Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Half way thru the work week..............

Well, I had my parent/teacher conference with Mrs. Weeks(Zachary's teacher) today. Overall Zachary is doing okay in school. He doesn't get in trouble much. He just doesn't want to do anything. And thank goodness it's not just him. It seems to be an epidemic this year in 5th grade. Hopefully everyone just got off to a rough start and will start realizing exactly what they need to be doing. I'm keeping my fingers crossed anyway. He did score very well on his SAT so that is great news.

Ronnie has his 8th chemo treatment Friday. He will have 4 more left after that. YEAH!!! I know he is glad that he's nearing the end!!

I hope everyone has a great day!!

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

What is wrong with my children.............

First off let me say that Zachary's 5th grade year has turned into a nightmare!! I am at my wits end with what to do with him. He doesn't care about anything this year. He doesn't care about his grades, he doesn't care about being grounded, he doesn't care that he is in trouble everyday of the week. He won't bring his homework home. He constantly leaves his text books at school. He doesn't tell me he has tests nor does he bother to study for them. Found out at 8:00 last night that they had a science test last Friday. Apparently the class overall made such bad grades(Zach made a 68) that the teacher was kind enough to give them a make up test today. Did Zachary bother to tell anyone that? NO!! Did he bother to bring home his work to study? NO!! Did he bother to study at all? NO!! Not until I found out about it at 8:00 last night and then he had to study until 9:45 before he finally learned the 9 vocabulary words. This grading period he has to read (3) 150+pg chapter books. It took him 6 weeks to read the 1st one. He now has 17 days to read the other 2 before the grading period ends. And he acts likes it's all no big deal. When he got done studying last night and finally got in the bed. I had a long, serious discussion with him for about 20 minutes. He didn't say a word. Didn't get upset at all................until I turned his tv off!! Then he cried!!!!!!!!! What??? He didn't cry because I was getting onto him. He didn't cry because of school. He didn't cry because I told him if he didn't start taking school seriously that he wouldn't be playing basketball this year. He only cried because I turned his tv off!! What is wrong with this picture?

Then there's Troy...............Troy was the biggest goof off in his game last night I could have screamed. In the outfield dancing, playing, picking up grass, spinning around, his coach telling him to pay attention every time someone got up to bat............you name it - he did everything except play baseball. I have never been so ready for a game to be over in my life!! I told him last night (along with my discussion with Zachary) that I wasn't going to watch another game like that. There is absolutely no excuse for the way he has been acting in his games. It is childish nonsense. If he is going to play baseball then he needs to play baseball. This is not recess!! Otherwise he is just wasting our time and money.

At any rate, I think someone has taken my good, sweet boys and switched them with somebody else's kids!! I hope this behavior is just a phase - and a short lived one at that. I might have to start taking some medication!! HA HA!!!

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Wow - where did summer go??????

I actually had to wear a jacket at Troy's game last night. Luckily, I had one in the trunk(I never leave home without one since I am always cold!!) But it was nice not to be sweating thru my clothes for a change.
Troy had a good game. They won. He had a single and eventually scored and then he got out at first. They are now 4-1 overall. He has 5 games left and then will have a single elimination tournament. Maybe he can bring home another championship trophy!

Ronnie hasn't felt good the last few days. I hope tomorrow is better for him.

Zachary and Troy both rec'd their 1st mid 9 weeks profress reports. Both did well. Zachary had 1 A's and 4 B's. Troy was meeting all academic standards. Good job boys!!

Tonight I can actually go home when I get off work. No ball games, no practice, no school meeting. Absolutely nothing!! Yeah!!

I hope everyone has a wonderful day!!

Friday, September 12, 2008

Ronnie's grandmother...........

The services for Ronnie's grandmother will be Saturday the 13th. Visitation will be from 12:30 - 2:00 at Miles Funeral Home in Winfield, Al. The funeral will be immediatly after visitation with burial in West Alabama Memorial Gardens in Gu-Win, Alabama.

Great, wonderful news...........

Ronnie got the results back from his PET scan today and it is great news. They said that the cancer was not completely gone but was much better than they thought it would be at this time. So, after today he will have 5 more treatments and when he has another scan after the 12th treatment, hopefully the cancer will be completely gone. We are keeping our fingers crossed. Thanks so much to everyone for prayer for our family.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

A sad day.................

This morning Ronnie's grandmother, Mamie Langston, passed away. Please keep us and Ronnie's family in your thoughts and prayers.
I will post again when I find out the arrangements.

Monday, September 8, 2008

The weekend...............

Well, it was another busy weekend at The Patterson house. Saturday we watched my nephew, Dalton, play football. They are undefeated(although this was just the 1st game). We then had haircuts to get and Alabama football to watch.
Sunday we went to church then out to lunch. Troy had a birthday party that afternoon and then back to church from 5:45 - 7:00. It was the 1st night of AWANAS and it was messy game night. Although my kids were fairly clean when we left, they had a blast!!
Tonight Troy had a game at 7:30. So the week starts out just as busy as last week ended..........I could really use some me time...........I'm exhausted.

Ronnie's grandmother is still in the hospital. No real change at this time. We went and visited her Friday night but I don't think she new we were there. Hopefully things will get better soon.

Ronnie went for his PET scan this morning. This should show his progression since he's half way thru his chemo sessions. Hopefull we will get a good report. We should know something by Wednesday I would think. I will post as soon as we hear something.

Yesterday was my friend (and child care provider for 10 years)Belinda's bithday. I hope she had a great one. Me, Ronnie and the kids miss her very much. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIMI!!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!!

I hope everyone has a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Thursday, September 4, 2008

My boys...........


Baby me.......


This is me when I was a baby!! Wasn't I cute?

Another day closer to Friday....

Well, it was a VERY slow and boring day at work. I am very glad tomorrow is Friday.
Troy had his 2nd coach pitch game of the season. Tonight they lost 14-10 but they played well. Troy got 2 at bats. He was thrown out at first and hit a single and eventually scored a run. He played catcher in the 1st inning and center field in the 2nd and 3rd innings.

Zach has decided to take a break and not play baseball this fall, but he is playing basketball and will resume baseball in the spring.

Ronnie's grandmother was taken from the nursing home to the hospital tonight. I'm not sure what's wrong with her but will post when I hear something. Please keep her in your prayers.

Also, my friend Lajuan had a baby girl today. She weighed 6lbs 6oz. I don't know what they named her yet but I will find out soon.

And I want to wish my stepdad a HAPPY 51st BIRTHDAY today!!!!!!!

I hope everyone has a good night!!

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

AWANA'S at Chapel Hill Baptist Church Northport, Al

Well, I went to my first AWANA'S cub leaders meeting tonight. It was a lot of fun. This will be my 1st time to teach. I will either be with the kindergarden or 2nd grade. I will find out on Sunday. I am pretty excited. I hope I do a good job. I guess we'll find out early enough.

The King..........


Zach an Troy

Sabel xmas party 2008


My sweet boys........

I LOVE THIS PICTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Beach 2008


Playing putt-putt!! Y0u know you've gotta play putt-putt when you go on vacation!!!

Chatanooga 2008


Troy's 1st coach pitch game 09/01/08

Ronnie's Chemo

Ronnie had his 6th chemo treatment last Friday. He his half way thru - yeah!! He will go next Monday for the 2nd PET Scan to see how everything is progressing. Hopefully after that we will get some much needed good news.
As long as everything looks good on his scan his last treatment should be the Friday before Thanksgiving. There is nothing we would be more thankful of!!
He seems to feel a little worse with each treatment. Luckily he only feels really bad for about 3 days and then it subsides some.
I appreciate everyone's prayers and support for our entire family. Thanks so much. I will update again after we get the results from the scan.

It's Hump Day........

Even with the Holiday Monday this has already been a busy week. Troy has his 1st coach pitch baseball game Tuesday night. He did very well. Got a hit at every at bat. They won 18-8.

Yesterday I got a call from Zachary's school to pick him up because he was sick. I feared he had strep throat since Troy just got over it a few weeks ago.Fortunetly the strep test was negative and the Dr thinks his cough and runny nose may be allergy related.

Last night was parent night at Troy's school. It went well. Learned a lot about what Troy does during the day. I was really surprised with the amount of parents that didn't bother to show up. Maybe that's why some of these kids act like they do because their parents have other things to do besides take an interest in their schooling and what goes on in their childs life.

Tonight I will be at church for an AWANA's leaders supper. Yes, I will be teaching the preschoolers in AWANAS this year.........everyone wish me luck. This will be my first time. I hope I don't make a fool of myself.

I hope everyone has a great day and a speedy work week................



Tuesday, September 2, 2008

1st blog..............

Hello everyone. This is my 1st ever blog. I don't really know what to write about at this time but maybe something will come to me later in the day. I hope everyone has a great day!!