So. . .I was trying to blog every day, and I was actually doing it, but I felt like I had nothing to say. I was even boring myself. So I gave myself a couple days off. So much for resolutions, but I made a good stab at it. Maybe 3-4 times per week would be a better goal. Then maybe something will have happened that I want to blog about.
Mid-Winter Break has been breakneck. We had something planned every day except Friday, and Friday, Punkin and I had a Glee marathon. Sort of. We didn't get started until about 2 p.m., so we only got in 3 or 4 episodes. It was enough to get us going, though, and I think we'll try and watch some more tomorrow.
Yesterday, I cut out a top for Punkin to wear to her piano recital. I had a splitting headache last night, so I put it aside, and finished it this morning. It looked great! I used swimsuit fabric, so it's a little heavy, but that makes it draped really well. It's a dramatic black and white geometric print. I'll have to get a picture of it later. All the pictures we took today are videos. Her recital went *really* well. She's playing a Chopin Nocturne, Op. Post, and the first movement of the Beethoven Op. 10, No. 1 Cm piano sonata. The Chopin didn't go as well as I have heard it, but she really hit the Beethoven on the head. Everything should be resolved in time for her competition on Friday.
Tuesday was the orthodontist: Punkin got a bracket on her last 12 year molar. When she complained about it, I told her she should have planned ahead and had her 12 year molars come in when she was 12--then she wouldn't have this problem now. <GG> (We love the sarcasm in our little family).
Wednesday, Punkin had a marathon dance practice (dance exams are ALSO next Friday--yike). I had piano lessons. She ate nothing, because her teeth still hurt.
Thursday, she had piano and dance, as usual, except that we travelled 1/2 hour north for lunch with my mom first. While there, we also hit the dancewear store (cha-ching!), and went across the street to one of the few remaining Hancock Fabric stores in the area--that's where we found the swimwear knit.
I feel like this is disjointed, but as often happens with blogging at night, I'm too tired to read it over before I post. Ignore all mistakes, please. ;-)
Remember this... blogging is suppose to be fun. If it feels like a chore, don't do it.
Sometimes, with writing, getting started is the hardest part. I tell students to just start writing. Put down anything, with the intention that you will probably throw away the first paragraph. Consider that first paragraph as a warm up, a way of flexing your writing muscles. When I write, I find it takes me a paragraph or two find out where I really want the post to go.
I am trying to get back into the blogging routine. It seems my life is centered round my knee rehab or school stuff. Everyone (including me) is sick of the knee stuff. So much of the school stuff is confidential. Even though I don't name the school or the students, I don't feel right sharing their stories. Maybe I will have a real life again.
Posted by: teri | February 28, 2012 at 08:58 AM