Last night we took the boys out to eat at Texas Roadhouse. They have big barrels of peanuts where you walk in and also small buckets at your table. We all sit around and eat a bunch of peanuts before our dinner gets there. The boys eat got a 24oz steak and CJ ate ALL of his and Joe ate about half because he had a swim meet the following day. He told the waiter that he could eat the whole thing, and usually he can, but we remembered he had a meet half way through the meal so I hid the other half under the table so the waiter thought he ate the whole thing and shook his hand and everything! It was so funny!

On the way out CJ stops at the big barrel of peanuts out by the front door where there are at least 20 people waiting for a table and opens his pockets wide on his hoody and starts shoveling in the peanuts!! OH MY GOSH!!!! He did this with BOTH pockets!! Then just walks out!! I was DYING!!! He didn’t realize that everyone was watching him. In the truck he told us that he forgot to put some in his pockets at the table and saw the big barrel and just thought he’d fill up on the way out!!! He didn’t realize that people were watching him till he turned around to leave, LOL!!!

And they think us parents are embarrassing!!!

Yesterday we went to see a guy that collects violins. He has well over 36 of them in his house. Mr. Lyon (the boys violin teacher) sent us to him because they are all in wonderful shape and for good prices. Here is the table he had set up for the boys to choose from. They started with the cheapest and went around the table to the most expensive.

Were you see Joe standing back there is where it started at the cheapest. See the two at the end of the table on the right? Those are the two they choose. I told them to choose from that side of the table as the ones on the other side are $2K and up.

They have needed full size violins for a year probably. I just never had the money to upgrade. I didn’t want to get them student violins again. They have been playing long enough that I wanted really good sounding violins for them. Now, since they are used and from a collector they don’t come with bows or cases. So, I still need to get those. He said that what ever your violin costs you want your bow to cost half that much. YIKES!! I may not get that good of bows for them yet. But I won’t get the $30 ones either. Some where in the middle I think will be fine for now.

What was really nice is Lance (the violin guy) gave us the violins to try out and see if we really want them for a couple of weeks! He even gave us cases to use and gave Joe a bow. CJ has a full size bow already that I bought him some time ago since his died. We’ll have Mr. Lyon look them over and have the boys play on them for a while and then we will decide. Can’t do that with any music store or catalog!

Joe feel in love with his violin as soon as he walked up to the table! LOL!! It has a dude on the scroll and Joe just thinks that is so cool. He also loved the way it sounds. Here is the scroll.

I went to the dentist again today. I got two more fillings done so only 5 more to go! Get this though, after Mike drilled out the cavities, a lady came in to fill them up. I fell asleep!!!! I must have been really tired. I woke myself up by snoring!! LOL!!! I wonder how long I was out and snoring? I have NEVER fell asleep in the dentist chair with my mouth wide open and all before. Now that I’m back home all I want to do is lay in bed and watch a movie. I feel like doing nothing today!!

Good news is gas is $2.59 a gallon bad news is this morning it was 25 degrees out!! LOL!!

We were late leaving the house this morning, so I was in a rush. Right by the school I guess I was doing 42 in a school zone of 20. Oops! I saw the cop there in the parking lot. First one I saw there this year, and of course I was speeding. He let me drop the boys off and then I guess he thought I was going to turn right but I went left so I saw him turn around and come for me so I just pulled over. I gave him all my info and he said, running a little late today? I laughed and said, “Yeah, a little.” When he came back he told me my plates expired yesterday!!!! GOOD GRIEF!!! He said, “Can you get them renew today or tomorrow?” I said, “Sure, no problem.” He said, “Good, thanks.” and walked away?!?!?!?! Okay, I guess I wasn’t getting a ticket for anything??? YEAH!!!!! I could have gotten slammed! I wonder if he knew the last name? I have gotten off before because the cops all seem to know the family. Well, what ever the reason, I’m glad I didn’t get a ticket! Yes, I will be slowing down from now on.

I did get my plates renewed and I got them renewed for 2 years! I had no idea you could do that. My friend Elizabeth told me about that while I was there waiting for them to call my number. So, I’m good till 2010! Thanks Elizabeth!!!

Well, I met with the lawyer today about Sandy and how she had all her parts even though she was “Spayed”. I also saw while I was there that they did the “surgery” at 9:32am of 1-28-08. I picked her up at 10am of the same day!!!!! How can they do surgery on these puppies and then just hand them over like that??? The lawyer wasn’t happy about that one either. He wanted to take them right to court but I asked him to send a letter and see if they will respond to him.

I sent a certified letter and they signed it on the 6th and I have heard NOTHING from them. I also emailed the newspaper and let them know all about it, LOL!! We’ll see if I hear anything back! If Bret doesn’t hear back from them, then it’s off to court for us and we’ll sue them for court costs, the surgery and some other stuff he wanted to throw in, LOL! He was shocked at my story to say the least. Now, I’m not mentioning the part that she had a hernia taken care of during the surgery. If that isn’t listed anywhere then it just looks really bad about them opening her up for nothing. LOL!

I’ll let you know how it goes!

Yesterday I got a bill from the private school we had the boys enrolled in. CJ went for half a day and Joe went for 2 days. They are saying that we have to pay the FULL YEARS tuition anyway. It states, and they highlighted this part, that any student that withdraws during the academic year will still be liable for the full years tuition!!! Good Grief!!!! We did everything we could to keep the boys there. Chuck was talking with the public school system over a week before school started and the only time the super could meet with him was the day the private school started. What a crock!! I am NOT paying it!! They can take their $15 a month late charge and shove it up their butts! I’m not paying ANY OF IT!! We will go talk with them but I bet they don’t give a hoot and they’ll say we owe it. Tough crap, they aren’t seeing a dime! ARG!!!!!! It was stressful enough to have to put them in public school. I was a mess that week and now to throw this on top of it! NICE!!

Well, Joe woke up really sick today. I had to run him into the ER so we could get him on medicine today. Doctor said he could go to school tomorrow but for today he isn’t going anywhere. We had a full day planned too. We might have to run into Erie tomorrow afternoon right after school. Not sure as Joe has swim practice but he still might not feel very well. I was looking forward too eating lunch out, taking in a movie, shopping, LOL!!

The boys need new boots and warm coats. There is also a guy in Erie that Howard Lyon, the boys violin teacher, told us about that collects violins and we could probably get a really nice full size ones for cheap, at least cheaper than buying new. We were going to this guys house at 2pm today, but I had to reschedule that too. Joe really was looking forward to that. They have needed a bigger violin for about a year now, just haven’t had the funds to get them. We’ll see if we have enough time tomorrow to stop by and see him.

So, here is to our day stuck at home and watching football on TV all day, yee haw!