I can’t believe August has come and gone with not a whole lot of unusual activity. The highlight for me was the Jamieson headed back to school after our trip away which made the house a little quieter, but after the busy July that we had it was nice to not have too much to worry about. Bruce jumped on a plane later in the week 12 hours after he was asked to attend a district managers meeting for the Borders stores in the Las Vegas area, so off he went and was back the next afternoon so it was a quick but very worthwhile trip. We finished the week with the usual Friday night practice and then after basketball on Saturday we went over to Robert and Andrea’s for dinner also with Darcy (who used to work at the office) and her family so it was a really good catch up and the four boys had a ball running around the house with their dogs.
The next week Conner spent a couple of days at school for Leadership ( he is in the Leadership elective this year and they had to head over to school to get trained and ready for Open Day when the new Year 7’s arrive and they give them tours etc..) It was fun and he really enjoyed it, he came home in a good mood with no grunting – go figure!
Wednesday Bruce headed down to LA for more Borders meetings which went really well and got home Friday night – as you can imagine tired!! Although I did find him a gem of a hotel to stay in while he was there….
I suppose it was that time again, my birthday came and went without too much fuss which was fun. I got very spoilt by the boys, Conner and Jamieson had a star named after me which was a great surprise (and all their idea) and Bruce bought me a rose gold Guess watch – very pretty!!! I also got some breast cancer pink kitchenaid mixing bowls, it sounds boring but they are fabulous and added to my kitchenaid pink & white
collection. I went out shopping in the morning while the boys cleaned the house (which is a new birthday & Mothers day present tradition) and we had open house for the afternoon which was fun and it turned out that everyone unintentionally spread out quite well. Millie & Lexie arrived with more presents and a birthday cake. (Millie has decided that because we are leaving she is going to give me presents for birthday’ and Christmas for the next couple of years before we leave) I think in the end she was up to 5 presents because she would go shopping and see just something else, I am very lucky to have such a generous friend who spoils me because she can.) Paula arrived and stayed for a little while, then Beth & Doug arrived, Paula left and then Andrea and Robert arrived with the dogs for the kids to play with, Beth and Doug’s kids rocked over when they heard I had baked and around 6ish they all left. The bummer was the Rivera clan couldn’t make it as they were at baseball…. Sorry mum no photos, Bruce forgets and you know I’m not reminding him to take photos of me.
Bruce and I were supposed to go out for dinner (yes that is a little sarcastic) he didn’t arrange for someone to come and sit with the kids so we stayed at home and had some pasta for dinner. (He still owes me that dinner too in case you were wondering) I did what I was supposed to do when dealing with guys, no hints, no around about asking, it was very direct and straight in the eye – what’s a girl got to do. Should I have a complex right about now?? We actually had a laugh about it over the weekend when we were discussing his birthday plans….
Overall it was a really nice day and I didn’t feel that much older at all – I’m sure that’s coming next year.
Conner headed back to school on the Monday and I forgot to mention that Jamieson went off track for a month – can’t catch a break with these kids and school holidays, so we still had kids at home. It turned into a quiet week for us, our internet modem and phone modems decided to die so we were without either for most of the week, Bruce got it back working on Friday. It wasn’t too bad for me because I just stole the internet from someone in the area, but the phone not ringing did make it quiet. We had a busy weekend, the Riveras came over for dinner on Saturday night which was as always lots of fun….the kids all running around and us just sitting there catching up over some good food and drinks. Sunday we headed over to Paula’s to see her mum and stepdad that were in town from Iowa, which was really nice. Her mum has Alzheimer's so you’re never sure how she’s going to be when you see her. The meds are still doing the trick most of the time and she remembers us so that is great. It was probably the last time we will see them before we go so we had a nice visit with them.
The new week began with Carlos being away so I went over for a cuppa with Kristie on Monday night, which turned into a really late one – opps. When you get to see your friend who is always busy we have to take the time and catch up properly.
We got a call on Tuesday from school – Conner had hurt his ankle, we both freaked a little and Bruce went to pick him up, he came hopping in the door with a huge grin on his face – “hi mum, I knocked it on the ball cart” so he hobbled around for a couple of days but was in a really good mood and seemed to be enjoying school as well. Gotta love that! Wednesday we went over to the Cendros for some dinner (before summer ends visits was what Karen said when she called) which was fun, it was a stinking hot day and the kids swam and we watched with our feet in the water, the weather cooled down later in the evening so a swim wasn’t necessary. The week ended with three games of basketball on Saturday then Bruce headed off to watch Franklin High play football and Kevin had a sleep over. Sunday was cleaning the house and starting to put together the angels for our new account – ‘Send Out Cards.’ They put in a big order and Conner wanted to do them ALL!!! Considering he really didn’t get a lot done over the weekend I went into panic mode and started pushing him and got my hands a little dirty doing them as well.
We spend the next week getting the angels order together for delivery on Wednesday and Bruce organized for trip to London on Thursday. I also had a visitor for the week, David (Conner’s friend) his little sister came and spent the days with us while she was off track like Jamieson. We went to the pool a couple of days and it was nice to watch them go from barely talking the first day to playing a little the next day, to hanging out for most of the day and by Thursday at the pool he was teaching her summersaults and handstands etc…. Carlos came and took Bruce to the airport on Thursday so that made my day a lot easier – no trip to San Fran for me.
So like I said, August was the usual, nothing too adventurous.
I hope all is well at home and you are waiting patiently for the sun to come out.
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