June Activities/Pictures

There wasn't a lot happening in June since school was out and summer activities were either cancelled or hadn't started yet.

One of Devin’s scripts was picked by Coverfly, a website that helps screenwriters, to be performed as table read during a Zoom meeting.  The script was Orson's War, a behind the scenes look at the making of War of the Worlds.  Sean Astin played Orson Welles and all the comments were positive.

Kyleigh died her hair again, this time with maroon.  She does it every summer with Janice's permission, but usually does blue.  The maroon definitely shows up better.

I did a lot of cleaning and decluttering in my office/craft room this month and put a basket for filing back on my desk.  Even though it's not really big enough for him, Taz has taken up residence in it.  He spends quite a bit of time there when I'm using the computer and is there right now.  I guess it's a case of "If I fits, I sits".

I also cleaned off the Cat Tree in the living room and after David put him in the tree a couple of times, he now spends part of most evenings there (instead of on our bed).  He even uses the steps to get up and down.

May Activities/Pictures

I only had one picture to post in April so I decided to skip the April posting and add it to May.  I was thinking that there would only be one or two pictures for May also.  Boy was I wrong!

These are Kyleigh's and Janice's cats.  Kyleigh's cat is the one on top and is our Taz's brother.  Janice has had her cat for several years now.  They started out enemies, but are now friends.

On Mother's Day, Janice, Devin and Kyleigh came by to deliver groceries.  They also brought fresh baked homemade cinnamon rolls and Kyleigh hid a homemade card in the groceries.  I didn't get any hugs, but at least I got to see them.

Kyleigh is a member of the POM team at school and one Saturday they surprised her with a visit and a goodie bag.  Janice made her actually get dressed that day.

I've shown pictures before of Taz sleeping on David's chest.  Well, his new thing is to curl up on the newspaper. 

 

 

 

 

 

Kyleigh spends every other weekend with her father and his mom.  This particular Friday, they went bike riding which they do a lot when she visits.  Her old bike was getting small and the brakes were going out so they bought her a new one.  Unfortunately, she hit a patch of water and fell.  In addition to the scrape on her arm, she also bruised her face and hurt her leg

When Kyleigh got home on Sunday afternoon, Janice took two more pictures showing the damage in more detail.

 

Our church has been very proactive in providing worship opportunities by streaming all the church services and posting a Pastor's POD (Promise of the Day).  The one thing they hadn't figured out was communion.  Finally Saturday, 5/16 they did their first Drive Up Communion.

This week was Kyleigh's last week of school and she went to her homeroom on Wednesday morning to turn in her books and pick up her supplies.  Each student was scheduled a individual 10-minute visit.  In addition to turning in her books and getting her personal items, Janice took a picture and then the teacher danced the brand new 7th grader out of the classroom.

It's hard to see in this picture, but Taz is lying behind my laptop and is guarding a partial package of Ritz Crackers that he found there.

We let Taz outside for a little while most mornings, but once he comes in, he's my bosom buddy and after bothering me for awhile, he curls up somewhere on my desk and falls asleep.  This is where he landed this morning.  Unfortunately, he's about to be woken up so that I can get to the pile of mail underneath him.

And that was our May.  We spent most of our time at home.  I did go grocery shopping a couple of times and we drove through a drive-through occasionally, but mostly we stayed home.

March Miscellaneous

 Since the Corona Virus scare started in earnest in mid-March, most of our March activities were cancelled, but I still have a few pictures to show.

The middle school youth group at our church meets on Sunday afternoons.  As part of the meeting, they usually provide some kind of service.  This time they painted props for this year's VBS. Janice was asked to attend to help prevent any paint fights!  (They're still meeting via Zoom.)

 

David and went out to pick up breakfast, dinner and salad packages from our local Norm's.  They were giving you the raw ingredients to make several meals with each package.  We both wore masks that David had here for using when he was creating dust.  We also wiped down our hands and everything we touched.  The steaks we got were the best we'd ever tasted so the following week, Janice went back an got more.

Our cat, Taz has been very people oriented the past few weeks.  There was one day when he really didn't want me to use my computer, but in the end after a few yells, meows and pushes, we settled on a mutually acceptable position.

Last night I caught him in this unusual and weird position on David's stomach.

Finally, yesterday (3/31) was Kyleigh's 12th birthday.  Since we're all self isolating, we couldn't join her for breakfast, so Janice ordered two Polly's Pies' cinnamon rolls for us and four for them to be delivered by Door Dash so that we could all eat breakfast together on Face Time.  We also got to watch her open what presents were available.  Her favorite present is sitting on top in the picture below.  We haven't given her ours yet, but will when we can get together again.

February Happenings

One Friday a month, our church hosts KNO (Kids Night Out) where the parents can leave their children and go out for a date or just have some time to themselves.  So far, they've done Pac Man, Mario Brothers and on 1/31, they did Donkey Kong.  Janice is part of the committee that puts on the events and she is in charge of arts and crafts. 

Janice showing off her artwork

Janice, Joy (she's in charge of KNO) and Amorita ready for KNO

Kyleigh's school has an annual fundraiser called the Gala.  This year the theme is the  80's and they've been doing a lot of advertising.  One of the events included guessing how many gumballs were in a large jar and Kyleigh managed to guess the correct number.  For this, she got to keep them!

I go to a Bible Study Group that meets at the church on Wednesday mornings.  Every year, one of the male church members has a quartet come and sing to both our group and the ladies in the office.

I haven't shown any pictures of Taz lately, so I thought I'd include one here.  This is one of his favorite spots to hang out when I'm at my computer.  Look at those big eyes.

Kyleigh is now selling cookies at booth sales in front of various stores in the area.  Yesterday, she had two sales and was approached by a Mystery Shopper from Council at the first one.  Since she met all the requirements, she received a Blue Ribbon certificate.  Good News!  Kyleigh made her goal of selling 700 boxes this year.

Kyleigh's cheerleading group participated in a competition on February 22nd.  I had planned to go, but wasn't feeling well.  They won first place in their division and an Outstanding overall.

Kyleigh and Grace

Kyleigh and the Coaches

The Performance

The end of the performance

I usually stitch with a cat sitting beside me.  The other night I got up to get something and when I came back, he was holding my scissors.  David took the pictures while I was in the kitchen,

January Happenings

Every month I find pictures that pretty much stand-a-lone and don't warrant a blog post of their own, so I'll try to combine them into one post at the end of each month.

This is what I look at every evening while watching TV.  He loves his "daddy".

I've never had a caricature done of me, but last night at the Fellowship Club Potluck, I had a chance to get one done for free.   The "real" me is in my profile picture.

Kyleigh is now a Cadette Girl Scout and if you're a Girl Scout, this time of year is Girl Scout Cookie time.  Kyleigh has been selling since the 26th. She has sold over 100 boxes so far and booth sales haven't even started yet.  I took her to the Ronald McDonald House on Monday and David and I took her to one of our favorite restaurants today. Over the weekend, she sold seven boxes to her aunt, Amber.

BTW, she no longer has to wear her glasses except for reading or when she needs to focus and I just realized that she's as tall as her aunt.