This evening we are supposed to join my in laws at their churches fundraising “Trifesta”. My husband and his brother are working a booth for the restaurant–so it will be nice to see him, but it is supposed to be a rainy evening–not that my kids care–carnival rides are the most important thing–rain just adds to the fun! So I really should be getting everyone together–yet here I sit! It’s been a down day–I would like to blame it on the rain–but honestly–I think a depression is setting in. I really should get medicated–but I just hate it, so I sit in a bit of a stupor! Not too fun–but totally avoidable–so no pity here!! I think it’s been coming on for a week or so, and I’ve felt it–I was just hoping that I would be strong enough to fight it on my own. But of course, you actually have to understand something to control it–and I don’t understand depression at all–so I don’t stand a chance! So much is good right now–well, let me re-phrase that–99.9% of everything is going perfectly–but I can’t seem to see it. All I can see is the Scoliosis and the chaotic mess that my house is–all the work left to finish–all the money that will need to be spent to fix this house up to sell–I guess it’s just a “glass half empty” kind of day! I hate those!

I have to tell you something amazing!! We have been on the phone with Moving Companies all morning–and something that I thought would be minimal help and maximum cost–is turning out to be quite the opposite. I originally was only going to call for two movers to come in after we were all out and get the heavy things. The treadmill, the piano, the armoire–you get the picture. I assumed it would be pretty expensive–but I have no way to get these things out of this house and into the new one–especially the chest freezer on the back porch.

I’m very surprised! We are getting a four man crew for 6 hours for $700! I’m sorry–but in six hours they can take all of the furniture and some of the boxes too! I’m just amazed–and honestly…really excited now too!!

It feels so funny to be excited about boxes! Nothing fabulous, empty boxes!! My husband is a Chef–and the best time that this comes in handy…well, when does having a Chef for a husband NOT come in handy, eh??? Well, today was delivery day at the restaurant. I reminded him to call and tell his crew not to break down the boxes–I wanted all of them. His restaurant has the coolest boxes.

Did you know Milk is delivered in crate sized boxes? The perfect size for ANYTHING! They are too small to over-pack–so even full they aren’t heavy, then they have handles on the sides, and since they normally carry 4 gallons of milk–they are very durable!

Then, you know those styro-foam take out boxes–they come in one huge box–perfect for toys and kitchen gadgets and STUFF!!

But the coolest thing we picked up tonight–the wine boxes! They have those cool dividers to keep my colored bottle collection from breaking–as well as every glass in the house!

All in all–I got about 40 boxes of all sizes–and tomorrow–I can’t wait to wake up and start packing something!!

Peter Cetera from the band Chicago was the featured singer of the “7th Inning Stretch” at the Cubs game today against the Reds. It was kind of nice to see him, but holy cow–he’s all grown up!! He now tours with different Symphonies across the country–and he looked really good. He is in town taking his daughter to see High School Musical before she goes back to school in Nashville.

It was kind of a fun “Where Are They Now” kind of a moment! Last I heard he was dating Jane Seymour–but since I knew she had married someone else and had twins–I knew they must have broken up!

Either way–it’s kind of a fun catch up for someone that I used to watch when I was a teenager.

Ok–all of you folks out there who would like traffic to your blogs–let me tell you the best way to lose it! Put up a joke post that ties up someones computer for hours on end! I was in reading some of my favorite blogs while I waited for the “Big Money” to drop–click one button–and my computer is toast! So I am a little ticked, but just turn off my computer–and restart it! Well, in the 2 minutes it takes to do that…the “Big Money” drops!! So I miss it! So now I’m not just a little ticked–I’m on full Terror Alert Red Ticked!! I’m happy to play along—I’m happy to to find funny things–but when you mess with my bottom line—Then I get mad!!

Let me just say…I won’t be visiting that blog–ever again…and the link has been removed from my blog! Buh-BYE!!

I went early yesterday afternoon to register my boys for their new school. They start on the 22nd, and it was kind of exciting! First off–I have to say–it was the smoothest registration I’ve ever been through. Tables set up in stations throughout the schools multi-purpose room–when finished up with everything, you go into the library for ‘online’ registration, after that–it’s off to the office to sign the last few documents. It took about an hour, but went so smoothly.

Station 4 was about riding the bus. The district web page mentioned that if you life 1.5 miles from school, your kids would be bused. I knew we don’t even live a mile from school, but they cross a terribly busy road, and there are no sidewalks once you cross that road. So with a hopeful curiosity–I stopped to check if my kids qualify.

Now when you are a “new” student–you just feel stupid–I know nothing of the way they do things–I don’t know what questions they are going to ask–I know nothing of what forms they nned. I generally try to downplay my stupidity with a quick-”I’m new, and I have no idea what you need!” The bus lady laughed and showed me a bunch of papers and asked if any of these streets sounded familiar–yes…as a matter of fact one did. So I found out that my kids bus stop is on the corner of street A and street B–and that corner–just so happens to be owned (as of the 31st of August) by ME!! Yep, our corner–20 feet from my front door–is the bus stop!

School there starts at 8–which is the exact time my kids have gotten up to be at school here–in the new house-the bus leaves at 7:41 a.m.! Oh, my poor kids!

You know how you hear about cool things and you wish you knew enough “Techno-Stuff” to get involved? That is me! I hear words like “Blog Carnival” or “Trackbacks” and I get a cold chill running up and down my spine! Both of these things I would love to know the ins and outs of–heck, I’d love to know the basics of–so today when my FAVORITE blogger talks about sharing a little link love if I send back a trackback—the cold sweat is beginning–but for my Venomous Kate…I have to try!

I’m sure you know Venomous–she has four blogs that I read daily! She’s kind of like my morning cup of coffee! Well, Diet Coke, since I don’t drink coffee! I followed her month long Alli experiment over on Chubby Mommy–I would love to try something that kicked my body into the losing mode–nothing has worked–she found some success and learned to stay away from the foods that she shouldn’t eat to cause the bad side effects–however, with me—I’m sure I would have the bad side effects because I have ZERO self control! But my favorite “guilty pleasure” is her Queen Of Snark blog—LOVE it!! Oh, and her Clackity Clack neighbor! All of it is such fun!!

All of her blogs are a great read–and I’m not just saying that for the link love–she is so profound at one moment–and then so “ME” another moment–and then so funny–and then…well, you get the point–She’s Awesome!! And she already knows I think that–so it isn’t saying much–but get over there and Bite Her!! She’ll even bite you back!