1st day of school!

J and F have had their first day of school. They left with new clothes, backpacks, supplies, and dreams for the new school year. They have awesome teachers and are off to a good start. Now we are gonig to enjoy the Labor Day weekend and relax. I'm going to get caught up on school, and my paper work from work.

AWESOME!

The Josh Groban concert was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We had so much fun. About 1/2 way through, the violinist was playing a solo and all of a sudden there was security all over the entry way by where we were sitting. Then out pops Josh! It was so cool. We were in the second row from the walkway, so we were so close to him, we could have touched him, if he came up to the seats! That was neat. He stood there for a minute singing. Then he walked down to the floor and went through a couple of rows down there.

He is so funny too, which makes him all the more cuter! I'm sitting her at Meet the Teacher night and listening to him. I don't get too many parents on these nights. They've mostly met their teachers by now in my classroom. :-)

Josh Groban tonight!

A friend and I are going to see Josh Groban tonight. My friend's dh drives a bus, or van for the fire fighters and he has to work this week. They didn't know if he'd be busy when they bought the tickets or not. But we've had a very busy fire season this year.

Anyway, this means that Bunny and I are going to see him tonight! Wahoo! I have his 2003 CD Closer on my MP3 player, so we can listen to him on the way to the concert. Exciting! :) :) :) I would have never thought of buying tickets to this, because it is so expensive. But one ticket isn't so bad. :)

New students and more assistants

I got three new students over the summer. Two really high needs students, and one not so high need student. I was shocked, and happy when I found out I'm getting one and a half more assistants, putting me up to 6 assistants total. I think I can do it with that many. It was hard at the end of the year last year when we got a high needs student.

Teachers report to work this week. I already have three meetings set up, for the three new students. Busy, busy, busy. So if I'm not around, you know why!

Wahoo! My assistants are mostly in order!

I lost three assistants from last year due to them moving away. :-( I just found out that I got one of the best classifieds that I could get! Sandy Hasskiss will be working in my room this year! Wahoo! Something didn't work out with her education, or not working. So I get her in my classroom! Wahoo! I'm so excited. Cool huh? And I'm not too worried about getting another .5 assistant because I just got two more students this summer. One is very high needs, so I shouldn't have a problem. That will cover all of the grade, and have me in the classroom, half of the day. Wahoo! (Happy dance)

I'll still miss my assistants who moved away though. ((((((HUGS)))))))

Back to school!

I'm back to school today. I need to exercise, then I'm going to get right back into the study. I did read some of our assigned reading yesterday. So I'm a little ahead. I want to get as much done today as I can, so I can enjoy my last week off of work. Next week on Wed. I report back to Hunter. Well, I have a little work to do before then: get some IEPs together, set up a meeting, hire three assistants.

The girls are having fun. F doesn't want to go to all day school. It will cut into her play time. LOL! She's too funny. I think she'll like it once she's there. She's quitting gymnastics. BUMMER! She was so good at it. She doesn't enjoy it anymore. :-( When she's seven, I think we'll start piano lessons for her. She's been trying to play what J's been playing. It is cute. :)

Well, I'd better get on with my day, so I can get a lot of school work done. :-)

TAG! I'm it!

I got this tag a couple of weeks ago, but I was neck deep in school work, so I didn't get to it. And I've been painting, visiting with mil, and resting today. So I haven't had time to post it.

Make sure you check out our new piano in the post below this one!

4 jobs i've had:
Waitress
cashier
supervisor at OfficeMax
Teacher


4 places i've lived:
Lincoln, Nebraska
Glenwood Spring, Colorado
Phoenix, Arizona
Boise, Idaho

4 TV shows I like:
The Closer
Ugly Betty
Desperate Housewives
House

4 of my favorite foods:
Icecream
candy
Cookies
strawberries ( I had to put somethingi healthy!)

4 Websites I frequent:
my boards
blogs
NNU blackboard!
clothing websites

4 places i'd rather be right now:
with my family
on a beach
in the mountains
with friends in the pool at Melissa's

4 movies i love:
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Bourne movies
Somewhere in Time
Love Come's Softly

tagging:
Katie
Scott - Post on Laura's site. :-)
Laura

Our New Piano!

Jamie has been doing so well at piano and out grew the electric keyboard. So last week after piano practice, we dropped by a local piano store to browse the merchandise. I was thinking they'd have a nice used piano, but this piano was by the front door, and was on sale. It was a great sale, so we bought it. :-) It comes with another tuning now that we've received it, and a 10 year warranty. Jamie and I both played it today. It sure sounds great! I'll have to go dig out my piano music from upstairs. :-)