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Confetti!! Noisemakers!!
Found an email in my inbox congratulating Lemuel on his acceptance to Georgia Tech. This is his top choice school!! Now we just need to wait and see what the financial aid offer looks like... -
Gramma B
Just got word earlier tonight that my Gramma B is going into hospice. She's my last living grandparent, so when she dies it will be the end of an era ( Read more... ) -
New Year's resolutions 2013*
Rather than make New Year's resolutions that I might not keep (e.g. "I want to exercise every day") I thought I might make a series of general statements about who I want to become; that way I can make changes to how I specifically move to a broader goal. So here we go:
(1) I want to be the sort of person who is always learning.Things that have ( Read more... ) -
Christmas morning
I have no kids here except Alma. He doesn't wake up early if his brothers aren't here, so he's still in bed. And I am just now thinking about getting out of bed myself, having slept in (up late doing puzzler!) myself.
I guess I ought to get up and wash some dishes and start making our "breakfast" (which will probably be ready to eat at noon)... -
Halloween pictures
I still can't find my camera but here are a couple of pictures that my mom took of the younger boys.
Lehi had already taken off the green shirt he wears with his costume so his sunflower costume looks kinda weird. You can still get the general idea, though:
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Holy Moly!
My parents came into town tonight. We went over to their hotel for a "brief visit" (that turned into a 2+ hour stay). At some point we were looking out the window and we saw a police car. Then another. Then another: 3 police cars all parked in one spot around the corner. "A drug bust at the hotel?" joked my dad before returning to the ( Read more... ) -
Can't wait to get home.
The internet transmitter burned out about 30 minutes after I posted my last status. So now I have to write a couple of weeks worth of journaling, which is going to suck.
Posts will come, I promise. Including lots of pics. But maybe not until I get home tomorrow... -
HOE-DYLAN cruise log part 2
Day 3, Tuesday ( Read more... ) -
Lemuel quote
I'm sitting on the couch, doing my daily Killer Sudoku. Lemuel is wiping the table. He looks over at me thoughtfully, as though debating whether or not to tell me something ( Read more... ) -
picked up my glasses today
I'm not sure the reading glasses make a huge difference, but the driving glasses sure do. Wow. I should have had my eyes checked a long time ago. :-(