yahoooooo friday!
thank God!
the week seemed to fly by until today, which dragged on and on.
i am waiting for my friend libby to pick me up for our school christmas party.
there's supposed to be a pretty major spread.
so why, you may ask, am i eating chips and salsa like it's going out of style?
i don't know.
no self control, maybe?
i am glad to see that everyone has been faithful with their blogs lately.
oops! did i say EVERYone? i meant everyone except mom and casey!
but mare, that's scary about the attempted break-in. do you guys have an alarm system?
i need some more ideas of movies for 2002. i should have saved all my ticket stubs, like the clever justin, but i haven't, and i forget what all i saw this year. if anyone can throw anything my way, it would be greatly appreciated! and justin, a nice christmas idea for me would be a copy of your 175 song mix! just a thought...
well people, i'm off to my party.
tracey
Thursday, December 12, 2002
well, it's thursday again
and may i comment on that fact
that we have not heard from mom
in a whole week?
come on mom, you started out so strong!
fight the good fight!
whoo. rough week at work for both matt and i (or is it me? i could never get the grammar rule down for that one). he's working like a madman, day and night, which ends up actually being okay after tomorrow. that is his deadline and it will all be over, and he will have enough comp time to go away for two weeks for christmas and still get paid for it! i cancelled more therapy this afternoon to get my junk done, and i finally am starting to feel better about it--just a ton of stuff to do and deadlines to meet before christmas break...
6 MORE DAYS OF SCHOOL!!!! WOOOHOOOOOO!!!!
and my school christmas party is tomorrow night.
i'm not torturing matt with that one, either.
my friend libby and i are going together (without our men).
but later that night matt and i are going to a work party for him--i tolerate the torture. plus, i have a big mouth and like to socialize, so it can't really be considered torture for me.
by the way, dad, thanks for incorporating "hark!" into your blog-it made my day!
mare, so funny with the "michelle voice" thing. my dad, being a phys ed teacher for 20 years, had a loud voice for a long time (still gets loud at certain funny and predictable times) and we used to call it his "gym voice". i have a parent who tells her child to use his "restaurant voice" when he's being too loud. i still prefer to tell them to use their "inside voices"--still funny to me all the time-i know it shouldn't be, i'm a speech therapist for crying out loud!!! oh well.
apparently, i find things funny that shouldn't really be funny at my age, if i were truly the "responsible adult" that i am expected to be. for example, we have stairs at our school with nice, slippery railings. one day, i was walking along and these two little boys were sliding on down the rails on their little bottoms. i was amused, of course and just watched them. suddenly, the gym teacher came around the corner, looked at them, looked at me, and started yelling at them. this was the point where i came back to reality and said weakly, "...yeah boys...you'd better stop..." and quickly kept on walking by while she disciplined them and glared at me. heehee! come on, THEY'RE JUST HAVING FUN!!
i'm going to start my year end review tonight while matt is at work. i have some pictures ready and some words in my head. in fact, i think i'll start it right now!
love you all...
tracey
and may i comment on that fact
that we have not heard from mom
in a whole week?
come on mom, you started out so strong!
fight the good fight!
whoo. rough week at work for both matt and i (or is it me? i could never get the grammar rule down for that one). he's working like a madman, day and night, which ends up actually being okay after tomorrow. that is his deadline and it will all be over, and he will have enough comp time to go away for two weeks for christmas and still get paid for it! i cancelled more therapy this afternoon to get my junk done, and i finally am starting to feel better about it--just a ton of stuff to do and deadlines to meet before christmas break...
6 MORE DAYS OF SCHOOL!!!! WOOOHOOOOOO!!!!
and my school christmas party is tomorrow night.
i'm not torturing matt with that one, either.
my friend libby and i are going together (without our men).
but later that night matt and i are going to a work party for him--i tolerate the torture. plus, i have a big mouth and like to socialize, so it can't really be considered torture for me.
by the way, dad, thanks for incorporating "hark!" into your blog-it made my day!
mare, so funny with the "michelle voice" thing. my dad, being a phys ed teacher for 20 years, had a loud voice for a long time (still gets loud at certain funny and predictable times) and we used to call it his "gym voice". i have a parent who tells her child to use his "restaurant voice" when he's being too loud. i still prefer to tell them to use their "inside voices"--still funny to me all the time-i know it shouldn't be, i'm a speech therapist for crying out loud!!! oh well.
apparently, i find things funny that shouldn't really be funny at my age, if i were truly the "responsible adult" that i am expected to be. for example, we have stairs at our school with nice, slippery railings. one day, i was walking along and these two little boys were sliding on down the rails on their little bottoms. i was amused, of course and just watched them. suddenly, the gym teacher came around the corner, looked at them, looked at me, and started yelling at them. this was the point where i came back to reality and said weakly, "...yeah boys...you'd better stop..." and quickly kept on walking by while she disciplined them and glared at me. heehee! come on, THEY'RE JUST HAVING FUN!!
i'm going to start my year end review tonight while matt is at work. i have some pictures ready and some words in my head. in fact, i think i'll start it right now!
love you all...
tracey
Tuesday, December 10, 2002
hello everyone...
it's tuesday and i actually cancelled some therapy today so i could get paperwork done and phone calls returned during my workday instead of after school or at home! i'm pretty proud of myself, i felt guilty for a minute but then i relaxed and realized it is not a life or death situation if my kids miss one session with me!
matt is playing basketball right now, hopefully his ankle has healed enough, otherwise i'm going to see him walking back through the door in a couple of minutes.
and now for some personal notes...
mare--nice long entry (it's about time!) and my sentiments are the same on moving back to ohio: not unless i hear an audible voice from the Lord!!! okay, okay, or the still, small voice of the holy spirit--but i'm not going to be listening for that for a very long time. and YAY on maybe getting a st. bernard puppy!!! that will be so fun!!! would you get it after you get home from your christmas travels then? thought of any names yet? how about cyrus or sedrick? those are good dog names :) heehee!
justin-i'll bring home the new sixpence cd at christmas and you can burn it from me.
also, has anyone heard "all american rejects" song called "swing, swing"? very catchy and fun--check it out.
we're getting pumped for christmas break!!! ahhhh, two weeks off-YAY! matt made the mistake of taunting me about my gift and gave me enought hints to keep me bothering him about it until we come--he's giving it to me early and i can hardly wait!!!
quote of the day from a kid:
i was doing therapy with my voice kids (kids who are loud and abuse their voices so much that little blisters and calluses form on their vocal folds, creating a constantly raspy voice) this morning and i said, "who saw someone abusing their voice this week?" (a technique to get them tuned into voice abuse) and one of my little boys said, "jackson was screaming on the playground! and i told him that if he did it again, he'd have to get surgery on his vocal cords!!!"
yikes-can't wait until i get a phone call from an angry parent about that one!
i have a busy day tomorrow--time to get mentally prepared...
tracey
dad-i want to see the propaganda!!!
it's tuesday and i actually cancelled some therapy today so i could get paperwork done and phone calls returned during my workday instead of after school or at home! i'm pretty proud of myself, i felt guilty for a minute but then i relaxed and realized it is not a life or death situation if my kids miss one session with me!
matt is playing basketball right now, hopefully his ankle has healed enough, otherwise i'm going to see him walking back through the door in a couple of minutes.
and now for some personal notes...
mare--nice long entry (it's about time!) and my sentiments are the same on moving back to ohio: not unless i hear an audible voice from the Lord!!! okay, okay, or the still, small voice of the holy spirit--but i'm not going to be listening for that for a very long time. and YAY on maybe getting a st. bernard puppy!!! that will be so fun!!! would you get it after you get home from your christmas travels then? thought of any names yet? how about cyrus or sedrick? those are good dog names :) heehee!
justin-i'll bring home the new sixpence cd at christmas and you can burn it from me.
also, has anyone heard "all american rejects" song called "swing, swing"? very catchy and fun--check it out.
we're getting pumped for christmas break!!! ahhhh, two weeks off-YAY! matt made the mistake of taunting me about my gift and gave me enought hints to keep me bothering him about it until we come--he's giving it to me early and i can hardly wait!!!
quote of the day from a kid:
i was doing therapy with my voice kids (kids who are loud and abuse their voices so much that little blisters and calluses form on their vocal folds, creating a constantly raspy voice) this morning and i said, "who saw someone abusing their voice this week?" (a technique to get them tuned into voice abuse) and one of my little boys said, "jackson was screaming on the playground! and i told him that if he did it again, he'd have to get surgery on his vocal cords!!!"
yikes-can't wait until i get a phone call from an angry parent about that one!
i have a busy day tomorrow--time to get mentally prepared...
tracey
dad-i want to see the propaganda!!!
Monday, December 09, 2002
this weekend turned out to be very relaxing yet productive-a first in a long time due to amount of guests and traveling for this edwards family! on sunday i relaxed, played some bing crosby, nat king cole, dean martin, frank sinatra, ottmar liebert, and over the rhine christmas music (by the way, is there a sixpence christmas album that anyone knows about?) and made a pot of vanilla coffee. i turned on our christmas tree lights, buckled down, and made-yes, MADE-our christmas cards. can you believe i made them, wrote personal notes in them, AND have mailed most of them out already? hope you like them, people!
i also did a major clean up job on the apartment and read another book. ahhhhh....
can anyone help explain my obsession + hatred of snowflakes and snow? i have noticed some contradictions in my behavior and quite frankly, it confuses me. i hate cold weather, which was part of the reason we moved, yet my christmas tree is covered with silver snowflakes and my favorite christmas songs are "i'm dreaming of a white christmas", "let it snow", and "winter wonderland". my theory is that i like it from a distance but i don't want to be near it (except for when we come home for christmas). any other theories on my twisted brain???
justin, i also like the idea of the year end review. i might do a short version but i don't think i'm going to have time for an elaborate production (you never know, though, once i get into something i can really get obsessed!). i love the idea of everyone writing something and exchanging it--what a fun tradition to start! what sort of format is this going to be? is this going to be modeled after something in particular? or are we just being creative?
deep thought for the day:
i wish "hark" was still a word that people used in everyday conversation. i think it would lighten things up a bit!
goodbye folks!
tracey
i also did a major clean up job on the apartment and read another book. ahhhhh....
can anyone help explain my obsession + hatred of snowflakes and snow? i have noticed some contradictions in my behavior and quite frankly, it confuses me. i hate cold weather, which was part of the reason we moved, yet my christmas tree is covered with silver snowflakes and my favorite christmas songs are "i'm dreaming of a white christmas", "let it snow", and "winter wonderland". my theory is that i like it from a distance but i don't want to be near it (except for when we come home for christmas). any other theories on my twisted brain???
justin, i also like the idea of the year end review. i might do a short version but i don't think i'm going to have time for an elaborate production (you never know, though, once i get into something i can really get obsessed!). i love the idea of everyone writing something and exchanging it--what a fun tradition to start! what sort of format is this going to be? is this going to be modeled after something in particular? or are we just being creative?
deep thought for the day:
i wish "hark" was still a word that people used in everyday conversation. i think it would lighten things up a bit!
goodbye folks!
tracey