...I am resurrecting the blog. Unbelievable how quickly the months fly by. To my credit, there have been some changes. I have a new job -
again - and therefore had another year of learning the ropes. I've had enough time to do the regular day to day stuff and not much else.
Fortunately, I found myself another bunch of fantastic professionals to work with and a place that is exciting to come to each morning. I am now a Student Support Specialist at The College of Education and Human Development here at UMaine. I get to meet with students every day, teach a little bit, and support young men and women as they prepare to be teachers.
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| Now this is a pretty cozy office, isn't it? Thankful for former students and Noah and Eli for great art. |
So, yeah, I've been busy but posting
every once in a while is something that is important to me. I'm going to be setting myself reminders on my phone so that I have a more disciplined approach to putting some words and pictures down on the page. Or the screen. On the web. Well, you know.
Dilemma #2. Do I try to catch up or just travel along like I have been here for the past year? I've thought and I will probably do a little bit of both. But for now, the news of the day.
As expected, Noah and Eli are growing smarter and stronger every day. Some photographic proof:
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| Eli is telling fantastic stories to anyone who will listen |
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| Noah hard at work |
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| On the way to work/school. Notice Noah's teeth - he lost almost all of the front ones at once. |
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| Noah's spelling words this week |
We are settled into our (fairly) new home and actually
finally sold 10 Old Mill Road in April. It made me sad to finally say goodbye to our home in Old Town, but the couple who bought it are thrilled and will take very good care of the land and the house. I will never have a back yard like this again. Sigh.
On the flip side, though, I will no longer be paying (gulp) two mortgages, two oil bills, two insurance bills, two sewer, water, electricity. That allows us to feel more joyful in our new home.
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| This is a pretty awesome backyard, too. We are in the process of planting for this season! |
Noah is crazy about soccer and baseball right now. It was a
lonnng winter around these parts (more about that later) so I am thrilled that he is spending more and more time outside. A good story: It was threatening rain this past Sunday, and I warned Noah that that his soccer game
may be canceled. He was super concerned, and kept asking me what he could DO to make the soccer game happen. I explained that there really wasn't anything we can do about the weather; we need to just wait and see. This wasn't a good enough answer. Noah needed to DO something. He asked me, "Momma, is this the kind of thing I can pray for?" I said, "yes, for sure. Praying is great that way." Then we talked a little bit about how prayer works in ways that we don't understand the whole way, and sometimes when it
seems like a prayer hasn't been answered for YOU, God has a different plan that we just don't know about. (See, I say this because my iPhone said there was a 95% chance of rain, right?)
Well, that kid prayed. And he DID play soccer on Sunday. It didn't start raining until 1/2 way through the game. So right now, he's a believer.
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| Noah and his buddy Nicholas after a very rainy soccer game |
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| Noah making a play at first base (thanks, Aunt Lisa, for the great photos!) |
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| Ready to root on the Bruins in a playoff game! |
Here's to Spring! This weekend is Memorial Day Weekend, so we are eager to get down to camp and open the place up. The weather has been iffy, so we are crossing our fingers and toes that it clears up enough to get out and see how the beach has changed over the winter.
And next on the to-do list is planing the garden. It's time to do it, but it's been really rainy for the past week. I'm not sure if it's going to dry up enough for us to swing it this weekend. Our growing season is really too short.
Ok, I'm setting the reminder on my phone right now to check back in and write next week.
