Les Miz!

Michal was in Northridge High School's production of Les Miserables. It was an amazingly elaborate affair, complete with rotating stage. Michal was "miked" for the singing parts she had; she was cast as "Girl #4" and "Onlooker #4". The cast and crew have been working hard since last summer. They were required to read the full unabridged 1400+ page novel by Victor Hugo and attend several symposiums on the book. The practices were many, long and grueling for everyone involved (including the families of the students). The hard work paid off. Here are some pics:




See Michal in the center of the picture, looking like one of France's down-trodden masses? She did a great job, and we are very proud of her.

Christmas, last month.

Here are a few pictures from Christmas:

Set for Christmas Breakfast..

Putting out cookies for Santa.


Waiting for permission to go downstairs on Christmas morning.

I WON A MAJOR AWARD!

When we bought Justine her laptop for school, we were evidently entered into a Dell contest. I was informed via FedEx a few weeks ago that we had won a major prize package including an XBox360, a digital camera and an MP3 player. I hadn't finished reading the letter before the kids were parting out the package; Nathaniel wanted the XBox and the MP3 player, Michal and Justine were arguing over the camera. Silly kids, it's all mine, Mine MINE! Actually, Becky gets the MP3 player.

Then the garage door and the TV broke. So since the cost of repairs more than offset any material gain, my karmic wheel is balanced again.

Blogsloth

It's been a month since I posted anything. Weird. It doesn't feel like it's been that long.

I am surprised every year to find out how much I dislike winter. My friend Brandon is currently at ABM School in Florida. He offered to trade his warm beach for the snow. DEAL! Just let me know when to load up the van and haul everyone down there. I'll even finish school for you. I am always cold, and I am always sore from shoveling snow, and the floor is alway dirty from having snow tracked inside.

But I do like all the Holidays a federal employee gets during the winter season: Christmas, New Years, MLK, and President's Day. Give's me a chance to catch up on my blogging.