Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!

There is a familiar sound in my front yard. Wait a minute, it's the lawn mower!!! We have not had to mow our yard for a couple of months now since we have had so much hot, dry weather. Last week we had a bit of rain, not much, but enough to make the grass turn from sage brush brown to faded out patchy green, and, to make to grow just enough to need a trim. Sam is the lawn barber today.

Speaking of Sam, our high school football team got spanked last Friday night. Yep, they tanned our hide 56-0. It was our big rival, too, so it made it even hardr to swallow. I won't go into the complete run down. They didn't play bad, but they could have played harder and the other team has some of the top college recruits in the state. At least it was not a district game that counts towards our chance at playoffs. For now, we are 2-2 total wins and losses. Sam is having a complete cow not playing and wants to try to move up his doctor's appointment so he can play. We'll see how this week goes.

He and Mike went to E-town this past Saturday for Academy Day. This is where boys that are interested in attending a Military College attend a reception and hear representatives from each adacemy talk about his college and what it offers, etc. Mike told me that it was very well done and that they got to meet our congressman and the reps. from Anapolis. In fact, one of the board members on the selection committee goes to our chruch as well as our congressman's secretary here in BG. The bottom line is that Sam was interested in Anapolis, but now he is sure that is where he wants to attend. Of course, we'll have to see how the next couple of years go with ACTs and SATs, we must apply with our Congressman and then Anapolis directly. Once he graduates he would then go into the Marine Corp. as an officer and further his training as an engineer. I don't know what his "emphasis" will be as far as aeronatics, aerospace, or if they are all the same thing. But that is the plan for now-wow.

Grace is deciding what clubs to join at school. She joined the "oar" club (think pep club) and I think is going to join Jr. Beta which is invitation only. They do public service in the community. We are already talking about beginning the process of looking at colleges that offer a degree in film acting. There are many with Theatre majors but that is not what she wants. We are still pretty ignorant as far as what is out there so we are just starting to investigate.

Are you ready for this one? Jessie is "starting" puberty. For her sake and my readers, I won't go into detail but she is 10 and in the 5th grade which is when "things" start to "develop". She is still so much a little girl and yet I see changes in her physique and way of thinking. She is still very sensitive and I had an e-mail discussion with her sicoal studies teacher this week about some frustrations that Jessie had with his desciplinary methods. Basically, she got busted a couple of times and she didn't like how he talked to her. Who really knows the actual truth because it's "he said-she said". But I felt it was something I needed to do to let her know we care and to let him know that we are "watching". The rest of her week went great.

Today will be catch up day for me...laundry, getting things tidy and organized before tomorrow, and trying to fit in a little rest. My allergies are in full swing right now and I think I am going to skip the church picnic and stay inside. I speak for MOPS tomorrow night and then have my monthly aerobics meeting Tuesday night. I have much to prepare the next couple of days.

~Deanna

~Deanna