I would have never expected that before having them....now of course it seems like our own special version of "normal". Whatever normal means.
I'm preparing schedules for classes. I have a few things in mind that will be perfect for presents for teachers gifts, or just presents for that special person who appreciates a handmade gift. You know...when you care enough to make the very best!! I still have to work on the flyers but other than that and the supplies getting ordered I'm pretty well set.
I think I might go buy some paint....time to paint the bathroom....
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The new Winter Mini catalog was posted today for the demos to drool over. I can't wait for this to be available. There are so many versatile sets that are in it...as well as a new tag punch!! The paper....the ribbon.....the drool puddle is growing ever larger under my chin!!
I already have ideas of stamp camps floating in my head....the projects abound!!
we went to the aquarium and the boys had a great time. We broke down and bought a membership....an incentive to go back more often. Most of my photos turned out to be crap...now that I know not to hold the camera at an angle...they should be better in the future...but here are a few of what I was able to get..
We had lunch at the Choo Choo Hotel and the boys of course loved riding the trolley. While heading to the Garden to eat, we ran into friends of ours that also had taken their boys up for the day. We decided to eat lunch together then we parted ways. We just thought it was funny that we were away from home and ran into each other.
Well the festival went off without any huge hitches. It was a great day weather wise and we had a good time. The parade was small, but the band of course got a great response. Hopefully next year we won't fall at the beginning of fall break and the crowds will be bigger. We're having our wrap up meeting to discuss what worked and what didn't so we can plan better for next year. You would think as this was the 26th year that this would be down to a science by now.
After the festival was over on saturday, I headed out to the camping rally that BD and the TTs were attending without me. They went up on thursday, so by saturday some of the other rally attendees were asking BD if "things were okay with us"...I find that slightly amusing. I calmed everyone's fears when I showed up that things are going well. We spent the rest of the weekend playing games and going for walks with the kids. We left on monday morning.
We were very sad to find out that one of the couples in our club is selling their unit and will not be camping anymore. They might make day trips to join the group for meals when we are out, but they won't be camping anymore. We know that Willard is having trouble seeing these days, and Viola can't haul the trailer, but they will be very very missed.
On Tuesday we were getting ready to leave and put the TTs in the van. I opened the garage door and got in....BD climbed in and we started to back up...I heard the most crushing sound that I have ever heard in my entire life. It was the noticeable sound of metal on metal, and it had the distinct twang of nails on a chalkboard. It was the sound of my van driving into my garage door. I'm almost in tears even thinking about it. The door came down just enough when it opened to catch the top part of my hatch door and leave a nice ding and a couple of clear coat scratches. We got the door (I say we...I mean BD) bent back into shape so that it would open and close without any problems. The people who installed the doors came out and said they could replace the panel for $150. The body shop said they can fix the dent for $350. I'm not fixing anything right now. But at least I know how much it will be if I decide to do it.
The boys are on fall break...we are planning on a day trip at the end of the week to the aquarium. We'll see how the rest of our week goes before we commit to anything.
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
AP
The controversial anti-homosexual Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., plans to stage a protest at the funerals of the five Amish girls executed in their Pennsylvania school, according to a flyer posted on the church's Web site.
The church is protesting the funerals because of the attendance of Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, who has spoken out against the church publicly, the flyer says. Both Amish and non-Amish residents of Lancaster County — where the shooting took place — have vowed to not allow any protesters anywhere near the funeral services.
But the daughter of the church's pastor, Rev. Fred Phelps, told FOXNews.com on Wednesday the church would cancel the protests if given media time on radio and television as a platform to espouse Westboro's beliefs.
"We're not going to any of the Amish funerals — that's the agreement we're making — that we won't go to any of them," Shirley Phelps-Roper told FOXNews.com.
Phelps-Roper defended the church's decision to protest at the Amish girls' funerals.
"Those Amish people, everyone is sitting around talking about those poor little girls — blah, blah, blah — they brought the wrath upon themselves," Phelps-Roper said, adding that the Amish "don't serve God, they serve themselves."
On Monday, Charles Carl Roberts IV killed five girls — Naomi Rose Ebersole, 7; Anna Mae Stoltzfus, 12; Marian Fisher, 13; Mary Liz Miller, 8; and her sister Lena Miller, 7 — in a rural Amish schoolhouse in Lancaster County, Pa.
Donald Kraybill, a professor of sociology at Elizabethtown College in Lancaster County, Pa., calls the church's plans a publicity stunt.
"I don't think there's any connection between the Amish incident and their agenda. They just want to get in the spotlight," Kraybill said. "It's giving them national attention and it's a cheap and easy and really terrible way to gain some visibility."
The church's latest flyer, posted on its Web site, www.godhatesfags.com, notes these protests will be against Rendell for "slanderous" statements against the church.
Westboro's latest rhetoric is in line with the other beliefs of it's 70 church members, who hold that the deaths of U.S. troops are God's punishment for America's tolerance of homosexuality.
The Westboro Baptist Church has made its name demonstrating at the funerals of soldiers killed in the Iraq war. Their controversial and colorful placards proclaim their anti-gay stance with slogans such as "Thank God for Dead Soldiers," "America Is Doomed" and "Soldier Fag in Hell."
Before it garnered national attention, the church made its name around Kansas, where 16 years ago, it started protested the funerals of AIDS victims. And while their demonstrations of late have focused on the funerals of U.S. soldiers, Westboro church members have taken their picket signs to the memorials for the 12 Sago miners who perished in January in West Virginia.
Earlier this year, prompted by the church protests, Congress passed a law that banned protesters from military funerals at federal cemeteries. More than a dozen states have passed similar legislation creating protest-free buffer zones around cemeteries during funerals.
Phelps-Roper told FOXNews.com in February that the church has a right to protest.
"We are delivering a message," Phelps-Roper said. "God is punishing this nation and he is using the IED [improvised explosive device] as his weapon of choice."
TT#1 came home from school last week and told me that we were having Benji over for the weekend. Benji we soon found out was the class mascot...a stuffed bear. We had to take pictures of activities with Benji and then write a journal entry about what we all did.
Easy right? You would think so. BD even made a comment about doing a pop-out page in the journal to make it really cool...you know....since I'm a scrapbooker and all.
Well let's see....last night I was printing out photos on some textured cardstock since the printer wouldn't take the photo paper (for whatever tempermental reason it has now to not work right)....doing a handwritten and chipboard title...no pop-out....no cool photos....just handwriting and chipboard.....BD said it looked nice...but we all know what that means....certainly not my best work by any stretch of the imagination.
Why is it that he's the one in school....but I'm the one doing the homework?????
Why do I let other people affect me this way. Why do I allow my own emotions to be tied into what other people do and say. I pray that I will someday be stronger in character and not allow these things to bother me.
But until that day comes I will piss and moan that it's not fair.....and as I tell my children...no one ever said that life was fair...and as my mother always says...whoever tells you life is fair is a liar!!
I'm big on follow-through. If you commit to something...then finish it. Don't tell everyone all about what you are going to do...then dump it on someone else to finish it for you becuase you lose interest. Grow the hell up.
Enough said.
