Xian is having such a wonderful year so far. I have to admit that I was so leery of this monumental transition into Middle School. His teachers are terrific and he loves it! He was voted Student-of-the-Month by his teachers. Momma is proud!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Cookin' with my girls
I love cooking with my girls. They love to help me in the kitchen. Even though many times they aren’t much ‘help’ I try to remember how fleeting these times are and how their willingness may not always be so jolly!
Saturday, September 27, 2008
No gas, no water – ragweed galore!
In 1979 I was rather young to comprehend the severity of the Iranian gas crisis that affected the US - national shortages, closed pumps = fear.
I was glad to have my pre-teen with me today as we searched for gasoline. We talked at length how his generation is going to require the foresight to make this cease – obviously my generation (and the generations before me) failed miserable. Our shortages here in the south are regional, so you people up north aren’t even dealing with this now, however; the big picture is not just due to the recent hurricanes! Why weren’t alternatives fuels researched LONG ago to lessen our dependence on oil in general – not just foreign oil??? I don’t get it?!
We drove from one station to the next looking for the clues… if the price numbers on their signs are missing, they don’t have regular gas, altho’ they may have diesel. If there are plastic bags on the pump handles, they are out totally. If there are cars wrapped around the block while honking & screaming ensues and everyone looks perturbed and ready to attack, then the odds are that they have a limited supply of gas.
The gas truck arrived at our local grocery store only to be bombarded by patrons lining up as fast as they could. In an instant the lines were 15 – 25 cars long. These cars blocked the parking available for shoppers. One guy had fallen asleep in the driver’s seat of his car waiting in line!
Thankfully I had about ¼ of a tank left! I found a little mom ‘n pop’s place (notorious for being at least $.15/gal. more than everyone else) that had regular Plus only for $4.35/gallon. It killed me to pay it, but I had to – I only had to wait for about 20 minutes.
The paper today says there is no end in sight!
GA continues with the drought, too. We’ve yet to use our fire pit we built in the back.
There is, however, a surplus of GA ragweed available… too bad my mini-van doesn’t run on this!
I was glad to have my pre-teen with me today as we searched for gasoline. We talked at length how his generation is going to require the foresight to make this cease – obviously my generation (and the generations before me) failed miserable. Our shortages here in the south are regional, so you people up north aren’t even dealing with this now, however; the big picture is not just due to the recent hurricanes! Why weren’t alternatives fuels researched LONG ago to lessen our dependence on oil in general – not just foreign oil??? I don’t get it?!
We drove from one station to the next looking for the clues… if the price numbers on their signs are missing, they don’t have regular gas, altho’ they may have diesel. If there are plastic bags on the pump handles, they are out totally. If there are cars wrapped around the block while honking & screaming ensues and everyone looks perturbed and ready to attack, then the odds are that they have a limited supply of gas.
The gas truck arrived at our local grocery store only to be bombarded by patrons lining up as fast as they could. In an instant the lines were 15 – 25 cars long. These cars blocked the parking available for shoppers. One guy had fallen asleep in the driver’s seat of his car waiting in line!
Thankfully I had about ¼ of a tank left! I found a little mom ‘n pop’s place (notorious for being at least $.15/gal. more than everyone else) that had regular Plus only for $4.35/gallon. It killed me to pay it, but I had to – I only had to wait for about 20 minutes.
The paper today says there is no end in sight!
GA continues with the drought, too. We’ve yet to use our fire pit we built in the back.
There is, however, a surplus of GA ragweed available… too bad my mini-van doesn’t run on this!
Thursday, September 25, 2008
I have gas (for now....)
I drove by 6 or 7 gas stations this morning that were all out of gas. The ONE that did have gas had drivers wrapped around the block… YIKES. I have about ¾ of a tank for now. Media is advising to only get what you need and leave some for others – yeah right, that’s gonna happen!!! This “crisis” is supposed to be over within a few days – we’ll see!
On the home front: Xian continues to just LOVE school! I’m so happy and so very proud of him! I am impressed with all of his teachers and the school in general! LB, on the other hand, isn’t doing as well as she was at the beginning of the year. She cries almost every morning when I drop her off at pre-K. There is NO reason for it. She says she just misses us (Mims & me.) I hope this drama ends soon. Mims loves to be in LB’s classroom and gives her teachers hugs when we leave.
On the Iraqi front: T is doing well - PTL! He has about 8 weeks or so to go. He is reading a lot (a definite measure of his boredom.) I sent him a book titled, Wild at Heart. Now I'm beginning to wonder what kind of manly-man is going to return from the desert?!
On the home front: Xian continues to just LOVE school! I’m so happy and so very proud of him! I am impressed with all of his teachers and the school in general! LB, on the other hand, isn’t doing as well as she was at the beginning of the year. She cries almost every morning when I drop her off at pre-K. There is NO reason for it. She says she just misses us (Mims & me.) I hope this drama ends soon. Mims loves to be in LB’s classroom and gives her teachers hugs when we leave.
On the Iraqi front: T is doing well - PTL! He has about 8 weeks or so to go. He is reading a lot (a definite measure of his boredom.) I sent him a book titled, Wild at Heart. Now I'm beginning to wonder what kind of manly-man is going to return from the desert?!
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Blast From the Past
I've got to share some past videos that are so dear to our hearts (and funny bones!):
This one captured by Ali-Bob (we miss you!)
This one captured by Ali-Bob (we miss you!)
Monday, September 22, 2008
Here goes nothing.....
The whole purpose of my starting this blog was so that my deployed DH (get used to my abbreviations, Dear Husband) could read of our daily on-goings, see pix and videos, and basically just keep up with us while he is gone... in typical Albano fashion, this is not going to work this way as he is not able to access all of my hard work. We'll have to continue (and be grateful) for the phone conversations we are allowed.
My friend Kelly gave me a mini-tutorial this morn. to help me get this up and started. I look forward to learning more about the minutia of blogging and doing it well - not that there are too many of you interested in our mundane life, but to the few of you that may browse = welcome.
I'm actually hopeful that more friends and family members will jump on this band wagon and share more of their life with everyone.
Illness Journal: Xian sick all weekend w/ the flu, migraines, vomiting, body aches. He went to school today, but was weak. LB and Mims coughed ALL weekend. My allergies are beginning to resemble what they were in SD = PTL for Allegra!!!
My friend Kelly gave me a mini-tutorial this morn. to help me get this up and started. I look forward to learning more about the minutia of blogging and doing it well - not that there are too many of you interested in our mundane life, but to the few of you that may browse = welcome.
I'm actually hopeful that more friends and family members will jump on this band wagon and share more of their life with everyone.
Illness Journal: Xian sick all weekend w/ the flu, migraines, vomiting, body aches. He went to school today, but was weak. LB and Mims coughed ALL weekend. My allergies are beginning to resemble what they were in SD = PTL for Allegra!!!
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