Eric’s Back From Grandma’s And Other Stuff

June 22, 2009 at 9:37 pm · Comments (1)
Wordcount: 273

Eric’s home from my mom’s now. I went and picked him up on Sunday. He had a fun time over there and on Sunday at church he made my step-dad a father’s day gift. It was a really cute little container they made with peanuts in it, lol. Anyway, he went to VBS today and had a great time. He really liked it. It’s not at our regular church though, it’s a different one cause the regular church had their VBS last week and he wanted to go to my mom’s.

So anyway, I decided that this year instead of going out and buying Eric shorts and stuff for the summer that I would just have my mom turn his pants into shorts. The reason for this is because he has grown a few inches and the pants were becoming too short anyway. So this way I saved about $75-$125 on summer clothing. I really don’t know why I didn’t do that every summer previously.

My mom’s good with a sewing machine. I, on the other hand am just mediocre. She’s much better at everything than I am but I guess that just comes with old age.

When we go to and from my mom’s house we always pass this church with a giant cross. Well last night in the dark it looked so pretty that Eric took a picture of it with my phone. It’s so weird, it’s like 2 stories high.

If you live in the Houston area, it’s right off Beltway 8 West (The south part of the loop) right by 45 heading towards 288. Anyway, it’s pretty, isn’t it?

Commenters: Julie

It’s Quiet

June 12, 2009 at 2:10 pm · Comments (1)
Wordcount: 395

Well Eric is at my mom’s house for about the next ten days. I can’t say that I won’t miss him but I also can’t say that I’m not glad for the break. My 13 year old cousin was also here visiting for a few days so it was a bit more crowded and messy the past couple of days.

Anyway I was supposed to take him to my mom’s yesterday evening but when my aunt came to pick up my cousin my mom, sister and my other aunt were with her so they took Eric with them since my mom had to go home anyway. She lives like 45 minutes out so it did save me some time. My mom was disappointed though she was making one of my favorite dinners (chicken enchiladas), but it didn’t make any sense for me to drive all the way out there when they were already going.

So my other aunt who came along was eyeballing me while I was in the kitchen and she kept saying how I look like I have lost weight. I told her “Yeah, depression will do that to you.” Honestly I have not even had an appetite lately. I had planned on trying to lose 5 lbs but it seems with the way things are, I lost almost 10 without even trying. That’s always good, I guess.. but I could do without the depression. It’s off and on though, but my lack of appetite lingers. I don’t know why. My aunt said she was jealous, because she is unable to lose weight. I guess the older you get the harder it is to lose, and she’s been using some kind of fat burner supplement to lose weight.

So yeah, it’s nice and quiet here without Eric but I do miss him. I just needed some time to myself and time to get my home back in order. I can’t stand messiness of any kind. It gets lonely here, and although I have a couple of friends over every now and then for the most part I’m by myself with my thoughts. Lucky me.

Eric still might go to Corpus for a few weeks this summer, but since I’m not doing as much traveling there is no need for him to be gone the whole summer. It’s just so weird how everything changes so suddenly.

Commenters: Julie

My Smart Little Man

June 1, 2009 at 5:53 am · Comments (2)
Wordcount: 192

Friday was the awards ceremony at Eric’s school. All that really means is the students are given awards for excellence in various categories. Eric received 2 medals and 2 cerificates for his scores on the Math and Reading TAKS tests. He got a perfect score in the reading part and he was certain he would get a perfect score on math, too. But he didn’t. He did really well though, he only missed one question and I think that’s just awesome. The students who did really well got commendations, so he got two. He is so proud of himself.

When he came home Friday, he wanted to take some pictures of his medals for me to “put on my blog” he said. So I told him he could take a couple of pictures on my phone and I’d put them up. It was funny because he has never taken a picture of himself in the mirror on my phone before so he had a little trouble with it at first. He did pretty good, though. He looks so proud of himself.

I am so proud of my little man. He’s amazing! (and adorable)

Commenters: Julie, Kim