It’s almost here. The Boston Music Awards. So cool! I have been looking forward to this weekend all month. I hope to get some good pictures and we really lucked out to get front row seats. The kids are super psyched. Should be fun…anyone else going?
So I had my butt planted in the basketball gym tonight for a scrimmage game. The official season starts in a couple days for my 10th grader and we are hiking 2 hours (each way) for that one. Oh well, what else do I have to do…?
Here is a b-day pic of Nick (19 years young) from last week – my how he has grown…
Have a fab weekend!
Ciao,
Paula
Posted by: Paula on November 28th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
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Happy Blitz Day (or Black Friday)! Has everyone done their shopping today with the Day After Thanksgiving sales? Not I. I don’t get anywhere near the mall on this day. I simply don’t like crowds and standing in long lines. I find it much easier, and cozier, to sit at my desk and click away at online sales ;) Well, I am almost finished with my holiday shopping so I’m not doing too bad this year…
How was everyone’s Thanksgiving? Filling I hope :) We had a terrific turkey day at Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts. The food was divine and the day was perfect – 60 degrees – who would have thought we would have 60’s in mid November?
Here are some pics of my gang from Thanksgiving 2007
Food was yummy!
Phil, Nick, Anna, Tony & Joseph
Guess Dad was the only one ready for this shot
Phil, Tony, Joseph, Anna & Nick
Phil, Nick, Anna, Joseph & Tony
Me and the kids hanging at the village bank
Hope you had a wonderful day with your friends and family! I’m off now – back to a busy day of taxiing. Joseph found out he made the middle school A (Red) team and he has a practice, Phillip has bb practice, Tony has a doctor appointment and I’ve got to get some groceries so we have food in this house again.
Have a super weekend!
Paula
Posted by: Paula on November 23rd, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m kicked back at the gym last night during my 7th graders basketball try-outs (as J noticed he forgot his inhaler when I was dropping him off so I run home to get it and come back and decide to stay. There were other parents hanging out so what the heck) and all is going well. I’m noticing the two coaches, noticing the thirty boys who are there trying out for middle school basketball (there will be two teams – A & B) and then I’m noticing my son running off the court, quickly, holding his mouth. I thought maybe he got clobbered in the mouth or nose and was running to me for a kleenex or something and just as he is heading my way I open my mouth to comfort him and he zips right past me – not even looking at me – and still holding his mouth. OK. He disappears out the door and reappears a few minutes later…with an enormous wad of brown paper towels sticking out of his mouth -and he runs back out on the court. WTF? At that point I did what any mom would do, I started yelling at him. "J!" "Joseph!" WHAT WAS HE THINKING? Finally, he runs over to me, mumbling with a mouthful of the paper and hands me a tooth – his tooth. Oh. Then he hands me the wet, dirty paper towel and says "Thanks Mom." And turns and runs back out on the court. That damn tooth has been loose for months and it finally decides to fall out in the middle of basketball try-outs?
I reminded him last night that he would be getting a visit from the tooth fairy (which he insists is a guy – yea right) and he was cool with that.
Here he is with a toothless grin five years ago at age 7
Happy Thanksgiving – Gobble Gobble!
Cheers!
Paula
Posted by: Paula on November 20th, 2007 | No Comments »
So I got my cholesterol results back last Friday. Not as bad as I thought it was going to be :) but still a little high. Actually, it’s my Triglycerides that need to come down and of course the doc is reminding me to exercise more and stick to my low fat diet – easier said than done. So I have that to work on for the next six months before seeing the doc again for my next check. No more bacon and eggs…and cheese, shellfish, burgers, fries…….
Basketball tryouts are finally over this week for my 1oth grader, thank god. Poor kid has broken out from the stress, sheesh. That’s really tough on a young kid when there are so many kids wanting to play a sport at their school and the coaches watch their every move like a hawk -and then cut by weeks end to get to the number they need. Oiy! So his games begin December 1st and from there on out this mom will be in a basketball gym for 2 1/2 months straight. My 7th grader who is in middle school has tryouts as well for basketball and that starts tomorrow – wonder if he’s going to break out too?
Happy Birthday Nicholas! My second oldest son’s 19 today! He’ll be home tonight from college for the week and it’ll be so good to see him since he hasn’t been home since he left for college this year at the end of August. God where is the time going?! See you soon Nacky!
Here’s a couple pics of Nick…
Nicholas, 11, snuggles up with our new pup, Charlie. 
MusicMan Nick, 17, performing on his guitar.
I’d like to wish everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving! We’ll be in Sturbridge, Massachusetts for a couple days and I am so looking forward to no cooking, cleaning, work or college classes. Yes!
Enjoy!
~Paula
Posted by: Paula on November 18th, 2007 | No Comments »
So have you heard of the Bloggers Choice Awards? I just recently heard about this great site http://www.bloggerchoiceawards.com as two of my blogs, MWLM blog and What Did You Do All Day? blog were both nominated in four categories each. Fun! They offer tons of cool categories for bloggers – even an animal blog. Check it out and if you are a blogger, all you need to do is register (takes a minute) and you can vote to your hearts content – and maybe YOUR blog will even get nominated :) I have a few favorite blogs I enjoy perusing when time allows. How about this mama blog – BECAUSE I SAID SO! Ouch. Now this is a mom you’d better listen too. And this one – Wiping Up Snot Love that title. How about this one – Dooce OK. And finally… Don’t Get Me Started which is written by my pal Linda Sharp. There are endless other great blogs I have bookmarked. So many great blogs, so little time!
I was reminiscing the other day, looking through old family pics and came across our family Thanksgiving pic from 2006. Here’s my gang last turkey day. Note the big smiles as we are about to STUFF!
Count down to Turkey Day 2007 – 9 DAYS! :)
Have a good one,
~ Paula
Posted by: Paula on November 13th, 2007 | No Comments »
and I am so excited!!! Last week I purchased tickets for our gang to go to the Orpheum Theater in Boston for the Boston Music Awards 20th anniversary. How cool is that? It’s on December 1st and there are many groups and singer/songwriters up for several awards in different categories. Out tickets are in the orchestra section – front row baby! And guess who will be there and is nominated for four awards? (Act of The Year, Album of The Year (Major), National Female Vocalist of The Year, and Song of The Year). Lori McKenna. Lori will be our three year anniversary summer 2008 feature story and cover for Mom Writer’s Literary Magazine. Lori was wonderful to interview and talk to (we conducted the interview in late September as Lori’s traveling schedule was to hit right after her debut at the Grand Ole Opry late September). I can’t wait to see and possibly meet Lori at the music awards in Boston – I already cast my votes for you Lori ;) Any John Mayer fans? Little tidbit…John’s going to be there too :)
It’s raining today…yay! I love rainy days once in awhile, don’t you? So we’ve had a normal week of craziness between work, life, school, life, yada, yada, yada. My 12 year old, J, had his best friend, Benny, over this weekend and I thought the music would never end. My basement could have exploded with the jams that were played – oh, and the new name for my gang’s band…ready…Sauce. Yep, that’s it – Sauce. Where do they come up with these names for music groups? I kind of like it though. Sauce.
Anybody started their holiday shopping? The weeks are counting down. I started in, like, September as I like to spread it out over a few months. I don’t know how holiday shoppers can head to the mall (or online) and get their shopping done two weeks before Christmas? I would be a basket case. Between the shopping, wrapping, decorating and baking – enough said.
Gotta run! School books are calling me…
Have a fun week and enjoy the cooler weather!
Paula
Posted by: Paula on November 6th, 2007 | No Comments »