Hurricanes, stew, friendships and more...

So Hanna was absolutely nothing!! I feel like a fool worrying (even though I tried to hide how worried I really was)...I guess because I have never experienced anything mother nature can throw at you aside from a blizzard or two...I just don't know what to expect...so I always seem to expect the worse...we're watching Ike now...here's a little prayer it passes us by...



Yesterday I made slow cooker beef stew with dumplings...it was pretty good if I do say so myself...it was the perfect day for it...rainy and windy...it was good comfort food!! The best part about it is that I got to share it with friends. I owe my right arm to Nanette after this weekend...she was a huge saving grace for me...she stayed here at my house all weekend...watched my kids while I worked...I couldn't have asked for a bigger favour...it was what a true friend would do...Katherine and Emma get along so well...if only to be a fly on the wall while the two of them are talking...even being ancient to them..I'm sure I'd learn something...Connor...he's a bully...he takes on kids that he knows wont fight back...poor Allison...kept losing her sippy, soother, and sucker...he'd just walk right up and take it...she'd cry...and he'd give it back...but it was almost as if he liked pushing her buttons to get a reaction from her.



Miss Ali comes back tomorrow morning. Emma is going to be so excited to see her I'm sure. One day this past week she woke up and was crying because she couldn't find Miss Ali...I felt bad for her...and sad for me cause she wasn't excited I was home...until I pointed out she should be...

So Emma asked to do her fairy puzzle tonight...she says to me "Mommy can I do my puzzle? I want to exercise my brain"...seriously...I need to find the money to put her in private school...it scares me to death to think she's wasting away at home...not using that incredibly intelligent brain of hers...



Lori is sick...poor thing!! I feel bad...I wish there was more I could do...if I wasn't working tomorrow I'm sure I'd head over there and take care of those little beauties!!