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Suzi's Diary Entries Diary Navigation: Choose A Diary Entry -------------------- Latest Entry: 3/5/02 -------------------- 12/29/01 11/12/01 10/15/01 9/24/01 8/8/01 7/22/01 7/5/01 6/11/01 5/28/01 5/21/01 4/27/01 3/17/01 3/6/01 3/5/01 2/23/01 2/17/01 2/8/01 1/30/01 1/10/01 12/27/00 12/21/00 12/13/00 12/6/00 11/29/00 11/15/00 11/1/00 10/26/00 10/11/00 10/4/00 9/27/00 9/19/00 9/12/00 9/7/00 8/30/00 8/8/00 7/17/00 7/5/00 6/20/00 6/6/00 5/24/00 5/17/00 5/12/00 5/2/00 4/27/00 4/18/00 4/11/00 4/4/00 3/29/00 3/22/00 3/14/00 3/1/00 2/24/00 2/16/00 2/3/00 1/26/00 1/18/00 1/11/00 12/30/99 12/21/99 12/15/99 12/8/99 12/1/99 11/24/99 11/16/99 11/9/99 11/1/99 10/25/99 10/18/99 10/11/99 -------------------- Suzi's Introduction

March 14, 2000

Things have been pretty ordinary here again this week. Mike completed a "new" engine for my vehicle, rebuilt the computer and got taxes underway. Last week, the older boys went with FIL and his wife to see Toy Story on Ice. Reports from them said the kids actually sat still through the whole thing ... and of course being that the grandparents took them, they returned with an abundance of souvenirs. Matthew spent February 28 and March 1 trying to decide if the weather was "Lion or Lamb." Then, the following day the school celebrated Dr. Seuss day, but he tells me he wouldn't eat the Green Eggs and Ham. Sam celebrated by getting some new clothes which say "Sam I am!" on them. Nick has been memorizing nursery rhymes in class. "Hey liddle-diddle-diddle. The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see sports, and the plate ran away with the spoon." (He eventually resolved the plate/dish thing in his mind ... but pretty good for a kid who just turned 4!)

I find myself being pulled back into things for PTO with Sam right there for the ride. I try hard not to, but when I feel things may not happen without my involvement ... well I'm sure you've all been in those situations. They've just called an "emergency" meeting to either come up with $2500 to fund t-shirts for the kids' track and field day or cancel them. Problem being that the other 2 competing schools will have shirts. The shirts also make it easier to identify which kids belong where in the crowd. I have visions of having to tie dye 250 shirts with a few other moms to remedy the matter.

My last major volunteer project is mostly wrapped up. My mom and I were both on the committee for our church's new photo directory. All the pictures have been taken, the copy is written and layouts are done. It's in the mail to the printer and we can relax till the proof sheets come in. I've enclosed our family portrait from it. Hopefully they'll switch my intro photo to this new one -- but then again I'm rather fond of the one that's been up until now.

Next week will be another test of my ability to do three things at once. The high school musical will be in its production week. Normally I'm tied up for the entire week. I told them that with Sam, I'd have to help a little less, but I'll still need to be on site four days. I'm going to try to keep him with me in a baby sling as much as possible. There are a few of the students who make good baby sitters when necessary, and I figure a big old theater has more than enough dark corners where I can hole up to breastfeed discreetly.

Well, I better run ... I still have to plan April's Cub Scout meeting and activity. Our topic was to be communications but I'm not sure I can come up with a corresponding field trip. I may try to get the kids a tour of the post office before snail mail becomes extinct!

Suzi