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Nothing much to report - just checking in. After a day at the city pool w/ her friends, Molly is sunburned even though she swears "I wore a 35spf all day!" Yeah, right. She looks like a red hot! Meg has been camping w/ friends in Oklahoma this week and will be home tonight. We've missed her. Molly and I painted in her bedroom .... she's gone for a multi-colored thing .... each wall a different color. When you think about it, it sort of gives you a headache, but when you see it with her comforter and the pictures and things she's done around the walls - it actually looks very much like her and not so wild as you'd expect. The wall colors are: purple, blue (like caribbean blue), pink and green. Just imagine! :)

Summertime!

My girls are both out of school! Graduation was tonight, so I told Meghan now that the seniors of '06 have graduated, she is officially a Senior now (Good grief! How did THAT happen????)and Molly is an 8th grader!!! I swear - wasn't I just in 8th grade!?!? Today went to the school assembly and after that Molly had early dismissal. Meghan took her Spanish final exam, then went swimming at a friend's. Both girls went to graduation tonight. I went to a Stampin' Up class & Kevin had the house to himself, but I don't think he was in it much because the yard had been mowed when I got home. :) It still feels strange for the girls to get in a car and drive away without one of us with them .... They're supposed to be playing in the Little Tykes car....loading up their baby dolls in the back of it and "driving" them around the house. Sigh.....

I still don't know why....but I think it's worth it

The program was last night and the kids did an amazing job! It seems they just try to make me insane before the play, then when it's time for them to do what we've worked on all year - they just shine! What a great group of kids they are! And the parents - they pitch in and help decorate and then clean up and I got a movie pass book and a gift card to any one of about five restaurants (my choice). My girls both passed their TAKS except for Math. Not bad. Garage sale was a success, but now I'm peeling from being out in the sun all that day. I have a house to reclaim after last week's frenzy of decorations and costumes. Plus my family might enjoy a real meal for a change. :) Thanks for checking in. Wish I had a photo to post, but I didn't have a chance to take any pictures last night ... maybe one of the moms will share w/ me.

Why do I do it...?

I blame it on the lady who directed our children's and youth choir when I was a kid .... She would put together these amazing productions with costumes and sets and just made it all so ... BIG. It was wonderful, although I do remember making fun at the time and sometimes hating that we had rehearsals, but all in all it made good memories. Now I direct the children's choir at my church and our spring musical is next weekend...and all I want to do is throw my hands in the air and skip out on the whole thing. I want it GOOD and for the kids to be proud of what they've done and have memories of being in these plays that teach them great lessons about God and scriptures ... and in the weeks before the presentation, it always seems like nobody cares. I don't even know what number this is in my resume' of children's choir presentations ... I've lost count and it's probably a good thing. Some people think I'm crazy for doing it. Some of the people who see me in action think I'm crazy in HOW I do it...it's a little chaotic and so much of it stays in my head until the week before the play so that nobody else can see what I "see" when a bunch of kids are standing around a hymnal on the floor where, next week, there will be a "massive rock" in the middle of the cafe' ... or the card table that, next week, will be transformed into a diner's kitchen .... People are tired of hearing my response, "It's all in my head" .... I know they are, but it's how I work and the end result is (much of the time) a good thing. In the meantime, I'm an insane woman and people are mostly staying out of my way. I have to go transform a pile of cardboard and tape into a jukebox....

School Day

Today I subbed at the high school. What a zoo! My sister is having a garage sale this weekend and we're selling some things so my house is a wreck. Boxes and bags everywhere, but it's going to be nice when it's all cleared out of here...then I want to PAINT! Kids get their TAKS test results tomorrow....hope they both passed at least part of the stupid test. It's a real sore spot with me.

This is one of my favorite places to go relax. Not up ON it - just near it - by the Guadalupe River with this tower in sight. I spent last weekend there w/ my friend Sharon. I'm still learning how to use this blog thingy and am happy to just have posted a photo at all. Yea me.