irony at it's meanist

So I am sick. Not throwing up sick but really sick. I have pneumonia and an infection in my lung, I am off work for three days at least and if I don't get better I have to go back to the doc. Irony is I am supposed to walk in my graduation tomorrow. I can't hardly breath and go into coughing fits! That is what I call the definition of irony.

Check lists done!

Today was they day for checklists! So nothing would be forgotten. I woke up to making another doc. appointment, everything is great, Ally is getting better!, then final time, and driving to Salem to turn in school books and science lab stuff, to race home to get said child to appointment, then picking up snacks for a game that she isn't even able to go to and getting those to someone who can take them,...then getting home to finish putting the final project for Ally's service project done, the proof and pictures, then finally off to the last Girl Scout meeting of the year! WHEW, that is a list!!
Ally turned in her project and the troop leader had her stand on a chair in front of everyone to tell about what she did. I am so proud of her! She told about what she did and how it made her feel. Good job baby girl!!
Next week she has her bridging ceremony and will bridge into Brownies, she is so excited. She can't wait to earn badges!!
'til later

Relay for Life and a little Daisy

Tonight Ally was volunteering to help with setting up luminaries for the Relay for life. She was a little skittish at first, she didn't like walking up to the moving vehicle to grab luminaries but I walked behind the vehicle, carrying Matt, and handed her the bags. She did so good. Other than the troop leaders daughter who was there for the night with the team, Ally was the only other one from our troop that showed up. She is so pooped.
'till later

Ally completes her first service project for Girl Scouts!!

Ally is bridging to the Brownie level soon and it is important to teach her follow through with things that she has started. One of those is her Journey's badge in Daisy's. Part of that completion is a service project in the community. When I asked her about this she said she wanted to garden. So we went over to the Amity Public Library and spoke to the Librarian about her doing some weeding and picking up around the building. She said that would be great and we planned it for Sunday.Ally doesn't really like to do anything small so when I asked her if she was ready for this she said she wanted to get flowers and make it a garden. I told her that she needed to come up with a way to earn the money needed to purchase the flowers and she came up with the idea to collect cans. Friday she went with Grandma and collected $13.00 worth of cans! She and I went Sunday morning and rounded up some more and got another $7.00, that was $20.00 worth of can's!Then we went to Bi-Mart and bought $20.00 worth of flowers, they were having a sale so that was a bonus!

We went to the library and got started. That was at 12:45; at 4:45 we were finally done, pulling weeds, planting, laying mulch, and cleaning up. That was a BIG job for that little girl but she did so awesome!! We went to the library tonight to get a signature sign off for her project and
the librarian was so ex
cited and surprised by all that Ally did!I am so very proud of her! She collected the cans, turned them in (not us), bought the plants and did the rest. She is so proud of herself!!


Before Ally got her Daisy hands on it!









Ally collected bottles and cans and turned them in for money for the next step!
















Picking out the flowers and buying them.






















Cleaning up and weeding.





























Finally Done!









Before and after!













Good Job Baby Girl!!
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A lot has gone on!

I didn't realize it had been so long since my last post! Girl Scout cookies are over and Ally has started pitching machine ball. She is doing really good. Last year on her team she averaged one hit for the entire season during a game, this year she is averaging two points a game! She is doing really well! They are selling candy, cookie dough, and meet sticks and she didn't want to sell them because she just finished cookies, can't say that I blame her though.
John's mom was in the hospital for a few days. Everything is okay now, she has to change a few things, but she is feeling better. She got out the day before Mother's day. Mother's day John and the kids took me out to breakfast, then we went shopping and I got a set of Adirondack chairs with a table that I have been wanting for about three years, I haven't had a chance to sit in them yet but I will!
We have all been so busy around here. Yesterday I worked, then photographed a senior, came home for dinner, changed and went back into town for class, came home worked on the pictures and then tried to get some homework done. Ally, bless her heart wanted to help and she did a load of laundry. Small amount of clothes - entire lid full (large lid) of Woolite laundry soap. I am running it for the second time of just a water cycle to make sure all the soap is out!
'till later