Well, Steven took first place at Brooklynn Coumbia tonight and qualified for the USA National Folkstyle Championships which will be in Iowa in early April.http://www.mwfonline.org 



He's having quite a season so far, as he also quallified twice to go to the Ohio Tournament of Championshttp://www.ohiotofc.com 



We probably won't have time to take him to either, sadly...

The kids had a half day today, and they are busy playing a card game together. :) It is always good to hear happy children playing together. :)

Steven will be going out to Brooklynn to wrestle in a tournament tonight...I'm not sure if I will go with them or not...

Well, it looks like they've decided to do a wrestling tournament tomorrow. No movie and dinner for me. :(

And, of course, Dan doesn't understand why I would mind more broken promises.

We still have a few inches of snow on the ground from yesterday...yuck.



Have made all of the reservations for our trip to New Mexico and Colorado in June, including tickets for a baseball game in St. Louis and tickets for the train excursion through the San Juan Mountains between Durango and Silverton. I only have to make one night's reservation, in St. Louis, and find a place to board the pets.



I made reservations for a hotel on the way to and on the way from Arkansas -- but the hotel where all of my
sisters will staying is all booked up. Dan (who still insists he will be coming with me no matter what) and I will be someplace off by ourselves...

This is the last week of the middle school wrestling season. Hopefully our lives will be more sane soon, though there will still be the wrestling club and associated tournaments, and also travel soccer... :(



Dan says he will be home early enough on Friday this week to perhaps go to a movie and dinner. We will see...

Well, Steven did very well at the tournament in Ohio today, qualified for that big national tournament again...brought home another big trophy...and the sun shone all day long...

Beautiful sunny day today. Just took the dog for a long, long walk.

Dan is off in Ohio with Steven, and I am home with Bill. I will offer to take him out to lunch in a few minutes...

Have been reading the Sally Lockhart trilogy by Phillip Pullman, about a spunky young woman back in Victorian England. Am enjoying them, as a combination of the spunky main character and the various business intrigues, etc. that she encounters.

More snow and ice last night and today...I am itching to plant the flowers in Dad's memory...
I had a nice day off today, very quiet. Tomorrow I should have another, with Dan and company off to a wrestling tournament someplace down in Ohio...