Do you ever get the blahs? You just don’t feel like blogging, you don’t feel like picking up the laptop and doing anything? I’ve been having those blahs the last few days. I’m ready to kiss them goodbye though. We have a busy weekend planned and I need to kiss them goodbye.
Ashlyn started summer school this week. She’s liking it much better than regular school, she says. Hopefully it does what it’s supposed to do and give her a little jump start on 7th grade. I would think it would be hard to figure out a class room full of kids’ unmet needs from the previous school year, and meet them, in just 1 month of classes. Certainly can’t hurt, though! I have instituted my own summer school program here at home, simply focused reading time. The kids can read to earn prizes from the library and book store, so I’m pretty much forcing it along. So, we ventured out to the library this week and checked out several books. What the kids couldn’t find at our relatively small town library, we ordered online from the regional library system website. This is so handy! I ordered a couple of books for myself even… so I’m excited.
Bailey’s Dance Recital is on Saturday, she is so excited. I am excited. I will post video and pictures later. She is also going to her very first sleepover, for her friend, Riley’s birthday. I am nervous. She’s only stayed with relatives, and lately she’s woke up in the early morning to climb into bed with me (us)… and I hope all goes well!
Sunday we have our annual 4th of July party out at my dad’s. It’s supposed to be near 100 all weekend, and I’m usually pretty useless in that kind of heat. I am making a promise to myself, I will try not to be cranky!
What else… my sister went to the Tim McGraw concert the other day… totally rotten of her. She tells me “Guess where I will be tonight” fully knowing how much I love his concerts. I was already bummed out that I wasn’t going to be going. This sucked. LOL. Blahhhh. She called me at some point during the concert, she was having a great time and her pictures show that as well, so I’m glad she was able to go. I will get over the fact that I was not invited. 
David made chili dogs for dinner tonight. Bailey doesn’t like chili, so she asked me to scrape the chili off a hot dog for her (she was having a second dog… the kid barely eats, so I have to get it in her when I can). I told her I would do my best. She says “Mommy, just focus on the job and you will get it all off”. Focus?? Job?? Who is this child? She was also giggling as usual… about the fact that she was eating hot dogs “Mommy… we are having Libby for dinner”. That’s our dumb dog. She says “Tanner, guess what! You are eating Libby” and the laughter that follows is funnier than her statement… she gets a total kick out of it. Nothing is better than making yourself laugh.
Another highlight of my week. Bailey cut her hair. 
This is the second time she’s done this TO ME. Really, she doesn’t care so much that her hair has to be short. But, *I* care. She hadn’t asked me recently to get her hair cut, so I’m a little peeved that I couldn’t have head that off by taking her in for a trim. This was a full on CUT. Several inches. GONE. As my friend Tammy said… “she just wanted a change”. So today I asked her if she was happy with her hair. She says, “yes mommy, I wanted to be Sissy’s twin”. So for her, I will get over it. But.. she should probably know that if she ever cuts her own hair again, I will ground her til she’s 30!
That’s it for today!! I have something else to add, but it deserves it’s very own post, so I will put that up in a minute.
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