Glad It's Over...

I went to volleyball for 4 hours this morning. Glad volleyball's over with for October. I even tried a few serves this morning to see if I could get them over the net. I got about half of them over, which, for me, is good.

I signed up for the Institute of Children's Literature, hoping to get over my writer's block that has lasted almost 2 years. (Sad, huh?) The good news is, I'm writing again. Yay! I wrote 2 stories over the past week. Now I just have to decide which one to mail in for my assignment. I've had several people read both stories and vote for the one they liked best. As of now, the vote is split. I'm undecided. I guess I'm gonna have to decide soon. It's due this Wednesday!

In other news, here's what's going on with the rest of the crew:

David - has started writing a book. It's amazing, really. I never in my wildest dreams thought he'd write a book. He started just a couple of weeks ago and already has almost 3 notebooks filled. I think the note books are only about 40 pages each, but still, that's alot of writing. He says the book "Rell" that one of the members of our Stake wrote is what inspired him to start writing.

Meagan - can almost open her mouth wide. At least she's not complaining about pain so much and she's off the lortab. She seems to be doing well in school. I don't know because I can't check her grades, but she's in college now, so that's up to her. This semester she's taking Biology, Chemistry, College Algebra and Social Dance. Her favorite class is Social Dance.

Meagan is such a trooper that she didn't miss any classes - even the Algebra class they cancelled the Monday after she had her teeth pulled. She wasn't so happy they didn't tell her about that and she went all the way out to the airport for nothing.

Cameron - is his classroom encyclopedia. Whenever the teacher wants a definition, he asks Cameron. He told me that one day his Biology teacher asked them why they should be studying Chemistry and Physics along with Biology. His teacher liked Cameron's answer so well he asked Cameron if he wanted to teach the class. I keep telling Cameron he needs to be a professor. I can imagine that - especially if he were an English professor.

Jarom - has been reading "A Tale of Two Cities." I tried reading that book and could not make it all the way through. I told Jarom's teacher that and she said it's only because I didn't try hard enough. I think it's because it was sooooo boring! As of midterm, Jarom was doing the best in the class on the quizzes, so I guess he's doing better with the book than I did. Jarom's also been drawing some very nice pictures. He is quite the artist.

Amber - is supposed to be making a picture book about Roman gods and goddesses for her social studies project. She's really been dragging her feet. Last Sunday she made a Halloween diorama out of clay in about an hour. It was really cute - ghosts, a scary tree, headstones, a werewolf and a skeleton. I'm thinking she may have to switch her social studies project to making a diorama.

Jetta - is hanging out. Probably wishing the Mitchells would come back and visit her. She loves them. Other than that, she's been following me around the house and occasionally sniffing the cat. For the most part she leaves him alone. I'm glad because she used to harrass him.

Thor - keeps jumping in and out of window sills. It's probably not the best for his leg, but I don't know how to make him stop without keeping him in his cage forever and that just seems too mean. Now that Jetta's leaving him alone, we need to call the vet and make an appointment to get the pin out of his leg.

Sore Mouths and Stuff

Meagan's mouth is almost healed now. She can chew on soft things. Jarom just got his braces tightened on Friday, so now he can't eat much. My poor kids. Meagan has a friend who got his wisdom teeth out about the same time she did. He tried eating a piece of roast beef the day after he got his teeth out and got an infection. I'm glad Meagan didn't do that!

Amber made a Halloween diorama out of clay this morning. It was cute. It had ghosts and headstones and a haunted tree. Maybe I'll have to take a picture of it and post it. Have I ever posted a picture on my blog before? I don't think so.

Well, my computer time is almost up, so I'll have to say goodbye! BTW - thank you, Becky, for bringing pumpkin whip to my ailing chillins. They loved it! And Jetta still loves Ray, of course.

Wow, it's been like a month...

David talked me in to signing up for Pet Society, which I thought I would NEVER play and I've kinda become addicted to it...so that's where most of my computer time has gone. That's why I refuse to sign up for anymore games on facebook. Now that we've made up a schedule, I only get about an hour a day on the computer. Meagan and I are sad that we no longer have free reign of the computer. A good computer and high speed internet have attracted the rest of the family to spend much more time on the computer. Oh, well.

Thor is actually out of his cage now. It's pretty weird. Our biggest concern is him sneaking outside, which he does every chance he gets. The vet will probably be taking the pin out of Thor's leg in a couple of weeks and we'll see where it goes from there. Thor is limping a little bit now, but I think it's because he's walking more. He was in a cage for 2 1/2 months, which is a long time for a wild little kitty.

Meagan survived getting all 4 wisdom teeth pulled. They were all still pretty deep in the bone, so she's had quite a bit of pain. I think things are starting to get a little bit better.
Saturday morning she said, "I hate David."
I'm like, "What? Which David?"
"Uncle David," she replied.
"Oh, yeah, I said. "Would you like some potato chips?"
"No!"

Uncle David had no problem getting his wisdom teeth pulled and was eating potato chips the next day. Meagan is still eating mush. Poor Meagie. I hope she survives school tomorrow.