Posts Tagged ‘High school’

Weekend In Review

Monday, August 24th, 2009

We had a crazy fun weekend.  I had some old friends (and when I say old, I mean people from Green Bay that I use to hang out with).  It was great.  It was great talking with people who actually know the “old me”.  I hadn’t seen them in years, but we started where we had left off.  (Hi Bill and Paul!).  My friend Bill (yes, try have 2 Bills and a Will here — then Bill’s dad stopped by so we had 3 Bill’s and a Will) and I met at Taco Bell working together in high school.  He took me to prom when my date broke up with me a month before prom, and we’ve been through a ton of crap together.  However, we lost touch a while back, so I was so happy to get together.  The last time we saw them, Madison was between 1-2.  Now, hopefully, we can get together again a lot sooner!

Now, my kids are normally pretty good.  Except on Saturday.  While we had company.  Will took a plastic golf club and whacked Madison on the face.  The lip to be exact.  He busted her gum, bruised her face, and gave her a fat lip.  Just what we needed before school starts.  Then Will took a faceplant last night coming out of the tub, so he has a busted lip.  So we are not looking good here.  LOL

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Back To School

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

It is hard to believe that it’s almost time for school, but we are looking at around month away!  I have a couple of high school graduation parties to still attend, and it is always fun to give my college advice.  It wasn’t that long ago Bill and I were in college.  I remember Bill eating ramen noodles to save money (ewwwww is all I have to say).  However, noodles are cheap.  Any kind of noodles will work too.  Another way to save money is buy thing like fruit and snacks on your meal plan and bring them to your room.  It’s much cheaper than eating out of vending machines.  Another way to save money is to bring your laundry home.  It’s much cheaper to do it there!

With all that being said, a great gift for a college bound student has to be gift cards.  The Sears Reloadable Gift Cards are the perfect gift.  You can get them in your local Sears and Kmart stores.  Once in school, if you want, you can reload it online.  This allows you to watch what they are spending and giving them some money to help with their home away from home.

Sears has a great campaign called Sears CampusReady to make sure you are ready for college. There are tips, advice on how to make the best with the amount of space you have in your dorm room, and even a checklist. There is even a CampusReady on Facebook that is really easy to use!   This is great way to make sure your student has everything they need!  Giftcards, checklist, supplies — what more could you ask for?

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National CPR and AED Awareness Week

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Did you know that the first week of June is National CPR and AED Awareness Week?  Of all the things we do and learn for our children, it is very important that we also learn CPR.  Bill and I took a class when we were pregnant with Madison plus he was certified all through high school because he was lifeguard.  We haven’t updated our certification (yes, I know — bad parents).  Summertime is very important to have your CPR skills up to date.  Most drowning happen during the summer months and can occur in the most innocent of circumstances.  A little one can drown in a pail of water!

The American Heart Association offers several different ways for you to learn CPR.  You can take classes in a classroom.  There is also a course you can do at home.  It’s called CPR Anytime.  It comes with an inflatable mannequin and instructional DVD.  They  have both adult and infant kits.  In 22 minutes, you can learn how to save your childrens’ life.

Nothing is more important than your children, so make sure you get your CPR up to date this summer.  You never know when you may need to use it.

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Wednesday’s Hero

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

This Week’s Post Was Suggested & Written By Mary Ann

sgt. Kenneth G. RossSgt. Kenneth G. Ross
24 years old from Tucson, Arizona
7th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment
September 25, 2005
U.S. Army

“He believed in serving his country,” said Ross’ father, David C. Ross. Gary Anderson, Ross’ best friend and an Army infantry veteran who served nine months in Afghanistan and 11 months in Iraq during his active duty stint, was a classmate of Ross at Marana’s Mountain View High School. “You know, I heard this news of Ken and I broke down and cried hysterically,” said Anderson, now a firefighter for the Ak-Chin Indian Community in Maricopa. “He loved everyone; everyone who came in contact with him loved him. He’d always help everyone out that he could.”

A 1999 graduate of Mountain View, Ross played drums in the marching band and orchestra, his father said. Ross enlisted in the Army right after graduation. “He just wanted to take part in history,” Anderson said.

At the time of his death, he was a helicopter mechanic ? acting as a door gunner on his last mission, his father said. SSgt. Ross was killed when his helicopter went down southwest of Deh Chopan, Afghanistan. Also killed in the crash were Sgt. Shawn A. Graham, Warrent Officer Adrian B. Stump, Sgt. Tane T. Baum, Chief Warrent Officer 2 John M. Flynn and Sgt. Patrick D. Stewart.

Along with his father, SSgt. Ross is survived by his mother, Mary Ross, 57, and his sister, Stephanie Ross, 30. “I know his last thoughts were for everybody else and not for himself,” Anderson said. “I know he wanted to make sure everybody was safe and would go home.”

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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A Stand Against Bullying

Sunday, September 16th, 2007

I am so glad I found this story over at Slog. I too wish I knew guys like this when I was in high school. I know you have to be wondering why they are wearing pink shirts.

Well, a fellow classmate (a freshman) wore a pink shirt to the first day of school and was surrounded by bullies who called him horrible names and threatened to beat him up. The two used the Internet, word of mouth, and brought 75 pink shirts for fellow students to wear. The kid who was bullied even got one to wear also. They also brought a pink basketball, pink headbands, and pink arm bands. The boys, David Shepherd and Travis Price, figure about half of the school (there are about 830 kids) wore pink that day.

High school is brutal. I think David and Travis deserve a medal of some sort for what they did. Too often, bullying just gets ignored. It is nice to see someone take a stand.


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