Ankhesena’s blog

1) I have a female doctor, went to her yesterday, my blood pressure is up, lose some weight she says. My husband has a male doctor, his went up too, but he had gained 20 lbs since his last checkup, the doctor changes his perscription without mention of weight gain.  Its a male/female thing and unfair!!  LOL  2) Went to an awards program for basketball (high school) the girls portion whose coaches are male, was excellent, each girl was addressed to strengths and gains in the year, a wonderful slide show of games and joy in their faces.  Boys coaches, also male, hurried through their program, handed out awards, recited stats (so if you weren't GREAT) it was as if you weren't on the team.  A slapped together slide show of 2 mins which was so small and quick you couldn't see who was in it.  Kinda sad.  3)  Went through pictures for graduation slide show, our classes are so small graduation each student has a mini slide show of photos that show them from infants to graduation.  It was so much fun going through all the photos and remembering all the fun we've had together  4) through 7) been cleaning house....ugh 8) its still cold, 28 degrees here this morning and snowing...spring will never come 9) I've gotten better about toss it...i've become a saver, and its driving me nuts, now its toss it, or donate it, i'm trying to become clutter free. 10) Prom is next weekend...measuring for my sons tux tomorrow  11) This is a rough spring for me, the older son is graduating and horrors..the younger one is taking drivers ed!! 12) no wonder my blood pressure is up  13) emotionally i feel great!

Loves....snow coming down as big as cotton balls!   Glad I didn't put out too much spring decorating...its still winter.  Curtains in kitchen and family room washed and ironed and hung back up!!  I'm actually enjoying spring cleaning. 

Hates...talked myself into a Cricut for scrapbooking, expensive item, but i'm sure i'll use it.  i like all the cutting and pasting but never seem to get time to do it...this will speed it up.  graduation is 8 weeks away...damn  my baby is getting ready to fly the coop. 

We finally did a vacation for spring break, tho, work was involved.  We had a storage unit in California, and needed to empty it.  We loaded up my pickup, hitched up the horse trailer and away we went.  Took the boys to Disney, it was beautiful warm, crowded, made us glad we live in a small place!

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After we exhausted ourselves in Disneyland, we loaded up the trailer and started for home.  In the middle of nowhere Nevada, my big ford pickup decides to play games with us, overheating, throwing water out the exhaust and being stubborn.  Finally we limped to a hill and got cell service, a wreaker (it takes a huge one to tow the pickup and the fifth wheel trailer) luckily our friends at Ford dealership sent a rental on the tow truck so we'd have a car to get home with.  A Ford Focus and after driving a 350 Ford diesel, it was like piloting a tuna can down the road.  Felt like we were in Disney all over again.

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Went to State Basketball, my son's team won the consolation bracket, they lost their 1st game in, so they won the next 2.  It was a great win, they went into the tourney 3rd from our area, the other two teams, were out with no trophy chance.

Heres mine...he's a looker....

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My son is a senior and for 3 years he's taken construction academy.  Its a great program and the kids learn so much.  They actually build an entire home, which is sold and another started.  This year he has really gotten into the guts of a home, learning to wire, insulate and dry wall.  Last year it was framing, siding, roofing and concrete.  They only have a few hours each day but they sure work.  His teacher is great and deserves a medal.  Here's the 3 seniors in the class, mine's the one looking like the monster coming up out of the porta pottie....

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Loves:  boys state basketball, finding a suite with 2 bathrooms, taking a bunch of kids with us, getting out of the snow for a few days, 14 yr old son cleaned his room and closet, glad he separated trash from gently used treasure for donation, i can actually walk into his room and closet.

Loathes:  said room cleaning created laundry, laundry for us all for state, uniforms to wash independently so i don't dye the white one again, remembering everything for the trip. leaving the kitties for 3 days.

1) 6 more basketball games, i'm sooo happy. 2) after dyeing the white uniform blue (damn sock) its as close to white as I can get. 3) hopefully he won't stand next to someone whose is way white 4) younger son played for district tourney tonight, confidence is high, til he rolled the ankle coming in the door this afternoon.  5) thank goodness the coach can tape!! 6) mopped floors, just in time for the herd to come home from school, like the uniforn, hope nobody notices the footprints 7) trying to find hotel rooms for state tourney in Boise, Idaaahooo...either cheap or expensive, not really happy about the choices. 8) snowed today, and windy, and I thought spring was on its way last week when it was 45 9) grocery shopping tomorrow..ugh 10) groceries in the house :) 11) have to take the kids with me  12) life is good 13) we can eat and play and spend loads of time with our kids and not too many worries, I'm very lucky.

Love:  Girls got 3rd in State Basketball tourney, we went to the tourney, overnight stay, restaurants..wow.  got two spend the two days with my boys and dad we all have such a blast together. riding home older son driving, his dad in front and snuggling with younger one in back (he's fourteen) don't get that chance much.

Loathe: having to tell someone No, I can't.  why do some groups use the same people over and over to do the dirty work.  my disaster of a house, my son's girlfriend who uses him and he won't believe us. 2nd tri of school almost over, graduation looms, and i'm not mentally ready for him to graduate!

Love:  slowly working through the "to do" list, getting wierd things done.  keeping up with laundry, a little new snow, tho, we need a good dump. (water for summer) 24 hr digital tv, what did people do when they couldn't sleep.

Loathe:  worrying over my sons college apps, senior year stuff, no help from hubbie, depressed, toothache.

Loves:  I got the fish tank cleaned, Basketball tonight, dinner is cooked in the crockpot. other pickup in the shop to get windshield replaced.

Loathes: lots of laundry, a disaster of an office, toothache and impending root canal.  waiting on the dentist to call that he's fit me in.

Oh, and its Monday night, but I'll forget tomorrow.