Mom's show went great! She had the best display. Hers was at different levels and in different areas of her space. Some of the others just had shelves. I made her cry... I sent her flowers and she got them Friday during setup with some of the other potters around. She said they all got a tear.
Friday night was an invitation only reception. They had food and they had a local winery do a wine tasting. There were a lot of people there. At one point, the line at the cash register was 5 or 6 people deep. It was a good night.
Saturday was open to the public. They did a good job marketing the event. They did a banner in the town, posters everywhere, they mailed postcards, and had several newspaper articles written about them. There was a steady flow of people in the gallery and at the cash register. Mom said the gallery did more sales for this show than they have since they opened.


On another note, the President and the Congress have said they have an agreement on the bail out package. I'm very sad. I have heard several people say we have to restore the flow of credit; that the banks need to be able to start giving out loans again. I have a problem with an economy that can only work on borrowed money. I think it would be better to have an economy that worked on making and doing things. I think we should have things instead of loans. I don't know how a government that doesn't make anything can help solve that, but maybe they could stop encouraging so many loans.
The T.V. announcer just asked about the presidential candidates "Who will handle your money better, Barack Obama or John McCain?" I think I will handle MY money better, thank you very much!
I better turn off the T.V. or I will be worked up all day.

We have had a very busy week. We were out all day Tuesday with eye doctor appointments, geography, the kids are in art class, and I went to a group that gets together to knit/crochet. Thursday, we had to turn in fair entries. We had art work, jewelry, pottery, jam and poems to turn in. We also had hair appointments and we went to Cold Stone Creamery for free ice cream. Today we have co-op classes starting. The Oldest is taking "Red Herrings", literature and P.E. The Youngest is taking two science classes and "Little Buccaneers". I am co-teaching "Evaluating Viewpoints". After co-op, we leave to go see Mom.

I am so proud of my Mom. She is having her first pottery show this weekend. I think I have told everyone about it, even the hair stylist. I am so excited to go see her and support her. I miss Daddy. He would not be able to stop grinning, just like I can't. I love you Mom.

The car is so cute. We fit in it well. It doesn't feel like a small car when your in it. All the groceries and the cooler fit in the back last Sunday. I am very pleased with it.

The Virginia trip was great. First we went to the Petersburg National Battlefield. We learned about the siege that took place there, how to fire a cannon, how they took care of the wounded, and about the crater. I found the crater story interesting. Near the end of the siege, someone from the Union army presented a plan to dig a tunnel under the Confederate army, fill it with gun powder and blow it up. The generals didn't think it would work, but said they could try. The guys with the idea were from Pennsylvania where they do a lot of coal mining, so they got it done. The crater formed from the explosion was big. It was very interesting.

Then we went to the Virginia Air and Space Museum. We had a class on how to build a roller coaster, a demonstration on simple machines, and IMAX movie called "Fighter Pilot", and a tour of the museum. I didn't know this before, but The Youngest was born on the first day people started living in space. It was the first day the space station was inhabited. They also had a flight simulator set up in an old commercial airplane. The kids really liked that. They set it up so passengers sitting in the first class seats would see ground or sky depending on what was going on in the flight simulator. There was a lot of simulated crashing.

It was a good trip. All the tour guides were very informative and dealt well with the kids. Some of the other people (like the hotel clerk) were not nice to deal with. We had a great time. We have the best 4H group.

It's here! The car came in yesterday afternoon. They will have it ready this afternoon and we are going to go test drive it. If we don't find anything wrong during the test drive, we will bring it home. The salesman said it is black.
I will have to get the boys up early to do school work today. We need to be done before we go get the car. We have a trip to Virginia on Monday/Tuesday next week. We will go to the Petersburg Battlefield and the Air and Space Museum. We just got the itinerary for the battlefield. We have some classes lined up that sound very interesting.

Date Night

The Husband and I got to go out to dinner the other night... alone. It was a nice, relaxed evening. The church gave all the married couples a night out. They gave us a gift certificate for dinner and they got together and watched the kids. I was very impressed they thought of watching the kids for us. As I've said before, they are a young group of people, in college, or just out of college. So, it was nice that they thought of the details. They fed the kids, had a time of worship, played basketball, did some crafts, and played video games. The kids told us all about their evening and had a lot of fun. It was a good evening for everyone.

The hurricane has delayed the cars arrival. Maybe it will come in today.

The pre-football party has been canceled. The hurricane couldn't stay away long enough. It looks like The Husband and The Oldest won't be able to go dove hunting again. Maybe next weekend.

It's been a busy but boring week around here. We have had plenty to do, but all the same stuff. Tuesday, as usual, was our day in town. We ran errands, had a 4H meeting and a geography co-op. The Husband had a bad day at work that day. Employee problems. He didn't get to meet us at the dealership to get the truck looked at again, so we had to go back to town Wednesday for that.

Tomorrow, the church is meeting at the local, pre-football game party. We will be helping with set up, checking id's, selling Pepsi and pouring beer and wine. It sounds like a good time. I hope the hurricane stays away long enough.

The Husband and The Oldest went dove hunting last weekend for opening day. They came home with 22 doves. The Oldest shot 4 of them, 2 while The Husband was at another stand. We had some for dinner last night. I fixed the sides to go with them and The Husband fixed the doves. After dinner, he said thanks for helping with dinner. I said thanks for not making me clean or cook dove. That's really best for me to be able to eat the dove is for me not to see it until it looks like meat instead of a bird.