January 17, 2007

• We are having record cold this week, it was down as low as 23 degree one night and apparently has really trashed the citrus crops this year. The girls reported finding ice on the playground at school today. Kids were lining up for a turn to play on it! Only in San Diego!  I rather like the weather, since it has been unusually warm most of the winter. It finally feels a bit like it is supposed to. For once I am enjoying the warmth of a laptop on my lap! LOL!

  The girls Monday off for Martin Luther King, Jr. day. We went to the movies and saw "Night at the Museum" and I was expecting something really painful, but was surprised how fun it was. It really had us all laughing often!

  Megan is working on memorizing a poem for an oral presentation and "didn't get the kitty one" so she is grumpy at a few levels over the assignment. I think she has to have it learned by February 5th. So think kind thoughts tomorrow, as I try to get her to work on it. So far, she is actually doing better than I expected on it. So I guess there is hope.

  I got a call from Becca's teacher today. Becca is going to be rewarded on Friday for working so hard in school. Each month they give the kids a by-word to try to focus on that month. For instance, one month it was "responsibility", this month it is "perserverence". This is an award for a student who really shows outstanding effort in the word for the month and because Becca has worked so hard to catch up in math and other areas of school, she will be honored! Way to go Becca!

  Tomorrow I have to take her to the eye doctor. We got a note from the school nurse saying her prescription is not strong enough. We seem to have to get her new glasses at least every six months! Ugh! But at least our medical insurance is finally straightened out. My COBRA ran out and I have been working on setting up new medical insurance since Thanksgiving! They finally called to say we were approved yesterday, after I had submitted three different applications. Maybe they hope you will die before the process is over, to save them money.

  They laid grass sod on our front lawn today, and except for the lighting being hooked up, I think the front area is all finished at this point. The backyard is still being worked on, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel! I realized this week, that it was just about a year ago this month, that I first went and looked at the models homes for this development! It has been amazing, exciting, frustrating and sometimes downright tedious watching things progress, but we are almost done! Yeah!!! By spring, we should be able to relax in the jacuzzi and have a BBQ and just enjoy all the long hours of work. At this point they still need to build the patio cover, finish the interior of the jacuzzi, and lay the sod in the backyard. So hopefully by the end of this month!

  Anyhow, that is about it for now. I am tired and gonna try to just go veg for a bit, before reading a bedtime story to the kids. We are currently reading Inkheart. It is good and I understand they will be making a movie of it at some point! See ya all later!

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