November 8, 2005

• I thought that everyone might enjoy a short entry, and since there
  isn’t much at present to report, I shall strive to be brief–sort of.

  Eliza Doolittle at the racetrack? I like it!  (comment by The
  Godfather to my new picture). Actually, it’s me at the game last
  Saturday on the phone with James. I love my hats. I have four of them
  in three different colors.

  Today we are going to go to the polling place to hand out stickers for
  our neighbor’s write-in campaign for tax collector.  I have always
  wanted to do something like this!  Since she’s running unopposed,
  there isn’t much drama involved. Plus, it is a gorgeous fall day, and
  the park is right next to the voting place, so children who are bored
  can run off and play.

  Libby is doing her homeschool testing in Altoona today. In PA,
  homeschoolers must take a standardized test in third, fifth, and eighth
  grades.  Judy Bourne, who always seems to have one or two in the
  above grades, usually takes my child(ren) to test with hers in Altoona.
  It’s a nice arrangement for me. 

  I’m excited to go to the library tonight while David is at football
  practice. I hope to pick up the last novel by Shannon Hale, whose books
  I like quite a bit. They are young adult novels, retold/made up fairy
  tales with a strong, but likeable, female lead and some romance tossed
  in for good measure.  Also, Cornelia Funke’s Inkspell
  has finally come in, and I’m quite excited. However, the library also
  has it on tape, and I am in the queue for it as well, so I might just
  wait and listen with the children. Maybe not! If you’ve not read her
  novels before, I recommend them. Dragon Rider was not my favorite, but The Theif Lord and Inkheart were wonderful older-children novels.

  I am fast straying from being brief.  The good doctor has a
  deacon’s meeting tonight, so I’m on my own.  Of course, I’ll be
  sitting in this computer chair grading, so it’s not any different than
  if he were home, I guess.

  • 12:08 pm
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