The Jumpin' Jelly Bean Share Café

Howdy all!! Back safely from AZ. I'll try to catch up.

Kate - So good to *see* you around here. Thought of you this weekend....had a cheeseburger today. And fries. Aren't you proud?

Lauren - Yipee on the Roomba. I so want one of those. So cool about your neighbor holding that garage sale. Awesome.

Laura - ON MY CALENDAR!! Thursday August 30th it is.

Tracy - I can just see Ansley now. Love it. And so awesome of your mom to be your cleaning fairy. Small things sometimes make the most difference.

Liz - I love getting new running shoes. You go. And I'm a bucket of tears too whenever anyone talks about miracles.

Katie - Good job girlfriend on the weight loss. So wish I could go to that mixtape show. Cool.

Stacy - He'll get there. But you're right - you can't wean for the night when he's not feeling well. Poor little man.

Wedding was absolutely beautiful. And I didn't mess up or cry while I sang. Made it home in time for Grace's two soccer games. Now it's time to focus on the poker tournament. Oh, and I have some could-be-bad news.....My 25th high school reunion (yes, I do know I'm totally old) is the same weekend as SU. Michael says to go to SU. And I can't imagine not being there. But I want to go to my reunion too. Sigh.....

Help yourself to brownies for babies anytime, Lauren. We used to have a Roomba, but after we got Sandy she attacked it every time we tried to use it, so I gave it to my sister. It only worked well on small areas anyway and took a long time, but maybe technology has improved in the last 6 years.

My brain is too fuzzy to comment on everyone's goings-on right now. I woke up with a toothache on Saturday morning (of course it can't happen when the dentist is open!) I'm taking tomorrow off to try to get into the dentist and see what's going on. It seems so random. Anyway, I'm up way too late trying to catch up on a few things because I'm too grumpy to sleep.

Donna- Tough call! I totally have my bias.

Shannon- Ouch! Toothaches are the worst. Hope sleep found you- and thanks for the Roomba review! I'm seeing close to 5 stars on Amazon and they have new pet ones... so hopefully it will do the trick for us! Gotta be better than my non vacuuming self.

Anyone ready for Monday?

Lauren- Not ready for Monday but here it is. Roomba sounds awesome. Even if it goes slow at least you aren't the one doing it.

Kate- Good to see you around here. THinking of you and yours often.

Donna- Glad the wedding and singing went so well and supermom made it back in time for the soccer games. Wow!

Tracy- So glad the concert was stupendous. I hate catch-up homework.

Great weekend. Birthday party, turns out my kid can sort-of roller blade (kudos to the ice skating lessons) and soccer game in 40 degree weather. The kids didn't seem to mind and dinner out with friends. I guess that means back to work today. Have a great Monday ladies. I hope all the kiddos (and mamas) stay healthy today.

Bah...That GD SIL has to ruin my Sunday dinner. More at my blog.

Donna, nice to hear of a good wedding and safe trip home.

Ellen, it is a tad cold out for soccer. It's super freezing out, now.

Lauren, I know, right?! Her ears were burning!

Shannon, I blame all of my dental problems on Donna. Ever since she motivated me to go to the dentist, I've had 3 dentist appointments, a 4th on Friday...Percocet and valium to help me through my wisdom teeth and cavity trauma's. I will say, my face doesn't hurt nearly as bad as it used to...for that matter, after Friday, I doubt it will hurt at all.

I'm not on the ball today...bbl

Ellen- That is an excellent weekend! Kick butt on the roller blades! I've never tried it.

Liz- Sorry things were ruined Sunday. I'll be sure to check out your blog.

Monday Monday... coffee better be stellar this morning.


Hrmph.

Stacy: Loved Elim picture on the slide...... poor baby hope he didn't hurt bad..... he is truly a boy, so sorry for the stuffy nose hope he is better......and I am a chicken mom, I can 't let them cry at night.... thank goodness mine were good sleepers......

Ellen: sounds like you had a great WE......

Shannon: Hope you got some sleep last night..... and your dentist visit is an easy one (if that could ever be possible)

Laura: Congratulations on your new position...... coach assistant.....

Liz: sorry SIL has ruined your Sunday..... heading to your blog.....awesome on the 3 miles

Lauren: I think I need a double cup of coffee (or better a big pot) every Monday, and each week is harder to get back to track.....

Katie: way to go girl! 34 pounds it is awesome......happy anniversary to you too.....

Donna: Glad you had a great WE and a nice wedding and you got still time to make it to Grace's soccer game.... really you must have extra hours hidden somewhere.......

Tracy: Well if you come to my country I am sure you will not stuck up in Chuck E Cheese.... there are hundreds of restaurants here, you can chose whatever kind of food you want..... and yes kids are the same kids, here, there or even in china I think, they love pizza and video games......and marketing knows how to get money from parents......I will be crossing my fingers for you and this May 4th, I am sure everything will be all right......

That is all I can remember right now...... if I remember something I will post later......

Not much to tell, a busy WE, my other "son" went back home, and we miss him, even miss V is asking all the time for him.....

Busy, busy week..... I have to look for a dress for the wedding, and today is my religious anniversary... 13 years.....long time, but feels like only yesterday.....

Hope all of you have a nice week...
Lorena

Katie - Congrats on the weightloss! That's wonderful! Weight Watchers, huh?

Lorena - Happy Anniversary (religious one)! So sweet that ya'll are missing your exchange student. Good luck with the dress search:)

Lauren - So neat that your neighbors did that garage sale. Yum, brownies:) Our sale didn't go as well as hoped, but it was HOT out, so it's really okay. If the automatic cleaner will give you more time with your family, go for it! Hey, for my anniversary, I wanted my carpets cleaned:) Lame, yes, but practical.

Stacy - Cute pic of Elim with his li'l slide. I have that chair in the background:)

Tracy - Sounds like you all had a nice time at the concert:) I have a feeling you'll be chaperoning may more concert nights. I know what you mean about the money they spend on scantrons. Makes me ill too.

Donna - I'm so glad that your performed sans tears. I bet it was wonderful! Really neat too that you made it home in time for Grace's game(s).

Okay, so the garage sale didn't go well, but it was 105 here this past weekend. We took turns being out there, but we called it after two hours. Not a lot of traffic. My Scentsy candle lady came through with her donation, so I'm pleased there. On the speech front, a new clinician for Mr. T tomorrow. Hoping we'll get to keep that time slot. Our re-fi on our mortgage went through, so yay for that, and now I'm sniffing around for a different home/auto insurance carrier. Anything to save a few more bucks!

Lorena~ Happy Anniversary! Sorry that your other son had to go back to his house, but what a great experience!

Donna~ Glad the wedding and the "duties" that you had for it went well. What song did you sing?? As for the decision for SU or Reunion.....I say SU! Only because I know you're a FB-er, so you're probably in touch with all of those classmates anyway.

Ellen~ Glad the skating party went well. Ansley hasn't tried roller blades...she has enough problems on 4 wheels spaced out.

Shannon~ Ouch! Good luck on the tooth issue. That's just miserable at it's finest.

Liz~ I must check out the blog.

Okay---must get back to my papers. UGH..... I'm okay with the individual classes, but the ongoing research class is killing me!

What's up with the weather??? Our temps are highs in the low 60's today! The sun is beautiful, but the wind will blow you away!! I know you girls in the NE are battling rain and snow....stay safe and warm!!

Donna-Girl, you know where I want ya! Go with what you think is best, I will just make plans to go see you if I have to!

Lorena-Happy Anniversary!

Lindsay-Glad the refi went through! I hope the appointment goes well tomorrow!

Tracy-We are freezing down here, 72 is not my kind of weather!

Alex did not get in to the Charter School that we were hoping for. So, now it is time to meet with the teacher and the principal to discuss our concerns going forward. The teacher is backtracking and trying to apologize. Alex tells me that the teacher is so nice to her! She better be!!!!

Okay, so I'm over 70 posts behind. Ugh. Definitely not helping my self esteem to know that's I've been slacking so much on Share!

We had the first of our March for Babies walks this weekend. It went ok but was cold and SUPER windy! Now I'm just counting the days until Sunday when we have our other 2 walks for our division. I think we're in decent shape getting ready for them, but I've also got that horrible "uhoh" feeling in the pit of my stomach. I'm sure I forgot something!

ANyway, hugs to you all and hopefully I'll have more time to catch up next week!

Lindsay - 105?! We got like 4 inches of snow last night and with leaves already on a lot of trees (like my lilacs) it did some damage. Hope you can find a great deal on insurance!

Katie - That stinks about the charter school. I didn't realize they were so competetive. There is only one in my area and it's open enrollment. I hope you can work something out to keep things moving forward in a positive way where she is.

Tracy - I thought you finished school?! Good luck with all the papers.

Lorena - Happy Anniversary. Wow, those two weeks went quickly. It's probably nice having your own family back.

Lauren - I would totally take a pet Roomba right now! Sandy is shedding her body weight in hair (and that's saying a lot).

I ended up with a surprise root canal today. It was pretty traumatic. I need to be mentally prepared for these things! I like to make the appt, cancel the appt, make it again, and actually go the second time At least it's over now. My jaw is so sore from being just abused because it was a far back molar that needed the work. Not how I wanted to spend the day. I need to go to bed, but I've been loopy on Vicodin most of the day and I really wanted to finish this school work!

Lauren: People must be hungrier over on Maui, no one wanted my cookies except a couple kids! Is my coffee spiked?

Donna: NO!!!! Do we need to have a discussion with them and make em change the date?

Shannon: Haha! I'm not sure if Molly would run from it or attack it, maybe run at first then attack once she got used to it. Ouch ouch ouch, I hate toothaches, I'm such a baby when it comes to hurting teeth. Oh wow, then you must've had a bad one! I've had a few root canals, not fun.

Liz: Oooh, no pain in the face will be so nice and then you can say you're finally done with it all! Till next year when you go back in for your yearly

Lorena: I hate letting him cry, but at some point it just becomes survival and knowing he needs to figure out how to sleep through the night! Happy anniversary!!

Lindsay: Um....105?! Already?

Jackie: Don't be so hard on yourself! In a few more weeks I'm sure you'll have a bit more time!

Today was definitely a Monday. Ugh...I ended up putting Elim in the car and driving around looking for something to do, anything, out of the house before I went bonkers from the whine coming out of him. Went to A&W root beer and got a root beer float.....sad that I threw it out and went to sonic to get one because theirs were better. I mean, really?! They're A&W for crying out loud, they should have the best floats around!

Sonic.... ::swooooooooooon:: One of the highlights of SU '08.. getting to eat Sonic with Sammy V's Mommy.

Stacy- Man, my cookies and brownies go fast! I swear I put nuffin' in 'em and oooh momma I hear you on the whine fest. We did an emergency out of the house trip to the Library today.

Lorena- Happy Anniversary! Sorry you're sans a "son".

Lindsay- Woooowie momma, that's a scorcher!

Shannon- Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. I have a dentist appointment tomorrow.... now I'm scared!

Jackie- Sacre Blu (Lindsay, please correct my French)! Can it be?!

Roomba... bought... come on shipping confirmation email!!

Lauren-I am so jealous, I want a Roomba so bad!!!

Jackie-I swear you are so busy, I don't know how you do it! You would be proud of me though, I have been running every morning!

Shannon-You poor thing, that would be traumatic to me too!!! Charter School's are so hard to get in to down here, that' where all of our public funding goes, so sad!

Stacy-I love me some Sonic! I have those days over the summer where the kids are just so bored and I have nothing to do with them! Thank goodness we live right near the beach!

Ellen, fantastic about the birthday party! AND soccer! Will I see you tomorrow at our family teams meeting?

Lorena, Happy Anniversary! 13 years! Congrats! Glad you had a good weekend!

Lindsay, Sorry the garage sale didn't go as planned, and 105 degrees? It was so cold and yucky out yesterday and the day before, it's hard to imagine 105! Fantastic on the Re-fi as well. As for insurance, we use progressive on house, cars, motorcycle, boat, quad and trike and save 37% on all due to bundling. We pay all of the motorcycle,boat,quad, and trike up front which gives us another discount, and do the automatic drafts out of our account and geta discount for that.
Katie, it's hard to get into charters around here, too. Unless you know someone of course. We have a fine arts charter school I'd like to get T into, but the pre-k is first come first serve and they only take 25 kids. We shall see.

Jackie! Hi nice to see you! The uh-oh in the pit of your stomach I'm sure is nothing. I just got a call YESTERDAY telling my our walk on Sunday will be moved due to construction of the current place it is every year. Tori and I go to this park at least 3 times a week and it's been under construction since last summer. I just got a call yesterday....-shrugs- I'm sure this weekend will be fine and I know you are doing a great job with the MOD.

Shannon, -gags- on the root canal. That is exactly why I hate the dentist...they do stuff like give you root canals! Booo!

Stacy, I would have opted for the better tasting float as well! I've never been to a sonic...I don't even know where the closest one is.

Lauren, I don't believe you bought the roomba. Make sure you let us know how it goes.

It's so cold. Today is a much better day than yesterday. Yesterday was Freezing and so windy. My one single tulip that came up about 2 weeks ago is officially dead. You know when you accidentally freeze lettuce and it becomes nearly transparent....that's what happened to my tulip. They finally found the guy that stole 2.3 million dollars from the armored truck in Pittsburgh. Dude killed his partner (truck driver)and stole all the money after a couple pick ups one of which was home depot and another from the casino. They found him in a crack house in Florida. Imagine that.

A new bible study starts tonight. That's my excitement. I'm trying to become a good christian somehow. My jealousy of others, evil thoughts of others and gutter mouth are not helping me.

bbl...

Katie - I'm sorry about the charter school. Urgh, so you guys are making a plan to get through the next few weeks. She'll have a different teacher though next year right? Cool that you have the beach:) I just bought (3) bottles of sunscreen yesterday on clearance. That should get us through a month or so.

Lorena - It's HOT!

Lauren - Sacre Bleu (and oh there is an accent aigu over the "e" in sacre, but can't seem to figure out insert symbol here on Share). Come on confirmation e-mail!

Jackie - Good that you got a few walks in your division out of the way. Hoping you guys have some good weather for yours. I was finally able to catch the re-run of the March of Dimes bike yesterday. Really neat looking. Who was the lucky winner?

Shannon - I know, the weather is crazy! I caught the news yesterday and saw pics of the East Coast - SNOW!!! It hasn't been this hot here this early in a long time. We've never gotten in our pool in March before. I'm hearing forecast of some rain, so that would be nice. Sorry to hear about the root canal. Hope your're feeling better - less loopy from the meds. I was LOL about the scheduling an appt, then cancel appt., etc. Guilty here as well!

Liz - I'll have to check out Progressive. We've had Nationwide for the past 10 years and we bundle, but American Family is the one I'm talking to right now. Hubby used to have that one back in the day.

Hmm, I think my clinician is bummed that we can't have her over on a weekly basis. We're just getting started, but I fear we might have "conflicting schedules" because we're not a cash cow for her.

Katie- Sorry to hear about the Charter... bummer. Hope the meeting with the school goes well!

Liz- Stay warm!

Lindsay- Hrmm... hopefully it turns out to be a good match with the new person. If not, I'm sure there are others.

Estimated arrival... Wednesday! Rock on!

Katie, so sorry to hear that she didn't get in to the Charter school. At least the teacher is being nice to her now...

Donna, I can't wait to see you! At least if you have to miss SU I will have just seen you in August so I won't have to go 2 years without a dose of some fabulousness

Lauren, I can't wait to hear how the rumba is!

Our walk is this weekend and as expected they are predicting terrible weather - cold and rainy. I have a meeting at the MOD office tonight, hopefully we can get all the last minute details ironed out for a rain plan. We shouldn't be suprised though, it rains every year. Now I'm off to make dinner for Trevor...

Katie - So sorry Alex didn't get into the Charter school. Go Momma Bear in that meeting. That teacher should be seriously sucking up.

Liz - I am SO sorry I convinced you to go to the dentist. That totally stinks. Thank goodness for the meds, huh? And really? They just called now to say the walk was moved?

Jackie - Don't be so hard on yourself. Life happens. And getting a few of these walks out of the way will take a load off for you. You're almost there!

Shannon - Boo!! No one should ever get that kind of surprise going to the dentist. I'll come punch him for ya.

Lorena - Happy (religious) anniversary!!! You're just a few months behind me and Michael (we hit 13 years in December).

Tracy - Get those papers done? And yes, I do keep up with a bunch of hs classmates via FB, but it would be nice to see them in person, plus my kids have never seen my HS, been to a football game there, met any of my hs friends. Sigh....I know no matter which I choose I'm going to be bummed about missing the other one.

Lauren - Did someone say Sonic? mmmmmmmmm Let me know how the Roomba does. Yay you!

Lindsay - It was ridiculously hot for late April in AZ this past weekend. I sang "From This Moment" by Shania Twain.

I think Mondays are going to do me in before long. I was SO tired last night, I thought the spaghetti sauce I'd frozen was chili. Discovered after ten minutes in the microwave it wasn't the chili I was looking forward to, and I had no motivation to cook any noodles at that point. I nearly cried. Working frantically on our poker tournament. The raffle and silent auction are looking pretty lame at this point. Just not getting the donations for them this year. Bummed.

Liz: Sounds like someone didn't go check out the location before choosing it for the walk. Aww, your poor tulip

Lindsay: Bummer, but sounds like a good plan for getting rid of her.

Lauren: Woohoo for a no effort cleaning fairy!

Donna: HAHA! I've totally done that too, thought I was cooking chili and it was really spaghetti sauce, always a let down.

I've got balsamic chicken in the crock pot and banana pudding in the fridge for ladies night tonight! All I gotta do is slice up some veggies for a colorful veggie saute and break off the ends of asparagus to saute and I'll be done! Love crock pot meals for this, means I'm less stressed in the end. Man, Elim is still napping, this never happens! At least he'll be in a good mood tonight instead of a little tooter butt.

Stacy - It's just those kind of nights that make me love my crock pot even more. Can I come to dinner at your house? Spaghetti here tonight - lol.

Come on over! We'll have plenty! I've got 6 chicken breasts in there and only expecting three to come, maybe four so we've got room for more!

Awesome. I'm on my way! Hahahahahahaha

Donna: Wasn't it?! That's such a nice song:) I bet there were a lot of tears from the guests.

Stacy: Yum! Sounds good! What time is it where you are? You're probably getting ready to eat that yummy meal.

Lauren: Yay, it's on its way! Yeah, we'll just have to wait and see. Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of in-home clinicians who are willing to drive to my area. Originally, I had something set up to go to the clinic in Feb, but we got cancelled twice. There are SLPs, but for the same hourly rate, I do want someone with a degree.

Lindsay - There were tears. I'm just so glad they weren't mine. I was staring straight at my sister and Daddy as they walked down the aisle. But no tears. I saved those for the Daddy/daughter dance. So frustrating on the in-homes. Grrrrr. Trying to figure out a social group for E for during the Summer. I don't want him to lose what he's gained the past couple of months. I'd want someone with a degree too.

Donna- The Autism Group (TAG), they're in San Diego- I've heard good things. That stinks about the Chili!

Lindsay- I always want to put you in Cali because of the shirt you got from Micah, but you're in AZ right? I have a colleague that is there, I'd be glad to give you her info, maybe she has some recommendations...

Stacy- Ooooh that sounds good. I want that recipe!

Laura- Sending sunshine vibes!

Off to check the UPS tracking.... I'm so excited!

You've sent me their link, right Lauren? I have it, I just haven't researched or connected yet. Guess with 6 1/2 weeks of school to go, I'd best get on that, huh? Thanks!!!

Hrmm... maybe, they're google-able.

It's still in California! It better hop on a plane if it's to be here by tomorrow...

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