Some quick updates from here.

I started teaching Monday and I think things are going well. Some of my students are a little bit like zombies but they tell me that they don't get up until just before class at 9 am. Since I am up between 6 and 615 every morning, I guess I understand.....
I have been asked to teach video editing for part of this summer. I am excited that my name is out there but I don't know JACK about this subject!
Riddle for you....
What's worse than being a soccer mom? Being a gymnastics mom! She is practicing 4 or 5 days a week now and then we have the meets on the weekends. Are these meets local? Hell to the NO (borrowed from Momster) The closest has been an hour drive! This upcoming Saturday, almost 2 hours.......This being Oklahoma, it is a very boring 2 hours.
Last Saturday's meet was good though. She showed huge improvement on every event and won 2 firsts and 2 seconds and 2nd in the all around. Ok, there were only 2 in her age group but her scores were competitive with the next older group. In comparing them, she would have taken a 1st, 2 2nds and a 4th so not too bad. When I download the pictures, I will post some.
The animals are all fine. Max was groomed earlier this week and then it got really cold so he is wearing a sweater all the time. Our house is not the warmest place in the neighborhood. We decided slippers and blankets are cheaper than propane and electricity. We are a very snuggly family now!
Time to get on with my busy life!

The local Christmas parade......

That's right, I said Christmas! We don't do a "Holiday" parade around here! Cee and her gymnastics school participated in the parade. They created storybooks about their experience and these were attached to the float. I ended up doing the work just because I wanted it done!!!!
Eight of the team girls walked beside the float (trailer) with the other students on it. Two miles of cartwheels and round-offs took their toll and they were tired!!!!
Stuff for my December album though!!!!!! I am using the pictures from this to put in the album!

Last weekend's gymnastics meet...

5th place over all for ages 10 and up.

The vault, 3rd

The floor exercise, 3rd

The balance beam, 2rd

The uneven bars, 2nd

She did very well over all for the first time competing. She thought she should have scored higher but then she watched the tape and said "I never pointed my toes in that routine."
Next meet, December 14......

Is this cheating?

No, I am not contemplating cheating on my husband. Where would I get the energy?
This about the December album. Taking Jess's advice, I just "did it" even though I did not have the motivation. I remembered that my Mama Angel had decided to get rid of a bunch of stuff she hoarded for years. I went to her sale to buy some stuff to hoard myself and got these albums. I thought they were blank inside with some stickers, etc. to fix up but they were finished! All I need to do is put some dates on the pages and actually commit to taking pictures and keeping up with the album.





This is the embellishments that I can use to spice it up even more!


Question for those of you who have done a December album. What do you do about days that nothing happened? Is this a day to journal about other Christmas memories or to write profound thoughts? Help on this one!

In addition to the December album, I have vowed to do a gymnastics album for Cee as it happens. I am going to get things ready so that the pictures can be put in immediately! Yeh, right!