Just got back from a one-day trip to my mom’s with the children. James worked 
on categorizing and analyzing surveys for a local school district for which he 
is consulting. He made a lot of money, but I got to sled ride. Boy, was it a 
perfect day for sledding! It was warm, but not so warm that the snow was slush. 
There was ice under the snow, so the sleds fairly flew. I just wished for one 
of those tow ropes from ski slopes, which is something that every sledder 
wishes, regardless of age. I had to Pepsis, so I probably won’t see Dreamland 
until about 3:00 am. We watched the video Triumph of Love the other night. It 
was so bad that it was funny. James fell asleep. I kept laughing. Just in 
case you haven’t seen this nifty dancing Lego video, go to

http://www.koreus.com/files/200407/lego-zone.html

It’s Thursday, which means that another Wednesday is gone. Wednesdays
are supposed to be our “light days” of school, which is good, because
we are never home.  This week, after our hour and a half of piano
lessons, we fled the house to the orthodontist so Libby could get a
spring-loaded retainer and Nathan his braces wire fixed. Quick stop at
the library–books due and fines to pay! After that, we ran to church
where I threw a bag of sandwiches and carrots in the general direction
of the children while I whipped off copies of speech evaluation forms
and dashed into speech class. After speech class, I did double-duty
with teaching at the co-op, keeping the drummers in line during music
and painting cardboard scenes for the upcoming Peter Rabbit play
(Michael stars as Peter.)  Next, we went to pick up pictures at
Sears and Wal-Mart. While in the Wal-Mart parking lot, there was an
explosion (from the construction they are doing there) which sent rocks
flying everywhere, including into the side of our
“still-think-of-it-as-new” minivan.  I then had to hassle with
getting business cards and the like. Then, rush, rush, rush into town
to meet James for dinner as he had an evening exam.  After dinner,
we stopped at Blockbuster (love that no late fee policy), and then
finally, we went to pick up Libby from a friend’s house. At this point,
it was 6:50, and we drove right by church, which meant we could have
gone to Wednesday service, but we didn’t.  Emails, emails, emails
from class and others requiring my immediate attention greeted me.
Eventually go the kids into bed and myself into a hot bathtub.

I’m glad it is Thursday.

Far be it from me to keep you all wondering, especially the esteemed
Lord Jabez (who we might actually be coming to visit in a few weeks;
Spring Break with the Catholics).  It’s Mary S. all the way from
PA come to haunt your blog. 

As to what I plan to do with my own blog site here, I don’t know yet.
At this point, I’ve got too much grading to do this week (and general
running aroung–orthodontics, speech class, art and music, doctor’s
appointments) to really sit down and set things up properly.