Halloween Update
School has started for JD. So far, he loves it. Grade 4 has openned alot of doors for him. He was chosen to be a patrol, he was chosen to sell milk to the other students at lunch time, he ran on the school’s cross country running team (and actually did very well in it!!) he has joined the team handball team, plans on joining the basketball team, and hopes to join the cross country skiing team as well. On top of this, we still have him in Tae Kwon do and swimming, and this fall he chose to start Ukrainian Dancing lessons. He is one busy little guy, but he is keeping up with his schoolwork - one of the stipulations we gave him if he was going to do these activities - and he is thriving!! He loves math & science, and seems to have passed every test so far. We are very happy with him, and he is in a good place right now.
(Side note: to those who don’t know, he came from a horribly abusive background, and we adopted him at the age of 5. With alot of patience, love and therapy, he’s become a great little almost 10 year old boy. )He excited about Halloween, this year choosing to dress as a convict, complete with handcuffs and a ball & chain around his ankles.
Our dogs are doing okay. Beau is almost 16 years old. We went thru a scare with him this spring, we thought we were going to lose him. But, he has bounced back during the summer, although he does have some good days and some bad days. Chase is almost 11. We think he has some back issues, but he is still full of P & V, as grumpy as ever. And our baby, Aero just turned 9. She amazes me. The vet told us a few years ago that she had the start of hip dysplazia. Yet, you’d never know it to look at her. She loves running, swimming and playing frisbee. For an aging dog, she’s more like a puppy!
We finally finished our garage - or as finished as it is going to get this year. It just has a coat of primer on it, we’ll paint it next summer. But it looks great.
Work is still work. We just finished a big gala lunch for our volunteers. What a nightmare. I was so stressed out the past couple of weeks. It went off without a hitch yesterday. We had several compliments. I’m so glad it’s over.
Y’know how you hear a choir of angels sing “Halliluhia” on TV when something happens? Well, yesterday, as the emcee was thanking everyone for coming, and signing off, I HEARD THOSE ANGELS!!! I truly did!!
November will be a busy month. Jaxx won 2 tickets to a play, and I won some tickets to see Walking with Dinosaurs. We are actually going to have somewhat of a social life!! WooHoo!! Now if we could just win some tickets to the Bon Jovi concert…………………..
Anyway, that’s all that’s new. I Told you it wasn’t too exciting. If you want a fun blog to read, read Miss Dixie’s blog. She is truly hilarious. I laugh out loud when I read her’s.
Until next time…………
T.
