Friday, August 29, 2008
101 things I love.....
2. My husband
3. My Mom and Dad
4. my family
5. great friends
6. Jessica, Jackie, and Jeremy (sisters and brother)
7. long road trips
8. WINE (oooooo, sounds so good)
9. living the legacy my grandma left behind
10. my dogs Jill and Milo
11. date nights
12. pink
13. having a clean house
14. pedicures
15 watching October road
16. seeing old friends
17. making trips "home" to Riverside (I really miss it sometimes)
18. hour conversations with my mom on the phone
19. having my kids run to me after a long day of not seeing each other
20. going a day or so without seeing my husband and getting the same response as above!
21. shopping
22. taking pictures
23. my job
24. learning more everyday about my job
25. hugs
26. baseball (I have to stand my ground though, take the heat, hear the roar and say........I'm a cubs fan!!!)
27. GOOOOO CUBBBBIES!
28. knowing that I have "city blood"
29. also knowing I have a "country heart"
30. scrap booking
31. school spirit
32. cuddle nights that require no sex
33. sitting outside
34. giving
35. family guy
36. reminiscing
37. SHOES
38. long showers
39. sleeping in
40. the smell of clothes when they come off the line
41. the smell of rain
42. seeing the smallest accomplishment of a child who was unable before
43 once again here I go with you Missouri folk.....IOWA HAWKEYES!!
44. running
45. old country music
46. saving money
47. the smell of Clorox
48. garage sales
49. motorcycle rides
50. flowers pick from my kids (dandelions usually :)
51. a clean bed
52. when everything is shaved and fresh (sorry, but I do love that feeling :)
53. caring people
54. my children's questions
55. parties
56. swimming
57. lazy days
58. shopping (I'm sure I said that, but boy do I love it :)
59. changing styles
60. fishing
61. my cousin Kalena
62. fresh cut hair
63. giving someone fresh cut hair
64. coupons
65. birthday cards
66. a clean car
67. my husband doing housework
68. being pregnant (not going to go there again, but I did like it, both times)
69. well, just that ( <- ) in general :o)~
70. low bills
71. COFFEE (I can't believe that's not way up there)
72. being young
73. feeling accomplished
74. painting my fingernails
75. the excitement in children
76. looking at old pictures
77. facebook
78. myspace
79. blogging
80. going to weddings
81. feeling energized
82. potatoes
83. hot tea
84. decorating
85. kisses and I love yous before bedtime
86. reading books to my kids before bed
87. long conversations
88. money
89. medicine
90. technology
91. babies
92. being a step mom
93. the sounds of the night when your windows are open
94. pictures drawn by my kids
95. new purses
96. the "I love yous" from my husband in the middle of conversation
97. horseback rides
98. peach pie
99. playing cards
100. nothing
101. being myself......without that I would have none of the things listed above!
HELLO OUT THERE!!!
I've been having some pretty busy days at school, in which leads to busy days at home!? go figure!
Hopefully I will get time Sunday or Monday with something fun to blog about....we are taking the kids camping this weekend with Jeff, Janean and Tana. I'm sure it will be a fun, adventurous and very inquisitive weekend as our kids have never been "camping". They will have lots to talk about! As for me I've never had to plan a camping trip (I always left it up to my parents) so this has been quite the experience getting things ready and set for the weekend.
Hope everyone has a fabulous Labor day weekend!
Thursday, August 14, 2008
An inspiring thought to get all you teachers in the mood for school!
Author Unknown
The Good Lord was creating teachers. It was His sixth day of 'overtime' and He knew that this was a tremendous responsibility for teachers would touch the lives of so many impressionable young children. An angel appeared to Him and said, "You are taking a long time to figure this one out."
"Yes," said the Lord, " but have you read the specs on this order?
TEACHER:
…must stand above all students, yet be on their level... must be able to do 180 things not connected with the subject being taught... must run on coffee and leftovers,... must communicate vital knowledge to all students daily and be right most of the time... must have more time for others than for herself/himself... must have a smile that can endure through pay cuts, problematic children, and worried parents... must go on teaching when parents question every move and others are not supportive... must have 6 pair of hands.
"Six pair of hands, " said the angel, "that's impossible""Well, " said the Lord, " it is not the hands that are the problem. It is the three pairs of eyes that are presenting the most difficulty!"
The angel looked incredulous, " Three pairs of eyes...on a standard model?"
The Lord nodded His head, " One pair can see a student for what he is and not what others have labeled him as. Another pair of eyes is in the back of the teacher's head to see what should not be seen, but what must be known. The eyes in the front are only to look at the child as he/she 'acts out' in order to reflect, " I understand and I still believe in you", without so much as saying a word to the child."
"Lord, " said the angel, " this is a very large project and I think you should work on it tomorrow".
"I can't," said the Lord, " for I have come very close to creating something much like Myself. I have one that comes to work when he/she is sick.....teaches a class of children that do not want to learn....has a special place in his/her heart for children who are not his/her own.....understands the struggles of those who have difficulty....never takes the students for granted..."
The angel looked closely at the model the Lord was creating. "It is too soft-hearted, " said the angel.
"Yes," said the Lord, " but also tough, You can not imagine what this teacher can endure or do, if necessary".
"Can this teacher think?" asked the angel.
"Not only think," said the Lord,. "but reason and compromise."
The angel came closer to have a better look at the model and ran his finger over the teacher's cheek.
"Well, Lord, " said the angel, your job looks fine but there is a leak. I told you that you were putting too much into this model. You can not imagine the stress that will be placed upon the teacher."
The Lord moved in closer and lifted the drop of moisture from the teacher's cheek. It shone and glistened in the light.
"It is not a leak," He said, "It is a tear."
"A tear? What is that?" asked the angel, "What is a tear for?"
The Lord replied with great thought, " It is for the joy and pride of seeing a child accomplish even the smallest task. It is for the loneliness of children who have a hard time to fit in and it is for compassion for the feelings of their parents. It comes from the pain of not being able to reach some children and the disappointment those children feel in themselves. It comes often when a teacher has been with a class for a year and must say good-bye to those students and get ready to welcome a new class."
"My, " said the angel, " The tear thing is a great idea...You are a genius!!"The Lord looked somber, "I didn't put it there.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
At last
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
That's what I've
been trying to do all
day!! Stay
calm, relax, everything
will
be ok, yeah well no it's
not ok!
I'm
upset
and need tovent.My husband is
not home and my
kids just don't
understand :)
I went to the school
today to try
and get the
sensory
room put together, looking nice (in the
cramped
little area
we have) I
really wanted it to
be all done this week
and not have
to worry about
it come time school starts. Took
Lyndsi
with me
to help,
walked in
the door to have someone tell
me not to waste my
time cause I was
probably going to have to move
again! YEAH so I'm not
very
happy about
that. I guess it
doesn't bother me to move, I'm
just
thinking in
the
perspective
of a child walking in that room in
a week with
it being
nothing but
chaos and nothing arranged or put
away, how are they
going
to
feel? They
will feel chaos and
that's how our week will go.
It's just not fair to them! So
then I ask
the question of
where
do I
have
to go???ahahahaha yeah, to the Jr.
High special
ed room!! Not only
do I just
get a cramped little
corner, but I
also have to deal with the
fact that
there will be 5
kids on the
other side of
the partition
playing, screaming,
fighting, etc! Our
kids have a hard enough
time
focusing the way it
is so
now we
have that to overcome! NOT FAIR!!
Sorry to complain
like this
but staff really only has 4 days to work
until
school
starts and
absolutely
nobody knows what's going on!?! I
guess I just
don't
understand?
So now I
guess the school is have a
preschool
classroom
(which is another subject
that doesn't make me very
happy,
great for the school
but o heck some of you
know the
story!))
anyway
there is a possibility I "may"
have other EIBI
cases to take on
which is great, I love doing it, but I just
don't
feel
confident
enough
to I guess. Maybe it's the fact that I know
the
child I
work
with and
just the fact of seeing "new" faces
and I not knowing
them
and not
knowing how they are is
what scares me? I had
fabulous
training,
but I still ask
questions?! (keep your phone on
you all
times person
who
trained
me I
may need advice) :o)
I don't know I
hope my confidence
builds back up come time school is in
session.
ANNYYWAYY.......I know
enough,
enough, enough!! ok I'm
done now!
But, this is my only
way to
get things out,
I'm just a
little peon at school
with no
box to stand on
so I have to vent this
way! Hope everyone has a
great week We'll see
what tomorrow
brings!(I don't know what I did to this post but I for some reason can't fix it! sorry, makes it a little hard to read!)
Monday, August 4, 2008
water+boat+tube=pain the next day!!
It was a beautiful day to go, the lake was calm, not a whole lot of boats out so we had pretty much the whole thing to ourselves. We went with Eric Dabney and his GF Dayna and Jon and Lyndsi. I hadn't been on a tube since I was probably 15 or 16 so I was excited to go again! Matthew overcame his fear of water! Yes he is scared of water too! Never been on a boat, never been tubing, never jumped off a dock, all of these first time things for him!! He was so much fun to watch! I really didn't think he would get on the tube just because he can't swim, so I thought for sure the boat ride was all he would do! Boy I was wrong! He got right on that tube and had a blast! He even tried the knee board but couldn't get it out of the water, in which I think it's harder to get those up than it is to get skis up, everyone else seemed to agree with me! But he tried!
We got home around 8 or so, went to get the boys from Downing and came home. Tired and wore out! I felt pretty good until I woke up Sunday morning!! AHH I was sore! every muscle in my body ached! Matthew felt pretty good but I think he uses his upper body muscles more than I do! I can't complain to much it was worth it and I probably would go back today if I had the chance to!!
Wed. Thurs. Fri.
Continuing our week with Dylan, Wednesday we did a whole lot of nothing! Waited until Matthew got home and the boys talked him into taking them coon hunting. He got everything rounded up and they waited very patiently until it got dark. I would have pictures but Matthew left the camera in the truck! (yeah he heard about it when he got home:) Anyway they had a pretty good time. The dogs only treed 3 coons, Matthew said that's pretty good considering how hot it was outside! He didn't stay out long for fear a dog would have a stroke cause they are so fat! Then we had to explain to Jayden and Dylan why they couldn't shoot the coons out of the tree! That was interesting! Jayden- "Well, why did we waste our time if we couldn't even shoot them out and skin them"? Matthew told them, that first of all they were not in season to shoot, second of all they wouldn't be any good and that they had to wait until it got cold outside before they could shoot them out, skin them and sell them. After about 45 min of questions I think Jayden and Dylan finally understood why they didn't get to bring the coons home! Now they can't wait until it gets cold outside!