AFTER.........

Yup! she got her braces off today!!!
she had her impressions done today for her retainer that she will get in 10 days...she picked out a PINK & PURPLE swirl with sparkles. They told her that she could have what ever design she wants and could even bring in a picture of her Pugs and have them on her retainer, amazing to think that they can scan a picture onto retainers...funny!
So this was a big day for Whit~Bit..she was so excited to get her braces on, but could not wait for today to come that last month anticipating getting her braces off! Now she is counting down the days for her retainer~

Tori painting her plate.......
While the girls painted their peices Bradley and I had dinner at the Tip Top Cafe across the hall...Click here
Brad Got this I can't remember what it was....all I knew it was totally off his Diet!!! but he has done so well....this was a treat for him..... but he liked mine better so we swapped half way though....
I got Summer Squash and Bacon Risotto
The Birthday Girl.........
The girls all ready to head to the Ice Cream shoppe..........

Whitney and "R" enjoying some ice cream........

Me- Hello? I just got a phone call from Tori, What is going on?

Principal- I was out on Bus wait this morning, 2 students came up to me and said, How come Tori can wear tanks and we can't? so I brought it to Mrs. S and Mrs D. to deal with the situation because I don;t deal with the dress Code. so Mrs. S pulled Tori out and we obversed she was dressed extremely inappropriately!

Me- Huh, I did the 2 finger test and the test book says there is a 2 finger rule, and it passed? Tori feels like she is being singled out when there are many others wearing tanks

Principal- You know...Tori needs to worry about herself and not what others are wearing.

Me- said..oh, okay. ( as I could feel my blood boil) so the 2 students that came up to you on Bus wait? Did you tell them to worry about themselves and not what Tori was wearing? ( again, this is out of my league, I usually don't speak up like that but I felt I needed to back my daughter up on this)

Principal- told me to take this matter up with the Assistant Principal. Mrs. S... sigh......

so ya there you have it...My daughter was expelled from school for the rest of the year. ( 8 days!) for that outfit.....

so while Tori waits for me to arrive to pick her up at her school she keeps calling me... when I answered she was hystericle! not in a bad way but in a very happy way. I said what is going on? she said MOM! YOU KNOW 'J' THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM? WELL SHE WAS WALKING INTO THE SCHOOL AND NOTICED MY ART WORK I WAS HOLDING AND SHE COMMENTED ON HOW GOOD I DID ON IT AND SHE SAID, OH ARE YOU GOING HOME SICK? I SAID NO...THE SCHOOL EXPELLED ME FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR FOR MY OUTFIT, AND SHE SAID OH..I DIDN'T NOTICE YOUR OUTFIT AT ALL. YOU LOOK LIKE NICE..... Tori laughed and thought that was funny that the superindent of the school system thought she looked nice!!!!!

what about the girls who wear. "JUICY" on the ass of their shorts,gym pants? or the kid wearing a POT leaf on his shirt? or all the Gothic students with the Black makeup and facial piercings??? Oh and yesterday when I went to "TRY" to get Tori's year Book? there was a girl wearing a mini ( I mean MINI ) skirt with a spaghetti strap tank top with her Bra showing!!! in the office getting lunch money from her Mother!! WHAT??? and no one said a WORD!!!! ( Believe me I wanted to!!) The kicker.... not only did Tori get expelled from school...she was not able to attend the 8th Grade formal dance last Friday, she is not able to attend the 8th Grade Graduation Tomorrow night, and also had her 8th Grade Boston Trip taken away!!!!! There are students who have been suspended more times than they have fingers and toes through out the year who still get to take part in all the 8th Grade celebrations....Tori never got suspended! she has had a few detentions here and there for stupid little things but for her to have everything taken away? and expelled for wearing a "" INNOPROPIATE"" outfit that I found was appropriate going by the student handbook baffling! Oh...and this all happened the same day her Kitty died! Poor kid.... so I have been playing phone tag with the school and guidance counselors......I am not letting this go!

Please be honest...really no hard feelings with any of your answers.

I will let you all know what this is all about once I get a few opinions on this. I really want to tell you all now but I am curious what others think?

K....start letting me know...the faster you let me know the faster you will know what this is all about....... so start commenting away!!!!!!!

Turbo LOVES the camp fire he will sit with anyone who is sitting near the fire.....and will sniff for a hotdog that fell off the stick....... I love my Big Daddy.............
Whitney hates the black skin on the hotdog from roasting it on the fire....she peels off the black skin and O.M. Turbo sniffs for them and eats them all up!

Oh and BTW...You wont see Turbo in her DOGGLES...He HATES them and walks backwards in them and shakes them off.....so No Doggle pictures I can't get him to keep them on long enough to even get a pciture!

well........ some of you may remember Tori recieved a kitty from a friend back a few weeks ago. The kitty was born from a stray that they took in and they didn;t know it was pregnant until after...... anyway...Today was Sophie's vet appointment for her first check up and they said she looked great! They asked if we wanted to test for Feline Leukemia and F.I.V ( Feline Aids) never ever heard of that before... so I agreed to have the tests done due to other animals in the house. As she checked Sophie over and trimmed "her" nails and then took "her" out back to draw her Blood for the 2 tests. The Vet came back in and said...." well we have an issue" Tori and I looked at each-other and panicked for a minute... The vet said. well you may want to change the name. Sophie is a Male! Tori and I laughed so hard we had tears in our eyes. we had no idea! I guess I had no clue what I was looking for....in fact she was a he... we laughed and Tori was shocked and was trying to think of a new name for Sophie... as we chuckled and smiled The vet returned and our tears of Joy turned to tears of sorrow.....We just learned that Sophie tested positive for F.I.V Feline aids.... I had no time to react...Tori instantly broke down into a hard loud cry..she curled up in the chair and sobbed.... The vet somewhat gave us a brief update on FIV but it was like listening to her under water. I kept looking at Tori trying to be strong for her... The vet said that the best thing is to Euthanize him due to us having Alex ( our other Cat) at home. FIV can be passed onto other Cats... The vet said if Sophie was our only Cat she would be alright with special food and meds. But will also develop Bladder,upper respitory and kidney infections. in time. As hard as it was we agreed that this was for the best. Tori being a strong young lady was so strong trying so hard to under stand what was going on. She say a little kitten who needed a home, did all she could to be a good kitty owner and bought kitty toys with her own money, and even cleaned the litter box... she even had some of her money in her pocket to help pay for the vet bill and was just now being told her little kitty was sick and needed to be in a better place.....sighh Do you know how hard that was for me to watch her? UGH... The vet gave Tori all the time she wanted with Sophie...Tori held "him" and cried and kissed him and then got up gave me Sophie and ran out of the vet....here I am all alone in the room with Sophie trying to take it all in...it was just thrown on us so fast with no idea this was going to happen. we were just bringing her ( him sorry I still call Sophie a her) to the vet for it's fist check up with all intentions of returning home with him. The Dr. came back in the room and we talked as I cried ( Seeing Tori so upset KILLED me.) The vet asked if Tori would like Sophie's paw print in cement and her ashes. I said Tori would Love that as I handed The Dr. Sophie and walked away....... one of the nurse came in and gave me a hug telling me I had one Strong Daughter. She spent time with Tori out in the parking lot consoling while I was in with the Dr.

When we came home we called the woman who's cat who had the litter of kittens and told her about FIV and she never heard of it either....so she is making a appointment. She didn't know.

The cat was a stray and I am not sure what she did about vetting ater she decided on keeping the cat when she found it......sigh.

So breaking the news To Whitney was no picnic...she spent every minute with that kitten that Tori allowed...... she took it tough as well...... Tori said Mom. I don't think I want another pet again. That is too hard to have to deal with ever again. So now......Where does Alex sand???? He has to wait a good 8 weeks before being tested to have a accurate test. But if Alex does have it we are able to keep him since he is a indoor cat and can't pass it onto another cat. Dogs can't get it. only Felines can. Thank God other wise I would be a train wreck right about now....... so lets keep our fingers and paws crossed for AL ex.

Good Bye Sophie........ you were only with us a short time but we will all miss you........ and Sorry we thought you were a girl this whole time with us. Tori keeps your pink collar near and you will always be in her heart...