Ramblings, Senseless and Obsolete

just keep swimming!

How do you guys do it who have kids in sports all the time? Whew! We only have 2 more mornings of swim practice. Saturday the swim team has qualifying rounds all day long. Monday night is the finals and then we are DONE!!!! Guerby qualified for conference and Grace is an alternate. Grace as an alternate means that we still need to get her to town for a 7 am practice. Ick. Anyway. All the kids worked very hard this year and I am very proud of them all.

I still feel brain dead and my body is tired. I was at a workshop Sunday through Tuesday and learned SOOOOO much! And was inspired to do soooooooo many more things! Consequently, you get a blow off post with swim pics from a couple weeks ago. Sorry about that. I wanted to reassure people I am alive, but just barely! LOL!

There's always room for kitten pictures!

Did I mention our cat had kittens?

The first picture was taken a couple weeks ago right after their eyes opened. I think it was just after Memorial Day. The last two pictures were taken Friday. We have four kittens. They are sooooo cute at this age. The last one reminds me of Charlie Chaplin. (Okay, it's Hitler. But who wants a cat that looks like Hitler? Not me! So Chaplin it is!)

I'm off to a photography workshop. I really don't like driving long distances. It makes me really tired. So I'm not looking forward to that. And Eric will need to hold down the fort all by himself. He's up for the challenge, but it can be a challenge coordinating all the schedules and transportation needs. Thankfully, I'll be back very late on Tuesday so he only has 2 full days to cover. Saturday was the last swim meet. That screaming you heard has a yell of joy from me! One more practice (which Eric will have to cover) and then we will only need to taxi Guerby around because he is the only one going to conference. When I get back I'll post some swimming pictures in his honor.

Have a great Father's Day!!!

Long time no blog

No we didn't get mugged in Chicago! We had an absolutely wonderful time! And in addition to being tired from the trip, catching up on laundry, I also came down with a 24 hour bug on Sunday, which lasted 36 hours for me because I am an over achiever. LOL!

Just want to make the recommendation, if you ever get the opportunity to go see "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," you definitely have to go! Every one had told me it's "cute." Well, it's not cute. It's absolutely hilarious!!!!! I laughed and laughed until my stomach hurt! It also definitely has "adult oriented" humor. This is a hoot!!!!

the weather was gorgeous! And I took quite a bit of architecture photography. I got this new lens just before going. It's 18-200 mm which is great. But the apperatures run, I think, 3.5-5.6, so it's not particularly fast. I wish I could have it really fast too, but I would have had to sell a child to get that. So maybe next time!

I also have swimming pictures from a meet or two ago that I ought to share. There were some great ones. Just need time to process some pics that are just for me!!

Awwww, so this is why I keep him

Just delivered to the studio. Love how the studio smells now! ROSES!

Yes, indeedy I am still breathing!

The asthma hasn't gotten me yet. Actually, I never thought I had it. I thought Nina might. But I don't think she does after all.

No, things have been crazy busy here! I've got emails to send- (Cheryl if you read this, thanks for the letter! I'm going to write SOON!) I've got blogs to catch up on-(far too many to list!) Not to mention the laundry, cleaning the top of my dresser off, putting my shoes back in the organizer....all kinds of important things!

Now swim team practice runs from 7 AM until 11 AM. It's only one hour long put we have one child in every age group. PLUS there is an evening practice from 6-7 in addition to evening practices for our community theater's summer play which involves DH and 3 of the kids. Plus work and sleep so yeah. It's crazy here.

Tomorrow is an eventful day. Tomorrow Eric and I will have been married 20 years. If you are keeping score, that is a score. The joke runs that we have made it to the 20 year mark due to lots of work and perseverance. On my part. Of course Eric says on his part. LOL! Actually, it's on 7:07 PM and there is still time enough for him to piss me off and not live to see our twenty year anniversary.

And now, Eric has been IN my life longer than not. Which is sort of a milestone too. Rather than our traditional anniversary celebration, ordering in pizza so neither one of us has to cook, we are making a weekend of it and spending the weekend in Chicago. I'm really looking forward to some time alone with you on the town! Love you Honey! Happy Anniversary!