Monday Roll Call

Morning/day everyone! We had a great time at the wedding. Riverside Banquests in Geneva is so beautiful. The kids booked the whole place so our party had it all to ourselves. The food was fantastic. We do believe that the steaks were prime and the chicken was so well flavored and not rubbery like at most banquets.

What is going on in your corner of IL?

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Good Morning,

I am home and back to work this morning.

Christine, we have been to Riverside Banquets for affairs. They always do a great job.

Crystal, your place looks very homelike. Enjoy.

We had a great time at our reunion/birthday party. Ate to much, drank to much ****d tea) and had fun with old friends.

I also seen my cousin on Friday, and we went and seen the 9/11 flad display in St. Louis. They planted a flag for everyone that was killed that day. Each one had a name and picture of the person. It was on a hill in Forest Park, home of he 1904
Worlds Fair. Very moving.

Have a good day, and stay safe.

Hugs,
LISA

Lisa, I bet that memorial was sobering.

Yes, the wedding was wonderful and such great weather for them as the ceremony was in the court yard of the place. I have not been reading as much of The Help as I would like but I try to get some of it read a few times a week.

A quick fly-by for me here. I am doing well, though stressed to the max over some issues. A friend of mine died a month ago and we are dealing with the aftermath of that, from stalking grandparents to Orders of Protection to bus schedules to coordinating care for her three young children so that her hubby can work.

My kids are in school and doing well. But if anyone has been following the Chicago teachers union business on the news, my 5-year old son goes to one of the schools that voted to go against the union and have longer days. So starting next week, my little peanut is on the bus at like 7 a.m. and  home at almost 5:00 p.m. We are doing some serious soul-searching on this decision. It's a great school and he loves it and the bus, but it's tough for a mommy to take!

My weight and health are good. Still in love with and grateful for my DS. I am grateful for the much-needed energy. Heck, I love that I can fall out of bed, stumble in the shower and then pull on anything in my closet and know it will still fit. That saves me one irritating problem each day.

Hope all of you are doing well. I do try and swing by here, usually late in the day, to read up on what you all are doing. Take care!

Nicolle 

That seems like a long day for such a little guy.  But I do think the longer days will be good for the older kids.  Unfortunately, the rest fo the world is so ahead of us when it comes to education.  I think we need to give our kids an edge.  Maybe a longer school day will help some that would normally fall through the cracks...but I think for a 5 or 6 year old that's a bit much.  I was thinking more like JR and SR high school students.

The day will be 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.--the extra time is the commute, as he has to be bused in.

Fortunately, his school has already increased its day by 45 minutes, so my kid knows no differently. And the "extra" 45 minutes that were added has been allocated for the youngest kids as a second recess session of 15 minutes in the afternoon and 30 extra minutes of enrichment stuff, from art to Spanish to homework help. I could go for some recess about now!!!

Nicolle

Nicolle, sorry to hear about your friend.

It does seem like a really long day for your little guy. The school day might be longer but it sounds like the commute to and from adds to the long day.

Thanks, Christine. It's been tough. She was only 40--a brain aneurysm took her. Simply awful.

I have to keep telling myself to "get a grip." My kid is not the first kid in the world to ride a bus. And he says he loves it.  I think back to my schooling and I did spend a lot of time on the bus, too. It was sort of fun.

It's just the "Mommy Guilt" kicking in. I have to keep that in check!

Thanks!

Nicolle