Comfort of Parents

There is a certain comfort that come with your mom and dad no matter what age you are. I am lucky enough to enjoy these comforts every once in awhile. I love when I wake up and Mom is reading the Bible and drinking her coffee. I love seeing Dad enjoy himself by playing Spider Solitaire on the computer or reading the Economist. Just some of the small comforts of home…

Captain N and I just finished a week-long visit with them. It was a lot of fun being with them. Mom taught me some of her secret cooking ways, and Dad enjoyed spending time talking about sports or movies with Captain N. It was a great time and I will treasure it always,

I guess I am writing this to state that it's very hard to leave my parents no matter where I am or they are. So I am going through the effects of saying good-bye by writing. That's about it. I hope you are having a good day and treasuring every moment you spend with your parents.

:-/

On a more positive note....ELLEN has come back on and all the TV Shows are starting up again!

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Kid Quotes

I have switched classrooms and now work with 4-5 year olds. It has its many benefits and one of them is looking at things from a child's point of view. Here are some cute recent quotes from my children.

(While playing outside)
Child 1: Teacher! Teacher! I just made a home run!
3 minutes later after the child has gone back to playing baseball
Child 1: Teacher! Guess What!! They are showing it on the big screen!

Child 1: My mommy was so hungry last night. She almost ate a horse!
Child 2: But did you stop her before she did?

Teacher: We are having fish sticks for lunch today.
Child 1: That's my favorite kind of fish.

Child 1: I coughed so hard, I made happy tears.

Child 1: (on a different fish stick day) This is how you make fish sticks. You cut a piece of bread in half, put the fish inside, and sew it back up.

Hope one of these made you smile because each of these made me smile!

Have a great day!

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1 Year Down...Many More To Go!

To the man who has given my life many joys again and again. Captain N!

Today is our 1 year wedding anniversary. It has come way to quickly, and we are losing our status of newlyweds. I can't believe it has already been a year.

One of the best parts of celebrating our 1st year anniversary is CAKE!!

Take a look :)













After the first bites! YUM! :-)











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It's been Over a Month...opps

I realize that I haven't written on my blog in awhile, and again, I want to apologize. So here are some updates...

Job

I have switched classrooms. I no longer teach my lovable, adorable 1 year olds. I changed classrooms and am now enjoying teaching Pre-K. It's fun. A whole different ballgame. When you work with one year olds, you are doing much more physical work: picking up the children, changing diapers, feeding them, helping them learn how to walk/run/climb. In Pre-K, they are able to do all that and more! Now it's a mental job where I need to figure out how to help each child learn how to read and share. I am honestly looking forward to September because I can finally follow a curriculum! I can start teaching them every day instead of here and there!

I do miss my one-year olds, but I am enjoying the 4-5 year olds!

Weddings

Congratulations to my friends who just got married, Mr. and (now) Mrs. F! I couldn't be happier for you two! You guys have always made a great couple and I know will make each other very happy! I wish we lived closer together so we could hang out more often!

Home Life

Captain N and I are just chugging along with life. We are still loving Lifetime Fitness. Now we go more often for the outdoor pool than the indoor gym equipment. We do still try to work out, but it's amazing how many times the pool wins.

We have begun going to a new church which is really exciting. I've been participating in a program called Kidz Out Loud which is really awesome. It reaches alot of different kids in fun ways. For instance, last night, we had horses and cowboys visit last night.

I guess that's it about now.

I hope you have had a great month, and I look forward to going into August!

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Goodbye Smokey K

After many many thoughts and prayers, I decided to give my cat away. I love her dearly, but unfortunately she was causing my husband some allergy issues.

Thank God for good families. Smokey went to a wonderful family with 2 children and a mama and papa. I know she will be happier there then here, but I will truly miss her.


I love you Smokey K!!

Food Court Musical

Happy Monday!

An unfortunate Bunny

Wow a month since my last post...I need to do better!

So, yesterday, I was up early for a Sunday and decided to go shopping to beat the Wal-mart crowd. I was so excited that I actually beat the crowds and got through pretty quickly.

On the way home, I turned onto a back road...and a bunny ran in front of me. YIKES!! I did a little swerve..but unfortunately the bunny got stuck under my wheel. I roadkilled a bunny. A poor unfortunate bunny. I felt horrible. What a way to start a Sunday.

I know it's not the worst thing in the world to accidently kill an animal because they ran in front of you...but it isn't the best thing in the world to do.

A day has past and I past the site of the unintentional murder happened, and I saw the rabbit. Now I'm thinking there might be some good because nature took it's course. Maybe I provided a meal for a random cat or bird. Fresh kill. Maybe it was good. Maybe it was a simple death...quick and a short pain.

Does a death of animal bring good to other situations? Life cycles say it does...but one still can't stop feeling horrible about a situation.

Hope you had a good Sunday.