They were very proud of themselves.
Monday, July 06, 2009
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Happy Independence Day!
Wishing you watermelon, red-white-and-blue berry shortcakes and the freedoms encompassed in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution!
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Father-Daughter Comic Book Geek Adventure Day
Wednesday is generally Comic Book Day in this house, because Wednesday is the day that new books come out at the comic book stores, an important event in the lives of Lone Star Pa and the Lone Star Girl. One learns these things by living with them, people.
Today is an even bigger deal, though, because today is the day that Lone Star Pa's hero, Captain America, is supposed to be reborn (or re-reborn or re-re-reborn) - everybody say ooooooooooohhhh. The Lone Star Girl is actually more into the fact that a character in the Runaways series she favors (not to be confused with the erstwhile pioneering all-girl rock 'n' roll band of the same name that she also favors) is also supposed to come back. So. A big day for them.
The Lone Star Girl had two medical appointment sorts of things today. I took her to the first one, but then came home and traded children with Lone Star Pa who took her to the next (just an allergy shot), and then on to get their precious comic books. They should now be en route to see that Wolverine movie at the discount cinema before swim practice.
I hope they are having a nice, geeky time. They deserve it.
Today is an even bigger deal, though, because today is the day that Lone Star Pa's hero, Captain America, is supposed to be reborn (or re-reborn or re-re-reborn) - everybody say ooooooooooohhhh. The Lone Star Girl is actually more into the fact that a character in the Runaways series she favors (not to be confused with the erstwhile pioneering all-girl rock 'n' roll band of the same name that she also favors) is also supposed to come back. So. A big day for them.
The Lone Star Girl had two medical appointment sorts of things today. I took her to the first one, but then came home and traded children with Lone Star Pa who took her to the next (just an allergy shot), and then on to get their precious comic books. They should now be en route to see that Wolverine movie at the discount cinema before swim practice.
I hope they are having a nice, geeky time. They deserve it.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Mothers Against Las Brisas Demonstrations Sundays at 8pm
Do you want a coal-burning petroleum coke plant that will create, by itself, over 70% more pollution than all of the existing refineries in our city put together?
Do you want a coal-burning petroleum coke plant that refuses to use available gasification technology to reduce pollution and protect the health of our children because it will cost them too much?
If the kind of jobs and companies that will make our children sick are not the kind you want for Corpus Christi, then say no to Las Brisas! A better future is possible!
Join the peaceful weekly protests against Las Brisas to be held every Sunday evening at 8pm on the public sidewalk by SPID in front of restaurant row – bring signs and allies.
We are mothers and we are charged with keeping our children safe. We’ll speak out to our city council members and state and federal representatives and stand vigil until they take action to keep our city safe for our children.
Let’s get to work!
Do you want a coal-burning petroleum coke plant that refuses to use available gasification technology to reduce pollution and protect the health of our children because it will cost them too much?
If the kind of jobs and companies that will make our children sick are not the kind you want for Corpus Christi, then say no to Las Brisas! A better future is possible!
Join the peaceful weekly protests against Las Brisas to be held every Sunday evening at 8pm on the public sidewalk by SPID in front of restaurant row – bring signs and allies.
We are mothers and we are charged with keeping our children safe. We’ll speak out to our city council members and state and federal representatives and stand vigil until they take action to keep our city safe for our children.
Let’s get to work!
Monday, June 29, 2009
Swimming Girl
The Lone Star Girl went back to swim practice for the first time tonight. Lone Star Pa took her while I took her sister to story time. Word is she did great - even swam fly. She was really proud of herself but really sad that she missed all the meets while she was convalescing.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
He Loves You
Today (when I was not helping the Lone Star Baby send off for caterpillars to raise into butterflies or ride her new bike and when I was not taking the Lone Star Girl for a walk and when I was not taking both kids out for ice cream/frozen yogurt and when I was not playing board games with them) I cleaned the kitchen and the bathroom, swept the house, cooked a nice dinner, made brownies ... I even separated out the particular type of flatware that my husband prefers into its own special compartment in the drawer like he always asks, a request that the Lone Star Girl and I tend to meet with amusement, but not compliance. Lone Star Pa and the Lone Star Girl think I have been replaced by a skrull.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Buffy Brain Battle Begins
Rather than all those cool, enriching Wild Woman Summer Enrichment Program For Gifted Girls things I had planned for the summer, the Lone Star Girl has, in her convalescence, mainly been sitting around watching the first and second seasons of Buffy, to which she has become mildly (ha) addicted.
Today was her follow-up appointment with the surgeon and he said she should be fine to do anything she wants and he doesn't think we need another appointment (unless she vomits green stuff, in which case he wants to see us stat, but he doesn't think that will happen).
YAYYYY!!!!
That said, she doesn't quite feel up to the swim team yet. She is not actually at the two-week mark until Tuesday - he scheduled us early because he's going out of town, and she really is sort of easily tired still. So I will probably still be a little on the hovering side until Tuesday but, if all goes as well as it has been, she should be getting back to her normal routine very soon.
And it is time for her to start getting her groove back. Which means that I must mount an attack against Buffy Brain. Wish me luck.
Today was her follow-up appointment with the surgeon and he said she should be fine to do anything she wants and he doesn't think we need another appointment (unless she vomits green stuff, in which case he wants to see us stat, but he doesn't think that will happen).
YAYYYY!!!!
That said, she doesn't quite feel up to the swim team yet. She is not actually at the two-week mark until Tuesday - he scheduled us early because he's going out of town, and she really is sort of easily tired still. So I will probably still be a little on the hovering side until Tuesday but, if all goes as well as it has been, she should be getting back to her normal routine very soon.
And it is time for her to start getting her groove back. Which means that I must mount an attack against Buffy Brain. Wish me luck.
Quiet Council
Last week I e-mailed the Mayor, my District Two Council member and the at-large Council members except Mark Scott, who obviously doesn't and won't care, about my concerns about Las Brisas. Brent Chesney is the only one who responded at all. While I was not very pleased with his non-commital response, it is nice that he at least pays some attention to the concerns of his constituents.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Canned Peaches
The Lone Star Baby has discovered a fondness for canned peaches at Vacation Bible School. Still doesn't want the fresh ones. So I bought some canned ones. Whatever works.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Lone Star Ma Mama Action Alert: Call Your Congressperson About The Energy Bill Today
Please tell them to oppose amendments that weaken clean air standards and to insist upon deeper emissions cuts - at least 25-40% below 1990 levels. Millions of kids with asthma and allergies are counting on you.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Preschooler/Primary Pick: Elsie Piddock Skips In Her Sleep
I learned about the classic book Elsie Piddock Skips In Her Sleep by Eleanor Farjeon only very recently on the blog, Saints And Spinners. It is an excellent story about Elsie Piddock, a born skipper (jump-roper), beloved of faeries, who skips as never so. Elsie has an amazing childhood and then fades into adulthood as we all must, I suppose. When the skipping hill of the town of her birth is threatened by a greedy new lord, however, there may be an old woman who can skip the trouble clean away. This is a moving and complex and sweet story - truly lovely. I think it belongs in everyone's library.
Happy Father's Day!
To all the loving daddies out there, I say have a great day - you deserve it! Especially Lone Star Pa - even though he didn't help me get the Lone Star Girl to drink her prune juice...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Something Is Not Right
Well, I had scheduled a couple of posts of book reviews already in queue for the blog this week and one posted yesterday and one will tomorrow or sometime this week, but only because they were already set up to post - I was way too busy to post book reviews yesterday.
The girls were having a "sleepover" in the LSB's room on Monday night, but the LSG started to feel a little queasy at around 10:30pm, after her sister was already asleep, and went back to sleep in her own bed. Nausea at this time of the month is typical for her, so we didn't think too much about it.
I woke in the wee hours when she was went back and forth to the bathroom to throw up a couple of times and went to check on her. She started telling me sometime before 4am that she had been having a pain in her abdomen that wasn't crampy at all but sort of stationary, right in the middle and that it had been unchanged for a few hours. I started worrying about appendicitis but thought that you were supposed to have a pain in your side for that. I started looking stuff up on the computer and found that appendicitis pain usually starts in the middle where she was having it and eventually moves to the right side - uh oh. We started having the do-you-think-you-need-to-go-to-the-emergency-room conversation and by 4:30am, she said she needed to. When she stood to get dressed, the pain moved to the right side and I started to really worry that it was appendicitis.
The LSG and I went to the emergency room and Tom called in sick at work and kept the LSB until we knew what was going to happen. They did bloodwork, etc. and a CT scan and x-rays. I was holding out hope for an ovarian cyst but they thought it probably was appendicitis. And it was. The inflamed appendix showed up on the CT scan. I made a lot of scrambly phone calls and a friend from Meeting took the Lone Star Baby so that Tom could get to the hospital just barely before she went in for surgery in the morning. The surgery took almost no time and the surgeon came out and said she did fine and it wasn't ruptured and they were able to do it laparoscopically so the recovery should be much better. We stayed at the hospital throughout the day and the surgeon saw us in the evening and said that he thought she was better off healing at home, given the sorts of things that one finds in hospitals, so we were discharged late last night.
She's doing great, but feels very crummy as you can imagine. Please keep her in your prayers. Thank you.
The girls were having a "sleepover" in the LSB's room on Monday night, but the LSG started to feel a little queasy at around 10:30pm, after her sister was already asleep, and went back to sleep in her own bed. Nausea at this time of the month is typical for her, so we didn't think too much about it.
I woke in the wee hours when she was went back and forth to the bathroom to throw up a couple of times and went to check on her. She started telling me sometime before 4am that she had been having a pain in her abdomen that wasn't crampy at all but sort of stationary, right in the middle and that it had been unchanged for a few hours. I started worrying about appendicitis but thought that you were supposed to have a pain in your side for that. I started looking stuff up on the computer and found that appendicitis pain usually starts in the middle where she was having it and eventually moves to the right side - uh oh. We started having the do-you-think-you-need-to-go-to-the-emergency-room conversation and by 4:30am, she said she needed to. When she stood to get dressed, the pain moved to the right side and I started to really worry that it was appendicitis.
The LSG and I went to the emergency room and Tom called in sick at work and kept the LSB until we knew what was going to happen. They did bloodwork, etc. and a CT scan and x-rays. I was holding out hope for an ovarian cyst but they thought it probably was appendicitis. And it was. The inflamed appendix showed up on the CT scan. I made a lot of scrambly phone calls and a friend from Meeting took the Lone Star Baby so that Tom could get to the hospital just barely before she went in for surgery in the morning. The surgery took almost no time and the surgeon came out and said she did fine and it wasn't ruptured and they were able to do it laparoscopically so the recovery should be much better. We stayed at the hospital throughout the day and the surgeon saw us in the evening and said that he thought she was better off healing at home, given the sorts of things that one finds in hospitals, so we were discharged late last night.
She's doing great, but feels very crummy as you can imagine. Please keep her in your prayers. Thank you.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
June YA/Upper El Picks
June's YA pick is Kendra, written by Coe Booth, authour of Tyrell. Like Tyrell, Kendra is definitely not for the upper elementary set due to graphic sex and upsetting violence. It is, however, an excellent teen book. Kendra's mother gave birth to her as a teen and left Kendra's upbringing up to her own mother while she went on to pursue her education and get out of the projects. Kendra always assumed that when her mother finally finished getting all of her degrees, they would live together, but when the time comes, Kendra's mother isn't ready. This rejection awakens so much hurt in Kendra that she begins making very dangerous choices and getting into serious trouble. Eventually, she has to learn to find her support in pieces, among many different family members and friends, instead of expecting any one adult to be what she needs. Most of all, she has to learn to be there for herself. Another excellent book - I plan to be reading everything that Coe Booth ever writes.
For upper elementary readers and up, I also really enjoyed A String In The Harp, an old timeslip story by Nancy Bond. The Morgan children have lost their mother and their father isn't coping all that well. When he moves the family from the U.S. to a tiny Welsh village, he immerses himself in his work and leaves them to manage their feelings alone. Peter, the middle child, finds an ancient harp key that plunges him into the story of Taliessin. Together, the Morgans learn the importance of trusting and supporting each other.
For upper elementary readers and up, I also really enjoyed A String In The Harp, an old timeslip story by Nancy Bond. The Morgan children have lost their mother and their father isn't coping all that well. When he moves the family from the U.S. to a tiny Welsh village, he immerses himself in his work and leaves them to manage their feelings alone. Peter, the middle child, finds an ancient harp key that plunges him into the story of Taliessin. Together, the Morgans learn the importance of trusting and supporting each other.
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