Randomness

It's late, I've been running all day, so I think tonight I'm just going to throw out a few quick hits -- little things that are on my mind. They are in no particular order.

1) Catie sang with the choir in her school's black history program tonight. Kudos to Mr. Cheeks and what he is doing with the music program. There has been tremendous improvement since the first recital a couple of months ago. Some of those kids have a fantastic talent. If only I'd had a video camera!

2) It's hard not to have fun when music's involved.

3) It is a surreal feeling to sit in the bleachers and hear your child, along with the chorus, sing "We are the World," just like you did in the 8th grade some 20-odd years ago. It would have been weirder if it was the same school.

4) Catie is also in chef's club. They made refreshments for the parents and then served them. I really need to have her cooking more. She enjoys it and it would really help me. (Bonus: We got dessert before supper!)

5) Thank God for Crock-pots and pot roasts, made more delicious by having to wait two hours later than usual to eat it.

6) One day I really should spend the evening cleaning the house, rather than blogging. Nah...maybe not. There will eventually be a Saturday for that and if not...vacation's in two weeks and I'll have a whole week of them!

7) I can't wait to go see my brother's new house in Florida. I'll get to within a month, I think. :) (I am always up for a road trip!)

8) I really want to buy my own new house one day. I've never owned one. My ex and I tried buying a couple through a rent-to-own sort of situation, but we could never seem to stay in one place long enough to make it work. I want to paint my own walls, pick my own carpet, plant my own flowers (um...maybe), paint the cabinets if the original ones are ugly. And I have no idea how to get there from here. So I'm off to read a book on the subject. I'll keep you posted. Oh, and when I finally do reach this goal, there is going to be one heck of a party at my place! :)