Interview went well!

My interview went well. I hope they call soon and let me know if I got the job or not. I have another interview on Wednesday morning. I'm torn between the two jobs. One is full time, and one is part time. I would like to do the part time job, but don't want to have to scrimp on the $. We've been paying off bills over the last couple years and I'd like to keep that up. God will provide the perfect job for me. If I get the full time job, I can listen to books on CD on the way. It is a bit of a commute. The part time job is close to my mom's house.

Sunday Grattitudes

This week I'm grateful for having 2 job interviews this week! One if for full time, and one is for part time. I'm nervous about the full time one because it is 20 miles away and full time. It is opposite of rush hour, so I won't have to fight traffic. But I'm afraid I'll get so busy that my parents will have to pick up the slack with the girls. I know they are excited to have us down there. I just feel like I was so busy this last year that I missed a year with the girls.

We'll see about these interviews. :)

Angel Face's Fantastic, Terrific Birthday

Well, Angel Face's birthday party ended up being an all day affair! It started out to be the zoo and a picnic. When AF said she wanted to go to Chuck E Cheese for dinner, Joe suggested that we just keep the three little girls we had for the zoo and take them to dinner. So we had three extra little girls from 11:00 until 8:00. It wasn't so expensive either. Faith had a fun, fun day.

My Blue Eyed Beauties!

I got a new camera and wanted to test it on the girls. They're so cute! I hope you agree. Their eyes look awesome!

Sunday Grattitudes

1. I'm grateful for my girls. We went on a picnic at our neighborhood park today. We walked so we could take Maggie. It was a little too hot for Maggie I fear though. She took a while to cool down. Poor thing, she was a hot dog! hehe!

2. I'm grateful that we could get water park passes this year. We go as much as 4 times a week. The girls love it. And I love that I don't have to feel like we have to stay most of the day like we did when we paid for a day at the park.

3. I'm grateful that we have air conditioning! The house is so nice and cool. It is warming up outside right now and I'm so thankful that we can be comfortable.

4. I'm grateful for my church and my church family. It is so nice to go to church on Sunday and see my friends, "where everybody knows my name." It is nice to know that people are happy to see you, and miss you when you're gone. :)

Water Park Fun!

Finally it is warm enough for the girls and I to go to the WaterPark and have fun! We went this last weekend, and the water was still too cold. But today, at the end of the day, the water was great! We had so much fun! The lines weren't too bad, so we got to climb a lot of stairs. Great work out! :) We are going to go to the water park as much as we can before we leave for Phoenix. We need to get out of the house!

See you later to a friend

My good friend Melissa has moved to northern Idaho. It is an 8 hour drive away, so we won't be seeing her for quiet a while. My friend was Jamie's piano teacher. My friend was our music leader for the kids at church. My friend was a dear, dear, dear friend to me. I'm going to miss you very much my friend! We'll see you again, that is for sure.

No Gas Day!

The girls and I are going to have a no gas day today! I don't want to use gas. It isn't that I can't afford gas, I just don't want to supply "the man" with buying gas. I think that they are charging more for gas because they can. The cost of crude oil isn't going up as fast as the price of gas. I think that the gas companies are raising the price of gas as high as we are willing to go. So if you want to join me, I'm going to have at least a one no gas day a week. When we do go out, we'll combine trips, like getting groceries when we go out for a play date. The girls and I are going to be riding bikes whenever we can.

The end of a very long year!

School is out for the year. Whew! It has been a very hard year. I have had a lot of political things to deal with this year, as well as trying to fit too much into my life. Things I've learned from this last year:

*I can't work full time and do my Master's degree with two little girls.

*I need to spend more time with my girls.

*I need more dates with my husband.

*I can't do it all!

*It is too hard to be boss and friend at the same time. Especially when there are employees working for you who thing you aren't doing your job well and think they could do it better. Especially when they have no idea!

*I miss being in a Bible study. I probably won't be able to join one until I get my Master's degree, but I plan to start a smaller one that I can do on my own.

I'm going to miss my students, very very much. I hope they get a great teacher for next year. One who can be caring to the students, and a strong supervisor to all of the assistants in the room.