asheville concert

Clyde went last Saturday with a few of his book club buddies to Asheville to see The Christmas Jam...the Allman Brothers and The Steve Miller Band. The concert went from 7pm to 3am. This group of teachers aren't accustomed to staying awake that late and were asleep within minutes of going to bed. As a Asheville treat Clyde arranged for them to stay @ the Mountaineer...one classy joint. :)  

science center

Last week I went on a field trip with Jacob's class to the Science Center here in the Emerald City. We had loads of fun on that cold day. The animal exhibits didn't open until 10am and we had classes to go to, so we didn't make it outside to see any animals. This is Jacob's friend that is a girl, S. She is a cute girl and she and Jacob are like peas and carrots.

art show

Erin's art was displayed at the Randolph County Arts Guild last Thursday night. We are very proud of our girl!

potholders/ hand towels

 This'll be the last request made until after Christmas. These are for the same gal that I made the knitting needle roll up. She wanted as much upcycled material as possible, with the potholders having yellow, red, brown, and orange in them, as well as a pocket on the back and a loop to hang them up. I did have a tricky time with the binding. I think they turned out well. hopefully she agrees.

She also requested two blue hand towels. She wasn't specific on the shade of blue so I gave her some good 'ole Duke blue. She just wanted them to be at least 7"x 7". These are actually 8"x8".

cable

Libby is home sick today. Before I left the brown house to get the little wardlings to school, I ran upstairs to check on Libby, who had nestled into my warm and tozy (a Penny word) flannel sheets.  She was watching Katy Perry on VH1. (Don't worry... it wasn't her "I want to see your peacock" song.) I had an instant flashback of sleepovers with my grandparents Cecil.  My family didn't have cable when I was growing up so going to MeeMaw and PeePaws house was rockin' for more than just a visit and yard sale-ing with them. It was the cable. My sister Raegen and I would always sneak a VH1 or MTV video as much as we could. We would always have to change the station...even if it was on a dumpy country station. Everything was innocent in those days...I mean George Michael singing, "I want your sex" isn't bad...right?! Besides it was really Cindy Lauper who rocked VH1 with her awesome "Time after Time" video. Just seeing Libby with the remote in her hand and watching The California Girl, Katy, I thought that times had changed.  She wasn't laying there with her finger on the remote to quickly change the station when she heard footsteps of an adult or the door opening. I hope that Libby feels better, but for today, she can chill with the remote, on my bed,  and watch all the non parental blocked shows she chooses. :)

thumbs up

As we were walking into school this morning, the principal for our elementary school shouted out..."Got him moved!" and then gave us a thumbs up.  (This meaning that the bully was removed from the classroom and placed with an EC teacher.) Then this afternoon, after picking up our children, Josh's teacher stopped to chat, thanking me for going to the principal. I told her that I was happy about the outcome but was less than happy about what the principal had told me yesterday in our meeting. To be honest, from our meeting, it didn't appear that anything would be done. Josh's teacher said the same thing about the conversation she had with our principal. She also said that when she (the teacher) was talking to her husband last night about the situation, that we were the parents that would get things done. I really think that knowing our children's rights, actually reading the Parents green rights handbook, while knowing and understanding enough about the I.D.E.A. (individuals w/ disabilities education act) really helped out. I also think that her knowing Clyde is in education and knowing that if we didn't get the answer we wanted to hear, a simple email would be sent, made a difference in our outcome.

hot topic

Josh has been off for a few days now...more like a week. We couldn't quite put our finger on his behavior until last night when Clyde was able to crack his shell. Turns out there is an autistic child in his class that is a bully. Josh's teacher and principal got a visit from us today. His teacher was super helpful while his principal's response was less than helpful. Bullying is such a hot topic right now that I thought that me talking to the head gal in charge would do something. All I can say is that we are more than happy to go higher up on the chain to get the results that we need. 

taking it too far

I have been on this etsy kick for awhile now.  I found this request today and I thought 1- ew gross, and b- this is taking the requesting part of etsy too far. I mean really for hippie gals, this may be the way to go, but really...this is grossly funny, mainly just gross. oh and you're welcome. :)