I heard from a friend that E. L. Konigsburg, 83, died recently (April 20 of this year to be exact) and the reason it impacted me so much is because Annabeth and I have enjoyed two of her books this year: The View from Saturday and we will literally finish From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler this week, which were reading during the time of her death. Obviously, I didn’t know Konigsburg, but she provided Annabeth and I such engaging storytelling this year, and as we learned a few months ago, she graduated valedictorian of Farrell High School, located about 30 minutes from my home town of New Castle. I look forward to reading with Annabeth every night, but especially when it’s one of Konigsburg’s books.
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Guac and coloring Kitty
Before spending 2.5 hours at AbC’s school talent show this evening, we colored Hello Kitty while eating chips and guacamole and our chicken quesadillas reheated. I have to admit it was relaxing and fun. She only had a few crayons in a box so I limited my coloring choices to just those crayons. She opted to color with her many colored pencils. I forgot how much I enjoy coloring.
Note to self: we need more crayons!
A pipe dream in the basement?
Finishing our basement would give us over 500 square feet of extra space for playing or movie watching or whatever. On top of that it would give us another half bath. I’m entertaining the idea with my dad very loosely since it’s an investment I’m not yet ready to make. Regardless, I’d like to know what the materials would cost since the labor would be fronted by my dad and me (mostly him since I still need to work full time and because he’s more of a master at this stuff) as well as AbC. I have a number of great memories doing home improvement projects with my family as well as going to job sites with my dad as a young boy and teenager, so I think the time is right to help AbC build some similar memories of her own.
