Weekly Update 4-21-08

Last week was a wee bit busy. I have tons of projects going on at my new job to get up to speed - lots and lots of meetings. I'm definitely being challenged here - not with anything I can't accomplish, but it's just a LOT to accomplish. But it's really wonderful being somewhere that my skills and abilities are recognized and appreciated.

I attended my first Cobb County Town Hall meeting to encourage the development of a sidewalk on Irwin Road between the sections of the Lakefield Manor subdivision. This is the road that runs by our subdivision and ends at Cheatham Hill Elementary School. Hopefully our presence and persistence will get this project done.

Nate & I finally met with our renters to ask them to consider moving early (end of June) so we can get back in our house. They are thinking about it. At the very least we're still on target for August.

We also had a parent-teacher conference to learn all about how Veronica is at school and see what she has learned. Mrs. Blackerby, her teacher says that she is 100% ready for Kindergarten and is moments away from learning to read. She did also mention that she has some issues with knowing left from right, which I am certain she gets from me - but overall Veronica is a pretty darn good kid. She also mentioned that she is starting to not take naps - which explains so much about her behavior late in the day. (GRUMPY.) We're doing a pretty good job of wearing her out though, she had a Birthday party this weekend at another jumping place (Monkey Joes) and she skipped a nap because we were so busy with errands leading up to the party. She voluntarily skipped having cake - some of our sugar lectures are really sinking in. But when we got home - she fell asleep on the sofa by 6:30 and didn't even wake up for dinner. We had to carry her to bed and wiggle her into her pajamas while she was sleeping - and she slept the WHOLE night.

Alex has a nasty cough - but no other symptoms, we think it might be allergies like us.

Miley the dog is still terrific company for the kids and is still chasing the cats. The cats like that she is crated during the day so they have free-range in the house. No kitty emergencies lately. (No cats stuck in trees or closets.)

Nathan is once again back in Montana this week, but he'll be in North Carolina for meetings on Friday. I'm home flying solo with the kids again. It will be nice when Nate is done with the long-term assignments so I have time to make something more than fish sticks for dinner.

Have a great week everyone!

Oh yes, that wine mentioned last week is literally Willamette Valley Vineyards, Whole Cluster Pinot Noir, 2006 Vintage. We bought it at Harry's/Whole Foods.

Weekly Update 4-14-08

I'm not sure how possible this will be - but I'm going to try and do a weekly update of our activities to keep everyone up-to-date with us. I doubt we'll post pictures every week, but this should help keep everyone notified of what we are up to . . . especially since we stink at keeping in touch!

This week Nathan is back in Montana, he left at 5 am this morning. Not the greatest Anniversary we'll have - but we know we've got plenty more to come and we celebrate our marriage every day - so we don't need one special day to remember how lucky we are to have each other.

(Happy Anniversary Sweetie! 8 Years . . . yes, hard to believe!)

Last week Nathan was in Missouri for part of the week. Did you know that you can't fly into Jefferson City? (The capital of Missouri for all you geographically challenged.) We find it odd that a capital city wouldn't have better access . . .

The kids are doing well. Alexander had another mystery fever over the weekend. Got as high as 103 degrees - but no other symptoms and was a crazy happy boy the rest of the time. Nate took the kids to Gorga Monkey's to jump around while I cleaned the house. It was the first time that as Veronica ate lunch, she announced that she was tired and went ON HER OWN to take a nap!! Worth every penny. Our landlord plans to put the house up for sale this week - so I want to have the house as clean as possible for people to walk through.

We had a date night Saturday to have a mini-celebration of our anniversary and we hired babysitter extraordinaire Megan. How did we get so lucky? The kids love her, she loves the dog and SHE CLEANS while she babysits. We discovered a great Thai & Sushi place here.

We got Veronica registered for Kindergarten a few weeks ago and her school year officially ends May 22 with a Pre-Kindergarten graduation ceremony. We'll feed and house anyone who want to come watch me get all teary-eyed.

Wine recommendation of the week: Discovered a GREAT Willamette Valley Pinot Noir (Oregon). YUM. Of course I can't remember the name, will look when I get home and amend this post later.

Job going well - very busy, want to be organized faster so I can do more - but have to reel myself in and remember that I am only human.

Have a great week!

Happy Easter 2008

It was a good Easter this year - not nearly the snow we had last year, though it did turn a bit chilly (flurries were saved for a couple days later if I recall . . . just wrong for Georgia). Really disappointed in ourselves - can you believe we ran out of time to color eggs with the kids? First year without colored eggs, let alone an egg hunt!

It's been a pretty busy period since the last post - pretty much as soon we finished the Easter festivities, we packed up and drove to Virginia to see Melody's play, visit the cousins (Hosanna, Natalia, and Nicholas) and old neighbors (Jordan and Aaron) - very good visit. And the kids were actually pretty super! We are still trying to get them back on schedule. We only wish we had more time to spend with everyone. It felt like a very rushed visit, but we really enjoyed getting to see everyone that we could squeeze in!