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Grandma's surgery went well. She fainted this morning (like she does every time after a surgery), and then she was anemic (which the DR said was normal in 80 year old patients) this afternoon and had a blood transfusion. I have never cared, or thought about a blood transfusion, but when mom said she had one, I started thinking. I am not against it, but wish I was there so I could have donated and they could have given her mine.

I got a haircut today. Went to JR Salon on 49th & Burnet. It's a no gratuity salon, so no tipping is allowed. I have gone to my other stylist, Megan, for 5 years. I have never walked out disappointed, but wanted to save $20 so I went to this place. It was decent. Got a nice head massage, but the cut left something more to desire. Megan always was such a perfectionist to make sure it didn't look like I just got my hair cut. I feel like I could have cut my hair myself and made it look like this. She did it way too poofy, and did not texturize. just straight cut. blah. At least it will grow out, right?

Part 2

I posted a vent about a big blow up with my brother, then decided to delete it just in case someone in my family reads my blog. Basically, I told him he was disrespecting our mother and he told me to f* off and hung up on my 3 times in 15 minutes. I talked to my mom after, and, of course, he told her bits and pieces, and the truth was not part of that. I explained what I was doing, and what he said to me (censoring it), and why I was no longer speaking to him. He called and apologized on Sunday, and I treated him the same way he treats me on the phone. Very short answers to questions and no conversation. We hung up and haven't talked since.

My grandma is having hip replacement surgery tomorrow. She has been in a lot of pain for many years, and finally a doctor listened enough to do something about it. It was supposed to happen 2 weeks ago, but the doctor was sick on the day of surgery, and then took vacation. So tomorrow it is. She checks in at 10:30.

Blake had a fever yesterday of 100.6, and since he never gets sick, all of his meds were expired. We ran to Wal-Mart, and came home. He took a nap, woke up fine, and no fever since. I did give him a 2nd dose of Motrin before bed, just in case.

I will post pictures of Blake's sports class later. We signed up for a class at the Y that covers soccer, baseball and basketball. Last week was soccer. He is a nut, and a little too young still for organized sports. At least there are only 6 kids and the coach is fun to look at ;)

What a Wednesday!

My niece and nephew, Bianca & Michael, are in San Marcos for the month of July, and today I went and picked them up to go to the library. Bianca is going into 6th, Michael into 3rd. Bianca is growing up so much, and I forget that she is not the 6 year old she was just a few years ago! She's taking care of her hair, dressing appropriately, becoming a young lady. Michael, well, he's a 7 year old boy. If you don't know a 7 year old boy, think of a 3 year old boy, but bigger and with a larger vocabulary. Just plain silly. Blake loves both of them and just giggled all morning.

We went to the library for their Arts & Crafts project. Bianca was not interested, but Blake and Michael were. I will take a pic of his fan and post in a bit. After that, we went to lunch at McDonald's. Bianca played for about 5 minutes, and then she was finished, so we just chatted at the table. Blake, well, he racked himself for the first time today. He was running up to me and ran full speed into the corner of the bench. He stopped for about 3 seconds, then started screaming that he needed to go potty. Poor baby. That's not exactly a spot that mommy can kiss and make better. We ran to the restroom and he peed, and then he thought he was better. I called Joe because I didn't know what to do for him and he basically said the pain would go away.

I emailed my principal with some caution today to tell her I was interested in a Kindergarten position. I have thought about this for a long time, and all that keeps coming into my head is one student who is going into Kinder next year. She has struggled the last 6 months. She was expelled from Head Start (don't get me started on that), suspended from school 3 times, finally kicked out of head start. She's a big girl (comes to my arm pits weighs 110 lbs.), and can be aggressive. The last 3 weeks of school, I made it a point to make her feel special and give her special tasks with me. Her mom stopped me one of the last days of school and told me how much she had been talking about me at home and how she was excited to come to school now. Long story short, I emailed my principal, and she replied that she would love me to be in Kinder and wants to put me where I feel most comfortable. I am super excited. I cannot believe how easy that was. One reason I didn't tell her earlier that I wanted to move was because a friend of mine interviewed for a PK or K position and I really wanted her at our school. She got another offer, and accepted so she is off the market. I didn't want to take up a spot that could have potentially been hers.

I was planning on taking a nap, but I am on cloud 9 right now! I don't think I can sleep.

For Today

Thanks Jenny!
FOR TODAY
June 29, 2009

Outside my window... is only one vehicle in the driveway. I finally sold the Focus!

I am thinking...about how to tell my principal that I want out of Special Ed if something in Kinder comes up. I love my SpEd kids, but there's something about Kindergarten that I can't get enough of!

I am thankful for... having the summer off to spend time with Blake. He is growing into a big boy, and I love it!

From the kitchen... there's a big mess...not too big, but just a mess that needs to be cleaned.

I am wearing... shorts and a t-shirt. It's too hot for anything else.

I am creating... some fun 4th of July crafts with Blake. I will post pictures soon.

I am going... to the bank to deposit the cash from the sale of the car, then to HEB and finally the library.

I am reading... nothing right now, but going to check out "My Sister's Keeper" today from the library.

I am hoping... for rain. Lots of rain. My grass is crunchy, even though we do our once a week watering.

I am hearing... Blake playing in the play room...FINALLY!

Around the house... is an organized mess. I know were everything is, and don't want anyone to touch it.

One of my favorite things... is taking naps in the cool A/C.

A few plans for the rest of the week... we are going to play in the pool in the backyard every day...twice a day. And pray for a healthy, and safe recovery of my Grandma. She is having hip replacement surgery tomorrow.

A picture to share... one of my favorite pictures of Blake from 3 years ago today!

San Antonio Zoo

We bought a family membership to the San Antonio zoo in March. I figured blake and I would make a few trips this summer. And, the zoo opens at 7:30 for members. We got there at 8:05 and there were less than 10 cars in the parking lot! It was amazing. We walked around until 12.

Here are some of Blake's favorite things there.


Feeding the squirrels. They are tame. We stopped to have a quick graham cracker snack, and these 2 squirrels came running out. We threw them a few small pieces of the cracker and they entertained us for a few minutes.



Another snack time.


He loved the bird house, and looking at all the eggs.


Last time, he was terrified of the Lory Landing, but this time, he really got into feeding them the nectar.


Walking on the "clams". "No, mommy, those are not lily pads, they are CLAMS".



Feeding and brushing the goats.



STOP TAKING MY PICTURE

Happy Father's Day

Blake & Daddy on Father's Day


2006--Napping together


2007--Staying up way past bedtime


2008--Helping Dad with the yard


2009--Just bein' silly

Southpark Meadows

"Take my picture with all the leaves"

Today, we met my good friend, Emily at Southpark Meadows for some shopping and some park fun. I intended on getting there about 9 so we could eat about 11:30 and be done playing by 1, but that didn't happen. I left the house at 10, so we got there, did our shopping and all of a sudden it was 12:45. Whoopsy! That's why Blake was melting down! We went to lunch and then Blake wanted to play at their wonderul playground. He saw the water and wanted to play there. I took his shoes, socks and shirt off and told him to go, but he was very upset about getting his shorts wet, and tried, many times, to take off his shorts. Luckily I had some swim trunks in the car. I ran to the car while he stayed with Emily, then he changed and had a blast!




We got home, and he did not want to take a nap. I coerced him into laying down with me and he was out in 6 minutes. I love his afternoon naps! I can't get myself too hooked on them, or I will be a bear at 12:30 in August!