I woke up this morning and did my First 5 devotions. Then I got up and started getting ready for my first day of the 2016-2017 school year. My Prince fixed my Plexus for me, and even ironed my shirt. He is awesome!
It was good to get back and see everyone. We had a devotional first thing, and then the elementary department had our meetings. We went over several things and then we were able to go to our classrooms and work.
I got a few things done, and then My Prince wanted to meet for lunch. We were going to meet at a local restaurant, but he text and told me that they were closed on Mondays. So plan "b" was to meet at a different restaurant. But, I could not find my keys. So, I hiked all the way out to my car (we had to park on the high school side of the building because they were repainting the parking lot stripes on our side), only to find that I had locked my keys in my car. What is up with that? I NEVER do that! Anyway, I text My Prince to let him know that I had locked my keys in the car. He got lunch to go, and brought it to me, along with a hole punch that I needed and he got my keys out of the car on his way in. Have I mentioned lately that he is the greatest? I am sure it has been too long since I have sung his praises. He truly is the greatest! But due to all of the craziness, he did not have time to stay and visit with me while I ate. He had to go and get some more supplies for more backpacks that were needed.
I quickly ate lunch, and then got back to working and getting things ready for the parents tomorrow night and the students Wednesday morning.
I finished all that I could do, and went downstairs to wait for the Youngest Princess to finish cheer practice. I talked to some of the other moms that were down there. The Oldest Princess was running cheer practice for the young girls. When they finished, we came home.
About the time we got home, the Young Prince was leaving for football practice.
The church secretary (at the school) had given us some okra. Yay! So when we got home, I cut some of it up, and the Oldest Princess and I fried it, while My Prince grilled pork chops. It was a simple but very good dinner.
After we ate, the Young Princess helped me finish putting together the prayer journals for the girls in my class. I am so excited about them! I can't wait for them to document and see how God answers prayers and for them to get excited about their prayer journals as well. Then I know that they will pray even bigger prayers and expect even greater things from God, and He will answer, and it will grow. I am praying that it will start a fire in their hearts that lights a lifelong love of prayer and that they will be able to see how powerful prayer can be.
After we finished the journals, we turned on the television to watch the Olympics. Diving was just coming on. The Youngest Princess who is all about the Olympics this year looked at the television, and saw the men divers in their very small swim suits and held up her hand to block her view of the television and said, "Oh! Tiny shorts, Mom! Tiny! Shorts!" We continued watching, fast forwarding through most of it, because the American divers were Christians and I was rooting for them. I was glad in their interview at the end that they again gave glory to God. You don't see much of that anymore, and I am glad that they are vocal about their faith.
After that, the Youngest Princess and I came upstairs to read Mandie. We are on the book that tells about her college years now. I feel like we have grown up with her. We have been reading Mandie books since way back when the Youngest Princess was in the first grade! If we read without missing a night, we should be finished with this one in about 12 nights. Then I don't know what we will do. I am thinking about the Anne of Green Gables books? But I am open to suggestions. A while back, we took a break from Mandie and read A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, and the Youngest Princess was mad at me for months over that one. She thought it was a "horrible" book and that I was terrible for making us read such a "sad, horrible" book that made us cry. So, if you know of any great girly books, I am open to suggestions.
We finished reading, and the Youngest Princess went to bed. My Prince came upstairs, but decided to lay in the Young Prince's bed while I worked on my blog. The Young Prince is downstairs watching one of the Spiderman movies. The Oldest Princess, still a working woman for one more day, is also in bed. And now, I too am going to get some rest. Full day tomorrow.
Until I blog again...
Monday, August 8, 2016
Sunday, August 7, 2016
August 7, 2016
I woke up and started getting ready for church. All went fairly smoothly this morning as far as Sunday mornings go.
My Prince left a few minutes earlier than us, because we were having an appreciation breakfast for our area teachers, and he wanted to be there a little early to greet anyone who might come. The kids and I got finished getting ready and went to the breakfast ourselves.
After the breakfast, My Prince and I quickly fixed the little teacher appreciation gifts that we wanted to pass out after church. We would have had them put together earlier, but we were waiting on one thing to add to them that was picked up Saturday evening. Which meant putting them together Sunday morning.
We got them put together quickly though. And I think everyone liked theirs. They all got really excited about the chocolate and the sticky notes. So, if you want to give a teacher a little pick-me-up gift, just know that you pretty much can't go wrong with chocolates and sticky notes.
During the service, My Prince challenged us from Galatians 6:7-9. He encouraged us not to be weary in well doing, but to be faithful even on the days when it seems like what we do does not matter. It was a good sermon.
After church, we went to eat, and then back home. I worked on my Bible study.
The kids left for drama. My Prince, the Youngest Princess and I left a little while after them. The Youngest Princess went to choir. My Prince went to a youth parent meeting, and I went to my group meeting. I am glad we were finally able to meet on a Sunday evening again. Hopefully now, we will continue to meet on Sundays as we get back into our routines. Our lesson was on lies that Satan would have us believe about our children. It was an eye opening chapter, and it brought about some good discussions. K, we missed you!
After our class, my friend shared with me that she saved the picture of the sunrise on the beach from my blog. The one on the morning when I spent time praying for our children. She said that she used that picture for when I text her, and that every time she saw it, it reminded her to join us in prayer for our children. Wow! That means the world to me! She didn't just tell me that she would pray for us. She really does, and has a tangible reminder to do so. So encouraging! And what a blessing! And what an encouragement for me to do the same - think of unique ways that I can remind myself to pray for others!
She can be guaranteed that I will be diligently praying for her children as well.
We went on into the evening service. My Prince just told us how we would be doing the prayer walk, and gave us a few specific things that we could pray for at different areas of the school. We dismissed, and passed out cards that we could sign and slip under the doors, or in the lockers to let people know that we had prayed specifically for them. I hope when they get there tomorrow and open their doors that they are encouraged beyond words by those cards. I wish they could have seen the people praying. Older folks, other teachers, their co-workers, members of their community, teens who will walk those halls each day praying for their peers, children on their knees before their doors praying for the teachers and children of that classroom to have a good school year. One little one who watched her older brother, who will be going into the 1st grade, pray and wanted to pray too. The cards don't do justice for the precious sweet spirit that was in those halls tonight. It is one of my most favorite nights of the year. And then we were joined by another church, and we joined hands and hearts and stood there in the hallway and man after man prayed for God's hand to be on that school this year. How awesome it is to know that our prayers have no time restraints, and that God could start a revival of epic proportions in that very place this year.
When we finished praying, the Youngest Princess went home with a friend for one last summer sleepover before school starts again. The Oldest Princess and the Young Prince went out with some friends for dinner. My Prince and I ran by a local store and then came home by ourselves.
The Youngest Princess called to say that she was coming by and needed her pillow and her Buddy Bear. I got that together as well as sleep clothes and clothes for her to wear tomorrow. She also wanted to show her friends the hedgehog, so I got him out of the cage and took him out to the car so her friends could see him.
After they left again, the older two came home. My Prince was ready to go to bed, so I got ready to come upstairs as well. The older two children came into the living room and told us that since the Youngest Princess was gone, they were going to supply our entertainment for the night. My son turned on his music and lip synced and danced to "Johnnie B. Goode". And he did a really good job of it too, I must admit. I told the kids I have heard the song many times, and I know the chorus, but I have never really listened to the words of the verses. Then he went on to do several other songs for us as well. We were pretty impressed.
I came on up to blog, and My Prince got distracted by shiny things, and stayed downstairs to watch part of a movie with the Young Prince. Now, he has joined me, and I'm going to finish this up and go to sleep. Because...I...have...to...go...to...work (breaks into tears) tomorrow!
Until I blog again...
My Prince left a few minutes earlier than us, because we were having an appreciation breakfast for our area teachers, and he wanted to be there a little early to greet anyone who might come. The kids and I got finished getting ready and went to the breakfast ourselves.
After the breakfast, My Prince and I quickly fixed the little teacher appreciation gifts that we wanted to pass out after church. We would have had them put together earlier, but we were waiting on one thing to add to them that was picked up Saturday evening. Which meant putting them together Sunday morning.
We got them put together quickly though. And I think everyone liked theirs. They all got really excited about the chocolate and the sticky notes. So, if you want to give a teacher a little pick-me-up gift, just know that you pretty much can't go wrong with chocolates and sticky notes.
During the service, My Prince challenged us from Galatians 6:7-9. He encouraged us not to be weary in well doing, but to be faithful even on the days when it seems like what we do does not matter. It was a good sermon.
After church, we went to eat, and then back home. I worked on my Bible study.
The kids left for drama. My Prince, the Youngest Princess and I left a little while after them. The Youngest Princess went to choir. My Prince went to a youth parent meeting, and I went to my group meeting. I am glad we were finally able to meet on a Sunday evening again. Hopefully now, we will continue to meet on Sundays as we get back into our routines. Our lesson was on lies that Satan would have us believe about our children. It was an eye opening chapter, and it brought about some good discussions. K, we missed you!
After our class, my friend shared with me that she saved the picture of the sunrise on the beach from my blog. The one on the morning when I spent time praying for our children. She said that she used that picture for when I text her, and that every time she saw it, it reminded her to join us in prayer for our children. Wow! That means the world to me! She didn't just tell me that she would pray for us. She really does, and has a tangible reminder to do so. So encouraging! And what a blessing! And what an encouragement for me to do the same - think of unique ways that I can remind myself to pray for others!
She can be guaranteed that I will be diligently praying for her children as well.
We went on into the evening service. My Prince just told us how we would be doing the prayer walk, and gave us a few specific things that we could pray for at different areas of the school. We dismissed, and passed out cards that we could sign and slip under the doors, or in the lockers to let people know that we had prayed specifically for them. I hope when they get there tomorrow and open their doors that they are encouraged beyond words by those cards. I wish they could have seen the people praying. Older folks, other teachers, their co-workers, members of their community, teens who will walk those halls each day praying for their peers, children on their knees before their doors praying for the teachers and children of that classroom to have a good school year. One little one who watched her older brother, who will be going into the 1st grade, pray and wanted to pray too. The cards don't do justice for the precious sweet spirit that was in those halls tonight. It is one of my most favorite nights of the year. And then we were joined by another church, and we joined hands and hearts and stood there in the hallway and man after man prayed for God's hand to be on that school this year. How awesome it is to know that our prayers have no time restraints, and that God could start a revival of epic proportions in that very place this year.
When we finished praying, the Youngest Princess went home with a friend for one last summer sleepover before school starts again. The Oldest Princess and the Young Prince went out with some friends for dinner. My Prince and I ran by a local store and then came home by ourselves.
The Youngest Princess called to say that she was coming by and needed her pillow and her Buddy Bear. I got that together as well as sleep clothes and clothes for her to wear tomorrow. She also wanted to show her friends the hedgehog, so I got him out of the cage and took him out to the car so her friends could see him.
After they left again, the older two came home. My Prince was ready to go to bed, so I got ready to come upstairs as well. The older two children came into the living room and told us that since the Youngest Princess was gone, they were going to supply our entertainment for the night. My son turned on his music and lip synced and danced to "Johnnie B. Goode". And he did a really good job of it too, I must admit. I told the kids I have heard the song many times, and I know the chorus, but I have never really listened to the words of the verses. Then he went on to do several other songs for us as well. We were pretty impressed.
I came on up to blog, and My Prince got distracted by shiny things, and stayed downstairs to watch part of a movie with the Young Prince. Now, he has joined me, and I'm going to finish this up and go to sleep. Because...I...have...to...go...to...work (breaks into tears) tomorrow!
Until I blog again...
Saturday, August 6, 2016
August 5 - August 6, 2016
Friday, August 5 - I woke up and did my First 5 devotion.
I had a message on Facebook from a friend whose son is a young football player at our school (he was actually a student in my class last year). She wanted to tell me that her son had been paired up with the Young Prince at football practice the evening before, and that he got in the car all excited because the Young Prince had been such an encouragement to him, and had taught him several things that were really helpful to him. She wanted me to know. So exciting to me, especially since just the night before (after said football practice), I had talked to the Young Prince and told him that I wished he could see what I see when it comes to the influence that he has on the people around him. I wish he could see how others look up to him. I had told him of a person that I had heard recently that he had had an influence on, and he was surprised, because he had no idea that that person looked up to him. The Oldest Princess had chimed in on how she had known about his influence over that person as well. So, I reminded him how much influence he has, even when he has no idea, and how he should always strive to use that influence for good. He seemed to be soaking in what I said. And then I wake up to this message. I shared it with the young Prince. It made me proud, but it also helped him to be even more aware of his potential to be a leader for good in his sphere of influence.
My Prince left for a meeting, and the Young Prince left to go finish painting a fence that he and several friends had started painting back before we went to World Changers.
The Oldest Princess and I got ready to go to a conference about an hour and fifteen minutes from our house to do our Bible Drill in a Box. The teachers of the younger students could not go, so the Oldest Princess said she would go with me and make their box for them.
Grammy was sweet enough to come and sit with the Youngest Princess while the rest of us were all over the place doing different things. Grammy got there, and the Oldest Princess and I left
We had a nice trip. It was good. Just the two of us. No distractions. Time to talk, and laugh, and even cry a little. We stopped and had lunch before we got there. We may have had to turn around a couple of times on our way there. The Oldest Princess was the driver and I was the navigator. But we made it with plenty of time to spare. I went to check in where My Prince told me to go. It was the wrong place, and we had to go back to a different place to check in.
We still had plenty of time, so we browsed around in the gift shop for a while. I found a waterproof bag like one my friend Special K let me borrow when we went tubing a few weeks ago. I bought it, because I thought that it might come in handy to have should we ever need one. We still had time to spare (we got there REALLY early), so we sat in the rocking chairs for a few minutes. Then we went to our class.
The class was wonderful as always. The lady who does it is always very organized, and she has everything we need to be able to make a game for all 24 verses, and then some games for review, for learning the books of the Bible, and for learning the key passages. It is basically preparation for a whole year of Bible Drills taken care of in 2 hours. Okay, well, we didn't completely finish everything, but we got a lot of it completed, and have the tools to finish it all. It is a wonderful class. It has definitely been a blessing to me for the last two years.
After the class, we headed home. I had not felt great all day, and I had a really bad headache. The Oldest Princess told me to take a nap, so I did.
When we got home, I grabbed something to eat, and took some medicine in hopes that it would help my head to feel better. I also laid on the couch for about 15 minutes hoping to feel better.
Then we went to the church, and met one of my friends who offered to help, and we packed the backpacks we bought on Thursday with the supplies that we also bought on Thursday. I knew we had about an hour and 15 minutes to get it done, and was hoping that we would be able to get them all done in that amount of time. The Oldest Princess, the Youngest Princess, my friend and I all worked very fast, and had most of them done by the time My Prince and the Young Prince came to join us.
When we finished, we took them up to the auditorium and put them on the stage so that everyone can see what their donations were able to accomplish.
After that, we went to the fellowship hall to visit/help out a little with those who were decorating for the youth pastor's wife's baby shower. Our youth pastor loves to drive in races, and they know that they are going to have a boy, so they did the shower in a race car theme. It was really cute!
After that, we left to go to a birthday party. It was my friend's daughter's 14th birthday. It was a swimming/glow party. The Youngest Princess had a blast swimming with her little friends that were there. The Oldest Princess just stayed for a few minutes, and then left to go to her D group's campout. They actually slept in a tent, y'all. In all of this heat. Yuck! The Young Prince sat around and talked with the adults for a while and then played some with my friend's son who is going into the third grade this year. My Prince and I enjoyed getting to catch up with friends we have not been able to talk to much this summer. So a good time was had by all. I was still feeling a little puny. I hoped that a good night's sleep would make me feel much better.
When we got home, I pretty much went right to bed.
Saturday, August 6 - We slept in pretty late this morning. I guess we were all tired. When I woke up, I watched the First 5 weekend wrap-up video. Then I got up. Today was the day of the Home and Farm expo. I was a little excited because I have heard about it for several years, but we usually have some kind of volleyball something or other, and we are unable to go. This year it worked out that we were going to be able to go. At least for a little while. So I got ready. But I was still not feeling good. I felt a little sick to my stomach, and my head hurt pretty badly. But I pushed through. The Oldest Princess came home, got a shower, and promptly fell asleep in the recliner.
My Prince, the Young Prince, and the Youngest Princess all went to the home and farm expo. The Oldest Princess stayed home. It was extremely hot. We tasted peaches. We could have sampled honey. We saw goats. The Youngest Princess petted a snake. We got free corn (they wanted to know if we wanted mayo and Parmesan cheese on it. That is a first. I had never heard of that. We opted for plain. We visited with friends we haven't seen in a while, and friends we see on a weekly basis. The Youngest Princess and her friend held baby chicks. I thought we would never drag her away from those chicks! We sampled blackberry ice cream, and peach ice cream. We watched a machine turn a log into boards. We learned about fire ants. If it had not been SO hot, I would have enjoyed staying and learning more things, but we were melting (and the heat was not helping me to feel any better), and we had a baby shower to attend, so we had to leave.
When we got home, the Youngest Princess and I got another shower, and got ready to go to the Youth Pastor's wife's baby shower. We had a good time visiting with everyone there, and seeing all the cute gifts that she received. We are excited for the baby to get here, so we can all spoil him. We helped to clean up a little at the end, and then we came home.
When we got home, Grammy and Poppy where here. They came over because we were going to grill out. They had everything almost ready. I took some medicine and came upstairs to lay down and see if I could get my headache to ease off some. I was hurting across the back of my head, and usually when I get those kinds of headaches, I just have to sleep them off. I did feel a little better by the time dinner was ready, and I hoped that eating would make it feel even better. But no such luck.
After dinner and cleaning up the kitchen, I laid down on the couch. Poppy and My Prince joined the girls and I and we just visited for a while, while the Young Prince and Grammy ran to the store. When they came home, Grammy and Poppy went home to where they are staying. The girls and I watched some of the Olympics. I tried to blog and watch the Olympics, but that was going nowhere fast, so I came upstairs to finish the blog so I can go to sleep and hopefully get rid of this headache and queasy feeling once and for all. Two days of feeling like this is ENOUGH.
*I have to add a story from last Thursday that I was reminded that I had forgotten to blog about. Last Thursday while we were at the Young Prince'a football practice, I was standing in the gym talking to some friends. My Prince came in the door and made a sarcastic remark about one of my friends ("Aunt D") and not being surprised at finding her talking. She playfully kicked at him and hit his watch with her foot. He grabbed it and acted like he was hurt, and gave her a hard time. When we got home, he googled a picture of a bruised hand/arm, and sent it via a group text message to her and me pretending that it was his hand/arm and that she had done that when she kicked him. She text back, "Ha, no way!!" I didn't want her to worry, so I quickly told her that she could not believe him. Then she wanted to know where he got the picture. I told her that he had probably googled it. She was glad that it wasn't his arm. She said she had actually worried that it was his arm at first. And he just wanted to mess with her a little and give her a hard time. What are friends for? I love that we have a good relationship and can tease with one another from time to time. Speaking of, I know it was her husband who moved our trash can when we first moved to this house. Even though I don't think he has ever admitted to it. But that is a story for another day, another blog.
Now, I am going to get some rest and try to feel better.
Until I blog again...
I had a message on Facebook from a friend whose son is a young football player at our school (he was actually a student in my class last year). She wanted to tell me that her son had been paired up with the Young Prince at football practice the evening before, and that he got in the car all excited because the Young Prince had been such an encouragement to him, and had taught him several things that were really helpful to him. She wanted me to know. So exciting to me, especially since just the night before (after said football practice), I had talked to the Young Prince and told him that I wished he could see what I see when it comes to the influence that he has on the people around him. I wish he could see how others look up to him. I had told him of a person that I had heard recently that he had had an influence on, and he was surprised, because he had no idea that that person looked up to him. The Oldest Princess had chimed in on how she had known about his influence over that person as well. So, I reminded him how much influence he has, even when he has no idea, and how he should always strive to use that influence for good. He seemed to be soaking in what I said. And then I wake up to this message. I shared it with the young Prince. It made me proud, but it also helped him to be even more aware of his potential to be a leader for good in his sphere of influence.
My Prince left for a meeting, and the Young Prince left to go finish painting a fence that he and several friends had started painting back before we went to World Changers.
The Oldest Princess and I got ready to go to a conference about an hour and fifteen minutes from our house to do our Bible Drill in a Box. The teachers of the younger students could not go, so the Oldest Princess said she would go with me and make their box for them.
Grammy was sweet enough to come and sit with the Youngest Princess while the rest of us were all over the place doing different things. Grammy got there, and the Oldest Princess and I left
We had a nice trip. It was good. Just the two of us. No distractions. Time to talk, and laugh, and even cry a little. We stopped and had lunch before we got there. We may have had to turn around a couple of times on our way there. The Oldest Princess was the driver and I was the navigator. But we made it with plenty of time to spare. I went to check in where My Prince told me to go. It was the wrong place, and we had to go back to a different place to check in.
We still had plenty of time, so we browsed around in the gift shop for a while. I found a waterproof bag like one my friend Special K let me borrow when we went tubing a few weeks ago. I bought it, because I thought that it might come in handy to have should we ever need one. We still had time to spare (we got there REALLY early), so we sat in the rocking chairs for a few minutes. Then we went to our class.
The class was wonderful as always. The lady who does it is always very organized, and she has everything we need to be able to make a game for all 24 verses, and then some games for review, for learning the books of the Bible, and for learning the key passages. It is basically preparation for a whole year of Bible Drills taken care of in 2 hours. Okay, well, we didn't completely finish everything, but we got a lot of it completed, and have the tools to finish it all. It is a wonderful class. It has definitely been a blessing to me for the last two years.
After the class, we headed home. I had not felt great all day, and I had a really bad headache. The Oldest Princess told me to take a nap, so I did.
When we got home, I grabbed something to eat, and took some medicine in hopes that it would help my head to feel better. I also laid on the couch for about 15 minutes hoping to feel better.
Then we went to the church, and met one of my friends who offered to help, and we packed the backpacks we bought on Thursday with the supplies that we also bought on Thursday. I knew we had about an hour and 15 minutes to get it done, and was hoping that we would be able to get them all done in that amount of time. The Oldest Princess, the Youngest Princess, my friend and I all worked very fast, and had most of them done by the time My Prince and the Young Prince came to join us.
When we finished, we took them up to the auditorium and put them on the stage so that everyone can see what their donations were able to accomplish.
After that, we went to the fellowship hall to visit/help out a little with those who were decorating for the youth pastor's wife's baby shower. Our youth pastor loves to drive in races, and they know that they are going to have a boy, so they did the shower in a race car theme. It was really cute!
After that, we left to go to a birthday party. It was my friend's daughter's 14th birthday. It was a swimming/glow party. The Youngest Princess had a blast swimming with her little friends that were there. The Oldest Princess just stayed for a few minutes, and then left to go to her D group's campout. They actually slept in a tent, y'all. In all of this heat. Yuck! The Young Prince sat around and talked with the adults for a while and then played some with my friend's son who is going into the third grade this year. My Prince and I enjoyed getting to catch up with friends we have not been able to talk to much this summer. So a good time was had by all. I was still feeling a little puny. I hoped that a good night's sleep would make me feel much better.
When we got home, I pretty much went right to bed.
Saturday, August 6 - We slept in pretty late this morning. I guess we were all tired. When I woke up, I watched the First 5 weekend wrap-up video. Then I got up. Today was the day of the Home and Farm expo. I was a little excited because I have heard about it for several years, but we usually have some kind of volleyball something or other, and we are unable to go. This year it worked out that we were going to be able to go. At least for a little while. So I got ready. But I was still not feeling good. I felt a little sick to my stomach, and my head hurt pretty badly. But I pushed through. The Oldest Princess came home, got a shower, and promptly fell asleep in the recliner.
My Prince, the Young Prince, and the Youngest Princess all went to the home and farm expo. The Oldest Princess stayed home. It was extremely hot. We tasted peaches. We could have sampled honey. We saw goats. The Youngest Princess petted a snake. We got free corn (they wanted to know if we wanted mayo and Parmesan cheese on it. That is a first. I had never heard of that. We opted for plain. We visited with friends we haven't seen in a while, and friends we see on a weekly basis. The Youngest Princess and her friend held baby chicks. I thought we would never drag her away from those chicks! We sampled blackberry ice cream, and peach ice cream. We watched a machine turn a log into boards. We learned about fire ants. If it had not been SO hot, I would have enjoyed staying and learning more things, but we were melting (and the heat was not helping me to feel any better), and we had a baby shower to attend, so we had to leave.
When we got home, the Youngest Princess and I got another shower, and got ready to go to the Youth Pastor's wife's baby shower. We had a good time visiting with everyone there, and seeing all the cute gifts that she received. We are excited for the baby to get here, so we can all spoil him. We helped to clean up a little at the end, and then we came home.
When we got home, Grammy and Poppy where here. They came over because we were going to grill out. They had everything almost ready. I took some medicine and came upstairs to lay down and see if I could get my headache to ease off some. I was hurting across the back of my head, and usually when I get those kinds of headaches, I just have to sleep them off. I did feel a little better by the time dinner was ready, and I hoped that eating would make it feel even better. But no such luck.
After dinner and cleaning up the kitchen, I laid down on the couch. Poppy and My Prince joined the girls and I and we just visited for a while, while the Young Prince and Grammy ran to the store. When they came home, Grammy and Poppy went home to where they are staying. The girls and I watched some of the Olympics. I tried to blog and watch the Olympics, but that was going nowhere fast, so I came upstairs to finish the blog so I can go to sleep and hopefully get rid of this headache and queasy feeling once and for all. Two days of feeling like this is ENOUGH.
*I have to add a story from last Thursday that I was reminded that I had forgotten to blog about. Last Thursday while we were at the Young Prince'a football practice, I was standing in the gym talking to some friends. My Prince came in the door and made a sarcastic remark about one of my friends ("Aunt D") and not being surprised at finding her talking. She playfully kicked at him and hit his watch with her foot. He grabbed it and acted like he was hurt, and gave her a hard time. When we got home, he googled a picture of a bruised hand/arm, and sent it via a group text message to her and me pretending that it was his hand/arm and that she had done that when she kicked him. She text back, "Ha, no way!!" I didn't want her to worry, so I quickly told her that she could not believe him. Then she wanted to know where he got the picture. I told her that he had probably googled it. She was glad that it wasn't his arm. She said she had actually worried that it was his arm at first. And he just wanted to mess with her a little and give her a hard time. What are friends for? I love that we have a good relationship and can tease with one another from time to time. Speaking of, I know it was her husband who moved our trash can when we first moved to this house. Even though I don't think he has ever admitted to it. But that is a story for another day, another blog.
Now, I am going to get some rest and try to feel better.
Until I blog again...
Friday, August 5, 2016
August 4, 2016
I woke up and did my First 5 devotion. And I got up and got ready because I had an appointment to get my hair cut and colored first thing that morning.
While I was getting my hair done, a momma came in with a special needs little girl. There was an older lady in there at the same time. The older lady turned off her hairdryer and walked over to talk to and encourage the little girl. It was very sweet. Then she came back over to me and was telling me that she had two nephews that had special needs and how we may not understand what God is doing, but that he has a plan. Very true. Very true. Then I watched the lady that does my hair get down in the floor with the little girl and play with her for a few minutes while her momma was getting her eyebrows waxed. It was precious. I wanted to talk to her too, but I had color in my hair, and I was afraid that I would scare her (seriously, mid process is not a pretty sight), so I just observed. But it warmed my heart that the little girl was treated almost like royalty, even though she was different. Her difference did not scare or make those around her feel uncomfortable. No, it brought them together in their shared love for her. It was a sweet few moments that we don't get to observe very often anymore.
After I got finished with my appointment, I came home and got busy doing some things for school. I wrote in my prayer journal - I wanted to get a few days done, so the girls will have an example and know what I expect from them when they start theirs. I had to get my grade book ready and do some things like that. All the while texting back an forth with My Prince, to get the flyer done for a women's conference that we are hosting soon.
The Young Prince woke up and I had him wake up the Youngest Princess for me. I helped the Youngest Princess find something to eat. Then went upstairs to get ready to go shopping with My Prince and our youth pastor to buy school supplies and backpacks for our church's Operation Backpack - back to school ministry.
My Prince brought me and the Young Prince some lunch. I ate mine quickly and with a few instructions to the Young Prince and the Youngest Princess, we were off.
We went to the church to pick up the youth pastor and the church van. We went to a local office supply store and loaded up our buggies with all kinds of school supplies. I was also able to pick up a few things that I needed to be completely ready to start my special project - prayer journal - with my class. We were able to buy enough supplies to fill 25 backpacks for children who would not be able to get new supplies otherwise. It was fun to pick out supplies knowing that they would bless the children who will receive them.
We left from there and went to Walmart to buy the backpacks and a few other little things we still needed. I didn't think about the fact that the poor lady checking us out was going to have to check inside each of the backpacks we bought. We bought 25 backpacks. My Prince and the youth pastor realized that she was unzipping each backpack, so they got busy unzipping the rest so that the lady would not have to do it herself, and it helped make the process go a little faster. They would unzip the backpack, she would look inside and then scan the backpack and I would put it in the buggy. We had a little assembly line going, and it worked out great.
In the middle of all of that, the Young Prince got the Youngest Princess to cheer practice for me.
We had planned to go on to another store, but ended up changing our plans, and going back to the church.
The Oldest Princess brought the Youngest Princess home from cheer practice, and then they had to go back to the school for the Oldest Princess to help with volleyball practice.
We went back to the church and unloaded the van. One of our church members saw us and stopped to help us unload it all. It was nice to have an extra set of hands.
We left the church and went straight to the school. I had some things to take to my classroom, and some things I needed to pick up from my classroom, and we had to pick up the Youngest Princess.
When we got there, Poppy was there watching the Young Prince at football practice.
My Prince stayed outside and talked to Poppy and watched practice too.
I went to my classroom to drop my stuff off, and talked to a couple of people who were upstairs for a few minutes. Then I went back down to the gym. My good friend was there talking to another mother whose daughter will be new to our school this year, so I stopped to talk to them. While we were talking another new friend (A) came up and joined us. She had a daughter enrolled in our school last year, but I never had a good chance to get to know her. This year she has enrolled her other three children and I am sure we will have many opportunities to get to know one another better. I had just recently connected some dots to see the big picture, and had read one of her blogs (she's a blogger too!!), and asked her to be my friend on Facebook, so I was glad to have the chance to talk to her and get to know her a little better in real life. Listening to the moms talk about their children and their anxieties about going to a new school reminded me that I need to be praying for our new students and their transition into our school. I also want to remind my children to be as welcoming and as friendly as they can be to the new students to help them feel as comfortable as possible.
I walked outside, and sat with Poppy and My Prince for a few minutes before My Prince said that he was ready to leave. We went back upstairs and found the Youngest Princess who was running around playing with a friend, and then we left to go by the grocery store.
We picked up a few things at the store and came home. My Prince wanted taco salad, and he made spaghetti for the kids. I heated up some grilled pork chops from the other night. The Oldest Princess and the Young Prince came in, and everyone ate dinner. The Young Prince did not want spaghetti or taco salad, so he fixed himself some ramen noodles.
While we were eating, I told the Young Prince that I had been talking to another lady at church about how I wish that he could see the influence he has on the younger kids. I think he would think of himself as more of a leader if he could just see what I and others see. I often teasingly call him the Pied Piper, because kids just love him! The other lady told me that she had even seen his influence on another boy close to his age. I was sharing this with the Young Prince, and the Oldest Princess chimed in about how he had influenced this other young man. The Young Prince was surprised, because he had no idea. We talked about how even when we don't realize it, that people are looking up to us, and that we need to be careful to be the example that Christ would want us to be. The Young Prince seemed to genuinely listen and soak in what I was saying.
We all pitched in to fold some clothes and do some dishes and just generally straighten up around the house a little. We have been running like crazy and have let a few things go that needed to be tended to. The Oldest Princess painted my toenails for me. She is awesome!
Then we all headed upstairs for bed. About one o'clock in the morning, the Youngest Princess came into our room to let us know that the air vent was leaking, and that there was a puddle on the bathroom floor. My Prince checked it out, and it was where the overflow of the air conditioner had backed up. So we spent the next hour taking care of that. The Young Prince got out of bed and helped too. The Youngest Princess thought it was an adventure, and wanted to help as well as ask a million questions. My Prince and the Young Prince did a great job of working together and fixing the problem quickly and efficiently so that we could all get back to sleep. I was very proud of them both. They both had a great attitude even though they had been awakened in the middle of the night in order to fix a problem. The Youngest Princess was a little anxious about waking us up for it but we assured her that she had definitely done the right thing. My Prince took a shower (because he had been up in the attic and was all nasty) and we all finally got back to sleep and some much needed rest.
Until I blog again...
While I was getting my hair done, a momma came in with a special needs little girl. There was an older lady in there at the same time. The older lady turned off her hairdryer and walked over to talk to and encourage the little girl. It was very sweet. Then she came back over to me and was telling me that she had two nephews that had special needs and how we may not understand what God is doing, but that he has a plan. Very true. Very true. Then I watched the lady that does my hair get down in the floor with the little girl and play with her for a few minutes while her momma was getting her eyebrows waxed. It was precious. I wanted to talk to her too, but I had color in my hair, and I was afraid that I would scare her (seriously, mid process is not a pretty sight), so I just observed. But it warmed my heart that the little girl was treated almost like royalty, even though she was different. Her difference did not scare or make those around her feel uncomfortable. No, it brought them together in their shared love for her. It was a sweet few moments that we don't get to observe very often anymore.
After I got finished with my appointment, I came home and got busy doing some things for school. I wrote in my prayer journal - I wanted to get a few days done, so the girls will have an example and know what I expect from them when they start theirs. I had to get my grade book ready and do some things like that. All the while texting back an forth with My Prince, to get the flyer done for a women's conference that we are hosting soon.
The Young Prince woke up and I had him wake up the Youngest Princess for me. I helped the Youngest Princess find something to eat. Then went upstairs to get ready to go shopping with My Prince and our youth pastor to buy school supplies and backpacks for our church's Operation Backpack - back to school ministry.
My Prince brought me and the Young Prince some lunch. I ate mine quickly and with a few instructions to the Young Prince and the Youngest Princess, we were off.
We went to the church to pick up the youth pastor and the church van. We went to a local office supply store and loaded up our buggies with all kinds of school supplies. I was also able to pick up a few things that I needed to be completely ready to start my special project - prayer journal - with my class. We were able to buy enough supplies to fill 25 backpacks for children who would not be able to get new supplies otherwise. It was fun to pick out supplies knowing that they would bless the children who will receive them.
We left from there and went to Walmart to buy the backpacks and a few other little things we still needed. I didn't think about the fact that the poor lady checking us out was going to have to check inside each of the backpacks we bought. We bought 25 backpacks. My Prince and the youth pastor realized that she was unzipping each backpack, so they got busy unzipping the rest so that the lady would not have to do it herself, and it helped make the process go a little faster. They would unzip the backpack, she would look inside and then scan the backpack and I would put it in the buggy. We had a little assembly line going, and it worked out great.
In the middle of all of that, the Young Prince got the Youngest Princess to cheer practice for me.
We had planned to go on to another store, but ended up changing our plans, and going back to the church.
The Oldest Princess brought the Youngest Princess home from cheer practice, and then they had to go back to the school for the Oldest Princess to help with volleyball practice.
We went back to the church and unloaded the van. One of our church members saw us and stopped to help us unload it all. It was nice to have an extra set of hands.
We left the church and went straight to the school. I had some things to take to my classroom, and some things I needed to pick up from my classroom, and we had to pick up the Youngest Princess.
When we got there, Poppy was there watching the Young Prince at football practice.
My Prince stayed outside and talked to Poppy and watched practice too.
I went to my classroom to drop my stuff off, and talked to a couple of people who were upstairs for a few minutes. Then I went back down to the gym. My good friend was there talking to another mother whose daughter will be new to our school this year, so I stopped to talk to them. While we were talking another new friend (A) came up and joined us. She had a daughter enrolled in our school last year, but I never had a good chance to get to know her. This year she has enrolled her other three children and I am sure we will have many opportunities to get to know one another better. I had just recently connected some dots to see the big picture, and had read one of her blogs (she's a blogger too!!), and asked her to be my friend on Facebook, so I was glad to have the chance to talk to her and get to know her a little better in real life. Listening to the moms talk about their children and their anxieties about going to a new school reminded me that I need to be praying for our new students and their transition into our school. I also want to remind my children to be as welcoming and as friendly as they can be to the new students to help them feel as comfortable as possible.
I walked outside, and sat with Poppy and My Prince for a few minutes before My Prince said that he was ready to leave. We went back upstairs and found the Youngest Princess who was running around playing with a friend, and then we left to go by the grocery store.
We picked up a few things at the store and came home. My Prince wanted taco salad, and he made spaghetti for the kids. I heated up some grilled pork chops from the other night. The Oldest Princess and the Young Prince came in, and everyone ate dinner. The Young Prince did not want spaghetti or taco salad, so he fixed himself some ramen noodles.
While we were eating, I told the Young Prince that I had been talking to another lady at church about how I wish that he could see the influence he has on the younger kids. I think he would think of himself as more of a leader if he could just see what I and others see. I often teasingly call him the Pied Piper, because kids just love him! The other lady told me that she had even seen his influence on another boy close to his age. I was sharing this with the Young Prince, and the Oldest Princess chimed in about how he had influenced this other young man. The Young Prince was surprised, because he had no idea. We talked about how even when we don't realize it, that people are looking up to us, and that we need to be careful to be the example that Christ would want us to be. The Young Prince seemed to genuinely listen and soak in what I was saying.
We all pitched in to fold some clothes and do some dishes and just generally straighten up around the house a little. We have been running like crazy and have let a few things go that needed to be tended to. The Oldest Princess painted my toenails for me. She is awesome!
Then we all headed upstairs for bed. About one o'clock in the morning, the Youngest Princess came into our room to let us know that the air vent was leaking, and that there was a puddle on the bathroom floor. My Prince checked it out, and it was where the overflow of the air conditioner had backed up. So we spent the next hour taking care of that. The Young Prince got out of bed and helped too. The Youngest Princess thought it was an adventure, and wanted to help as well as ask a million questions. My Prince and the Young Prince did a great job of working together and fixing the problem quickly and efficiently so that we could all get back to sleep. I was very proud of them both. They both had a great attitude even though they had been awakened in the middle of the night in order to fix a problem. The Youngest Princess was a little anxious about waking us up for it but we assured her that she had definitely done the right thing. My Prince took a shower (because he had been up in the attic and was all nasty) and we all finally got back to sleep and some much needed rest.
Until I blog again...
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
August 3, 2016
I woke up this morning and did my First 5 devotion.
My Prince left for work. The Young Prince left for football practice.
I took advantage of the quiet house and blogged about yesterday's crazy day. My Prince texted me that he had finished the Senior page. We emailed it to Mrs. B. I was very glad to be able to get that done.
I did several loads of laundry. I still love my new washing machine.
The UPS man made a delivery that made me very happy. Two boxes. One with a heavy duty electric pencil sharpener for my room. Woo hoo! No more dealing with the mechanical one! And one with 10 small three ring binders. Those are for my students to use in a year long project that makes me very excited. I am praying that this project changes their lives. I know it has the potential to. Because prayer changes things.
The Youngest Princess woke up, and we talked for a little while, and then we both ate a bowl of cereal together.
I went to get ready for a funeral that we were going to attend. My friend's step-mom. My friend's daughter read a poem, and did a great job. My friend wrote a beautiful tribute that was read at the graveside. The graveside service ended just as it began to steadily rain. We walked through the rain to get back to our cars. My friend's youngest daughter thought it was great fun to walk in the rain.
After the funeral, My Prince took me to eat lunch. It was nice to sit down and be able to talk to one another without very many interruptions. Especially after yesterday's craziness.
We came home, and I worked on my Bible study.
Mrs. B text and told me that the Senior page was great and that it worked the first time, so we did not have to do anything to change it. It is done. I hope the Oldest Princess is happy with it. I guess I put it off for so long because I wanted it to be perfect, and I really had no idea how to get started on it, or what pictures to use, or what to say. I put too much stress on myself over it really. I just wanted it to be perfect for her.
My Prince went back to work.
The kids came home from the movies. Actually the Oldest Princess dropped off the Young Prince and the Youngest Princess, and then went back to finish babysitting.
The Young Prince got ready for church.
My Prince came home.
The Oldest Princess came home and got ready for church.
The kids left for church.
We left shortly after them.
My Prince helped me out on formatting some things for my special project for my class. He is awesome!
My small group meeting went well. It was a good chapter, and a good study that we could all relate to, and learn from. Several things that I need to be better at putting into practice.
After church, My Prince and I had a meeting. Actually My Prince had two meetings.
After our meetings, we came home. The kids had gone to Subway to get dinner. Now they are all upstairs in bed, and My prince and I are downstairs. He is doing something on his iPad, and I am about to finish this blog and head to bed myself.
Until I blog again...
My Prince left for work. The Young Prince left for football practice.
I took advantage of the quiet house and blogged about yesterday's crazy day. My Prince texted me that he had finished the Senior page. We emailed it to Mrs. B. I was very glad to be able to get that done.
I did several loads of laundry. I still love my new washing machine.
The UPS man made a delivery that made me very happy. Two boxes. One with a heavy duty electric pencil sharpener for my room. Woo hoo! No more dealing with the mechanical one! And one with 10 small three ring binders. Those are for my students to use in a year long project that makes me very excited. I am praying that this project changes their lives. I know it has the potential to. Because prayer changes things.
The Youngest Princess woke up, and we talked for a little while, and then we both ate a bowl of cereal together.
I went to get ready for a funeral that we were going to attend. My friend's step-mom. My friend's daughter read a poem, and did a great job. My friend wrote a beautiful tribute that was read at the graveside. The graveside service ended just as it began to steadily rain. We walked through the rain to get back to our cars. My friend's youngest daughter thought it was great fun to walk in the rain.
After the funeral, My Prince took me to eat lunch. It was nice to sit down and be able to talk to one another without very many interruptions. Especially after yesterday's craziness.
We came home, and I worked on my Bible study.
Mrs. B text and told me that the Senior page was great and that it worked the first time, so we did not have to do anything to change it. It is done. I hope the Oldest Princess is happy with it. I guess I put it off for so long because I wanted it to be perfect, and I really had no idea how to get started on it, or what pictures to use, or what to say. I put too much stress on myself over it really. I just wanted it to be perfect for her.
My Prince went back to work.
The kids came home from the movies. Actually the Oldest Princess dropped off the Young Prince and the Youngest Princess, and then went back to finish babysitting.
The Young Prince got ready for church.
My Prince came home.
The Oldest Princess came home and got ready for church.
The kids left for church.
We left shortly after them.
My Prince helped me out on formatting some things for my special project for my class. He is awesome!
My small group meeting went well. It was a good chapter, and a good study that we could all relate to, and learn from. Several things that I need to be better at putting into practice.
After church, My Prince and I had a meeting. Actually My Prince had two meetings.
After our meetings, we came home. The kids had gone to Subway to get dinner. Now they are all upstairs in bed, and My prince and I are downstairs. He is doing something on his iPad, and I am about to finish this blog and head to bed myself.
Until I blog again...
August 2, 2016
I woke up and did my First 5 devo. Then I took my time getting ready. Knowing that I needed to go back to the school to do some more work, but not really in a hurry to get there. My Prince got ready and left for work. I woke up the Young Prince to let him know that I was leaving, and that he was in charge of the Youngest Princess, as the Oldest Princess had already gone to babysit. I went downstairs, and realized that I was hungry. So I ate some chips and salsa before I left. I know. Great breakfast. But it was quick and easy.
Then I gathered up all of the little things that I had laminated and the Oldest Princess and I had cut out, as well as my bag, and left for the school.
When I got there, I was able to get my bulletin boards done. But, I realized that one little piece, a really cute little snail was missing. I figured that I had dropped him somewhere between my front door and my classroom, and that I would never see him again. I was sad, because he really is a cute little guy. I think the old classroom is looking pretty spiffy, and ready for a new year of school. I took a few more things down to laminate them. I must be crazy.
On my way to the office, I saw Mrs. S, and thought I would give it a shot and ask her if she had seen a little lost laminated snail. She said she had! Then she had to think about what she had done with it. And when she remembered, she said she had put it on top of the cabinet in the nursery. So we walk in there and she reaches up to get it, but can't feel it. So she looks at me (we are both vertically challenged) and says, "Can you see it?" I look her straight in the eye. One short girl to another and laugh. But I pulled over a rocking chair, and stood on it and could see it. I was pretty sure that I could reach it from the ground, so I was able to reach up and get it. Yay! My little lost snail was found!
I got the jump drive out of my box that Mrs. B had left for me. It had pictures of the Oldest Princess. I thought I might need some of them to complete her Senior page for the yearbook. We have had great intentions of getting it done forever now. But we have been busy, and I would think about it, and then forget about it, and it still hasn't been done.
So, I took my laminated stuff and the jump drive and stopped by the church, because My Prince is much better with computers, and has been telling me that he would help me get her Senior page done. It was crunch time, and we needed to get busy.
When I got there, he plugged in the jump drive, and then asked me if there was a template or something that he needed to use. Well, now, that is a very good question. I didn't know!! So I text Mrs. B to ask her. She told me something that meant nothing to me, that another mom had used. My Prince knew what she was talking about and went there. He still did not feel like that was what he needed. So I text the mom that Mrs. B told me about. She said she used some program that we did not have. She also told me that we could buy a template from Etsy. And she very sweetly told me that she would even do it for me, if I wanted her to. I was glad to hear that she was not finished with her daughter's page either.
So, we bought a template from etsy, and began trying to narrow it down to 5 pictures. How does one narrow down 12 years into 5 pictures? I text the Oldest Princess who was out to lunch with friends to ask her if she just wanted to use her Senior pictures, or if she wanted me to try to pick pictures throughout the years. She requested Senior pictures, so that narrowed it down. My Prince realized that to use the template, he needed some program that was not on his church computer, but was on the Young Prince's computer at home.
I got a text from a young lady that I have been discipling asking me if we were still going to meet. Um, yes. Of course we are! I had completely forgotten about it, because it was not our normal day to meet. We had had to switch things around because of our busy schedules. Okay, that gave us an hour to get home, use the program on the Young Prince's computer, get a book I needed, eat lunch, pick up the Youngest Princess, and get back to the church for my meeting.
At home, My Prince got on the computer, and I warmed up a hamburger for lunch. I sent the Young Prince up to wake up the Youngest Princess who was still asleep. And to tell her to get ready for cheer practice. He woke her up, and then asked me to help him find a shirt to wear for his Senior athlete pictures. They were supposed to wear a white shirt. The boy has a ton of white shirts, but he is tough on clothes, and most of them have stains on them. So he held up about 4 shirts before we finally found a winner. I told him that he would probably need to iron it. He said he was on it.
All of that reminded me that the Youngest Princess was supposed to take her cheer uniform to practice that day to make sure it wasn't too small and that she would not need to order a new one. She had come downstairs in the middle of us trying to find a shirt for the Young Prince, complaining that she was sore from head to toe. I told her that if she was sore from cheer practice that she must me doing it right. Then I had her go back up stairs to get her uniform from her closet.
Meanwhile, the clock is ticking closer to my meeting time. My Prince is realizing that he is going to need assistance from our youth pastor who knows the program that he was trying to use to continue working on the Senior yearbook page. I am wolfing down my hamburger. The Youngest Princess comes back downstairs with full cheer uniform (all four parts present and accounted for - praise the Lord), looking for socks. Oh, boy! It's that time of year again. The time where we have the great sock debate every morning. Every. Morning. They are too tight, or too loose. The are too tall, or too short. They are not the right color. They hurt her toes. They make her feet sweat. It is a struggle. Every. Morning. Every. Morning. So she cries out, "UH! I HATE socks!" And My Prince and I look at each other and say, "Here we go again!"
She finally finds a pair that make her happy. I finish my hamburger. She comes into the dining room with brush in hand, lays it on the table by my plate (my mom would have had heart failure) and asks me to help her fix her hair. I quickly pick the brush up, and tell her I would be glad to help her. In the bathroom. So we get her hair fixed, and grab all of our stuff, and head back out the door so I can make it to my meeting on time.
We actually got to the church a few minutes early, and Poppy was there, so the Youngest Princess and I got to spend a few minutes talking to him before my meeting.
I had a good meeting with the young lady that I am discipling. We had a great study on how we have victory over sin.
During my meeting, the Oldest Princess came by the church to pick up the Youngest Princess and get her to cheer practice. We thought it started at 2:00. But it didn't start until 3:00, so come to think of it, I am not even sure where the Oldest Princess went after that, but when I finished with my meeting at about 2:00, I headed back to the school. I still had all of the stuff that I had laminated that morning, that I needed to cut out and I figured there was no time like the present. So I drug it all back inside. The church secretary teased me telling me that it looked just like it did when I carried it out a couple of hours earlier. I know. I know.
I went to my classroom and began cutting things out. The Oldest Princess text me and asked me if I could use help. I told her yes, so she came up with the little girls and helped me cut out the rest of the stuff I had laminated that day. We sent the little girls to the gym for cheer while we finished up, and then we went down to the gym too.
The Oldest Princess helped with cheer practice, while I filled out medical release forms and talked with some of the other mothers. Two of them will have girls in my class this year. I am trying out a new app for my class this year called Remind, so I asked the two moms if I could go ahead and put their numbers in. We did. One of the mothers is also a teacher, and she is heading up getting all the info out to the cheer parents, so she said she may try it well. I will let you know how I like it, after I have used it for a couple of weeks.
While we were sitting there, three of the girls who are Seniors all walked into the gym in their white shirts and blue jeans. Oh. my. word. I got all teary eyed! I know as a teacher, you are not supposed to have favorite students, but, as a whole group, this group was my favorite class to teach. I love these kids!! Now, last years Seniors were definitely special in my heart as well. And maybe it is because I have kids in both of those classes, and I know them better because they have been to my house, and we have done life together. But as far as teaching goes, the senior class this year, was definitely a delight to have and to teach. They got along, and they laughed and they had fun, and many of them have grown up to love the Lord and I see them going on to serve Him full time in the future. I hated losing the Seniors last year, the school will not be the same without them. And I feel the same way about this class. They are very special kids. Did I mention that I love them? Eeek! Anyway, I had to fight tears, and the Young Prince wasn't even there yet!
Cheer practice was winding down, and the girls went to try on their uniforms. The Young Prince arrived, and I went outside to watch them take pictures. The Oldest Princess and I were on Pinterest trying to help them find cool poses. I completely forgot the whole reason I stayed through cheer practice was to check the Youngest Princess' uniform to see if if would work again for this year or if we would need to buy a bigger one. Thankfully, some of the other cheer moms and grandmothers inside checked her out and okayed it for me.
We found a really cool picture with a football and the kid in the picture had on his championship ring. Which made me think...I asked the Young Prince where his ring was. He told me he thought it was at home in his room. I called My Prince to see if he could bring the ring and hurry, because it was overcast and beginning to sprinkle. I forgot that we had all the cars, and My Prince did not have a way to bring the ring. So I sent the Oldest Princess home to get it. Meanwhile, they took pictures of the girls. The Young Prince is the only Senior boy playing fall sports this year.
I went back inside to check on the Youngest Princess, and they told me her uniform looked fine to them, and she had already changed back into her practice clothes. I told them thank you for checking it for me. I had figured it would be fine, because she is tiny and really did not grow a lot over the summer.
The Youngest Princess wanted to go play on the playground with her friends. The Oldest Princess returned with the Young Prince's ring. And we went back outside to take his pictures. He is a mess, and likes to be silly, so it was a little difficult to get him to focus and do some of the serious shots, but I think overall, we got some good ones. At one point, we had him run back into the locker room to get his helmet. It was at this point that the Oldest Princess confessed to me that after the great white shirt hunt this morning, and after I left the house, that the Young Prince had opened a coke, and spilt it all over the one approve white shirt. Luckily, he found a package of unopened white t-shirts in his room, and was able to use one of those instead.
T took some of the group (the Young Prince and the three young ladies), that turned out really cute. I am excited to see how they all turned out. I had a text regarding school matters in the middle of all of the picture taking. One that required more thought than I had the time to give it, so I will have to put some thought into it and answer it later.
My Prince text me to see if I wanted him to start dinner, because he had a meeting that night that I had forgotten all about. I really need a personal assistant during the school year! I told him yes, to please start grilling, and I would be home soon. I rounded up the Youngest Princess, left the Young Prince doing football practice and the Oldest Princess helping with volleyball practice, and came home to help finish up dinner.
While dinner was finishing, the Youngest Princess tried on her cheer uniform for me. She really wanted my approval. It was fine. If we went any bigger, I am afraid it would fall off of her skinny little self.
We ate dinner, and My Prince went to get ready for his meeting. The Youngest Princess and I chilled for a while, until it was time for the older kids to get home. I got the Youngest Princess started getting ready for bed. While she was in the shower, the oldest two came home from practice. After she finished her shower she was in a playful mood, and the two of us had a little wrestling match. She thought that she could take me. But she was wrong! It has been a long time since we have played like that, and it was good for both of us.
My Prince came home, and got the computer and we began to finish the work on the Oldest Princess's Senior page. I helped him know which pictures and words to put in, and he did all the technical stuff. We got it done, and he told me he would clean it up and straighten everything up the next day so that we could send it to Mrs. B.
We were all tired and ready for bed, so we headed that direction. It did not take me long at all to fall asleep.
Until I blog again...
Then I gathered up all of the little things that I had laminated and the Oldest Princess and I had cut out, as well as my bag, and left for the school.
When I got there, I was able to get my bulletin boards done. But, I realized that one little piece, a really cute little snail was missing. I figured that I had dropped him somewhere between my front door and my classroom, and that I would never see him again. I was sad, because he really is a cute little guy. I think the old classroom is looking pretty spiffy, and ready for a new year of school. I took a few more things down to laminate them. I must be crazy.
On my way to the office, I saw Mrs. S, and thought I would give it a shot and ask her if she had seen a little lost laminated snail. She said she had! Then she had to think about what she had done with it. And when she remembered, she said she had put it on top of the cabinet in the nursery. So we walk in there and she reaches up to get it, but can't feel it. So she looks at me (we are both vertically challenged) and says, "Can you see it?" I look her straight in the eye. One short girl to another and laugh. But I pulled over a rocking chair, and stood on it and could see it. I was pretty sure that I could reach it from the ground, so I was able to reach up and get it. Yay! My little lost snail was found!
I got the jump drive out of my box that Mrs. B had left for me. It had pictures of the Oldest Princess. I thought I might need some of them to complete her Senior page for the yearbook. We have had great intentions of getting it done forever now. But we have been busy, and I would think about it, and then forget about it, and it still hasn't been done.
So, I took my laminated stuff and the jump drive and stopped by the church, because My Prince is much better with computers, and has been telling me that he would help me get her Senior page done. It was crunch time, and we needed to get busy.
When I got there, he plugged in the jump drive, and then asked me if there was a template or something that he needed to use. Well, now, that is a very good question. I didn't know!! So I text Mrs. B to ask her. She told me something that meant nothing to me, that another mom had used. My Prince knew what she was talking about and went there. He still did not feel like that was what he needed. So I text the mom that Mrs. B told me about. She said she used some program that we did not have. She also told me that we could buy a template from Etsy. And she very sweetly told me that she would even do it for me, if I wanted her to. I was glad to hear that she was not finished with her daughter's page either.
So, we bought a template from etsy, and began trying to narrow it down to 5 pictures. How does one narrow down 12 years into 5 pictures? I text the Oldest Princess who was out to lunch with friends to ask her if she just wanted to use her Senior pictures, or if she wanted me to try to pick pictures throughout the years. She requested Senior pictures, so that narrowed it down. My Prince realized that to use the template, he needed some program that was not on his church computer, but was on the Young Prince's computer at home.
I got a text from a young lady that I have been discipling asking me if we were still going to meet. Um, yes. Of course we are! I had completely forgotten about it, because it was not our normal day to meet. We had had to switch things around because of our busy schedules. Okay, that gave us an hour to get home, use the program on the Young Prince's computer, get a book I needed, eat lunch, pick up the Youngest Princess, and get back to the church for my meeting.
At home, My Prince got on the computer, and I warmed up a hamburger for lunch. I sent the Young Prince up to wake up the Youngest Princess who was still asleep. And to tell her to get ready for cheer practice. He woke her up, and then asked me to help him find a shirt to wear for his Senior athlete pictures. They were supposed to wear a white shirt. The boy has a ton of white shirts, but he is tough on clothes, and most of them have stains on them. So he held up about 4 shirts before we finally found a winner. I told him that he would probably need to iron it. He said he was on it.
All of that reminded me that the Youngest Princess was supposed to take her cheer uniform to practice that day to make sure it wasn't too small and that she would not need to order a new one. She had come downstairs in the middle of us trying to find a shirt for the Young Prince, complaining that she was sore from head to toe. I told her that if she was sore from cheer practice that she must me doing it right. Then I had her go back up stairs to get her uniform from her closet.
Meanwhile, the clock is ticking closer to my meeting time. My Prince is realizing that he is going to need assistance from our youth pastor who knows the program that he was trying to use to continue working on the Senior yearbook page. I am wolfing down my hamburger. The Youngest Princess comes back downstairs with full cheer uniform (all four parts present and accounted for - praise the Lord), looking for socks. Oh, boy! It's that time of year again. The time where we have the great sock debate every morning. Every. Morning. They are too tight, or too loose. The are too tall, or too short. They are not the right color. They hurt her toes. They make her feet sweat. It is a struggle. Every. Morning. Every. Morning. So she cries out, "UH! I HATE socks!" And My Prince and I look at each other and say, "Here we go again!"
She finally finds a pair that make her happy. I finish my hamburger. She comes into the dining room with brush in hand, lays it on the table by my plate (my mom would have had heart failure) and asks me to help her fix her hair. I quickly pick the brush up, and tell her I would be glad to help her. In the bathroom. So we get her hair fixed, and grab all of our stuff, and head back out the door so I can make it to my meeting on time.
We actually got to the church a few minutes early, and Poppy was there, so the Youngest Princess and I got to spend a few minutes talking to him before my meeting.
I had a good meeting with the young lady that I am discipling. We had a great study on how we have victory over sin.
During my meeting, the Oldest Princess came by the church to pick up the Youngest Princess and get her to cheer practice. We thought it started at 2:00. But it didn't start until 3:00, so come to think of it, I am not even sure where the Oldest Princess went after that, but when I finished with my meeting at about 2:00, I headed back to the school. I still had all of the stuff that I had laminated that morning, that I needed to cut out and I figured there was no time like the present. So I drug it all back inside. The church secretary teased me telling me that it looked just like it did when I carried it out a couple of hours earlier. I know. I know.
I went to my classroom and began cutting things out. The Oldest Princess text me and asked me if I could use help. I told her yes, so she came up with the little girls and helped me cut out the rest of the stuff I had laminated that day. We sent the little girls to the gym for cheer while we finished up, and then we went down to the gym too.
The Oldest Princess helped with cheer practice, while I filled out medical release forms and talked with some of the other mothers. Two of them will have girls in my class this year. I am trying out a new app for my class this year called Remind, so I asked the two moms if I could go ahead and put their numbers in. We did. One of the mothers is also a teacher, and she is heading up getting all the info out to the cheer parents, so she said she may try it well. I will let you know how I like it, after I have used it for a couple of weeks.
While we were sitting there, three of the girls who are Seniors all walked into the gym in their white shirts and blue jeans. Oh. my. word. I got all teary eyed! I know as a teacher, you are not supposed to have favorite students, but, as a whole group, this group was my favorite class to teach. I love these kids!! Now, last years Seniors were definitely special in my heart as well. And maybe it is because I have kids in both of those classes, and I know them better because they have been to my house, and we have done life together. But as far as teaching goes, the senior class this year, was definitely a delight to have and to teach. They got along, and they laughed and they had fun, and many of them have grown up to love the Lord and I see them going on to serve Him full time in the future. I hated losing the Seniors last year, the school will not be the same without them. And I feel the same way about this class. They are very special kids. Did I mention that I love them? Eeek! Anyway, I had to fight tears, and the Young Prince wasn't even there yet!
Cheer practice was winding down, and the girls went to try on their uniforms. The Young Prince arrived, and I went outside to watch them take pictures. The Oldest Princess and I were on Pinterest trying to help them find cool poses. I completely forgot the whole reason I stayed through cheer practice was to check the Youngest Princess' uniform to see if if would work again for this year or if we would need to buy a bigger one. Thankfully, some of the other cheer moms and grandmothers inside checked her out and okayed it for me.
We found a really cool picture with a football and the kid in the picture had on his championship ring. Which made me think...I asked the Young Prince where his ring was. He told me he thought it was at home in his room. I called My Prince to see if he could bring the ring and hurry, because it was overcast and beginning to sprinkle. I forgot that we had all the cars, and My Prince did not have a way to bring the ring. So I sent the Oldest Princess home to get it. Meanwhile, they took pictures of the girls. The Young Prince is the only Senior boy playing fall sports this year.
I went back inside to check on the Youngest Princess, and they told me her uniform looked fine to them, and she had already changed back into her practice clothes. I told them thank you for checking it for me. I had figured it would be fine, because she is tiny and really did not grow a lot over the summer.
The Youngest Princess wanted to go play on the playground with her friends. The Oldest Princess returned with the Young Prince's ring. And we went back outside to take his pictures. He is a mess, and likes to be silly, so it was a little difficult to get him to focus and do some of the serious shots, but I think overall, we got some good ones. At one point, we had him run back into the locker room to get his helmet. It was at this point that the Oldest Princess confessed to me that after the great white shirt hunt this morning, and after I left the house, that the Young Prince had opened a coke, and spilt it all over the one approve white shirt. Luckily, he found a package of unopened white t-shirts in his room, and was able to use one of those instead.
T took some of the group (the Young Prince and the three young ladies), that turned out really cute. I am excited to see how they all turned out. I had a text regarding school matters in the middle of all of the picture taking. One that required more thought than I had the time to give it, so I will have to put some thought into it and answer it later.
My Prince text me to see if I wanted him to start dinner, because he had a meeting that night that I had forgotten all about. I really need a personal assistant during the school year! I told him yes, to please start grilling, and I would be home soon. I rounded up the Youngest Princess, left the Young Prince doing football practice and the Oldest Princess helping with volleyball practice, and came home to help finish up dinner.
While dinner was finishing, the Youngest Princess tried on her cheer uniform for me. She really wanted my approval. It was fine. If we went any bigger, I am afraid it would fall off of her skinny little self.
We ate dinner, and My Prince went to get ready for his meeting. The Youngest Princess and I chilled for a while, until it was time for the older kids to get home. I got the Youngest Princess started getting ready for bed. While she was in the shower, the oldest two came home from practice. After she finished her shower she was in a playful mood, and the two of us had a little wrestling match. She thought that she could take me. But she was wrong! It has been a long time since we have played like that, and it was good for both of us.
My Prince came home, and got the computer and we began to finish the work on the Oldest Princess's Senior page. I helped him know which pictures and words to put in, and he did all the technical stuff. We got it done, and he told me he would clean it up and straighten everything up the next day so that we could send it to Mrs. B.
We were all tired and ready for bed, so we headed that direction. It did not take me long at all to fall asleep.
Until I blog again...
Monday, August 1, 2016
August 1, 2016
This morning, I woke up and did my First 5 devotion. It was really good this morning. Well, it is always good, but this morning it just really spoke to my heart.
I got dressed and went to the school. My Prince helped me carry all of my papers in to my room, so that I would not have to make 15 trips. What a man! He is awesome!
I spent the whole day punching out stuff, and laminating stuff, and writing postcards to my students, and organizing papers, and stapling papers, and filing papers, and ordering notebooks and ordering pencil sharpeners. Whew! It was a profitable day.
The Oldest Princess, the Youngest Princess and the little girl that the Oldest Princess babysits stopped by to bring me lunch and they all helped me. The little girls put the books in the cubbies for me. The Oldest Princess pulled some papers for me. Then they left to go get snow cones before cheer practice.
I continued to work in my room until cheer practice was done. I picked up the Youngest Princess and we came home. Poppy was here when we got here, so we got to see him for a few minutes.
The Young Prince left for football practice. My Prince took the girls and I out to eat. We stopped at the Dollar Tree, and the girls were excited to find that they were selling Webkinz for a dollar each. Of course they both had to have one. I picked up a few things for my class and we bought pens for the Youngest Princess. We ran into one of my friends from one of my small groups. We laughed because we seem to run into each other all the time. But it was good to see her if even just for a minute.
We came home and I started cutting out the stuff that I had laminated earlier. The Oldest Princess left to help with volleyball practice.
When it was time, My Prince, the Youngest Princess and I all went to the monthly prayer meeting at church. We had a sweet time of fellowship and prayer with the other people who came.
Afterwards, we stopped by the store to pick up a few things while we were out. Then we came home. I started working on finishing cutting out the stuff I laminated earlier. The Oldest Princess came home and helped me to finish cutting everything out. How we got it all done, I'm not sure. I figured that I'd be cutting stuff out until Christmas. I am very thankful to the Oldest Princess for her help.
The Young Prince made it in from football practice, tired, hot and hungry.
My Prince helped me work on a special project that I am planning on doing with my class this year. I am very excited about it, and I am very thankful for his help.
We all worked together to straighten up the living room, and My Prince and I came to bed. Just a pretty normal day. Slowly getting back into the swing of normal. But I like it.
Until I blog again...
I got dressed and went to the school. My Prince helped me carry all of my papers in to my room, so that I would not have to make 15 trips. What a man! He is awesome!
I spent the whole day punching out stuff, and laminating stuff, and writing postcards to my students, and organizing papers, and stapling papers, and filing papers, and ordering notebooks and ordering pencil sharpeners. Whew! It was a profitable day.
The Oldest Princess, the Youngest Princess and the little girl that the Oldest Princess babysits stopped by to bring me lunch and they all helped me. The little girls put the books in the cubbies for me. The Oldest Princess pulled some papers for me. Then they left to go get snow cones before cheer practice.
I continued to work in my room until cheer practice was done. I picked up the Youngest Princess and we came home. Poppy was here when we got here, so we got to see him for a few minutes.
The Young Prince left for football practice. My Prince took the girls and I out to eat. We stopped at the Dollar Tree, and the girls were excited to find that they were selling Webkinz for a dollar each. Of course they both had to have one. I picked up a few things for my class and we bought pens for the Youngest Princess. We ran into one of my friends from one of my small groups. We laughed because we seem to run into each other all the time. But it was good to see her if even just for a minute.
We came home and I started cutting out the stuff that I had laminated earlier. The Oldest Princess left to help with volleyball practice.
When it was time, My Prince, the Youngest Princess and I all went to the monthly prayer meeting at church. We had a sweet time of fellowship and prayer with the other people who came.
Afterwards, we stopped by the store to pick up a few things while we were out. Then we came home. I started working on finishing cutting out the stuff I laminated earlier. The Oldest Princess came home and helped me to finish cutting everything out. How we got it all done, I'm not sure. I figured that I'd be cutting stuff out until Christmas. I am very thankful to the Oldest Princess for her help.
The Young Prince made it in from football practice, tired, hot and hungry.
My Prince helped me work on a special project that I am planning on doing with my class this year. I am very excited about it, and I am very thankful for his help.
We all worked together to straighten up the living room, and My Prince and I came to bed. Just a pretty normal day. Slowly getting back into the swing of normal. But I like it.
Until I blog again...
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