New to the blogging thing...

Yes, I have a 9-year-old now that is non-plussed by the things that are new and amazing to me. My Ipod for instance... when we finally podfitted the family, we called Jordan in to see the new and amazing piece of technology and he said "Yeah, mom... it's an Ipod... so?" Well, it's amazing and new to me. I just noticed that if I look at the word Ipod too quickly, it looks like Izod in my perifpheral vision.

So here I am sending my thoughts out onto the Internet, which still blows my mind. I kind of thing one should have a healthy fear of the Internet. If I get too comfortable here, I may never leave the house again or learn how to interact with actual human beings. But the reality is, the human beings that I'm most closely related to are scattered across the country, and even the ones that live in town become difficult to maintain relations with. Why? Because often, in order to care for my four children (9, 7, 5 and 3) in a away that keeps them from living in squalor or suffering from parental neglect, I hit the ground running around 6:30 and don't stop until my eyelids get heavy in the late evening.

Don't get me wrong, I sit and relax once in awhile. I'd have been committed long ago if I didn't, but sitting in front of computer is not my first choice for leisure time. But I've decided that perhaps my friends and family need a little bit beyond the halting conversation that happens with 100 interruptions. So I'm starting to blog. Pray that I keep up with it. Once I get a habit going, I never let go, but it takes alot for me to finally get a new habit. Actually I love new habits, and acquire them often, but rarely establish one.

So in brief, here's what's going on with the Stokes' right now. School starts the 27th, so We're gearing up for that, taking stock of the closets. Brynn, by the way, has about 5 things that fit her in the closet, outside of the sun-dresses they all share (they all wear the same dress size 6 or 6x) and it hit me, after discovering the sparseness of her wardrobe, that she has worn little else besides those dresses for the past month, and she'll need something else fo the monkeybars at school. And I took Jordan for shoes today and was embarrassed to discover that the largest current pair of shoes he owns are, though new enough to be in great condition, are already a size-and-a-half too small!

Nick is playing the piano at church at least once a month now, which he enjoys alot. They usually let him have a mic at the piano also so that he can do background vocals along with the reast of the background vocal team while playing piano.

We've actually had a couple days without rain! And I'm actually happy about that! My back yard is a swamp on one side. And the prediction is more of the same for August. I'm not complaining alot because I usually dread the summer around here. But the allergies have been awful. Up north, they depend on the winter freezes to keep down the population of bugs and weeds. I think it's the other way around here. I think the 100 degree temperatures usually kills off all but the strongest of living things. But it is lush green and buggy.

Well, I'd better get to work figuring out how to finish this off and send my invites to this thing. Maybe add a picture or two. :)