Scott told me I haven't been posting enough...I pointed out that some people I know haven't updated their blogs since November & December...but that didn't let me off the hook.  So here I am...

It's May! My girls are looking forward very much to the end of school.  Especially Taylor...little does she know that she is going to continue lessons this summer, either with me (if I get on the ball) or with a tutor of some kind.  Her reading is not as it should be.  I do not want her to start 6th grade with below level skills.  So we will be working hard this summer. 

Soccer ends this weekend but baseball begins immediately.  Scott is the coach of Shaylie's team...they have games every Wednesday evening and Saturday except for Memorial Day weekend.  It's a very short season, only 4 weeks total.  It should be fun and over before it really gets too hot.  Taylor won't be doing swim team this year.  She enjoyed it last summer but she wasn't that excited to do it again.  It's very expensive and I didn't feel that it was worth the investment if she wasn't super passionate about it.  We'll probably sign her up for some advanced lessons so that she can build more skills rather than compete.

Speaking of swimming, we've been trying to put our pool up for the summer but it's been proving difficult because the pool was stored improperly over the winter and there are holes everywhere.  Scott's patched up quite a few but there is one we can't find so the ring around the top keeps deflating.  There is water in the pool now and the girls have been in a few times, but until we find the leak we haven't wanted them in it too much.   Scott thought I would have talked him into an in-ground pool by now so that he wouldn't have to put up the old one this year.  I can't talk myself into it yet, so I haven't even tried to work on him.  I have been doing some research into it and even went so far as emailing some local pool installers to see if they can come and give me an estimate of cost, but they haven't contacted me yet so I'm taking it as a sign.  From what I can tell, it will cost anywhere between $20K-35K (if not more) to put a fully landscaped pool in depending on what gadgets and materials we use.  It would mean a home equity loan which is what I can't talk myself into....so we'll enjoy our little inflatable pool for one more summer at least and I'll keep dreaming of paradise a little longer.

We are planning on heading to Mom's for Memorial Day this year.  She has been asking for help to move her fence back so it encloses the entire property...so we'll head up to see if we can give her a hand.  As for the rest of the summer....At the end of June, Taylor has Girl Scout Camp and at the beginning of August, Shaylie and I will be going to Mom and Me camp at Cloud Rim as well.  We have our big family reunion on 7-7-7 in Holden and Scott and I are celebrating 15 years on August 8th....although, we almost think it might be a bigger deal next year when our Anniversary will be on 8-8-8.  We've thought about some plans, but nothing concrete as of yet.

Well, I think I've done my duty....my ramblings are posted and I'll be back to do it again in a couple days or until Scott gets after me again...Love to all! Bye.