First day of High School!

Go NSTHS Bulldogs!

Tuesday is Stephens first day of high school. I am getting teary eyed just thinking of it. I remember like it were yesterday when I brought him to preschool. Has the time just flown or what. I would give anything to rewind and replay these years all over again. Have some great final last days of summer fun because soon it will be a distant memory............Back to school time is here again.........

Is that mascot ugly or what....We went from the Masco Blackbear to this! lol I just hope that the school clothes do not have bulldogs on them...U*G*L*Y!

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HS.....4 years that fly by....atleast that is what they say...
I am now the mother of a high schooler....At the young age of 36...Yes I will have an 18 year old when I am 40......Young Mamas ROCK! lol lol lol.....
It was really weird to bring my "baby" to high school. Yesterday I think I held up really well at drop off. I have been coughing AGAIN so I am frustrated at that so my focus was not of tears, it was keeping from a full fledge cough attack. When I picked him up I felt sad knowing that this is a place he knows few people and has to start all over again like in Kindergarten. I know he is a really confident kid and will have no problem but a mother can't help but still be a mother. Only a parent can know what I mean. No matter what the problem may be, as tiny as a grain of sand or as large as a rock a mom has to be MOM! I recall my HS days back in the mid/ late 80's and I can truly say there were awesome onesGO PJH!, Flew by, but I was ok with moving on to the next chapter. The last day of 8th grade at graduation was a differnt story. I cried and sobbed like a baby. Going to a small Catholic school with the same 20 or so kids from 1-8 you could not help but miss the "family" type setting. I even remember some of the boys getting chocked up(Not Normas brother) lol. I know Stephen was more than THRILLED to move on from his Jr High to the place he is choosing to go. I give him credit for taking the blind leap to a place that is unfimilar and diving in with a really positive outlook. Hey he even made Honors English class when he took his placement test back in May. He gets that from me......LOL LOL Ok so he doesn't lol lol I wish him well and 4 years of growth and many happy memories.....

More from Marblehead.....

Stephen and his friend Matt climbing the rocks and making me stress out.......lol
Every time we have Matt he gets some kind of injury. He is an accident prone kid even when he is with his own family. We still have him until after dinner tonight so lets hope he stays safe and in tact........they are golfing now (cross ur fingers) and want to BMX bike later. Yikes...I think it is way to hot to be biking.......

We took Rys binouculars (sp) and could see if people were on the sailboats.....you could even see the houses across the way.......They were so nice.......

Friday Night in Marblehead.....

I may not like to sit on the beach but I do love going there for a picnic and seeing Gods beautiful creation. The sunset was amazing and the brezze was wonderful. The kids love climbing on the rocks and I even went down hlaf way with Michael. In my younger days of scaling rock walls on dagerous places with out adults, I have come to realize becareful and head warning........

Hard Hat Area : Must be worn at all times....

This week we were going to outfit All of our bears with Hard Hats beacuse the mall is falling down, a gapeing 20 foot by 25 foot hole is now in the middle of the mall. Thank God not a soul was injured. A pregnant women was rushed to the hospital and released. Yesterday the Feds, OCHA, and recovery teams were swaming the mall. So just for precaution we were going to outfit all of the bears w/ the hh. I am sure the "rent a cops" would freak if they saw this,,,,lol
So becareful when going to the mall......WEAR yuour HARDHAT!

Thursday nights are firework night at the Lake....

So finnally here are some pics from LG.............It is so nice out today...breezy and cool, all the windows are open and it feels wonderful. The boys are out golfing and it is change the sheets morning. We are off this afternoon to get new cell phones, ours are 3 years old and the plan is over on Monday. We got coupons and incentives to get a hugh discount. Sunday is Canobie Lake in NH BBQ for Michaels company outing. That sould be fun. Looking forward to anouther nice day of 75*. Hearing the trees sway in the wind is so peaceful. Have a great weekend all......xoxoxoxo

It's about time.......lol

7pm waiting for the fireworks Thursday night.......
He would never take the "loot" at his real bank......lol lol lol He got caught steeling the "loot" by the sheriff at Six Flags, Great Escape.........lol
We paid $.25 cents to squirt the boys with extra water......
Pretty view......
we ate on the top deck of a lakeside pub. It was our "date" night...the boys were with Michaels brothers family. We had all the kids the night before......so romantic....

Around 5pm on the lake.......It is called million dollar beach.....ok it is nice but not worth that much lol lol

Hey all.....

My last day on the z pack is tom. I am looking forward to finishing the meds. the ear is feeling 40% better, still have a little pain. I did not swim at the pool today just in case and the water was really chilly when I put my legs in. I want to play it safe for our trip this week to Lake George. I started the iron / packing this morn. I know I always take too much but hey just in case, better to have more than not enough....lol I am just glad this does not involve a plane ride just a car ride...lol I have to work tom night till 11 and then Thurs morn 5-11 so we will leave after I get home, shower: I am sure all the stuff will be packed b/c M has off Thurs. We will be staying until Sunday night, my plan is to be home by 9pm b/c M has work in the morning. Mapquest said it will take @ 3 hours.....we'll see. I hear it is really nice there? I'll give u the scoop when we get back. I am sure Norma will remember this, I had a family that lived two doors down from me that packed up the wood panel station wagon every summer and went to Lake George. When they were gone the street was dead.....lol They had an older son one @ my age and twins younger. They were the ones that never got to go home. If they tried they were thrown out again to stay outside sunrise to well after sunset. After maybe seven days you would see the gross green wood panel wagon back in front of their house and know oh they are back and MANHUNT became fun again b/c Joe Viola was back lol lol lol Norma and I played for hours on my front proch with our Barbies and one of the twins the very "girly" one would try to play too. We would let him be "Ken" or Donny Osmond doll but he would alway insist on wanting the "Barbie" doll. SO we would give him the NON Barbie the generic one.....lol We were not being mean we were just protecting the dolls from male handeling lol ........or in James' case not so male handeling. He would randomly do kartwheels and roll overs and a few handstands out of the blue. He was the "good" twin b/c the brother was the one that had an overload of testostiron, enough for the two of them and would be the devil boy.....much trouble from Jason...
So when MIL mentioned the Lake George thing it brought me back to watching the Viola family packing the wagon on a hot summer morn and packing way too many people into one vehicle then driving up the street not to be seen for 7 long summer days.......It was bitter sweet when they left b/c we were happy to have some quiet but also sad to see them go, they made up a good chunk of the hood......lol lol lol Funny Joe still lives in that house and is raising his children there. And if I am correct, Normie knows better than I do....He has a small clan himself these days....lol Wonder if they make the yearly pilgramage to LG, NY///////LOL LOL ???????

We were on BARNES AVE.....the cute little dead end street, we were the beach street......

Have earinfection....hurts bad...... : (

Now you all know who read my posts I am a content person who has a great and wonderful outlook on everything BUT this very moment I am yucked out right now ...............OUCHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Yuck ..........my dripping ear...yes I said dripping...the drops refuse to stay in.....I am taking my z-pack and the drops and felt better this afternoon,swam w/earpulgs in a pool not a lake.... NOW after I took a shower it kills....yuck yuck......This sucks.........MD thinks I may have got it from the lake...once again LAKE < Love lakes but hate how we go and seem to catch things....is it a coincidence? I wish I knew the answer........off to lay on the bed with a towel just in case the ozzong of the drops continues........UGH UGH UGH...................

Baby # 17 YIKES........

http://www.comcast.net/news/strange/index.jsp?cat=STRANGE&fn=/2007/08/03/730554.html&cvqh=itn_17babies

This is the link to read about the

Duggars.......Yes people 17 biological children. AND they said when # 17 was born "sure we will be trying again" ////YIKES!