Recent activities

What a busy week this has been. I feel like every day has been full and they are flying by. After today only 7 more days of school. Everyone else at my school has 8, but I'm taking tomorrow off. I've saved this personal day for just the right time and tomorrow is it. Well, let me take you through my most recent adventures. I actually can't remember much about last week. We started softball last Monday night and actually have 2 games this week, one tonight and another tomorrow night. So, you can be looking for a post about that sometime soon. Let's see, Friday night we had a Sunday school progressive supper. Haven't done that since the Bennet St. Wesleyan days so that was lots of fun. It was a full evening and we all had a good time. Sat. started bright and early at 9:00 with some landscaping at the Buck's. A few of us from SS went to help Cindy since Geoffrey is graduating next weekend. We had such a good time and had it all done in 3 hours. Then I came home and raked out my front courtyard to prepare it for planting and new mulch. After 4 trips to the burn pile, I jumped in the shower to get ready to head to Indy. I need new tennis shoes, but have some serious feet problems. I find that I can't wear the new shoes after I get them. So, a friend of Sue and I told me about this place in Indy called Runners Forum where they watch you walk and try to fit you with a specific shoe to help you specific areas of need. I got a pair of Brooks that have great arch support. My "expert" shoe fitter said my arches were collapsing and my feet were turning in thus giving me my shin splints and many other pains. We'll see. You might see me training for my first marathon sometime soon. After a nice dinner out, we headed back to Marion. There was about an hour of daylight left so we thought we'd take a bike ride. Have I mentioned that Sue and I bought bikes? No, well, we did. Now, when we did, we ran into a girl from our softball team. She told us the next night at softball that she had purchased 2 bikes from Wal-mart only to have to return them both. Now, did she share this with us in Wal-mart, of course not. Sue had to take hers back because her back tire wouldn't hold air. Then we got ready to ride for the first time, my pedals went round but nothing was happening. Got to looking and the back sprocket wasn't even attached to the wheel. So, put the bike into the truck and off to Wal-mart. I exchanged it for this nice little beauty pictured a little ways down. So, by the time we got home, it was too dark to ride so we rode laps around Lakeview's parking lot. We rode between 2-3 miles both Sunday and today. I'm really enjoying it, but hope my rear grows caluses soon. Now, on to Sunday. After church and dinner, we jumped into my courtyard landscaping which is what these pictures are off. The top picture is taken from my front door looking out. The next two are taken as you come into the courtyard. I planted about 50 petunias that mom gave me last weekend. They were her leftovers (and she didn't think she had bought enough!) and they filled my space nicely. I put them in clumps of five to make some nice big plants. The new mulch really jazzed it up too. I have discovered something a little disturbing. Every morning, there are half eaten rabbits under my japanese maple tree. Something is catching them and bringing them up there to eat. I don't know if it's wild dogs or coyotes, but either way, it creeps me out to know they are up that close to my front door. Anyways, one more area down. Now, I just have my big hill out front to plant. I'm not sure when that will get done.


So, here we are at the beginning of another week. They sure do fly by. I'm looking forward to next weekend. My family will be here, all except J and Holly. Jason has to do a wedding, so we're just getting the kids. I can't wait to spend a few days with them. I've been missing them.

I may have an interview soon so be praying about that. I just want to be where the Lord wants me, but I hope it's in a new job for the fall. :) Well, I need to start getting ready for tonight's game. I hope every one is enjoying this fabulous spring weather, I know I am!

Kelley