Do you remember? I do!

As I sit here on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, I remember that day so clearly as I am sure many do.  I remember watching the 2nd plane hit the tower.  I remember agonizing over whether or not to take Tiana to school.  She was in full day kindergarten and being in Colorado Springs, you know that NORAD is a possible target, so do I take her to school and risk the possibility of another attack and Tiana and wouldn't be able to get to her.  It was the hardest thing for me.  I remember one of the towers falling on my way to kindergarten.  I remember listening to the drama unfold all day at work.  The other huge thing I remember is the eery quiet of the skies over Colorado Springs the next day.  Colorado Springs is a huge military town and there are always planes flying and the quiet was deafening.  I never knew that lack of sound could be so loud.  Even though in my head I know that Wil is probably safer where he is because he is at sea and an attack there would be unlikely, I still wish that he was here with me.  I will watch much of the coverage today and I am having the girls watch it so that they can know and understand what happened on this horrible day 10 years ago.  I have to say that it seems to be a bit of a muted anniversary here.  It is acknowledged but it is a more distant tragedy here. 

What else happened lately?  Well Tiana got a job.  She will be working at a place called Saunders Farm.  Here is a link to their website:  http://www.saundersfarm.com/haunting-day/stufftodo.  We went there last year with my friend, Michelle and Tiana has been talking about working there ever since.  She is hired for what is called the Haunting Season so just for the month of October.  We don't know exactly what she will be doing yet but she has asked to work in the Haunted Barn which is like a haunted house so makeup and costume.  She goes to ghoul school on the 24 the to find out more.  She is very excited and this could open the door for a summer job next year as the farm is open all summer as well.

I am working full time this month although I have to say it is not really full time.  Technically I am working 5 days a week for the month of September because Joan, my coworker in in Italy on holidays.  However, because of the way we schedule and some stuff my doctor has to do I am really only working 4 days a week and even then some of those days are short.  It is a great reminder or how much I love working part time.  Thank you Wil for making it possible to work part time.

Lizzy had surgery.  We had been noticing that Lizzy was peeing in her crate.  Then we noticed that she was going outside and peeing , walking peeing etc.  First 2-3 times and then 4-5 and then 20+.  Never a complaint.  So we took her to the vet and, long story short, she had a bladder stone the size of a large grape.  So she had to have surgery on Thursday to remove it.  She is doing ok.  She is obviously not feeling well.  She saw a rabbit yesterday and she started to go after it and stopped quickly and turned around and sadly came back in.  She will be on a special diet for an unknown time, I need to do some research on bladder stones.  She is 9 years old and we have had here since she was just 5.  So I hope that she will recuperate and be around for a bit longer.

Fall has recently arrived.  The mornings are crisp and the mosquitoes are decreasing.  I have decided that fall is my favorite season.  You get the beautiful colors of flowers and then leaves changing.  You get nice warm weather during the day but it cools off nicely.  There are lots of fairs and festivals and other things to be done outside.  So why not spring...because in the fall the grass isn't growing like crazy and I don't have to spend all of my spare time mowing the land that we have.  I love mowing but in the spring, I have to mow at LEAST once a week and for this amount of land that is a lot of time.  So FALL it is. 

Both girls are back in school.  Last week was the first week of 10th grade.  I think they were excited but that diminished each morning as they got used to the early mornings.  They are both happy to not be at the bottom of the food chain in high school any more.  I am hoping it will be a great year for both of them.  I can't believe they will be graduating in 3 years.  Where does time go?




Well, I have joined the choir.  For years in several churches I have tried to use my gifts.  Usually it is working with kids (taking after my dad).   Well at this church I thought that I would try a different gift.  So I joined the choir.  We have had 2 practices and we sang today.  It went well!  I wasn't even nervous except for the fact that I had been crying all morning watching the memorial services...lol.  Anyways, along with the choir, I joined the hand bell choir.  It has always fascinated me and sounds so beautiful so why not.  Well let me tell you, we have had 1 practice and it is so much harder than any instrument.  Why?  Because you are only reading 2 or 3 notes in between other notes so if you lose your place...whew!  Anyways, it will give me something to do and help me make some closer connections, I hope.  Plus I love, love, love music!

I think that's it.  Talk to you all soon.  I love you and I wish I could hug each and every one of you today.