Feb, 26, 2006

...........First a couple of "community" things.... the other day Himself and I made a trip to Grocery Outlet and then had to go to Albertson's in Silverdale to get a prescription. For some reason he chose to take the back roads. Something he always accuses me of wasting time doing. Anyway we drove out through the area between Tracyton Rd and Hwy 303. There is so much clearng and building going on there. It is all chopped up for housing developements. No1.. I was under the impression that there was a hold on building in this Co and you could not subdivide.... Himself tells me t hat is only Joe Average Citizen, not contractors who pay the proper hand. Anyway one of the things we saw was a place called Pheasant Ridge that is down in a sort of valley and a little farther on we saw Blueberry Meadows that was on the hillside. Hmmmm, wonder if someone switched the signs.
......On my way to PetsMart today I passed Farmland Feed and Pets... on the reader board they always list the breeds of highly overpriced puppymill puppys they have. Today it read......JR....Shitz....Cock. Ok that really means Jack Russell, Shitzu and Cockers but it sure looked strange. On the way home I noticed the sign had been taken down.
..........Now on to the real stuff. This week it took one full grown grandma and one small child to lose a pair of jazz shoes. I have no idea how or where. She had them on Thursday at dance and this week when I looked for them they are not here. She had had to wear them the week before because I lost one of her dance paws. Now dance paws for the uninformed are a small elastic thing that resembles the toe portion of a sock with minute slits for the toes and has a non skid pad on the bottom to protect the ball of the foot. They cost $30 a pair. If I could find the correct pad and elastic I could spend $2 and 20 minutes at the sewing machine.
......Grandpa found the errant paw in the car. The jazz shoes are not in the car, the dance bag, the living room or the laundry room. There is a very slim chance they got put in the wrong sack and when home with the dancer but I doubt it. I think they got left at the studio and if we are REALLY lucky we will find them in lost and found.
......In the meantime since the paws are so pricey I found a place called Discount Dance online that has Foot Undeez. These resemble mens briefs for the foot............... and cost only $13 a pair. But the smallest size they had was a childs med. The paws were a xs. So I asked Brianna's mom what size Bri wore as she is close in size to Aundrea. She said a med so that is what I ordered. Unlike the Marcea co who have still not sent the correct size dance pants, Discount Dance was very quick and we got them in 3 days. They were soooo very tiny. We wresteled one on to a foot and Aundrea said they were too small. Well did she think that they just needed to streach some. She said look at the color of my toes. Ok they are several sizes too small. I took them to dance to show the moms and we laughed alot and then compared them to Jessica's. She and Bri had Med alright. But med adult. Do not ask what size an adult wears.
....One last word about Discount Dance. When the Undeez came they sent a catal0g. Aundrea saw it and said "Grandma that is the man from Dirty Dancing on the cover!!" She thinks Patrick Swayze is the coolest. Quite possibily the best dancer she has EVER seen. She was really impressed when I told her that Kathy (RAy's daughter, who Aundrea calls the singing lady) knew him.

Feb. 12, 2006

..........It has been a while since I posted. Not much new happening but still staying busy. A couple of weeks ago on a Thursday, Aundrea had a substitute teacher. She was telling me about him and finally mentioned his name was Mr Johnson. I asked her if she remembered the the man I worked with at PetsMart and she said that was him. Then she said... Grandma he dresses like a monkey's uncle. Well I have no ideawhat a monkey's uncle dresses like but I said I thought Bill dressed like everyone else. She said no... "when I saw him I said in my head, why he dresses like a monkey's uncle." She said he had on a tie that had stop signs, and skateboards and dogs all over it. I am dying to call Bill but she made me promise not to tell him. I will when I see him.!! She did say he got a premanent job at West Hills starting the next day so I was happy to hear that.
........I filed the income tax online like I have the last couple of years and they sent it back like they have each time. I made the same stupid mistake each time. I keep insisting that Roy's mom ought to know when he was born and gave his real birth day instead of the "official" one on his birthcertificate. Maybe one day I will get it.
........Today was Michael Peterson's 60th birthday and the rules were we were to spend 60 cents on a gift. (wonder where they thought that up?) Actually I told joyce about Dianne's 50th where we each spent 50 cents. It takes some coniving and scrambling cause as you know you can't get much for 60 cents. I wrote Old Man Peterson a check. His brother in law, Jim, sent him a cookie that cost a $1 and cut off 40% of it. HE got a lot of very creative gifts. Terry and Barb got a package of pens for $1 and took 4 of them out.
.......The vet increased Cleo's meds and she is doing much better.... KNOCK ON WOOD!! She will have to go back next week I think for another blood test. Each on costs $55 or so but what are you going to do?
.........And finally..... after 11 years we are going to find out who the father of Nick's brother Aaron is. The state needs a DNA test. Not me. I will be EXTREMELY surprised if he is NOT Matt's. He looks like Matt. He has MY teeth and the red hair that runs in our family. Sam and Mark are getting a divorce and she is being a real witch about every thing. She is going to find her self in jail for welfare fraud and Tod for tax fraud cause Mark has claimed Aaron, rightfully as he is legally his, so had Tod for the last 5 years. Oh what a tangled web we weave when we try to decieve. And finally Sam will not be able to play guilt trip to whoever she thinks she can get the most out of b ecause we will know who he belongs to. I really feel bad for the kids cause they lose no matter what. Matt may go for custody and I will demand his name be changed... or at least hyphonated..