Busy Busy Busy

It seems that life continues just busy, busy, busy, all the time. So, if you haven't had a chance to look at my pics on flickr, please do, I am most interested in comments--thank you, Lura [and Erica] I want things to be even better this year.

Happy Mother's Day to all of whom it applies, both mothers and "other mothers", both aunts and grandmas, both teachers and mentors. I like the tradition in our church of every woman aged 18 and up to receive 'honor' on Mother's Day, recognizing that Mothering is ever so much more than giving birth. In our Ward today we received geraniums...I made sure to get a nice healthy looking bright red one! My flowers actually look pretty good right now, and I struggle, so I know I have to start with a really strong plant! A few of my pansies are a bit ill, and I'm afraid I may have to end up replacing them, but in all the flats of flowers, there were those three that just did not look so good to begin with, and they still don't. A green thumb I haven't!

Health Update: [because I remember to tell some of my kids--multiple times, and others not at all.] Tomorrow [Mon] I will have a partial colonoscopy, Dr. sees something in the same place as last year, but this time it has been causing symptoms. Hopefully it will be done with by this time tomorrow.
Wed/Thurs--I willk be doing a "sleep study" [ now that's a test I should pass, eh?] I may not nap all day before hand [the hard part.] Then I get six hours of sleep at night, and many 20 min naps throughout the day. Unfortunately, I seem to prefer 4-5 hour naps! And after no napping the day before! Should be interesting.

Not willing to rest on my pageant laurels, I am working with the teens by assignment on their act for our Memorial Day Patriotic Program--actually, it will be held on the Sat eve beforehand. We are portraying the first arrival of the Hocking Valley Railway to Canal Winchester, OH on Jan 26, 1869. Richard plays the mayor of the time making a speech. He, of course, persists in calling it the "Hockey" Valley, which we all decided to keep in for the laugh--especially as the actual name will be on the signage--and just about everybody here knows his obsession. We will sing two verses and our mish-mash of a "town band" will play a third as the train comes in. I'm trying to recruit a few of the older girls home from college to help play, adding much needed talent, instruments and stability. Erica, pleeeease will you play, too? It is in one of your old easy books: Fun With Trombone. Sariah, as soon as you can get those parts to us...currently we have more willingness than expertise! If I could have Erica and a certain pianist, then I am sure we can pull it off, otherwise, it'll be rather sketchy, I'm afraid. And we don't want the Primary with Take Me Out to the Ball Game showing us up [especially since we wanted that piece!]

The FamilySearch Indexing Project is going great guns. Once completed, genealogical research will be a breeze! It usually takes me only about 1/2 hour to index one batch now [50 names or one census page] I've chosen to work on the Indiana census of 1900. I have a secret hope that I'll stumble across some of our family one day, but I haven't gotten the right counties for that yet! [I am getting pretty darn good at reading the handwriting of the period, however!]

Excitement! My husband starts his new classwork tomorrow. He will be attending Capitol University Law School taking the paralegal course. He will finish in August as it is an intensive program. Hopefully, that will mean employment by Sept!!! He says I'm just excited because I want him out of the house--and after coming up on a year, there is some truth to that, I am also excited for him to get to go into a field in which he has always wanted--the law. I trully, trully hope it all goes well and that he loves it!

Now, family and friends, you are essentially all caught up in my life--what about yours?

Flickr Pics

I did it! I did it! I have finally posted some pictures on Flickr. Five to be precise. But I will do more tomorrow, now that I get it [and now that I have the pics I want to put up, uploaded to my computer] But I did it essentially by myself--just had Lura on standby in case I tangled up. Also--one of these first pics has Richard's erstwhile girlfriend in it [albeit from her back]. So check it out!