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.