Mom was here and an immense help to me! She contributed a great deal financially, emotionally, physically, and I can't thank her enough! I'm very lucky to have her!
I got a new bedroom set, had to get some new storage cabinets for the l.r. because my entertainment center wouldn't come out of my old place and we had to break it apart and throw it away. My bedroom, once it's finished, is going to be gorgeous!
Our fall recitals are tomorrow. Most of the kids are playing well, but there are a handful who aren't taking it seriously enough and it vexes me a bit that their parents won't get on board. Next recital if the kids' songs aren't memorized a week before the show, I'm going to axe the songs. It's not just that it has to be memorized by the recital, it has to marinate in memorization for a bit, or the memory will fail. They don't get it. I really want these kids to have a good experience and I try to do everything to provide that, then they don't do the work and bomb and blame me. I can't practice for them. Maybe having a not-so-good experience is the only way they will learn that lesson. I just hate to see it happen.
Writing has not happened in a month or two, but it will. Once I get settled, I'll get back on the wagon. I really have high hopes for the second book and am thinking about re-hashing the first book. I am trying to read more and more books in my category and I'm finding they're not as well-written as mine and the characters aren't as interesting. I hope I can find a publisher who agrees with me!
