An Update

So it's been awhile since I last posted. What's new up here in New England? Well, it's starting to get colder, although today is going to be in the 60's. We have a chance for snow on Monday but it's not clear yet if the low is going to move close enough to the coast for that. It's nearly December and I haven't seen so much as a flurry yet. My mom told me they had flurries in Orlando not that long ago. That's just not right! I NEED some snow. We're getting all of our Christmas decorations out. I've decorated in the dining and living rooms already. I'll put up some pictures when we get our tree!

Elisabeth continues to improve her mobility skills. She's quite a fast crawler now. She's also doing a lot of pulling up and also coasting now. I think she'll be walking in the next month or so. Her vocabulary is expanding; it now includes: hi, bye, ba-ba (drink), cracker, wow, please (sounds more like meeiii?). It's been fun seeing her learn how to communicate with us.





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My job is going well. Next week is my last class for the semester. It went by so fast. In January I'm going to begin teaching 3 days a week, 3 lecture classes. I'm really excited about the opportunity to be a more established and it was so nice to be asked to teach a lecture. I enjoyed doing the labs, but teaching the lecture portion of Weather and Climate was what I really wanted to do from the beginning. The person who taught it this semester is leaving, so they asked me if I would do it. I'm really looking forward to it!

Murphy seems to be doing better. She's on insulin now and the vet thinks we have finally regulated her dose. She's still really skinny but not losing any more weight right now.

I'm going to start teaching two women from my church how to quilt. I'm pretty excited about it. We're going to start with a potholder. I also went to a needlework night with another lady from church at a friend of her's house. That was fun too. They are all older than me, but that's ok. It's just nice to have some people that enjoy doing the same things that I do.

Elisabeth is currently standing at the storm door looking outside. I think she's looking for da-da who just left for work. Here is what that looks like...