Butterfly

A few nights ago, while walking across the backyard, Sam and I saw a butterfly in the grass.



It didn't move, even though we got closer and closer to it. Sam was even able to pick it up.



He took it over to the honeysuckle bushes at the side of the yard to let it go free, but it couldn't fly. He finally set it down on the ground, and we were both sad that it was too hurt (or too old) to fly. Obviously that was the only reason we were able to get so close to it. I'm just glad that I could get such close up pictures of it. Unfortunately, the pictures do not do it justice. It was absolutely stunning!

Catch-up

It's been so long since I've written in here that I need to catch up on what's been happening.

Sam is still playing the trumpet and loving it. He likes band so much that he has begun talking about making it his career. Apparently he has talked to his band director about it and has come up with a couple options. He is interested in joining the military as trumpet player or being a school band director. Of course, it could be possible to do both. Mr. Hebert (pronounced Ay-bare), the high school band director, comes to the middle school on Wednesdays for band lessons. Last week, he said that they need another tuba player, and he tested the brass players on the tuba. Sam did really well and liked it a lot. Mr. Hebert said if he chooses Sam for the tuba, he can continue playing the trumpet for this year while having tuba lessons on Wednesdays. Sam hopes he gets chosen!

College football has started. Yay! Last Saturday, I watched that awesome game between Georgia and Central Michigan. GO DAWGS!!! Even Pearl got into the spirit of the game in her new Georgia Bulldogs shirt.


The shirt at the store before I bought it



Pearl posing in her new shirt. (Notice the football cookie dog treat in front of her. She gulped it down in about two bites.)



Pearl relaxing under the dining room table after watching the game with me.

As most of you already know, I'm working two jobs now. I'm back at Kintronic Laboratories, working my usual half-days. I really like it there and would love to be put on full-time, but I don't see that happening any time soon. So, I went out and got myself another part-time job. In the evenings and on weekends, I'm a cashier at Wal-Mart. I've been there about 7 weeks now, and so far I like it quite a bit. It's been hard getting used to being on my feet so much, but I really enjoy the interaction with the customers ... well, most of them, anyway.

If any of you who read my blog are on facebook, please add me as your friend, if we're not friends already. Lately, I've been keeping up with that site much more than this one. I will still continue to post on here as often as possible, though.

Have a great day, everyone!!!