Thursday, May 31, 2007 - Congratulations, Evan O'dorney (My apologies if I got you name wrong! :D)
Well, i haven't posted in ages! Sorry, people! Since sweetpotato so kindly demanded a post (it's nice to know you care 
) I knew I had to write one. I knew I had to write one anyway, but...well, a little encouragement never hurt, I suppose. Hehe.
Evan O'Dorney is the winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. He likes math and music. He has composed his own piano concerto. He said he doesn't really like spelling bees, but that he kind of had to do them. 
(He prefers MATH, can you imagine?) After Evan won, the guy standing next to him (sorry, fella, I don't know who you were) asked him if he liked spelling bees any better now. Evan paused a long while, and after some prompting, said "Maybe a little bit."
Evan is homeschooled. (YAAY! Go homeschoolers!) The third homeschooler to win the national spelling bee. His parents seemed very - how does one say this? - They seemed to be a closer family than most you see. It was nice to see. Evan's parents were, of course, very happy when he won. His mother cried tears of joy.
Go do great things, Evan! 
I enjoyed the spelling bee more this year than I ever have before. I laughed for pure joy whenever one of the kids spelled a word correctly. I even tried my hand at a few of them myself. (I refuse to tell you how I did. Though you can probably guess...) Anyway, I enjoyed it immensely and the two hours flew by like nothing. I was sick a few days ago, and I'd brought out a few DVDs to watch to take my mind off things, but I enjoyed this spelling bee far more than any of them. I never knew I liked words this much.
I related to the people too, the kids, the parents, even sometimes the guy with the bland voice who reads off the words.... I recognized Jonathan from last year. Also a homeschooler. Poor guy, he got spelled down on his first word. (Sorry, I don't remember your last name!)
I enjoyed the idea of Isabel wearing all the bracelets she owns (twenty-five!) for good luck, even if I don't appreciate her superstition.
Well, that's enough jabber for now. Sorry I never posted to tell you about Night At the Museum and O'Charley's restaurant. Or Daddy's birthday...on May 8th... :D
On Saturday, some of my neices and nephews will be visiting for six days. Also my sister an brother-in-law and my other sister who is acting nanny and assistant housekeeper (so to speak) for them, are coming. I'll try to post during that time and tell you about all the dear, dear children. As kindly as I can while they're pulling on my arm and bouncing on my head...
Comments
Friday, June 1, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by sweetpotato
It's always neat to see another homeschool gaining some recognition.
The High King had such a sad-ish feeling ending. I don't think I cried then, but I cried whenever anyone died. I was mortally afraid that Alexander was going to kill off one of my favorite characters. And then...and then... they went away! It was so sad.
Okay, I just had to relive that again.
Saturday, June 2, 2007 - hullo
Posted by writer4him
Have fun with you wonderful little neices and nephews--I only hope you will be able to update while they are pulling on your arm.... :-D
~me
