lately

I don't think I have done a lately post in a long while.. all my travel and book posts are done for now so what else has been happening? Lets see.. 

D is getting ready to wrap up 10th grade. Just a little under a month to go. AP exams done and then finals in less that a month. His Honors American Lit class read The Great Gatsby earlier in the year and last week they went to go watch Gatsby on Broadway. He said it was better than the book. lol

After joining high school and not allowed to participate in any contact sports he decided to take up bowling. In the past two years and after a lot of practice he is showing great improvement. In fact on Friday he entered his first tournament. He started with a ranking 21 among 24 fellow competitors and ended up in 3rd place. He even won some scholarship money! 

H on the other hand played in his spring concert. He is also practicing and preparing to audition for the 7th grade wind ensemble. He is struggling a little.. his hands are too small to make smooth transition along the length of the clarinet. 

He is also wrapping up with his spring basket league. He has a great team and coach and they are playing quite well.

H has always loved helping me in the kitchen and for the past few weeks he has been, with assistance making our Sunday dinners. Here he is making stuffed chicken breasts. He was prepping the breading when I took the photo. I wish I had taken a picture of his other meals or the end result of this one. But he is doing a good job. 

This summer I plan on bringing D into the kitchen as well, learn some of the basics. Currently he can make eggs and boil pasta but I think he can learn a little more. 

With all this busyness it was M who kept us most occupied. 

My grandmother loved to clean.. my mother took after her and never was there anything extra in our house. She was always giving things away. And I have taken after her.. I may not love to clean but I have this need to get rid of things, donate, sell, whatever.. the less things I have the more content I feel. So while it was colder I went through the entire kitchen, we had done the basement a year or two ago when it had flooded and now that it had warmed up I had my eyes set on the garage. 

It was a perfect day.. we emptied out the contents of the garage.. I was taking pictures of things to sell, making other piles for donation and just plain old garbage. Then M got out the leaf blower to blow out all the dust and whatever else. And no one is sure what happened exactly but M's finger slipped into the motor and well what happened was not good.. not good at all. 

I have no pictures of this day.. but we ended up spending most of the day in the ER. He received 30 stitches, lost a nail and well.. it's been two weeks since and while recovery is going well, he is still in some pain and still months away from being able to use his finger. So send a little prayer his way. 

So that's what we've been up to. 

                          

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