Graduation Gifts

I made these little gifts for the other seniors. Lots of graduates celebrating!

Comments Over Tea

We needed to catch up before the next round of finals, so my friend Constance came over for tea this afternoon. The pool is open, but we chose to sit inside instead. We nibbled on Bischoff cookies and sipped Irish Breakfast Tea. I certainly enjoyed the little break. We analyzed motherhood, medical issues, and music concerts. We reflected on the next book club selection: Confessions by St. Augustine. I'm obviously looking forward to summer -- as soon as all our school work is completed.

Last Day of High School

Breakfast at 7:00 a.m. Three eggs (in a variety of ways). Last time for Dorito. He headed off to his last 3-hour robotics class at Hillyard Technical Center. He has been looking forward to this final day and is taking Krispy Kremes to celebrate! (tomorrow I will sleep in)

Tough to be a Teenage Boy

First the bad news:
My boys have had more than a couple of tough experiences lately. But they are learning to take the high road. We used the famous verse of encouragement from Matthew 5:11-12 -- 
“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.  
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you."
Good job, boys!
Today, they focused on an episode of "Are You Tougher than a Boy Scout?" which they discovered on YouTube. Sometimes reality TV can be fortifying.
And there is some more good news:
Dorito was called and invited to join the staff of Camp Geiger for this summer. What a dream come true! (They needed more staffers who were age 18 and older, and Dorito's birthday is about a month away.) He will work as a lifeguard and get seven weeks of free room and board plus $600 in addition to the amount of PRESTIGE given to all staffers. Not huge wages, but the fact he won't be eating at my table is noteworthy. Good job, son!

Happy Mother's Day

We had supper with the Schmidling girls: Sherry, me, Denise, Gr. Elizabeth, Kathy, and Lindsey (Patty's daughter who just graduated).

For Mother's Day I also received chocolate-covered strawberries, big hugs, a nap, batch of Morel mushrooms, sweet Twitter messages from hockey boys, and a long phone call from Meggar. Wonderful!

Internship with Wedding Planner

Meggar had her first wedding today! She is the intern for a wedding planning duo in St. Louis while one partner is on maternity leave. Today's young couple had met at a library -- so books were their
decorating theme for the reception tables.
She sent me a photo of the cute cake topper -- complete with Jane Austen and Harry Potter.

Name of Business: Simply & Forever

Busy Days

This week, we spent time with family and graduates -- six parties in all, including Connor Schmidling (a future K-Stater).
Then there were also three shows for "The Fiddlers Three" including the Altar Society Mother-Daughter Supper at St. James, the Kendallwood Hospice Memorial Service, and the YWCA Women of Excellence Reception (where we saw honorees Molly, Holly, Sydney, and Kappy.)
Winger worked pretty hard at physical therapy, extending his injured/bent elbow from 38' to 22' to 12' to 8' on just one week. He was thrilled to return to hockey practice and go full out.
Lastly, the twins and I taught Pony School for 22 homeschoolers from Mound City all day today.

 

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