hi.

just trying to keep my xanga up to date.

let's see...i miss my boys because they are on their train trip.  they come home the day after tomorrow.  yippee!

i bought my vegetables and i am going to try to plant them tomorrow since the rain is coming on saturday.  i got tomatoes, cucumbers, kohlrabi, zucchini, and snow peas.  i love growing vegetables and have decided i am going to have a grand vegetable garden some day when i retire.

i went running the other day and tripped over my own feet and fell.  i have fallen many a time, usually because i trip over a root or crack in the sidewalk.  what made this different was that i fell in the middle of a fairly busy road.  yikes!  i crawled to the side as fast as i could and then i got up quickly and looked around to see if anybody saw me.  then i thanked the Lord i didn't get run over by a car and then i said out loud, "i hate it when that happens."  i just kept going but i was very sore that day and the next day.  i have also been plagued for a few months now by a groin injury.  it basically hurts all the time, even while i am laying down or sitting still.  i think tomorrow i will go swimming and hope to ride my bike more now that the weather is warmer.  once i stopped running for a week and started up again on the treadmill and it seemed to help.  i may have to do that again.   ugh.  i hate injuries.  it really makes it hard to run any further than a couple of miles.

so basically that has been my life of late.  i am getting itchy for warm weather and vacation.

hello, everyone.

obviously i haven't updated in a long while.  i have been super duper busy.  we had our corps anniversary weekend the first weekend of april and the second weekend of april we had a visit from the stockholm band and our own gny youth band.  also the stoops came for palm sunday and we had a major cantata written by our very own lois rader.  it took alot of practice time.  in the middle of all of that, i got sicker than i have been for a very long time with some kind of respiratory ailment.  it was during our anniversary weekend of course.  i had a couging fit in my office and felt my throat closing up.  i literally was having a very hard time breathing and was scared for about fifteen minutes.  stephen was with me and he was scared too...but it passed.  it's nice to have a doctor in the congregation (doc rader) who was very helpful.  anyway, it involved alot of housecleaning and corps cleaning and set up and i thank the good Lord that i found an excellent caterer.

easter is tomorrow and i am preaching at an ecumenical sunrise service on the beach.  this always makes me start to dream about old orchard and vacation.  i miss my boys very much.  they are on a cross country train trip with our corps sargeant major for their spring break.  it is a wonderful opportunity for them.  you can stay posted by reading stephen's xanga.

so i guess that is the news for now.  i hope everyone is well and feeling refreshed spiritually by this joyous season.

so my last entry was one month ago.  wow!  i guess the novelty of xanga has worn off and everyone has gone to "my space."  well, i thought i would update and see if anyone else gets the spark.

my life has been very busy.  i am happy for meghan, who just started her spring break today.  stephen is in his play this weekend, "guys and dolls."  he is sky masterson.  i feel like i don't see him anymore or really talk to him, so, stephen, i will be glad when your play is over.  we are going to see him tonite and i am excited.  then, he turns 18 on sunday!  woohoo.  it seems hard to believe.  he can vote now, which is good for the republicans.  hooray.  seth is becoming a super drummer and is going to the nysb future all stars weekend today.  i am excited to hear him play on sunday afternoon in the festival.

i have been getting fat and it is time to take charge, people!  summer is coming.  i have been exercising, but eating way too much.  last night i went to benihana with the home league ladies.  we had the most pleasant evening (partly because a couple of the complainers decided not to come!).  i ate so much food and had green tea ice cream for dessert.  then i went home and had a big piece of cake.  i am out of control!!!!

i will let you all know how i am doing in a later entry.  hugs and kisses all around!