After months on the market, and about twenty showings, we still haven't had an offer on the house. On the advice of our realtor, we're going to take it off the market in November and relist it after the first of the year. People don't normally house shop during the holidays, he says. He also said we listed it at a good price...but I beg to differ.

This Friday is JJ's last football game. It's senior night and the parents walk out on the field with their sons and get a flower. I keep teasing JJ that when they say his name I'm going to give him a great big smooch on the cheek. He's strictly a "do not touch" kind of kid and he knows that with everyone watching he'll have to choice but to let me. I'm thinking of it as payback. Thursday night we're having a bonfire here for the team. They're so pumped up....last night we beat a team that's number two in the conference. We're going to finish the season with five, maybe six wins....that's three more wins than Nazareth has had since joining this conference fifteen years ago.

Braden is still excited about the dive team, and the coach told asked him, "Do you have springs in your legs? You're a natural." Braden replied, "No springs, but I do kind of jump around a lot" That's an understatement, in my opinion.

I have a frying pan that had burnt on peppers and onions in it, and I'm boiling it off in vinegar. It's an old trick tea lady used to use. It works like a charm, but my house stinks!

Well, that's all I got. If I didn't have kids I wouldn't have a thing to blog about this week!

Smile, you're on candid camera

Thursday night my niece was being inducted in to the Junior National Honor Society. The whole family went to see her. She has this core group of about six friends that have been friends since kindergarden, and five of them were participating in the ceremony, so I knew quite a few of the kids.
Anyway, as the ceremony begins, the kids all take their places up on the stage, and one of Shay's friends is sitting in the front row. She had on a very short dress and black boots. Let's just say she didn't exactly look like she was being inducted into the Honor Society, more like the dishonor society. So, I lean over and whisper to my brother (afro), who is taking a picture with his cell phone, "wow, Z looks kind of like a hooker up there"....he turns to me, aghast and points to what I thought was his cell phone. Turns out, it was the smallest video camera I'd ever seen. And, I just did a voice over. Great.
I'm pretty sure I ruined my niece's video of her induction. I actually said the girl's name, and it's a friend of hers, so there's no denying it. And, while everyone else agreed, and some commented on the outfit after the ceremony, I'm the only one you can hear on the video, immortalizing it for ever.

E I E I Ooooooo

It's a rainy, miserable Saturday morning. Perfect weather for...you guessed it...moving furniture. I woke up this morning and decided, out of the blue, that my living room furniture needs to be rearranged. That will give me something to do this afternoon.
Nazareth high school is starting a dive team this year. They were looking for kids to train, so Braden decided to go out for the team. He started "dryland" practice this week, and this morning they have an informal practice in the pool. He's so excited. And, you should see him in his swim trunks. They're actually like bicycle shorts...he's so skinny and walks around in them, clenching his butt cheeks. "Look mom"
JJ's football team won their game last night. He had a really good game. A sack, some really good tackles (I love when they announce his name for making a great play), he tipped a ball off, and ran the ball back on a kick off return. It was 35 degrees and raining/snowing, so the stands weren't too full, but it was a good game.
I have book group tonight. We read "The Lace Reader". I didn't really care for it, and the ending pissed me off. You ever read a book where the ending just makes you mad? Well, this one did it for me.
Also, I'm addicted to Farmville on facebook. I need a couple more neighbors so I can have a bigger farm. Anyone else play?

Can't come up with a title

I had a jam-packed weekend.
Friends of ours have a son that started going to a private school in Wilkes Barre, so a bunch of us went up to watch him play. We tailgated before and after the game and had a nice time. It would have been a bit better if the weather would have been a bit warmer, and I could have done without the sprinkles on and off.
Yesterday we went to see Renee and the baby. He gets cuter every time I see him. I know I'm a bit biased, but he's just adorable. At one point, my ex-husband took Keith to his restaurant to get some wings....I would have loved to be a fly on the dashboard of that car. No, on second thought, I probably wouldn't have wanted to.
Thank goodness we're off school today. I have to put four hours in at Tristan's, then go grocery shopping, then I should have some time to tackle at least some of the things I didn't do over the weekend.
Oh, and a student threatened to kill me this week at school. Correction, the kid threatened to fucking kill me. He was smashing on a window, trying to get to me as I stood out in the hallway. Damn me for trying to make him follow a simple instruction like "stop talking". He hasn't come back to school since (2 days), but I'm not looking forward to tomorrow when I'm sure he'll walk through the doors.

Dancing queen

Well, I survived, unscathed!
It went well, I only missed one beat....and I caught up quickly. A friend's daughter's friend told Keith that I was the prettiest mom there. How sweet of her.

Tonight I'm going to see David Sedaris at a local theater. I've read several of his books, and they're always amusing. There's a bunch of us from bookgroup going, and we're meeting at a friend's for dinner first, then going out for a drink after. I'm really looking forward to a night out! I found a recipe for pumpkin brownies I'm going to make to take along for dessert.

That's about all I've got. I'm desummering the house today, and decorating for fall. I hate to see summer go, but I love fall colors and decorations!

Rah rah sis boom bah!

Today's the pep rally.
Wish me luck.
Also wish that no one does anything incredibly stupid and that the video doesn't show up on youtube.