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The weekend cometh ...

Not sure what just happened, but I think that I accidentally posted the blog with just a title ... whatever.

It's Friday, yeah! Today Emma has a short day of school, and then is having a friend over for a play date. Other than that, it should be a pretty quiet day.

Last night was worship team practice, and Cyndie and the kids watched Wall-E at the library. Cyndie said Emma was very into the romance of the story ... excited when there was love, crying when there was heartbreak. Timmy thought the movie was hilarious, and laughed out loud a lot.

So that's the story, and I'm sticking with it!!!

Thursday

The weather's been nice the last several days ... up into the 20s which, relative to a week ago, feels extremely warm. It's also been very sunny, which is great. It's amazing what a little bit of sunshine does to brighten your day!

Yesterday at art class, we finished the first painting (all of us did paintings of birds) that we're doing in our monoprint series (1 of 2). A monoprint is when you pour, drip, spread, whatever paint on a piece of glass, and then press your paper on that, making a print. Then you paint into the print in traditional ways. It's really interesting to work from a background like that instead of the more normal way of working on the subject matter first and then filling in a background. I ended up with a bird in the jungle. Cyndie's was of a bird in a branch looking at a sunset. I think they both came out very well.

We had Bible study (Cyndie) and bowling (me) last night. The big excitement in bowling is that (I think) we pulled ourselves out of the cellar in the league standings. Go Ham Fighters.

Today is the normal work for me, a PJ day at school for Timmy, and Cyndie has several different meetings to go to. Tonight we'll probably try to go to the movie at the library, though I'll likely stay home since I have worship team practice.

Quicky ... but not to catch up!

It's been a while since I posted ... I've been pretty busy with work, so no time for extras!

It continues to be pretty cold out, we haven't had a "melty" day yet, which means that the snow is still powdery.

Bits and pieces:

• Cyndie's birthday was Sunday ... we had a quiet, relaxing day together as a family.
• Emma had a High School Musical bday party on Saturday which she really enjoyed
• Emma and Cyndie went to our neighbor's baby shower Sunday ... they have a boy coming after two girls.
• I've had to drive up to Waukesha for work the last 3 work days ... bummer! (but productive too).
• I had traffic school on Saturday afternoon ... huge amounts of fun!

Now Cyndie and I are off to art class and Timmy will hang with Grandma and Grandpa.

Friday ... still no school

So, no school again today for the kids. They're not getting cabin fever yet, but who knows. I had to drive in to work today. The car thermometer registered -18 degrees at the lowest, and got as "high" as -15 degrees during the drive in!

Not a whole lot to report today. The kids and Cyndie had a good time swimming at the Y yesterday to kill some time. Other than that, we're just surviving the cold.

Note: I just ran to McDonalds to grab a burger for lunch ... we're all the way up to 2 degrees! Balmy!

No School

So, it's supposed to be around -10 degrees today with a windchill in the -30 neighborhood. As a result, there is no school today. The kids are enjoying that, and Cyndie and I were able to sleep in a bit this morning, which is nice considering that we stay up pretty late on Wednesday nights ... me for bowling, and Cyndie usually working on some project or another. However, that makes for a "tough to focus on work" day for me as the kids are running around enjoying the day off, and my internal setting is more "weekend" than "work day". Oh well!

Moving along

It's Wednesday, it's still very cold, good stuff.

A few tidbits:

• Cyndie and I had our date yesterday ... went to a breakfast and lunch place on Main Street and had some yummy food.
• We had our first art class today ... fun stuff doing mono prints and starting some new paintings.
• Emma and Timmy had swim lessons yesterday ... Cyndie's comment "I think every time we start a new session, Timmy takes one step back in his progression." Hopefully he'll take two or three steps forward in the class so progress is made. Her comment was in reference to his willingness to jump off the starters blocks in the big pool last session, but not wanting to get his head wet again yesterday.

So there you have it. Life.