Robby Pre-School

Well, another busy day! Back in the office today, then home to grab some food before going to the church for service and a meeting immediately after. Here is a picture of Robby's first day back at pre-school at Peace Lutheran, with his teacher.

Going to bed now so I can get up and work out in the morning. G'night!

Back to School!

Haven't posted in a few days because we've been so busy. Jonathan's back in the swing of things at school. I stayed home this morning so Katrina could do PTO newsletter stuff up at the school, and I took Robby to his school to meet the teacher and see his new classrom. Then worked from home in the afternoon.

Church activities have kept me busy as well. Lots of things going on, and I guess I'm in the middle of most of them. Need to figure out how to say 'No'.

We're still painting the inside of our house. Wrapped up the entryway and dining room over the weekend. Tackling the living room next, and we've got to fix the hallway that we painted. Too brite yellow!

The workouts are going great! What a de-stressor! Worked out Thurs, Fri, Mon, Tues. Plan to take tomorrow off then back on Thurs Fri.

I'll try to get more pix up this week.

Mark

A new me!

Today was the first day in almost 4 years that I've worked out. Katrina renewed our YMCA membership, and I went through the machine and computer orientation tonight. Then spent about 15 minutes on the eliptical machine (ugh!). I now realize how out of shape burgers and pizza can make a guy. The equipment is great, and it's all computerized. Just key in a number, and it tells you the settings for the machine. It then catalogs everything into the computer and sends a monthly summary. I can also login to a website and get the info online. Pretty amazing.

Jonathan likes his new class, and his teacher. He's been kind of sick and is on another antibiotic. Maybe this one will knock out the bugs. On the downside, I've had a sore throat for a few days now.

Work is going okay. Busier than a one-legged man in a butt kicking contest! But that seems to be the rule and not the exception.

Often times when I try to describe what it is my company does, people kind of glass over. So today's pic is from our clinic in Ft. Worth, taken right after the installation. You'll see the fundus camera (allows photographer to get inside the eye and take pictures of the back of the eye called the retina), the stereo-capable monitor, and the Apple PowerMac G5 (in the back). This equipment is combined to photograph diabetic patients in order to get early detection and staging of diabetic retinopathy and macular edima.

Tuesday, Tuesday

Started out extra early (5:45) to go for a walk, only to find RAIN! So I went back in and started a pot of coffee, at some breakfast, and off to work extra early. Nothing like working early. I get more done between 7:00 am - 8:00 am than I do the rest of the day, or so it seems. I had a church website meeting after work, then home for late dinner and books with the kiddos. Joshua's hilarious. He followed me around with a book for about 5 minutes while I was getting out of my work clothes. He's persistent and won't give up until I read him a book when I get home.

With those lazy days of summer gone, I thought I'd offer up today's pic of the day. We'll remember this summer as the one when Jonathan and Robby took to the water!

Back to School!

Today was Jonathan's first day of first grade! What better time to start blogging on a regular basis. The day started with getting the kids out of bed, which was no easy chore as they've gotten lazy over the summer. The 10:30 bedtime, 9:00 wake-up are taking their tole! Robby told me that he didn't have to get up this morning, since he wasn't the one starting school! Unfortunately for him he is only 4 and way too young to stay at home by himself. We got Jonathan off to Mrs. Foreman's class with no problem, other than the rain we had to go through to get there. This picture is of Jonathan and Mrs. Foreman (who is obviously aware of Jonathan's reputation).

After drop off, it was back to work for me. Another busy day at the office, with many irons in the fire and all of them HOT!

After work I ran and got a hair cut, then home for some chicken enchiladas (thanks Katrina!).

I think Robby missed Jonathan today, and the rest of the week he'll probably be lonely. After that he starts back at the half-day preschool.