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I'm looking for anyone that can help make suggestions about my daughter's reading list. I have a list of some books I'm considering buying and I'd also love suggestions. She seems to devour books. I can't keep up with how many books she's read and am constantly having to say, "Brianna, I saw this book I thought you'd like. It's called ___fill in the blank_____. Have you read it yet?". So, I've come up with a list of books I'm considering buying for her and am wondering if any of your kids have read them. Oh, btw... she may only be 10 and in 5th grade but she reads at junior high and some high school levels. Example: During the summer she read all 4 books in the TWILIGHT series, THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA (the one that has 7 books in it and I was hoping it'd take her at least a week but noooo she read it in 3 days!!!), she re-read the HARRY POTTER books AGAIN, plus various other books that I can't remember.
She is currently reading: MAXIMUM RIDE - THE ANGEL EXPERIMENT by James Patterson. This seems to be a series she really enjoys.
Okay, here's my list of books I'm thinking about getting... please tell me if you or your kids have read any of them and what you thought about them:
MAKING LEMONADE by Virginia Euwer Wolff
TRUE BELIEVER by Virginia Euwer Wolff
RULES OF THE ROAD by Joan Bauer
THE OWL SERVICE by Alan Garner
SKY HORIZON by David Brin
THE WESTING GAME by Ellen Raskin
FLUSH by Carl Hiaasen (Bri read HOOT by Hiaasen and loved it)
THE MOORCHILD by Eloise McGrant
THE WEE FREE MEN by Terry Prachett
A HAT FULL OF SKY by Terry Prachett
WINTERSMITH by Terry Prachett
I've been promising the kids for months now that I'd get them a cat or kitten. Recently, I made the committment to them that when John came home this weekend we would go as a family and pick out a cat from the shelter. John and I did a bunch of research on the internet and then decided to go to PetSmart Saturday because they would have animals from the different shelters set up there.
We finally.... after being there for about 2 hours... decided on Punkin. He has all of his shots and is spayed. The adoption fee was $85.00 which may seem like a lot but we got him from an organization that houses pets with foster families. Those foster families are responsible (food, shelter, vet bills, etc.) until the animal is adopted. The 85 bucks helps out those foster families.
Punkin... a 10 month old orange tabby/mix... was VERY shy when we brought him home but his little personality is really shining through. He gets along well with BJ (our dog), loves being scratched on the belly, does not bite (thank the good Lord), and he likes to watch TV (very fascinated with the Bridgestone commercial with the squirrel that hangs out in the road...lol... too funny).
My cousin rented a beach house for the week and invited us down.... yahoooooo! We drove down to Surfside Beach (in the Freeport area) on Wednesday. The kids had a wonderful time. I took 2 rolls of film with my 35mm thinking it would be better than my digital but out of 48 photos only 21 came out half way decent. I haven't used the 35mm in over a year and forgot a few things. Never the less, it was a great day had by all. I made a slide show and added it to my profile if anyone wants to see.
My hubby and his new team partner have been broke down completely or had some type of maintenance (flat tire or recall on something that needed taken care of) no less than 4 times in the last 2 weeks. His truck is an '07 and this just seems ridiculous! No telling what his new partner thinks about riding with him (it's his 1st time out with my hubby).
They could use some prayers if anyone is so inclined to send them out to the great truckin' universe....lol.
While at my Mom's this weekend she asked if I'd mind typing up all of her recipes that are on little pieces of scratch paper and stuffed into an old recipe box. She wants to print her recipes and then put them in a binder. Would I mind? Are ya kidding... no... I don't mind! I love swapping favorite recipes with folks and the chance to type up (and save on my computer) Momma's oldest and favorite recipes is a wonderful opportunity. My goal is to get them all typed (along with some of my own favorites) and printed before Mother's Day. We are in a crunch financially so that's probably the best I can do for her present.
OKay... things have been VERY bad financially since John recently became a truck driver and now I'm looking SERIOUSLY for a job... no more talk... I'm really looking.
Today I turned in my application to be a bus driver for Waller ISD. IF they call me in for an interview and IF I can pass all the DMV tests and IF the school hires me then I will be driving a school bus.
I don't know how I'm gonna go to work with 3 kids. With John on the road all but 2 weekends a month it's like living as a single mother. Right now Johnny is at the middle school and both girls are at the elementary but next year Johnny will be at the junior high, Brianna will be at the middle school, and Victoria will be at the elementary. Johnny missed Wednesday and Thursday this week due to a stomach virus and Victoria was picked up early from school today due to allergies. Who will take care of my kids when they are sick if I'm working?
As bad as I need a job I am scared to death of getting one and then failing my family because I'm not there when they need me.
Please send up a little prayer for my little family.
Shelia
Okay... imagine making a fool out of yourself in front of your landlords... now imagine you rent your house from a CHURCH.... now, imagine the church is in a little bitty town.
My day seems to get worse and worse... first, I woke up around 3am when my daughter got out of bed to go potty.... I couldn't go back to sleep for anything. So, I worked on some of the junk I've been putting off sorting thru. I created a mountain of garbage in my kitchen that I PLANNED to take out first thing this morning.... didn't happen. Got Johnny to school without much fanfare but the girls were 20 minutes late to school. I had given Victoria a super quick bath this morning and decided to french braid her hair since it was still soaking wet. When I started sectioning it out to braid I saw little black specks on her scalp... I freak out thinking it could be lice. I spent way too much time looking at her head and looking up lice info on the internet. Nope... not lice... must have been dirt from the playground and in my haste I didn't scrub her head good enough (bad mommy)... thank the Good Lord. But, regardless the girls got tardies for this morning.
Then I am running late to go to Mom's ... no, I still don't have a washer/dryer... but I get there in time to do one fast load of whites.
Okay, here's the embarrassing part of the story.... I drive up to my house to see someone (can't see them well) is IN MY HOUSE!!! I get freaked out and yell, "I live in that house is there something I can do for you" (from my vehicle of course.... who know's maybe they are serial killers that like to do handyman work before they kill their victims)... it's after I holler out that I see two little old men come out of my laundry room with tools in hand I see the storm door that I knew would get installed ... some day.... with my prior knowledge of them coming into my home.... problem was I didn't get notice.... NO ONE CALLED ME AND WARNED ME! Me, being a sleep deprived, stressed out, overly private, wife of a truck driver who is never home, starts breaking down.
First of all, NO ONE CALLED ME. Second of all, I was embarrassed of the mess... there was a mountain of junk by the garbage can in my kitchen, a few bags of things from Walmart I hadn't put away last night was on the floor, breakfast dishes on the stove, kids CD players on the counter... we won't even go into the disaster in my living room. 3. Third of all, I am exhausted and had planned the following upon arrival from my Mom's house: sleep for an hour, pick up kitchen, clean living room, clean turtle tank, go through the junk in the laundry room and get it nice and clean.
So, what happens when I confront these old men from the church.... I break down because they were told by a lady from the church that it would be okay to be here. I start apologizing for being rude and I guess because of stress, sleep deprivation, and embarrassment I break down in tears. One of the old guys actually tells me to make them some coffee... if I'd have known they were coming the house would have been clean and I'd have had coffee for them... but then the fact that he TOLD me to make it... I get 9 kinds of pissed off and go inside and start slamming every door and cabinet in the house... yes, I am a door slammer. Now, I've calmed down and have apologized AGAIN but have been reassured by one of the men (not Mr.Starbucks) that his wife would have been upset too and probably would have called 911 about 40 feet from the house. I know they are here to install a storm door on my back door and I should be gracious but the whole thing just caught me off guard. I am such a horrible person... I know I am but I can't seem to help it.... .... I feel rotten... somebody shoot me and put me out of my ***** misery. I am a horrible rotten person... how can I get mad at two old men from the church that came here to install a storm door. I hate it when I lose control of my emotions (still crying as I type). I NEED SLEEP!!!
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I walked the girls to the elementary and they ended up with tardies because we were 8 minutes late. Thank the good Lord above John was home because he played with the battery well enough that we were able to drive it (just couldn't turn it off). 
After we did that we went by my cousin's house to drop off some stuff I've been trying to get to her since December.
I'm not ready for him to leave but he needs to get back on the road.