Pictures - Because it has been awhile

The Fog

I live in a fog. Part of it is my own fault because I insist on having so much on my plate. Hubby is always telling me to sit and relax....but if I do, when will all of my stuff get done? I'm not a good person who can just sit....unless CSI is on and then I can literally sit for hours...but alas, I digress....some of my fog is because I have a young child. Thankfully, she sleeps through the night and has since she was two months old....but the fog still seeps into my brain.

For example, last week I had to drop off the girls with my inlaws while I went to Smooth Solutions (story to come). Anyway, heading on hwy and then turn the WRONG way. Usually this wouldn't be an issue, but it was during rush hour traffic at a VERY busy intersection.

Another example, load the car (amazing how much stuff I need DAILY to go to school and for the girls!), load the girls, about to get in the car and guess what??? NO SHOES!!!! Back into the garage, unlock the house, disarm the alarm, get shoes and do it all over again! OMG, get it together! :-)

Make you CRY!!!

I read a lot right now b/c I pump 5-6 times a day and what else do you do while sitting there for 15 minutes? Me? I read and read and read. Which isn't bad b/c I like to read.

Finished a book today and it made me CRY!!! Here I am in my bathroom, crying my eyes out when I should be getting ready for my day!

Nickolas Sparks's The Last Song is a FANTASTIC book. It starts off sorta bumpy (lots of teen angst, which I can do without) but it blossoms into a wonderful novel. If you want a good read and a good cry, definately pull this one off the shelf.

Last day of school....

....another year gone by. Whew! This was an interesting year, to say the least!!!

I have been a special education teacher all year, which, BTW, was NOT what I interviewed for. But, when it is July and you don't have a J.O.B., you take what you can get. I've made my wishes known and pray, pray, pray that next year I can be a reading teacher again.

In the meantime, I am gearing up for swimming. No rest for the weary. I begin on Tuesday and have over 40 students on my book. Talk about a scheduling NIGHTMARE!! Only made one major oops and everyone else is happy! Yeah me and them!!!

I'm hoping to do better with all of this blogging, I really do enjoy it. It is my own little view on life/venting opportunity/bragging about my girls...yes, I said GIRLS b/c during my absence, I had a baby girl (more to come later).

I'm on FB now, but I don't do much there either. So all you bloggers, don't feel that I've neglected you for something else, b/c I haven't!

Gearing Up

Are you done with all of your shopping? Me? Almost. Mr. UPS knocked on my door and delivered a package today...........I actually ordered this stuff over 6 weeks ago, so it isn't like I was running behind! I started my Christmas shopping this summer This is a good thing, but also bad b/c I have a tendency to forget that I've gotten things for people and then remember later!

Right now I have a gift hidden, and I don't remember where I hid it. We do not live in a large house. I put it in a good place, obviously, but have no idea where! Go figure. The saddest part is that I hid it less than 3 weeks ago! I'm just losing my mind. No worries, maybe I'll get it back in the near future. Maybe I won't and I'll just get used to not having mental capabilities.

Don't lose your mind shopping. I do warn you not to go to the grocery store unless you absolutely HAVE to. ZOO!!! And it was during the day!

Big Bus vs Little Bus

Yes, we sometimes let our child watch Sponge Bob....could we do better? I'm sure. Could we do worse? Oh, yes, I think so!

If you've never watched it, you aren't missing much. Sponge Bob has a side-kick named Patrick and Patrick is definitely NOT the smart one of the two. So, we have a running joke at our house that Patrick rides the short bus (no offense to anyone who really does, just a joke in our house). Anyway, one morning on the way to school, Little tells me that she is Sponge Bob, I can be the squirrel and Daddy is Patrick. I just about died laughing!! I texted hubby to share the news and told him that now he is the official short bus rider in the family.

I know this isn't PC, but it was funny....probably a lot funnier in my head than written here! I promise, it was funny!

New Bed

....did you know that you can sleep better in a big bed? She has taken over the guest room as hers and that also means sleeping in the "big, white, bed." Hey, you do what ya gotta do to get them to go to sleep! :-)