Ah, well, tonight is my last night to work this week. I am incredibly tired. I don't function on 4-5 hours per day of sleep! Oh well. Tonight is also my last night of orientation. Next week, I will be on my own schedule! YAY! Scary but exciting. I will still be working with the same group of people, though. So... we should have a blast!
The girls are enjoying school. Heidi has homework tonight for the first time! A note from Kirsten's teacher says she is doing very well.
Shane is helping daddy make hay! He comes home with all sorts of stories about what he and daddy/grandpa did that day. He is a little farmer.
When Leigh was working for Coca~Cola fulltime, he initiated the proceedings to vote the union out. It went through NY state courts, and was sent on to the supreme courts twice. It has now been ruled that the employees can vote for what they want. So, the voting day is next week. Leigh has worked very hard with lawyers to understand all the legal jargon and proceedings. Coca~Cola Enterprises is very proud of what Leigh has accomplished so far. We are pretty sure that the union will be voted out. This will mean pay changes, benefits changes, etc. etc. But it will be so much better. It has been alot of work, but Leigh is glad to be able to do something to help so many people.
I picked lots of tomatoes this week. I need to cook them down and freeze the puree. Neither Leigh or I like fresh tomatoes, but we sure eat alot of pasta! and Chili! And lasagna! you get the point. So, we have 12 tomato plants that are nearly breaking with the fruit! Lots of huge green ones coming on, too. Leigh and his dad planted lots of potatoes this year. We need to go over and get digging at them, too!
Heidi brought home a paper today. Instrument lessons will be starting. 4th grade is the first year that they offer it. Heidi is excited, she wants to learn to play the flute, just like gramma Grady does! So, we gotta look into buying/renting one. She has had 2 1/2 years of piano lessons, so I hope that will help her. Her piano teacher retired from giving lessons last January. She was in her 60th year of giving lessons. Yes, she was 81 years young! We wanted to start lessons again this fall, but I haven't found a teacher in my budget yet! The local music stores charge just shy of $20 per 1/2hour lesson! That is ridiculous! And Kirsten wants to start, too. So, not sure yet, if I want to try giving them myself, or not. I tried that before Heidi started formal lessons, and it DID NOT work. So, I'll keep looking for someone who will give lessons out of their home.
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