Will I Make It Through the Next Week?

Five more school days,

One roller skating field trip,

One cookbook tasting party,

One school carnival,

One fourth grade Fun Day,

One arrival of the yearbooks, and

One end of the year talent show!

Jake Goes to Prom!

Is he cute or what?

Bet You Can't Guess Whose Going to Prom?

I'll give you a hint... Not Christian... Not Caroline (Even though she'd love to)... Not Kirk.... Not Lori or Chad... This Friday... Stay Tuned ....

When Chad's Away....

It is a well known fact in the World of Lori, that when Chad is out of town I do not cook.

The following is a journal of where we ate this week.

The week (Tuesday) started off great because everyone agreed that we should pay homage to Chad and go to one of his favorite restaurants. So we went to La Tolteca and had dinner rich in cultural diversity!

Wednesday, Caroline had a soccer game (in which she was a starter by the way) and Jake had a golf game (which their team won), all of which took place in the rain. It was decided that since we were being the All-American family with sports and all, that we would go to an All-American sort of restaurant.Thus began the down hill trend. In a week where we were free to go to any fast free dinning we wanted, we went to this place.....AGAIN. However, it is because I forgot that I had offered to take dinner to a family with a new baby. So we quickly went through the drive thru to get dinner for the starving soccer star...

Then we went here to pick up two pizzas to take to the starving, sleep deprived family who happened to have pizza brought to them the night before by another time deprived family like us, no doubt!

Then back to here to get dinner for Jake and Kirk who waited patiently for their dinner to come. (No need to mention that they could have eaten something at home, but that is beside the point!)

Finally, on Friday, I was determined to go here because I couldn't stand "you know where" anymore. The kids didn't have a say on "where" but were happy to tell me "what" they wanted. Saturday, we had a nice bowl of cereal with milk (and it was heaven) for breakfast and then went here for lunch before settling down for two sessions of conference. It was heavenly, and personally, I could have eaten here all week long!

Saturday night, we went to McDonalds yet again and ate more of these... I think I'm going to be sick just thinking about it.

Today, I am looking forward to tuna sandwiches and tomoto soup. As always, I am ready for Chad to come home so we can get back to some home cooked meals...at least until Tuesday!

Home Alone!

My dear husband took the kids to Walmart for his annual "It's time to buy Mom's presents" outing this morning. I'm at home, just Skipper and me, and I can't decide what to do first. Do I sleep? No, they'll be back before I know it. Do I wrap presents? No, they'll walk in any minute. Do I clean the house? No, I didn't mess it up, they did. Do I grade papers? Heck no, it's too early. Do I put up a new post on my forever forgotton blog? Check.

Hmm. I wonder what they are getting me at Walmart.

Quotes From Harvest Day

Student: Is it time for the party, Mrs. Muhlestein?

Me: No, you just walked in the door. Go unpack you backpack.

Student: When are we going to eat [the millions of cupcakes my mom sent in]?

Me: This afternoon, right before you go home to your mothers!

Student: What are you supposed to be dressed up like?

Me: It's Harvest Day, not Halloween. Go sit down.

Student: Is this a test? You do know it's Harvest Day, right?

Me: This is a test. You do know this is part of your grade, right?

Student: Do we still get recess even though we are having a party?

Me: Recess is for me today; Go outside!

Student: Is Halloween tonight?

Me: No, it's Sunday night?

Student: Do we have Monday off?

Me: No, but it would be the perfect day to play "hookie" from school.

Student: Is that a game?

Me: (Sigh. Turning to the other teacher) Is it time to go home, yet?

Here's The Deal!

Okay, so here's the deal. Gone are the days where my toddlers do and say the cutest things. Now I'm humming the tune of "Gone," a song my Dad wrote many years ago. Thank goodness there is still Kirk or I would be feeling really OLD right now. My teenagers don't really appreciate when I put their "stuff" on my blog. Ok, I can "hang with all dat." Whatever. And quite frankly, if I talk about Chad I might find myself sleeping on the couch (no, not really, but... maybe.) So my posts (yes, I will try to post more often) will be about My life. My thoughts. My memories. I'm at an age where I am beginning to see things in a whole different light.