change

They told me the wrong class for DS2 for next school year, so I no longer know if he'll have any friends in his class.

Apparently, they had redone the assignments and then were reading off the old list by mistake.

Same supply list, luckily!

oh yeah. the movie.

This is fairly tame. Not like the standing on the unprotected end and cannonballing times that make me think "Oh boy, she's gonna die."

it fits it fits it fits!

I've lost about 15 pounds since the beginning of the year. I'm not breaking any records, I know, but it's at least going in the right direction. About 15 more and I'll be about where I should. Not skinny, but I have never ever in my life been skinny.

I was getting dressed this .... um... afternoon (yay summer! PJ's all day until I need to go to the store!) and spotted a shirt that I hadn't worn since well before I got pregnant, because I was heavier than I am now before I got PG (nothing worse than STARTING a pregnancy about 30 lbs up. At least i didn't gain as much this time, though I ended up weighing more than I have ever weighed in my life. Look ma! A whale!)

Anyway, where was I? Oh, I spotted a pale turquoise shirt that I love and I put it on and it fit.

Life is good :)

kids' classes

I mentioned it a few times on facebook, but not on here. The boys each have at least one friend in their class next year. DS2 has the teachers that DS1 had for the last 2 years (Or rather, the one he had for almost 2 years and the one that came in as a sub when that teacher went and had a baby - they're each going to be part time, if I understand correctly)

I found this out on Monday morning and by lunch, we had most of the school supplies we need. Still a few things that I'm going to need a craft store or maybe an office supply store for - maybe both stores, sigh - and we're all set.

We got DS2 some new shoes, too. His feet are huge. DS1's are too, and he's about to need new shoes, but he swore he didn't need them yet, so we couldn't get the 2nd pair at half price at Famous Footwear.

So the last few supplies, a haircut or two, and I want to make them a shirt or two each and we're ready for August 17th. (yeah, WAAAAAYYYYYY early, I know)

Bring it on!

Good news!

My English online friend whose son has recently been treated for leukemia (and had a lot of side-effects and a hard time of it) has found out that her son's leukemia is in remission.

So they're going to Disney World. Woot!

backlist reading fest

I've been reading the Smart Bitches and Candy posted a list of her favorite romance novels. Quite a few are ones I have really liked, so I'm trying to track down some of the other ones. I'm not as huge a fan of Laura Kinsale as she is, but I have liked the books of hers that I have read. (and I have to say that though I love SB Sarah with an almost unhealthy sort of girl love, I am really really happy to see Candy posting more, presumably on summer vacation from law school. Law school. Oh, so that's why they're SMART bitches?).

So anyway, I am trying to track down Kinsale's backlist.

And Loretta Chase's backlist.

The library has some of each, but not all. Most are fairly old in book publishing terms (like, 20 years - even though some have been reprinted since), so I might have to resort to amazon marketplace, even though my bright and shiny Borders gift cards are begging to be spent.

In somewhat related news, I've downloaded Mansfield Park (Jane Austen) from the Gutenberg Project. And it was a pain to get it into the ereader. The format was fine, but I put it in the appropriate file and the Sony software didn't recognize it. The Adobe software didn't recognize it either, but at least it would let me search around for it and add it, even though it was already in the same place as all the other books. (yeesh)

Still thinking of my mom

I am guessing her friend's funeral is today. I hope everything went well and without much drama.

And I still am thinking of my English friend who lost her baby.

And yet life goes on. A high school acquaintance and his wife have a new baby. A different English friend posted a pic of her engagement ring. A friend who was staring down the barrel of divorce a couple of months ago has reconciled with her husband and they seem to be working things out. People are going on vacation and coming home having had a good time. A guy I knew in college has a hernia and not cancer.

Lots of love to my mom. Call me when you get home! (She doesn't give out her cell phone number so I can't call her)