Anjeanette and I are enjoying our last year of elementary school together. I'm not sure what I'll do with the rest of my life. She is going on to Middle School next year. She is enjoying being in Miss Wu's class this year. She has a new BFF, Rachel, who she spends most of her time with. She says she doesn't like any of the boys in fifth grade, they're all jerks, but she and a couple of boys share lunches and help each other in class. She says they're annoying.
Nut has taken up swimming as her sport of choice. That's not surprising since she's always loved the water. It's a little hard to keep up with in the winter, but the pool should reopen next month.
Brit is dancing. He just finished The Nut Cracker, and he was amazing as always. I think he wants a bigger part next year which would be great, although I love him in "Arabian" which is the dance he's done beautifully the last two years. I'll miss seeing that.
Beau graduated this year, and started college. Wow! He has become an amazing musician. He plays the violin, s
ings, and also plays a little guitar and piano. I've seen him perform a couple of times this year. He had a solo in the spring which was cool, because you can't really pick him out of the rest of the musicians, obviously. It was a treat to just hear his voice. He also sang in the school talent show last spring. That was pretty great too.Brennan is getting ready to join the military. He has been talking to a recruiter and making plans. I'm proud of him, but very nervous. He is also very excited about snowboarding. He got a new board with his Christmas money, and can't wait to break it in. It will get a big Heavenly sticker on Saturday, for its maiden voyage.
Shayna isn't playing soccer for the high school this year because she wanted to stick with her job instead. That was disappointing for me because I don't have many sporting events left in my life. Shayna is playing some soccer with AYSO and an indoor league. She had plans to become a teacher, but now she's saying she wants to go into nursing. She seemed a little nervous when she told me that. I think she should be a doctor instead. Nursing doesn't seem at all interesting. They do all the icky stuff and the doctors make a lot more money. The nursing school is very active in recruiting in the community colleges here, and they let the kids get a head start during high school which is a big draw.
Madison is playing soccer, a lot! So I do get some sport viewing in. I went to a really COLD game a couple months ago. Yikes. I miss basketball. That was such a lovely and warm sport. Oh well. Soccer is
a lot of fun to watch, especially when the team is doing well. Madison's team was awesome this year. She also got straight "A's" on her report card for the first quarter, so it looks like I'll be buying a lap top for her birthday. Lucky for me the price is getting more reasonable. Next year it will be Anjeanette's turn, and she's shaping up to be a scholar too.My dog Bailey is getting old. She threw out her back about a month ago. She is often expensive, and this year is no exception. After a pricey set of x-rays, and a bunch of pointing and explanations that made no sense to me (these should look like horse heads and only these two are the horse head shape, and this is a calcium bridge, and this calcium bridge is broken, and this is turned, and blah, blah...), the doctor said she couldn't climb stairs, jump on furniture or play with her rock, (gasp!). That was very difficult all the way around. After hiding the rock, gating the stairs, moving cushions and piling boxes and crap on the couches, Bailey and I moved downstairs for a month. I don't mind my couch so much, it's actually pretty comfortable for a nap, but I got tired of it after a couple weeks. I did a much better job following the doctor's orders than Bailey. My sister came by my house at lunch time one day and discovered her squeezing her big self into one of my tiny chairs. She had to climb over a bunch of boxes to get to the chair, but she managed it. Toward the end of our third week of light duty I came home from work to hear her running down the stairs, and turned the corner just in time to see her take a gazelle leap over the gate that was supposed to block her from the stairs. I forgot to make my couch/bed a few times, so naturally she spent those days on the couch. Finally we went to the doctor and got the OK to return things to normal. She was very happy to see her rock. I was very happy to return to my bed. I still have crap piled on my couches. I figured she doesn't need to go back to climbing on the furniture she wasn't supposed to be on to begin with. It looks a little bit ridiculous when company comes over, but I don't get much company.
That's about it for the year I think. Oh yah, I went to a bunch of quilt retreats with Mom and the aunts. That was great fun. The family quilt retreat was fun too, but I'm tired of blogging. Too bad for you. (whoever you may be??)
