Daily Catch Up

Okay...I know...this is SO not a daily post since it's been more than a week. But I can explain :-) Everything is fine...I'm fine...we're fine...just circumstances, you know?

So; for the sake of catching up, filling you in, and keeping up with my Project 365 here we go! **Reader beware...this is shaping up to be a novella**

Friday 2/6/09
*refer to aforementioned Oscar movie post* Sean has wanted to see Slumdog Millionaire and it finally opened in Sunnyside...so off we went right after school. We try to catch a matinee for many reasons...cheaper...no stupid people...less crowded (more on stupid people later). I must say this was one of those I'm-going-for-him-more-than-me kinda things. He goes with me to Chick Flicks so this was the least I could do. I did end up really liking it. Sean like it more...but it was good. It's about this slumdog (read: impoverished, lowly tea server young man) who wins the top prize on India's "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" Because he gets all the answers right he's questioned by the Indian police about whether or not he cheated. And by "questioned" I mean "tortured within an inch of his life". Then the movie follows his whole life and how the circumstances of his life helped him know each question. It was a really cool conceit for a movie and it does have a happy ending. I like it and I'm fine with it being nominated...totally worthy. About 1/4 of the way into it I turned to comment to Sean that I'm so happy I was born in the United States...wow!

Saturday 2/7/09
On Saturday we headed to Wenatchee for my brother's surprise birthday party. He actually didn't turn 40 until Valentine's Day (or as he calls it...St. MARKentine's Day :-?) It was fun to surprise him...although he kinda knew something was up...the stinker! It reminded me of my Surprise 30th birthday party that Sean threw for me when all of my family and friends came all the way to Prosser to help me celebrate! I made a scrapbook layout for him titled "40 things I learned from my brother"...among them "How to cool off the television set with ice cube trays so mom won't know we were watching TV instead of doing chores". Maybe I'll do another post with more! We also had lunch at Miner's...Sean LOVES Miner's :-)

I got some good Cooper and Crosbie time, too. Cooper wanted to snuggle with me all night and thought it would work out great to sleep in between me and Uncle Seannie. Not so much :-) But we did snuggle a bit in his room while we watched his favorite part of Superman and some more in the morning watching Sponge Bob.

Sunday 2/8/09
We came home and I immediately went to Starbucks to correct some papers...didn't get as much done as I thought...I never do...but it was some good time. After some grocery shopping at Grandview Safeway (which I know is a BIT more expensive but it's so pretty there) it was a pretty regular Sunday night...little bit of Housewives, little bit of laundry, little bit of school work, little bit of getting ready for the week!

Monday 2/9/09
Probably the best thing about this night was that I didn't have to go to Team Meetings...not that I don't enjoy doing ministry with my friends...but I sure do love having my evenings free again. On this night I got to stay at school and watch some student produced presentations for National History Day. Once upon a time when I was a CWU Wildcat I used to help with the National History Day State competition when it was on campus. I told my two colleagues and Viola' I was recruited to help. It's fun to be staff at a local school and get to participate. At my old school I never stayed for this stuff because it was always at night and I lived far away. There were some REALLY good ones...and some that were still "in progress". But they have four weeks still and they should vastly improve!

Tuesday 2/10/09
Were I to have done a post on this actual day I would have titled it "That's how you know?" and then quoted the lyrics of that song from the movie "Enchanted".

How does she know you love her?
How does she know she's yours?
How does she know that you love her?
How do you show her you love her?
How does she know that you really
really truly love her?
Well does he leave a little note to tell you, you are on his mind?
Send you yellow flowers when the sky is grey?
He'll find a new way to show you a little bit every day
That's how you know he's in love

...you get the idea :-)

And then I would have told you this story:
On Monday Sean informed me that the next Netflix movie to come in the mail I couldn't open...it was a surprise! Hmmm...so I told him that he's not the boss of me and I could come home on my prep period and get the mail and open it anyway. But I didn't. I got the mail on Tuesday and sure enough there was the new movie. Sean was on the treadmill so we didn't open it right away. I told him I thought I knew and he challenged me to guess. Guess #1: Kids Incorporated...NO "You'll never guess what it is" he baits..."But it's something you really likED". Guess #2: Facts of Life...NO Quick rebound with Guess #3: Silver Spoons..."How did you guess that?"

And then I would've ended the post with something poetic...a little like this...but it probably would've been longer:
That's how I know...that's how I know I'm the one...cause he orders my favorite 80's sitcom from back when I was in love with The Ricker. You know how much I love Kevin Costner...it doesn't even compare to my devotion to Ricky Schroder! And he knows that and he surprises me with it. He gets the big garbage can from the alley without me asking...he lets me sleep in when I have a day off...he washes and changes the sheets and makes the bed all while I'm away...he doesn't mind when I go out with my girlfriends instead of him on Valentine's Day...he still sends me Valentine's roses...that's how I know!

*I also bought 300 Conversation Heart boxes in Tri Cities today for a Candy Gram promotion at school...yikes!*

Wednesday 2/11/09
Wednesday's are always dominated by youth group stuff...and that's a good thing :-) Luckily Pete was able to help out tonight so it wasn't just me and the 22 middle schoolers :-) We did Bible skits...which they ALWAYS love!

PLUS...my BFF had her baby today! Check him out here

Thursday 2/12/09
Survivor finally started! This is our thing...don't gimme a hard time about it. Doug comes over, we order Chinese food, and we watch Survivor. Last year was the first time we picked winners a'la Fantasy Football...a'la Amazing Race (more on that later). Plus CSI...even without Grissom it was still good. We're about two weeks behind on CSI...but thank goodness for Tivo!

Plus I got my Valentine's roses today. It was two days early...Sean always likes to mix it up because I kinda expect them. I love it when they come to school and my girls gush about how sweet it is and I use it to talk about what a good man he is. Sometimes I worry that me saying that is the only time some of my girls get an idea of what it means to be treated right by the person who loves you.

Friday 2/13/09
Friday the 13th...ahhh...:-) It's finally over...the coin drive at school. After two straight weeks of counting almost $200 in coins EVERY DAY it's done! The kids did an awesome job and they're a bit bummed they didn't meet the goal...but it was a rousing success. We'd set the goal using last year's number but neglected to consider that last year was a 3 week campaign and this year was a nine-day campaign. So, coming within $100 of last year' goal in 6 fewer days seems A-OK to me!

I also got my hair done today. It was the second time for this girl to do my hair and it's different but I like it...darker for sure...and the blonde is more carmel this time which I like!

Basketball versus Wapato this night...girls won keeping their no-loss season alive! And I must admit that I wasn't expecting much from our boys...Wapato is that good. But, it's a wacky CWAC this year. We lead them through 3 1/2 quarters and finally got outscored at the end and lost...but they played so well! And it was INTENSE. Their coach got a Technical Foul...he must've said something about the ref's momma..maybe "Your mother is so beautiful and by the way thanks for the outstanding job you are doing on the court". And it's always fun to listen to the whiny Wapato fans...seriously the only foul they're aware of is "Three in the Key" because that's all they yell about from the stands...ugh!

Saturday 2/14/09
Happy Valentine's Day! I slept in until 9:42...that's late for me! Well, it's late for Adult Me...back in high school that wouldn't even have been a drop in the bucket. Jacki and I drove down to Tri Cities to have lunch with Nicole and we spur of the moment decided to watch a movie...Confessions of a Shopaholic...it was cute...and it worked well since no one's husband wanted to go to this :-)

Sunday 2/15/09
We were greeters at church today and everyone was SO excited to see Sean. With his surgery (which is SLOWLY progressing in it's recovery) and not feeling well it's been a while since he's been to church. It was a good sermon...about anger and not raising your hand in anger but in kindness. Plus Lindsey brought her friend's little boy to church. She was babysitting and funnily enough (yes, I know it's not a word) the little boy is related to me. It happens that her friend's husband is a second cousin of mine from Sunnyside...how wild is that? I happen to think this little bitty boy looks just like his dad did when he was little.

Without a doubt our favorite FAVORITE show is Amazing Race. Sean wants us to apply to be on it SO badly. For his birthday last year I partially filled out an application...but certain "stipulations" have yet to be met :-) For Amazing Race we always pick our dream teams and we do it Fantasy Football style...meaning that we pick who we think is going to win the whole kit-n-caboodle before we know anything about them. The person who came closest to winning last year has to pick last and we pick two couples. So, I TOTALLY kicked Sean's butt last year...my couple actually won the WHOLE thing! So, he picked the Lawyer Siblings first...doh! I picked the Blonde Flight Attendants...YES! He then picked the Sporty Sisters...that a'ight! My final team is the Troubled Dating Couple...risky! Turns out my two teams came in DEAD last...the troubled couple got booted and the flight attendants have some serious catching up to do!

Phew...that was intense...PLEASE remind me to NEVER save up a week+ worth of posts...it's way too taxing! I already know there's stuff I've forgotten and that drives me crazy!

I'll do today's post all by it's lonesome :-)and I'll try to post pictures soon, too.