Sep. 6, 2006
September 6, 2006
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We are officially buying the house, now. We were able to get together with the Badenoch's and finalize everything about getting the house. The renter has been given notice and will be out by the end of September. Then we can get started on making it livable. We are all very excited! Sally told us the the attic has 17ft of clearance and we could easily add a few rooms there. This was great news as I was hoping to be able to use that space for a big great room or something. We also had a duck for a few hours on Sunday evening. Someone had dropped a duck off at the convenience store down the street, so Christian brought it home for the girls to see. They instantly fell in love. She was named Jemima Puddleduck and Isabel was overwhelmed with the urge to catch her several times and therefore chased her from the little fishpond into the road. Then we spent the next half hour or so herding her back into the yard. When we woke up on Monday, Jemima ws gone. The girls and I went for a walk to look for her with no luck. We assumed she had either flown off or something got her. There was no indication of fowl play, though (pun intended!). No feathers or blood or anything, so we were just wishing she took flight and found a bigger pond. Then later we found out from Sally Badenoch that she and some friends had seen the duck that morning across St.Elmo Ave and had hereded her into the alley. So, last night when driving through the alley we came across another house with a bunch of ducks in a pen and there was Jemima! She was in the pen with the other ducks and looking quite happy! So, it was a happy ending after all. But, the girls and I enjoyed our walk looking for her. We saw some friends that we haven't seen in a while and stopped and visited with them for a bit. Ruby had stayed home with daddy so that she could play with her newest friend, Zachary. Zachary lives two doors down and is over to play with Ruby almost everyday. Ruby is loving that she has a friend so close. It is usually Locksley being asked to play and having friends over, so Ruby feels like big stuff. Then last night, the whole family went for a walk around the neighborhood. It was so nice out. We ran into about 3 other families out walking there dogs. Everybody stopped and said "hi" and introduced themselves to us. Christian even commented on how friendly everyone is. It is such a great community and I am glad we are going to be a part of it. When talking to one of the families we discovered that one of the daughters teaches violin, so we made arrangements right then to get Locksley in for lessons. She lives basically three house over from us, so it will be an easy commute. I have been wanting to get her back in lessons and had a name of someone else that I was going to call who lives about three doors over in the other direction, so this works out just as well. Her sister also teaches piano and we are thinking about getting Ruby started in that. I have a friend who is giving me a piano and my mother in law has one here that she could probably practice on until we move and get ours here. I am also planning to get them in art lessons and a p.e. class that starts in October. So, we will be busy busy! Speaking of school, I am so frustrated with our Switched on schoolhouse right now. I don't think it is actually the program, but the computer has stopped running it. We have been without it for about 2 weeks and I can't get it to work. So, I am still having to be creative! Ugh.... not something that I am spectacular with. I hope we can get it fixed soon and back on track. We are going to be so far behind now! I can't seem to win when it comes to curriculum. |
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