9 years ago today!

9 years and one day ago today, I was a girl...

9 years and one day ago today, I was a wife...

9 years and one day ago today, I was a teacher...

9 years and one day ago today, I could jump in the car and go anywhere on a moment's notice...

9 years and one day ago today, I was less of the woman I am now...

9 years ago today, I learned what true unconditional love is...

9 years ago today, I became a woman...

9 years ago today, my life started to revolve around someone else's schedule...

9 years ago today, I became a mom!

My precious first born was born 9 years agod today. I can't believe this is her last single digit birthday! I can't believe that she is up to my shoulder in height! I can't believe how smart she is. I can't believe I can't hold her on my chest anymore. I can't believe I can pick her up and swing her around anymore!

My little girl can still crawl up in my lap and hug me! My little girl still says she loves me everyday! My little girl still thinks I know everything! (For now anyway) My little girls who is growing up so big. I never knew what my mom meant when she said I'd always be her little girl. Now I know, because I have my own little girl who is growing up so fast.

Happy Birthday my sweet girl!

Movie Reviews

Joe and I have been able to see a few movies in the last two weeks. I took two personal days that I had left. So Joe and I were able to see movies while the girls were at school.



Iron Man wasn't what I was expecting. It was good though. It is more of a guy movie though. Joe enjoyed it. On my movie rating system (Basically what I'd pay to watch it) I rate it a good matinee movie. I wouldn't pay more, and we won't be buying it.



Indiana Jones was a sorry attempt to make a sequal. It almost seemed like a spoof of the 1st three movies. I really think they should have left this series a trilogy. It was tollerable until the end. I won't spoil it, but DUMB! My rating for this movie is maybe a rental. We won't be buying this one. And I don't plan on wasting any more of my time in the future watching it again.



This was an awesome movie! I really liked it. It was just as good as The Lion, The Witch and The Wordrobe. We are for sure going to buy this one when it comes out. I would have paid night time movie prices for it as well.

Jamie's New Furniture

We got Jamie the two dressers pictured in this picture. She's so excited. they are for her Birthday. She should have them up and ready by her birthday next week. She has a cheap dresser that doesn't have enough room for her things. I might paint the old one and then they can use it for their doll clothes. :-)

Moving to Phoenix!

Okay, here goes. Joe is leaving in September to go to The Netherlands for 7 months. I don't have a job right now, and don't really want to look for a full time job. Part time jobs in Special Ed are kind of scarce here, so I don't have that holding me here. Faith needs extra help getting ready for school, and she isn't getting it here. So we decided to move to Phoenix and live with my mom and dad while Joe is gone. We'll go in August so the girls will be there for school. By the time school is done Joe will be back from Holland, and if the market hasn't bounced back, we'll come back here.

One of my assistants has offered to house sit, so we'll have someone living here. :) Maggie will probably go live with my brother and sister in love.

Hotel in the pantry?

When I got up this morning, J told me that the girls and one of their friends were in our pantry playing hotel with their dolls??? So I go to the kitchen and the pantry door is closed. I open in and there are three little girls on two of my dining room chairs with flashlights. They have dolls on various shelfs, and are playing "hotel." I had to LOL! Goofy kids! Who could have imagined? Kids of course!

Weekend grattitudes

1. A week ago one of my students had open heart surgery. She has bounced back so quickly that her mom's head is spinning! She's doing so awesome! She wants to come back to school, and run around and play. Her mom is having a hard time keeping her quiet. She had so many people praying and fasting for her, and it shows. :)

2. I'm thankful for all of the support I've gotten this week. The parents of my students have beeen great, as well as my family and friends. The job hunt has just begun. I forgot all of the things that need to be gathered in order to apply for a job. Goodness!

3. I'm grateful for my beautiful healthy girls. They are awesome! They crack me up and help lighten my life.

4. I'm grateful that I can go to school and learn a new area for education. I'm excited about teaching kids to read. :)

Looking for a new job

This past year has been very hard. I have barely been able to keep it all together. Actually, I haven't been able to keep it all together. So this summer, I'll be looking for a new job. I'm thinking of maybe being a paraprofessional for a year or two until I get my Master's. I just can't do it all and with Joe going to be gone for the next school year, I know that it would be too hard to continue on the way I was.