Life continues to be rich and full in the Miser Family Household. I keep saying that, but it keeps being true, somehow. Wowzers!
The week began as all good weeks should: with a bit of church followed by a trip to a math conference. I brought N-son to the seminar, at his request. He and I-daughter spent much of their childhoods tagging along with me as I gave talks at various places; I'd ask the organizer to supply the child sitter, who would play with my kid for the first 45 minutes of my talk, and then bring the kid into the lecture hall for the last 5 minutes, so the the kid could hear everyone clap for me. This week, we extended the tradition by bringing A-child along. She colored happily next to N-son during most of my talk, and clapped happily with everyone else at the end.
My husband is doing better and better with his new titanium knee. His sleep is improving; last night he dreamt that we had a magic pain reliever/medicine stored in our refrigerator in a canning jar. He's also improving his range of motion; his physical therapist told him he can ride an exercise bike but do NOT ride a road bike yet, under ANY circumstances. And I think he's only disobeyed that order once so far. But I could be wrong.
April flowers are bringing May showers, but in between the warm misty rain we've had a few beautiful days, too. The fair has opened in the park that's just two blocks from our home. I-daughter wrote to me:
But speaking of our home, here's the REAL excitement: we started visiting homes for sale again, and found a really cute one that had been on the market for only 12 hours. We figured it was basically what we wanted, and told our realtor that we might put an offer on it. She told us that there were 3 or 4 other offers also coming in already . . . so we scrambled and pulled together a bunch of paperwork this afternoon/evening, and added our offer to the others. We won't find out what the sellers decide until tomorrow, so this is as much of a cliff hanger story for us as it is for you!
But wait, there's more! Because even though we haven't yet put our own home on the market yet, we already have a tentative offer on it! So that's something exciting we'll try to flesh out next week. (As you can probably guess by these two paragraphs, the real estate market in our little city is super hot right now).
And that's the news from our family, which continues to be rich in our adventures. May you and yours be similarly prosperous.
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| N-son and A-child at my talk. |
The week began as all good weeks should: with a bit of church followed by a trip to a math conference. I brought N-son to the seminar, at his request. He and I-daughter spent much of their childhoods tagging along with me as I gave talks at various places; I'd ask the organizer to supply the child sitter, who would play with my kid for the first 45 minutes of my talk, and then bring the kid into the lecture hall for the last 5 minutes, so the the kid could hear everyone clap for me. This week, we extended the tradition by bringing A-child along. She colored happily next to N-son during most of my talk, and clapped happily with everyone else at the end.My husband is doing better and better with his new titanium knee. His sleep is improving; last night he dreamt that we had a magic pain reliever/medicine stored in our refrigerator in a canning jar. He's also improving his range of motion; his physical therapist told him he can ride an exercise bike but do NOT ride a road bike yet, under ANY circumstances. And I think he's only disobeyed that order once so far. But I could be wrong.
April flowers are bringing May showers, but in between the warm misty rain we've had a few beautiful days, too. The fair has opened in the park that's just two blocks from our home. I-daughter wrote to me:
I got N-son 2 chances at the basketball (free throw?) game... And he won me a giant stuffed raccoon!There were a lot of other happenings: I gave my final exam and graded it. I got to go out to dinner with my daughters for a great and important conversation. Our CSA started up, and so our home is bursting with vegetables again.
But speaking of our home, here's the REAL excitement: we started visiting homes for sale again, and found a really cute one that had been on the market for only 12 hours. We figured it was basically what we wanted, and told our realtor that we might put an offer on it. She told us that there were 3 or 4 other offers also coming in already . . . so we scrambled and pulled together a bunch of paperwork this afternoon/evening, and added our offer to the others. We won't find out what the sellers decide until tomorrow, so this is as much of a cliff hanger story for us as it is for you!
But wait, there's more! Because even though we haven't yet put our own home on the market yet, we already have a tentative offer on it! So that's something exciting we'll try to flesh out next week. (As you can probably guess by these two paragraphs, the real estate market in our little city is super hot right now).
And that's the news from our family, which continues to be rich in our adventures. May you and yours be similarly prosperous.
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