Grasshopper Days

 

Grasshopper Days

For today, Monday, June 17, 2013

Outside my window...  laundry on the line, and the sun shining on the dogwood.

Hearing...  the occasional robin and a very persistent squirrel.

Pondering...  the weekend.  We had our big family June-birthdays-and-Father's-Day get-together/BBQ on Saturday instead of Sunday this year, and I like it a lot better.  Especially since we usually have it at my cousin's house - a two-hour drive before the detour, and slightly longer now.  It felt so much more relaxed than when we'd either have to skip church or rush out after the sermon to jump on the freeway. With six birthdays and four dads to celebrate it's a bit like Christmas in June, y'know?  Lots of fun :D

I had in mind to make Sunday more special for Kerry - really emphasize Father's Day - but it didn't quite work out that way.  Instead, I ended up at Urgent Care with some sort of respiratory crud that was getting worse instead of better.  Ugh.  I had a breathing treatment - very weird.  I've never smoked in my life, and it was kind of like smoking a giant peace pipe of warm, steamy meds.  Really, really weird.  But effective enough to get me out of a chest x-ray and sent home with four - yes four - prescriptions.

So, you know, fun times.

Praying...  for Wyatt, at school, doing his math final this morning.  And for me, to feel better.  You know, breathing is kind of important.  Sleeping occasionally, too.  (Yes, and this concludes today's tour of Whine Country, thanks for joining us.)

Thankful...  Kerry and the boys are managing things while I rest, and even brought me flowers and chocolates (saving for later, when I'll really enjoy them) for my birthday :D

Going...  really hoping not to leave the house today.  Yep.  I set my goals high.

Reading...  just finished Douglas Wilson's Future Men and highly recommend it to parents of boys.  Great perspective and encouragement.  He starts with something that should be obvious, but isn't necessarily - an arrow needs a target.  If we want to raise our boys to be godly men (masculine in the Biblical sense) we have to know what that is.  And our culture isn't helping us, tending to err either on the side of making boys effeminate, or embracing a false "macho" masculinity that glorifies any number of things that are not, shall we say, virtues.

But you should read it yourself.

Next on the summer reading pile, finishing Dan Phillips' God's Wisdom in Proverbs, which I started awhile ago and had to set aside to finish other things.

Learning...  more about my boys.

Looking forward to...  Wyatt being done with school, on Wednesday.

In the kitchen...  ummm, yah.  I should probably throw something in the crockpot while I have a bit of energy.

In the learning rooms...  hiatus :D

Actually, I have most of my planning done for next year, but should get in there and turn everything over - put last year's things away and look for next year's.  I need to double check all the equipment/materials for the science experiments and see what I need to get.  I think - I think! - we've finally reached the point where I'm not buying much of anything new, since everything gets handed down.  Sure, we'll need more specimens to dissect, and more red cabbage for indicator, and more paper and pencils, etc.  But the curriculum is pretty well in place.  Hallelujah.

Around the house...  birthday and Father's Day gifts on display.  Is this weird?  Do other people do this?  We leave our gifts out for a few days.  On the one hand it could look like boasting, but to us it's about being thankful.

The Mother Load...  must rest, must rest, must rest... and we have some thank-you's to write, some tidying to do, some bushes to plant (thanks to my brother I finally got two Victoria Wild Lilac I have wanted), and, well, I need to rest let the rest go for now.

Victoria Wild Lilac

Noticing that...  it's time to have a little talk with the boys about shower habits.  How long can it really take to wash your hair (less than an inch long) and body?  Pick up the pace.

Something to remember for later...  had fun watching my niece - Naomi - enjoy her first birthday cake.  And the bath, afterward :D

Something fun to share...  Gunnar is counting down the days until July 16, when he can finally join CAP.  Several of his birthday gifts were items for his "24-hour pack".  He's growing :D

A favorite quote for today...  Boys take a lot of faith.  Douglas Wilson

One of my favorite things...  seeing the tenderness come out in my boys (just wish it wasn't because I'm sick!)

A few plans for the rest of the week...  Wyatt finishing school will need to be celebrated, along with Gunnar's actual birthday; Wyatt is in a triathlon (relay) this weekend, and we'll be going to Naomi's very own first birthday party.  Gunnar is on pins and needles with anticipation of unveiling his gift!

A peek into my world... 

What I hope my little lilacs will grow to be...

... and the birthday girl!

SAHM

Yah, sure I'm a stay-at-home-mom.  (Which makes about as much sense as baby sitter.  Did you ever see anyone taking care of little kids who got to do much sitting?  But I digress...)

Today I'm a SAHM that feels a lot more like little Billy, from Family Circus.

If you could see my footprints today... good grief!  So, for your entertainment, here is a day in the life of a SAHM:

1. Home - good morning!  Finish school (for the year) for Tate and Gunnar by 9am - woo-hoo!
2. Credit Union (bank) - cash check and exchange a pound or two of quarters from homeschool sale last weekend
3. Value Village - drop off two boxes of homeschool sale leftovers that aren't worth the effort of trying to sell and/or ship.
4. Costco - be at the door when they open to avoid the hordes that cross the border to shop here.
5. Walmart - desperately need to replenish a few grocery items and Liquid Fence - a disgusting and pungent aromatic blend, with notes of half-digested garlic, rotten eggs, and foot odor that has thus far managed to protect a few plants from the deer.
6. Home - repackage and freeze two bags of chicken tenders, four pork roasts, and 20# of ground beef.  Clean the counter.  Clean it again.
7. Little Caesar's - two pizza's, ten bucks.  Feeds three hungry, growing boys and two adults.
8. Home - eat.  Brush teeth.  Definitely.
9. Doctor's office - Wyatt passed his flight medical and is the proud possessor of a Class 3 Student Pilot's License.  Woo-hoo!
10. Home - do a few dishes.
11. Lake P Park - Wyatt is meeting his team-mates at the site of next week's triathlon.  They're doing it as a relay and need to scope out the route and strategize.
12. Home.  Breathe in and out :D
13. CAP - deliver boy(s) to CAP.  Pick up SOP for Gunnar so he can begin memory work, preparatory for joining next month.  Next month!
14. Hardware store - Kerry needs a new saw blade.  And apparently a book.
15. Grocery store - I need cabbage and green onions for a salad I'm making for the party this weekend.  And yes, it's my birthday too ;D
16. Home.  For real.  I begged Kerry (actually I didn't have to beg) to pick up the boys at the end of CAP tonight, as I think I'll be in bed before they're home!

And now, to watch an episode of Dirty Jobs with Gunnar, and then TO BED!

Grasshopper Days

For today, Monday, June 10, 2013  

Outside my window...  sunny but not blazingly warm.  Still, my laundry is flapping in the breeze and drying nicely, so all is well ;D

Hearing...  Wyatt moving cars off the driveway, presumably to sweep.  He's getting better with the clutch, but backing is still tricky.

Pondering...  I keep track of what we've done in homeschool.  For the younger boys it's no big deal, but for Wyatt, it's time I start writing an official transcript.  Fun times...

Praying...  that work keeps coming in for Kerry, for the two (two down and two to go!) pregnant moms at church, and for a fun summer for all of us.

Thankful...  just paid the bills this morning and there's money left for groceries (but not much else, darn the cost of those new tires!), but - speaking of money - I made just enough money selling old homeschool stuff to pay for Wyatt's flight medical (he has to have a special medical exam to get his student pilot's license).  Gee, what a coincidence.  Also thankful we're wrapping up school, we have our lawn-mower back from the shop, and the boys helped clean out the dryer vent - a long overdue item from The Mother Load.

Yep.  It's just a thrill a minute, here at the Grasshopper House.

Creating...  I've just about got everything tidied to the point that I can start the next quilt!

Going...  to work on the transcript...

Reading...  nearly finished with The Hobbit, and then will be truly done with school :D

Looking forward to...  Saturday.  June birthdays and Father's Day.  If you don't know my family, lemme 'splain something (no, there's no time, lemme sum up... you know what I'm talking about?) :

we have a lot of June birthdays.  

Add in miscellaneous graduations, weddings, and - of course - Father's Day, and it's pretty much Christmas in June.  My cousin likes to host this event.  She lives two hours away, so we're usually either skipping church or rushing out the door from one thing to the next.  But this year we're doing it on Saturday, which just feels so much better :D

In the kitchen...  sloppy joes, for dinner.

In the learning rooms...  hmmm, time to do a turnover :D

Around the house...  really, we're focusing more and more on outside instead of inside, and that feels good.  A neighbor gave me some strawberry plants - the first thing that went into my I-hope-it's-really-deer-proof garden.  It's a start!

The Mother Load...  oh mercy, it's piling up again. But - good news! - the minions are free from schoolwork and are mine to command (insert evil-genius laugh).  So the first job is the list.  I've already begun...

Something fun to share...  Wyatt is such a mimic!  He does this crazy little song about toast.  Cracks me up.

A favorite quote for today...
There's always an easy solution to every human problem - 
neat, plausible, and wrong.    H. L. Mencken

One of my favorite things...  a little nap break in the sun chair while the boys do the lunch dishes :D

A few plans for the rest of the week...  get Wyatt's flight medical (tomorrow) and get him to the park to practice for his part in a triathlon (relay), dinner at friends' house, make sure the boys stay on track with their lawn-mowing, party Saturday (!), and Father's Day on Sunday.  Ahhhh :D

A peek into my world...

Then (2007, I think?)... 

... and now.

Friday Brain Dump and Public Service Announcement

1.  Do you know what today is?

National Doughnut Day!

Yes, it's a bacon doughnut.  He loved it.  And you know where bacon comes from, right?

Yes, anyway, Doughnut Day was too important for you to miss, so I'm letting you know.  I'll be treating the boys when we get the van back.


2.  Where's the van?  Getting new tires, thanks for asking.  *sigh*  I'm sure it was long overdue, but it's not something that's fun to spend money on, y'know?  And Kerry scared me!  He put the doughnut on (not the yummy kind of doughnut, but the little, undersized spare tire) and told me to drive it down to the tire shop and meet him there.  That means driving it down a steep hill.

The hill is even more exciting in the winter, but I digress...

The picture doesn't do it justice - it gains about 350' in elevation in a very short distance.  Normally, no big deal, we're used to it.  But I'm a little cautious about the doughnut (tire).  Right before heading down the hill I heard a strange rattley clunking below the van.  What if the doughnut wasn't on right?  What if it came off as I headed down?  What if little green aliens come and take us all away to a doughnut-less world?  (No, I'm not an over-reactor, why do you ask?)

I pulled over.  When Kerry changed the tire he left something dangling below the van - some little dingle-hopper cable thingy that secures the spare tire underneath the van.  (I would never have found the spare tire in a million years.)  So anyway, the dingle-hopper was successfully secured by looping it over something and I made it to the tire shop without incident.  Aren't you relieved?  I was.


3.  In other news... woke up to clouds this morning (no surprise, for June) and it rained for all of a minute and a half, so the boys are waiting to see if they can mow today.  (Oh, it just started again...  rats.)  We have a busy weekend coming up and the boys want to stay caught up on all their mowing jobs.  I could tell you it's because they're altruistic and want to keep their clients happy (which they do and they work hard), but the truth is, they really want the money.  

One of their clients fishes in Alaska all summer.  He has a large yard, none of which is flat and part of which is actually quite steep.  I've told them that he really doesn't mind if they don't mow every single week.  If it's too wet now, they can mow early next week and it will be fine.  Tate gave me a pained look, as if I was a bit slow on the uptake.  Mom, no mow = no money.  The man pays them fifty bucks a mow.


4.  They did some yard work for an older couple from our church earlier this week.  I hadn't realized how big the job was going to be when the man said he had some ivy he wanted pruned.  Wyatt and Tate worked flat out for two hours, and I helped them quite a bit too.  Around here, ivy is an invasive weed. It spreads like crazy and it will kill trees if you let it get away.  But this man likes his ivy and uses it as ground cover next to several little paths by a pond.  Well, smothering the little paths until the boys hacked it back into submission.  They worked hard and were well paid, so it's all good.  But at one point Tate looked me in the eye and said, "I will never plant ivy anywhere I live!"  Amen, son.


5.  Smells.  Also, just so you can get a feel for my world, (sympathy, anyone?) it's 8ish in the morning and I smell... hot dogs.  Huh?  Kerry has decided that he wants to have more protein for breakfast, so he went to the grocery store and asked one of the butchers to recommend a low-fat sausage.  (And speaking of pained looks...)  Kerry came home with some apple/chicken sausage, and offered to share.  No takers.  He's been cooking one up with some eggs each morning.  And you know what they smell like?  Cheap hot dogs.  Apparently they taste about the same.

And now for a gratuitous photo of Gunnar and Podger, to take my mind off mystery meat...

6.  Wyatt promoted at CAP.  And Tate should've, but for the second time someone screwed up Tate's paperwork.  Though CAP has been a wonderful thing in the boys' lives, it's certainly not perfect.

The boys have to pass four tests to promote, and after that they go before a promotion board.  All of which, Wyatt and Tate had done.  But no promotion for Tate.  And why not?

He got three different stories (which gets my hackles up... what's the truth?)
First they said they didn't have any paperwork showing that he passed his PT test.
Second, they said they had the paperwork, but it was too old - invalid.
Third, they said he was .2 seconds too slow on his shuttle run.

Well, wait a minute... the PT test has four components, of which you must pass three, so if he didn't pass the shuttle-run it shouldn't matter (he passed the push-ups, curl-ups, and sit-and-reach.)  Tate was told verbally that he passed (or he would've taken advantage of other opportunities to retest). AND he went before the promotion board (which shouldn't have happened if he hadn't passed all his tests).

I don't like to be cynical, but I'm not too happy about the situation.  The Mother Bear is coming out...


7.  Something is lurking behind me...  a job I need to do this morning.

See the piles?  Tomorrow is the big homeschool "recycle sale".  And I'm in the mood to get rid of share some things we're finished with :D  Everything in these piles (and boxes of books) must be priced, and loaded, and ready to go for tomorrow morning!

And, yes, I realize you could've gone a lifetime without seeing a photo of my laundry baskets, but what can I say.  It's motivation for me.  :D


8.  I almost put the pattern blocks into the sale pile, but I'm glad I didn't.  Because look what I found in the living room...

Yep.  He still loves them.

And what are you doing this fine Friday?

Every Day is Different

On the way home from the orthodontist (yay! I remembered!) Wyatt got talking about his future, and careers he's interested in.  At this point the Air Force (via ROTC) is the front-runner, but he also has his eye on State Patrol.  I mentioned knowing a retired state trooper that would probably be willing to talk with him about the job, pros and cons, etc.  I cautioned Wyatt that one downside to the job is that, frankly, law-enforcement generally works with a lot of the scum of the earth.  (Not the co-workers!  The "clientele"!)  But, on the other hand, they do a lot of helping people as well.

Got home, flipped on my computer, and saw the headline...

Trooper Delivers Twins

That may affect his interest in the job ;D

Grasshopper Days

Grasshopper Days

For today, Monday, June 3, 2013.

Outside my window...  some very happy robins.  At least, they always sound happy, don't you think?  The sun is shining and we've been chasing deer out of the yard.  They LOVE our bird feeders, and will empty them immediately.  *sigh*

Hearing...  birds and silence.  Everyone is working or playing quietly :D  (That, and my ears are plugged up due to a cold.  Who knows?  Maybe there's a LOT going on I don't know about!)

Pondering...  need to make a job list for SUMMER!  I plan to make use of the minions (insert evil laugh.)

Praying...  And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what it best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ  Philippians 1:9-10

Thankful...  I seem to be on the upswing from an unpleasant cold, the sun is shining, and Kerry has work to do.

Wearing...  capris and a T-shirt (no sweater!)

Creating... plans, at this point.

Going...  to sit in the Sun Chair and get my Vitamin D.  Doctor's orders, y'know? ;D

Reading...  a biography of David Livingstone with the boys, and then to finish The Hobbit.

Looking forward to...  a break from school :D

In the kitchen...  I've been wanting to make spicy (but not too spicy) pulled pork sandwiches and have some friends over, but feel like I need to wait until I'm not Typhoid Mary.  Maybe later this week?  For today... probably chicken.  I have some nice salmon in the freezer, but I don't like to cook fish in the house if I can help it.  BBQ soon?

In the learning rooms...  winding down, and it feels GREAT!  We'll be puttering along until next week, but we keep finishing things, so our days get shorter :D

Around the house...  Note to Kerry:  Please don't eat blueberry-mango ice cream in the living room.  Good thing it was your leather chair.  Gunnar came to me embarrassed and confused, with gray sweatpants and white underwear with purple stains on the backside.  Let me just confirm that it's been YEARS since he's had any kind of "accident".  No, I found blueberries in the chair where he'd been sitting.  Where Kerry sat and ate ice cream last night.  So, around the house?  A little cleaning to do :D

The Mother Load...  I feel like Santa, you know... making a list, checking it twice...  I'm making a summer job list - woo-hoo!  All kinds of fun things to share with the boys.  Things like deep-cleaning the van, putting in and maintaining a garden (soon to be deer-proof), cleaning out the dryer vent (loooooong overdue), planting some grass in the dead spot where the trampoline had been, etc.  Fun times :D  My more immediate job is to price things for the Homeschool Recycle Sale next Saturday.

Noticing that...  a tidy office makes a HUGE difference to my state of mind.  (And conversely...)

A favorite quote for today...  It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt.  - Mark Twain

One of my favorite things...  a clean desk top.

A few plans for the rest of the week...  making up the appointments (of Wyatt's) that I spaced out last week - oops.  Some of the boys might get to be victims again, but looks like Wyatt will be at work. CAP has an Aerospace Fun Night (overnight) on Friday, which the boys look forward to all year, and then their carwash/fundraiser on Saturday.  And don't forget - Friday is National Doughnut Day!

A peek into my world...

Brain Dump... JUNE Edition

1.  How can it possibly be June?  It was just Christmas.  Sort of.  Maybe it's because in our part of Washington, with the exception of the brief sunny teaser in May, the months from January to June are all pretty much alike, cloudy and rainy.  Sure, the rain gets a bit warmer, but it's still rain.  But June, JUNE!  Already!

2.  I have a cold.  Yes, yes, feel free to express your sympathy, and yes I will have some cheese with that whine.  A cold feels so wrong this time of year.  At least in February I could just curl up on the couch with hot tea and a good book, but now?  Too much work to be done.  I've been a slug all week and it's piling up.

3.  The mowing.  It must be done.  Today, because it's not raining.  At least not yet.  All week it's been too wet to mow, until yesterday afternoon.  And now we scurry around like crazy to get it done.  The boys mowed both of the neighbors' lawns yesterday (and one is huge and hilly), and Tate did an extra two hours of work for an elderly couple from our church - weeding and trimming ivy.  Today the boys have ours to do and the church's - which must be done before a funeral.  (That would be a little distracting, yah?)  They're doing great.  They're learning to WORK.  And they had to do chores for me, first, woo-hoo!  They...
    *  finished math (Wyatt)  
    *  finished science (Gunnar)  
    *  took care of the neighbor's pets (Tate)
    *  emptied the garbages
    *  put the laundry away
    *  tidied the family room
    *  picked up their bedroom (very overdue!)
    *  weeded the future garden
    *  filled the birdfeeders
    *  got my bird-bath out of storage, and
    *  did the dishes.
Wow.  That feels so productive, and I haven't done anything myself!  Arm-chair general :D

4.  I've had a little sewing factory going in all my free time (ha ha ha).  My SIL mentioned that the only bibs they had that still fit Naomi were the two I'd made (along with the quilt).  Her others are all too small (must be those tiny, decorative infant bibs?).  So I've cranked out a few for the baby's b'day.  Don't think my SIL reads the blog, but I'll get some pics and post later - after they're given - just in case.  And yes, I know - Happy Birthday, Naomi, we got you bibs!  Whoopee!  We have another gift or two that are really for the baby.  The bibs are for Mom.

5.  I love winding down the school year.  I love FINISHING things.  Tate and Gunnar have finished all their language work.  We'll finish their Eastern Hemisphere history/social studies and their science next week.  That leaves us with a bit of math, and a read-aloud.  We're enjoying The Hobbit, but had to put it on hold when I lost my voice.  Grrrr.  Wyatt just finished his Biology course (and the angels sang), and will finish his World History next week.  He'll have to keep going to his classes at the public school until the 19th (I know, it's crazy), though I don't think they're doing much but testing.  And if that seems late to some of you, remember that we don't start back to school until after Labor Day.  But it's still late.

6.  Molasses.  This is a molasses day.  As in I feel like I am wading through.  Do you have days like that?  I blame the cold.  Everything just takes more effort today.  Pushing on...

7.  The deer are back.  Not like they ever really left.  But they know all our flowers are growing and they're back for the feast.  Rotten pests.  I know, I know, you think they're cute.  And the little, tiny, knee-high baby we saw yesterday sure was.  But... BUT.  He can go be cute somewhere up in the woods, and not in my yard!  If he only knew what we had for dinner last night... venison meatballs, YUM!  :D

The Definition of Frustration...

... trying to homeschool your hard of hearing kiddo

while you have laryngitis.

Yah.

Yesterday I lost my mind (see yesterday's post),

and today it's my voice.

Wonder what tomorrow will bring?

Grasshopper Days

Grasshopper Days

For today, May 28, 2013

Outside my window...  rain, rain, and more rain.  No kidding.  Ooooo, and the temp is all the way up to 60F, so - you know - break out the shorts and tank tops (see my eyes rolling?)

Hearing...  mostly quiet.  Wyatt studying, Gunnar and Tate done for the day and doing... ???

Pondering...  my sister just called, coming home from California today.  We were to pick her up at the airport at the oh-so-convenient time of 6:40pm, but that is not to be.  Now it's looking more like an 11:45 arrival.  This is probably a job for Super-Kerry, the night owl.

Praying...  for Wyatt to finish his work (!), for Tate to graciously accept responsibility for a mistake he made (involving an iron, a red plastic bag, and Wyatt's former BDU pants... oops), and for Gunnar to for-the-love-of-Mike just stop talking for a few blessed minutes.

Thankful...  for our weekly Bible study - thankful for the Chapel ladies that have been meeting to study Proverbs and thankful that we're winding down for the summer, thankful that the boys are still happily reliving their Disney trip, thankful that Wyatt and Tate enjoyed several hours of volunteer community service this weekend (with the Ski-to-Sea race on the river Sunday, and the Festival of Flags, a Memorial Day observance) in spite of nearly non-stop rain, and very thankful for the last three (make that two) Lindor chocolate truffles I have hoarded since Mother's Day.

Wearing...  layers, my friends, layers.  It's cool and wet.  Gray jeans, white T, navy blue pull-over.

Going...  to regret the pizza we had for lunch.  Ugh.

Reading...  The Hobbit, aloud, with Tate and Gunnar :D

Looking forward to...  weeks with less in them?

In the kitchen...  leftovers for dinner, which is a relief.

In the learning rooms...  we "officially" have three weeks left of homeschool, counting this one.  But really, it's tapering off.  If Wyatt stays on target, he'll finish his Biology course this week.  Then he'll finish his World History the next week, and just have a bit of reading to do the final week.  Tate and Gunnar are in a similar situation.  Both have finished all their language work for the year, we are wrapping up our study of the Eastern Hemisphere (finishing the last three books simultaneously, and just a timeline left to fill in), and they are both winding up their science for the year.  They both started new math books mid-year, so we'll just come to a natural stopping place with those.  *sigh* :D

Around the house...  gracious, I'm afraid to look.  Had it all pretty tidy (while the boys were gone) and then they came home and we had the baby for five days.  She went home Wednesday, but came back Saturday and Sunday!  I had Gunnar to help with her while the older boys were flat-out busy with CAP stuff.  As mentioned, they were out in the rain for two days straight, and there is STUFF hanging on chairs to dry all over down there.  Looks like a yard sale.  *shudder*

The Mother Load...  I'm completely ignoring that today.  Oh, girls, (males, avert your eyes), you know how one or two days a month you'd really like to just curl up on the couch with a hot drink, (maybe a hot pad too,) and a good book and ignore the world?  Yah.  That would be today.  So, whatever it is, it can wait.

A favorite quote for today... 

"I don't feel very much like Pooh today," said Pooh.

"There there," said Piglet.  "I'll bring you tea and honey until you do."

One of my favorite things...  the day after you don't feel well.

A few plans for the rest of the week...  CAP in a few minutes, then - because I'm an idiot and all day long I've felt like it's Monday when clearly it's Tuesday - I get to reschedule Wyatt's orthodontist appointment and Wyatt's doctor appointment, because I totally and completely forgot we were doing that today (yes, apparently I've become one of those people.  Clearly I need a secretary.)  And then later this week I go to my last Bible study.  The last one for now, anyway.  Hoping to resume again in the fall.  The boys may or may not be in a parade this Saturday (CAP color guard is marching, with or without the squadron?)

A peek into my day...

Memorial Day