Hello everyone...a quick note to let you know that I'm alive....
I have not had the chance to read everyone's posts.... I've been thinking
about you all....I'm so busy right now AND sick again. (I'm just about OVER
being sick...) DH was hit in the throat and chin by a very large tree branch
this evening. He is ok. He has several scratches and a HUGE skinned place
on his chin......like a rug burn but really deep. His throat hurts (inside) but
he refuses to go to the dr. This happened while I was at my 2nd PTA meeting
in as many days. I will go to my 3rd on Thursday. I think I may need a medal
for PTA meetings this year!

Our 7th graders case manager and I are having a serious fight.... I truly feel
for what she does. (At school I am on the other side of her desk...the collaborative class....) THEY just can't get their crap together. I am VERY compassionate and can commiserate regarding her position and the demands on her time......HOWEVER, our son is our *ONLY* priority. I am sorry that they have stacked her caseload. I am sorry that her computer is horrid. I am sorry that she hasn't learned the software that is needed for him to do math on the computer. (Mousie, you know anything about MathPad2 or whatever the latest MathPad is?) I'm sorry that she has MORE students than she can handle BUT they have had 2 full weeks to get the kid a keyed lock for a locker. Yadda, yadda, yadda.... Tonight she made the grave error of telling MY son NOT to talk to me or his advocate. Everything (in his words re: her speech) must go thru her...... that SHE has the final say over what he can tell us or not. GUESS HOW THAT WENT OVER..... Lead ton of bricks! I have spoken with her on the phone. I am not too sure that she gets that HE is our ONLY priority. That when I'm at school, I have my whole class to worry with.....but for now....by DARN........they need to get his IEP done correctly.....without another darn excuse......

I have got to get to bed.... I took my cough medicine and I'm typing this with my eyes closed.... I have not coughed in 10 minutes or so...THAT amazes me!

Summer. Did I miss your PM with the address?
Kerry. Feel better!
Ginny. I don't have a clue about what was wrong with your mom...but I"m glad she is doing well! :)
Mouse. Do you forgive me for not sending coupons.... What a great friend I'm turning out to be......

ya'll take care.
meee
He is doing well in spite of me feeling horrid about things....

'Morning!
Summer- sorry for the crummy day...... Got a kid with a bad case of the touchie/feelies huh? (had one of them on the bus last year.....) Hopefully today will be much better. And yeah, you probably should lock up your purse. I have heard of stolen wallets/purses even in churches recently~ had it happen to myself many years ago at work. Bummer that that is what this world has become. Today is a new start, right!

Kerry- drink lots and lots of warm beverages and water. And Big hugs....hope you feel better. I have heard of lots of nasty colds out there(seems awfully early in the year for all this nonsense.) Take care of yourself. Hopefully today will be better for you too!

Up to my eyeballs again.......Saw Dm last nite, she picked up dramatically during my visit (no, it wasn't cause of me, the anethesia wore off). She called this am (6!) asking for some items today........hopefully I can bring her home. See ya later.
Hi to Robyn and Mouse.....
Ginny

Evening folks,
I felt much better today. I am still having to blow my stuffy nose but not as much as yesterday. So I think the Nyquil was the right thing to do. I am going to take another dose of it here in a few minutes.
Tonight when I was working out at Curves the owner kept commenting on how great I looked. This made me feel really good. Since I just had a few cookies at school before leaving. So I worked even harder to work those few cookies on. LOL She said that it looked like I had lost a ton of weight since she saw me last month. But I have only lose 2 or 3 pounds since then. I think I have lost several inches though. We will find out here in a week or two about the inches.
SUmmer hope your Open House was a huge success. Hopefully you didn't get feeled up by students or parents tonight.
Robyn how is your DH? How did he get hit by the branch in the throat area anyway? That sounds very painful. Hope he is feeling better. SOrry to hear about your problem with your son. Keep pushing for what is right for him.
Ginny hope you were able to see your mom today and to bring her home. Hope you had a nice day driving your little angels around.
Mouse did you ever get your grad school figured out? How is your week going so far.
Well it is off to take some medicine and go to sleep.
Have a great Thursday everyone!
Kerry

Kerry- glad you are feeling better.........
Robyn- how are you feeling.....and how is Dh?
Sorry this is so short.....I was gonna get gabby here and the phone rang, so I have to scoot. My mom is doing great. Sounds like her normal energetic self.
Gotta go.
See ya! Ginny

Just another shortie.....waiting for Dh and Ds to get home from bball practice so I can to to open house tonite.
Robyn- my mom had a large patch of basal cell carcinoma on the top of her head. According to the surgeon, it was a challenge to remove and still leave her with some scalp......but she is ok, and sounds like her usual self. Yesterday she looked much better than the night of the surgery (still groggy). Thanks for asking.

Mouse- a most blessed Yom Kippur to you and your family (got it right this time!)

Summer- how did it go with the surgeon?

Kerry- how you feeling???
I am out of here.......Dh just came home.
See ya later!
Ginny

Well, I saw the surgeon today, and he agreed with everyone else that I need a biopsy. What they found was not a lump, it is a lesion. I finally saw it on the films myself. It is only about an inch long. The doctor's office will make an appointment at the hospital for me to have a core biopsy. It will only take the pathologist about 3-4 days, and then the doctor will let me know the results. So, if I get an appointment next week, I may know before my birthday. I just want this weight lifted off my shoulders. I hate living in limbo. My eating habits are horrendous, my house looks like "who did it and ran," and I feel really disorganized at school. I need to know either way. Even if it is cancer, I just need to know so that I can get on with my life...keyword being, "LIFE."

Open House went well. I had parents thanking me for getting their kids in line. They can't believe that after one month with me, they are starting to clean up after themselves, behave more independently, and do what they are told. I wanted to tell them that it was within their power all along if they were consistent with discipline, but I didn't want to hurt any feelings. They think this is good, just wait till June...we've got a long way to go!!! I've got all sorts of plans for these little nuckleheads. My aide showed up to school on Wednesday and even stayed for Open House! But, then the a**hole called out sick again today. So out of 4 days, she has been out 3. And, I was counting on her to cover my class with an assistant while I was at the surgeon this morning. I wanted the kids (some of which still cry every morning) to see at least one of our faces when their moms dropped them off. However little miss selfish decided to take another day off when the kids and I really needed her to show up. To make matters worse, we had a student transfer from the PM class to the AM class because the schedule conflicted with her nap and she cried all through class. So, today was her first day with the AM class, and I was counting on my aide to be there for her so she would feel secure. But, no, my aide opted out. Apparently, the little girl did cry, but thankfully, the aides who took over were sensitive enough and helped her transition. By the time my appointment was over, she was done crying and was playing with the kids in the centers. So, tomorrow is Friday. Who wants to lay bets that my aide will shoot for the long weekend and take tomorrow off too?!

Kerry, feel better girl. Get lots of rest. Take supplements...echinacea, garlic, and vitamin C.

Robyn, I'm glad you are okay. I did PM you. If you can't find it, let me know.

Ginny, I hope your mom heals well from the surgery. Just stay very aware of her healing process, and make sure to report any sign of infection.

Hi Mousie!

Hi ladies,
I am getting a little better. The infection is breaking up and coming out of my system slowly. But atleast I am not as stuffy and sounding like I am going to lose my voice at any minute.
Not much new here. Just had to get ready for a new sub on Monday. I am going to an inservice to learn how to restrain unruly children. Should be interesting. Time will tell.
Hope everyone is doing great.
Summer glad to hear that you are finally getting somewhere with your health issues. I will keep saying my prayers for you.
Ginny glad to hear that your mom is feeling much better. I will keep you and her in my prayers too.
Robyn and MOuse Hi hope all is well with you.
Talk more this weekend, Starting to fall asleep.
Take care,
Kerry

Hi all. I kinda disappeared last week. It was a very long week. I finally reached my advisor Monday. Went to the gym, and all.
Tuesday we had the mandatory TB testing done... and last year I developed a reaction to the serum or whatever they use... My arm swelled up and the space they injected turned red. But they weren't sure it was the test AND they didn't write it down, so I had to have it done again this year... same thing happened. After work, I had a dentist appointment... just 6 month tooth cleaning. My dentist goes to my gym, too, with her husband who is the computer guru/receptionist. By the time that was over, my arm was swollen... and I just wanted to go home, so I did.
My computer died that night, and Gateway decided that it had to go in for service again instead of just replacing the case/motherboard. So I'm using my old laptop that my father has somehow managed to kill. I am using my dial-up ISP, and had to buy an external keyboard for the laptop. When I get my computer back, I'm going to get the IT students at school to dump the harddrive on this, clean it off, and see if they can't clean the keyboard and make it work again. Its a good, heavy system and should take Windows 2000 if we can clean it up.
Gateway picked my system up Thursday, so I hope to have it back Tuesday or Wednesday with luck. They say 3-5 business days including shipping back... so Friday, Monday, Tuesday...
On Wednesday I met with my advisor, and he had a good idea... he told me to through the catalog and pick out classes that sounded interesting. I'm not missing anything for certification, I'm fully certified, so I'm taking classes because I want to take them... so take what I want to learn about! He said I could take anything in the school, including counseling classes... so I'm going to take the intro class, and a vocational counseling class in addition to other things.
On my way out of the parking lot, though, I had a flat tire! Fortunately, I turned left to go toward the gym instead of right, or I'd've been in a really bad neighborhood just outside of Hopkins. The left isn't too bad: its a park and an art museum. But it took the emergency road service people 2 hours to respond, and it wasn't even rush hour! The dispatcher kept telling me that he didn't know where Johns Hopkins University and the Baltimore Museum of Art were! Two of the major landmarks on East Baltimore, for pity's sake! He sent them over to Johns Hopkins HOSPITAL! Which is clear on the other side of the city!
I spent $160 on new tires... but I have 4 new tires now... And my tuition reimbursement is gone.
My TA was also out on Tuesday, and we did okay till last period when a kid threw his work across the room. I always feel bad when stuff like that happens even though I usually don't have any control over what happened.
On Friday, I had the whole day off, since I used comp time... and went to see yet another plastic surgeon. Oh, wow... this one was worse than the one at Hopkins. He insisted that gastric bypass surgery was the only way I'd ever lose weight and he hoped that I'd find the truth somewhere and find somebody to ehlp me. He said my endocrine disorder isn't the problem... the problem is that I eat too much and don't do enoguh. I tried to show him the exercise log the gym printed out for me and he didn't want to see it. I told him he was just like everybody else, making assumptions that I sit and eat all day. I tried to tell him that I track my food and could show him months and months of logs... he wasn't interested in that either.
I don't know what to do now, though. I know that I don't think I have enough courage to go see anymore surgeons. I had one left on the list, with an apointment in October. I know that I haven't lost any weight since July... even with all the exercise. I did loads more in July and August... Its been hard this month with school starting. I feel so busy all the time. And the gym is closed for the Jewish holidays as well because they're ina Jewish neighborhood and have lots of employees that are Jewish.
I'll be scarce, because of the computer issues...

:mouse:

Hey ya'll.........
what a week! (BUT much better than the week's at my old school!:) )
I've been busy, running, working my butt off...

Today our youngest had baseball, the oldest had a band car wash...and when
all that was over, DH and I spent 4 hours picking (pickin' LOL) a 1/2 bushel of crabs!

My dear friend is in Stuart Florida...which is right above West Palm Beach.... which is
getting pounded by yet another hurricane. My inlaws went back to Florida this week...and are spending their first weekend back in the state in the basement of a church. Did I tell you about my friend's school? Frances ruined it. They are doubled up in a school that was set to be demolished. Ann and her dh had planned to be out of the state this weekend to attend a wedding.... so they carried on with their plans... She is pretty much a basket case from all the stress ....... anyway...

Ginny, how is mom? I read your note...and it made MY scalp hurt. Please give her a hug for me! YIKESSS...what a place to have a skin issue!

Summer, you continue to be in my prayers and thoughts! I can't begin to know how you are holding it together! Hang in there!

Kerry, hope you are continuing to get well! I KNOW what working sick is like!

Mousie, DARN surgeon. I'm sorry that you can't get a decent doc. What a headache! What a heartache. What a butthead! Hang in there. Keep the appointment in October....THAT might be the one that "gets it"! Keep up the great work at the gym!

I'm heading to bed....at 9 pm on a Saturday... WhooooHooo....I'm such a big party girl! LOL
take care....

Mousie, that doctor is a f*cking a**hole. How dare he treat you like that. Shame on him. It makes me sick how you are being mistreated. Please don't give up...maybe your appointment in October will be the answer.

Kerry, glad you are getting better. I'm sorry you got so sick so early in the school year. Those darn cooties!

Robyn, I can't believe what these hurricanes have done to Florida, and now there is another one on the way. Have a great weekend, and take it easy.

Hey Ginny girl!

Today was my nephew's engagement party. It was such a wonderful and joyous day. Let me give you a little history...He was my DS 2nd born child. Her first was a girl with developmental disabilities resulting from loss of oxygen at birth. Out of a sense of guilt, the girl was shamelessly spoiled and turned into a monster. She is now a very bitter, unhappy, and difficult mildly handicapped adult. My nephew was her polar opposite...gifted & talented, athletic, popular, and as kindhearted as could be. He always got the raw end of the deal because of his sister. My mom (until she died) and I always watched out for him and made sure he didn't get the short end of the stick. I babysat both of them all of the time, and after my mom died, I moved in with my DS for 3 years while I completed college. My nephew and got very close. I eventually moved out and got married. During high school, he became depressed and made some bad decisions getting involved with drugs. He lived a risky lifestyle for quite a few years and really scared all of us. He eventually went to school and became a chef. My DS and he argued and he up and moved across the country to Colorado. He met his fiancee and they moved to Oregon. Well, he has grown up and straightened out. He finally has everything he ever wanted. He is marrying the girl of his dreams. (I never thought he'd actually get married!) They are coming east for the wedding, and plan on eventually settling down on the east coast so that they can be near their families because they've realized that family is important. (WOW!) She is from Long Island, so they've decided to have the wedding in May/June at a vineyard on Long Island. They asked my DD to be the flower girl! I am so excited. I spent the whole day smiling and weeping simultaneously. I am so relieved that he not only straightened his life out, he is HAPPY. That is all I ever wanted for him...to just be happy. My heart is so full right now. I guess I will be doing a lot of happy crying over the next several months. God is good.

Evening Ladies,
Boy what a day it has been for me! I had to go workout at Curves this morning. Then I rushed home to get a shower and get dressed for the day. Paid the bills and walked right out the door without them on my way to my MIL's. We went shopping for a baby shower gift for my good friend's shower tomorrow. She is having a baby with my dh's nephew, so his mom is givng the shower. And of all places to have it, they are having it at our house. So I had to clean the house this afternoon. By the time I got to the kitchen, I was pissed because my sil was to come over and help me clean the house. So I just swept the floor and said the **** with mopping it. It just burns me that we offered to have it at our house to save them some money and they just abuse our gift. She promised me that she would come over to help clean the house. I just hope that I can be a nice hostess tomorrow and not get into a fight with my in-law's. This evening to burn off my stress and anger I did do a 4 mile walking video. So that has helped. I just might have to do it again tomorrow mornign before everyone comes over for the shower. LOL.
Mouse I am so sorry that doctor had to be such a sh@#head. Don't you just want to hurt them back like they have done to you. Keep your appointment in Oct. God might just be saying the best one for last. I hope you continue to believe in yourself and don't take in what these idiots are saying about you. (((hugs))) Keep up the good work with your working out!
Summer, I am glad that you had such a wonderful time at your nephew's engagment party today. You have been under a lot of stress lately and needed a day like today to cheer you up. Keep smiling and crying those tears of happiness.
Ginny, how is your mom? So how are you doing with taking care of your mom and doing your everyday living tasks? Hope you have found the time to go for a few walks.
Robyn, sounds like you really enjoy your new school. I am glad to see you smiling this schoo year. Keep it up! How is your dh? I hope he isn't sore anymore from the tree branch hitting him in the throat. How did that happen?
Well I am off to bed to catch some zzzz's. Have to have my beauty rest for tomorrow.
Have a great Sunday.
Kerry

Good Morning!
Sorry to be MIA for a few days......been so darned busy here.
Lots to catch up with here, and I am glad to see that everyone has had a chance to check in and say hello. I start worrying about each of you if we do not hear from you in a day or so.

Kerry- you get my award for getting your workout in!! Good job getting to Curves, with all that you have going on. I hope that the shower is a wonderful event and that you get some time to enjoy it too! Sometimes it is hard to really enjoy having big parties at your own home. Rise above the crummy inlaws and smile!!!!!!! Show them what a class act you are, ok? Glad you are feeling better too, is that cold still retreating?

Mouse-I want to know what happened to doctors with bedside manner!!!!!!!
Ok, so that does not totally apply here, but you know what I mean. It seems as though most you have encountered are just such total creeps,, hey be thankful you found out they were creeps before they did anything to treat you! Hang in there for your October appt, I agree with Kerry, the Lord might just be keeping the best for last here. Lets see~ with your car, at least you are facing winter with 4 new tires! (you were going to need them sooner or later). Hope your computer woes end soon. When do you start your new classes? Now that sounds exciting, being able to take whatever you want!

Robyn- what you gonna do with all those crabs!? Sounds like you had a busy day! And I am so glad to hear that the new school is treating you well and that you are happy there.

Summer-well, first of all your aide needs a major league kick in the can. Nuff said about that! Glad that Open House went well for you and that the parents noticed all your efforts with their children. Bet that made you feel good! Hang in there with your health concerns- I am no expert- but if they are looking to do a core biopsy, well although it is not great news then it does sound to me as if there is still a very good chance that this is not malignant. I'll keep praying for you..... What wonderful news about your nephew! Focus on that......yup, you are so right, God is good. Keep your eyes on His goodness!

As for me, just been so busy. I did sneak off Friday (between am and pm runs) to go apple picking with Dd and her class. I was almost too tired to appreciate it, but it was fun. Yesterday I went to a dairy farm for an Open house (the local extension service has a farm open house every year, this year it was at the son of the teacher who both Ds and Dd had for second grade, so we went in support of her and her son). Then after that Dd and I went to Ds's baseball game. Dd spent most of the time there bellyachin' about sitting thru another ball game (I do not blame her, she has spent far too many hours keeping busy at siblings ballgames). Dh left at 6 am this morning to see Dd play at a tournament on Long Island. Won't be back until 9 tonight or so....... I will be taking Ds and Dd (8) to church this am, and then probably off to see my Dm late this morning for a few hours. She is doing very well. My sister is in from Ohio to take care of her. Problem is, my sister has done little to help at all.....Dm has done all of the cooking since she has gotten home from the hospital (except for the food that I had brought down for her when I picked her up on Wednesday). My mother has done the laundry......cooking......and my sister spends the day on the computer. What a life. Guess I'd better not blast her too much, she knows that I post at this site, and it would not be too difficult for her to figure out who I am. And if she is wasting all day on the internet, she could be a "lurker". Who knows. Anyway, tomorrow she is taking Dm back to the surgeon (who did not want Dm alone for the first 5 days post op, and Dm did not want to stay up here with us for that time). My sister returns home Tuesday.
Guess I have babbled enough. I have been a good girl and gotten my walks in. This morning I am going to try out the Leslie Sansone tape with the stretchie (picked up on ebay). On that happy note, I'll go get my walking shoes on and burn some calories! Hope everyone has a great day.
Ginny

Kerry, don't let the turkeys get you down! What goes around, comes around...your sil will get hers. :coffee: Enjoy being the gracious hostess today and rise above everyone.

Ginny, sorry your sister is dropping the ball. Your poor mother. I hope she doesn't overdo it. Try to find a minute for yourself between ballgames etc. How is college girl adjusting? How is DH adjusting?

Mousie, don't forget that we all know just how hard you are working. We are all proud of your accomplishments. Think of those of us who "get it" when some ignoramous disregards what you say. There has to be a surgeon out there who will believe you and do what you need.

Robyn, enjoy your weekend.

I think I told you guys that DD was chosen to be my nephew's (her Godfather's) flower girl in the wedding! She couldn't be more excited. Halfway through the party, she talked about how she needed to practice her part and what dress she would wear. When I told her that one was being designed for her, I thought she would burst. She is still flying high today. Actually, so am I. He is like my own child, and witnessing his happiness after so many difficult years is the greatest feeling.

Well, today is for laundry and cleaning, and then I must do lesson plans.

Have a great day one and all.

Hi!
Summer, it is so wonderful that you are focusing on this happy event in your family. A real rainbow at the end of the storm for your nephew and family. Hope your day of preparation for another week goes well and is productive for you. Nothing like starting a week out on the right foot!!! As far as my sister goes.....she has been dropping the ball for years.....maybe never even had the ball in the first place. Thankfully my mom is pretty spunky, and doing pretty well thru all this.
Thanks for asking about Dd and Dh. She was very upset last night- her Bf came to see her at school and him leaving her there was tough on her. We spoke for a long time last nite on the phone after his departure. Dh????? He still is a basket case over her not being home. What you gonna do, that is how he is.
See ya later! Hope everyone is having a great day.
Ginny

Congratulations to your nephew, summer...
I think that your aide does need a kick in the rear, but I've been there too. I always say I didn't have an aide when I was in my two inner city schools, because they were worthless until my last year there. The first aide I had thought that I was being disrespectful to the students by not teaching them about nouns, verbs, etc... they couldn't read, none of the knew their addresses or phone numbers, how to use a phone book, read a recipe, any of it. They were multiply-handicapped 9-14 year olds. They didn't need to know nouns! That was as bad as the assistant principal expecting to see me teach READING to our lowest functioning non-verbal class. These kids couldn't recognize their names... how was I going to teach them phonics? Two of the kids had functioning levels around 18-24 months.
Anyway... my second school, the TA spent the day in the back of the room putting together puzzles. In desperation, I finally started giving her lists of things that needed to be done, and she refused to work with the kids at all.
My TA when I first started at my current school was horrid too: he'd spend all day reading email.
Yet, NCLB demands that teaching assistants have degrees. The two best TAs I have had didn't have degrees. One has a credential from HeadStart... the other has just done this for 30 years. Whatever. Just like a degree doesn't make a teacher, it won't make a TA either, and if TAs have degrees, you're going to have to pay them more than $12/hour. That's the pay for more experienced TAs at my school... and while they pay teachers less, the TAs get a pretty decent salary... plus the same benefits we do, including tuition reimbursement. I mean, really, I have a master's degree and only make $10/hour more...
Robyn: I do know about MathPad Plus. What do you need to know? I also know about IntelliMathics, IntelliTalk II and III... I have both II and III on my other computer. I don't have MathPad... they offered that or IntelliMathics to me, I took IntelliMathics. I have the current version of IntelliMathics, and the previous version too.
I also have Boardmaker, and access to Boardmaker 5. I don't have Speaking Dynamically. I do have the Dynavox Software for Windows. What questions do you have? I have access to Write:OutLoud at school, and I have Inspiration at home and at school too. I think we have Co:Writer in the lab too.
Its okay about the coupons: I didn't get the Sunday paper this week because I can't scan anything... since my computer is in the shop. But I think I'm pretty nearly finished.
As for the doctor: I guess I'll keep the appointment. I'm not sure why, though. It'll be another day I can't go to the gym, since the appointment is after work at 4. I don't think I'm going to get there today... I'm pretty nauseated this morning for some reason. I don't know what's going on with me. The gym was pretty absent all last week too, and because of the appointment Friday I'm finding it hard to get going again. I'm going to go do the laundry when I finish posting... I changed the bed today, and the cat box... so I haven't exactly been idle.
It seems as if the hard work isn't worth a whole lot to me... I get people telling me at work I look good, but I have no idea if I'm really doing anything beneficial or not.
The classes start in the spring. Fall semester was all screwed up. I'll have enough paid off the loan between the tuition reimbursement and what I pay each month to take 2 classes in the spring. I think I'm only going to put one of them on my credit card though so I can still take classes in the summer. I'm not sure how that's going to work. I was originally going to take 2 in the fall, 1 in the spring, 2 in the summer... and pay for the spring class on my own so I could pay for the summer classes. I might still do that, but there are a lot of classes I want to take that don't look like they're offered often and being offered this spring. I'm afraid to miss them.
:mouse:
The cat is still sleeping off his stressful Friday/Saturday.

Evening Ladies,
The baby shower was a huge success. Everyone had a great time. We didn't have one augurment at all. To see the smile on Staci's face as she opened her presents was enough for me. I did tend to overeat a little bit though. So I didn't eat anything for dinner tonight. I might have a little snack here in a few minutes before I go to bed.
But I did make up for it with excerise today. This morning I did a 3 mile walking video. Then this evening my dh and I went for an hour walk around town. Then I came home and tried out my pilates for dummies video. I was only able to do the 15 minutes of the mat excerises, but I think I will eventually put that together with the 20 minutes of standing pilates.
Summer, I am so glad that your dd is so excited about being the flower girl in her cousin's wedding. That is just so cute about her reaction at the party yesterday. Hope you had a pleasant day doing laundry and working on your lesson plans.
Ginny, glad to hear that your mom is doing well. Sorry to hear that your sister let the ball drop were taking care of your mom is concerned. So how did you like your workout with your strechie? I love using my strechie when I do her videos.
Mouse, please keep up with your workouts. Don't let what those stupid idots say affect your self-esteem. They don't know what it is like to walk in your shoes and have to deal with your disorder. If everyone around you can see that you are making progress with your working out, keep it up and continue to soak up the nice comments you have been receiving from your friends, family and coworkers. Please keep your appointment in Oct. There has to be one good plastic surgereon out there who can help you. Have you ever thought about applying to Extreme Makeovers? They would pay for your surgery and everything. That is just a suggestion. Hang in there, gal! Remember we are all rooting for you!
Robyn, so how was your day? Pick anymore clams today? What are you planning on doing with all those clams anyway? Glad to hear that your life is going a little bit better this week.
Have a great week at school ladies! Tomorrow I have an inservice at my districts high school on how to restrain students. So that will be nice to be out of my classroom for the day.
Talk to you all tomorrow.
Kerry

Crabs! LOL Crabs! I spent 4 hours pickin crabs on Saturday. Today my dh deviled a pound of the crab meat and stuffed a flounder! YUM...but definately NOT a diet food!

The crab meat has been put in the freezer to be pulled out at Thanksgiving and other special times this winter! Nothing like a taste of summer right in the middle of the winter! I truly would have rather spent Saturday doing most anything else tho! :)

I've got the last load of laundry in the washer. The house is a mess. This week is going to be a busy one so it isn't likely going to clean itself.

Ya'll take care!
Have a great Monday! (Oh, my inlaws have returned to their Florida home from the shelter...and my friend is preparing to go back to her home on Monday.... I hope this is IT for Florida for a while...)

Feel better Mousie! Summer, So glad that you had an enjoyable weekend and a wonderful family time! Kerry, glad that the party was fun! Ginny, we spent Friday "doing" Johnny Appleseed! We ate apples...but didn't get to the orchard to pick them. (They aren't ready yet down here!)

take care...oh, I already said that! :)

'Morning!
Just a quick hello.
Kerry- so glad the shower was a success. Sounds like you let the inlaw problem roll off your shoulders...probably the best way to handle that. Good job getting the workouts in too! BTW, I have only used the stretchie once....gotta get the hang of it so I can get the most out of the workout (oh,it is plenty easy to do, I just need more time to get familiar with it. And my back muscles feel it a bit today which is good!)

Robyn- yummy on the seafood!!! And when you can enjoy it later on in the year, it will be all the more worth the effort! As far as the house work goes (I had one of those weeks last week!) so what.....housework is very patient, it always waits for you.
Do what you need to do to keep from drowning in it and catch up when you can.

Gotta go......got a 15 minute walk in this am.....felt good in some crisp fall air.
See ya! Hi to Mouse and Summer.
Ginny

Just another short hello.......survived what seemed to be a long day. BTW, is it Columbus day yet????????
Kids were ok- oh the stop with the student who lost his mom, well, this afternoon the other student and he were stuck as her mother (the neighbor who usually does the pick up) was not there. So, I radioed in to base.......and got the instructions to comtinue on my route (rather forces the mother to now wait for me instead of vice versa and also does not hold up the route for all the other kids). I figured that the office had had enough of being patient- even with the crummy circumstances. Sad part was that while on the way back, the boy started complaining about how noone ever comes to pick him up early anymore. Now how do you tell a kid, whose mom is gone forever, and Dad has to work.....so does everyone else....that he just has to be thankful that there are enough other people who do care for him and are trying to make the best of a rotten situation????? I oh so delicately tried to do that.....even went out on a limb to tell him that I was really in his corner and would do all that I could do to help him. Just a crummy situation, that is all.
Ok, I have vented enough. Starting to get a wee bit of a cold....time to bring out the echinecia tea!!!! Hope everyone is doing fine. Take care.
Ginny

Good evening all. And what a Monday it was. I had to test one of my students for his IEP, and he was lower than I thought. He scores about 4th grade overall in everything, except writing. And I'm not entirely convinced these tests are accurate. I was never fond of the ones we're using, and used ones I found or was trained in that I think are more accurate, like the Qualitative Reading Inventory and the Saxon Math placement test (places by grade level so you can use the Saxon Math books; can't stand the books but the test is okay). I felt like I spent the whole day in the hallway adjusting point sheets for off the wall behavior... I broke up one fight, even though I'm not certified in physical management I had the training before I hurt my ankle... I was there, so I did it. I'll get in major major trouble with admin if they find out, but what was I supposed to do? Let them beat the crud out of each other? Yea, no.
And I was more than slightly sick until just before lunch... I didn't take one of the pills they gav eme for it. I did that on Thursday, and I was out of it all day long. So I didn't eat much... I've got a whole bunch of stuff next to me now though because I'ms tarving... salad, salmon, broccoli, potatoes and dessert! EVen still, its only 1400 calories.
I went to the gym, and I'm glad I did though I was really dragging when I got there: I swam/walked a mile with a friend there and lifted weights. So I'm still tired, but its a different kind of tired.
Ginny: You get Columbus Day? LUCKY!!!!!! We're in session until the first week in November, when the kids are off but staff has to be there for report cards.
Kerry: Sounds like a good shower... I gave one for somebody at work a few years ago. People were giving her a hard time because she wasn't entirely sure who the father was, and she wasn't married. Turned out the father was the last person she expected, but I'm not there to pass moral judgement. I did the shower because it was the right thing to do, to support a fellow co-worker. I was embarrased by the behavior of our administrators over the whole thing.
Robyn: I LOVE CRAB!!! But I haven't a clue how to pick them or what to do with it, and I'm in MAryland! I went to one crab-picking party, and somebody (okay, it was my first prinicpal!) tried to get me to eat the lungs. Fortunately a co-worker saved me.

:mouse:

The LUNGS??? OMMMMMGGG! BLEECHHHH! My stomach is doing somersaults at the thought! Were you at one of those GREAT crab feasts where they are boiled up and poured out onto the newspaper covered slabs of wood between two saw horses??? With plenty of beer and Old Bay and lots of laughing while the crab stuff just drips from your elbows??? Yum, yum, yum! :) You'd think living in Maryland that you'd HAVE to know how to pick a crab! LOL This is the first year in many a year that we've not had our own crab pots and gotten them all summer..... I enjoyed the time off.... and LOVED dinner...and will LOVE the taste of summer as we pull it out of the freezer... BUT... bleech... I've got other stuff to do on a Saturday! Anyway.... I am NEARLY a vegetarian...nearly... and standing by watching dh pull off the shell and wash out the entrails of these creatures almost did me in.... AND then to stand for over 4 hours pulling the meat out of the shell.... WELLLLLLL...... it will be a while (now that the crab meal is over and done for now!) before I want animal flesh again...for a while... I said NEARLY a vegetarian!! Eww.... enough!

Hope all feel well tomorrow! Hope that there are NO physical confrontations that any one has to deal with. Hope everyone meets the bus on time. Hope all body parts remain covered that are supposed to be covered! Hope all testing is completed or is easily completed.... Hope everyone has a grand tomorrow! Yeehaw... is it Friday yet???

(((hugs)))
meeeeeeeee

Evening Summer,Ginny,Robyn and Mouse,
What a day I have had. I went to my inservice to be bored out of my mind for almost the entire day. The lady doing the inservice kept getting off topic and talking about it for what seemed like days on end. Was late giving us lunch and then the stuff we all really came to find out about she crammed into the last 45 minutes of the inservice. I beat it home, so my friend could cut my hair. Then ate a quick bite for dinner. Then it was off to the kids' soccer game. Came home to get ready for school tomorrow and gathered up all the stuff I need to take with me since I have to go workout after work and then go straight to my TOPS meeting. Plus I tried a new workout video called Crunch Pilates. IT is a good workout, I was suprised that I was able to do the whole 48 minutes of the workout. I have decided to boost up my working out to help slim my bugling belly. LOL. So I am now offically trying to unwind from my day.
Robyn, having a taste of summer this winter sounds great. When can we all come over for a nice dinner? LOL, You don't even have to clean your house for us. I seem only to clean house once a month anymore. Maybe twice if we are having company over that we feel we need to impress them. I have never cleaned crab before, but I don't think I would like that process too much.
Mouse, glad that you got your workout in tonight. I bet you felt better after it though. Sorry you had a crummy day! I hope that you don't get in too much trouble for breaking up that fight. Don't you hate it when you think you are doing the right thing by breaking up the fight and you get in trouble for the manner in which you did it. Here wishing you a better day tomorrow.
Summer hope your week got off to a great start. Hope your good for nothing aide doesn't let you down this week. Keep smiling and living your live to the fullest, like you did this weekend.
Ginny, I am glad that you tried to make the boy feel a little bit better. Those situations are always tough ones, huh? You will really love using the stretchie band. It really boost up your muscle activity.
Well I am going to be getting ready for bed here in a few minutes. Talk to you all tomorrow. Have a great day tomorrow!
Kerry

Just a short hello....I am attempting to listen to my Dm bellyache about my sister...(and I do not blame her!!!!
Robyn- I love your paragraph to us about no confrontations......body parts being covered......it sure applies to all of us. Bless you for making me laugh.
Mouse- glad you got some gym time in. Bet that felt good.
Kerry- hope that the crunch pilates doesn't make you feel sore....I have a pilates DVD that can really do a number on you.
Summer- how you doing?????
Me, I am pooped...have a headache. and a mild cold...want a nap.....vacation......how 'bout we rent a nice pretty room in Vermont for all of us......just hang out and laugh, read- no phones, no stress.....
Any takers?
See ya later. Hope everyone has a good day.
Ginny

Robyn: ITS YOUR FAULT!!!! Your post about keeping all body parts covered is what did it: one of my kids had a huge hole in the crotch of his pants. Black pants and RED underwear!!!! ;) :) :) ;)
Today was also my day for visiting the nursing suite: I was in there 3 times today, I think, maybe 4... with student issues, including the nose that just would NOT stop bleeding.
No gym today: tornados and thunderstorms instead.
Good news: A comp time slip I thought I had used mysteriously showed up in my mailbox... so I have an extra 5 hours that I didn't know I had. I think I'm up to 18 hours or something now? That's not including the 16 hours they owe me from those reports this summer, or the 4 hours I should get for back to school night tomorrow (Industry staff isn't required to attend the fall night, we have our own night in the spring... but because I have a homeroom, I'm there, I think its important... most of the other industry staff shows up too, so we get comp'd by the school since they can't pay us).
So, Ginny, when you rent that room in Vermont, I can come! :)
I'm going to go swim toward my dinner now, and talk to you all later.
:mouse:

Well, my friends, I am still playing the waiting game. While I was at school, the nurse from my doctor's office called saying that she tried to reach me at school, but wasn't able to...and then of course to call her back. I got this message at 5:30pm, 30 minutes after the office closed. Did she leave a message like when my biopsy was scheduled? No, of course not. How silly! God forbid I know what is going on any sooner than necessary. :( I keep on getting "lip service" from the medical community about how they know how hard the waiting is. Well then, why can't they expedite things more efficiently?!

Work is pretty good. My aide has graced us with her presence for two whole days in a row!!! I've worked that b*tch so hard this week just to get even! Tee hee hee! :rofl: In the past I have been so compassionate and understanding, but I am tired of being lied to and left holding the bag. So from now on, she is gonna get hers. I am getting a new student next week with ADHD. I'm a little concerned since most children aren't diagnosed with it so young. He is on medication, but apparently has outbursts occasionally. If he is too wild, I'm referring him to special ed.

My DH and best friend are trying to plan a 40th birthday celebration for me on Saturday night. My other really close friend has to work (she always has to work) but is trying to get someone to cover her shift...so far with no luck. Three other couples invited all have family commitments. My brother has to work. My brother in law (schmuck) will be out of town. My sister and sister in law don't want to drive themselves because they like to drink A LOT. So, my big 40th celebration is gonna be small. Right now, I don't give a sh*t. I just want to go out and party no matter who shows up. During the afternoon on Saturday, I'm going to get a full body massage. YES! I wish I had the money to get a facial too, but I'm using a gift certificate, and that is all it will cover.

We are getting a lot of rain from the latest hurricane. We have been so lucky. I feel awful for Florida residents.

Ginny, Vermont sounds like fun, but there is no way my family would let me take off for a trip with friends. :(

Kerry, you are on the fast track just like me. It is so hard to work full time, raise children, and keep house. It is like a treadmill that we never get off.

Robyn, I LOVE SEAFOOD. I wish I was there with you. :hun:

Mousie, I'm happy for you that you have so much comp time. I could sure use some time off. I hope you are feeling better now.

Take care one and all.

Mouse- well, so sorry about the jinx......black pants and red undies huh???? Funny, my flasher was so good today, but that usually means that he is holding back to unleash some wierd, strange behavior....... Congrats on all that comp time. Sounds great!!!!!! Oh, and BTW- for my imaginary room at a secluded B&B in Vermont, I will make sure that there is a nice indoor pool and a gym for you. (along with all the walking paths for me). Dream on, Ginny.............

Summer- so when is the big day!!!!! Happy birthday!!!!!!! Gee, I would rather have 2 attendees who really, really cared than a room full of phoneys (who needs the schmucky BIL anyway.....hey, I have one of them too!) What miserable creeps you have encountered in the medical world. Somehow you will have to make yourself totally insistent when you do get thru to these folks......this has to be so very frustrating for you. How is your aide handling the pressure......is she bright enough to figure out that she brought this on herself?

SUrvived the pm~ had my full load of kids from HS, so it made for an interesting trip back home. Not a moment to spare before I had to load elementary. Oh well, they were not too bad. But I am glad today is over. Plus, sometime this week before Friday I have to clean my wonderful vehicle.......all 40 feet of it, from top to bottom (state inspection). Last year they used to take the buses due for inspection out of service for a few days so that we could get the bus clean w/o the kids making it a mess. Change in policy this year......I get to use my bus all week. Someone please tell me how I am supposed to keep this clean (all seat belts buckled, windows smudgeless, floor shining........the list is insane) when it is actively being used?
(this typically takes 4 hours to accomplish, w/o kids). So tomorrow I am going to clean it, and if the inspector misses the event because the kids trashed the bus.....well too bad. I have no idea otherwise, how I am supposed to do this.
Gotta get Dd in bed............sounds like a wonderful idea for me too!! Hi to Kerry and Robyn. Have a great nite.
Ginny

Somebody please tell me it is June.......don't feel like facing the masses today.

Hope everyone is doing ok out there....chin up!!!! Smile! Have a great day.
Ginny

Finally after calling the doctor and being put on hold, told half of what I needed to know only to be put on hold again, the nurse gave me my biopsy info. I am going on Wednesday, October 6th, the day after my 40th birthday. I had hoped to be done and have the results before my birthday. Had this whole thing been handled more efficiently, I probably would have. I mean really...the first mammogram was on August 23rd. By the time I have the biopsy it will add up to over six weeks of "hurry up and wait." Then we need to allow a seventh week to wait some more for the results. I can't believe how friggin long this has taken. And in the meantime, I know I must have gained weight. I haven't exercised one iota, and I have been STRESS EATING like there was no tomorrow...no pun intended. :hun: Just think of all the damage I've done to my body. Oh, and you should all see the zits on my face! I have the face of a 13 year old in the midst of puberty! Normally I only have a couple of breakouts during my period, but since this whole nightmare began, I have had a "pizza face." :jeno:

Eventually, when I feel like my life is under control, I would like to try the South Beach Diet. But, I won't even waste my energy worrying about that now. I just want to try to enjoy my birthday and get through this holding pattern.

Last night, when I picked up DD from her friend's house (the mom drove her and picked her up from Brownies.) the house was filled with cigarette smoke. I was pretty angry because DD has asthma. Luckily, she didn't have an asthma attack. Before the next Brownie meeting, I will have to call the mother and explain how dangerous second-hand smoke is to my daughter (not to mention everyone else as well.)

Ginny, I wish it was June too...actually July, since it is the only month completely untouched by school. I hope you can think of a creative solution to your problem with getting and keeping the bus clean.

Have a good night Mousie, Robyn, and Kerry!

Just got home. Tonight was back to school night for us. It was good overall: I got to meet some parents, and had 1 or 2 apologize for their kids! That always makes me feel bad, to be honest. What must other schools have done that they feel the need to start OFF apologizing for their kids? No kid is as bad as all that.
Anyway, the kids left at 1:00 as usual on a Wednesday... we'd had a behavior reinforcer day, which means we don't have classes, they do fun activities instead. Today's theme was 'dogs'... our school mascot is a bulldog. The activities were really kinda dumb. I felt bad for the kids that I was with, because they're all cognitively intact and just their for emotional issues or severe learning disability... And some of the activities were watching a dog training video, building a dog house, drawing a dog... obstacle course where they had to carry dog food... I had one student in angry tears by the end of the session.
So, after all that was over, I snuck off on the pretext of taking a shower and changing for the event tonight... I did all of that, but did it at the gym AFTER I swam for a little over an hour!
So, now, Im going to eat dinner and go to bed.
Summer: Just a note: I've learned that medical professionals, mot of them, don't give a :censored: One reason I became a teacher was because my middle school teachers and some high school teachers were so horrible... I didn't want other kids to have to deal with them. Maybe I should've become a doctor like my mom said I wanted to be when I was little.

:mouse:

(((hugs))) to all of you! ARGHHH! Remember those carefree summer days??? WHERE oh WHERE did they go?! The moon is full and the sky has been POURING rain! (However, I must let you know....my new school still ROCKS! Even "wild" as they are...they are FARRRRRRR from the wild I'm accustomed to taming! LOL :P )

Hang in there!!! Friday is nearly here! :) Red undies under black pants?! hehehehe Pilates tape?? You GOOOOO, Kerry! Clean bus with 40 kids??? ARGGGHHH! MORE hurry up and wait?? (((hugshugshugs))) Summer!

YES! Book me a spot in the FantasyHouse in the Vermont woods! I'll bring crab meat and make us some wonderful crab cakes! ;) What I *NEED* for you to add to the list o'demands for the FantasyHouse is.....uninterrupted sleep......LOTS of it! :) Put that on the list... and add a Queen sized bed...for me to sleep right in the middle of!

Ok....now here is what is happening in my head.... who can help me???
WELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL...................

I have GOT to stop eating. I have GOT to MOVE MY BUTT in a way other than IN A CAR going somewhere! I have GOTTTTT to get my head in this game.

Tomorrow I go to see Momma Mia.... I am thrilled! I was going thru my closet looking for what I want to wear. MY big fat fanny will NOT fit into the clothes I wore last fall. NOT like it is a surprise... NOT like I've done too much of ANYTHING other than eat Oreos in an attempt to make my stress go away! (which didn't seem to do too much EXCEPT cause the fanny to explode!) I am seriously thinking of Curves! 30 minutes... I can do that. 3 times a week. 30 minutes...

Tonight I did something that I swore I'd never do again.... I went to the store and purchased a pair of size 18W pants. This time last year I was in 14's and heading into 12's.

Save me. actually beat me over the head... I truly KNOW that the only one who can save me is MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE...................

crap.
thanks for listening.
I have nerve to complain here. where others have true health issues. i just have an issue with reeling my brain in. only i can control my mouth and head. only i can keep crap out of my mouth.
only i can move my butt.
it is me.
i know this.
so why can't i fix it?
it is my head. it is full of just about EVERYTHING other than ME.
why the HECk can't I be like some of those chicks that CANT eat when faced with stress...dear gawwwd what a horrid problem that would be to have..
feh. this is a pathetic post....
my size 18W (W no less...not just 18) butt is pathetic...

enough... maybe I'll edit all this junk........

Well Robyn I feel the same way you do right now. I went to TOPS last night and gained 3 1/2 pounds. So what have I done for the last two days, eat more.Tomorrow is a new day and I am going to try and eat less. We can work on this together. Hope you enjoy your show tomorrow night!
Mouse, you go girl about working out and then getting ready for Back to School night. I did that one time when it was parent teacher conferneces at school. There was a group of us who were to be meeting, we just held our meeting on the track at the local Y. Hope tomorrow is a better day for you with your students. Those ideas for your fun day sound stupid and I can see why the one kid was in tears being asked to watch a dog obedience video.
Summer, bummer about the news from your doctor's office. Hope all this waiting comes to an end soon for you. Enjoy your full body massage on Saturday. That sounds like a lot of fun. Boy I could go for one right now. My students have me so tensed up it is not funny. Enjoy your birthday bash on Saturday! I laughed my @#$ off about the comment you made about your aide. You have the right attitude. Give her tons of stuff to do when she gets back from her mini-vacations.
Ginny, geez girl you sure have your hands full right now. Hope you can get your bus cleaned and the little angels don't destroy it before you get it inspected. Book a room with you gals in Vermont. That sure sounds like a lot of fun!
Well I best be off to bed. It was a long day today and my kids drove me nuts with their complaining and tattling. You sure could tell we had a full moon last night.
Have a wonderful Thursday!
Later,
Kerry

Its okay Robyn. People eat when stressed at times. Its normal. I don't know anybody that doesn't do it... even the people who say they don't do it do it sometimes.

I'm sure I'll come up with something more coherent later in the day.

:mouse:

Evening Gals,
Hope everyone had a great day! My day was going great until I developed a killer headache at lunchtime. I made it through the day though. I still have it, but did manage to go workout tonight at Curves. So I am hoping that by going to bed early I might be able to sleep it off.
Not much new and exciting here. I think I will sign off go take a few excerdin and go to bed early. Talk to you all tomorrow evening.
Have a great Friday!
Kerry

Joy of joys.........Ds broke his hand playing basketball and I am off this am to take him to an orthopedic Dr.......Oh, well. Hang in there ladies, it is Friday, after all!
ginny

Ginny that is so awful about your ds hand. How bad is it broken? Hope you had a good day anyway.
Summer, Mouse and Robyn how was your Friday's?
Believe it or not, my day was super. My boys' did not fight once today. We had a nice enjoyable day. We were even able to complete all our work that was planned for the day. I was able to carry out half of my evening plans tonight. I was suppose to have some time to myself. But my sdd best friend called to say that she couldn't come over to play because her mommy was ill. So I was able to leave her with my mil while I went to workout at Curves. Then I went to pick her up and we went to the movie store and rented Mean Girls. That is a good movie. It is so very true of how girls treat each other. Plus we made a stop at the DQ. I sort of eat healthy. I got a banana split. It was good. That was the only bad thing I eat today. So I finally had my eating under control some what today. Now let's see if I can keep this up through the weekend. We have a busy evening tomorrow night. My stepkids' soccer game at 5 p.m. and then it is off to see our nephew demo. derby his car. So dinner is still up in the air for tomorrow evening. I might just stop at Subway and get a sub for myself on the way to the derby and stop at the drivethru at Wendy's or McDonalds for everyone else. Well I am tired so I am going to head off to bed. Talk to you all tomorrow.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Kerry

Mousie, maybe becoming a doctor would have been a great idea...just for the salary alone! God knows teachers are the lowest paid professionals, not to mention the least respected.

Robyn, I know how you feel about those 18W's. That is where I'm at...sometimes 20 depending on the brand. :( I weighed myself for the first time since the sh*t hit the fan, and I've gained 5 pounds. Actually, that isn't bad for the amount of time that I have been eating whatever the f*ck I want.

Well, my body massage was more like a visit to the torture chamber! :fr: The gift certificate was to a place I've never gone before. It was in an old house done up to be a spa. I like antiques and all things victorian, but when I go to a spa, I want the whole treatment and ambiance. The decor was charming, but I wasn't given that "pampered feeling." Between the lack of spa atmosphere, and the extreme PAIN inflicted upon my body, I will never set foot in there again. I sure hope my sister doesn't give me another gift certificate to that place.

Kerry, sorry about the weight gain. I know you will drop it in no time. Maybe you are just retaining water. I hate scales. I'm glad you had a super Friday. Keep up the trips to Curves, and you will be right back where you need to be.

Ginny, sorry about your son's injury. OUCH!

My birthday bash was fun. They took me to Bennigan's. My two best friends were there without there husbands. One had to watch the kids since they couldn't get a sitter, and the other one is a big baby who doesn't know how to socialize with adults. My sister, brother, his wife, and son also came. We all laughed and laughed. The food was good, and the margaritas were even better! My brother picked up the whopping tab! This was a total shock because he has a reputation for being a cheapskate. That only makes it even nicer that he decided to do that for me. (I think he is a little freaked out about my current health status. He is a cancer survivor himself.)

I'm not really worried about myself anymore. I don't think I have cancer. I think the biopsy will be negative. My doctor told me if it is cancer, we caught it early. And as far as the waiting, I've gotten used to it. I'm truly taking it one day at a time.

I paid my bills and wrote my lesson plans this morning instead of going to church. This afternoon, DD and I are going to see "Shark Tale," and then we need to go for a walk to collect leaves. I wrote in my plans that the kids would sort leaves by color and size. So, hopefully we will find lots of colors.

Have a great Sunday one and all.

Evening Ladies,
Glad to hear that you had a wonderful birthday bash last night. Sounds like a lot of fun. Better than my evening. We went to the kids soccer game. Only for them to lose in over time and the boys were heartbroken. Went to see my dh's nephew run in the demo. derby only to place third and hear about how it was wrong that he got that place by my sds. Came home and went to bed early, since all my family wanted to do is watch football on the tv. Sorry about my little rant. I like your outlook on life, Summer. Keep it up girl. Hope you enjoyed your walk with your dd and found lots of leaves.
Nothing new and exciting going on here. Same old same old. Just a different day.
Hope you all had a wonderful weekend.
HI there Ginny, Mouse and Robyn. It sure has been quiet here this weekend?
Have a great week.
Kerry

Well... it is 1 a.m. and I came to say hi....but just read that someone had written lesson plans... WELL DAMN.... I have fixed flash cards, written interim reports, written my weekly newsletter, written homework for the week, paid the bills and done most of the laundry, cleaned the kitchen, sat down long enough to read the ads in the paper to make the shopping list, cleaned out my bookbag, ordered from Scholastice (2 huge orders well over $100 each.... I LOVE this new school!), gone through the junk mail for the week, but DARNNNNNN, I forgot to write plans for tomorrow.......

so...I'm off to fill in the template and get it printed up before I fall asleep........
I am exhausted...and THIS was the weekend....and I still haven't done all that I need to do! ARGHHH.........

um...
take care....
meeee

Hi!
I am still alive......just so darned busy.
Robyn- sorry your weekend was so busy. Isn't it the pits when returning to work on Monday is actually restful in comparison. Hope your week goes well.
Kerry- stinks that your Sunday was such a bummer.....rant and rave all you want here! (hey, if it keeps us out of the refrigerator it is a good thing.) You have to vent....and it is surely a safe place here, right? Hopefully you got lots of good rest last nite and today will be a fresh start.
Summer- You have a great attitude.....and you are so right. With all that is going on, statistically you probably are fine...and as my neighbor (who has had a lump removed that was suspicious but nothing) what do we go thru all these tests for (mammo's, pap's) if we do not want to know that we are sick? We do this so that any problem can be taken care of before it is life threatening. You are going to be with us for a long, long time (of course you will keep posting once you get to your goal weight, right?). Keep up the great attitude.....and I'll keep praying for you too.
Mouse- you MIA too??? Hope you are ok!
Ds's hand was fairly bad- have to go for a recheck Friday. It is in a cast, and the Dr mentioned that he was surprised that he was able to reset it as well as he did (looked perfect to my untrained eyes). Other than that, just busy with life........hope to get back here later. Gotta go pick up my afternoon gang. See ya later!
Ginny

Survived today....the monsters were so noisy. Actually had one 5th grader apologize for acting like such a creep. That is ok.......the seating chart is coming.....soon too!
(revenge of the bus driver). Survived DOT last week, when I had to clean the bus inside and out from top to bottom. Fortunately I passed. Major relief.
Did some stress eating today......not too awful, though. And I did get a 35 minute walk in this afternoon (I was tired but it felt good!)
Nuff from me, I'd better go. I have a ton of computer stuff to do tomorrow while I am off, so I can get a bit more personal then. Have a great nite.....
Ginny