Memories Dreams Precious

Morning, you guys! How was your day? Fabulous, I hope! I woke up at normal time, and got the kids ready for school. And since Jim was still asleep when the kids all left for the bus, yeah, I totally went back to bed. He and I got up a little after 8am. Gotta love sleeping in, right?

And I started cleaning. I did some dishes, and swept, and straightened up, and organized. And my house looked pretty good by around 9:45am. And I decided that I should make myself presentable. I washed off the old make up, and put on some new make up. One of these days I'm gonna break down and shower. LOL!

And at around 10:20am, Leslie came over!!!! She looked FABULOUS, too! Hawaii looked good on her! hehe. We chatted until it was time to take Jim to the bus. And Laurie came over, and we all loaded up in her car, and dropped Jim off at the bus stop, then headed out to Leslie's favorite Chinese Restaurant in El Paso. Grand China Buffet and Mongolian Grill, off of Viscount. I've been to the one on the West side, but not this one. It's actually right next to my favorite Dollar Tree! Nice, huh?

And they had a HUGE amount of food on the buffet! And it all looked good. But we wanted the Mongolian grill. We picked out the veggies that we wanted, and the meats that we wanted, and the sauces that we wanted, and gave it to the dude to grill. SO good!


We went and got a few things from the buffet, then dessert of fruit. I was actually quite proud of myself for my food choices. No rice. No noodles. I did get a small stuffed mushroom, but didn't like it, so only ate one bite. And I tried some bacon wrapped chicken, but I didn't like it either, so I only had one bite. This shirmp stuff I had was extra yummy and spicy. I liked that. And I liked the chicken stuff I got. Just a tiny bit of each.

And I got melons and strawberries and grapes. And had a plate full of that. I was pretty proud of myself :) They had a TON of fried and breaded products that I avoided. Yeah me! AND, I ordered water. Can you believe it??? hehe.

We talked about food, and about how it's really the first few bites that are the best. After that, yeah, not so much. I'm gonna try and remember that. And if I don't really like something, then I'm not gonna eat it. That just doesn't make sense, right?

Leslie talked about how we save the best, or our favorite parts of the food for the last. And what happens if we're truly full by that point? We still eat it, right? So she said eat the best parts first, that way, if we're full, it'll be super easy to stop. Good point!

And I just HAD to take a picture of this sign.... Really?

After eating, we headed back to my house. It was awesome hearing Leslie's stories about Hawaii.

We sat in Laurie's car chatting for a while in my driveway, then she headed out to where she had to be next. Leslie and I came back inside and hung for another hour before I had to get Jim from the bus. And she headed off to play with another friend. She's SO wonderful! Thanks, Leslie, for coming and hanging with me!

John (her hubby) called from Hawaii

I picked Jim up from the bus stop, and he and I headed out to Dollar Tree. And as I started out, I saw Terra's van coming my way. With a HOWDY's! What a great friend, huh! hehe :) We did a little hand off, and Jim and I were off on our adventure. LOL.


Dollar Tree had a TON of sandwich rounds, so I got a few more for the freezer, and a bit of bread. And some stuff for Captain America's birthday box. And then popped over to CompUSA for another part of his present. I'd say what it is, but he's totally reading this. hehe :)

New store that opened up near Dollar Tree. Seriously?

And we headed back home. I just HAD to snap this picture. I still get excited when I see military vehicles and guys and such. LOL!

I got home JUST as the kids did from the bus. Perfect timing ,right? And I was ready to sit down and relax for the evening. And Eme showed me her glasses. Broken. Dang. She'd stepped on them, and the stem had broken off. And then she'd lost it. Nice. A trip to Walmart Vision center was in order...

So I left Tom in charge (Jake was at the Teen Center again), and Eme and I headed out. And thankfully, they had the exact same frames there still, and they just changed them out. And the frames only cost $9. Can't beat that, right?

And since I now didn't have time to cook anything real for dinner, we bought fish sticks and fries from Walmart. And texted and had Tom turn on the oven. And I grabbed a few make up essentials. I wanted a lipstick "sharpie" like Terra had - hehe :)


We headed home, and got dinner done. And before I knew it, it was time to pick up Jake from the Teen Center. Jim and Joe wanted to ride along too, so we headed out. And got Jake and Zach, and back home we went.

I told the kids that if they got their rooms cleaned tonight, that they'd get an ice cream party tomorrow. And Joe and Jim and Eme worked real hard to get it clean. yeah, I don't think that was a motivator for Jake and Tom. hehe.

I worked on getting Captain America's package all ready, and baked some peanut butter chocolate chip cookies. Yummy, huh?

Lucky Apron, AND I'm wearing a bandana- ha~

I put the little kids to bed at 8pm, and Jake and Tom and I watched an episode of Fringe. We're out of Chuck episodes. Dang! Here's Tom working on his homework.
I started blogging, and here it is, 10:13pm. One of these nights, I'm gonna blog WITHOUT Facebook open. It's SO distracting. And I guess I"ll have to put my phone away too, since it tells me when I have Facebook notices... hehe. I'm very distractable. Listening to the Glee soundtrack on my earphones and singing loudly to my favorite parts is kinda distracting too. I wonder if the rest of the house likes my "concert"? hehe.

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Perfect, Sharon! And such a cute girl! You're daughter is a cutie!

Reconnect

Morning already? Gasp. I guess I'll have to get up, right???

I got Jake out the door at 7am, and I got Tom, Eme, and Joe out the door at 7:30am. Then I spent the next 30 minutes getting ready. Shower? Nah, I just put on new make up - hehe. And a new skirt and jacket from Savers from yesterday.

Oh yeah, see where I keep my hair flowers?

At 8am, I headed to childcare to take Jim. I dropped him off, then headed back home to grab some sunglasses and my ID. It had fallen out in the bathroom. Oops. And at 8:30am, I headed to Ross middle school to pick up Jake. I signed him out, and headed to his appointment.

Here's Jake playing with my big sunglasses :)

Me singing

At least the place is on post now. Not all the way to the hospital. It's over by the bowling alley now...

We got in the office of the Children and Family Behavioral Health clinic, and I had some papers to fill out, and Jake went back to talk to Dr Myers. For about 3 minutes. Then he was tasked with drawing a picture of his friends at school, and of his family.

And I went back to talk with the doctor. He got some background information about us, and I caught him up from September to now. I asked him about the "vitamins"/sleeping pills, and he said that I did a GREAT job with that one. Good! I'd been feeling a little bit guilty. hehe.

There was some confusion as to where the paperwork when when I dropped it off last month, and I called the school and had them fax over some new papers. He filled those out, and at the end of the time, he asked me how I do it. Do what? He said that I was doing a damn (his word, not mine) good job parenting a 13 1/2 year old autistic son by myself. Awe, thanks, doc! That made my day! It was really really what I needed to hear.




He sent me on my way with my paperwork, and Jake and I headed home. He wanted to get a jacket for school. And I had to pee - lol~

We headed back to school, I dropped him off, and the paperwork off at the special ed department. Then I headed back on post. And picked up Jim from daycare.



We had a few extra minutes before the bus, so we swung by the commissary. I wanted some more sugar free puddings, and Jim wanted "Home Lunch". Sure, I could do that. He got a lunchable with a drink, a bag of chips, a bag of peanuts, a can of mandrine oranges, and a little serving of dippin dots. Holy crap, that was a TON of food! hehe. I put it in a grocery bag, and drove him to the bus. And off he went, with his HUGE grocery bag of food. Sigh. I wonder what the teachers thing. LOL!

And then I headed to Terras house. I tried to help her fix her computer, but couldn't figure it out. It was acting like the wireless switch was turned off, but I couldn't find a switch anywhere. So we shelved it, and headed to lunch. We were meeting the girls at Souper Salad between 11:30-12:00. SO much fun!

We got there, and had about 15 minutes to kill. So we went to Big 8 Sport Store to look around. Me and the punching bag...

Need a shake weight? LOL!

Next, we went to the health food store (It's a little strip mall with lots of stores). And there was a TON of gluten free foods! Now I know where to look if I need something :)
And the yogurt store. See, Terra and I play this game on our phones called FourSquare. Where you check in at places and get points. And I WAY passed her today. So we're trying to get the most checks in we can. So I had to pop my head inside the store to get it to count...

And oogle the sign...

And taste it - ROFL!

OK, so I didn't really taste it. It looked like I did, though :)

Soon Maggie was there, and it was time for lunch. Amanda was still on her way, but we were done waiting - hehe. We paid, and grabbed our salads, and sat in the back. It was pretty busy today. I don't remember it being this busy last week. Oh well. Amanda came, and we had a fun time chatting and visiting.Sugar Free Jello.... MmmMmmMmm...

Terra had found this really cool lipstick that was like a marker! How cool is that!



My mysterious refill. I didn't even see the girl bring it! It just MAGICALLY appeared there!

I'm not normal... Maybe that's why I'm so "good" with autistic 13 yr olds?

Maggie and Hannah

After lunch, Terra and I headed back on post to they CYS to pick up her twins. And we headed to her house, and worked on a sewing project. And got her laptop to work. It was the wireless switch. But it wasn't a switch, it was a button. You push control and like F2 or something like that, and it turned back on. Thanks goodness! Terra had classes to do online...

And the project we sewed was a Hobo Purse. The directions were pretty easy. Basically, it was a 27 inch square, 2 different fabrics, finished, then put pleats in 3 of the top sides, then attach the handles. It was pretty cool when it was done.

I got Jim from the bus, and brought him back to Terras so we could finish the project. I failed to take a picture of Terra's finished product, though! Dang.

I headed back home in time to meet the kids from the bus at 3:30pm. We decided to skip the library. I needed a relaxing evening off. And the kids didn't seem to mind too much. They did chores and homework, then played outside with friends. And a little bit of computer.

And I made a purse for myself! I need to get some new handles, but these will work for the moment.

It was sandwich night for dinner, and I sat out front on a lawn chair for a while getting some warmpth. It was a beautiful evening. Here's me in the sun. AAAAHHHH, blinding!

That's better :)

At 6:30pm, I went to pick up Jake and the neighbor boy, Zach, from the teen center. And made sure that all of the kids were in the house, the friends were gone, and everyone was accounted for. And headed out. I got Jake and Zach, and drove back to post, singing loudly all the way. I asked Zach if his mom sang loud in the car, and he said no. Bummer. Maybe that's just a "me" thing...

At 7:30pm, I made the kids come inside and get ready for Bed. Jim and Joe took a bath, then went to bed. Eme read in her room for a little while. Tom and Jake and I watched an episode of Chuck at 8:00pm, then I put them to bed. It's now 9:10pm, and I'm gonna take a bath and read some in my book. And have a nice relaxing evening. And go to bed early. Sounds like a good plan, doesn't it?

Tomorrow, I get to have lunch with Leslie. I'm pretty excited to reconnect with her!

UM, yeah, as I was saving this, and blogging from my room, I hear someone screaming BLOODY murder out in the main part of the house. Jim had jumped off of his bed, and a drawer was out from his dresser, and he bonked his nose on it. Yeah, WORST bloody nose EVER! Dripped on each and every carpeted stair and on the hardwood and on the linolium. LUckily, Jake caught him first and gave him a sock to stop the flow. And he bled through a hand towel and a wash rag before it stopped gushing. GROSS!

I got it to stop bleeding, washed him up, put new jammies on him, and brought him back to his room. Yeah, they're SO grounded until it's clean. That room was HORRIBLE!

And I started cleaning up the blood. From all the steps. Yeah, it's gonna take a little bit more work. I'll use the spot remover thing tomorrow. I got most of it up with wipes. It's a good thing little boys are sturdy... And that I have google on my phone to figure out how to get bloody noses to stop bleeding. Cause seriously, it was gushing. SO nasty!

OK, NOW to go and take a bath and read my book. Even though it's now almost 10pm... Grumble, grumble, grumble...

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I just LOVE this one :) Thanks, Sharon! Awesomeness :)