For blogging's sake...

Yes, I'm blogging for blogging's sake, for the sole reason that it's been a while and we wouldn't want you to think we'd quit! At left, Ani and Naomi in a rare church appearance (piano recital, that is!)We are incredibly busy, although amidst that I seem to have a lazy afternoon at home today. Ani is at a track meet, too far for me to get there and back before my budget meeting (yawn). She has my cell phone so I am expecting up to the minute times as she finishes her races. Tim and Mateo are here - having taken a break from careening into the road on Tim's go-cart (recipe in the Dangerous Book for Boys), they are slurping root beer floats.

I read a great article on energy policy this morning by Thomas Friedman, the great quote of which was: "...the biggest energy crisis we have in our country today is the energy to be serious — the energy to do big things in a sustained, focused and intelligent way." Here's the whole thing, complete with Ani, rightfully worried about energy policy: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/opinion/30friedman.html?ex=1367294400&en=0588e238277893d6&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Jon is in Corvallis today, riding the bus with 50 or so high school students to visit OSU. Then he will work the rest of the week, go on a rafting trip all weekend with more high schoolers, and spend 3 days next week ridin' the bus again, this time with the entire 4th grade, all over central Oregon. Ani and I won't budge - she'll run, I'll go to meetings. Then next weekend Jon's Aunt Sally will come with her friend, which will be fab, though our Saturday will include district track meet and the tail end of Ani's soccer tryouts. Sigh. I'm putting in a picture of Tim - they are harder to come by as he is photo-phobic, but here is a recent past case of sad boy road rash.

That's about all for today. It's sunny and windy and there is a gigantic cruise ship in town, another tomorrow, and one more on Friday. I'm missing cruise tourists tomorrow to go to Portland and see my friend Taeryn and her family - daughter Madeline discharged from the hospital this afternoon after a full month in there!