Week 2

I just looked at this. I posted it earlier today - which is Saturday 4/15/06. I guess I could just write posts and not really post them and then post them all at once and people - well, assuming there are ever going to be any people besides me who look at this! - would think they were going crazy. I could say, "What do you mean I haven't posted anything for 4 weeks? I have a blog I posted 2 weeks ago." And then they would look and lo and behold, there would be a blog from 2 weeks ago. And maybe even 3 weeks ago. Hmmm . . . what a thought. Isn't technology great?

I wrote this 1/24/06 - yes, it has taken me awhile to post it, but here it is now! (So really, it's like week . . . hmmm . . . I don't even know!)

I was going to do a new blog every Sunday. That is what I told myself. And then I was in church meetings for a total of 6 hours last Sunday. So it didn't happen. I guess it's happening now.

Becky wanted to know where I got the name for my blog. I got it from Julia Cameron's book "The Artist's Way." It's "a course on discovering and recovering your creative self." I rather like it. Anyway, here's the quote:

"Poetry often enters through the window of irrelevance." - M.C. Richards

Doesn't most of life enter through the window of irrelevance?

Anyway, here's what we've been up to:

Me - I'm still working. The place is driving me a little bit crazy. I found out why today. The service guy came up to me and said, "Are you used to the organized chaos here yet?" And that's what it is - organized chaos. Of course, I have had other jobs that were chaotic, but it's been a long time, so I'm still getting used to it.

Meagan - is still injured. David took her to the doctor again yesterday because her knee is not better. He couldn't figure out what was wrong with it, so now we get to take her to an orthopedic specialist. Only problem is, we have to find one that accepts our insurance. Ah, the joy. It wouldn't be quite so bad if the junior high hadn't given Meagan both of her active classes this semester (fitness for life and dance).
Meagan is getting to be quite the artist. Her teacher chose 3 of her 4 art projects from last semester to be in the art show in the spring. I haven't even seen 2 of the projects.

Cameron - got all C's and above on his report card. Thank goodness. Hmmm . . . come to think of it, I Meagan hasn't shown me her report card yet. She is so strange. She'll only show me the report cards where she gets bad grades. Anyway, back to Cameron. I don't know what he's been doing. He's kind of kept to himself this week (and a half).

Jarom - has his final cub scout pack meeting tonight. I think he is getting his arrow of light. I'm letting David be in charge of the scout stuff. Maybe David should get the mother's pin instead of me? I did write Jarom's scout stuff on the calendar. That was my big contribution to scouting.

Amber - has decided that she likes "horror" books. She has started reading the goosebumps series. Odd. Neither of my boys read them. Cameron told Amber, "You can't read those!" Amber asked, "Why not?" He couldn't come up with a good reason, so she's reading them anyway.

David - took the suburban in today to get the muffler and the exhaust pipe replace. They were all rusted out. It only cost $249. And now he says he hears some other weird noises while he's driving it.
David's trying to decide if he wants to enter any art festivals or not. It costs $30 to enter, and then, if you get selected, it costs from $400 - $800 for a booth. The artist also gets to furnish his own tent/awning and racks, tables, etc. Sounds like it could be expensive. I told David to just go ahead and enter, then if he got selected, he could worry about how to come up with the other money. We'll see.