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March 6th, 2010

Except I think I’m the last dial up user out there.

Two of the boys were in the Talent Show at school. I took some videos for the world to enjoy.

First up. Act number 2. Star Wars, on the accordion. The MC introduced him, stating “this isn’t something we get to see much”. Jared whispered to me “get use to it”. He’s already played twice since he started at this school.

Star Wars from Heather on Vimeo.

Up next. Act number 5. The Western Mules. Alex meets once a week with a singing group at school. They’ve sang at various locations, and Alex made it to honor’s choir because of them. I thought this was a good performance by them. One of their better ones.

Musical Mules from Heather on Vimeo.

And finally Act number 13. Jonas. He started telling people when he was about five, that he was going to learn how to play the violin. It took a bit to get going, but now he is learning. He wants to learn “Devil Went Down to Georgia”. I told him, we’ll get there, but we have to learn this stuff first.

violin solo from Heather on Vimeo.

I was asked after the show, if I would teach other kids violin. That’s quite the compliment for my little boy!

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It’s official

March 6th, 2010

Spring!!!

Spring is here. The crocus have popped.

I hadn’t mentioned it here before, but our house was robbed. Not the house with our stuff in it, rather the house without the stuff. I guess that’s a good thing. Not good it was broken into, rather that our current house is ok. They made off with about $300 worth of stuff. We started out quite angry about it. Upset with society. Then we stopped stressing about it. Alex made up a song about the robber. I’ll have to record him singing it sometime. While I was cleaning up the robber’s muddy footprints, I did get a bit mad again. But, that’s ok. He can’t take my happy spirit.

So, this weekend Caleb and I are in Manhattan. Cheryl met us at the house, and we cleaned, cleaned, cleaned. The house smells and looks great. We weeded the flower beds. They will look great this spring. I have to go back tomorrow and repair a bit of damage. I need to get “parts” from home depot. I lectured my St. Joseph statue, and told him, he needs to get busy, and sell our stinkin’ house. He will get right on it.

Now, in case potential home buyers are reading this. I do NOT think our neighborhood is dangerous. I don’t think this was typical. In fact, the police officer said this was the first of this kind for awhile, no streaks of robberies. I think a vacant house tempted people. It’s a great house, a great neighborhood, and it even comes with a free plastic statue of St. Joseph.

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Guess where we went today

February 25th, 2010

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I’ll give you a hint, based on my newly aquired knowledge. The first capitol of Missouri was in St. Charles. We went to the second and current capitol. That was a tough clue eh?

I went with 2nd through 6th grade EH students, which basically equates to pretty well behaved children. Most everyone had a parent with them to top it off. The kids were complimented by their tour guide in the governor’s mansion for being so well behaived.

We toured the capitol building, the governor’s mansion, and Jefferson Landing. I learned a few things about Missouri history that I must of forgotten since my school days. Our tour guide in the capitol almost fell over a balcony. He finished our tour first, then got medical attention. I do believe he is ok, it just startled him a bit. Seems reasonable.

Jonas hardly slept last night, he was so excited. I asked him, if it was as good as he thought it would be, and he told me, it was even better. Hard to top that.

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Finishing School

February 19th, 2010

My grandparents making music

The above photo is one of my favorite photos of my grandparents. It sums them up so well. Music, laughter, love.

So, for those that don’t know, my grandparents moved into an assisted living apartment in October. It wasn’t the easiest thing, emotionally for anyone involved, as we watched them move out of their home of 60 some years, but after visiting them, I at least, am much more comfortable. Their apartment is like a miniature version of their house. I would *love* to just move their house onto our land to live in. It’s one of my favorite places in the world.

Anyway, that is not the point of this post. My grandparents put together a Christmas card for the staff of their home. The first draft had it addressed “To the staff and students at Hillcrest Finishing School”. My grandma thought it was a bit tasteless, I think. Grandpa just laughed and laughed as he told the story.

This past week, Grandpa spent a couple days in the hospital. I went to visit him, and one of my aunts happened to be there. A nurse came in, and Grandpa really went all out, telling story after story.. quick one liners…

Like.. “My wife will never be able to keep up, now that I know how much attention I’m suppose to be getting.” And. “My wife’s in much better shape then me. She’s a lot younger though, just 92. She’s just a kid.” AND. “I did good on Valentine’s Day. I got her a BIG rose, and she was very nice to me for two whole days.” The nurse asked.. “what happened after two days?” Grandpa replied “The rose wilted.” Finally, he told her “If they believe the lie, it isn’t a sin. I think that’s Shakespeare, either that or Hillary Clinton.”

The nurse then asked where he was living. He told her “Hillcrest Finishing School” My aunt and I started snickering in the background. It took the nurse about a half a second, then the look of shock on her face, as she figured out what Grandpa was saying… It was priceless. Then, Grandpa started laughing so hard, I think I saw tears. My aunt and I laughed a bit harder, and the nurse then cracked up. The look though. If only you could of seen the look.

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Jump Rope

February 18th, 2010

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Jonas did Jump Rope for Heart today after school. It’s a bit hard for him to talk when he knows all of the attention is on him. But, he asked both sets of grandparents for a donation. It took a couple deep breaths on his part.

Alex was planning on doing it, but never got around to asking people for donations. He learned yesterday that snacks would be served, and instantly wished he was doing it, and even asked me if it was too late. I went with a yes.

So, after school, I stayed, and turned ropes for kids. They jumped several different ways, had lots of snacks and drinks, and listened to loud music. It was quite the good time for all involved, and hey, they raised some money in the process.

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Dead Skunk

February 15th, 2010

One of the favorite songs played at every May family gathering is “Dead Skunk.” Here it is, at Stan and Lil’s 65th anniversary party.

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Baby pictures

February 14th, 2010

Here are a few more photos that I took at my recent visit to the hospital to meet my neice. I didn’t take a ton of photos. I know, shocker.

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how to feed a baby

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That’s it!

Don’t fear. I’ll make sure I go and visit them at their house soon, and take 1,000,000 more photos.

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Going green

February 13th, 2010

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I came up with the most brilliant idea for how to get people to be more enviornmental. No more trash services.

After moving to the country, we have no trash service. We recycle probably 75% of our things, burn lots of it, then have a very small portion that is neither burnable or recycleable. That stuff kills me. What to do with it.

Now, I look at items, and if I can’t burn it, or recycle it, I probably don’t need it. I have some lighters that we had for camping, that I’ve been using to light our fires. I won’t be able to recycle OR burn them. Oy. Light bulbs. What to do, what to do?

I use to just throw stuff away, constantly, if I no longer needed it. Now, I find a new use for it, or just keep using it. Much more frugal.

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Welcome to the world

February 11th, 2010

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On February 9, Karlie Rayne was born into our wonderful extended family. We made it to the hospital to visit her today, but did not hold her, as she was sleeping so very soundly, I didn’t have the heart to disturb her. Kaylee showed us the art of feeding her. Quite the expert.

I look forward to many years of playing with these girls, and getting to know them better and better. Caleb looks forward to teaching them football.

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65th anniversary

February 6th, 2010

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Today we went to a big May family gathering, to celebrate the 65th wedding anniversary of Jared’s aunt and uncle. We are working hard, on getting together with this side of the family more, and it was wonderful to see everyone.

Jared got to play guitar, and sing for the group. I gracefully declined playing into a microphone, in front of lots and lots of people. Way to many people for me and my stage fright. I have videos, to come later. The boys got to see Hannah again. These kids just get along so well, it’s nice to watch.

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