Again, I disappear for months - but I'm baaaaaaack!

Not sure why I fall off the face of the earth "blog-wise" for months at a time, probably because I'm a mom, and secretary, and small business owner and flock mistress to a herd of chickens, and . . ... on and on.

But school's out, summer vacation started today, and I'm finally caught up on the quilting - YEAH! So, I feel like I can sit a moment and catch up on other, less pressing things . . . . like the ole' bloggy.

All the kids made it through the year. Marci's a little ticked at a B+ that prevented her from making Gold Honor Roll (reminds me of her Godmother!) Ellen had her first marching band practice last night and seemed to like it. So that bodes well for her summer, which is full of band. We also wrangled a carpool with a Senior - so less driving for me, YEAH! And, on a side note that only I will appreciate, her band director is a Drum Corps Alum! Too Cool. He marched with Star of Indiana. I was asking questions about the DCI finals, and he finally said, why such interest in Drum Corps? I said, that I was a former member. He says that in 20 years of teaching, I'm only the third other alum he's met. Of course, he's the first for me, LOL!

Max is working at the radio and also the HS auditorium. But not working on school work too much. He did get C's in all classes but two. One is a blowoff class that he SHOULD have aced, and did. The other is his english class that looks like a nice solid D right now, to average with his pretty D- from last 9 weeks ------ looks like he'll have to take it over if he wants to raise the GPA and get the tech. honors diploma. We'll see.

Tim & I got new bikes. Really nice ones, from the real bike store (translation: expensive!) And his is a trike - like an old person's three wheel bike. I told him he might as well get one because with all the spine and balance issues, he'd need one soon enough. He agreed ;0)

The chickens are all good. 7 Hens, 4 little chicks from spring, and 10 polish chicks that are only 2 weeks old (gee, I don't even have any pix, THAT'S how busy I've been!) AND, 5 meat chickens. The key with the meat chicks is, don't name them and don't get attached - it's hard to eat them once you do that!

All for now, peace out and purring - kat