Virtual Crop Week #30 - Everyone Is Invited!

So I actually counted out on my fingers and I have slept a total of 7 hours over the last 3 days. I was too busy for a nap today, now I could get at most an hour before afternoon pickup. The weird thing is that my body is adapting to no sleep and functioning quite normally.

Sadly, I am still up. On the plus side, I've already showered, paid all my bills for the month online, and packed Matt's lunch. In another 42 minutes, I get to wake up hubby and kiddos for the day.

I have a funny hubby tale. For those that don't know, my hubby is an elementary music teacher. At the beginning of school, they trained the teachers that the code words "the cardinal has landed in the office" meant schoolwide lock-down. Yesterday, the code came across the loudspeaker. Matt locked the classroom, positioned the students in their safety zones and waited. And waited. 20 minutes later, he notices students going outside to recess even though the all-clear had not been signalled. He stopped the teacher and found out much to his chagrin that lock-downs would now be declared as lockdowns. The cardinal has landed in the office now means the paychecks had arrived, come get yours. No one had informed him of the change. At least his class got extra practice, poor things!

As he related this, I could not help but giggle to myself. When the paychecks arrive, the teachers are supposed to lock the students in the class while they go cash their checks? Awesome!

• Texas Suzie Said:

Have you been taking power naps?

Everyone loved the dress. My head was barely able to fit back in my car. As I approched the school, I was followed by a chorus of "ooh" and "how pretty!" The bride herself was there and cried at how pretty the dress was. Related the great dress saga which featured me as the heroine saving the day with my trusty sewing machine. I could've floated home after all that praise. I still drove the car cause it has A/C and cloud nine does not.

• DarkSideAnna Said:

Not really. Savannah was up sick Tuesday night. Noah was up sick Wednesday & Thursday night. I've been too busy during the day to sleep. I think at this point I'm ruinning on oatmeal & granola bars. Hmm...energy bars really do pack a punch!

Very sad, I still have not had my frap. Right now we're waiting on Matt to get home so that we can go do some shopping. The kids were so good about tossing their recalled toys that we promised them their choice of either a vsmile game or a veggietales movie. I'm thinking I deserve Lord of the Beans.

back from Archivers. I got the wrong directions to the store twice. I made it to a Target after getting wrong directions from the mall help desk, asked the girl at Target who sent me back the way I had just come, even though Archivers ended up being 5 or 6 storefronts down from target! :doh: I got my free cardstock (basic black) and a magazine. There wasn't anything fun or inspiring to me. At least it got me out and about.

We're going to dinner now.

• moxiegirl23 Said:

Whats for dinner?

• DarkSideAnna Said:

Hard Rock Cafe. My dinner was enough beer to make me not care what the food tasted like and an overcooked burger.

Hey gang,

I posted a couple LOs last night to one of the challenge threads, but...comment junkie that I am ...I thought I'd wait until the new thread here was started before posting so they wouldn't get overlooked in the changeover.

This first one was a challenge to use vellum:

Friends of Ethan

Also just another one that needed to be done so I could finish an album:

First Tooth

Now I'll go catch up while the baby's sleeping....

I was under the impression that if they are in uniform, then that is considered on duty. They are not supposed to drink within 6 hours of duty(someone correct me if I am wrong).

Why do schools do non-stop fundraisers? We just turned in the magazine sells last week. Already they sent home another catalog due in 2 weeks. Both elementaries, middle & high school are selling from the same book. Its frozen pizzas and jewelry. The fundraising carnival is in 3 weeks. Savannah's dance school is also doing the Little Caesar's fundraiser of pizzas and pies. I think the PTA is on crack. If I just give them cash, can I skip the middle sales stuff?

I had a swiss dot dress as a toddler. Mama says I used to cry and try to rip it off every time she put it on me.

Why do schools do non-stop fundraisers? We just turned in the magazine sells last week. Already they sent home another catalog due in 2 weeks. Both elementaries, middle & high school are selling from the same book. Its frozen pizzas and jewelry. The fundraising carnival is in 3 weeks. Savannah's dance school is also doing the Little Caesar's fundraiser of pizzas and pies. I think the PTA is on crack. If I just give them cash, can I skip the middle sales stuff?