FIRST DAY OF 6TH GRADE

Coco's first words to me this morning were "Do I have to go today?"

LOL

She was super nervous this morning.

I did a few photos before I drove her to school

She was overcome with excitement

I almost got to walk in with her. We got there and she said she wanted me to come in with her because she wasn't sure where to go. We got half way to the door and she saw a friend pulling up with her Dad. She says to me its ok Mom I will wait for Ashlyn.

:(

Come on Mom REALLY

Isn't her outfit cute

pretty girl

Peace out

After school photo

She had a great day

Here Mom I could be a perfume model

I wondered about her all day. She had a great time. The only hiccup was she had to sit with 7th graders at lunch. Those 7th graders must be scary.

I am also saving these photos for a Week in the Life project I started today. I will be documenting our week in notes and photos.

I will try to share here on the blog.

Hope all your kiddos had a great first day of school too!

CELEBRATING AND REMINISING

What is the deal with blogger and photos. It loaded these in the wrong order! URRRGGG

Sunday afternoon we had dinner with my in-laws to celebrate Papa's 67th birthday. I can put his age cause he won't read this, ha ha ha! They invited us to Monte Ne Chicken for lunch. This is a local family restaurant that serves bean soup, fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, green beans, coleslaw, bread, apple butter served family style. There are no menus this is what you get. It is always packed and reservations are needed.

When I was 25 I bought my first house as a single girl. This house is very close to Monte Ne Chicken and the lake. I always want to drive by when we are out that way. After lunch Scott and I drove up to the house.

This was my first home I purchased all by myself. It was 1100 sq feet and brand new back in 1993. I paid $55,000 for it and sold it a little over a year later. Long story on that!

I loved the street name Saratoga Drive. Street names speak to me

Sorry for the horrible photo but this is our lunch. I do not like food on a bone, but I have had fried chicken 3 times in this week alone! We had the same menu at bible study last Wednesday, we stopped into KFC on Saturday for a quick supper. It will probably be another year before eating like this again.

Papa and Nana reading his birthday card. He is the worst to get us funny birthday cards, his was about false teeth and smiling! We got him a big clock with a temp gauge for him to put up outside.

The rest of the afternoon was spent at Lowes getting flowers, measurements for blinds, vanities and grocery shopping at Walmart. Coco complained most of the time we were in Lowes and I thought it was just because she was bored. By 8pm last night she had a fever of 101. She didn't tell us she felt bad she just wanted to leave the store. She is home with me today. No more fever just very lathergic.

I have several projects planned for this week and I hope to get started and show you what I am up to.

Blessings,

Pam

WEEKEND RECAP

I failed at the week in life project last week. It is so hard to remember to take photos. So I gave up and started again on Saturday.

Saturday April 24th

This is Scott replacing our bathtub faucett. We couldn't turn off the hot water so we had to replace. The best way was to cut a hole from our bedroom wall to the back of the tub. This was easier than cutting into the tile. Now it is all fixed. It rained and was cold all day so Coco and I worked on getting closets cleaned out for the garage sale next week.

Sunday 4/25/10

We slept in and listened to the church service online. This is becoming a bad habit!

I continued to work on getting stuff cleaned out for the garage sale. I was shocked at the number of clothes I found in my closet that I forgot about and some with the tags still on.

Coco had her friend Gwendolyn over to play this afternoon and they bought ice cream from the ice cream truck. We just found out that Gwendolyn will be moving in June, this is so sad for Coco. This is the 2nd BFF that has moved away.

I made beans and cornbread for dinner. I like to make white beans better than pinto beans so that is what I made.

I plan to go to my mom's when Coco goes to school in the morning to work on setting up the garage sale.

I have my camera right with me to succeed in documenting our life this week.

Wishing you all a wonderful week!

A WEEK IN MY LIFE

I love scrapbook guru Ali Edwards. You can see all her glory here http://www.aliedwards.com/.

I will be doing this over the next 7 days!

I have tried to do this before and failed.  I am commiting to document this week in our life. I would love to see what my Mom or Grandmother did back in 1940 or 1960 or even 1980. I hope Coco and my future grandchildren will treasure this too.

Off to take some photos and document my day!

Blessings,

Pam

SUNDAY

I didn't wake up until after 9am
Went to McDonalds and brought breakfast home
Missed church
Cleaned house for a little while
We all got ready for pictures
Went up to the elementary where there is a pretty maple tree.
Took lots of fall photos

I forgot the most important piece to my tripod so I couldn't get photos of all 3 of us together.
Scott took this one.

This was taken at Bogle Park in Bentonville. This is a gorgeous park right off the square. There were 4 different professional photographers there.

Went to wally world for groceries.

Stopped by Scott's parents.

Loaded my pictures

Blogging

Going to bed soon.

It took me 9 minutes to load these photos. Does anyone know of a faster way or is it just my computer. I load them into my photos file and then load them here. I have noticed that if I use a photo from the web it is much faster. Help.

Have a wonderful week everyone

Blessings,

Pam

SATURDAY

Up at 4:45 am

Got to work at 6am

Worked until 1:30

Went to craft fair at Springdale Convention center

Bought 2008 salt dough ornament and a headband with big blingy flower for Coco

Stopped at JQ Hammons Center for their craft fair

Bought the following

I drew my SIL name for Christmas so she is getting this lovely mini flag with her initial. This was only $15.00 isn't it adorable. I am disappointed in myself for not getting us one.

These are for me and my MIL for her birthday. I think I will make a silver ball chain to put mine on. It will look so cute with a turtleneck and jean jacket.

Scott killed a 11 point doe with horns today. The game and fish called it a morphadite? Weird.

Went to dinner at Acambaros (fajitas were to tough to eat) so we stopped by Mcd's for cinna melts for dessert.

Scott and Coco are at his parents watching the Hogs play while I took a nap.

Looking forward to church tomorrow. We started the study Outflow this week, which we are doing in service, sunday school and small groups. Very interesting study. I am some thoughts that I will post later.

Blessings

Pam

Thursday and Friday

Thursday:
Up at 6:30am
Coco had breakfast or Cheerios
Prettied her up for school photos (i forgot to get a picture)
Dropped her off at 7:40am
Got to work at 8:12
No breakfast for me
Worked on a couple of loans
Had lunch with Diana and Susie at Abuelos
Left the office at 5:45 to go to the other job
Get there and change clothes
I get ready to put on my tennis shoes
Working 2 jobs is getting to me!!!!! At least they were the same color.
Got home at 11pm
Read for a few minutes and went to bed

FRIDAY:
Up at 6:35am
TGIF
Coco breakfast of milk and Cheerios again
Dropped her off at 7:54
Stopped at Mcdonalds for a sausage mcgriddle
Got to work at 8:19am
Very boring work day. Really quiet in the office today
Left work at 3:15pm to meet Coco's bus
Vegged out in front of the tv for a couple of hours.
Dinner was Tamales from Diana's mom
Blogging
Going to bed super early since I have to work tomorrow at 6am
Plan to hit a craft fair tomorrow afternoon and Sunday

Blessings
Pam

WEEK IN LIFE

TUESDAY:
up at 6:30am
fixed Coco breakfast of blueberry pancakes
showered and got ready for work
took Coco to school at 7:45
work
breakfast at my desk waffles/yogurt
very little work
jcpenney on lunch break looking for BEAT OLE MISS t-shirts
SCORED 2 shirts for $2.48 each and they are cute
worked until 5:30pm
went to store to work until 10pm
home at 10:45pm
read until 12midnight

WEDNESDAY
up at 6:50am
Got Coco up and fed her pancakes again
Coco spills her drink on couch
left house at 7:47
Coco to school
stopped at McD's for a sausage mcgriddle
rainy all day
another slow day at work
payed some bills
met Kim for lunch at the new guido's in rogers
ordered 1/2 order of spaghetti - yummy
enjoyed spending lunch with her
regional mgr came into town
left the office at 5:05pm
still raining
stopped at dollar general for sprite zero and milk
scott and coco went to papa's to practice shooting for muzzeloading this weekend
took Cathy her book from the giveaway
watched the project runway finale
poor korto she didn't win they picked leeanne
scott went to subway because i was too lazy to cook
chose watching project over debate
its 10pm and I am going to bed
Coco has school pictures tomorrow and i need to be up early to doll her up!

Sorry no photos, i am too lazy to load them. I don't have many because i keep forgetting to take out the camera. I did get some on the ride home on the bypass through the rain. if anyone saw this crazy woman taking pictures while driving sorry for putting you in danger! I will try to refrain from doing that anymore.

Blessings
Pam

AND THE OSCAR GOES TO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cathy is the winner!

I will get the book to you this week. Thank you to all of you who commented.

Now onto Week in Our Life

Monday:

Up at 7am
Made cereal and milk for Coco
Scott took her to school
Then he and I went to breakfast. Yummy ham and cheese omelets

Started working on Coco's room

Showered and went to school to have lunch with Coco. Saw lots of my girl scouts too.

Went to walmart associates store.

Came home and finished Coco's room

Lots of laundry!

Ordered pizza for supper

Picked a winner for the blog giveaway.

Watching Dancing with the stars.

Need to go take more photos.

Everyone have a great Tuesday

Blessings,

Pam