Just a typical day...

Friday is here and I would just like to say a big Hallelujah! We started our school day with prayer and the little boy blessed our food. (He forgot to bless it when it was actually time to pray for our food). The kids were a little hyper as we always have "Fun Friday" and you never know what's going to happen.
Our morning went very quickly and before we knew it, lunchtime arrived. That's when the fun really started happening. One family brought their mini bags of microwave popcorn. (All these neat little ideas for lunches usually end up being a pain for teachers). This did not pop very well and after I finally got it to work, Wes had to end up peeling the paper off of the popcorn it was so buttery. Sounds yummy, but...another brother didn't do so well. When he went to open up his bag we had an explosion of butter everywhere. The two boys beside him got soaked. The one boy always goes home as neat as he came and it got on his shirt, t-shirt, and pants. This of course threw him off for the day.
After lunch we had our music class. This consist of me plunkin' away on the piano and trying to teach the kids some new songs. We started practicing for a chapel special and everyone had their own special part. It came down to the last two boys singing their verse about playing a harp. Of course we do motions and so I showed them how to play one. They started singing and the one started laughing hysterically. I got to looking and his partner was playing his armpit as his "harp."
Made it back to our classroom and before we knew it, our afternoon break was upon us. I took the kids over to the playground with Mr. Grissom and ran inside the office to fix all the letters up for the weekend. One of my boys decided to take another boys finger and twist and pull on it. So a lecture on bullying began. He wasn't able to do "Fun Friday."
We got back to our classroom again and a girl's lunchbox had a yogurt that literally exploded all over inside. It stunk to high heaven!!! I took everything out and washed it off in the sink wanting to gag the whole time. Marvin came along and ended up hosing it out with his garden hose.
One thing about it...if you want a job where something different happens everyday, you need to be a K-1st teacher.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Debbie!

Luv-Wesley & Jenny :)

(Some of us will never grow up! :-D)

Happy Birthday Handsome!

Hey Babe! Hope you have a wonderful birthday! I love you very much!!!! XOXOXOX (Those hugs and kisses are only for him! :-D)

1, 2, 3...Get off my Father's Apple Tree

I have seriously got to learn to run faster, so I won't be tagged. Thanks a lot Karen. I take back my offering of watching your kids anytime...Ha ha...Just kidding!!! :)

Ok...7 random things about this gal...

1. I would love to pursue photography and be professional someday.

2. I want to open a Scrapbook Store

3. Karen this is for you...I want twins! Can't help it...maybe you could beat some reality into me.

4. I take piano lessons hoping that some day, I'll actually be able to play hymns like normal pianists.

5. I was a big prankster in college! I love having fun!!

6. If I could change something about my appearance-besides the obvious one about losing weight-it would be my teeth.

7. My favorite store is Hobby Lobby. Go figure!

Hopefully the people I tag haven't been tagged yet. However, since I'm so slow at running I may not be able to catch up to them. Mom, Rachel, Jackie T., Regi, Jenn, Janella, & Katie

My little kid

Wesley's birthday is next week, so his parents brought some of his cards to him this weekend. Once he saw what was in them, we obviously had to go spend it right away! He's been waiting to get this train set at Hobby Lobby for quite a few months now. So, we printed off one of their trusty little coupons and away we went. He is like a little boy...he got a big grin on his face and has been playing with his trains all weekend. I can't complain-they are much quieter than his motors!

Bragging Rights

Anyone know why I uploaded a picture and it turned out blank?...Or why when Karen went to comment the whole post disappeared? Strange...

Wesley and I just got back from our debut in evangelistic singing. Ha ha...just kidding. Actually our pastor asked us to sing at Shelbyville for the local IHC. That wasn't nerve-wracking or anything. Most everyone who knows me well, knows I DON'T LIKE TO BE UP FRONT. Well, we made it through with my knees knocking, my hands shaking, my heart pounding, my plunkerin' on the piano, Bro Sankey moving the microphone in front of me while I was singing, and not tripping down the steps. This, however, is definitely not what I'm bragging about. I'm very thankful the Lord helped.

I wasn't sure if I should post this or not because I don't want anyone to think I have a big head about myself, but I just thought it was really cool!! I sent in 2 of my cards to the Hobby Lobby Scrapbooking magazine and they printed them in the new issue. Mind you they are not works of art!!!!, but it was kinda neat seeing my name next to something I made in print. The magazines are sold in their stores for a whopping $1.99...that is how famous I am. Ha Ha :)

A new version of the Bible...

My class is learning Hebrews 12:1-2 for their Scripture memorization this month. While we were reciting it together this morning, I asked for a volunteer to quote it. One eager student shot up their hand and began...

I beseech ye therefore brethren, by the REMOVING of your mind...

Could this be the Biblical version of the now common phrase, "I'm losing my mind!?!?!?" :)

Something Productive Actually Accomplished

Since I actually can say I belong to the S.P.A.A. (see title) organization tonight (I'm the president & founder BTW) I decided to post it. I am the type of person that to get something truly organized, I must tear everything up, get everything out, make a disaster, and then go from there.

Notice the tornado-hurricane-monsoon-disaster area know as MY SCRAPBOOK ROOM

Our church provides us with our housing (which we are very thankful) and living in a four bedroom house with just the two of us, I get to claim one of the rooms as my scrapbook room. Eat your heart out fellow scrappers... :) :)

I think I may have it organized (for now) the way I like it. This is subject to change as I am a woman and one of my prerogatives is to change my mind. :)

I also got the grocery shopping done, made a couple of cards while sitting here waiting on my ancient "modern technology," & got my uniforms washed for Monday. Wesley also got the back room (catch-all) cleaned up. Not a bad start to the weekend I'd say.

Ahhhh....The Weekend Has Arrived!

Today is the day that all "normal" teachers await. It's Friday and all the kids have gone home! This has been a very fast week and a lot of things were accomplished at "THE POND." :)

My classroom has been over-run with frogs!

We are very excited to have a weekend with no plans! No where to go, no one to see, nothing to do...Ahhhhh. We're planning on taking it easy and if we decide to do something then so be it. Well, I guess we have stuff to do (cleaning the house, doing some painting, laundry, grocery shopping, practicing), but.........

Just a "mitten"...

While working with one of my students, I asked them what a period stood for. Their response was, "It tells you to wait for a mitten (minute)."

Spittin' and sputterin'

Well, mom is back home from the hospital, but not cured. They still don't know what's wrong with her. She is scheduled for a colon-whatchamacallit. (No clue how to spell it). Pray they will figure it out! She's tired of being sick as this has been going on since January.

On the lighter side...on Wesley's way back to mom's he ran out of gas! He is very notorious for this. He was able to coast into a Meijer gas station. He has a very bad reputation since he ran out on our very first date.

..........back a couple of years ago...........

We were on our way out to eat and to do some shopping somewhere around his house. I had no clue where we were since I hadn't been there. He knew he was low on gas, but typical guy...next thing I know we're pulling off the side of the interstate stranded. He decides he's going to hitchhike back to the previous exit. I didn't like that idea, so I decided to sit in the car. (Neither one very safe)! He was picked up by a semi driver and the whole time he was gone, I stayed lowered down in the front seat praying we'd be OK. It seemed like hours before he got back, but it didn't take all that long. He got enough gas and we made it to our destination. I guess it was meant to be for us to be together since our first date proved to be interesting and I stuck it out. :) NEEDLESS TO SAY...I ALWAYS CHECK THE GAS GAUGE WHEN I'M WITH HIM!

Merry Christmas????

Consider this your first Christmas card! You may wonder why I posted this since it is only the beginning of September....This is what I do while I'm waiting on my incredibly SLOW internet! I enjoy looking at everyone's pictures, but they take a long time to come up. SOOOOO.....I might as well use my time wisely! Multi-tasking is my middle name. My husband cannot do more than one thing at a time. Me...sometimes 10. Guess it's all part of being a woman. So, instead of just sitting here, I'm busy making my Christmas cards.

Oh and you should know...while I'm making them, I listen to Christmas music! (It's the most wonderful time of the year)!

Prayer Request...

Mom was taken to the ER today and admitted to the hospital. She has been sick for months off and on with flu-like symptoms. Whatever it is she can't get rid of. I just talked to her and they think it might be something with her colon. Pray they'll figure it out, so she can stop being sick!!!

Labor Day Weekend

Hope everyone had a good R & R over the weekend. Wes and I enjoyed Debbie's company. We also enjoyed having Mom & Rachel for part of the time too, but they couldn't stay as long. :)


We didn't come up with anything very diff to do, but at least Debbie didn't have to go shopping. We did have a good time playing games, baking friendship bread, putt-putting (Wes won), staying up on Sunday till midnight and going to Steak 'n Shake, and playing tennis ( or should I say running after a tennis ball).

Today was back to school and thankfully it was a good day!

Family Pictures

My mom and sisters were able to come over this weekend, so we all got dressed up and headed out to take pictures. This proved to be very interesting...we headed to the park, but they were having a concert. So we headed to Cummins around their fountain. When we got there the street was empty. But, wouldn't you know everyone headed to the concert began parking over there. We got a lot of stares since we were dressed alike AND since there was no photographer. We had the camera set up on a tripod and then used the automatic timer. I'm sure everyone was getting a good laugh out of us sitting there staring at a camera and smiling with no one behind it. :)