Hi everyone. Just letting you know that Jeannie had her baby. Alaina Rose was born Thursday night. She weighs 7 lbs. and 15oz. and is, of course, gorgeous! Mom and Baby are both fine and went home today. (Alaina will share her birthday with Austin, who is 16!).

That's it for now, See ya in the funny papers! Lu

I Passed!

Howdeee! Congrats Tammy! I can't wait til it's my turn. I have the equivalent of one semester done out of a two year degree, (Eeyore says, "whoopee").

Due to a dumb mistake on my part I came close to failing English Comp. This is sad cuz I like English! I have 60 points of 1,000 to come in yet, but what I was really waiting for was the grade on a 150 pt essay. My TA was having tech difficulties and didn't get her feedback to me on my draft in time, so I edited it to the best of my abilities and I got 129, which is 86%. YEA!!! Overall I should end up with a C in this class, which would still give me about a B+ so far.

Now I'm in CompII and it's a lot more work, but it's also challenging and exciting. I have a new essay due every week. This week I have to pick a controversial topic and stand up for "my" side. Other than having issues with comma use I expect a decent grade in this class.

Mom has had her ears checked out twice and on Tues. she is having an MRI done on her left ear. There is a possiblity of a tumor (non-cancerous), so they want to check it out. I'm working Tues. and have my 8-3 Dr.-lab-x-ray-and CT scan day Wed. I am not expecting any surprises.

I just might treat myself to another Valentine's Day dinner special at Coborn's. An 8 oz.steak, 4 oz. lobster, 18 oz potato, not kidding they're huge, a nice salad, and a roll for $9.99. Kathy and I went last nite and Mom might go tonite. If Kathy comes back she and Mom will do the all-u-can-eat salad bar for $6. That's with the wing bar.

Wow, time to quick yakin'. Take care, love ya. Lu

I'm done!!

I had to redo one transcription, which means I will get a 70 for that assignment. That sucks, but I am sitting on 87 overall. That shouldn't change much if any. So now I just have to wait to get my diploma from the school and register for the other class. Hopefully this will all happen soon. It would be nice to have this all done before Bristol. Which is the end of March. Hopefully, the one class I have to take won't take long. I am so looking forward to getting a day job. I am still looking for online work to no avail. Everyone wants experience. I'll keep looking though. Not much new around here. Yap at ya all later.

Hi Everyone. Wow, Tammy. 90% is great! I had an A going, but with Comp 1, I screwed up sending in an assignment and even tho I originally sent it in early, it didn't reach the TA in time so I got a zero. Luckily (?) it was only for 15% of the total class points. I had already lost about 7% and now I'm waiting on 3 more grades. Meanwhile, Comp 2 started today. I thought maybe I would not be taking it if I didn't pass the first one, but I'll be ok. I'll end up with a low C. I'm not thrilled with that of course, but it's quite a bit better than failing! My grades should be in by the end of the week and I'm hopeful I did ok. Onward and upward. I've got 2 years of this so I don't expect a 4.0.

Mom is going to the specialist on Wed for more hearing tests. From what it sounds like it's the sp. first then the audiologist. After todays exam it looks like total loss in the left ear. I'll keep you posted.

So far I like my new car. It sure drives nice. It feels like a nice heavy car and it handles well. I am just starting on the owners manual, it weighs 4503 lbs.! That ought to keep it on the ground.

Well that's it for now. Catch y'all later. Lu

90%

My research was graded and I got 90%. That's why I don't know why I drag my feet so bad to get these done cause I do ok with them grade wise. Oh well. Just thought I would let ya know. Still have the two assignments not graded. One should be ready pretty soon I would think. It dont matter though cause everything is sent in so I'm done. Unless I have to redo one, which I'm kinda thinking I will, there's one with the accent so strong I couldn't understand half of what he was saying. I sent a note on what I would do in a real job setting but dont know if they will accept that or if they will make me redo it. I'm thinking 6/26 for Katie/Cody grad party. I haven't heard back yet. I should probably call him back to get the powwow grounds reserved. Yap at ya all later.