Well, it' s been a little nutty for the past few weeks. I made it through mid-term finals and I am really pleased with my grades; it was worth all the hours of studying. Aside from a letter grade, I have really learned alot about the world around me. I am more in awe of God's creation than ever before: from the unique properties of water, to ionic bonding, to a cell. I am so amazed!
Whitley is coming along in her school work. Her new school has really challenged her but she is rising to the occassion. Her renal ultrasound is scheduled for Nov.1 and we expect to have a good report on her kidneys! She started harp lessons last week for the first time. Her teacher is so talented and Whitley responds well to her. A whole lot of the lesson was about form and fingering techniques; I hope Whit sticks with this! I'm going to attach a few pictures of her practicing here at home.
John is still licking his wounds from that roof project on our house and is still not quite back to himself yet. He has been dinking around on the internet and has been assembling all the equipment for he and Whitley to go skiing this winter. All 5th graders in the state of Colorado ski free. It is really a great marketing tool to ensure the next generation of skiers. The opened a new resort area just 12 miles west of us last winter called Echo Mountain. A years pass for John was super affordable. Not only is it close, but it has lighted runs at night with music, so they can always get a run or two in after school for a little exercise. We have had one squall of snow here at the house that didn't amount to much, but we are expecting and acculmalative amount tonight. Looks like it won't be long before father and daughter are hitting the slopes. I told them I would try over Christmas break; this should be interesting!
We replaced a lot of things this week: the over the stove microwave, the refridgerator and our digital camera. We're taking it in stride and I'm just pretending that my birthday came three weeks early. We decided to go with stainless steel appliances for a change, so half my kitchen is in that now. We had really good luck finding some decent deals out there at this time of year. We bought our fridge from the Sears scratch and dent sale. We got 50% off a brand new s.steel side by side w/ indoor icemaker because it had a dent on each side. Lucky for us, the fridge butts up to a wall on the left and the counter on the right and so it looks flawless. The product comes with the full manfr. warranty so we were pretty excited with our find. We are pleased with the microwave and increased the wattage. It's kinda scary how fast it cooks things. As for the camera, the old one was only a two magapixel, so it had seen better days and we got our money out of it. These things happen from time to time.
Well, I hope this blog finds all of you well. Here's a crazy thought: only 73 days until Christmas!! Where did 2007 go?????
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