Halleluiah! After several problems with usernames, passwords and emails, I am back onto my account. Thank you to my mother-in-law who prompted the renewed effort to get things up and working again! =)
Well... where to begin? First Peter... we attended an award ceremony the other night and Peter was bouncing in his seat. "Mom, just look at all those people I've never even talked to before! Please can I go meet them? Please?" He spent an hour talking to everyone he could, including the officers on stage, the color guard, you name it.
I can tell I'm tired. I've just deleted 3 paragraphs that made no sense. It's after 1am and I'm waiting for Rachel to get home from a date. I'll be ready for some serious sleep when this very nice young man leaves for college next week and Rachel is home at reasonable hours. Did any of that make sense?
Just FYI, I think we're moving to Italy this summer. After Elizabeth has a heart cath and another surgery, I get my ruptured disk taken care of, Mike figures out what the deal is with his thyroid, and we all pack up... we'll head to Vicenza with 6 kids-- well, ok, 5, one will go to college-- 3 cats, one dog and more boks than should be legally owned by any one family. Bibliphiles. Yes. Or maybe Biblioholics Un-anonamyus. I'm looking forward to pizza, gelato, Venice, Swizerland, tile floors, a slower pace and more time as a family. =)
Josh is selling his car- the one he was given, has worked on for about 18 months, and that has been his pride and joy, even though he's not old enough to drive yet. He posted a listing online this afternoon and has had about 10 calls on it already. I suspect it will be gone soon and we will recover over half of our garage space. (An 80-something Grand Marquis takes up quite a bit more space than a Prius.) He plans to use the money to attend a JROTC summer camp, after tithing and savings, of course.
Elizabeth and Peter had a violin recital on Sunday and honestly, it was wonderful. The kids who played were incredible-- some of the top young violinists in the country-- and the music was amazing. I invited friends, but suspect they were envisioning squeeky strings and gritted teeth. They missed a treat. Elizabeth played a movement from a concerto by Fredrich Seitz (sp?) and Peter played May Song. Peter was the only beginer student in the recital. We will miss this violin teacher very much. Hopefully we will find someone in Vicenza to keep their love of music alive.
Bethany has been making all sorts of electronic things lately. She's making creative night lights for all her friends, and little motorized things that zoom about which she calls wizzbots, along with other projects. She says she would like to major in electrical engineering. She has also declared herself a vegetarian. (Mike and I are choosing to ignore this last bit in hopes it will pass.) She has her first solo babysitting job this week-end.
Big Congratulations to my kids who won the Viewers' Choice award for their video! (email me if you don't know what I'm talking about.) The top winning video was made by a science television producer from NY, but being a finalist with such competition is amazing. They did an awesome job! =) Woo Hoo!!!
The book I'm working on is coming along nicely when I have time to work on it. I was doing about 1000 words a day, and still am, every day that I write. Unfortunately that's only about once a week right now. I think I'm at about 46,000 words. Take into account the major plot revision I had to do, removing or rewriting about 20,000 words, and it amounts to a lot of time. The working title is The Other Side of Jacob's Peak. Is it too long? The title, I mean. I don't know, and I guess it really doesn't matter unless the book gets finished, rewritten several times, mailed out several more times, and finally accepted somewhere. So I have some time to think about it. To put it mildly. (Did I mention my play was published in the March? =)
Ok, Rachel is not home yet, but she said to expect her around 2. (Is there something wrong with me that this seems very late?) It's 1:50, so I'm going to get on my pjs and brush my teeth. My eyes are telling me the air is toxic and thay must be shut immediatly to avoid long-term dammage. Ah ha! I hear the garage door opening! Sleep has arrived! And Rachel, too.
Rebecca =)
Oh! Book recommendation! *The Mysterious Benedict Society* by Trenton Lee Stewart. Way fun, page turner. Several of us read it twice through in only a few days, even though it's around 500 pgs long, and we talk about it over and over. It's one of those books that makes you hungry for more, and leaves you wishing it hadn't ended.
Note: spell checker is down. Sorrie for al mistacks.
Well... where to begin? First Peter... we attended an award ceremony the other night and Peter was bouncing in his seat. "Mom, just look at all those people I've never even talked to before! Please can I go meet them? Please?" He spent an hour talking to everyone he could, including the officers on stage, the color guard, you name it.
I can tell I'm tired. I've just deleted 3 paragraphs that made no sense. It's after 1am and I'm waiting for Rachel to get home from a date. I'll be ready for some serious sleep when this very nice young man leaves for college next week and Rachel is home at reasonable hours. Did any of that make sense?
Just FYI, I think we're moving to Italy this summer. After Elizabeth has a heart cath and another surgery, I get my ruptured disk taken care of, Mike figures out what the deal is with his thyroid, and we all pack up... we'll head to Vicenza with 6 kids-- well, ok, 5, one will go to college-- 3 cats, one dog and more boks than should be legally owned by any one family. Bibliphiles. Yes. Or maybe Biblioholics Un-anonamyus. I'm looking forward to pizza, gelato, Venice, Swizerland, tile floors, a slower pace and more time as a family. =)
Josh is selling his car- the one he was given, has worked on for about 18 months, and that has been his pride and joy, even though he's not old enough to drive yet. He posted a listing online this afternoon and has had about 10 calls on it already. I suspect it will be gone soon and we will recover over half of our garage space. (An 80-something Grand Marquis takes up quite a bit more space than a Prius.) He plans to use the money to attend a JROTC summer camp, after tithing and savings, of course.
Elizabeth and Peter had a violin recital on Sunday and honestly, it was wonderful. The kids who played were incredible-- some of the top young violinists in the country-- and the music was amazing. I invited friends, but suspect they were envisioning squeeky strings and gritted teeth. They missed a treat. Elizabeth played a movement from a concerto by Fredrich Seitz (sp?) and Peter played May Song. Peter was the only beginer student in the recital. We will miss this violin teacher very much. Hopefully we will find someone in Vicenza to keep their love of music alive.
Bethany has been making all sorts of electronic things lately. She's making creative night lights for all her friends, and little motorized things that zoom about which she calls wizzbots, along with other projects. She says she would like to major in electrical engineering. She has also declared herself a vegetarian. (Mike and I are choosing to ignore this last bit in hopes it will pass.) She has her first solo babysitting job this week-end.
Big Congratulations to my kids who won the Viewers' Choice award for their video! (email me if you don't know what I'm talking about.) The top winning video was made by a science television producer from NY, but being a finalist with such competition is amazing. They did an awesome job! =) Woo Hoo!!!
The book I'm working on is coming along nicely when I have time to work on it. I was doing about 1000 words a day, and still am, every day that I write. Unfortunately that's only about once a week right now. I think I'm at about 46,000 words. Take into account the major plot revision I had to do, removing or rewriting about 20,000 words, and it amounts to a lot of time. The working title is The Other Side of Jacob's Peak. Is it too long? The title, I mean. I don't know, and I guess it really doesn't matter unless the book gets finished, rewritten several times, mailed out several more times, and finally accepted somewhere. So I have some time to think about it. To put it mildly. (Did I mention my play was published in the March? =)
Ok, Rachel is not home yet, but she said to expect her around 2. (Is there something wrong with me that this seems very late?) It's 1:50, so I'm going to get on my pjs and brush my teeth. My eyes are telling me the air is toxic and thay must be shut immediatly to avoid long-term dammage. Ah ha! I hear the garage door opening! Sleep has arrived! And Rachel, too.
Rebecca =)
Oh! Book recommendation! *The Mysterious Benedict Society* by Trenton Lee Stewart. Way fun, page turner. Several of us read it twice through in only a few days, even though it's around 500 pgs long, and we talk about it over and over. It's one of those books that makes you hungry for more, and leaves you wishing it hadn't ended.
Note: spell checker is down. Sorrie for al mistacks.
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