Finally finished that cardigan. It turned out well and I actually wear it! Gasp! Been busy with work and toddlers. James and Catherine will be three at the end of Marth. Can you believe they're going to be three already? Within the past three weeks they've been potty trained and moved from their cribs to toddler beds. That wasn't the original plan - the original plan was to get Catherine a bed and James and Andrew a bunkbed and move James into Andrew's room. Catherine doesn't do well on her own and I don't think they're ready to be separated into different bedrooms quite yet. Too many changes at once is not necessarily a good thing.

Oldest daughter still doing great in college. Oldest son in danger of failing 11th grade; it's his own fault and I'm no longer going to be paying for summer classes so if he fails, he fails. Plenty of people had had to repeat grades and didn't end up adversely affected. If anything, it might make him more responsible. Middle son is a second grader who would now like to be either a football or basketball player when he grows up. I told him that he better hope he takes after me; his dad is rather un-tall.

Contract for work ends in March so I might end up writing more on my blog; however, I'd rather get another gig! I've become accustomed to making some money.

Rented at house in the Outer Banks, NC again this summer but this time around we're going for two weeks. My oldest is going to come home so she can spend some vacation time with us as a family, which will be nice. Last year, she was in Italy during the summer, came home for a few days, headed back to OK, and was actually in NYC the time we were at the beach. The husband is only going for one week so it works out that we'll all head down together and then after the first week, he'll head back home with oldest daughter so he can take her to the airport and she'll be back in time for classes. They start early in OK.

Sister is mostly cancer free; she has to have a hysterectomy on Thursday because they've found a bunch of tumors on her uterus. They aren't cancer but could be cancerous - not sure that that means. But she's been going through menopause - actually, chemo-paus - because chemotherapy killed her ovaries. Not fun. One fun thing is this year is her 40th birthday so we're going to the Hotel Hershey to do chocolate based spa things for a weekend girl's trip. Not thrilled that her sister-in-laws (two out of three) are also coming. Don't know them and from what I've heard about them from my sister, don't care for them much either. Oh well - the spa things aren't group activities (they better NOT be) and I can always drink my vodka, listen to my ipod, and belly dance the night away.

Performed in a student showcase for belly dancing in January. My first performance in front of a paying audience! It was a blast. We rehearsed together a grand total of three times before the show - the third being on the day of the show! This was for American Tribal Style belly dance; as long as you know the moves and some of the cues, you should be able to follow along. It's improvisational but everyone knows all the moves that are available for either fast paced or slow paced music.

Husband is in Vegas this week for work. James is crying this morning that his ear hurts. The tooth fairy kept forgetting to leave Andrew money for his tooth but finally got her shit together last night. My best friend back in OKC is sick and her doctors don't know what's the cause nor how to fix it. They can just relieve her discomfort for now.