things that I luv day 12

I luv the fact that I can meet new people and gather them together all for a good cause. I can open my home to a sweet young business woman who is kind and generous and numerous friends will flock here as well.

It warms my heart to wear nice things and even toastier when i am helping a friend share her business with others, make lots of sales, get me items for free and half cost and all the while spreading the word about ms and increasing donations to team durning.

thank you laurel and premier jewelry for the opporunity. thanx to all my gal pals and my father in law for doing some shopping for BLING and especially for my lil guy who stayed upstairs for hours til he just couldn't take it anymore and HAD to come down to model the samples and find something sparkly for his valentine Alexa. It was absolutely precious and I luved every minute of it.

things that i luv day #11

I know that this sounds quirky, but I luv the fact that I am able to give myself an injection three times per week that although the cost of said medicine has skyrocketed to $2858 per month, I am so in luv with the fact that it works.
My MRI in five years has been unchanged and that is something to do the happy dance about. I also love the fact that I can still do the happy dance if I so choose to do it, however, being that dancing has never been my "thing" I will more than likely continue to do so in private, but hell, I can do it.

I luv having a medicine available to me that is apparently working. Hooray for Rebif!

things that i luv day #10

One thing that I have discovered that I luv is teaching!!

After 19 years, I still luv going into school each day. Now don't get me wrong, there are vacation days that I luv as well, but I am not sure that I have ever uttered the words, " I have to go to work.". To me, teaching is going to school. It isn't "work". -most days anyway...

I have been at the same school for 17 years and I can proudly say that i still talk to MANY of my former students and parents.

One thing that I luv for sure is teaching. I made a great choice when I picked this career and I am truthfully certain that there isn't anything else I would want to do!!

things i luv day #9

I luv knowing that the FCAT writing test for my fourth graders is OVER.......the last few weeks have been so stressful for them and that makes me so sad. I want them to LUV writing as much as I do and therefore, i do NOT teach the test. I LUV watching their vocabularies grow and seeing the light in their eyes when they get to write whatever it is they want to write........not just sticking, staying and stretching.

So, I LUV that all of my 23 lil buggers have completed their writing tests. Hope that I luv their scores, but I am personally, very proud of their progress, regardless of what the person in T scores them.

things that I luv #8

Well one thing that I do NOT luv is having a sick child........so one thing that I discovered that I do luv is having a fantastic pediatric office........in 5 years, not a single complaint that I can think of.

We have seen nearly every doctor in the practice and they are all phenominal. I am thrilled that this particular practice, with after hours right up the street was rec. to us when I was pregnant. I never got to go and do the pediatrician interviews that I had scheduled because I was put on strict bedrest, so it was truly a "crapshoot" and I am delighted with the outcome.

So after nearly a two hour appt. at said doctor's office, leaving with a nebeulizer that will quickly become a good friend of said 5 year old, prescriptions emailed directly to the pharmacy AND a star wars sticker, I truly love our pediatrician's office!!

things i luv day #7

I discovered that I truly love a relaxing kinda stay in your pj's day every now and then.......I actually never left the house other than to bring in my scrap bags from the car and put everything away where it belonged.

I did eventually take a shower and get dressed although I didn't really "need" to.

I really do luv a relaxing kinda stay in your pj's day every now and then!

Cupid Crop

I arrived early on Friday afternoon for the Cupid Crop at WSD in the pouring rain. OMG it was like a monsoon on the Howard Frankland Bridge and of course, there was no way into the store without getting drenched. A BIG thank u to the lady from REgions Bank. VERY glad she wasn't an axe murderer.

My dear friend, Jan was there waiting for me-and despite the numerous scary phonecalls that morning I was beyond THRILLED and delighted to see her sitting there scrapping away at our table and NOT what the alternative could have been.

My boys came over around dinner time and picked me up to have dinner, which was a nice stretching break and good to get to see them. I stayed til closing of the crop at midnight and although I didn't get too too much scrapped, I did get to play with the ENTIRE line of SMOOCH inks, including the new colors, that Jan had surprised me with!! THey were great for embellishing the farm animals that I needed to finish my layout.

Helen did a bunch of photo sorting and we spent about 5 hours chatting and catching up. It is still weird NOT to see each other every day after teaching 2 gether for 15 years. But by midnight, her pics were sorted and we were officially caught up :)

Saturday I was back at the store at 10-ish thanx to sleeping on mil's couch a few blocks away. That was perfect. I did scrap a bunch, played some fun fun games, didn't win a door prize, but I DID win an entire set of Simple Scrapbook(luved that publication) idea magazines!! I can NOT wait to delve into them and the Cupid Cash was so much fun.

I realized that although I am NOT a movie go-er, I can play a pretty mean game of Pyramid and give decent clues even if I have NO idea who starred in the movies and I never saw them. I also did pretty well on the couples matching game. Jen outdid herself -as usual- with the cute games and great food...........I hope a certain someone enjoyed my dinner last night.

It was a fun, relaxing, fantastic weekend crop and today I feel like staying in my pj's all day, but I think my boys probably have other ideas.

I am thrilled and delighted NOT to live anywhere but FL right now as it is tooooo darn cold and snowy in toooo many other places.

Happy Super Bowl Sunday and I hope that everyone enjoys and stays safe 2 night.

things i LUV day #6

I luv spending time scrapping with the best of friends!! You know the kind that will be there in the DROP of a hat. ....those kinda friends.

I have had many people come and go in my lifetime that I thought were my friends-we all have I think and although I have felt the confusion and loss of those said "friends" there is nothing like the ones that are tried and true.

I luv that I do have some very dear ones of them and I KNOW that they know who they are.

things i luv day #5

I luv having good friends who care........and worry about me and our other friends.

Thanks for the phonecall this morning friend and an even BIGGER thanx for Jan really being named Janice and NOT Janet.

My sympathy goes out to the other family who eerily lives in the same town and and lost someone they luv in a motorcycle accident. I also luv the fact that my dear friends Bill and Jan do NOT luv motorcycles at this moment.

I am now able to breath!!
and I am off to get my haircut and spend the weekend scrapping which are two things that I also luv!!

things that I LUV Day #4

I luv spending a girls night out at a quarter auction knowing that the money that was raised went to a good cause-cystic fybrosis.

I also luv knowing that someone that I know who lost his 30 year old wife to this disease last week will know that Deanna meant a whole lot to others and that i could do something, no matter how little to honor her and help others who have this.

I tell my students OFTEN, how it makes my heart feel good to give to others and they seem to "get it" cause they have purchased a goat for two families this year, raised $25 for the Red Cross and are learning a valuable lesson about others who may be less fortunate than they are.

So, I luv being able to do something good......and I especially LUV winning FOUR of the quarter auctions in a row. Nice.

Dh esp. luvs that I won a table runner for our kitchen table that he discovered was probably NOT the very best place to attempt to put together a model airplane the other night when there was a very tired although anxious 5 year old wanting to "help". You see airplane model glue and said wooden kitchen table do NOT go well together and I had just gotten used to the varnish being ON that table.

So, luckily for him, the LOVE table runner that I won from At Home America is the perfect color combination for my kitchen and will save him from buying me a new table at least thru Valentine's Day!!

So, basically, on day #4, I luv doing things for others that include winning nice prizes and spending valuable time with a great group of girlfriends!!

Things that I luv day #3

I luv good quotes and this one especially made me smile because it makes me think of someone very special and I couldn't agree with it more.

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” ― Anonymous

toss ten Tuesday

Good-bye huge bag of way more than 10 pairs of unmentionables that fit me when I wore a MUCH bigger size!!

I am tired of pulling you outta the drawer only to throw u back in. You were dear friends for a LONG time(way too long) and although I fluctuate, there ain't NO WAY you will ever fit me again, so off to the trash pile in the sky you shall go.

Hmm, guessing that I will be purchasing some new ones soon-or maybe Cupid will bring me some in the appropriate size!!

Things that I LUV day #2

I moved to Tampa in June of 1985 and ever since I got here, I have been a WFLA kinda gal. I can NOT go to sleep without channel 8 on tv. I can NOT wake up without channel 8 on tv......

I luv channel 8 WFLA. Now over the years, I have seen sportscasters become anchor persons and anchor persons come and go, but the worst of it was when my "boyfriend" took his own life in April almost two years ago. OMG my heart still breaks.

I got "used" to the new line up and truly came to enjoy watching Bill and the girls. Then Bill retired and it was just the "girls". Come the end of Feb. there will be big changes once again. After 16 years, Gayle is leaving and I woke up this morning to find out that Jen is leaving too.

I luv WFLA channel 8, but will I luv the new morning line up? We can only hope........

Things that I LUV day #1

I luv that at 8:51am on a dreary, rainy, Monday morning, I can sit at the computer still in my pj's and drink my second cup of coffee.

I am very fortunate to have a cooperative and helpful(most of the time) hubby who recongizes that I took my shot too late last night and had a very bad night of sleep. So, he was more than willing to take the lil guy to VPK as I am not moving too quickly today.

So, off I go to get ready for school.

I do so LUV that I have a great dh!!- and that I don't have to be at work til 11 am.

Hellloooo February

Bring it on. Already into the second month of the new decade and I couldn't be happier about it.

January was a BUSY month for us and I am not sorry to see it go. I have already begun making some simple cards for Valentine's Day and thinking of a birthday gift for sister in law. I have several events scheduled this month and we are in FULL planning and preparing mode for both FCAT at school and walk ms at the end of March.

I am even attending a weekend long crop this week at WSD. I can NOT wait to actually accomplish something creative. It has been wayyyy toooooo long and I miss that feeling.

Next week we will all go out to celebrate what would have been Daddy's 70th birthday.

It is going to be a FANTASTIC month FOCUSING on things that I LUV..........