ok i have been tagged by elizabeth. so, here ya go.
i have my biology final tonight. eeek. i took my psychology final over the weekend. there were only 24 questions! i mean come on, that sucks. i got a b so i am happy. anyway i am freaking about the biology final. i have about 1,000 note cards sitting on my desk. i keep going through them over and over. ask me anything...i friggin know biology. i did a couple other things to prepare for the test, though. i needed a confidence boost to prepare for the test. soooo i cut all my hair off and painted my nails a funky green. i am prepared for battle. i feel young and smart and free of long boring hair. i...am...ready! do you do anything to boost your confidence? am i the only one?

So Andrew and I decided to read the Harry Potter books together. I had never actually read the first one. I have read all the others though. We decided that I would read one page and he would read the next and so on. Yesterday we finished the first book. I'm not sure how long that took us but it was awhile. We mostly just read every night before bed. I just love those books. He is getting so much better at reading them. The first few chapters were a little painful. He was reading but not listening to himself and he mumble through words he didn't know. Now he actually follows the story when he reads. He yells the all caps words. He has even started to change his voice a little for different characters. I love it. The more reading the better. We started the second book last night. That movie has always freaked him out. He even suggested we skip that book. I told him he may like it better when he reads it and that he was really young the first time he saw the movie. I am going to keep track of how long it takes us to read this one. Yay, it's a good one, nice and creepy!

Sorry for the lack of posting lately.
I have been busy.
I hate posting without pictures and my camera sucks.
I have nothing to talk about.
Ok those are all my excuses. I really just haven't felt like it lately. I will post something, though. yay i'm excited....
Well as some of you know we had a tornado rip through our neighborhood not to long ago. It was very scary and we got very lucky that something serious didn't happen to us. All that did happen is that a tree branch went through the windshield of my car. I took it in and two weeks and $4,000 worth of damage later...I am getting it back today! I have been driving a rental and I miss the Honda terribly. I am very excited to get it back, finally. What else....
Last weekend we went to Kat and Karl's baby shower(see pics here and here). It was so much fun. All the girls that put it on did a fantastic job! I got a little sunburnt but I brought sunscreen like a good little redhead and so the damage was minimal. On Sunday Jr, Karl, Mike, and I played golf at War Memorial. I hadn't played in sooooooo long. I really sucked but I loved being out there. I missed it so much. I almost got hit in the face by a stray golf ball twice (the same frickin guys). So that was exciting. Ok that's all you get....

I changed my template and lost my links. I don't really want to mess with it. So, I'm sorry to anyone I had linked on my page. I didn't erase you on purpose.

pics for elizabeth and megan

I know I know it has been forever since I posted. Our camera has gone cooky, so I don't have pics of all the fun Christmas things we've been doing lately. We had Drew last week. We went to a tree farm and cut down our own tree!!! It was the first time I had done that. We had a blast. This is the pic from their website. Of course, I got so excited to do this, I forgot how allergic I am to, you know, trees. I am all drugged up and loving the tree!

We also decorated with lights all over our apt. and we put up our stockings. We've started our shopping but are far from done. What about you? If you say you are done I will throw up.

Thursday Andrew has his Christmas program. I am really going to try and take pictures, but don't yell at me if it doesn't work.

This weekend the Christmas continues. Sat. we are going to Leah's annual Christmas Extravaganza. Woohoo!!!!! I can't wait for some beer, some food, and to see my friends . I haven't seen them in years. Then Sunday we are going to do the Christmas thing with my Dad since we will both be out of town for the real thing.

In the mean time it is 4000 days and counting until I am off work for a long holiday. Ugh I can't wait.

Well, We got 2nd Place!!!!
As most of you know, I coached 5th grade girls Volleyball for CLS this year. We didn't win a single game in the season and we were in last place going into the tournament. We surprised everyone, though, and won 2nd place in the tournament. We now have the first Volleyball trophy in the CLS trophy room. I am so proud of those girls. Sorry for the blurry pics. I think our camera is set wrong or something.

Here are some Halloween Pics. I don't know why these came out so blurry...oh well. Andrew was the Red Power Ranger. He was so cute. We met up with his mom and his little sister and had a fun night trick-or-treating. Happy Halloween!!!!

Well, as most of you know, I am going back to school. Before I could do that, though, I had to take the stupid ACT again. Well, I took it Saturday. Whew I am glad that is over. On the plus side, I finally learned algebra. On the down side, It wasn't on the frickin test. Oh well, we'll see what happens.

Thankfully there was a Halloween Party to go to Saturday night. I got to dress up and get my mind off of the test. I was Lucille Ball and Jr was the tennis player guy from The Royal Tennenbaums. Well, by the end of the night we decided he was Chico the illegitimate son of Royal and the maid. Here are a few pics, courtesy of Elizabeth.

Well, this is how I felt Friday. I went to get tested for allergies. I've always know I have allergies. I've always sneezed and my eyes have always gotten itchy around cats. Lately, another symptom has reared its ugly head. I wheeze and gasp for air when I start having an allergic reaction. It doesn't help matters that we have a cat and live in a little carpet covered apt. Anyway, it was driving Jr and I crazy. It started happening every night. So, I finally decided to do something about it.

I went to an allergy specialist. They had me blow into a plastic tube as hard as I could to find out if I have asthma. They said the test didn't say I did and it didn't say I didn't. Well, that's helpful. Next, they had me lie on my stomach. They pricked me all over my back. The first one they did started itching immediately. It was pretty miserable because they left me there to itch and not be able to scratch for twenty minutes. Turns out that one was cat. I thought we were done, but they did eight more on my arm and left those for fifteen minutes. Geez, well turns out I am allergic to cats, dogs, dust mites, cockroaches, horses, trees, and weeds. Since almost everything I am allergic to surrounds me all the time, they are going to start giving me shots to take away my allergies. In the mean time I am on a butt-load of medicine. Sounds like fun, huh?

Survivor is doing their fantasy league thing again this year. So we have updated the blog with our scores. Check out who is ahead...
http://fantasyscores.blogspot.com/

survivor started last night....so did fantasy survivor...woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!

I MISS CABO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't have much to post. I am coaching CLS Volleyball again. This year I have the fifth grade. They know nothing of volleyball but they look so cute trying. No way were we ever that tiny. Our first game is Thursday. We only have six games because none of the other schools have enough girls for fifth grade teams. Oh well, wish us luck.

Oh yeah, I also lost 10 pounds on the Atkins diet. I am back on carbs. I decided I am going to crash no carb diet whenever I need to loose a few pounds. The ten only took three weeks. Jr lost a lot more than I did. He included exercise in his diet plan...whatever. I am perfectly happy with 10.

I finished.......It was frickin awesome! Everyone needs to read it. So, we can discuss.

Well, I have some news. I wasn't going to say anything until I started. I didn't want to jinx it. I am going back to school and I am going to get my nursing degree. Wow that feels strange to say. The reason I am breaking my rule and telling you now is because it is going to take longer than I thought to start. Why? Well, I just found out I have to re-take my ACT since it has been so frickin long since the first time. Ugh. I hated that thing. So much pressure...so much riding on one little test. I think I'll study this time. Who knows, maybe I'll even get a better score this time, if I can remember Algebra. Geez, I hate Algebra.

So, yesterday Jr convinced me that we should have some cheap physical activity that we can do together. His choice was Tennis. I had never played before. So, I was worried about making a fool of myself. He used to play with his mom when he was younger, but he hadn't played in a while. Verdict: Awesome! I really enjoyed it. It was very good exercise and it was a lot of fun. I did better than I thought I would. I guess playing Volleyball all those years helped. I can't wait to go back.

Sunday Andrew turned 6 years old! Our present to him was season passes to Magic Springs. We drove up early in the morning to beat the crowd, only to discover they don't open until Noon. So we had to think quick. We decided to visit The Mid America Science Museum which was nearby. They have changed it a little. Jr and Andrew have never been there. They really got a kick out of it. There was a demonstration where they had to go up front and make their hair stand straight up. I got a picture, but my stupid camera's flash is broken and it was too dark in there. I tried everything I know to lighten it. Nothing I did worked. Any ideas? Anyway, we finally got to Magic Springs. They have rides on one side and a water park on the other. I rode a bunch of the rides with Andrew, but I left the water park stuff to Jr. I am not a big fan of large public swimming areas. Just me? Anyway I got a good nap on a chair beside the wave pool in the shade. It was a good day. So here are all the pictures...enjoy!

Ok I am updating. Recently we took a roadtrip to Kansas City to visit my mom. We went with Brent and his girlfriend Tamara. We had Andrew and Tyson in our car. We all had a blast.

We went to a Kansas City Royals game. The stadium was massive. Andrew bought a little bat with his own money.

Andrew took the picture of the infield. Pretty good.