Impatience

Yesterday was the day of Sweetums's kidney tests.

An ultrasound and renal doppler.

Since no needles were involved, you'd think it'd be a cinch.

Right.

It was more like World War III.

There were almost casualties in the women's changing room when the howler monkey decided she wasn't trading in her street clothes for a hospital gown. Can you guess who won that battle? Ahem.

Others had to wonder what was going on behind our curtain...

Especially when I began to pray... Out loud.

I popped my head out long enough to inform the registrar that she might want to inform the x-ray technicians about Sweetums's distress.

Her eyes were wide as she replied that she'd "make a note of it..."

By test time, the howler monkey had quietened down a bit and was soothing herself by singing Band on the Run... BWAHAHA.

"If we ever get out of here..."

Complete cooperation during the whole ultrasound/doppler.

Well, almost complete anyway.

At certain points, the tech asked Sweetums to hold her breath. She held it in her mouth, but was still breathing through her nose. Chuckle.

We are waiting on the results...

SIGH..

Making a Joyful Noise

School is starting for us soon... September 5th to be exact.

Sweetums will be a freshman.

Gulp.

Counting pre-school, we've been "official" homeschoolers for 11 years.

Wow.

Finding the right path to teaching Sweetums hasn't been an easy one, but it's always been an adventurous one. CHUCKLE.

For ninth grade, I chose a tried and true literature course by Christian Light Publications, and a new to us curriculum for everything else.

Walch Education has a special needs program called Power Basics that might just be the ticket. I hope. I hope. I hope. ;o)

The line up looks like this:

Literature

American Government

Biology

Math

English

Bible

I have a human body stashed in the closet for health.

Don't worry...

It's made of plastic.

You can choose the sex.

Sweetums says it's a female.

Her name is Aquanetta.

I'm also toying with the notion of a Music Appreciation class.

Sweetums is finally listening to music other than Johnny Cash.

She's now into the Everly Brothers. LOL

Weekend

Cap'n Chaos and his crew went fishing Saturday.

When the alarm clock went off at 5 a.m. I wanted to throttle him.

SIGH.

Sweetums and I went to the movie theater.

She wanted to see the Pooh Movie.

It was no longer playing...

We saw Rise of the Planet of the Apes instead.

Sweetums thought it was a comedy.

We dined on buttery popcorn and Reese's pieces and tried not to annoy the handful of other people around us by laughing too loudly.

I'm pretty sure the film wasn't intended to be funny...

But I enjoyed watching it through Sweetums's eyes. :o)

SMILE

Sweetums out on the patio reading to her cat...

" I love the smell of new books!"

She is her mother's daughter! :o)

So glad that Borders is still in business.

Every time a bookstore closes, my heart breaks a little.

My Favorite Season

I had a delightful surprise when I awoke this morning...

A taste of the autumn to come was in the air...

A lil crispness... A lil coolness... A lil chirping of crickets!

I need to hide all the underwear.

It's no old wive's tale...

Crickets really do chew holes in them.

Shudder.

Daughterly Love

Sweetums... Snuggling her Dad...

Sweetums: You're the best Papa in the world!

Cap'n Chaos: Grunt

Sweetums: Next time I get sick, I want you to hold the bucket.

Cap'n Chaos: Complete silence

Mother Mayhem: Cackle

The Final Decision

The dragon won.

How can I fight Sweetums?

This is how she sees me.

In her eyes, the dragon is the protector. Not the knight.

I find this very interesting. Chuckle.

One of THOSE days...

Yesterday, I was reminded that I just sponge off of my husband.

Don't make me call out the flying monkeys.