Spring Concert

I told you that Jilly had a music concert the other night. It was one of the funniest things to watch. Not that it was supposed to be funny but Jilly made it be so. Jilly was on the back riser of the bleachers and there were two younger (2nd grade) girls in front of her. Well, the younger girls started to goof off and not "perform" the songs correctly. They weren't just having fun but really being distracting. The funny part was that the REALLY bothered Jilly. She spent the whole time glaring at this girls. You could tell that she was pissed that they weren't taking things seriously. I thought it was hilarious. Poor thing takes things so serious.
Steve said that this really proved to him how correct the idea of homeschooling is for us. He said that if those two girls could totally distract Jilly from something that she loved doing how easy is it for one kid to distract her during class time. We know she is always sitting by the "troubled" kid because they both have to sit in the front of the classroom. Jilly because she can't see and the "troubled" child because they need to be withing grabbing distance. Well, she won't be distracted for much longer.

Nothing Interesting

Not really anything interesting going on around the Drinnon abode. We are enjoying work again. The stress level for us as been reduced tons. I really appreciate the fact that my co-workers understand that I don't want to work full time. They seem to try NOT to call me to work for them and when they do ask it is for worthy causes. I know, who's to decide what is worthy and what isn't but I'm sure you know what I mean by that statement.

We had our first real chance of tornadoes yesterday and did just fine without TV. Jilly was more scared than usual but I think that is because we had the radio on and were listening to the warnings. Before, when we had cable TV, we would just put on the news and they would just update occasionally. The radio was focused solely on the weather.

Our garden is doing very well so far this year. I've been able to pick a couple of bunches of spinach already. The sandwiches taste so much better with home-grown spinach on them. Our potatoes look AMAZING. We still have to wait awhile to find out if there are really potatoes under the pretty plants but the plants sure do look healthy. The carrots look good as do the beans, onions, and our single lettuce plant. I'm not sure what happened to the lettuce. It was either the freeze we had or the stupid cats! Whatever the cause, we only have one plant that made it. We also have a tomato plant, four pepper plants, and some okra that hasn't sprouted yet. Time will tell on these.

Well, that is enough boring chit chat for the day. I have Jilly's spring music concert tonight. I'll try to post about it.

Yanni Voices Review

As you may know, I get products in the mail and get asked to review them. I just got a CD called "Yanni Voices". I admit that I was skeptical to begin with after all Yanni was the butt of many and '80's joke.

Well, I got the CD the other day and have had it playing in the car. I really liked the male singers songs. I found them very soothing and peaceful. It had me daydreaming while I was driving down the road. Most of the songs are sung in a different language so I tried to figure out what I thought they were singing about.

One day Steve came into work after having driven my car and he said he really liked "whatever was playing". I had to laugh when I told him it was Yanni! Boy was he shocked.

We listened to it with the kids in the car. Of course, Drake didn't hear it because he had his stupid headphones in playing something loud and obnoxious. Jilly listened to it and said that it made her think of EPCOT. I had to agree with her, it made you think of Future World and the background music they played.

So, to sum it all up, I would recommend this CD for all those out there that like to listen to 'easy listening' or 'new age' music. I found it to be a good CD and will listen to it into the future.

First Date

Drake had his very first "date" this past Saturday night. He took a young lady names Taylor to the movies. They (we) saw "Monsters vs. Aliens" at the Weatherford movie theatre.

He had wanted to take her to the movies for her birthday. I told him that would be OK with us as long as we all went together. I don't think they are old enough to go alone to the movies yet. He did have to ask her parents permission.

I asked him at the dinner table, the night before he was going to call her parents, if he wanted to practice what he was going to say to them. He looked at me and said that he had already practiced and knew what he was going to say. Can you believe that? He already practiced! Too sweet!

When he did call her house, he asked to speak to Mr. X. He introduced himself and asked if it would be OK if he took his daughter, Taylor, to the movies on Saturday night. Of course, her parents knew the call was coming so their answer was quick.

We went to her house to pick her up and Drake went to the door by himself. Her parents came out to the car and we visited for a few minutes. They are really nice people and we like them a lot.

Taylor was very sweet and talkative. She and Drake didn't act shy around each other at all. She wasn't shy around us either. They listened to their ipods and talked about music.

Drake needs to work on the whole holding doors and walking next to your date things but over all it was a good first date. I was proud of him.