Question 148

Q:  How much money do you have in your wallet?  In your bank account?

Q:  $11 plus change.  Checking $3972.12.

Questions 146 & 147

Q:  If you didn't have any responsibilities for the day, what would you do?

A:  Get up and run a half marathon, eat a lazy breakfast of cereal and fruit while reading something, shower, go for a walk, while reading something, to get a pedicure, have lunch with a sister, walk home while reading something, bike to the store for dinner stuff, make a fancier than usual dinner for my sisters to come to my house (baking dessert will be involved), watch some sappy movie and fall asleep on the couch.

Q:  What's the best thing you read today?

A:  Quiet.  I'm reading a section on sensitivity and how to not be overwhelmed or to recover quickly.

Question 144 & 145

Q:  What gives you comfort right now?

A:  Prayer.

Q:  East Coast or West Coast?  Or in between?

A:  West Coast!!!

Question 143

Q:  List the things that nagged you today.

A:  1.  Getting to church on time.
2.  The shower faucet being broken.
3.  The other shower being dirty (I may have cleaned a bit since I had to shower in it.)
4.  Cleaning the other shower.
5.  Still being annoyed with my hubby about yesterday - glad I have one more day.
6.  Not reading my scriptures daily. (I typically get in 4 to 5 days but I could do better.)
7.  All the things I want the kids to do this summer that aren't going to happen.
8.  Dinner. (Eve is bringing over ribs, I made German potato salad and crisp broccoli salad and Lauren made brownies.  Is that enough?)

How a Perfectly Good Plan Went Awry by the numbers...

First mix 1 husband and a fishing trip with 2 buddies from high school.  Shake vigorously until thorough combined.  Be sure to strike all 3 on the head so the brains get mixed up and aren't chunky.  Stir  in 4 oz of espresso to give it a good kick. 

Have soccer team mom send word about a 5 game tournament in SF.  "Team down players can #6 come play?".  Fully caffeinated husband spends 7 minutes on phone with son and plans game strategy. Son is sooo excited to play he actually smiles 8 times while telling mom about playing up (team that needs help is the next age bracket).  Mom has now been put in a no win situation.

Connor eating his favorite pizza at Boudin

Mom can either disappoint son in soccer OR disappoint son and daughter on fun day trip to SF.  So, mom comes up with a 9 step plan to be the hero of the day. (There is too much.  Let me summarize.) Drive to SF, drop soccer son at game, drive across town to Wharf feed son and daughter and daughter's friend, run (literally) back to car after paying $25 for parking to go pick up soccer son across town, drive back to pick up Wharf rats, eat a too heavy lunch too late (calamari at 3 was not a good idea), and decide to drive up 19th Ave to miss Mardi Gras only to hit SFU graduation and 2 hour drive home.

Kids said all but the ride home was fun for them.  I am a hero but my tuchus hurts.

Lauren & Syd with 'Turtle' sourdough loaf - they ate the whole thing!

Question 142

Q:  If you could travel anywhere tomorrow where would it be?

A:  Monacco.  Gran Pre, fashion and sun.

Questions 140 & 141

Q:  When was the last time you had an inspiring conversation?

A:  1981.

Q:  What's your hairstyle?

A:  Straight to my shoulders with bangs swept to the left. (stupid cowlick!)

Question 139

Q:  What's your salary?

A:  Since I am self employed, zero.  Benefits are great though. :-)

Question 138

Q:  What is the craziest thing you have done for love?

A:  Ballooning when I don't care for heights, nah.  Deep sea fishing when I knew I would get sick, not close.  Driving from SF to Provo (10 hrs each way)over a weekend to return a jacket, yup. (He didn't even know for months because he was moving and thought it was just another bag. Doh!)

Question 137

Q:  What's the most creative thing you have done lately?

A:  Tylor's silhouette for 8th grade graduation.

Question 136

Q:  If you could go back in time and change something, what would it be?

A:  I would tell my 17 year old self to go to OSU.

Questions 132, 133, 134 and 135

Q:  What makes a good enemy?

A:  Bad Blood. (of course)

Q:  What do you consider to be your biggest achievement?

A:  That I haven't killed anyone ... this week.

Q:  What was your favorite day this week?

A:  Definitely not Wednesday (shot in the derriere), not Tuesday either, started to feel a bit ill, yesterday was okay,  Sunday generally sucked, okay, I have to go with Monday by default.

Q:  Today you got rid of ______________?

A:  Another thing off my list of things to do.

Thank You For Being My Friend

Dear Friend:

If you received a link to this blog post I count you as a friend.  Please click on this link and read on:

http://youtu.be/ZN3E9Yyd1HA    

 

I have been thinking about doing this for a long time and finally decided what I wanted to say.  This has been edited down to about half of it's original length so forgive my ramblings but I have 13 yrs worth of stuff to get in. I do not make friends easily and some of you may be wondering how I can count you as a friend when we have never spent any time away from ACS together.  A friend to me isn't how much time is spent together: it is the quality of time and trust and affection that builds over time.

 

When we started at ACS I was taking a huge leap out of my comfort zone.  You embraced me with affection and made me feel welcome and needed. I remember Mrs. Semichy saying, "Well, it's your turn." and it was true.  I may have felt out of place but it was my turn to be a parent. It took a while but I truly felt at home and that I could be myself much of the time and not be judged - or be judged but forgiven.  Good friends do that. 

 

I have always been able to count on you.  I have counted on you as a room parent to step up and take on part of a party when all I wanted to do was do it all: I had to learn to share.  I have counted on you to tell me what else is needed and how important something was to you so that we could make adjustments, so we could share things that mean something to us.  I have counted on you to be there.  I have counted on you to call me about my sick/injured kid so I could come out to school for the third time that day and pick them up.  When one of my kids got the sniffles on a party day and you took over you didn't complain when I over explained what was in my head.  I counted on you to tell me how poorly we did on the fourth grade Holiday party - total failure! - and how we were going to make it up in spades for the Valentine's Day party and did. 

 

Thank you for letting me be room parent a hundred times.  I loved just making a difference in our kids days.  I loved having the kids be excited about the parties we planned and the excursions we took.  It was really a 'we' thing.  I appreciate that you never complained at my hundreds of e-mails and reminders.  I appreciated you forgiving me when I dropped the ball and had to call you to come help with a last minute book reading or project.  You are the best.

 

We have learned together how to sew and glue and use spit and tape to make somethin' it ain't.  The plays were always my favorite.  I both dreaded and looked forward to them in so many ways.  How we would sort costumes and decide who would wear what and what needed altered and how to alter it.  We learned how to make Monkey pants and Lion's manes.  How many rehearsals did we go to?  How many times did we have those last minute things Mrs. Curtis 'forgot' and we had to scramble to find a tray/table/chair/hat/apron?  I loved it because I was working with you.

 

Thank you for being there for me as we helped Shannan realize her Book Fair dreams.  Thank you for your artistic talents and for taking over on things that I was really in over head on.  Thank you for taping, cutting, pasting, drawing, sewing, and creating something great out of chaos.  Thank you for showing up at the book fair to put your unlimited talents to work or to cashier or to pack up books or to pick me up when all my energy is sapped.  You were great!

 

Thank you for thinking I was capable enough to be on your committee or to help out.  Thank you for having confidence in me when I wasn't so sure I could do what was needed.  And thank goodness, most of the time, it worked out great.  Thank you for allowing me to serve our kids.

 

Thank you for being the friend I can confide my worries about my kids teachers to.  Thank you for being supportive and listening to my fears about whether or not I was doing the right thing.  Thank you for being the teacher my kid needed.  Thank you for finding my kids' strengths and drawing them out.  Thank you for watching over them on field trips or when they were left at school - more than once. Thank you for giving me a hug when you knew I needed it.  Thank you for sending me those texts and e-mails that reminded me to do something I had forgotten.  Thank you for forgiving me my faults.

 

I apologize for hurting your feelings - and I know I have many times.  And I appreciate you forgiving me each and every time.  I know I can be stubborn when things aren't going how I picture it in my head so thank you for indulging my odd whims and foibles.  I can't say it enough that it was always, always for the kids, for our kids.  This is no excuse for my bad behavior, the apology is sincere.

 

I wanted to make this place, ACS, a place that was more than just education.  I know it was more than that for me.  I wanted our kids to keep that wonder in their eyes that I lost so long ago.  I wanted to make them smile and have fun.  I wanted what you wanted, to keep them young for as long as possible.  Innocence is so fleeting but I think we pulled it off and kept them young for a day, a minute, a moment longer.

 

So, thank you for being my friend.  I hope this isn't really the end.  We've traveled down this road and I want to know where our kids end up.  Because I do consider them my kids too.  I love them. 

 

And, I love you.

 

All my best forever!

 

Sherri

Question 131

Q:  Who loves you today?

A:  My husband, my kids, my sisters and brothers, my dad and my friends.

Question 130

Q: What are you exploring?

A:  What to do this summer.

Question 129

Q:  How do you want to be remembered?

A:  To have people say, "Remember when she ..." or "That dessert/dish/bread she made was ..." And then smile or laugh.

Debbie, Me, Marcy

Guess What Jim's Doing?

What do you think Jim is doing?  Prizes will be given out for the best guesses.

Question 127 & 128

Q:  What do you want to postpone?

A:  The end of the school year. (but then again not)

Q:  How did you start your day?

A:  Ran 11 miles, made waffles for kids, talked to Deb, took Connor to school, went to DMV (12 minutes!), talked to Suz

Questions 124, 125 & 126

Q:  What was the last party you went to?

A:  The Halloween party we throw every year.

Q:  Who would play you in a movie about your life?  Is it a good movie?

A:  Kristen Davis and not particularly but there are a few good scenes.

Q:  Who do you think is cute?

A:  These characters...

Question 123

Q:  Today was hilarious because _________________?

A: 

I told Connor I did this to him....he smiled and laughed.  I like jokes he gets.

Question 122

Q:  When was the last time you went swimming?

A:  June 27, 2012.  (Last day of vacation in Florida and it was finally sunny!)

Question 121

Q:  If you could have a superpower just for today, what would it be?

A:  Super Faith Woman!  (I would be able to convey super faith to others with just a testimony! - Their new found faith (and testimony) would stay after my superpower was gone.)

Question 120

Q:  Are you hesitating?

A:  Yes.

Question 118 & 119

Q:  What are three words to describe your social life?

A:   Always kid related.

Q:  Messy or neat?

A:  Neat.