Only 10 months and 2 weeks to Christmas??!

I'm getting lax in my blogging habits. It's not that I don't WANT to blog, it's just that it has slipped lower in my priority list. I need to rearrange and make time as it is an "outlet" for me and it also allows you (my loyal blog subjects) to keep tabs on the Pughs.

January summed up:
*Return to school (sigh!)
*New Goals - (stay tuned - I may share . . .)
*COLD!!
*Whitney's birthday! (We won't mention numbers because once you hit 30, your birthday becomes just an Anniversary of your 29th!)
Whitney was in Atlanta, GA for his birthday at a conference. He had planned a fun day and the highlight was to be a great NBA game however, his traveling companions had different plans and so he ended up in the airport catching the midnight flight home. Poor guy. The kids and I tried to make up for it but we had to settle for better luck next year.
*The girls had their piano recitals and of course, they were awesome!
*More COLD, COLD, COLD!
*More Basketball, basketball, basketball!

February is here and I must admit after a week of it, I'm ready to return to January!
We had our sweet Shan turn 14! She had a party today and boy are fourteen year old girls rowdy. They had a great time and were very entertaining.

Our dryer went out this week and so we are having fun hanging our laundry around the house. Since it is a gas dryer, it will take a week or two to order one in. Hee-Hee ... with 8 of us, the plot thickens! I get to try my version of "roughing it" OR I may have to find a laundromat!

Yesterday I went skiing with my fourth grade class (my FIRST time ever to snow-ski). Six classes went. Weslie was able to go with my class. This was a blessing as she and my students got me up on the mountain (something I had vowed NOT to do)! It's awful hard to say "NO WAY" to the same students you encourage each day to TRY SOMETHING NEW! Once I got the hang of it, I had so much fun and knew I should quit but just couldn't. Needless to say, I'm sore today in places I didn't know I had! Can you all say Ibuprofen??!

I hope you all are enjoying your year, it's going to go fast and the title is just a reminder of that!