Life With the Brenchleys

trouble with your droid???

2012-01-27T12:38:00.003-05:00

I don't have a droid, but I have a blog. It's about the same to me.

I'm having trouble with it. It used to show all of the posts one below another, and now it only shows one post at a time. I can't figure it out!!! I changed the background around, but that was it.

I hate it when technology alludes me!!!

Starlight Express

2012-01-26T17:17:00.002-05:00

In 1990 my mom brought home the soundtrack to a show she saw in london. Starlight Express. It is a rock musical on roller-skates.

Yep, you read that right, roller skates.

In 1997ish my mom planned a trip to Vegas for us to see the Tour of this show. It was the first show I had been to.

I have the soundtrack memorized and decided to introduce Gavin to the wonderful world of Trains in musical form. He loves Rusty and singing the parts he knows.

Thank you mom, for bringing that soundtrack back from London!!! It's provided many years of smiles for me and now for my boy!

January

2012-01-26T15:17:00.002-05:00

I changed the look of the blog a little bit, because I want it to be spring!!! This winter has been a bit disappointing. I was looking forward to skiing and teaching Gavin to ski.

I've taken a position with Jet Blue in their Reservations department. I'm in my 2nd week of the 4 week training and things are going good. After I am finished with training I will be able to work from home which is a really nice perk.

Bella went through the right of passage that all kids do, and cut her hair. This ended up with her having bangs. They are not my favorite, but everyone says that they make her look so much older.

Gavin found his train table and BEGGED Greg to put it back together. We had it in the spare room, and he dragged it out to the living room. He is a determined boy! His reading is improving every day and so are his skills on the Wii.

Greg is plugging along with his work. He seems to be enjoying it and comes home in a happy mood, so that is always a plus. He's been such a trooper with this new job training. He has the kids all by himself from 6pm on. He's been an amazing "mister mom"

In Knitting News, I decided that I am not going to let myself work on anything new until I finish all of my UFO's (un-finished objects) I dragged out Bella's Ballet Sweater and finished that up this past week and now I am trudging my way through the crochet chevron blanket. I forgot how much I dislike crochet. Maybe that's why this particular project has sat in a bag in the back of the closet for almost a year!!! After that I have a sweater to finish up for me and then I can knit on socks that I've been itching to cast on for.

In Reading news, I am NOT doing so hot with Lord of the Rings. Like each time before, I can not keep interested in it. In the meantime, I read the last book in the Eragon Series, Inheritance and I picked up the old classic Dracula to read. I've never read it, but I've seen the ballet, and a Theatrical Stage production of it, so it's about time to read the book.

That's about as good of an update as I have for now. All of my pictures are on my phone, but when I get a free minute to load them to the computer, I'll post some pics of what we have been up to, but for now I have SEVERAL things I should be doing around the house instead of messing with the blog, so I am outta here!

2012 Goals

2012-01-02T23:55:00.002-05:00

In the past few years, I have set a goal for myself. There was the one about running a 5K, the other one about reading 52 books in 52 weeks.

This year, I decided I am going to read The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. I have never read them. I've thought about it several times and tried once, but it has never happened.

After my dear friend Jenny suggested I read Atlas Shrugged (a massively long and amazing book) I realized that I can read anything!!!

I found myself an old battered set of books at the DI (local thrift store). The pages are yellowed, the covers are faded and they have that timeless smell of an old book store. I have seen the movies, so I have an idea of what to expect, but I can NOT WAIT to get lost in the magical world that Tolkien has created!

Oh, and my other goal is to knit something!! hahahah