Oh There You Are!

I've been really bad about posting something here. Some of it is time, some of it is because I wanted to say something earlier but wasn't sure how to put it in words.
The past few months have been absolutely crazy and sad. At the end of December my father-in-law died. I'm lost without him! He was such an amazing man that not having him around has really crushed me.
As if that wasn't enough the young woman that we rent our OTHER house to was killed in a car accident in February. She was a wonderful, friendly person who will also be missed, especially by her 4 children.
Our two sheep had lambs and of the four lambs that were born, only 1 survived and we nearly lost the one mother. We're done with the tragedy. Let's move on to the GOOD stuff shall we???
So in recent news ...
EP did well at the the school science fair and ended up with a spot at the District science fair. We sat through the awards ceremony and as it was nearing the end still had not heard her name called for anything. Then she was awarded a microscope as a prize. There were only 3 of these given out so that was very cool. Shortly after that they announced that she was going to go to the STATE science fair. She had won a spot! She was ranked 27th of the 50 people that get to go to the State competition!
CE continues to play softball. She had to write a paper for her coach explaining the intricacies of the positions that she plays and then name 3 players who play(ed) that position(s). She did such a fantastic job the coach said she had the best paper and wondered how much of it I had done. Admittedly I helped find players, however, beyond that she did all the other research and wrote it herself. He also complimented her last night at practice too. He said, "I just love her! She always listens and does what she's told - without complaint - she works hard always and puts it all out there EVERYTIME!" She's a great ball player he says. We knew that! Just goes to show you don't have to be a fantastic pitcher in fastpitch softball to be a "great" player!
Hopefully all her hard work pays off. Come May it is gonna be one busy softball season!
Okay I know ... that's enough for now ... first nothing then this overload of stuff.
Hopefully I can get back to you soon and let you know what's going on more often.

Current Netflix movies: High Spirits, Bad Girls, CSI Season 4
Current Hobby / Fixation: Learning Japanese