Better News...

I called the Saturn dealership, and they gave me the price for my car repairs.  Only 139.48.  Much less than I thought it would be.  I was even able  to pay by check so I didn't have to add it to my credit card debt. 

(I will most likely have to pay my Hu Hot bill on my credit card as I don't think they take checks and i am pretty sure I won't have enough cash to cover it.)

I will only be paying for six of my kids, since one is on a family vacation and another doesn't want to go, and myself of course.  It will be $8.89  per lunch.  I think beverages are extra.  I'd appreciate it if they would buy their own beverages, but I suppose most of them will not bring money.  That's  the way it usually goes. 

My knee is starting to ache again.  it must be that it does this whenever a weather system is rolling in.  Sigh. 

It's supposed to start snowing tomorrow around 5 pm.  And according to the Yahoo weather thingy, it isn't supposed to stop until Saturday.  Ugh.

Normally I'd be rejoicing if we were looking at a snow day on the last day of school before Christmas vacation, but with the Bolshoi trip hanging in the balance...well....let's just say I am NOT rejoicing.

Ooooh....more good news.  Kim and Ryan went to pick up my car for me as they are aids and I have been in class.  I asked Kim to check for my camera and it was there!!!  Yay!!!!

It is also colder than billy hell, so I am sure the batteries are doornail dead now.  Sadness.  Maybe Susan has a couple of AA batteries she would let me buy.

I can at least take pictures of my kids having lunch.

Writer's Block: Doh!

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LOL

Writer's Block: Small Economies

[Error: unknown template qotd]I just don't shop much.  I've been staying off Ebay, which is a big temptation for me with my doll addiction.  I've cut way way back on movies and eating out.  I've cut back on groceries too.

Homeroom Festivities

Sadly, I didn't have my camera for the morning festivities when I gave out the stockings.  The kids seemed to like their stockings quite well.  There is something magical about a Christmas stocking.  And I do love stuffing stockings. 

Drew went through the contents of his stocking during 3rd hour, and he and Brooke S put his "mini puzzle" together.  Brooke yanked his chain by hiding one piece so that Drew howled, "This is skimp!  It's missing a piece."  Then, when he had suffered enough, Brooke laughed evilly and pulled the missing piece out of her mitten. Kids.  LOL.

The day went really quickly.  My homeroom had agreed to go to HuHot for lunch.  HuHot is a Mongolian grill.  You get to load up your plate with raw stuff then watch as they cook it on a giant round grill.  Tyler had never been there before, so it was a new experience for him.  I was disappointed because both Drew and April said they were coming, but neither did.  :(  Zach had to work, Falisha had "better things to do," and Ellie had gone on vacation the day before.  So, it was just me, Tyler, Rachael, and Cody.  It made it cheaper for me, but it just isn't the same if the whole homeroom isn't there. 

Eh.  Since Drew and April didn't show, we were able to order a couple of appetizers.  We had crab rangoons and something similar with shrimp in it.  Both were yummy.

I made the best plate of food I have ever made today.  It had mostly beef with a little chicken in it, noodles, peas, LOTS of mushrooms, zucchini, onions, peas, and bamboo shoots.  I put the ginger and garlic sauces and broths on it for seasonings.  It was sooo good.

Also, Cody was so sweet.  I had been circling the parking lot for ten minutes without luck at finding a parking space.  FInally I called Cody on my cell and told them to go ahead and get started as I was going to have to park far away and it would take me a while to gimp over to the restaurant with my rotten knee and the slippery parking lot.  That sweetpea told me that he would go park my car so I didn't have to walk so far.  What a good kid. 

After we ate, he went and got it again  for me. 

We ran into Ryan G, Cody D and Chubbs at the mall.  Chubbs had cut his hair and I seriously did not recognize him!  He looked like he was about ten years old.

I DID have my camera at the restaurant, so here are my pictures.  (I didn't take too many)



Rachael, Tyler, and Cody.  Aren't they adorable?  Tyler was being too cool to smile.  He has a very nice smile but I guess he preferred to look glum today.



Here are Tyler and Cody with their plates of food.  Tyler is a sweetheart and a hard worker--even when no one else helps, he always takes the chairs down in the morning and puts them up again in the afternoon.  Cody is a sweetpea.  I already told you how kind he was to me earlier.



And here are me and Rachel.  I am holding up a crab rangoon.  Rachael was afraid she couldn't have lunch with us because she had an appointment at 10:30, but she met us there, and it was all good.  Rachael is also the sweetest girl.  She has a sly and clever sense of humor. 

So, even though the rest of my homeroom were party poopers, we had fun and a great meal together.

I wish I were wealthy enough to take them to JenPachi before the end of the school year.  That is the Japanese steak house where you sit around the grill and the food is cooked in front of you.  And that food is also fantastic.  

I went back to school and told Jay about our fun time.  He said I was free to go if I wanted, but I said I wanted to get my correcting caught up so I didn't have to take anything home over Christmas vacation.  Jay, sweet thing that he is, came down after a while and told me I should go home because it was cold out, but I knew he wanted to go do his final Christmas shopping, so I told him to just go ahead.  I could stay till the cleaning crew was done and lock up behind them.

 The cleaning crew leader, a sweet woman, came down at about 3:30 and told me that Jay had told her they needed to kick my butt out of the building when they were finished.  I told her I would go as soon as I shut down my computer.  I did stay half an hour longer, though, to finish up what I was working on.  I got all my little odds and ends papers corrected along with this week's vocabulary.  All I have left is four Green Mile compositions for Misfits class, a Ghost Hunting citing practice paper for Senior Sem, and a few short paragraphs from my Writing Skills class.  We are working on the "Developing a paragraph through Definition and Explanation" now.  It is the final method of developing we will do.  Next we will work on writing a five-paragraph paper.  The poor kids....they are doooooomed.

Anyhow, I packed up my crap and left by 4 pm.  I stopped in Kasson to pick up gift certificates at the theater for my secret santa, Jesse.  He and his family live in Kasson, so he will be able to use those conveniently.  I'm going to buy a 12-pack of diet coke for him in the morning when I fill up with gas too. 

Basically, that's my day. 

I'm ready for bed now.  I'm tired.