5. Moving into the 21st century is painful!

Driving home from my English class on Thursday night I came to the very sad realization that my six year old knows more about the computer than I do. In class this night I pulled out most of my hair as I tried to keep up with the library research coach as she quickly jumped from screen to screen on the computer for her presentation. A little to late I understood that instead of taking English I should be taking a computer class. I spent the entire night bugging the girl next to me asking a million times, "what key did she just push" or "how did she get there?" This week will be very interesting as I not only learn how to do an annotated bibliography but also learn to use a computer. Heaven help me!!!

4. 25 years of friendship!

Their is nothing like having a friend who has known you since you were nine. Kari Sue Kamnikar Snow came to visit me on Sunday night with her 5 kids. I can't tell you how much joy it brings to see her and her family. Not only are our babies 1 month apart but the older kids get along really well also. This leaves more time for gabbing. One of the things I treasure most about having a friend who has known me for so long is she knew my mom really well. My mom passed away in May, and it was therapeutic to reminisce about stories and memories with Kari. She loved my mom and remembers her laugh and turkey dinners. We always go down memory lane and this usually involves trying on old cheerleading uniforms, which we can't even get our leg to fit into, and doing the dance from "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" movie. We have seriously seen that movie over 100 times. We have both made some fitness goals for ourselves and have planned a fun shopping trip in January. The only problem with her visiting is we never get any sleep but it is always worth it!!

3. Rhetorical Analysis Relief

The pressure has been relieved a little from worrying about my rhetorical analysis rough draft paper which was due last night. I felt very nervous as I passed my paper around to let everyone make their marks. Then I realized I was more nervous reading their papers and making marks because the students papers were really good. A different pressure has begun as we brainstorm about our research paper. Infertility is the topic. So for all you moms out there or want to be moms I am ready to find some answers.

2. Autumn Time

It is that time of year again and I do not mean Christmas. I mean crisp air, changing leaves, and harvest time. In my next life I would love to live on a farm. I understand their is hard work to be done but so much satisfaction in the law of the harvest. I have a tradition with my friend Callie of canning peaches every year. I look forward to it and love the deep conversations we have about life and trying to solve the world's problems while peeling peaches. Then their is the excitement of when not all the peaches will fit in a jar so you get to pop one in your mouth. Finally I beam with pride as I line the jars up on my counter. I believe this is one of the greatest feelings in life except of course eating the fresh peach pie I make with the left over peaches. YUMMY!!!