Omisions of truth

I might call it a lie, but my daughter would use her recently famous line....."I forgot", seems A forgets everything lately, most of all, she forgets to tell me that the crappy grades she is getting are indeed her grades, not a grade book mix up and not the teacher's fault.
Yes she has a Physics teacher that seems a bit out there and has mixed up her grades, and now that has served to be an excuse for her as to why her online grades are not correct. My daughter tells us she has spoken to the teacher and that the grades are being corrected. I threaten her, she says its being fixed and then dang I let her go to a social event.
Fast forward to this morning, where we discuss this again, and I sense she is not being honest with me and then she suddenly shows me the grade I have just emailed her teacher about is indeed hers!!!
Good lord! Last week in one class she got a 0 out of 18 on a quiz in one class on now a 20/100 on a worksheet. This only tells me that she is not doing enough work, not studying hard enough and blowing her previously way above avg/National honor society level GPA!
As a parent I can only lead her to the promise land of good grades and colleges that want you, I cannot make her do the work.
What I can also do is remove privileges because that is my prerogative, to allow the car, the social life, etc etc.
This part of parenting sucks!!!!

Ramblings

Because I have a rotten cold I'm just going to ramble a bit and create a post!
1. I have a cold
2. My daughter Adrienne does not have a tear in her shoulder, it's only tendinitis and she just needs to rest it. She is sill anxious to recover, but she can do it!
3. Our A/C was giving us some problem and it was just 4 months out of warranty, so I wrote the Mfg, and they are replacing the coil free of charge, we only have to pay labor charges, and that saves me a ton of money.....yay yay yay!
4. My husband is doing well watching his food and sugar and he's losing weight!
5. HS soccer has begun and we've got a game tonight. The team is looking pretty good..........and we can have a decent season.

Tomorrow I have to post @ 2 contests that fellow bloggers are running this week..........I'm so bad..........I need to get on that right away!!

Homecoming 2009

Homecoming 2009 was this past Saturday night. A Halloween homecoming, and they didn't even use that as a theme. It was instead a Cinderella theme............go figure.
Caitie attended with her long time beau Shayn. Adrienne opted to not go this year, she said it's just not her thing. I love Adrienne and it still sort of broke my heart.........I guess I want her to hear my music, but she does indeed march to a different drummer.
The met for pictures and went out to dinner with 3 other couples and a couple extra girls, shown above. The dress that looks like Caitie's was not exactly like hers and not as lovely on the other girl..(snide mom showing oops).

Ok, I know she's mine and I'm so partial, but that is one gorgeous girl! Ah to be young and like Cinderella again..............

November and Musings Monday

Did you know November is National Blog Posting Month? Neither did I til Pam pointed it out.
I am not promising a post a day...........gosh it's been a while since I accomplished that one......but here goes!!!

This is a weekly post that Pam likes to participate in, and today's question is:

How much of your reading do you share with others (outside of blogging?) Do you belong to a book or library club? Do you trade books with friends? Do you tell others what you’re reading?

I read mostly for my own pleasure, and I do like to share what I write.
Other than the blog here I participate on Goodreads.........but as of late not so much. If I buy or am given a book I try very hard to give it away, and ask that it keeps getting passed on. I LOVE to own books, but my shelves doth runneth over, so it seems a better gesture to pass on the books.
I talk about books to my friends, and I am just now involved in a book read/club sort of thing with my prayer group. I've always envied the vision I have of a really great book club. Did anyone read "Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons"? I wanted to move into that neighborhood and join their book club. Maybe someday..........we'll see.
Want to know what I'm reading............just ask me anytime, and like Pam said in her post, I never leave the house without a book.........they are attached to me all the time.

What about you............what is your reading style?

Book Review: The Bright Side of Disaster

This was the first novel that Katherine Center wrote, I read her second book, Everyone is Beautiful, a couple of months ago and knew I had to go back and read the first. She has a gift with words.

This book is written in first person, a very intimate and detailed style that I really enjoy. Jenny is a 20 something young woman, pregnant, engaged and thrown a bit off kilter by the order of the events in her life. I had the immediate impression that Jenny doesn't feel worthy of the good things that she has in her life, or feel that she should have more.
The journey in this book is about love and motherhood, and being a daughter and a friend, and again love. Love in all these relationships.
It's a short book, and so easy to read and enjoy. It gives you a warm and good feeling in the end. My rating is a 4 out of 5 stars, I really enjoyed it.
Katherine Center's next book isn't due out until April 2010, to say I'm looking forward to it is a gross understatement.........I really can't wait!!!

Please forgive me

I feel like everything lately has been out of order, or out of control........and this blog has been neglected. Heck I'm thinking I've been neglected.
Nothing is really wrong, but my time and money seem to be running short and every time I turn around I'm short on both......UGH!!

My family is well, thank goodness, the kids are fine in school, though we've had some big changes at Nick's school..........nothing bad, but changes. My girls are well, but the word busy does not seem to describe what has been going on lately.

So forgive my neglect, to what is suppose to be an outlet for me to express myself, and for not getting by to say hi and give comment love/support.

We are going to be away this weekend, not far, but for Kevin's work, an annual planning session with the Board of Directors, they seem to eat and drink more than they work, but I guess that is the nature of the beast, they aren't paid, so the perks need to be nice. We benefit by eating out and enjoying the weekend out of the house. Adrienne will be traveling playing softball, so only Caitie and Nick are going with us, but it should be fun for them...........I've arranged some activities they don't get enough of, movies a day at Disney Quest, also eating out...........fun things I hope so they won't fuss.

I hope to be alone Saturday afternoon by the pool or in our hotel room with a book...........just relaxing!

I'll be back.................so take care all.

Odd things a boy does

Another snippet of a conversation in our house----

Nick: You know those little clothes pin magnets we have the on the fridge, the ones we decorated at vacation Bible School a few years ago?

Kevin: yes, I know them.

Nick: Well I put one on my chest, you know, like on my nipple.

Kevin: why???

Nick: Well we were doing something like that at Reuben's house and seeing who could keep it on the longest

Kevin: OK.............why did you do it here?

Nick: to show Caitie, and when I took it off my nipple looked all weird.

Kevin: Nick, you are weird.

I have NO idea who came up with this idea, but I almost wet my pants when Kevin was telling me about it. Poor Nick, he'll never stand a chance when he finds a girl to marry.............we have such great stories for her!!!!!