It Has Been A While

It sure has been a while since I sat down to write. I, like a lot of bloggers, seem to have dropped that ball lately. None so more than I.

Athena has been just wonderful lately. She is really enjoying her swimming class. She is starting to get the hang of actually having to listen to her teacher. This is taking a while and may turn out to be a long process. She has a hard time understanding that she cannot just go play while she is in the water. She has wandered off a little too deep on more than one occasion, only to be called back to the fold. She'll get it sooner or later.

School is going well for her too. Her teacher is one of my yoga students so I have had some opportunity to talk with her about my little A. She says that you will never see anyone concentrate as much as she does during the craft portion of the class but as for the rest of the time she is a little less focused. She goes from one toy to the other in record time. Overall she says she is really good and not a problem at all. Phewsh!

In recent development, she can proudly tell you "Boys have a penis. Girls have a skirt and tights!" Just so you know.

We had Jen and Abby here for a few days while Jord did some painting with oils. Being pregnant and all, she can't be around the fumes. It was a lot of fun. I took Abby and Athena outside one day for a sled ride and to play in the yard. Even little Abby didn't want to come inside. Now that, my friends, is real progress. The other day when I was talking on the phone to Jen, I heard Abby ask if she could go outside. Jen told her she sure could... as soon as Daddy got home. Heehee. In Jen's defense, she and Abby spent 25 minutes outside yesterday. Way to go Jennie!

Paul had a week of holidays last week and spent most of it building a built-in wall unit, complete with cabinets and shelving. It looks grand. I do begrudge the time he spent away in his garage though. He has almost every type of power tool imaginable out there. He also has the guards for each of the power tools hanging on the garage wall. At least I will have a spot to nail up the dismembered digits. Geez!

I have been quite busy myself. Spending time with my little gal, or should I say pussy cat, dog, horse, Princess Fiona, Anastasia or Snow White. I have also been teaching 3 yoga classes each week. They are slowly drawing to a close. 2 weeks left. I have had several requests to teach more, which I would like to. I have been asked to drive out to Vanscoy ( about 7 minutes away) to teach. I will consider it but I sure am having a tough time finding childcare. Who would have thought?

Now, as you all know, it is tax time as well. I have so many different papers to collect before I start. Having a home office makes it that much more time consuming. I will likely do Jill's and Jess's taxes as well, like I do every year. Hopefully we don't all get an audit, like we have seemed to get a lot of lately. Jen and Jord got one, we got one, Jess got one and I can't recall if Jill did or not. Maybe Payettes were the target name for 2006? Who knows.

Anyway, I will install some new batteries in my camera and get some pictures posted very soon. Ttyl as they say.