Excitement Abounds

I haven't had much free time lately for a variety of reasons.

I've got so much to say but very limited amount of time to say it.

I've been helping B edit her next mystery story. This one is pretty rough. We tried a different way of drafting/writing (just write it - don't worry about punctuation, grammar or synonyms - just get your ideas down on paper and we'll worry about sentence structure later) so it's about 24 pages and VERY rough. Since she decided to use a class assignment as motivation for finishing it, I type her revisions and offer suggestions. So be on the lookout for the "Case of the Missing Heirloom" in a bookstore near you. She has a classmate who was going to see if his mom who works for a printing company would be willing to print it off.


So M has starting to go to our church's youth religious education classes "Life Teen / The Edge" in Kelso in addition to our parish's middle school classes. (We're so small, we need to keep the attendance and activity levels up or we might become a mission the next priest rotation.) Even though she's in 7th grade and should be in the Edge, she is so mature they invited her to attend the highschool Life Teen classes. On Sunday night, a very nice boy who is a freshman this year, invited M to their Homecoming dance. She politely and very regretfully had to decline since she wasn't in high school yet. (oooooooh! my baby is growing up. Can't believe she's gettting so grown up and mature!) Needless to say, she's been on cloud nine ever since. It will definitely help her social standing in the middle school social mine fields by just the fact that she was asked to go to a HIGH SCHOOL dance and it wasn't even from our school district - all the more exciting and mysterious.

C played his first "REAL" football game with real refs, kicking game and for the full time periods. They did really well. (34-0) The comment "We crushed them mom!!" resulted in acknowledgment of their fine achievements and a warning about good sportsmanship. (especially since it's the other Castle Rock team we played so they're your friends and classmates.) The best part for me was that C played A LOT during the game. He was the center again and got a lot of playing time as noseguard. (I think he prefers defense.) This saturday we play in Longview at 11:30 - because B has a game in Castle Rock at 12pm. (joys of kids in sports.)

Well, gotta go get ready for the day. I'll post the most exciting stuff tonight when I have more time to elaborate.

p.s. Ann - this is a checkmark on my post it!!!