5 o'clock Jammie time?

It is 5:00 and I already have my jammies on. I had such a busy day at school, and I stayed up late last night working. So when I found out we're eating at home, I took a shower and put my jammies on. :-) I had 3 IEPs and 2 3 year re-evals all in three meetings. I stayed up really late last night trying working on an IEP. So I'm really, really tired now. I plan on going to bed when the girls go to bed. :-) This evening will be a relaxing evening.

Stupid Insurance!

My poor sister. I wish there was something I could do. They've had two miscarriages. The insurance won't let her doctor investigate why until they've had three miscarriages. My sister doesn't want to try again and have another baby die. She is so confused. She wants a baby so much, but doesn't want another miscarriage. I wish there was something I could do to make this right for her. Something I could say, or do. My heart and prayers go out to her and her husband.

Cloudy Rainy weather!

For the next three days there isn't a spot of sunshine in store. (lower lip sticking out) The sun might peek out here and there, but for the most part, rain, rain, rain. It sure is the season for rain. We are usually pretty wet in the the spring, and dry in the summer. I just miss the sun when I don't see it once and a while.

My sister in VA is having a lot of rain as well. So there must be rain everywhere! :)

Oh No! Not again!

Joe just got an e-mail saying that they want him to go to Holland for 7 months starting in August. The same week we were going to go on our vacatoin. :( He's going to see if we can go a week earlier, which is our anniversary anyway. There are too many people taking their vacation that day, but Joe might be able to get it off since he's leaving. I sure hope he can come home for a break during Christmas.

I don't know if I can do this again! School is only going to get harder next year. Luckily I have great assistants at work, so that should help. Please keep me in your prayers.

Weekend grattitudes

1. I'm thankful that work has calmed down, stresswise anyway. Watch, now that I said that, it will ramp up again, I HOPE NOT! Anyway, I have quite a few meetings in the next two weeks. But once those are done, I'm good for the year! I'll have a couple of transition meetings in May. Those aren't usually too stressful.

2. My IEPs are getting better and better. With my Master's work, and reviewing IEPs with my consulting teacher as well as others, I am getting better.

3. The girls had a great day! They both had a friend over and I barely heard from them all day! Which is good because I've been working on homework all day.

4. My awesome husband! He is so helpful. He is working hard to make sure I get all of my homework done. He's helping around the house more than he should. For this I am so grateful.

5. AWANA is done on Monday. Wahoo! We will be getting Monday nights back! I love AWANA, and I love that the girls are learning so much about Jesus. It sure is a lot of work though.

Sunday Grattitudes

1. Number one, I'm sooooooooo grateful that my dad is safe and healthy. His meds were changed last week and this week he passed out and his heart rate plumitted. There was an interaction with the meds, and he is now fine. Whew! That is a huge answer to prayer.

2. My parents have been married 22 year as of yesterday! Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad! I'm so happy for them.

3. Healthy Children! I'm so happy that my girls are healthy, loving, well behaved, and they love Jesus. No where am I more reminded about what I have than at work when I take care of children with special needs. My hearts to out to their parents.

4. My Schooling: I'm so grateful for my schooling which is helping me teach kids to read more efficiently.

That being said, I'd better get busy. I have a lot of work to do today before I rest. Thanks for reading! And never forget to be grateful for all the wonderful things God has given you.

Whew! My dad is alright

My dad collapsed last night. He gave us all a scare. He had a lot of tests done today, and everything appears to be good with his heart. He had a change in medication last week, so the cause appears to be caused by his new meds. Whew! It is scary when you parents get sick. I'm so glad that he is doing well now and is at home.

Movie questions

Favorite movies you have to be "in the mood" for in order to enjoy:

1. Star War Movies
2. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

Favorite movies that make you laugh out loud no matter how many times you have watched them:

1. Monsters Inc.
2. How to lose a guy in 10 days
Your favorite "Guilty Pleasures"

1. Time to Kill
2. Somewhere in Time

Favorite movies you have seen so many times, you can recite all the lines

1. Bourne Identity movies
2. Sense and Sensibility (Emma Thompson)

Movies that "Opened your eyes."

1. Mr. Holland's Opus
2. A Brilliant Mind

Most Overrated

1. Napoleon Dynamite
2. Castaway

What were the last 2 movies you watched

1. Sense and Sensibility (Kiera Knightly sp? with my mom in Phoenix)
2. Little Women

Your spouse's/significant other's favorites

1. Dune
2. Lord of the Rings movies

Your all time favorites:

1. Somewhere in Time
2. Bourne movies

Almost Sunday Grattitudes

It is 57 minutes until Sunday. :-)

1. I'm grateful for a loving husband who takes care of us three girls. He is currently upstairs doing the laundry. He's so wonderful. He makes sure I have time to get my homework done, or relax.

2. We had an unexpected visitor tonight. A puppy from a neighbors house came to visit. He got out from his backyard, and his owners aren't home. He's the cutest black lab puppy. His owners are still not home, so we are keeping him overnight. Luckily we got a crate from next door to keep him in. Faith loves him! She held him all evening. :)

3. I'm blessed to be able to keep going with my education. I love going to school, and am having fun learning at NNU. I am learning how to teach children to read and write. Our next class will be on teach ELL students to read and write. That will be exciting and help me when we move to Phoenix.

I'd write more, but it is late and I'm getting sleepy. I guess the puppy will be sleeping over! :-)