Yes, we are really cold today. A thick cloud cover blankets the sky. It has been drizzling off and on all day long, and today when we walked to skate practice, I had to make sure that I took a jacket. I am currently wearing sweats and a sweatshirt, and all day today, socks and shoes were a requirement. I didn't let the girls get out of the car without a jacket, and I was tempted to wrap Georgie in a blanket, but thought better of it. We didn't turn on the air conditioners this morning, and we're running some fans to circulate the air because it is muggy. I don't think we've hit over 85, yet, and I'm thankful that Kate's school uniform requires pants and not skimpy little skirts. And lest you think that I am being facetious, just ask Tanner. He wore long pants, socks, boots and a t-shirt.
On a much cooler note, we are having a blast taking ice skating lessons, and the next time you see us, you will be amazed at how smoothly we glide across the ice. Our class is about 25 people strong with a good mix of boys and girls. Some of the girls are painfully young, and it makes me smile to remember how giddy I use to be. Some of the guys are valiantly trying to figure out how to stay erect, balance on one foot and look graceful all at the same time while most of the girls just float on by as if born on the ice. I'm afraid I'm not one of the floaty damsels, but I manage to remember to keep my knees bent and push and glide and not fall down too often. Tanner has already breezed on to much more difficult things like jumping and skipping.
Today was such a relaxing day since Tanner didn't work last night, and tonight he has off as well. So, after ice skating and a 30 minute date to visit the Cushing Library to look at the four millionth copy of Don Quixote, we took the two littlest all around town with us.
I wasn't too keen to see the 4 millionth copy of Don Quixote, but when we got there, we learned that the 4 millionth copy had been published in 1657 and all of the pictures were hand engraved. Texas A&M is the only university in North America to have a copy of this edition. Not even the Library of Congress has one, soI think it was well worth the trip. Plus, we got to exercise some of our new found art expertise from Art Appreciation 1411 as we wandered around the gallery looking at painting and trying to determine if the were Realistic-impressionistic, Impressionistic-idealistic, Realistic-idealistic, Abstract, Iconographic...you get the picture!
Sams Club and Gander Mountain were the stores that we took the girls into. The first to get ingredients for my most awesome granola. The second to ostensibly look at guns, but we never made it to that section because we discovered a shoe sale and managed to find a $125 shoe for $12.50. Yes, twelve dollars and fifty cents. We bought two pairs for Tanner, and then the girls were hungry, so we drove to Kolache Rolf's. You pronounce it coal-latch-ee. A kolache is the Czech version of Hawaiian Manapua or Polynesian Hombao. We tried them for the first time on Sunday, and they were such a hit with the girls that we decided to get it again today. Then we went to Barnes and Noble for a refill on coffee and stationary, swung on over to Kate's school, and then came home.
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