each day I live five days

July included two weddings. Both made possible by the internet.
I did music for the first. A friend from church.
The second was for Sarah, my old college buddy. I drove to New Hampshire with Marlowe and Elmo DVDs in the back on Saturday. It took me 7 hours. I drove back after the wedding on Sunday. It took me 10 hours. The bulk of which was spent between New Haven, CT and my house outside Philly (a total of 170mi). Thankfully, there was a handy IKEA to stop at for dinner.

My sister came for a week. She taught me how to knit. I am freakishly excited to add this skill to my crafty skill set. especially since it means that the cool yarn store is now open to me.

I can't keep track of all we do. I do know that in a week, I went to IKEA so many times, Ellis can now read the word IKEA. Seriously. If he sees it printed on some random piece of paper, he knows what it is. He can also read the word "zoo". His class went to the zoo, and now he recognizes the word in a book. Coincidence that these words are also fingerspelled. *grin*

I sewed. Adorable vacation pants for the boys. Can't wait to show you.

We have deaf friends in town. I love hanging out with people that can talk to my son.

I'm losing my mind. But vacation begins on Friday. And we will go to Maine. Vacationland. I will travel the same road I did two weeks ago. We will bring our bikes and little bags for sea glass.

I'm sorry if you've written me and I didn't write back. Perhaps when I find my mind, I can write to you something cogent.