It must be getting to be Fall! Aidan was balking about taking the dog out this morning because it was so dark out. I can't believe it will be October tomorrow.
Other signs of Fall: the leaves are changing, slowly, around the lake. It is hard to tell if it will be a "good" year or not. I never can remember how the weather affects the colors. It has been weird weather around here--kind of dreary, windy, cold, rainy but with odd bursts of sun. Even the weather guy commented that there seems to be an odd front that is stuck hovering over New England. ggrrreeeaaaattttttt :(
Things at home have been good, in spite of the weather. The garden is still puttering along. It hasn't gotten cold enough to kill everything. Last weekend I harvested what was basically left and ripe: carrots, cabbage, squash, cucumbers, radishes and tomatoes. There are still some beets out there, I think! Now that the cucumbers have died down the pinto beans are booming. Hopefully they will cure before it gets too cold. The Brussels sprouts are starting to really develop. The celery didn't really do anything. Actually, I am not really sure what it was supposed to do! I planted one more container of lettuce with the last of the seeds, so we shall see if they grow on the sun porch. It was so much fun to have the garden this year! The neighbor guy was so inspired by us that he went out and got a rotor tiller and has big plans to tear up the backyard next year. We bought enough plastic to lay down a garden twice as big--now just a long, long wait until the next season. My friend Stacy who lives in Tampa just started gardening! It is hard to believe! She said: It is finally cool enough to plant things!
Alannah just received her first quarter interim grade reports. No surprises, she is doing great. Her teachers really enjoy her in class. I have been working pretty steadily 2-3 days a week now. The sub coordinator says it has been unusually slow-she thinks everyone is saving sick days in case we get hit with a big flu epidemic. I'm sure now that open house is over and grades are in that teachers will start taking more time off. Especially as the holidays approach.
Of course we are getting into Halloween season. The kids have placed their orders for costumes, so I will have more sewing soon. I finished Alannah's dress for the homecoming dance--it looks really nice on her. Last week I made a cute furry pink cape and hat for Stephanie's birthday, and tried out a Martha Stewart pattern for felted slippers as a gift for Andrea. It is spirit week for Homecoming next week, so I helped Alannah turn a pair of jeans into bell bottoms for 70's day. She thinks she will use that for Halloween. Aidan wants to be the Six Flags guy. Susie finally settled on being Sandy from Grease. She wanted to be like her in the last scene--you know, the one where she is all trashed out in skin tight black leather? I (freaked out) and told her that might be a bit "old" for her, but that I would make her a Pink Ladies' jacket to wear with a poodle skirt. (She was ok with that, thank God!) Dan is the only one who hasn't really settled yet on what he wants to be. Tanya wants me to help her with Tia's costume too, so I have a lot to keep me busy!
This weekend Scott and I are taking a little getaway trip to Pittsburgh to attend his 25th high school reunion. We will fly in Friday and spend some time with his mom and Denny. The party is Saturday at a restaurant that is right at the bottom of the hill from his mom's. Sunday we will meet up with his Dad and Rose for breakfast, then head downtown for some fun! Later on Sunday we are meeting up with our friends Rodney and Danielle (who live right down the road from us here in Ct) for the Steelers game. Hopefully the weather won't be too bad! Mom and Dad are taking care of Alannah and Aidan, so they will get to be in Owego for a couple of days.
Today I have to run around and do a bunch of errands like going to the dump, blahblahblah. I am hoping my friend Danielle calls me to help her go shopping for her reunion outfit. She was so glad to hear that someone else was freaking out about the party--of course her husband doesn't care very much about those kinds of things! I think I am all set there--we have to be careful packing because we are flying in. Scott says we have to keep it to one suitcase...he really doesn't KNOW, does he? It must be nice to be so good looking that you only need three outfits for eight events in one weekend. (now I am really freaking out!)
Other than that, not too much else going on....yet! Both girls have signed up for Drama club so that will start sometime soon. Aidan's school is doing some funny little play about vampires. Alannah's school will be doing Grease. (Susie is excited!) Alannah and I are in the community chorus. Our Fall concert will be like A Prairie Home Companion. The music is really fun! Alannah is also having fun with art club and ultimate frisbee. Aidan's school doesn't have clubs this year because of the budget, but we are looking into sending her to a babysitting class. There is a family at church who would like her to take it so she can babysit for them. I should do that soon, because the kids LOVE her!
My bible study is getting off to a slow start. No one showed up, again, last night! Oh well. I got to sit and read the bible and pray for an hour. That has to be good for something! :)
Happy Fall!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Yay! Got it done!
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Finally here are the pics from Susie's birthday, and the first days of school. Enjoy!
Finally here are the pics from Susie's birthday, and the first days of school. Enjoy!
Monday, September 14, 2009
My bad!!!!
My mother pointed out to me yesterday that I hadn't written anything on my blog in AGES, which is true... and I don't have any excuse... well, I have about a zillion of them, but none of them very good! So I apologize!!!! All is basically well.
What has really had me procrastinating is that I have all these really cool photos to share. I keep thinking I will get them processed, and then I will write, but.... well.... that's just not going to happen right now!!!!
Today is so gorgeous, and according to the weather guys, it will not be nice, so I am trying to hurry this up so I can get out for awhile. I actually WORKED today, for the first time, so no fun in the sun today! It was good to get back. I had an easy day, everyone seemed happy to see me--I was just pleased that so many people remembered my name! Even Alannah owned up to knowing me, and popped into my room throughout the day to say "hi" and blow me kisses.
She is doing really well at the high school. She has a lot of really nice friends and she is keeping on top of her work. Btw, the girls have been in school over two weeks already--amazing! I know all the NY kids just went back this past week. Alannah went to Art Club after school today, she has joined choir and is looking forward to joining the drama club when it starts up. (I think they are doing Grease this Spring). It's a "secret", but she has a date to the Homecoming Dance with a VERY nice young man! ("JUST AS FRIENDS, MOM!" She likes to yell at me!) He is a really neat guy--a senior. He goes to our church, and he and Alannah are definitely soul mates/best friends. Scott likes to watch Alannah when he calls or comes around. She glows! :) But don't say anything to her!!! I will get in trouble!!!!! :)
Aidan is doing very, very well also. Her school has actually had open house already. I love going to her school. The teachers and staff are so attentive to her. There is only one team of 7th graders, so it is a very small, intimate group--I think there are less than 100 kids in her entire grade. Her special ed teacher came right over and introduced herself, and had all kinds of good things to say. She really seems to know Aidan. It was fun to meet a bunch of her friends. They all seem like very nice, sweet little girls.
From what I hear from OES Susie and Dan are doing great in Third Grade and Kindergarten. Dan is so excited! He has been waiting to go to school for forever! I remember he was about 7 months old when everyone went back to school his first year, and he cried and cried. Every year he has watched that bus arrive and has been all bummed out. Now he finally has his moment! Susie, of course, is too sophisticated to get all that excited about school anymore. She did tell me that she has a lot of her friends in her class. Not so much about school yet, but it's early!
Coal (our puppy) is sad that everyone is gone. He goes to Dan's bed and whines. He presses his nose against the kitchen window when we all leave in the morning. He just about breaks down the door when we come home in the afternoon! When I am home, he seems to know when it is time for the bus to come home.
Scott is still golfing every week for now. Of course it is football season now, so he is having fun organizing his fantasy football teams and his various football pools. I started the community chorus group again (Laurel City Singers) and this year Alannah is joining me. Our concert this Fall will be like Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion. Judging from some of the music we are rehearsing it will be a fun show!!! There is a song about a cactus, and a song about pitching granny from the roof and cutting off her head! Needless to say, it was a rowdy rehearsal! Church life is back in full swing too. The girls are both in youth group and I am going to be leading an adult bible study starting next Tuesday.
Ok, I promise to get pictures of Susie's birthday, the end of Summer and the first day of school for both sets of kids on here SOON!!!!! :) Bye for now!
What has really had me procrastinating is that I have all these really cool photos to share. I keep thinking I will get them processed, and then I will write, but.... well.... that's just not going to happen right now!!!!
Today is so gorgeous, and according to the weather guys, it will not be nice, so I am trying to hurry this up so I can get out for awhile. I actually WORKED today, for the first time, so no fun in the sun today! It was good to get back. I had an easy day, everyone seemed happy to see me--I was just pleased that so many people remembered my name! Even Alannah owned up to knowing me, and popped into my room throughout the day to say "hi" and blow me kisses.
She is doing really well at the high school. She has a lot of really nice friends and she is keeping on top of her work. Btw, the girls have been in school over two weeks already--amazing! I know all the NY kids just went back this past week. Alannah went to Art Club after school today, she has joined choir and is looking forward to joining the drama club when it starts up. (I think they are doing Grease this Spring). It's a "secret", but she has a date to the Homecoming Dance with a VERY nice young man! ("JUST AS FRIENDS, MOM!" She likes to yell at me!) He is a really neat guy--a senior. He goes to our church, and he and Alannah are definitely soul mates/best friends. Scott likes to watch Alannah when he calls or comes around. She glows! :) But don't say anything to her!!! I will get in trouble!!!!! :)
Aidan is doing very, very well also. Her school has actually had open house already. I love going to her school. The teachers and staff are so attentive to her. There is only one team of 7th graders, so it is a very small, intimate group--I think there are less than 100 kids in her entire grade. Her special ed teacher came right over and introduced herself, and had all kinds of good things to say. She really seems to know Aidan. It was fun to meet a bunch of her friends. They all seem like very nice, sweet little girls.
From what I hear from OES Susie and Dan are doing great in Third Grade and Kindergarten. Dan is so excited! He has been waiting to go to school for forever! I remember he was about 7 months old when everyone went back to school his first year, and he cried and cried. Every year he has watched that bus arrive and has been all bummed out. Now he finally has his moment! Susie, of course, is too sophisticated to get all that excited about school anymore. She did tell me that she has a lot of her friends in her class. Not so much about school yet, but it's early!
Coal (our puppy) is sad that everyone is gone. He goes to Dan's bed and whines. He presses his nose against the kitchen window when we all leave in the morning. He just about breaks down the door when we come home in the afternoon! When I am home, he seems to know when it is time for the bus to come home.
Scott is still golfing every week for now. Of course it is football season now, so he is having fun organizing his fantasy football teams and his various football pools. I started the community chorus group again (Laurel City Singers) and this year Alannah is joining me. Our concert this Fall will be like Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion. Judging from some of the music we are rehearsing it will be a fun show!!! There is a song about a cactus, and a song about pitching granny from the roof and cutting off her head! Needless to say, it was a rowdy rehearsal! Church life is back in full swing too. The girls are both in youth group and I am going to be leading an adult bible study starting next Tuesday.
Ok, I promise to get pictures of Susie's birthday, the end of Summer and the first day of school for both sets of kids on here SOON!!!!! :) Bye for now!
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