Here he is again



Finally got that lamb from last week to pose for a picture. I still think he's gorgeous.

Dolly looked like she was considering giving birth this afternoon (in the middle of a hail storm), but she changed her mind. We are starting to question whether she is actually pregnant or just always an ornery creature. But I was glad that the cria did not emerge during the hail storm, which covered the entire ground with quarter-inch hailstones in less than five minutes before tapering off. Still cool and cloudy outside.

No More Classes

They are all finished. And I know my grades already too. I got all A's in everything for the entire year! Maybe only taking 12 credits at a time was cheating, but I honestly couldn't find any more classes that were available and appropriate for me to take. The research project was my main thing I wanted to get out of this year, and everything else was a bonus. No regrets though - I enjoyed each and every class. In fact, I'm not rejoicing that they are over. In fact, I'm really going to miss them. Actually, it's really not like I will have nothing to do now. There are lots of things that I want to work on, and I'm not quite sure where I want to start, probably a bit of each:

• study my Norwegian (I have been neglecting it since I had other things to study - I have some ideas involving that and blogging that will be announced shortly.)
• take violin lessons, since I haven't gotten very far with it on my own - it's quite a bit different from piano and the wind instruments I am used to
• process a whole bunch of wool
• knit!
• a whole bunch of house and yard work (in fact, it looks like we will be trying to sell this house and move to the other end of the Uintah Basin!)
• there are a bunch of books I want to read
• write a book!
• the regular, everyday stuff goes on, including homeschool - anybody have any tips for not getting extremely frustrated when trying to teach a child to read? He's actually doing pretty well - the problem is that I get frustrated when it seems obvious that he knows the word but he won't say it right!
• I guess that's enough for now!