I'm not very good at updating this frequently, am I? Life is too hectic at this point for frequent updates, but every week or two is about as good as it gets here.
Amelia turned 11 last week. The only present she wanted was a cell phone. Papa and Mama bought her one. She has worn that thing out since last Wednesday evening. Her face was priceless. I'll have to upload and add the picture when I get home tonight (I'm currently typing from the dance studio). She was so excited. Her number was promptly given to several friends and she spent the next several days texting back and forth. She has sped up tremendously on the keyboard of the phone...that's a skill, isn't it? :-) She got an iTunes card from her sisters, a backpack from mom and a $100 VISA gift card from both parents. Of course, we headed to the mall directly after dinner on Wednesday night so she could spend some of it. She was looking for a cell phone case, but didn't find anything. We had less than an hour of availability at the mall too so the card didn't get used until the next day.
After school on Thursday, we went to "Wrapsody", a gift store, to look for a cell phone case, this time armed only with cash that she had left over from allowance and some birthday cash from her other grandparents. She only had about $40. She bought herself a Vera Bradley purse (more money than I will normally spend on a purse, personally) and I bought her a wallet to match. That was it until Saturday...
On Friday night, Olivia spent the night with a friend and Will was out of town. Eleanor, Amelia and I joined my Dad and Debrah for dinner at Applebee's and then headed home for the night. On Saturday, while Eleanor was in dance class, Amelia and I headed to the mall to spend that gift card. She bought some cute things...some lip glosses at Bath & Body Works, some individual clothing items at Limited Too (where we had some "Too Bucks" that could defray the cost) and then I bought her some Sperry Top-Siders which I had promised as part of her birthday present. We picked up Eleanor from class, picked up Olivia from her friend's house and then headed home to work on chores.
We did stop at 2 bookstores along the way, looking for a required reading book for Eleanor. Both were out and so was the school, so I ordered it on Amazon. I didn't want to pay for rush shipping and it won't be here until next week. Just my luck...the school ordered more copies on Friday and they arrived today, so she is expected to have it tomorrow. I haven't decided whether I am willing to pay another $8 for that, or whether she might just have to borrow a friend's copy for class and wait it out. I guess I should check the tracking online and see if it is really going to take until next Tuesday to arrive!
Olivia actually made progress on her room this weekend and she's close to getting to watch TV again and play on the computer. She's been grounded from those for 2 weeks since those are her major time eaters. I caught up laundry and worked on school things. I really hope to catch up on school things soon. It's a seemingly never ending battle to stay on top of the technology and the special needs students this semester. Whew!
We had faculty meeting this afternoon and then I worked until time for dance class. Only 1-1/2 hours to go on dance class. I think I'll go get something to eat in a minute...
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