Hunny Hello From Karen

Ahh, at last I'm a blogger. The kids are in bed. My chef has just brought me a moderately sized chocolate treat (homemade chocolate chip cookies). I have a whole hour and a half before I start to really get groggy. And to make the evening perfect, it's raining buckets! My new dream abode sounds wonderful Kris, except for the lack of a library. Would Amazon.com deliver there do you think? I recently discovered they sell very old books on Amazon. I almost can't stand reading about some of them. Sir Walter Scott's poems, 1889 edition. To not be able to see and touch it is quite dreadful. Then to imagine it's just sitting in some warehouse somewhere. Devastating.

Nate's sister Heather lent me a book called "The Narnian", a biography of C.S. Lewis. I read 75 pages last night and could barely convince myself to put it down and go to bed. It is very well written. Somehow the author has clearly described Lewis's inner life and imagination, rather than just his outward life.

Anna starts pre-school in three weeks!! Can you tell I'm excited? Nate and I think she'll do well there. I'm going on Wednesday with her to just transition her a bit. I think she's ready for new things. Are they ready for Anna? Jane is too cute for her own good. She just bats those eye lashes and somehow I stop saying "No no no" and start smiling. She discovered the fun of pulling Anna's hair tonight. So I say "No Jane. Scoot away Anna." It just ends up to be a confusion of crying children.

You may be wondering who "Kareemsa" is. That's my mother in law's Russian name for me. Everyone in the fam has not only a nick name but a song too! Nate's is "Naty Maty Matooser" and I'll spare you the song. Lovely to hear from you all in this wonderful journal!