Seems to be that time... Time to blow the dust off the 'ol blogger account and get back to the business of sharing, because I am after all, as we say around here, a sharer.
I guess this would be the proper time in my post to apologize, to beg and plead for forgiveness from the four people who once upon a time checked my blog regularly, so here goes. If you're still out there...
Good! Thanks! I appreciate your understanding and your forgiveness. Time to move on with the show...
So, what you may ask, have we all been doing around here that I have been neglecting to share?
Let's start with me, not because the world revolves around me, but because I rarely in my life go first. I have been working, spending time with my family, trying to give our children a noteworthy educational experience and doing volunteer political work. What? Oh, I see. You thought I was off doing something glamorous like working for Habitat for Humanity or managing a philanthropic foundation. Nope. That's for the next decade. Until 2021, I am dedicated to the life of mom, homeschooler, business owner and political activist. If that's not glamorous, I don't know what is. I also have finally quite smoking! I've made it past four months and there is absolutely no going back this time. How did I do it? I got really angry at big tobacco and decided I was never giving them another cent of my money. I personally think it's healthy kind of anger...
Scott took last summer off from taking classes which means he is taking his very LAST class this semester. Taking the summer off was totally worth it as he was able to go with us to every one of C.'s t-ball practices and L.'s horseback riding lessons. We also went camping and spent lots of time outdoors. It was a wonderful summer! It was a tough fall though. It's always tough when you are ALMOST done and so looking forward to being done, but just have a few things to finish up. So we are very very excited for the spring when Scott will finish his last class. Scott has also continued to build his freelance graphic design business in the last year. Together, we got some major projects done around the house, repairing, painting and redecorating our stairwell, upstairs hallway, the bathroom and C.'s bedroom. Finally, Scott had to put up with me quitting smoking, which I can tell you was not pretty, but he was awesome and supportive without ticking me off - a talent not many have mastered. ;)
As always, L. and C. have been quite busy. L. began horseback riding lessons last spring at Shadarobah Horse Rescue. She took lessons throughout the summer and into the fall. She got to know dozens of horses who had been rescued from a variety of sad situations, she learned so much and working with the horses helped her focus on her immediate tasks. Since October, L. has been taking gymnastics classes. She is enjoying it immensely. Thank goodness she does not have the timid heart and self-consciousness that always plagued her mother. In the last six months, our little reluctant reader has blossomed into an avid reader. Much like her mother, she does not want to put a book down once she has started it.
C. gained a bunch of confidence this year with the help of his T-ball practices and some very nice coaches who were patient and allowed his parents on the field during the first few practices until C. got comfortable. C. also discovered the joy of bowling. Last summer we went to a birthday party at a local church that has a bowling alley in the basement of one of its buildings and C. played his heart out. In the fall we signed him up for bowling classes. He's now got more strikes and spares under his belt as a 6 year old than I do as an adult. He has expressed an interest in golf too and I have to just chuckle to myself. When he was a baby I used to talk to him all the time when I was holding him and one of the many things I used to "suggest" was that he would much rather bowl, golf or play baseball than play football. C. has also become an avid reader and yesterday when I served lunch, he was in the middle of a book. He asked me if he could please read while he ate. Man, I would've loved to have grown up in a bookstore!
Most recent picture of our two beauties.
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