Qualified for State

KT's swim meet went very well today she qualified to swim the 50 freestyle at the state meet in Biloxi on October 25th. The state qualifying time is 31.69, and she swam it in 31.41.
She also swam the 100 freestyle and state qualifying time is 1:12.14 and her time today ( her first time swimming this in a meet in MS) was 1:14.90 so she has Regionals ( Oct 18th) to qualify for state in the 100.
On the bottom of one of her feet she wrote:
If you can read this you must be in 2nd place, & on the other foot she wrote eat my bubbles!
Here is the video I took of her swimming the 50 free:

Help!

OK so this is what I have resorted to:

How else can I get them to remember to turn the light off in the bathroom when they are done? This is posted on the back of the door since b/c of their ages they shut the door when they go potty. I am not exaggerating when I say every time I walk past their bathroom, the light is on!!!! This morning they were getting ready for school and before we left I checked over my shoulder to see if the light was off and it was on! Probably b/c they kept the door open while getting ready, and didn't see my "reminder from the management"!

Any suggestions?

A new passion

So you need to read my last post before you read this one or it will not make a whole lot of sense....
OK so you know how I mentioned the stuff about rules for being in line at the kids schools....?
Well yesterday (the morning after my post) I got into line at KT's school, a lady pulls in behind me, and then proceeds to pull out from behind me and get infront of me.....
KT and I turned and looked at each other...she knew I was about to blow a gasket! The pleading look in her eyes..the look that said please mom don't hurt that lady, and (deep down inside) the please don't humiliate me in front of my school look...that look is the only thing that kept me from getting out of my truck walking over to her car and telling this woman ~ from another country~ how we do it in Mississippi, and how we should do it in Mississippi, or any other state she were to move to! We do not cut in line, does she think this line of cars is just here for no reason..? Pull your mercedes driving BUTT around and get back at the end of the line (now all the way down the street)!
I refrained...those of you who know me know that I do have some of my dad in me, and it was TOUGH to stay in the truck!
Can you believe this happened to me, the morning after I told my bloggy friends about KT's comment? I think I have missed my calling as a crossing guard, and I hope one day when I am older, and have lived out all of the years as a nurse that I can muster, at that time I hope I still have the passion for school traffic that I have now...b/c I will be the best crossing guard I can be! I wish I had known of this passion of mine prior to nursing school! We need nurses in this country AND we need good crossing guards!! I wish I could do both, but I'm afraid the fact that I'm already in Nursing school, and that I can save lives, and make a better living for me and my family, has to out weigh my passion for CONTROLING school traffic! If there were a way I would find it but..alas I can only do one. Atleast for one more day my daughter can hold her head up high, and know she made it through another morning in line with out her mom making a total fool of her in front of her peers. There's always tomorrow!

Funny Girls

SO I thought I would update wtih some "funnies" my girls have said recently...
~ I record on my phone things that I want to remember later for instance these:

KT says " You know smart people do not always do the right thing..take for instance Einstein..what's up with that hair? That was not a good choice!"

KT says" Mom you should grow up to be a crossing guard" (I yell at people while I drive especially in lines at the girls schools..people need to follow the rules, and not try to cut in line!!!)She says "maybe after you are a nurse, when you are old"
I said "no I need to do it now when I'm mean, not when I don't have kids in school I won't care about school traffic at the nursing home!"

EM is 9 and not nearly as witty as her big sister although she tries...we are learning about comedic timing, and when things are funny, and when they are no longer funny...you know that was so 2 weeks ago...
But here is something...
background first...Honey has been having movie marathons with the girls (when he can...) you know classics like all the Indiana Jones..all the Star Wars...all the Lord of the rings..) Most of them I worry about being appropriate but he does not and when I don't participate in the movie marathons I do not get a say...ANYWAY This past weekend was Jaws...I KNOW ...they are 13 & 9 appropriate....Idk!!
so Friday night was the first Jaws and I said and I quote " I don't know if that is appropriate movie material for both girls..maybe KT.......all 3 watch the movie. at the END EM says " I don't think that movie was appropriate for me...when are we watching the next one?"
They watched Jaws 2 on Sat afternoon and Jaws 3 Saturday night and Jaws revenge Sunday afternoon..Before movie 4 EM says "I wonder what happens in this one...I know someone gets eaten by a shark"

Em was standing out beside my truck one morning and said "Mom this spinner sure is dirty" (growing up in Houston we called those hubcaps) For those of you who are wondering...no I do not have spinners I'm deifinetly not that "hip"

KT says "wakey wakey eggs & bacy..( I assume from some TV show)

KT hates the rain..she must think she's going to melt EM says "KT it's like a shower with your clothes on"

That's all for now...Laugh with ya later!!

I guess she likes to snuggle?

So this morning this is what I came upon when I went in to wake up KT: So if you can't tell what this is...it is KT surrounded by stuffed animals on both sides!! She is 13! I guess she likes to snuggle.

Cruise to nowhere

I'm so glad to be back home and blogging.
As you may know I left MS last Wed. Aug 27 after class, and headed to TX. My dad drove in and stayed with the girls, and took them to school and then drove them back to TX Sat. We got up early Thurs and headed to Galveston to get on our cruise ship. The original itenerary was leave Galveston Thurs at 4~ sail all day Fri to Cozumel Spend all dat Sat ion Cozumel, and sail all day Sun, get in to Galveston 8 am Mon morning pick up the girls in CS and drive back home MS so that I could attend class Tues & Wed to prepare for the test Thurs. morning at 8 am.

Well needless to say Gustav had other plans for our cruise.
As we boarded the ship in Galveston we were handed a letter that said we would be going to Veracrux, Mexico instead due to the hurricane Gustav.
We set sail everything is going great except... I might as well mention that on Wed I had a sinus headache, and Thurs morning woke up with a sore throat that only got worse through out the day. Friday morning we wake up, and they tell us that we will be sailing to Progreso due to a tropical depression forming over Veracruz. At this point I took a dramamine due to my uneasy stomach (BTW now I have a sore throat and my nose is stuffy) The dramammine made me so sleepy that I slept most of the afternoon while everybody played outside at the pool.
Friday night I was definitly the party pooper. I was still a little drowsy, and felt awful. How terrible is that? To be sick and sea sick on vacation....yuck! This night (Friday) I put on one of the sea sick patches. The kind that go behind your ear.
Saturday morning we get up and dock in Progreso. It was sooooo hot! We spent the day hanging out on the beach. Atleast on Saturday I wasn't sea sick, just fwlt bad from not being able to breath and my runny nose. We get back on the ship, and head back to TX. Sunday morning there was an announcement that the port of Galv. was closed due to the hurricane and would not reopen until Wed. morning. So I franticly called my teachers, to tell them what happened, finally got a hold of one, and she said not to worry we would figure something out.
I called my parents and then kids were glad they would get to stay in TX for a few more days.
So we spent the next 3 days circling the Gulf. Our Capt went south of TX into the Mexican waters b/c so many people were sick from the huge waves caused by the hurricane. Finally Monday night I got some medicine from the ship Dr. and felt much better Tuesday!
We docked in Galveston Wed morning around 9, and after getting off the ship, and going through customs, we left Galv about 12, and headed back to CS. We picked up the girls and headed back to MS. getting in about 12 midnight.
Needless to say I'm so glad to be home again.
I will be studying all weekend for the make-up test I will need to take on Monday morning.
I'll post some pics tomorrow!