Random Thoughts

We've decided (well, I decided, and then convinced my family, lol) that we're going to the Macy's Day Parade next Thanksgiving (2008). So, I've started to loosely plan that, though it's too early to reserve rooms and such just yet.

We chose our angels from the Angel Tree yesterday, and hope to do our shopping this weekend. We chose three boys age 7,4, & 3 (are you really surprised? ;)), and K and G are soooo excited (A says that he is, but frankly, with him, excitement is contagious). We'll also buy groceries to give to a local school breakfast/lunch program that makes certain that kids have enough to eat over the 2 week holiday break.

We're buying tickets to see the Nutcracker this year, too. Last year, I was stage managing a show, and so we missed the few performances that were in town. K is way excited about finally getting to see it on stage. We also hope to catch a performance of Oliver when we head back home for Christmas.

There's a lot going on in the homeschooling group this time of year, too, and I'm hoping that we'll be able to fit some of it into our schedule without going crazy.

A completely different thing (I did say these were random thoughts!): I love how imaginative and creative G is; how he'll be singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" softly to himself, and then start acting out a story about planes and leaving. Or how when he "reads" his Winnie the Pooh stories, he uses different voices for every character. It reminds me of when he was barely a year old, and would sit on the front step of the porch swinging his little legs and trying to sing "This Old Man".

I'm also writing more and more. Some flash fiction, some short stories. I've started countless projects over the years, but as with my cooking, I've committed myself to really writing and seeking publication. I've been writing my entire life, but sometime in college, I lost the ability to write for the pure joy of it (a history major with English and Computer Science minors can do that to a person -- the reading/writing/computer time involved was huge). I have to say, though, don't judge my ability to write by the state of my blog entries -- when blogging, I write like I talk. :) Endlessly, and often incoherently.