Tuesday 4/21/08 spring plants, moving the gas meter...

I have a lot of plants sprouting up all over the yard. I plant a lot of perennials. It is always so refreshing to see them start to sprout as soon as the weather gets a little warmer. I do get some annuals for the two front flower pots.I like blue and purple flowers.
My yard isn't too ripped up from the moving of the gas meter this winter. I need to get a little dirt to fill in a few low spots, and some grass seed. Then the yard will look like new.

Monday 4/21/08 Dentist appt, orthodontist, visiting a college...and moving

The kids went to the dentist on Saturday. They needed check-ups. Maggie and Beth need braces. I will make an appt at the orthodontist to get that started. The kids didn't have any cavities. They said that we should be brushing for three minutes, and the girls are old enough to floss each day now.
We will be going to another college on Saturday. We are very excited about all this traveling.
We are almost ready to put the house up for sale. I need to paint the front steps...as soon as it stops raining... and pack a few things in the basement. The kids are excited to move. We still need to pack their things.

Wednesday 4/16/08 Programming class on-line...

William had his first programming class on-line tonight. It went great!!! I could hear him say ''I knew that...'' as he read the work. The class has the reading on-line and then a quiz. I guess the actual programming will start later. He looked so happy. The next chapter will be released on Friday.

Monday 4/14/08 Visiting colleges and looking at toys...

We toured the college on Saturday. We ended up getting there about two hours early, so we went to the store and looked at all of the toys. It is always good to see ahead what they want for Christmas. The college was too small for William...but he was very polite on the tour. In two weeks we will go to a very large college. Our appointment is at 9:00 am, so we will probably need to stay in a hotel the night before.

4/11/08 Visiting a college...

We are going to visit our first college tomorrow. We are all so excited. I hope that the weather is nice, it will make the trip so much more pleasant. William starts his programming class on-line next week. We were to download Visual C++ 2005, but I could only find Visual C++ 2008. I hope that it will still work. William can e-mail the teacher and get help.

Tuesday 3/25/08 Easter eggs, moving, storage unit...

We colored Easter eggs a couple of days ago. It was fun. William didn't want to help so he was on the computer in the same room. We found an Easter egg coloring set that had dies, sponges and Q-tips to color eggs with, and a wax crayon and stickers. We ended up with one puddle of die on the table, no eggs dropping on the floor and we only broke two egg shells while coloring them. When the girls get too old, I will really miss this.
We are almost ready to move. The house is painted...on the inside...and we have taken a lot of boxes to storage. This past weekend William helped me take two book shelves to the garage and two tables to storage...the book shelves wouldn't fit in the storage unit. The living room looks a lot bigger now.

Wednesday 2/8/08 programming class at the Community College...

William is going to take a programming class at the Community College through continuing education. With continuing education he can go straight to the class and skip the pre-requisites. He still is planning to go to college, but he wanted a programming class first so that he felt like he knew something about programming before he went to college.