Talked to Scott for about 20 minutes.  He was telling me some interesting things.  Apparently a leader approached him - she helps with the Webelos (4th graders) and her younger son is in my Wolf den (2nd graders).  She asked Scott how he would feel about taking over my Wolf den once the Webelos II den (5th graders including Braeden) moves to Boy Scouts which would free me up to be Committee Chair.  What?!!!  Committee Chair in this pack does what Scott did in our old pack - pretty much runs the pack.  Me?!  Scott got the impression she thinks the current Commitee Chair is disorganized.  Uh, hello - wait 'til they see my style LOL.  See, you guys know I'm disorganized and flaky but I can hyperfocus on one thing and come across as being very together.  So she sees me come into my Wolf den with all my supplies ready and an agenda and a nice newsletter along with all these upcoming plans - what she DOESN'T see is how it took me 6 hours to do all of that because of being distracted, that my family didn't get dinner that night and that once I get home the whole tub of supplies, paperwork, leftover pieces from whatever project, my kids' neckerchiefs, half drank water bottles and pretty much anything I took to the meeting either gets left in my van for a week, dumped in my garage, or strewn around my house.  Not to mention it's only been two meetings - once I lose interest I'll start screwing up.  Even now I do stupid stuff like pack everything I need and leave mine and Chane's Wolf books at home and then have to borrow one of the kids' books.  And I just got an email from one of the parents asking about the time we're meeting for our field trip to Giant on Monday and realized I never sent an email telling everyone (it was in the newsletter but I need to follow up because one paper copy one time is not enough for busy parents and I understand that).

 

So that was interesting to say the least!  Scott probably will take my den but he's actually the one itching for the Committee Chair job and I've already put my foot down and said no.  He wants to oust the current  Chair also.  I say we just keep making suggestions and helping without taking over!  I would enjoy the job, I know, because it's a lot like what I did for a living before I had Braeden - lots of project management-type stuff and making plans and lists.  But I know I'd drop the ball somewhere plus my family would never get dinner and there'd be a lot of crises around here when I forget things or put things off 'til the last minute.

 

Anyway I am now showered with lotion on and dressed to tie-up shoes.  Which really does make a difference.  My back hurts all the time lately, my lower back, so I should probably look into better sneakers.  I've been wearing either sneakers or crocs all the time lately so my back pain might be tied to those.  Altho typically I'd be wearing cheap loafers or cheap slides so I'm actually wearing BETTER shoes than normal but still - they might not be the right ones for me.

 

I also cut my hair which gave me a little lift because I can already see that it's curling up instead of getting flyaway.  All I did was comb it, part it down the middle in back, bring each side forward and chop off an inch or two with Scott's ancient moustache scissors (he hasn't had a moustache since 1996) but it's amazing what a difference getting rid of those "pencil points" (as the good hairdresser I saw in January called them) makes in my hair's overall ability to curl instead of frizz.  I do not know if that's what people with straight hair would call split ends - they look different than straight hair but I'm sure that's what they are.  I just realized it's been 8 months since I had my hair cut and haven't even trimmed it once since then so that would explain why it's flat and frizzy instead of curly!

 

Going to start puttering now.  I bet there's nothing on tv on a Saturday morning and we only have TiVo in the family room and bedroom so I'll probably be stuck with landscape shows or something.  I think I got a book on CD yesterday - no, crap, it's in the van and I didn't take it out when Scott took the van.  Oh well...

Enjoy your week-end!!! Hope you feel like you've accomplished enough but also feel relaxed and rested!

 

The girls are at birhtday parties right now though Andrew is getting Delaney and then going to get Em. We took the 1.5 hrs we had with just Timmy to check out the Brick. We get a discount there (30-60% off) for going through this mortgage broker. We found a dining room table we like but I saw one very similar at Sam's Club in Lewiston that was $400 cheaper. But, with our discount, maybe it could be the same?! We looked at some couches but not sure we totally agreed on one. There was a corner set that had these electronic recliners plus had 2 sets of cup holders and hidden cubby things. Very comfy but VERY pricy ($2800!) and it's light coloured. Totally a tv watching couch though. I saw a few sets that I'd be ok with but again, not sure anything stood out for me.

 

I'm kinda torn. We definitely could use new furniture. Our new dr area suits a square table better than a rectangular one (which is what we have now.) Plus, our dr set has a buffet/hutch that won't fit once we move. And it only has 4 chairs. But, having young kids and doing daycare, we don't want to buy REALLY nice furniture for fear of it being ruined right away. But, we don't want to keep what we have cause we need functional stuff and to look used, well, we could be looking a while. Augh.

 

Nope, we don't have Ross here.

 

Ack, gotta go. Gotta get my timesheets ready for dh to drop off when he gets Emily. Plus, Timmy is diaper-less and that might not be a good thing after his last diaper. blech

Well Scott texted around 10:30 or so that Chane was being horrible.  So I decided to just go get him or at least stay there and help with him.  I thought when I saw the schedule that they'd be at the visitor center in Gettysburg.  So I took the new car which was very stressful being that it's a stick shift and I was terrified I'd drift into someone or something and mess it up.  Then it took me about 15 minutes to find a parking space because it's a beautiful fall day here so of course Gettysburg being an outside tourist area with lots of hiking and stuff through the battlegrounds is very busy.  Almost got backed into by a car trying to get out of his parking space - luckily I hit the horn in time.  Anyway I got to the visitor's center around 11:30 or 12 and the scouts were out hiking.  They did the visitor's center FIRST and the hike second - I had it backwards.  So I sat there for over 2 hours killing time waiting for them - no way to go find them since there are lots of trails.  I did manage to finally find Diner Dash for my cell phone which I"ve been looking for forever so I downloaded that and played and then walked thru the main trail before it splits and hung out.  We were still not sure if I should take him but then he did a smartaleck stupid thing which was the last straw - Scott apparently had been giving him a hard time about dragging behind (on purpose) so when they all got back, Chane disappeared.  Scott found him in the very busy parking lot standing next to the van - there were 42 people in the pack doing this and he ends up all by himself.  And when Scott got to him, Chane said in a smartypants way "well you said I was holding everyone up so I decided to go faster."  That was it - I took him home.  Crying and crying.  Scott is so sad about it.  So I'm giving him a chance to earn it back (Chane not Scott lol).  He took an hour of my day (well almost 4 actually!  but I wont' count the waiting) so I gave him a list of 12 5-minute jobs he has to complete with no whining.  I also told him that he can't play video games or computer games at all and no tv 'til the chores are done.  Well he fell asleep on the way home and has been off and on asleep since we got home - I told him about earning back camp and he seemed like he wanted to but when I gave him the chores (which he thinks is totally unfair) he lay back down and ended up passing out.  So who knows if I'm taking him back or not.  I know when he's exhausted he's worse.  Not that its' an excuse, but it's like it's a huge effort for him to behave and when he's tired, he just doesn't bother.  Maybe he'll be better for Scott tonite if he goes back.  I've been very nice to him - talking to him in the car and asking him if he wanted to pick an XM children's station and haven't scolded or yelled at him.  I've been trying to just calmly answer his "why did I have to leave?" questions with a short explanation, not haranguing him.  And the chore list is mostly things I know he doesn't mind doing, like windexing.  The last thing on the list is to give me a hug.  Yelling and lecturing and being mean doesn't work with him so I'm hoping that just being rational and firm but nice will do it.  Who knows???

 

So that cut out a big chunk of my day.  Since we got home, I've been doing dishes slowly and sorting out paperwork into my new boxes.  I decided to use the big and little box and I think it looks okay.  The big box is for all the paperwork up there that accumulates but doesn't really need action, just needs to be brought down here and filed or whatever.  The smaller box is for action things that I still need to write down.  Hopefully it will help.  I'll take a picture of the boxes - they are still pretty exciting to me LOL  The car is just stressful - the boxes are cool :-)

 

Does your new house have a family room and living room?  The couch sounds comfortable!  My FIL had one of those and really liked it.  From Montgomery Wards I think.  Maybe if you get a halfway decent dining room set that will work and function but isn't your ultimate set and just know you'll replace it down the line that would work?  A cheap set?  That's what we did - who knows if we'll ever replace it though lol.  We had to replace the chairs but I can't stand the thought of buying a new table and having the top all scratched up.  Maybe you could buy one and put a really good table pad on it with a tablecloth.  That wouldn't really work for us but maybe it would for you?  Our "new" chairs are all scraped around the back but I think it's okay because they look like maybe the scrapes are on purpose.  If it were me I'd probably buy either used or cheap new and just figure that once the kids are at a non-destroying age I'll get something else.  Furniture doesn't have to be forever! 

Did you end up taking Chane back to camp? Ooo, I wouldn't be able to keep my cool with that attitude. Actually, Emily has had that attitude all week-end. Really smart-alecky and just being a punk.

 

Our house just has a living room. It does have a finished basement but we'll just have one room with a couch.

 

We're heading to the apple orchard today because it's a region daycare trip. The funny thing is, the new girl I'm supposed to watch today and who was supposed to come, isn't coming today (her mom didn't work last night) so it's just me, Timmy and Delaney! lol It's going to be FREEZING.

 

I HAVE to bring my plants in. I don't think we've had frost yet though they're calling for it tonight. I think half of my plants are already dead, including yet another aloe plant cause it grew huge and fell out of the pot and I couldn't anchor it so it kept on falling out or knocking over the pot.

 

Gotta get moving. First daycare kids should be here soon and I'm hoping to make pancakes this morning. Plus, gotta get Em ready for school and get the orchard stuff ready so we can leave as soon as I get back from the school.

Yes, I took him back.  He kept asking me to help with his chores so we could go back faster - he didn't quite get the idea that he was earning his way back.

 

Last night during a show he suddenly started screaming and yelling that I was mean because I didn't let him go to last year's Halloween parade.  Just out of the blue.  He kept yelling that it was all my fault he didn't get to go.  I had forgotten - it took a lot for him to get that taken away but I dont' remember what.  I do remember him crying and chasing us down the driveway.  I tried to remind him that he did bad things to lose it but he talks right over me which is one of the things I most hate with him and don't know how to stop it.  But finally he shut up enough for me to say "if Braeden hit you and I didn't let him go to the parade this year because of that, would it be my fault?"  He stilled yelled "that's totally different!" but then he stopped crying and later made a joke about it so I guess that got through.  I swear something is wrong in his brain.  I think his counselor agrees.  He keeps talking about how Chane processes things.  The more we tell him about Chane's behavior the more I realize something is really wrong and he's not just a butthead (still a butthead, just not ONLY a butthead). 

 

You have plants too?  I didn't realize you had plants.  Man I kill houseplants.  I forget about them!

 

Im on here to get my cleaning job supply list and then I gotta go.  Have fun at the apple orchard!