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raindrops on tulips

I have had a strange blog-block for a while; almost a phobia. Weird. Anyway, here's a few things going on in my life:
* My dear Lindsey is gone. When you live in a university-sphere, you come to expect lots of good-byes, and while they are sad - you learn an incredible about about life from each of the people you meet. Besides knitting, I learned about being an incredible wife and beautiful mother from Lindsey. She is always her husband's biggest fan and I've never heard her gain sympathy from her friends at his expense. They are a great team. And I got to watch her become a mother - with a quiet and peaceful contentment. She was amazing to watch, despite the discomforts of pregnancy and despite giving birth and despite the exhaustion of having a newborn; I never heard her complain. Not once. Thank-you Lindsey for all the lessons you didn't know you were giving.

* I finished my Medieval Romance class. I was glad to have the paper all done, but so sad the class is over. I enjoyed it so much. Ah well, on to the next one!

* My garden is growing, growing, growing. Soon it will be safe to put these sweet little sprigs of green in the ground...so they can grow to their hearts content. I never thought I would enjoy gardening, and in all actuality I haven't done any of the hard stuff yet, but I never thought I would enjoy cool soil so much....

* I have tulips growing in my backyard! These I didn't not plant - they just happened. I really have no more to say about them, but for some reason this seems like an important part of my life right now. I cut a few yellow and red ones the other day and put them in a vase in my living room - I just stared at them all evening, I couldn't take my eyes off them, it was lovely.

* I am leaving for England and Italy in 23 days! I am very excited, but I feel a strange maniac need to get new clothes for myself and my husband. I hate shopping, and we haven't bought new clothes in a long time, but for some reason it feels very important.

* and finally, I still want a baby. The longing is always there now. It used to come in go in waves and now I always feel it...the waves are just stronger longings. Life is so funny, I spent all that time and energy in school .... am still spending it, and I want to teach still, but I would give it up in a second if I could have a baby now - no questions asked.

Have a beautiful Monday my friends.
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Oliver!

I love the name Oliver, and now I have even more reason. My adorable husband loves the musical - specifically the 1968 version. He watched it often as a child, especially at Christmas. He was positively giddy when we found a copy. I love this, of course. It's always me who wants to re-live childhood fun. So we watched it, and I've gotta say; it was exceptional. The actors were phenomenal - the songs, well most of them, were delightful and the dancing was superb. I wished I had been one of the extras just so I could dance some of those numbers. Oddly enough, Oliver was my least favorite character, but by the end I realized that he wasn't who the musical was even about...he's really just there to provide complication for the other characters. The social commentary was very satirical and biting - made even darker by silly scenes throughout. I must admit that I am not a great fan of Dickens; therefore, I have not read Oliver Twist, and its hard for me to imagine anything he wrote in musical form, but I'm willing to bet this musical captures the feelings of the novel pretty well despite of - or maybe even because of - the singing and dancing. So, if you have a chance, watch Oliver! it's worth it. It may have even risen to the top of my favorites in the musical catagory - perhaps even topping Mary Poppins? hmmmm.


This was one of my favorite songs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4CVZnGJIzQ (just try NOT to sing it...it's really not possible:)
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