:: A homeless rooster adopted us. We have been awakened by his crowing at 5 am for over a week. Russ is requesting rooster soup for dinner, although he (the rooster, grin) does look quite charming in our yard and the boys think we have a new pet.:: Had a wonderful, sunny weekend (last weekend). Saturday: Yard work. House work. BBQ with friends. Sunday: A drive south. How to Train Your Dragon in 3D (what fun!) with the boys. A new wardrobe for me. Dinner out. Drive home and crash.
:: Our family attended a Classical Conversations Mock Day on Monday evening. A new group is starting this next year in Albany. All three boys are registered, and I’m stoked. More details later…
:: Food for thought: Plan B: Skip College (NYTimes). But are ‘our 11-year-olds, in fact, less “intelligent” than their counterparts of 30 years ago?’ (TimesOnline) (The second is an older article, but relevant and fascinating, nonetheless.)
:: My sister and I decided that Casey deliberately handed the finals to Crystal and Lee with his song OK, It’s Alright With Me. ‘It never comes easily, and when it does I’m already gone.’ He had his spectacular homecoming, and now he wants to get away without having his life dictated by AI. And without having to sing (or record) an asinine ‘Here is my moment’ song. Or maybe it was lucky rather than deliberate… Lee hit it out of the park this week (one has to feel he was set up for that, ahem), and I think he’d benefit the most from AI guidance as he doesn’t have much confidence and looks like he wants to throw up after each performance…. (Don’t get me wrong, I do like him and thought Simple Man in particular was awesome.) Crystal is ready to do her own thing. Finale next week, and then I can have my life back. At least for one week until LIE TO ME returns…
:: Our family is watching Liberty’s Kids (all 40 episodes available through Netflix Instant Streaming!!!!) and enjoying this site with corresponding fun and games. What a fun and painless way to absorb American history at the time of the Revolution. (Thanks for reminding me, Elaine!)
:: ‘Tis true. The whole family tagged along for the 20 week prenatal ultrasound. Leif gets his baby girl. (This is ‘his’ baby, and he has requested a baby ‘gril’ with a blue dress.) Then I went shopping. Grin. It looks like we won’t be using the name Lachlan John (but I’ve waited over ten years to use my most favorite girl name in the whole world…).
Did you notice that I blogged *every day this week*? It’s been a while since I managed that…
How was your week?
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.
~Victor Hugo