My Spa Day!

I've been feeling tired, and stressed with all that has been going on these last two months with Joe gone. Last week was ready stressful, so I decided I needed a spa day. Joe has said that I can go whenever I want, so I went Monday! I went the whole day and it was a little slice of relaxation heaven. My day started with a facial. That relaxed me so much that I kept falling asleep during my massage, which was next. After my massage I dragged myself to get my hair cut. That was fun. She gave me layers, and thinned it out so it isn't so fluffy. :) After a relaxing lunch I got a manicure and pedicure. It was soooooo relaxing. :) I feel much better. And now we only have 22 days until Joe comes home. Yipeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

What are you thankful for?

1. I'm thankful that I have a husband to miss over the holidays. One of my online friends just lost her husband, and she's going to be so lonely.

2. I'm thankful f or my normal girls who are smart and healthy. I have my students to thank for making me feel this even more everyday that I work with them. Bless their little hearts.

3. I'm thankful Joe has a job, and that he works for this company and not Micron who is doing poorly right now.

4. I'm thankful a friend invited me to her house for Thanksgiving so the girls and I don't have to spend it by ourselves.

5. I'm thankful to live in a country that allows us to practice our religion out in the open, at least at church, and not be persecuted.

Joe has applied for the Tempe, AZ job

Wow! We might be moving to Phoenix. While this is an awesome move, because my family lives there, I'm stressed! We have to sell out house, I'll miss my friends, my job, my house. While selling out house, I'll have to keep it clean. And I don't know what I'll do with Maggie when someone wants to see the house. But we'll come to that when we come to that.

I'm excited about living closer to my family. My neices are getting big, and I'll be able to see my sister when she comes to visit my mom. I am going to love having the girls spend more time with my parents. I have a feeling I won't be seeing them too much on the weekends. :-)

I'd better get ready for work. I have a big, busy day ahead of me.

P.S. The girls and I are here until the house sells, or school gets done. :-)

Maybe Phoenix?

Joe thinks that Phoenix might be a possibility for us to move to. That would be awesome! I would love to live by my family again. It would be a dream come true. :) Joe might be promoted to go down there. And I'd get paid more too. The cost of living has gone way down too. So houses are more affordable.

I hope to find more out this week.

My Elanor!

One of my students, Elanor, was on TV. I don't normally like to talk about my students online, but this one is on line! And I wanted to introduce my family to her, and let my friends who have moved away see how she's doing! There are two links for her.

Elanor was on the news here recently. She was granted a wish from Wishing Star. She did her room and it looks great! They even put a therapy swing in it. :-) That site is 6onyourside.com

Elanor's mom also made a site for her so that she could keep everyone updated on her surgery. The surgery was supposed to be last summer. It was going to be very invasive. They found an easier way to keep her back straight after they straighten it. They used a titanium rib. Her surgery was a week ago Monday. She's doing great! She had a set back, and the "rib" came unattatched. They reattatched it today and she's doing good after that surgery. This site is http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/elanoranne

Enjoy!

Uncertain Future

Joe's company just got word that they are cutting their contract way down with Micron. They are cutting their work force her by a lot. Joe doesn't know if this means he'll stay here, or if we're moving. We may move to Virgina, Texas, or Oregon. I'm secretly hoping Phoenix could be a possibility, but not much hope.

I wish things could be the same, but I know that to grow in my life, changes are inevitable. I know that Jesus will work everything out to be for the best. Poor Joe though. He's all over there by himself stewing over all of this. I feel so bad for him.

Please say a prayer for us. This might be a bumpy road.

Long, long week. I'm glad it's over!

We had parent/teacher conferences this week. Whew! That always makes for a long week. I had progress reports to work on, and then the conferences. I had a lot of parents come to conferences. Very interesting. Everything went well. I helped out with the Book Fair. I think it went well this year, even with a lot less kids. The librarian was busier without the help she had last year, and sick. So I tried to help her out.

One of my students had surgery this week. She was doing better, slipped a little bit. I sure hope she's doing better. Her mom will probably let us know tonight. I miss her. She's not supposed to be back until after Thanksgiving. I sure hope so.

40 days until Joe comes home! Sunday it will be 39! That is in the 30s! It is getting closer! :-)

Joe is 1/2 way done!

Thank goodness! It is all down hill from here, and down hill goes much faster than uphill! So I hope that his second half goes much faster than the first half. Poor guy is so ready to come home. He misses us girls, and all of the comforts of the USA.

Look at What Faith Can Do!

F learned to ride her bike without training wheels! She hasn't been riding on her training wheels lately, so I took them off and off she went! It only took a minute of being unsure, but then she took off. :) She is so excited, and so am I! Too bad Joe wasn't here to see it. I sent him pictures. :-)

What Super Hero would you be?

Your Superpower Should Be Mind Reading

You are brilliant, insightful, and intuitive. You understand people better than they would like to be understood. Highly sensitive, you are good at putting together seemingly irrelevant details. You figure out what's going on before anyone knows that anything is going on! Why you would be a good superhero: You don't care what people think, and you'd do whatever needed to be done Your biggest problem as a superhero: Feeling even more isolated than you do now

What Should Your Superpower Be?

What season are you?

You Are Fall!

Thoughtful Expressive Creative Poetic Smart

What Season Woman Are You?