I did not miss much...So I hear!

Last night I was going to leave a going away party early to watch Big Brother. Yes once again(NO TIVO) but I was having some laughs and felt the need to stay and not have a TV show run when I go home. My husband watched for me to report the nights happenings. He is not a faithful watcher like I am so it was nice of him to veiw it for me. (Maybe that will get him hooked). I was told by him and the chaters on the BB chat that nothing big happend and I did not miss anything too exciting. Those of you who would never waste your time watching a mundane show like thta do not get how good of a show it is. Yes a great show about watching some people sit in a house day after day with no outside communications or computers or news. They compete every so often for things like HOH and POV and food. Yes they have to earn food. They get lots of it when they earn it but the poor shleps may have to eat BB SLOP (gross oatmeal type food that can have protien powder added for substance) for the week to weaken their game play. It is a moral low when put on slop for the week. The oldest of the HG's is CG (Chicken George) he is a well know HG from the 1st season that is an upstandiing husband and dad type that is not as game as the other lying type players. He is little on the nerdy side but it makes him liked by the older crowd b/c of his high moral family values. He like myself does alot of the "taking care of" cooking cleaning and advice giving to the HG's who are feeling down. He himdelf I know is missing his family and keeps his feeling inside to not seem weak to the others. The game has changed a lot since season 1 so George is a little on the not so with it side when it comes to the currant way to play BB. It is a game of lies and acting like you care and do not. I have said many times on the chat that I am a high standard MORAL person but I do think in the house no matter how moral you try to be you HAVE to lie to get anywhere in that game. You have to swollow your moral pride and lie and hope that you lie well b/c it can be so transparent when a HG is trying to screw one over (pardon my words)....So yes I was sad to miss my first show of this season but was I happy to stay at the party with a group of fun gals and some guys to see off the group of kids going back to college for the year...Yes, it was nice to see them all together at one time and we had a blast despite the lightning and rain.......I will be watching Tuesday, Thusday and next Sunday 'till the game ends on Sept. 18.........Atleast that is my plan.........

Big Brother 7 .....ALLSTARS MY FOOT!

I am so angry at CBS this year. I have been a tru blu BB fan since season 1. I vowed once not to ever watch again b/c a real slimball won on one of the seasons. It was the EVIL DR. WILL KIRBY!....He is now on allstars and is taking the house by storm. Why is it that this evil manipulating man has such a hold on this house. He just better not win again. I am such a die hard fan we left a Lowell Spinners game early one year b/c it was finale night. Yes....I did make it look like I had a masive stomach ache but it was to get home in time for BB! Am I the evil one now? I really enjoy the show and yell when things are not going like I want them. It is my one vice I want to keep///lol.......I sure hope that this year a deserving HG wins. I do very much look forward to next year to get to know NEW HG's /////I am sick of the same 'ol hg's from seasons past. I know in the chat rooms for BB alot of other fans are not happy with the so-called ALLSTAR cast. So to all you BB fans out there.......Jani has got to get the big heave hoe b/c she is one lol, Dr. Will has to get some nice meds in him, and to the Chicken Man...........you are a good guy CG but stop embarrising your family with all the crazy weird clothes....LOL LOL
Go BB!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ryans progress......

From the Blog about Rys infection on the birthmark......It has cleared and is back to normal...He still has 4 days on the meds. When we go for a follow up on Thurday next week we will make the appmnts. for the Childrens. I was glad that the meds. cleared it up and he is a trooper on the 4x's a day taking it. He reminds us about the time and makes slash marks on the day when he takes it. He too is a true RAFTERY lol........A real GO GO ORGANIZER! He is his fathers boy......

Water Counrty, Water Country Have sum fun dah dah dah!

You know that catchy jingle from the TV! We are off bright and early to Water Country in the morning. We got a hugh discount from the Post Office where my FIL works. It was a $30 ticket fro $17. almost half off. I guess they have to give the government postal workers some kind of a deal to keep them from "going all postal on them" LOL LOL I crack me up!!!! I hope I do you too!!! So we have all the goodies to pack in the cooler b/c we refuse to spend $40 + on crap park food and $2.00 waters. The smell of the food cooking there will give anyone argidah (heart burn in Italian). So we will have sandwiches and snacks with plenty of inexpensive Shaws water............I hope it is a hot day tom. I did hear it was to be the hottest of the week. We had to X our plans on Tues. b/c of the rain but it did clear up pretty early but we did not want to risk it. So off to bed to get up bright and early. Park opens at 10am, leave here at 845 so we can get 4 good chairs right up front near the wave pool. I really enjoy the wave pool but do not like when it gets overcrowded. We are in hopes that b/c it is a weekday the crouds will be small. I do enjoy Whales Tale in Lincoln NH much more than WC, we were there last week and it is not a close drive like WC. So off we go to "hit the waves" //////Have a great sun and fun filled day!!!! Don't forget to wear the sunscn (Ry used to call it that years ago)//////Happy end of the summer day to you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We needed this rain!

I am not one to encourage the rain. I love when the sun is shining. I do think that todays rain is needed. The news said the month of August has only( . ).4" of rain, we are 1" behind our needed goal. I was told yesterday at this point I did not need anymore sun on my skin...lol (thanks Dana)......I guess going back to work after a weeek+ and darker than when I left they could see the change in color more than I can. One of my co-workers (Amy) asked if I changed races....So at that point I ask "am I THAT dark?"......SO thank the heavens for the rain today and try to stay busy without the sun. Hey it must mean I have lots of vit D in me at this point. Maybe that is why I am always so happy....I hear Vit. D makes you happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Sun has Vit D so GO SUN!!! Stay Dry!

A Night with the Bears.......

It was a night with the bears tonight....Not the gizzzlllly kind the fluffy kind. I have been fortunate enough to not have had to work all that much this summer due to the "kids" being out on summer break and the other Kids at the workshop being home from college ect.. They have been doing the hours I would be doing if the kids were in school. I do look forward to after Labor Day going back to my reg. schd.. I do however also like working at night b/c it is just a "differnt" kind of croud that comes in from the 10-2 croud in the mall. I see many mall walkers and moms with kids in tow killing time of the average weekday. We get many preschoolers in the am/noon time croud. I get to do most of my tiding up in the AM so I really like that. However in the eve I try my best to do the once over to clean the entire place but it is not possible when the customers need to be serviced. I guess it is better to have more than less b/c then I would be blah blah in' about no sales...and sales are very important in retail.....thats the "fluff" that keeps us afloat...GET IT!.......SO as for this eve what better place to be (besides with my sweetie and my awesome boys) than with our hugh selection of furry friends. Hey if you don't have a BAB yet you should try it....It is an experience and you will have a cuddly friend for life!! Bear Huggin' and Lovin' .......Beary Sweet Dreams ; )

The Doctors Office......

Well we were at the pedi today for the first time ever not having a well visit appmnt. ........When we got home from the lake yesterday Ryan who never complains of anything showed us the outter part of his ear. He has a small pinhead size bump from birth on the outer part of his ear. We were told he could not have it removed till at least 18? I have no clue why. So it was enlarged and red and looked full of liquid, if you even touched it with the gentlest of hands he would flinch and yell that it really hurt. So we did not want to take any chances. The doctor had his chart and commented like always he never sees us except on well visit days. So he knew I was weirded out by the "growth"........Ryan is now on anti-bis for ten days b/c yes there is an infection. We have to make a visit to Childrens Hospital in Boston for a plastic surgeon and an ear specialist to see if the "bump/mark" is connected to any part of the ear canal inner workings. I try to make guesses at was it the lake bacteria? or the pools at Whales Tales? or just the sand? no only follin on that guess. We will never know. I must say the doctor is a real stickler for looking at things. He gave him a head to toe exam and made sure he was in tip top shape. We also took my neice who is 2 with us b/c we had her for the day while her parents were at work. She also sees a doctor at the same pedi office. While we were there we asked him to look at a rash on her leg. Not a problem I called it prickly heat rash....Like I told my bil and sil....some cornstarch or medicated powder.......I am no doctor but I have seen prickly heat before. I was very pleased that we got to see the doctor asap. I am also glad that we will get to the bottom of the "bump" mystery.

We just had to stay another night.......

It is so nice to see and be in your own home again after being away. I must say when we were packing up the truck this afternoon I was a bit sad to leave. Sand and all I had an AWESOME time as well as the boys and Michael. Every time we did an activity we got lots of thank yous from both of them. I tell you they were proud I did this with no complaints except for BUGS....I was eaten alive. I think th emore olive your skin the more attracted they are to you. You had to see the first night we were there right before sunset we went down to the rolling brook of freash water, it was full of clean clear crisp water flowing so fast you just wanted to glide down the stream with it. I did not get to go ALL the way down b/c I had three males that were very concerned with moms balence on the 90* steep decent. (I do understand where they are coming from b/c I just fell on our house steps 5 inches from the floor.....lol ........with 7 doz of eggs in my hands mind you /one doz gone but that was all......I was bringing them down the steps to give to a freind who was helping me make 30 doz of egg salad for the food shelter from our chuch group...) I was sitting on the lowest level I was going to be and swinging at the "siqutos' (Ry used to call them that when he was a tot). There had to have been 3 other moms there waiting like I was for the MEN. They were not in any anquish like I was. I think I was the olny one being bambuzzeled by them. One lady did state the bugs were bad this season. Well then why arn't you swatting like a maniac like I am? Well I am sure they were near her but she does not react like I do. At one point I get up and find a less steep way to get all the way down .....trying to attempt it I slide about 5-10 feet on my well cussioned bottom and have heart palpitations thinking I am not stoping till I get in the water.....I grab a branch and call it a night and head back to the spot that they said to stay put at.......I tried..........Other than that I have not one complaint...I am so glad that yes there was tv and local stations came in ..I have to keep up with news and Big Brother All Stars.........Oh and GO BLUE! that is Josh Blue from Last Comic Standing.......He was the winner.....yeah.................So here I am trying to "catch up" with the computer stuff. (there was a library really close to where we were and I was sooo tempted to send the boys on a hike and head on over to the computer at the libray, then I said would a library in the boonies of NH have a computer with internet service lol lol ya think I was in the middle of nowhere) You know you are in the middle of nowhere when you turn off the main road and the first house you see is 4 miles from the main road. So I am back and ready to wash all the sand and junk away and do lots of laundry.....off to the laundry room...I shall take a book it is gonna be awhile lol lol lol Miss yeah all........glad to be back "on line"

They call it camping.......

Our friends have a really new, well kept stationary trailer style home with a sunroom addition on it in New Hampshire at I think it is called Dan Lake. A beauitful lake it is. I may not like the beach but I do enjoy Lake Sebago in Maine as well as this one. We were offered to use it this week Monday -Wednesday because they will not be there. We were thrilled that they offered because Michael is on his two week summer vacation. We did not plan on staying over night to save on the cost of hotels. My father in law always offers his family rate at the Days Inn chain of hotels. We get great deals at $129.00 a night hotels for a mear $29.00, now thats a savings! We were also used to getting the Hilton Hotels discount because for 4 years Michael was an auditor for a Homeward Suites Hotels as a second job. So at this point it kills me to pay full price at hotels. We did not want to over use his fathers famliy pass because so many people use the pass over and over and over again. So we are off "camping" tom. morn.. It is funny because with all the comforts of home they still call it "camping". That is fine by me because if I had to REALLY camp I just would have to stay home. The funny thing about these friends, they are a couple without children and are as anal as we are when it comes to keeping order. When we went 2 summers ago with them there they were very pleased that our boys were quote un quote not animals lol.......They were also greatful that we were "the neatest guests they ever had". The wife told me that her husband NEVER lets anyone stay over without them there so I am very honored that we were offered to use the place in their absence. I like the clubhouse that has activites for adults and children and some free nights such as make your own sundays and hot dog night..............I do not however like that the place has not a single paved road...it is all dirt that gets dusty and lifted up when you walk or drive on it. I guess that is where the "camp" thing comes in . I will suck it up and have a wonderful time and go there with the best attitude ever. Hey whats a little dust........ahhhhhhh DUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!dirty dust.......UGH.....there will be lots of foot baths the next three days.......Have a great sunny and happy day. We'll be back in a few!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HAPPY CAMPING!

I did think my % would be higher........

I took the on line blog test about being "obsesive" and a control freak////Well my 56% on both amazed me that it was so low. I really did think it would be closer to 80% or higher on the obsesive one. I will not be a control freak when it comes to people just stuff. In work I am known as the organizer/cleaner of the place. I make sure the entire place in in tip top condition and if I am away for more that two days when I go back it is atleast a 2 hour or so task to get things back to normal, at least my normal. My manager does love it because she is a far cry from being the organizer and I have no clue how she can work like that. Some may say life is too short to obsese with those things but my life runs so well with massive organization. I feel a clean house = a clean soul, on so many levels. So to all you neat freaks out there...I am so with you on this one..........Have a wonderful night full of organizing yourself and your stuff.....lol lol It is great to be neat and obsesivly clean........lol lol I know if you don't know me very well you would think I was over the top with this ...and yes I am and soooooo very proud to profess it to all..........I am A NEAT FREAK!!!!!!!!!!!

I HATE BUGS!

I am sure I am not the only one who hates bugs. I know there are people out there who dislike the idea of a bug in the house or around ect. but I totaly freak out when I am near bugs. Ever since I was little I make a spectical of myself when a bee or hornet fly even within 20 feet of me. I was at the ball field for our sons first t-ball practice way back when and my husband was the coach and I "helped" hahahhaha, so a bee flew right at me and I was a bablin' freak show. I swear the boys and my husband were like we do not know her I made it clear to the people we did not know I am not a psyco I just have a fear of bugs. I really get so anxious around bugs I almost hyperventelate. I know we are 700% bigger than the bug but I still think it has so much power over me. I am a perfect case study for hypno-theropy of getting rid of a bug phobia. I wish there were somthing out there for this. I will run and wave my arms around with a fear so fierce that just last week I lost my voice from all the screaming I did in front of my uncle and sons freind. Yes I did! you are saying right now, come on it is not that bad well I say to you it IS! you can ask Normie about it....lol .......Just when you think you are save in your home with no fear of the insect world BHAM! A hugh crawly thing atleast 2 inches long is on the floor scramblin to run under the ottaman. AHHHHHHH screams of fear and the brave boy Stephen is picks up his book and WHAM! BIG BAD BUG IS DEAD.....so I hope........we run to get a papertowel and have him scoop it up and it starts to wiggle.....AHHHHHHH more loud shreaks from me and WHAM the thing is now dead.........as he puts it in the trash I tie up the bag, half full mind you I will not take any chances and put it in the garage to not haunt me all night in the house. Even as I sit here to tell of this BUGGY TALE....I have to look over my shoulder towards the stairs that lead down to the garage and wonder what else is creeping and crawling around in this summer heat? I hope I can sleep and pray for a bug free world. We all know that is the most stupid thing to pray for but with a fear as big as a mountain full of bugs I have to put my mind at ease some how......SO have a great bug free eve......... ; )

Opps there goes another rubber tree plant!

A green thumb I have not..........I am a KILLER of plants. I do not do this on purpose but I seem to have a hugh problem with keeping plants alive. Two plus years ago when my mother passed away the people that I worked with at the school sent us a really healthy beautiful plant, as a matter of fact two plants were sent one from the school and one from the bus company. well thank Heavens they are both alive and thriving amazing enough. I counted four pots on the back steps of plants that have lost their spunk due to my lack of a green thumb. I try! I do. I do not think plants like me. I also have a hugh "rubbertree" plant in the corner of where the computer is. It has its good days and its bad days. It is by the slider to the back and it gets a nice amount of light. We have special food for it every month. We rotate it and still some days it looks so blah!
I guess I should stick to the gift of cooking and baking and leave the green thumbing to Normie...;)

It must stink to be color blind!

As you know the color blind trait is more common in the male than the female. When Stephen (13 yr old son) was 3 1/2 and in preschool the teacher at Private Progressive Preschool (ladeda) lol took me aside and said he was far to smart with all the other things in school but is not doing well with his colors. She like myself had the feeling he was colorblind. Well wouldn't you know at his well visit he looked at the green #5 and it did not POP out like it does gor others who are not colorblind. I guess he has compensated by looking at the words on the side of the crayons all his early elementary schooling. Then Ryan (11 yr old son) had the same issue with the "color" thing. He did not read as early as Stephen so we would help him with the words on the side of the crayons. SO in the car today on the way to the park it was so funny b/c on of the boys friends pointed out how bright green the trees were at the HS that were planted in May. He was surprised they did not die with all the heat. There were 2 other trees that were very brown and kind of on the outs. I wanted to see what MY boys see when they see the trees and the bright green ones are brown to them and the brown ones are black. Funny thing the van I mentioned in the last post we had was a beige/light brown and my sons always refer to it as the purple van we used to have????? PURPLE.......not brown PURPLE.........I know on the radio yesterday they were talking about colorblindness and Matty said that he had a freind that never saw pink in a correct way and had a gross kelly green suit and insisted it was brown.....Well thats my boys too. They are also confused with grays and the fall tones are the hardest for them to name. I feel bad b/c I would love to see through their eyes what they truly see..........I know colorblindness restrict you from flying for the US milatary and comercial flights so no airplane pilots here. No problem with me b/c I am not the fondest of airtravelers. So to my sons Stephen and Ryan, What color do you want your room painted the next time? PURPLE???lol I will be picking out thier clothes till they find a wonderful wife to take over the job................Love you two so much....Brown eyes and all..........

A day in the park!

Hoping to have fun at the park today with the boys and friends. I am looking forward to some kickball, it was always my favorite growing up. The bunch of them will be taking skates. I made a point to tell the other moms when I pick up PLEASE have them bring a helmet. I am a hugh enforcer of helmet wear. I really dislike seeing children young and old without them. The head is so easily hurt during a fall and it is worth protecting. Funny that I have had a sadan now for about 4 years. I used to drive a minivan because of the daycare children I had. I would not really choose the van option and 12 years ago the mulit passenger SUV did not exsist yet. This is one time where I wish I were with a seven passenger vehicle but not a VAN! lol .....SO I did have to limit one friend each. So off we go with hopes of no thunderstorms so they saw we are getting eventually. Have a fun in the sun kind of day and don't forget the SPF!

Fun in the sun!

I LOVE that the summer is sun and fun filled! I wish we were to never have winter AGAIN! I mean it! Please summer stay around for a while............

All the back-to-school sales......

As I read the Sunday Globe I could not help but notice all the sales flyers. I like to read the flyers every Sunday to see what I may need at a sale price. I have good intentions of running to 2 drugstores to get what the other does not have on sale. It doesn't always work that way. I was amazed to see so many "back-to-school" items on sale. Please, like the day after Halloween we see and hear Christmas things in the stores. It seemed like the day the children got out for the summer the "bts" sales started! Let us have a break, a small break without the need to buy the stuff and get ready for school again. I want to cherish the remaing few weeks left for summer vacation and think about not running to a sale for bts items but enjoying the summer time without shopping for stuff! So enjoy the rest of you fun filled summer days and keep in mind the stuff will always be there, the sales keep coming if not this week but 5 weeks from now!

A bear always puts a smile on your face!

Today was our last day of VBS. We had a really fun and educational time the past 9 days. A little hot at times but still lots of good times. Since Jack (post from yesterday) has a low tolerance of energy he was not able to be in VBS. He did come to the last day festivities. It was great to see his smile and positive love that he has always had since he was a little tike. Our class made him a special bear (build-a-bear) and it went over BIG! We got a "get well" flower in the bears hand and it had a pouch to fill so we filled it with coins from heaven........He is saving the coins to donate to the Childrens Hospital Cancer Unit...Is that so sweet or what? He even entertained us with a magic trick during snack. It was great to see him and I am so sad our 9 days have come to an end. Till next year.........we will see you then........

May God wrap you in his blanket of love and may you fly high on Eagals Wings...

Please go to www.jacksupino.blogspot.com .........This wonderful boy that has touched the hearts of the entire community of Middleton and beyond has the most infectious smile. He will touch your heart the moment you lay eyes on him. I have had the prevledge of knowing the Supino boys for atleast 6 years now from working at the school with their mom Kim. Adam the middle boy is in my VBS/Rel Ed class and he is a blessing to have in class. He is so considerite and loving to others. Always has a smile on his face and has the need to make you feel good. He has been a rock through his brothers recent diagnosis. Max, the oldest has also been great with all that the family has had to endure. I hear updates from Adam and the positive love and faith they have is what we all need. I want anyone who reads this post to keep Jack and his family in your prayers. Please say a special blessing for him to beat this Cancer and for all the children who are fighting this aweful illness. It is in the blanket of Gods love and on Eagals Wings when we find the comfort of Jesus. May you all find faith to live everyday with thanks and praise for His love.

Go Sox!!!!!!!

Well the boys are off to the sox game..........Michael got his yearly 4 tickets from the bank. Thanks EBSB. I am here and they are there. I have gone to two games as an adult and am not to into baseball. If it were the Bruins I would so be there. Action and fast passed entertainment is more to my liking, not to mention it is not hot and sticky at a hockey game. Also I get very anxious in the crowds especially on the way from the train station. Funny how the Disney or Universal crowds do not bother me as much, go figure. I hope they have lots of yummy treats while I am here with a tuna wrap. There is nothing like a "Fenway Frank" hot and steamy from the metal box at the park. Also a fresh bag of roasted peanuts are a real treat for the nose and tastebuds. Stay cool and watch out for those fly balls. GO SOXXXXXXXX!!!!!!!

The heat is on!!!

This is far from a complaint. The heat IS on today and Monday and Tuesday. In the greater Boston area the Mayor of Boston may call this a "heatwave". When 3 consecutive days are 90* or higher that is the way they make the call. A summer without a heatwave is just not summer in Boston. The hydrants are open by the fire dept. so that the inner-city children can run in their see through undies to get some relief. The inner-city pools are open later to keep the people cool. Most of all the city beaches are taxed to the max with beach goers to get the "ocean breeze" relief. I myself am not a happy beach goer. On Friday I did vow to family and friends that I would be going to the beach either in Salsbury Ma or Hampton NH. We are without beach chairs so a neighbor offered hers to us. I was "this close" to picking up the chairs yesterday on the way home from church when.......ring, ring.....the cell phone..."Oh you want us to come to the pool tommorow?"...Ok Vanessa we will go to your mothers pool tom for a bbq and a get together with some friends SURRRRRRRRRRRRRRE! Well here I am making fruit salad and cutting homemade blueberry bread to bring to a BBQ AT A POOL!!!!! Gotta love the pool! No sand in our food, no salt on the skin ...Where do I begin......I LOVE POOLS!!!!!!!!!!!!! But I still will keep the vow to take atleast one maybe two family beach trips this summer .............or next .......hehehehehe lol I crack myself up! Have a great heatwave and splish splash the beautiful blue chlorine water of the pool!