"No News is good News"....What?

Dear Blog,

I'm not sure who came up with the (No News Is Good News) statement but I figure it must have been someone who didn't want to hear any bad news. My Mom was famous for saying that one and to be real truthful if I started out telling her my problems or even talking about the problems going on in the world she would shut me down very quickly. It must be nice for those who can do that...just refuse to hear or see anything bad and live in their own little fantasy world. Bury their fears deep in the sand what with the garbage in the world never touching them. I want to be that way...I think it'd make life much less stressful and maybe it'd be easier to recapture some of the fun and magic of youth. And here I spent so much of my youth wanting to be an adult. Go figure.

I think one of the reasons it can be fun to work with or be around little kids is that they are constantly learning something new and it's amazing and magical for them. I'm not really physically up to the demands of small critters (or kids) but mentally and emotionally I sure do love being around them. If I could ever be recycled or have a do-over I think I'd really enjoy being a teacher and that old Art Linkletter show (Kids Say The Darnedest Things) is still remembered fondly by me. He must have loved that job. Kids really can be funny and they don't even know it...of course there are those kids that come through one's life like a tornado has hit and oh my...it is hard to remain sunny around them.

Anyhow...Henry started school on the 31st of August and then immediately had a long weekend off (Labor Day) so in total he has had maybe two weeks of school. He decided last Monday that he is quitting school and staying home with Mama Libby. Now every day when he gets off of the bus he tells her he's done with school and isn't going the next day. Libby thinks he's already realized that this is real school (Kindergarten) and he actually is expected to do school work and cannot just play and have snacks. Therefore he's had enough of school.

What goes around comes around...good luck Libby. She did the exact same thing.

Jordan on the other hand just sort of carries on day to day. He's in fourth grade this year and is not overly fond of school either but he seems to be finding his way. I hope that when he gets older he'll be able to get into a charter school that will allow him to focus on his special abilities. It'd be great if all kids were able to spend their high school years doing that. Europe and Asia are way ahead of us on recognizing the need for that sort of education.

I loved school...well except for the mean kids. If the mean kids were kicked out I think school would be a grand adventure in learning for the rest of the kids. People wonder why there is so much violence in schools these days. There always has been but it's mostly been ignored by adults. Now the kids that have been bullied are bringing guns to school so some attention is finally being given. A few dead kids and teachers will do that. And it's no accident that so many people are home-schooling their kids.

Even in college there is much of the same behavior. I'm glad I was 27-years-old when I went and plenty of other adults were back in school when I was. We didn't get caught up in the kid battles. At least it didn't phase me. I'd be taking a couple of classes right now if I could get around better. I love learning new things.

Well here's me going back to bed. I have lots to do tomorrow (household chores and such) and I should probably get to the clinic for my lab work and that yearly flu shot. Kevin rented a one bedroom small apartment up north where he's working now and just in the nick of time. It's been very cold and we've even had frost already so it's mighty cold sleeping in a tent. Plants are dying in all the yards and leaves are starting to change colors and falling off of the trees. In Minnesota one day it is hot and the central air is on and the next day we have frost and the furnace goes on. So anyhow, I'll probably be up there with him part of the time and at home when I work. We don't know how long this job (of his) will last. Luckily we found a landlord who will rent more or less by the week. I wonder how Fat Cat will take to the move? She is such a bossy pampered puss one never knows how she'll react to something new.

One good thing about being there with him is that I might actually get to see my son and his two kids. They live up there. I also have tons of relatives...Aunts, Uncles, cousins and their families there so I'll get to see them some too. It's a real small rural community and I didn't like it much when I lived up there but I'm older now and am mostly home bound so I guess as long as it's warm and I get a TV hooked up and have access to a library and books I will be fine. I loved it when we were in Bismarck, ND but that is a good sized city. Much smaller then what I am used to but much larger then where we'll be at now. I'm always at home where the old boy is at. Still it would be nice to be on some warm beach come cold winter days.


The man who drove up here from St. Paul early this morning to deliver me a wheelchair looked about froze half to death. The new wheelchair is lovely (ahem!!) I just hope I don't need too use it very often. I remember my Grandma W. had wobbly legs and bad knees and was prone to falling. We used to think it was mostly because she was half snookered up all of the time but then my Dad's legs did the same thing and now mine. They were in their sixties and now me. At least I haven't (knock on wood) had to have my veins stripped or had to have stints put in my leg veins like they did. My doctor thought that it's time I through my vanity out the window and get the chair. Lucky Kevin gets to push me around.

I heard Stevie Nicks of the old (Fleetwood/Mac group) sing three songs on one of the daytime talk shows earlier this week and I tell you I was in my twenties again for a few minutes. Really brought me back. Her voice isn't quite as strong as it was back then but she can still put it out there. I think I'll by her new CD.

Okay...I really am going back to bed. Hope you all are well and in good spirits.

Bye Blog, JjB...
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