summer project #1 - read a book for fun

for my first summer project i decided to read a book for fun. it was nice to read a book i wanted to read and not one i had to read for school. of course i am a bit of an over achiever. my one book turned into seven. it all started innocently enough. i will never learn that once i start the 1st book in a series i will not be satisfied until i've read them all. for this very reason i tend to not start a series until the whole series is written. i am a really fast reader and once i start reading i don't want to stop until i'm done and nothing is worse to me than the anticipation of waiting for the next book to come out. especially when it takes years for the next book to come out. this is the case in the earth childrens series. i'm still waiting for the last book of the 6 part series and the author has yet to write it. to be honest i have been waiting 20+ years for this series to conclude. i read the first 2 books when i was 12 which was a long, long, long time ago. they where already out in paperback when i read them. just for fun i googled them and the first book was originally published in 1980. and here it is 2009 and we are still waiting for the last book. almost 30 years. how sad.

Big news

The boys just returned from their yearly roller hockey national tournament. The boys did very good. Jonathan's team took gold in the silver mens division and Cliff's team took gold in the freshman division. Mark played in the bronze mens division. His team didn't do so good. Jonathan also tried out and made the USA Jr. World Team. Which means he will be traveling to Italy in September to compete at the international tournament. We are so very proud. i'm sorry i don't have any pictures. my camera got dropped at the tournament last year and i just haven't gotten around to replacing it. there was a professional photo guy at the tournament so as soon as i get some pictures i will post them.

well guys this is all i have for today. there are big doings going on at the watson house this summer. i am taking the summer off from college and have lots of big and little projects going on. so of course there will be more time for postings. as soon as colleen gets home on wednesday with her camera i will post pictures of the project i am working on now. until then it will be my little secret.

texting - june 24, 2009

colleen is on vacation with a friend and her family and this is one of our many text conversations.



colleen 10:02pm - 20 dollars is going to king leonitus :)

me - who is king leonitus?

colleen 10:03pm - my hermit crab

me - i thought it was gonna be sir walter raleigh

colleen 10:06pm - i like king leonitus better it makes him look stronger and i can randomly yell sparta! for him :) cause he is named for their leader :)

me - ok ru sure its not 2 big of a name 4 him?

colleen - what are you trying to say. do you not have faith in my beloved crab? do you doubt his fury :)

me - its a hermit crab not a pitbull

colleen 10:15pm - thats what she said:) kidding. no don't underestimate it. he's part fire dragon ninja. i bought him a net for his cage and i got you another present :)

me - does a crab really have fury?

colleen 10:15pm - not all crabs but this one is like nemo he's special :)

me - k

colleen 10:16pm - don't say k. say i'm amazed at his beauty and grace : )

me - i am amazed @ his beautiful crabbiness.

colleen 10:19pm - :) yes :) that's the spirit :) do you laugh at my logic :)

me - yes i laugh