but I survived-an entire week as a single parent with the Crop just days away. My hat's off to all of you who do it daily or have done it. You are MUCH stronger than I am. I am oh so ready for dh to be home sometime in the wee hours of this morning.
My munchkin is still crying over the loss of his beloved jack-o-lantern, Jack, but we will bury him in the garden tomorrow and hope for new pumpkins. LOL.
16 conferences tonight, all went well. All of this after being in COMPLETE and total LOCKDOWN at school this afternoon while they finally caught the dirtbag who escaped from jail this week just a block away from our school. FUN TIMES I tell ya.
Okay, I am DEAD tired and going to hit the hay.
Happy Halloween to you all tomorrow.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
MIA
So I realized that I have not been all that diligent in keeping up with my blog lately, however, unlike my dear friend, Miami Dawn, it isn't just because I am addicted to Scramble.
I do have valid reasons(excuses) but.........
The 3rd Annual MS Crop 4 Hope is next weekend and it has become a full time job. It is going to be an amazing event and I will so very happy when it is here. Things are falling into place and I am surprising myself remaining calm and relatively unstressed about it all at this point.
I think that I have attended to most of the details and just need to call one of the food vendors to ensure that we have dinner on Saturday. Lunches are taken care of, as is the hotel, UHAUL, table rental...........well you know. I luv the planning and I just can't wait to see it all.
We are even advertised on the TBOextra webpage of the Highlands area newspaper.
In the middle of all of this, John is in Virginia for the entire week at a conference for work. Joshy and I are doing just fine and we look forward to his return on Friday. At that point, he WILL be in full Daddy mode.
My sister closed on her house in VA yesterday and they can finally say that it is HOME. I am so relieved for her and her family and now we will have a place to visit.
Well, I need to go and make some more baskets. Remember to check out my other blog
www.mscrop4hope.blogspot.com
to see all the excitement going on.
I do have valid reasons(excuses) but.........
The 3rd Annual MS Crop 4 Hope is next weekend and it has become a full time job. It is going to be an amazing event and I will so very happy when it is here. Things are falling into place and I am surprising myself remaining calm and relatively unstressed about it all at this point.
I think that I have attended to most of the details and just need to call one of the food vendors to ensure that we have dinner on Saturday. Lunches are taken care of, as is the hotel, UHAUL, table rental...........well you know. I luv the planning and I just can't wait to see it all.
We are even advertised on the TBOextra webpage of the Highlands area newspaper.
In the middle of all of this, John is in Virginia for the entire week at a conference for work. Joshy and I are doing just fine and we look forward to his return on Friday. At that point, he WILL be in full Daddy mode.
My sister closed on her house in VA yesterday and they can finally say that it is HOME. I am so relieved for her and her family and now we will have a place to visit.
Well, I need to go and make some more baskets. Remember to check out my other blog
www.mscrop4hope.blogspot.com
to see all the excitement going on.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
a LONG weekend for me
So, Friday was professional day for those of us teachers in Hills. County. Our 6 hours of training was wrapped up in under two hours, which was very nice. Then I got to spend an entire day with my ds and Aunt Sue. We went shopping(haven't done that in FOREVER) and I actually bought myself NEW clothes.
It was relatively xciting for me as I purchased a clothing size that I have NEVER in my life and i mean NEVER before have worn. Now, I could typically assume that they were just a pair of pants that were generously cut, but I came home with several pairs(all different brands and styles) that we the same size. It is truthfully not even REAL to me, but I guess it is. I still look in the mirror and see a fat person, but according to my clothes, I am no longer that plus sized(22) that I used to be.
After shopping, we went to Celebration Station and we played putt putt. It was so much fun especially because ds actually followed the rules and I am a proud Mommy when I admit that he got a hole in one. Now anyone who has known me for a LONG time(ex ex this is you :) I do NOT like putt putt. In fact, one could go as far as to say, that I hate putt putt.........however, when you are playing with one adorable little blondie, it just seems like a whole lot more fun. The go carts were an experience and just when my back was finally beginning to feel better-WHAM. we got rear ended by the same kid TWICE. So, they blew the whistle at him, BIG deal. Still hurt BADLY. My back may not be right til after the crop, but it was a really great afternoon.
The weekend went too quickly as it always does. Got bunches accomplished for the crop when Amanda spent the night and had a beautiful afternoon at the park in Largo for my teaching partner's lil one's FIRST birthday.
I took the day off yesterday-LONG story, but after running round town to THREE banks, waiting over an hour for blood work and more shopping...........came home to have a super pleasant afternoon. It is so much nicer now that my lil guy is not constantly trying to butt heads with me :)
Imagination Movers tickets went on sale Saturday and proudly, Mover Mommy and Mover Daddy will take Mover Rich with Scott to see them in January. I often have to ask my lil man who it is I am talking to. What an Imagination HE has. I luv it.
Tomorrow is the 22nd, which means in one month from then, he will be FOUR years old. When he was born, everyone told me enjoy it cause it goes too quickly. Yeah Yeah. Whatever , but OMG does it ever. In a blink of an eye, my little tiny baby, turned into a toddler and wham, as if almost overnight, he has turned into an amazing little man with a vocabulary that is just awesome.
Okay, off to start cooking dinner and work on the crop. i am going to be so happy when it is all said and done.
TTFN.
It was relatively xciting for me as I purchased a clothing size that I have NEVER in my life and i mean NEVER before have worn. Now, I could typically assume that they were just a pair of pants that were generously cut, but I came home with several pairs(all different brands and styles) that we the same size. It is truthfully not even REAL to me, but I guess it is. I still look in the mirror and see a fat person, but according to my clothes, I am no longer that plus sized(22) that I used to be.
After shopping, we went to Celebration Station and we played putt putt. It was so much fun especially because ds actually followed the rules and I am a proud Mommy when I admit that he got a hole in one. Now anyone who has known me for a LONG time(ex ex this is you :) I do NOT like putt putt. In fact, one could go as far as to say, that I hate putt putt.........however, when you are playing with one adorable little blondie, it just seems like a whole lot more fun. The go carts were an experience and just when my back was finally beginning to feel better-WHAM. we got rear ended by the same kid TWICE. So, they blew the whistle at him, BIG deal. Still hurt BADLY. My back may not be right til after the crop, but it was a really great afternoon.
The weekend went too quickly as it always does. Got bunches accomplished for the crop when Amanda spent the night and had a beautiful afternoon at the park in Largo for my teaching partner's lil one's FIRST birthday.
I took the day off yesterday-LONG story, but after running round town to THREE banks, waiting over an hour for blood work and more shopping...........came home to have a super pleasant afternoon. It is so much nicer now that my lil guy is not constantly trying to butt heads with me :)
Imagination Movers tickets went on sale Saturday and proudly, Mover Mommy and Mover Daddy will take Mover Rich with Scott to see them in January. I often have to ask my lil man who it is I am talking to. What an Imagination HE has. I luv it.
Tomorrow is the 22nd, which means in one month from then, he will be FOUR years old. When he was born, everyone told me enjoy it cause it goes too quickly. Yeah Yeah. Whatever , but OMG does it ever. In a blink of an eye, my little tiny baby, turned into a toddler and wham, as if almost overnight, he has turned into an amazing little man with a vocabulary that is just awesome.
Okay, off to start cooking dinner and work on the crop. i am going to be so happy when it is all said and done.
TTFN.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
playing my usual game
of catching up. I have been a BAD blogger, although it doesn't seem that anyone has noticed.
life has been crazy busy as always. today we completed our first nine weeks of school. very hard to believe that the first nine weeks is done already and it is time to work on grades and report cards. YIKES. where does it all go?
my class is a good group and I am enjoying them. I have adjusted to our crazy schedule and pretty much find myself to be going with the proverbial flow. our new reading series appears to have some wonderful components but def. difficult to fit all the parts in with the scheduling. tomorrow is professional study day and we will get part two of the training. perhaps it will seem a bit less overwhelming than the first part as we have been utilizing it for some time now. fingers crossed.
Joshy passed his speech screening last week which comes as a HUGE shock to most, esp. me. I asked the SLP if she could fail him and she agreed that his "issues" were real, but also being that he is still THREE, they were within the limits for a 3 year old. She did rec. he be rescreened in six months after he has turned 4 and unless he self corrects by April, he would fail at that point. Now do not get me wrong, I am not looking to have my child qualify for any programs that he doesn't truly need, but I would hate for him to continue lisping for the rest of his life because he missed that fateful cutoff of fixing it by FIVE cause he won't be in kinder til almost 6.
My sister and the rest of her family are now firmly planted in Virginia and when Joshy heard that he cried. Although they are now MUCH closer and in the same time zone, we will all miss them being in Colorado however, we promised a visit to see Colorado Henry in our futures.
Well, other than the MS Crop stuff taking OVER my entire life, I have just caught ya'll up on the goings on with me. Wish I could share something truly interesting, but I can't. I have too many raffles to organize and a t-shirt order to generate.
Hugs to all,
Jax
life has been crazy busy as always. today we completed our first nine weeks of school. very hard to believe that the first nine weeks is done already and it is time to work on grades and report cards. YIKES. where does it all go?
my class is a good group and I am enjoying them. I have adjusted to our crazy schedule and pretty much find myself to be going with the proverbial flow. our new reading series appears to have some wonderful components but def. difficult to fit all the parts in with the scheduling. tomorrow is professional study day and we will get part two of the training. perhaps it will seem a bit less overwhelming than the first part as we have been utilizing it for some time now. fingers crossed.
Joshy passed his speech screening last week which comes as a HUGE shock to most, esp. me. I asked the SLP if she could fail him and she agreed that his "issues" were real, but also being that he is still THREE, they were within the limits for a 3 year old. She did rec. he be rescreened in six months after he has turned 4 and unless he self corrects by April, he would fail at that point. Now do not get me wrong, I am not looking to have my child qualify for any programs that he doesn't truly need, but I would hate for him to continue lisping for the rest of his life because he missed that fateful cutoff of fixing it by FIVE cause he won't be in kinder til almost 6.
My sister and the rest of her family are now firmly planted in Virginia and when Joshy heard that he cried. Although they are now MUCH closer and in the same time zone, we will all miss them being in Colorado however, we promised a visit to see Colorado Henry in our futures.
Well, other than the MS Crop stuff taking OVER my entire life, I have just caught ya'll up on the goings on with me. Wish I could share something truly interesting, but I can't. I have too many raffles to organize and a t-shirt order to generate.
Hugs to all,
Jax
Sunday, October 5, 2008
BUSY weekend
It sure was a busy weekend. They never do seem to be long enough. However, I got a WHOLE lot accomplished.
DH and I enjoyed celebrating our FIFTH wedding anniversary yesterday. We did a bunch of talking over a nice dinner. AMAZING how much can change in 5 years. WOW.
I had a reading at a psychic place yesterday........not the best one that I have ever had. She said absolutely NOTHING that anyone reading this couldn't have come up with, honestly. I have had good ones before and other people who said things that were truly intuative, but this lady, waste of mil $$. u enjoyed the fall festival at wsd. i always luv bumping into scrappy peeps that i haven't seen in awhile. margot, great to see you looking so wonderful :)
got some nice donations logged in and made a HUGE dent in the pile of ms crop stuff taking over my house.
ds and dh went to the choo choo show today giving me time to organize the stuff. nice weekend, just not quite long enough.
listening to the rain fall and just finished soaking in a long hot bath. i am going to go watch my shows and relax.
have a great evening all.
DH and I enjoyed celebrating our FIFTH wedding anniversary yesterday. We did a bunch of talking over a nice dinner. AMAZING how much can change in 5 years. WOW.
I had a reading at a psychic place yesterday........not the best one that I have ever had. She said absolutely NOTHING that anyone reading this couldn't have come up with, honestly. I have had good ones before and other people who said things that were truly intuative, but this lady, waste of mil $$. u enjoyed the fall festival at wsd. i always luv bumping into scrappy peeps that i haven't seen in awhile. margot, great to see you looking so wonderful :)
got some nice donations logged in and made a HUGE dent in the pile of ms crop stuff taking over my house.
ds and dh went to the choo choo show today giving me time to organize the stuff. nice weekend, just not quite long enough.
listening to the rain fall and just finished soaking in a long hot bath. i am going to go watch my shows and relax.
have a great evening all.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Happy Friday dance
I am seriously doing the Happy Friday dance. I am ever so glad that this week is over. Seems that I say that every Friday, but it is so darn hot outside and having car rider duty in the afternoon literally WIPES me out. UGH.
It has been a relatively good week otherwise. I am still way behind on my laundry, but working on it. I often wonder how three people can possibly dirty sooooooo many clothes. It is unreal.
I am starting to have slight panic attacks with relation to the Crop 4 Hope. There is still so much to do and i am feeling pressure and I am running out of time.
Tomorrow John and I will celebrate our FIVE year wedding anniversary. I have NEVER been married to someone for FIVE years before. LOL.
Sunday, I plan to start laying out all the stuff for the crop and hope to make some progress with prepping it all.
YIKES. just a bit overwhelming.
I wish that I could attend a crop tomorrow or a Fall Festival but it isn't likely.......oh well.
Have a great weekend everyone.
It has been a relatively good week otherwise. I am still way behind on my laundry, but working on it. I often wonder how three people can possibly dirty sooooooo many clothes. It is unreal.
I am starting to have slight panic attacks with relation to the Crop 4 Hope. There is still so much to do and i am feeling pressure and I am running out of time.
Tomorrow John and I will celebrate our FIVE year wedding anniversary. I have NEVER been married to someone for FIVE years before. LOL.
Sunday, I plan to start laying out all the stuff for the crop and hope to make some progress with prepping it all.
YIKES. just a bit overwhelming.
I wish that I could attend a crop tomorrow or a Fall Festival but it isn't likely.......oh well.
Have a great weekend everyone.
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