Re: CoDM needed
Thank you guys!!! *hugs all around* No kisses, I might get everybody sick and then where would RoA be? :p
Feeling a bit better because that strong pain killer the doctor gave me is the good stuff! :p Whatever he gave me to help me cough up all the stuff in my lungs is working too, but it's still hard to breathe. And my temp is still too high, but not as dangerous as it was. Still, I'll have to stay careful for awhile so I don't get worse again.
Anyway...good, no hurting babies or kids! In case nobody's noticed, I'm so way kid-friendly. :p Since I am and will always be one myself, I figure I should kinda stand up for them. *giggles* *begins to sing...*
I don't wanna grow up.
I'm a Toys-r-Us kid.
There's a million toys at Toys-r-Us
that I can play with!
From bikes to trains
to video games,
It's the biggest toy store there is!
I don't wanna grow up,
'Cause if I did,
I couldn't be a Toys-r-Us kid!
Sorry. :p *giggles* My own personal theme song. Though growing up, I didn't get to shop there, it was too expensive for my parents. We were really poor. But I've spoiled my kids rotten with it. :p Oh! That reminds me, I just got great news! My kids and I LOVE Build-A-Bear workshop (and I think that Anni likes it to after his introduction to it while visiting us this year - ask him to show you his kitty cat dressed in St. Louis Cardinals finery!). For every dollar you spend, you earn a point, and during your birthday months you get 1.5 points (that means we've got March and July through October if you include my nephew, and we do because we take him with us and let him get things there, and December). Earning 100 points earns you a certificate for $10 off any purchase in the store. Well sometimes I'm scatterbrained and forget to print out and use those certificates. :p So I just called them to see if we could figure out which I've not used because the kids really, really want to go and make Rudolph (check out how cute it is at buildabear.com) for Christmas. I can't afford to buy them each one at $22 a pop. That's four because I'm totally addicted to Christmas, snowmen, and reindeer and would need one too. Anyway, the lady was fabulous and sweet, even put up with my awful coughing and silliness because I can't think straight under all these meds. We worked out that I have SEVEN certificates available! Now, I already have coupons for $5 off a $25 purchase. So I can let the kids make Rudolph and even get him a small accessory for about $5 so that each of their totals will be over $25. Then use a coupon to get it to a bit over $20, then use the certificates to pay that off and only owe a few dollars for each of theirs and about $10 for mine! Isn't that great!?
Oh, and I'm going to be able to get the kids a Wii for Christmas, the only other thing they really, really want! My momma is going to buy the system and a few of the things needed like extra controllers, and then she's going to let me use her credit card to buy a few games since I just don't have enough money right now to get them much. I used my latest paycheck to get the girls some perfume and jewelry and games and Joshua some toys and games, but only a few things each so this is really, really great news!
And I just have to tell everybody...my oldest is so excited...she just loves that I'm in the church Christmas play, if you ask her, I'm the best singer in the entire world. She's so biased. :p Anyway, she wants to be like me when she grows up and tries very hard to be a good singer, and she is. And she got a speaking part and a SOLO in her school Christmas play! *beams proudly* Before I got sick I practiced with her a lot and she's doing really great. I read her lines with her and then play the piano for her to sing her solo. I'm so proud of her!
Oh, and no typer's cramp for me. :p The last time I checked, I typed at well over 150 wpm so I can go on and on and on and not get tired. After all, this is how I talk to Anni every day. :p
Oh yes, I almost forgot! It might seem like I'm so materialistic, caring so much about giving the kids good things for Christmas. I am a little probably, but I have such good memories of pretty packages under the tree, the anticipation, the excitement...that I want to share with the kids. I just love seeing their little faces... Anyway, I teach them much more than that, I promise. And I can prove it. Yesterday after I picked up the kids from school, we got in the car and the radio station was talking about some kids that needed adopting for the Christmas season. Their parents can't afford to buy them much if anything, so other people can "adopt" them and get them 3-5 toys, one new outfit, and mittens, a scarf, and a hat. You can get more, but that's the minimum the station asks for you to get. Well all three of my kids were just heartbroken at hearing that. I tell them, but when other people talk about it, too, and can give the names of some of these kids, well that just kind of brings it home. My babies were so upset that they begged me to let them adopt one of the children for Christmas. I explained to them that if I did, then that would mean less presents for them on Christmas morning. And they didn't care. What were new toys to them when they have so many wonderful things already, when they already have warm clothes, coats, hats, gloves, and scarves? My kids got it! They understood! And so we adopted a 3-year-old named Elijah. I've already bought the books for him and will spend the last of my Christmas money on the clothing and toys. *wipes tears away* And my momma said that she would pay for pajamas and slippers for Elijah. Isn't that wonderful!? I'm so proud of my wonderful kids!