Little Life Updates

 The BG snowpocalypse shut everything down for about a week.  These flurries spitting out today need to go away!  

Miles has always been our snow kid.  On snow days, he was always the first one up and ready for action.  The white stuff came on Monday, January 15 - MLK day which meant we were out of school.  We grabbed all the layering gear and ventured out, lasting a whoppin' 10 minutes.  It was frigid!  One day of snow turned into an entire week of NTI school.  I don't remember at what point during this blizzard-y week that Miles wanted to go and work out, but when he went to start his car, it was completely dead.  Because he also had to work later that afternoon, it needed to be fixed quickly.  Matt and I both assumed it was the battery.  His car had been acting a little funny at start up in recent days, so it made the most sense.  We have a jump box in our garage so after Miles left for the gym in my car, we moved his inside to take a look.  Like any older, high mileage vehicle, there was lots of build up around the battery terminals.  In the process of fiddling with it, one of the battery pieces broke off.  Thankfully, our Pap Colvin knows a lot about cars.   Guess what fun fact we learned after Matt's conversation with his dad over the phone:  Dr. Pepper fixes corrosion?!?  I'm not sure if that is a good thing since it's Isaac's beverage of choice. No telling what corroding pieces are being fixed in his body - hah!

After getting his car over to Batteries Plus, we got him all ready to go!  What a lovely day to have a break-down.  Fortunately, it was at home, and all was fixed within a matter of a few hours.

We're almost ONE month into 2024.  Our son Isaac turned 19 on the 25th.  Before he left for Eastern, we held a little gathering for him to celebrate at Kyoto Gardens, his favorite place to eat.  He's looked high and low for an equal establishment in Richmond with NO luck.  He's always been a fan of cookie cakes too.  I decided to branch out and order an Insomnia cookie cake this go around.  Insomnia cookies are also his favorites.  Since the cakes aren't designed to feed very many, I also ordered a dozen cookies.  Those went over much better than the cake sadly.  He wasn't crazy about the fondant addition or the taste in general.  Guess we'll either go with cookies in the future or stick with our other favorite cake maker The Cookie Store.

An extra birthday bonus arrived in the mail from the Dean of Business at EKU. Isaac received notification of being on the Dean's list for his academic achievements.  We're very proud of his confidence, character, and courage to leave home and pursue something that he is naturally gifted at - business is the perfect fit for his personality.  Excited to see what his future holds!

Speaking of proud, our UofL Nursing student just completed the two hardest weeks of her semester.  I know she's relieved to get that out of the way.  We're looking forward to seeing her this weekend!

She continues to excel as a Dean's Scholar and is an advocate for students in the nursing program as VP of Nursing Student Council!  The future of healthcare looks bright for our girl.  She has a heart of gold and is loved by those she's around most often.

Our bowling season came to an end last week at Region.  It was bittersweet for our seniors who have contributed SO much to the program.  Miles did his very best, but other seasoned bowlers just had the upper hand on our team that day.  The thing that I like about bowling though is that the competition/events for team and individual are completely separate.  Only your very best bowlers compete in individuals, and that is generally your top four.  Thankfully TWO of our members made it to the overall top four (out of 74 bowlers) and can go on to compete at the state level.  We're extra proud of them and excited they get to represent SWHS!

The team had an early morning breakfast at Melissa's Cafe before a LONG day of bowling.

Miles was welcomed with open arms and treated kindly by his teammates, coaches, and the families involved.  It's been an incredible experience for him.  He's made new friends and improved a great deal at the sport.

 

One fundamental difference between raising daughters and raising sons is prepping for events and all the humdrum surrounding high school dances.  I never know if my sons are going to dances or not or need anything.  It's all new territory.  Me taking pictures is annoying to them.  Coordinating an outfit seems like a larger task than it should be.  It's not that fun.  

Miles decided to take a friend to Winter Formal.  My first thought is, what color is her dress?  You want to compliment, not clash!  My second thought is, what is in Isaac's closet that might work?  

1.  Dress shoes, two sizes too small, ugh!  

2.  Shirts, nothing!  

3.   Black dress slacks, SCORE! 

With a photo of the dress on hand, we ventured out to Shoe Carnival last weekend and found a nice pair of black dress shoes.  Afterwards, we headed over to Kohl's, the headquarters for my shopping these days.  We found a black shirt there and almost bought a red tie.  Glad we decided to Facetime Matt who told us he had an identical one at home.

He went with a group of his dates friends to Olive Garden before heading to the dance.  Matt had asked me if I wanted to help chaperone.  It was nice seeing all the students dressed up.  Maybe I'll just go to PROM this year too.  Ugh, when do I need to get Miles fitted for a tux?  And, does he plan to go?  Stay tuned.