My 7 year old was invited to a birthday sleepover for tomorrow. The problem is we do not know the parents! I do know the little girl because I volunteer in my daughter's class every Tuesday. One other little girl was also invited and I know her and her parents very well. I called the mom I know to ask if they had met the parents of the birthday girl. They do not know the family either.
When the mom called to invite our daughter -dh said it was fine. WTF -was my reaction. Dh said "she sounded nice..." Um -so did Ted Bundy! Oy!
The plan is the other parents are going to take our daughter and theirs to the sleepover. They plan to stay, chat and check out the scene for a bit before they leave the girls there. They feel bad for the birthday girl. I trust these parents but I am still not keen on this whole idea.
I am very introverted but when I became pregnant with my first I realized I would have to change my ways. I try to integrate as myself in all my children's activities and get to know their friends and the other parents. Being social is not easy for me but it has paid off. I have actually made quite a few friends and our kids have become good friends.
When I have had the occasion to invite children to our home and I do not know the parents, I always invite the parents as well. Am I being overprotective? I honestly do not think so!
Friday, February 09, 2007
Gone
It has been awhile since I have posted. The holidays were good but I am glad they are over. January just flew by and we are already half into February -goodness.
We have been fairly healthy at our home just colds that passed quickly -thank goodness. So we have just been busy with house stuff -work and school.
We are in the process of trying to finish our basement. 3 weeks ago we had a heating company come and move our furnace about 4 feet from it's original position and they put air ducts in for the the bedroom, bathroom and family room that we will be constructing. Our home is only 4 years old, we built it. Being first time home builders we did not pay attention to every detail and what was supposed to be a combination mechanical and laundry room turned out to be only a mechanical room. The laundry area had to be thrown into a different area. We did not realize all of this until after everything was fairly done and not movable and at the time decided to leave well enough alone. Mistake. We now need to do plumbing and framing -dh is doing this himself with the help of my dad. We can not afford to just have a contractor come in and do the whole thing. I work every other weekend so this project will be taking a fair amount of time to finish. Dh will only be able to work on it when I am home or we have no other plans.
I am currently at work this evening and although we have quite a few patients to scan I am bored and cold. I have already called home to check on everyone. When I work this shift I get the girls ready and off to school in the morning but than I do not see them again until the next morning. Tomorrow is Saturday so we will all be home until I go to work at 2pm. Woohoo! I love it when we are all together on a weekend morning:)
We have been fairly healthy at our home just colds that passed quickly -thank goodness. So we have just been busy with house stuff -work and school.
We are in the process of trying to finish our basement. 3 weeks ago we had a heating company come and move our furnace about 4 feet from it's original position and they put air ducts in for the the bedroom, bathroom and family room that we will be constructing. Our home is only 4 years old, we built it. Being first time home builders we did not pay attention to every detail and what was supposed to be a combination mechanical and laundry room turned out to be only a mechanical room. The laundry area had to be thrown into a different area. We did not realize all of this until after everything was fairly done and not movable and at the time decided to leave well enough alone. Mistake. We now need to do plumbing and framing -dh is doing this himself with the help of my dad. We can not afford to just have a contractor come in and do the whole thing. I work every other weekend so this project will be taking a fair amount of time to finish. Dh will only be able to work on it when I am home or we have no other plans.
I am currently at work this evening and although we have quite a few patients to scan I am bored and cold. I have already called home to check on everyone. When I work this shift I get the girls ready and off to school in the morning but than I do not see them again until the next morning. Tomorrow is Saturday so we will all be home until I go to work at 2pm. Woohoo! I love it when we are all together on a weekend morning:)
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