Life has been busy this summer.
We've done:
Parkour day camp
Boy Scout camp
Youth Conference
Summer school
Goofing off
A visit to the frozen yogurt place - YUM
Hikes in the local national forest
Tons of laundry
Monkee Marathon
Visits to many local playgrounds
Improv classes and a performance
Computer game playing
Writing (me) lots and lots of writing
Reading
Working at the parks
A birthday party
Caught a cough
Two 1000 piece puzzles
A trip to the pool
Sewed a purse
Kindergarten registration
Shopping at new malls
School supply shopping (cries)
4th of July BBQ
Went to see fireworks
Watched movies
Jumped on the trampoline
Canned salsa, tomato sauce and ketchup
Grew tomatoes, cucumbers, cherry peppers, 1 squash, 5 kinds of mint, and a few strawberries
Built a small chicken coop
Started collecting eggs from our chickens (hooray!)
Baked cookies, cupcakes and brownies
It's been a very busy summer and lots of fun! School starts in 3 weeks and we all have mixed emotions. Some of us are very excited and some of us not so much. The Kindergartener is crazy excited!
Wonder what else we'll squeeze in these last few weeks.
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Monday, January 02, 2012
Progress
My body is tired tonight, but my mind is happy. I got the entire kitchen unpacked today! It took all day long (from about 10:30 - 4:30). I ended up just dumping out most of the boxes into the middle of the floor and just sorting it all out. I repacked three boxes of kitchen things that I just don't have room for in the kitchen.
The kitchen looks great. I took pictures, but I haven't found the cord to connect the camera to the computer. When I find that, I'll post some pictures of the house.
Remember when I talked about wanting my own room and my Eiffel Tower lamp that I wanted a cozy corner for? Guess what - I have that cozy corner in my own room!!!!! In my room, I've got all of my looms, my rocking chair, and a little book shelf that I'll put my weaving books on (when I find them). On top of my little book shelf is my lamp, and a scented diffuser. I'll hang a few pictures in there when I find a hammer and nails. It's a perfect little slice of heaven for me. I'm thrilled to have my own place to hide away in. Again, when I find the camera cord, I'll post pictures.
Today I ran to WalMart and got all those little household items that you need in a new home. This home is dark. We are in the country with no street lamps. I had to get night lights for several kid rooms and the main bathroom. I needed new furniture polish, light bulbs and Clorox wipes. An exciting trip, right?
Well, I'm excited about the progress. I feel good about what I accomplished. Now I just need some Tylenol and some sleep.
The kitchen looks great. I took pictures, but I haven't found the cord to connect the camera to the computer. When I find that, I'll post some pictures of the house.
Remember when I talked about wanting my own room and my Eiffel Tower lamp that I wanted a cozy corner for? Guess what - I have that cozy corner in my own room!!!!! In my room, I've got all of my looms, my rocking chair, and a little book shelf that I'll put my weaving books on (when I find them). On top of my little book shelf is my lamp, and a scented diffuser. I'll hang a few pictures in there when I find a hammer and nails. It's a perfect little slice of heaven for me. I'm thrilled to have my own place to hide away in. Again, when I find the camera cord, I'll post pictures.
Today I ran to WalMart and got all those little household items that you need in a new home. This home is dark. We are in the country with no street lamps. I had to get night lights for several kid rooms and the main bathroom. I needed new furniture polish, light bulbs and Clorox wipes. An exciting trip, right?
Well, I'm excited about the progress. I feel good about what I accomplished. Now I just need some Tylenol and some sleep.
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
The millions of ideas
There is a million things going on in my head. I really need to focus on just a few things, but no, I try and tackle as much as I can.
I'm trying to get through school work. I like it and much of it is interesting, but this week, I have 31 pages to read. That's really not much, but every time I sit down to read, I fall asleep. Or my mind starts to think about the other ten projects I'm working on and by the time I've finished a page, I can't remember a single thing that I read and I re-read it, but continue to have a wandering mind. I still haven't made it through those 31 pages yet.
My theater is holding auditions this coming Saturday. I'm excited. Recent theater experiences in the last few months have given me great ideas to do with the kids for auditions. I'm going to have every kid go through the audition, but depending on the number of kids that show up, if they want to be in the play, I can put them in it. It's a great little show because the cast size is very flexible.
Oldest son really wants to have a comedy troop. We've had two meetings, but only one kid showed up and that's tough for him. My kids and I have been playing these funny games for month, but he never has, so it's hard for him to jump into our family's insanity. We discovered that one of our neighbors is a theater major graduate and he spent a year and a half in an improv comedy group while he was in school. We've invited him to our next meeting to come and really help us do some fun stuff.
I've given up on writing right now. The only thing I write these days is this blog and my school papers. Sad, but it's a trade off in the middle of the semester.
I need to figure out how to record sound with my computer. I can run the camera, but I don't want video, just sound and I can't figure it out. I've asked Hubby for help, but he is so busy with everything he is involved in, he hasn't had time to help. If I ever do figure it out, watch out! I've got a funny idea brewing.
The kids are good. My oldest daughter and youngest son have birthdays next week. Ahhh! I haven't even thought about those yet. I had a parent/teacher conference with my daughter's teacher a couple of weeks ago. She told me what they are learning in school and she told me, "don't teach her multiplication yet, we need to get the addition facts down first." OK. Well, today, for fun, daughter was at the table, writing out her own math problems and figuring them out. She realized that 12x6 is just 12 six times. She thinks of things that I never would have thought of at her age. She's smart, like her dad.
OK, Peanut, who I am holding, has fallen asleep. Now it's time to put her down and see if I can tackle those reading pages again. (yawn, maybe not)
Upcoming blog entries will include: Mincemeat adventures and my lifelong love for Peter Pan.
Oh yes, I know you're excited now.
I'm trying to get through school work. I like it and much of it is interesting, but this week, I have 31 pages to read. That's really not much, but every time I sit down to read, I fall asleep. Or my mind starts to think about the other ten projects I'm working on and by the time I've finished a page, I can't remember a single thing that I read and I re-read it, but continue to have a wandering mind. I still haven't made it through those 31 pages yet.
My theater is holding auditions this coming Saturday. I'm excited. Recent theater experiences in the last few months have given me great ideas to do with the kids for auditions. I'm going to have every kid go through the audition, but depending on the number of kids that show up, if they want to be in the play, I can put them in it. It's a great little show because the cast size is very flexible.
Oldest son really wants to have a comedy troop. We've had two meetings, but only one kid showed up and that's tough for him. My kids and I have been playing these funny games for month, but he never has, so it's hard for him to jump into our family's insanity. We discovered that one of our neighbors is a theater major graduate and he spent a year and a half in an improv comedy group while he was in school. We've invited him to our next meeting to come and really help us do some fun stuff.
I've given up on writing right now. The only thing I write these days is this blog and my school papers. Sad, but it's a trade off in the middle of the semester.
I need to figure out how to record sound with my computer. I can run the camera, but I don't want video, just sound and I can't figure it out. I've asked Hubby for help, but he is so busy with everything he is involved in, he hasn't had time to help. If I ever do figure it out, watch out! I've got a funny idea brewing.
The kids are good. My oldest daughter and youngest son have birthdays next week. Ahhh! I haven't even thought about those yet. I had a parent/teacher conference with my daughter's teacher a couple of weeks ago. She told me what they are learning in school and she told me, "don't teach her multiplication yet, we need to get the addition facts down first." OK. Well, today, for fun, daughter was at the table, writing out her own math problems and figuring them out. She realized that 12x6 is just 12 six times. She thinks of things that I never would have thought of at her age. She's smart, like her dad.
OK, Peanut, who I am holding, has fallen asleep. Now it's time to put her down and see if I can tackle those reading pages again. (yawn, maybe not)
Upcoming blog entries will include: Mincemeat adventures and my lifelong love for Peter Pan.
Oh yes, I know you're excited now.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Keeping busy
I keep busy all day long with various projects. Unfortunately, most of those projects do not involve cleaning the house. Peanut's not helping either. She loves to look at her books, but to find the perfect book to read, she feels she must pull out every single book and spread them on the floor. She did that with a row of DVD's today, too. Now they are in a circle on the floor.
This week began my official first week of school with Robert Gordon University. So far, it's going well. I'm caught up with all the reading for the week and have joined in various discussions. I need to watch one video, but it's 59 minutes long, so, I'll schedule an hour tomorrow to sit and watch a dull interview. My assignment for one class isn't due until December, but looking at it, it's going to take that long to do. However, it is on a topic that I adore - names and onomastics - so it won't be a difficult project to do.
I want to do more for my theater, Auntie M's, but without a location, it's hard to do. I have a great play written that would be perfect for October, but I couldn't find a venue for it. Commercial spaces are so expensive and all other ideas I've had for the theater just haven't worked out. My son has been asking for months for me to start an improv group for him to participate in. I figured that we could try that. We'll hold it in our home. He has been gathering friends that he thinks might be interested. We have our first meet tomorrow. My son wants to play all sorts of improv games, but I've told him we'll have to work our way up to most of them. He is the only one among his friends with any experience and that has been limited to family games. We'll see how it goes.....
Over the past year and a half, I've sent query letters and the first three chapters of my book that I've written to about 20 publishers and agents. If any reply has come back, it's been rejection notices. I keep them all. They are pasted in my journal. I've been on the verge of giving up, but decided I'll just keep trying. There are hundreds of publishers. I've only just scratched the surface. When I've been rejected 100 times, I'll think about giving up again. So, today I sent off query letters to three more publishers. Now we wait. It can take 2-6 months for a reply.
Well, back to work on more projects. This afternoon's project WILL include cleaning the living room, rotating laundry and starting dinner.... maybe, if I don't get distracted by something else.
This week began my official first week of school with Robert Gordon University. So far, it's going well. I'm caught up with all the reading for the week and have joined in various discussions. I need to watch one video, but it's 59 minutes long, so, I'll schedule an hour tomorrow to sit and watch a dull interview. My assignment for one class isn't due until December, but looking at it, it's going to take that long to do. However, it is on a topic that I adore - names and onomastics - so it won't be a difficult project to do.
I want to do more for my theater, Auntie M's, but without a location, it's hard to do. I have a great play written that would be perfect for October, but I couldn't find a venue for it. Commercial spaces are so expensive and all other ideas I've had for the theater just haven't worked out. My son has been asking for months for me to start an improv group for him to participate in. I figured that we could try that. We'll hold it in our home. He has been gathering friends that he thinks might be interested. We have our first meet tomorrow. My son wants to play all sorts of improv games, but I've told him we'll have to work our way up to most of them. He is the only one among his friends with any experience and that has been limited to family games. We'll see how it goes.....
Over the past year and a half, I've sent query letters and the first three chapters of my book that I've written to about 20 publishers and agents. If any reply has come back, it's been rejection notices. I keep them all. They are pasted in my journal. I've been on the verge of giving up, but decided I'll just keep trying. There are hundreds of publishers. I've only just scratched the surface. When I've been rejected 100 times, I'll think about giving up again. So, today I sent off query letters to three more publishers. Now we wait. It can take 2-6 months for a reply.
Well, back to work on more projects. This afternoon's project WILL include cleaning the living room, rotating laundry and starting dinner.... maybe, if I don't get distracted by something else.
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