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So the last time I blogged was for Anthony's birthday. I sincerely apologize I have been a slacker but you can thank me later for saving you from the boredom for nearly 2 months as well as having to hear about Disney 875,578,267,259 times.
MARCH 2009:
SNOW DAY
Anthony's party as you know was Feb 28th. Then Sunday March 1 it started to snow... and I mean REALLY snow. I ran and got some grocceries because in the 10 years I have been in VA this is probably all the snows combined. So Jas one of my mgrs at work called and said there was no way she'd be able to open. Being she lives like an hour away, I agreed and I would open. I set my alarm very early so I would be able to shovel if needed and drive slow. YEAH RIGHT... I tried to get to work but that was a complete JOKE! Sure this snow is nothing like an area that regularly gets snow, but for us it was a mountain of white stuff... all 11-12 inches of it! Fibally at 10am I started riding my bike to work. I have been working at restaurants for 9 years and NEVER once called in and the weather DEF never edffected my timelyness or schedule... sure my dm has had us close early a few times due to weather-- mostly b/c of lack of customers! So it's official 1st time EVER I was forced to open late... and it was only Gar and I and we opened just before 12. And we got our booties kicked badly! Gar was stuck with all kitchen duties and I was stuck with all customer relations... it was horrific, but we did our best! We even had some compliments and mostly nice and understanding customers which was a relief especially after a rude irrate let me cuss you out customer!
PICTURES
We got some Valentine's/Anthony's 5 pictures on March 4th. they are under March 09 Pics. They turned out pretty good too!
TEAMS
At work, we all picked teams and created team posters-- like ya know a banner or mascot. I think it really started some bonding for those who really do care about their job. I was very impressed with all the work and effort each of my managers and their teams put into this ongoing project
I THINK I DIED
I managed to start getting sick on Friday March 6. By the 10th I was rather dreadful. I had a manager's meeting with my DM and his store managers. I was already useless and super sick. I couldn't even run my shift. Thank goodness for Robbie. He ran my shift until Gary could get there after classes while I slept in my car. I was completely miserable. Marko convinced me to go to the doctor that next day, Wednesday. It was confirmed I had a bad case of the Flu and Strep and was VERY sick! I was nicely drugged with some cough syrup, zantac, aleeve, and something else i was prescribed. And for the first time in my 9 year career I was FORCED to call in to work I felt sooooo bad doing it! I called out Thursday and Friday. I tried to get ready for work Saturday biut couldn't stand more than 10 minutes. Tried to get a shower and just collapsed so was forced to call in a third day! I was off Sunday but returned to work mONDAY... UNFORTUNATELY i REMAINED SICK FOR 23 LONG DAYS... I was mostly useless that whole week and slowly regained strength. It seems this year is full of bad firsts with work... first snow day and fist call in ever! However I did manage to make Mateo a 1st Birthday cake... it only took me FOUR seperate attempts to finish it since I was unable to sit up long enough to finish in one sitting. Big huge thanks to my mgrs and Robbie for handling my buisness at work when I was unable!
23 YEARS OLD!
Marko turned 23 on March 24! Unfortunately we both had to work. He was in NC and didn't even make it home until SUPER LATE! Unfortunately that day marked the end of his contract project. He finished all his stores and is now job hunting~ugh~ but it will all work out in the end!
CAR WORK
Marko changed the van breaks but why listen to your non car working wife? He refused to put on the emergency break. As he was changing the 2nd front break the car began to roll. It LITERALLY was 1 milimeter away from hitting the next door neighbors car and fence! And in the process knocked me over. Luckily dh can move FAST when needed. He managed to get into the van and stop the car from moving.... talk about freaked out! Meaningless to say I sat in the van WITH the emergency break on while he finished the breaks!
EASTER BUNNY
I took the kids to see the Eater Bunny. It was the first Bunny/Santa pic where they 1. weren't freaking out and 2. neither me nor one of my brothers had to be in the pic to keep them calmed down!
BIKES
Daddy put together Anthony's bike and tightened up Jayna's training wheels. The kids got to ride their bikes and Anthony even got the brakes and pedaling concept!
APRIL 2009:
GARBEAR
My assistant manager at work, Gary celebrated his birthday on April 4th. I made him a Dragon cake as he loves dragons! We celebrated his bday at work on the 3rd since I try to give him Saturdays off.
PROM
My two JF promers came by all decked out. They looked AMAZING! Their friends/dates looked great too, but Matt and Marquis were just exceptional!
FUNQUEST
Anthony was invited to his friend Kassidy's party at FunQuest on the 5th. The kids had a blast skating and playing in the playquest area, games, eating pizza too. Kassidy had a My Little Pony cake which ionspired my next cake decorating task! Then we played Laser Tag which Jayna accidentally cheated by crossing lines... she was only trying to get the bad guys- hahah! It was a fun day!
EASTER WEEKEND
Easter weekend was VERY busy... Jayna and I started it by summer clothes shopping! And should I mention we were quite pleased with our finds:-) We went to Angela's birthday party at K on Timberlake where we got to clean the store... is there something wrong with that picture? I thought that was 1/2 the reason to have a party AWAY from home, to AVOID cleaning... GRRR but fear not the management all had time for smoke breaks They should consider themselves LUCKY it was not my party! However all in all it was a great party! All the people important in Ang's life attended... foster families, bio families, cousins even friends from school! It was a great get together! Unfortunately I think I was overly excited about Eater and my kids couldn't have cared less! Neither cared about easter baskets and just wanted more sleep! However eventually i got them awake enough to get dressed for church and with the program. Church was pretty good! We had NewSong there as well as professional paiter Brian Keith Daniel which was very cool! We did an egg hunt. Jayna especially loved it so we hid her eggs 3 additional times. Tony liked it well enough but once was enough for him! Jayna managed to get an MM stuck up her nose... and it was a red one so it looked like she had a nose bleed hahah! After nap it was time for Alexis' 2nd Birthday. I made her cake My Little Pony. It didn't quite turn out as ell as I had hoped, but not bad either! We dyed eggs and hid them for the kids! I hid the eggs while Wendy and Karen hid candy. Then we hid a "prize" plastic egg with A dollar bill in it! Anthony found the prize egg! It was a fun time. Once home both kids just collapsed... Jayna made it into a bed by getting caried where as Tony fell asleep in the doorway of the bedroom! It was cute!
TEETH
I was at work and Marko called to say "You know Tony's teeth are gunna fall out" I wa thinking I know I don't brush his teeth that bad! It didn't click... he is barely 5! It is that time he lost his first tooth April 13th and 2nd tooth April 14th! He was sad when he couldn't find his tooth in the morning but thilled when he realized he had money but he had knocked it off the bed in his sleep! He was very proud of his lost teeth!
JAYNA IS 4!
Sunday we spent our day making cupcakes for school. We formed a princess crown for Jayna! Jayna and I decided to go for a photo shoot. Yes we are odd balls so it prob seemed odd to go for a photo shot in a cementary but they had GREAT scenary! Jayna had a blast!... pictures for this are pending but will be posted soon!
She had her birthday party at school! She had a blast being Proncess for a day! Not to mention she sucked up all the attention she could After school and nap I took her to the mall at her request. It was fun window shopping together! Oh yeah I let her open one gift of a pretty sleeping Beauty dress in which she was excited to get a gift but then promptly asked... "WHERE'S THE SHOES!?" and refused to wear it w/o new shoes!
PARTY
We had Jayna's birthday party Sat the 25th at Famous Anthony's! Unfortunately the payed NO attention to our reservations and were unorganized and rude at first but ah-well! Brandy, Robbie, Ang and Shania, Wendy, Patrick, Tabi and Tao, Zac, Karlee, Mark, mom and Dad, and then Aunt D, Aunt Carolyn, and Grandma DeMoss attended in addition to Marko, Anthony and I. It was a nice lil get together! Jayna went home with mom and dad while Ant, Marko and I stayed in the parking lot chatting w/ his mom and aunts!
... and this should get me caught up to my most current blog!!