I hope Bryn's on Student Council Exec Board again next year. Because we now have the membership database fine tuned! Bryn entered all the data then I imported it into other programs, updated against the White Pages and the high school directory, tested email addresses... Hours of work. But I think the club is finally able to reach most of its members through email!

Thus was my contribution to the meeting last Sunday: emailed letters to all members requesting help at the Winter Carnival. All us parents are out soliciting businesses for Silent Auction donations besides. Tonight I go to the meeting solo as Bryn has Sunday School.

Paige's ride to school Friday picked her up at 5:45am!! Why? you ask? It was the date to turn in permission slips for an Arts field trip to Chicago to see the musical Xanadu and there's only a limited number of tickets. Paige did get in. Abby got a ride home from La Crosse and Jeff met her ride at Mayfair. Abby, Bryn and Paige hung together Friday night while Jeff and I journeyed downtown to the Planetarium to star gaze for Valentine's.

Saturday was ChillyFest in Menomonee Falls. I volunteered to help out the Art Guild by relieving artists from their stands so they could get up for a while and walk around or get a bite to eat. It was a perfect day for the event: sunny and about 30°. I got to chat with a lot of people. Jeff came down about 2pm and we walked around together as I was done with my assignment.

Abby had $ to deposit (tax refund and scholarship money) and to deal with her semi-working cell phone. Ya, the new one we got her for Christmas. Paige and I had been trying to text and call her to see if she would skype Wed or Thu night before she came home, but never got a response. When she finally called us from a number we didn't recognize on her drive into Milwaukee Friday afternoon, she revealed that her cell phone was currently in a baggie of rice. Trying to dry it out from its swim in the toilet. Luckily I had also purchased the insurance when I got the phone knowing Abby's history. Abby took care of the details at the store and has a loaner for now.


The main reason for Abby's trip home was to see her friend hand down her Turnabout Dance crown to this year's queen. Abby and her friends hung out at our house for a while beforehand and we really had fun talking. While they were here, Paige's admirer called and they all got into teasing her about that.

We're finding Bryn's schedule becoming very confining and for now, we've postponed her trombone lessons to make room for everything. Next month, daily track practice begins and we're going to work on fitting those lessons back in. I know it stresses Bryn out trying to fit it all in. Today she and her project partner are working on building their skeleton for Anatomy class. The skeleton will reside in our basement until it's due on March 2nd. It has to measure at least 5 feet tall and be able to hang from its head. All parts have to work: shoulder rotate, knee bend, etc. I'll update its progress every week.