Saturday, May 30, 2009

So Glad its Saturday!

It was great to sleep in today. I have felt miserable all week and actually don't feel so bad today! Hopefully I don't jinx it! My sister and I are still having to take care of my mom. We take turns going over to her house. It makes for some long days though. She can't put any weight on her foot until she goes back to the doctor on June 16. Then they will do more x-rays and see how she is healing.

We have 6 more days of school and they will be very busy. I will be glad and sad when the school year is over. Sad because I won't be at my same school to get to see my kids next year. As soon as school gets out I get to start packing up all of my stuff. Fortunately they come and move it all for me. I actually think a reading position will be better for me being pregnant than teaching Kindergarten. Working with small groups will be nice.

The day after school gets out I have a doctor appointment. I am very excited to hear the heartbeat.

I am going to go attempt to plant my geraniums now. I went to dig up the old plants in the pot from last year and found a colony of ants. There were thousands! I was grossed out! We sprayed and dumped all of the old dirt out. So, now I have to get all new dirt before I can plant them. I love flowers! They make everything a little brighter!

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Poor Mom

My poor mom has had all kinds of things go wrong for her lately. Today is the worst. She twisted and fell at the bottom of the stairs, hit her head on the tile, scratched up her arm and hurt her foot. I talked her in to going to the ER. It turns out she broke a bone in her foot and it is shattered. So she is most likely going to need surgery. I have to take her to the orthopedic doctor on Tuesday. She has a boot on her foot and crutches. She can't put any weight on it. I just feel bad for her... Say a prayer for her and her surgery. She is scared of having surgery...

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Special Christmas Present

Justin and I will be getting the best Christmas present ever this year.... a baby. I am due Dec. 27. We are very excited! I am only 8 1/2weeks along, but couldn't hold in the secret any longer. I had to do a presentation at school today... a powerpoint of my first two years of teaching, so at the end my co-teacher Allison put that we were expecting on it. Everyone was so surprised! I wanted to be able to tell them before school was out. I have been trying to eat every couple of hours, but I still feel awful most of the time... and EXHAUSTED.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Counting down...

The end of the school year is such a crazy time of year. There is so much going on... We have only 13 more days! YEA!! Then I get to pack up my room to move to another school, which won't be a ton of fun... but maybe it will help me clean out some stuff that needs pitched. Since I won't be teaching Kindergarten, I need to decide what to pack to take home and what to pack to take to the new school.

For every day for the last 26 days of school we have been counting down starting with A was Apple Day, B was Banana Day, C was Cub/Cardinals day ( you would understand this if you lived in the midwest). etc. Well tomorrow is N day, which is Nice to each other day. One of my students said, "What are we going to do for that day?" To which I responded, "We are going to be nice to one another." They kind of looked at me for a second. I said, "Wouldn't it be nice if every day was be nice to each other day!" What a different world it would be... By the way Z is zip up and go home day!!

My husband is slowly recovering from his motorcycle accident. He has started playing softball again. He plays in a men's league on Mondays and Thursdays and our church league on Tuesdays. I usually only go to the church league games, because I have people to sit and talk with.

Justin's sister and her family are coming to stay with us this weekend, so we will have a busy weekend. She has a 6 year old and 1 year old, so it will be fun to see them.

Friday, May 8, 2009

Could we rewind and start the week over again?

I found out yesterday that I have been reassigned to another school teaching reading. I am lucky that I still have a job, however I like Kindergarten and I like my school. It stinks being low in seniority. I am very upset about the whole thing, but hopefully things will work out for the best.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Memories

My dad passed away two years ago today. Some days it feels like forever ago and other days it feels like just yesterday we got the phone call. He is missed greatly by all of us. Here are a few pics of him. The first one is of him and me when I was 5 weeks old. My dad and I at high school graduation.




His eyes are closed in this picture, but I like it anyway. It was taken at a Christmas a couple years before he passed away.




This is one of the last pictures we have of him. It is my favorite. It was taken the November before he passed away for his 60th birthday party.
We all miss him greatly, but know he is in a better place. One day we will all join him. We love you dad!





Monday, May 4, 2009

Husbands keep life interesting...

I got a phone call from one of the adults that helps Justin on Sunday night at youth group that I needed to come pick him up. He had decided to ride someone's motorcycle and crashed into a van in the church parking lot. He had never driven one before, so I am not sure why he did this???? When I arrived to pick him up, he looked like he was in a lot of pain. They had called the cops to report the accident and for insurance. He burned the inside of his right leg from his knee down. He also has a lot of cuts and scratches. We ran to Walgreens to pick up some burn cream, sterile pads and gauze. A friend of mine's husband use to be a EMT, so he came over and helped wrap it.

I was going to take all of today off, but the sub I wanted couldn't come in until 12, so I just took a half day today and then also tomorrow off to help him. He is fortunately doing a lot better, but his burn is going to take a long time to heal... Keep him in your prayers...

By the way, he will never get on a motorcycle again... Not just my words, but his as well...