Here I am. Back from the cleaning world. Last week I tore the house up cleaning the carpets. Finally got everything put back in shape and the Halloween decorations out. The girls were tickled to see them when they came home today. We are treating our visit from Jessica and her friend, Angela like it's a BIG deal. Mostly because we are DYING to see her and needed a reason to sort out the piles of piles around here. Jess goes to the ortho on Thurs and is happy to stay here until Sunday. We love her new friend Angela already for bringing her home. It's the high school's homecoming this weekend, so Jess is planning on seeing lots of her "peeps".
We had a gospel meeting last week. The guy was really good. We went every night Mon- Wed. We even got asked out to eat with the preacher at Applebee's. Nice. The girls were usually good and accidentally made a good impression. Altho the seating arrangement in the van needs to be rearranged---too much GIGGLING!!! We had a group meeting with our fellowship group on Sat night. We went way out in the country and got to sing around the campfire--very fun.
Not much else to report. Will try to post again if Jess and I take a breath. :) Can't wait.
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Sunday, September 18, 2005
Fishin and football
Hi! Mark and I are watching the Chiefs game. We are still ahead, so who knows what will happen. We are skeptical fans, as soon as our hopes get up, the team tanks and we're disappointed--any/all teams, usually MO teams are guilty of treating us this way--all sports, too. We'll be getting our hopes up about the Cardinals soon.
The big event of this weekend was the fishing trip. Mark took the 3 younger girls for a late Sat afternoon fishing trip at a local lake. Emily HAD to go too and then announced before M got all the hooks baited, "This is boring. I'm hungry." Mark called it a "poor man's fishing trip" as they were using bread dough balls for bait. As he was making them, they kept disappearing. He discovered a few minutes later, that Em was hungry and was eating his dough balls. Luckily no stink bait was applied. As they were eating their sandwiches, Abby's bobber went off. Her pole was bent downward and she couldn't hold it so M took it and fought it for about 5 minutes. They reeled in a 6 lb catfish!! Everyone at the lake had to come over and see it, one guy weighed it. It was HUGE!! Abby was so tickled and Mark, too. (If I knew how to add a picture I would.) Of course they named it, Em called it Bobby and Abby called it Wiggler. They watched M clean it last night and cook it today. There was about 3 lbs of fillets. So good. We even made homemade hush puppies. Almost as good as our cousin, Joy, can make. A big day!
Lovely weather, then some rain now it's hot. Plan to start the fall carpet cleaning tomorrow after our jog. No such thing as unnecessary cleaning around here. :) Getting ready for Jess and her friends to come. Nice to have a good reason.
Chiefs are tied now--bummer. Must go pay attention. Take care. K
The big event of this weekend was the fishing trip. Mark took the 3 younger girls for a late Sat afternoon fishing trip at a local lake. Emily HAD to go too and then announced before M got all the hooks baited, "This is boring. I'm hungry." Mark called it a "poor man's fishing trip" as they were using bread dough balls for bait. As he was making them, they kept disappearing. He discovered a few minutes later, that Em was hungry and was eating his dough balls. Luckily no stink bait was applied. As they were eating their sandwiches, Abby's bobber went off. Her pole was bent downward and she couldn't hold it so M took it and fought it for about 5 minutes. They reeled in a 6 lb catfish!! Everyone at the lake had to come over and see it, one guy weighed it. It was HUGE!! Abby was so tickled and Mark, too. (If I knew how to add a picture I would.) Of course they named it, Em called it Bobby and Abby called it Wiggler. They watched M clean it last night and cook it today. There was about 3 lbs of fillets. So good. We even made homemade hush puppies. Almost as good as our cousin, Joy, can make. A big day!
Lovely weather, then some rain now it's hot. Plan to start the fall carpet cleaning tomorrow after our jog. No such thing as unnecessary cleaning around here. :) Getting ready for Jess and her friends to come. Nice to have a good reason.
Chiefs are tied now--bummer. Must go pay attention. Take care. K
Friday, September 16, 2005
Field trips & fall
Here I am again. I have been watching the wedding on the Today Show and will update now. Em wants to go for our jog, but it was 50 degrees at 8:45 so we'll go in a bit.
I was able to go on a field trip this week with Kat's class. We went to a local Fort, circa 1810. Brig. Gen John Clark was the commander of the Fort after he returned from his big trip out west. It was a lovely fall day. The guides were interesting, even to the kids. We got to walk down to the Mo. River. We were able to wander thru all the buildings, see the soldiers quarters, including the jail. Amazing! I've been on lots of field trips and this one was one of the best. Abby's class goes to a local garden/park this week. I haven't gotten Em squared away yet, we'll see.
No big plans for the weekend. I know that I plan to monitor the girls as they scoop out their rooms. YIKES!! We start a gospel meeting at church and have a potluck Sunday lunch. Nice!!
All for now! K
I was able to go on a field trip this week with Kat's class. We went to a local Fort, circa 1810. Brig. Gen John Clark was the commander of the Fort after he returned from his big trip out west. It was a lovely fall day. The guides were interesting, even to the kids. We got to walk down to the Mo. River. We were able to wander thru all the buildings, see the soldiers quarters, including the jail. Amazing! I've been on lots of field trips and this one was one of the best. Abby's class goes to a local garden/park this week. I haven't gotten Em squared away yet, we'll see.
No big plans for the weekend. I know that I plan to monitor the girls as they scoop out their rooms. YIKES!! We start a gospel meeting at church and have a potluck Sunday lunch. Nice!!
All for now! K
Monday, September 12, 2005
Vans smans
After a jog, a shower and a nice lunch at Fazoli's w/Emily and her Uncle Davy, my van wouldn't shift on the highway. Knowing that I have a rebuilt transmission only 2 months old, we found a place to take it. I wish they would TAKE it! We waited all afternoon but no word on it. The only good part is that is in under warranty. I had to reschedule Hannah's trip to the chiropractor. Last week we forgot, this week a cancel. Bless our hearts. :)
So, Davy & I plan to go see Mom at the nursing home in the am. That will be good to get done. Em likes a trip there. She knows about the gift shop/snack bar. I kept it a secret for 3 years, but she's got my number now. I like a good Cappicino there, too. Going to the home w/ someone is a nice break. It gives you someone to talk to that answers back. sigh.
Hannah went to skate night for the local youth groups. She is still out and it's 10:30. She really does think she's 15 sometimes. I tell her that, and she doesn't see anything wrong with acting 15. lol.
I talked to Jess today for a long time. It did my heart good. She had a great weekend in Tx. I need to get out the yearbooks and look up her host family. They went to college with Mark.
Update: Hannah is home and had fun seeing her camp friends. She is fun when she is fun. :)
Dave was playing a game tonight with Kat and Ab. It was too hard for the 4 year old. Mark and I had to smile at Em playing Hello Kitty Uno with her imaginary friend, Sara. Wouldn't you know that Em beat her! It was so cute.
Time for bed. Tomorrow is another day......enjoy!
Kris
So, Davy & I plan to go see Mom at the nursing home in the am. That will be good to get done. Em likes a trip there. She knows about the gift shop/snack bar. I kept it a secret for 3 years, but she's got my number now. I like a good Cappicino there, too. Going to the home w/ someone is a nice break. It gives you someone to talk to that answers back. sigh.
Hannah went to skate night for the local youth groups. She is still out and it's 10:30. She really does think she's 15 sometimes. I tell her that, and she doesn't see anything wrong with acting 15. lol.
I talked to Jess today for a long time. It did my heart good. She had a great weekend in Tx. I need to get out the yearbooks and look up her host family. They went to college with Mark.
Update: Hannah is home and had fun seeing her camp friends. She is fun when she is fun. :)
Dave was playing a game tonight with Kat and Ab. It was too hard for the 4 year old. Mark and I had to smile at Em playing Hello Kitty Uno with her imaginary friend, Sara. Wouldn't you know that Em beat her! It was so cute.
Time for bed. Tomorrow is another day......enjoy!
Kris
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Sunday snoozing
Hello! The weekend went fast like most do. We spent a lot of time entertaining Uncle Dave---trip to the park, to Costco, eating, playing, coloring, football etc.....lots of giggling and ball playing. Hard to know who enjoys it more or is more tired the girls or Dave.
Mark and I had the Chiefs game on this afternoon. Amazingly they won, altho we didn't see it as we were snoozing big time. I was on the floor, Mark on the couch when the doorbell rang. We rarely pay attention to the doorbell b/c it's usually one our our own kids trying to annoy someone. As I look up groggily here comes the the grown-up kids of our dear friends in Jeff City. The Newton kids and 2 spouses and Jared came down my steps in time to see me jump up off the floor and try to figure out what was going on. After we woke up a little, we learned that Tina's brother was the star in a movie that was in a film show in Overland Park. (I'll be watching the paper for 11:59, starring Raymond Bailey.) They were on their way to eat at Red Robin and then to the movie. We had such a nice time with these young adults. We think it's so FUN to hang out the the adult kids of our friends, especially when we knew then as kids, have watched them grow up and enjoy their company so much! What a treat for them to come by! What a goofy me to be asleep on the floor and my house looking like we live here, not company clean. Still so happy they came by.
Hannah just came in from a youth get together and is finishing her math. I see on the computer that Jess is back in the dorm from her trip to TX. I'm anxious to hear all about it. All the little ones are in bed. Em says we have to go jogging in the morning. I agree knowing how many apple turnovers that Davy and I ate this weekend. :) All for now.
Kris
Mark and I had the Chiefs game on this afternoon. Amazingly they won, altho we didn't see it as we were snoozing big time. I was on the floor, Mark on the couch when the doorbell rang. We rarely pay attention to the doorbell b/c it's usually one our our own kids trying to annoy someone. As I look up groggily here comes the the grown-up kids of our dear friends in Jeff City. The Newton kids and 2 spouses and Jared came down my steps in time to see me jump up off the floor and try to figure out what was going on. After we woke up a little, we learned that Tina's brother was the star in a movie that was in a film show in Overland Park. (I'll be watching the paper for 11:59, starring Raymond Bailey.) They were on their way to eat at Red Robin and then to the movie. We had such a nice time with these young adults. We think it's so FUN to hang out the the adult kids of our friends, especially when we knew then as kids, have watched them grow up and enjoy their company so much! What a treat for them to come by! What a goofy me to be asleep on the floor and my house looking like we live here, not company clean. Still so happy they came by.
Hannah just came in from a youth get together and is finishing her math. I see on the computer that Jess is back in the dorm from her trip to TX. I'm anxious to hear all about it. All the little ones are in bed. Em says we have to go jogging in the morning. I agree knowing how many apple turnovers that Davy and I ate this weekend. :) All for now.
Kris
Friday, September 09, 2005
Shorter news
Hi everyone! I know, I know. Too wordy! I'll try to be shorter. I'll TRY!!
The big event today was the arrival of my wandering brother, Dave. He has been out west hiking and camping and is now on his way back to Texas. He enjoys bouncing a little girl or 2 on his knee. We took him to Gates tonight for KC BBQ---so good!!
I keep learning how to be the mom of a "college girl". I had a good chat with Jess on the IM this afternoon. Then she calls an hour later on her way to TX. She is on a road trip to Arlington, TX with her suitemates and their neighbor, Angela, from TX. I'm sure she will probably be safe, but a new clutch at my heart as I said, "Well you are in college, you can make MOST of your own decisions. Thanks for calling me with the news and what's Angela's home phone number." I'm not taking this new role quietly. LOL.
Don't know what tomorrow holds. Dave will be here, so we'll cook and eat. We both like that! He will tease the girls. Mark will mow. It's supposed to be hot here in KC. We plan to cook out. :)
All for now. Kids are headed to bed. More later. Stay tuned.
KK
The big event today was the arrival of my wandering brother, Dave. He has been out west hiking and camping and is now on his way back to Texas. He enjoys bouncing a little girl or 2 on his knee. We took him to Gates tonight for KC BBQ---so good!!
I keep learning how to be the mom of a "college girl". I had a good chat with Jess on the IM this afternoon. Then she calls an hour later on her way to TX. She is on a road trip to Arlington, TX with her suitemates and their neighbor, Angela, from TX. I'm sure she will probably be safe, but a new clutch at my heart as I said, "Well you are in college, you can make MOST of your own decisions. Thanks for calling me with the news and what's Angela's home phone number." I'm not taking this new role quietly. LOL.
Don't know what tomorrow holds. Dave will be here, so we'll cook and eat. We both like that! He will tease the girls. Mark will mow. It's supposed to be hot here in KC. We plan to cook out. :)
All for now. Kids are headed to bed. More later. Stay tuned.
KK
Thursday, September 08, 2005
Stinnews---Thurs
What a techno-wiz am I? I got back into my own site and am now ready to blog again. Blogging, on purpose, sounds kind of gross--I like it.
Well, who would have thought that I'd get 4 comments in one blog. Last night I was feeling rather impulsive by inviting real people to read my stuff, but after reading the stuff that the kids write and read--why not me? So thanks, guys, for your comments. Remember this is just Stinnews, nothing too profound or interesting.....
I failed to mention yesterday that we had some BIG excitement over our Labor Day weekend. Mark's little sister, Amy, had a real LABOR DAY and delivered Joshua Cooper on Monday. We were so excited to get to see him before we left. He is adorable!The new parents are doing well. I don't know if his daddy, Eric, has come off Cloud 9 yet, but may return to earth during a late night feeding or not. :) I'll try to add a picture of him. All my techies are at school, so I'm on my own. I know that his virtual birth announcement is at southeastmohospital.com/babies. Joshua is grandbaby #14 for Mark's folks. We haven't had a boy in over 21 years. Daniel was followed by 10 grandgirls in a row. Wow. We are very haopy for Amy and Eric and wish we could see baby Joshua in every outfit in his closet. :)
Stinnews for today. Hannah stayed home this am with a stomach from yesterday. She was determined to get back to school so she could go to the football game after school. I knew it wasn't band, pe and Lang arts that she wanted to get back too.
I got my jog in this am. It was muggy and humid and I thought I might die, but as usual, I lived through it. I have never seen a dead body at the little park that I jog on the trail. (This really was meant as a joke, my side of town is usually very safe.) I skipped my jog yesterday and can always tell when I miss a day. Then I wonder why the body can't get IN shape as fast as it gets OUT of shape. Today I slapped myself with the thought that "this body has NEVER been IN shape, so qutcherbellyachin". :) I was not anxious to go this am, but thought of the email from my pal Amie who jogged down my old street in JC the other day. So if I could inspire Amie, then she could move my old bones too. Thanks, Amie.
Lesa and I had quite a chat about supper today. (See, I told you this was fascinating stuff). We each only know how to fix 5 things for supper so we traded. I didn't know that you could buy frozen meatballs or that brown gravy came in a packet. This brings "home cookin" to a new level. I shared with her my secret recipe of Costco Dino-chicken nuggets and mac n cheese. Actually that's what Hannah makes when I'm not home for a meal. :) I did share chicken enchildas and chicken manicotti. We still are interested in easy supper ideas, preferably 5 ingredients or less. :)
Em and I went to Blue Springs and got freon in my van's ac. I already knew that I had a leak in the evaporator and it was going to cost $1200 to fix it. I'm not thrilled about putting that kind of $ in a190,000+ miles van. So hopefully this freon will last till the weather gets cooler. I did talk the guy into a $15 discount. He was giving me a coupon for next time, so I smiled real nice and asked him if I could use it today. He let me! I did drive all the way over to BS to his shop and I could have stayed here in town. Nice!!
Tonight is Abby's skating party. The PTA rents the local skating rink for grades K-2 tonight. Next Thurs is Kat's night, but she is still disabled, plus it's Hannah's open house at school next week plus the first SURVIVOR!!! So anyway, Abby will go skating tonight and tomorrow is Friday!!! This weird week ends quickly, that's nice. It's nice just to have the little kids skate together.
I should mention Mark eventually in a post. He is still alive and well (handsome,too). He is being worked to death, but seems to be able to get home at a decent hour lately. I told him that it's going to take some getting used to having him for supper, but we LIKE it!!! He is gearing up for teaching the high school class at church Oct- Dec. I Corinthians. So he is loving getting ready for that. The grass will need some attention soon. Jess mowed for us all summer, and now Mark is back at it and missing Jess alot. lol,
Almost time for the little girls to come in and then the races begin all over again....
Until later,
this is KK for Stinnews OUT!!!
Well, who would have thought that I'd get 4 comments in one blog. Last night I was feeling rather impulsive by inviting real people to read my stuff, but after reading the stuff that the kids write and read--why not me? So thanks, guys, for your comments. Remember this is just Stinnews, nothing too profound or interesting.....
I failed to mention yesterday that we had some BIG excitement over our Labor Day weekend. Mark's little sister, Amy, had a real LABOR DAY and delivered Joshua Cooper on Monday. We were so excited to get to see him before we left. He is adorable!The new parents are doing well. I don't know if his daddy, Eric, has come off Cloud 9 yet, but may return to earth during a late night feeding or not. :) I'll try to add a picture of him. All my techies are at school, so I'm on my own. I know that his virtual birth announcement is at southeastmohospital.com/babies. Joshua is grandbaby #14 for Mark's folks. We haven't had a boy in over 21 years. Daniel was followed by 10 grandgirls in a row. Wow. We are very haopy for Amy and Eric and wish we could see baby Joshua in every outfit in his closet. :)
Stinnews for today. Hannah stayed home this am with a stomach from yesterday. She was determined to get back to school so she could go to the football game after school. I knew it wasn't band, pe and Lang arts that she wanted to get back too.
I got my jog in this am. It was muggy and humid and I thought I might die, but as usual, I lived through it. I have never seen a dead body at the little park that I jog on the trail. (This really was meant as a joke, my side of town is usually very safe.) I skipped my jog yesterday and can always tell when I miss a day. Then I wonder why the body can't get IN shape as fast as it gets OUT of shape. Today I slapped myself with the thought that "this body has NEVER been IN shape, so qutcherbellyachin". :) I was not anxious to go this am, but thought of the email from my pal Amie who jogged down my old street in JC the other day. So if I could inspire Amie, then she could move my old bones too. Thanks, Amie.
Lesa and I had quite a chat about supper today. (See, I told you this was fascinating stuff). We each only know how to fix 5 things for supper so we traded. I didn't know that you could buy frozen meatballs or that brown gravy came in a packet. This brings "home cookin" to a new level. I shared with her my secret recipe of Costco Dino-chicken nuggets and mac n cheese. Actually that's what Hannah makes when I'm not home for a meal. :) I did share chicken enchildas and chicken manicotti. We still are interested in easy supper ideas, preferably 5 ingredients or less. :)
Em and I went to Blue Springs and got freon in my van's ac. I already knew that I had a leak in the evaporator and it was going to cost $1200 to fix it. I'm not thrilled about putting that kind of $ in a190,000+ miles van. So hopefully this freon will last till the weather gets cooler. I did talk the guy into a $15 discount. He was giving me a coupon for next time, so I smiled real nice and asked him if I could use it today. He let me! I did drive all the way over to BS to his shop and I could have stayed here in town. Nice!!
Tonight is Abby's skating party. The PTA rents the local skating rink for grades K-2 tonight. Next Thurs is Kat's night, but she is still disabled, plus it's Hannah's open house at school next week plus the first SURVIVOR!!! So anyway, Abby will go skating tonight and tomorrow is Friday!!! This weird week ends quickly, that's nice. It's nice just to have the little kids skate together.
I should mention Mark eventually in a post. He is still alive and well (handsome,too). He is being worked to death, but seems to be able to get home at a decent hour lately. I told him that it's going to take some getting used to having him for supper, but we LIKE it!!! He is gearing up for teaching the high school class at church Oct- Dec. I Corinthians. So he is loving getting ready for that. The grass will need some attention soon. Jess mowed for us all summer, and now Mark is back at it and missing Jess alot. lol,
Almost time for the little girls to come in and then the races begin all over again....
Until later,
this is KK for Stinnews OUT!!!
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Kristin Stinnett's 1st blog
Here is my first blog. I wish I had something profound to say. Hmmmm. I will try to observe the rules that I tell my girls, "only post things that one's mother could read," If your momma can read it, then it's acceptable to the Lord. Most teen bloggers don't realize that they are posting for the whole WWW (world wide web) and yet they have a cow if their moms read their sites. If the whole world can read it, then why NOT the moms. I plan to use my site to give news about the Stinnetts latest activities. It probably will be boring to most, but then they don't have to read etc..... we'll see how it goes....
Tonight is church night. Ab and Kat have done their homework (due on Thurs). Their homework comes out on Fridays and is due on Thursday. That is the policy for the whole school. Abby and Em are playing dollhouse before their bath. They try to play every spare minute. Anyone who knows us, knows that we have a TON of dollhouse stuff collected since H was 3. Still they argue over the "people". There are never enough babies to go around. argh!! I am glad that they play so well together and enjoy all the dollhouse junk. It drives H crazy to have the furniture and people all over the room, but I tell her that we put up with her "world" for years, so be patient!! :)
Hannah came home from school with a stomach-ache. Don't know what it means, but the school nurse called b/c H was in the office 2x. Since we had the strep girls last week, don't know what to think of this. H is usually pretty healthy.
Kat is doing better on her bum foot. She is ready to be well, hopefully only a few weeks left.
No news from the college girl. Don't always know if no news is good news. Buzz called today and said they saw her over the w/e. We have now officially reached the longest we have ever gone without seeing her. She was gone to France for over 3 weeks and it's 4 weeks tomorrow that I took her to HU. I used to say that going away to college is the one of the single most growing experiences of a young life. Now I know that goes for the parent too.
Time to move on with my life. Until later.
Tonight is church night. Ab and Kat have done their homework (due on Thurs). Their homework comes out on Fridays and is due on Thursday. That is the policy for the whole school. Abby and Em are playing dollhouse before their bath. They try to play every spare minute. Anyone who knows us, knows that we have a TON of dollhouse stuff collected since H was 3. Still they argue over the "people". There are never enough babies to go around. argh!! I am glad that they play so well together and enjoy all the dollhouse junk. It drives H crazy to have the furniture and people all over the room, but I tell her that we put up with her "world" for years, so be patient!! :)
Hannah came home from school with a stomach-ache. Don't know what it means, but the school nurse called b/c H was in the office 2x. Since we had the strep girls last week, don't know what to think of this. H is usually pretty healthy.
Kat is doing better on her bum foot. She is ready to be well, hopefully only a few weeks left.
No news from the college girl. Don't always know if no news is good news. Buzz called today and said they saw her over the w/e. We have now officially reached the longest we have ever gone without seeing her. She was gone to France for over 3 weeks and it's 4 weeks tomorrow that I took her to HU. I used to say that going away to college is the one of the single most growing experiences of a young life. Now I know that goes for the parent too.
Time to move on with my life. Until later.
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