I'm just MAD!

Ever have one of those days where you are just not in the mood?  For anything?  Tired of the same thing day, after day, after day, after-I think you know what I'm talking about.  And it's not because of harmones or mood swings, or any other "female" condition some "man"  made up because he doesn't want to say "I don't know honey, sometimes I just do stupid things". 
I've been going through stages in my life the past few months.  Many highs and a whole lot more lows.  I've been through the disbelief stage, the what did I do stage, the I'm gonna show everyone I'm stronger than I look stage, also the non-stop crying every morning and every night stage. 
Now I'm in the I don't give a rat's _ _ _, I'm pissed off stage!
I try to put things in perspective.  My children are safe and healthy.  My grandson has a fantastic mom and dad that loves and cares for him.  I am also aware that there are people and children suffering somewhere, alone.  And I do care and pray for them.
But enough is enough already.  Why do I have to do this or do that to fix what I didn't break.  No!  I'm just MAD!   MAD!  MAD!  MAD!


The best part it's ok.  The bible says we all get sad, hurt, angry, and down right MAD.  We all have these emotions, that's what makes us human.  It's wether or not we let the anger control us or we control it.  Your reactions are what you are responsible for not being MAD. 
Even if you think I don't have a right to be, think of one of my favorite quotes from the show (80's) Designing Women, "You know why my problems are more important than yours?  Because they're mine!"     

The road less traveled....

I love that poem ... And I took the road less traveled.   But today, it just doesn't hold the same meaning as if did before.  You can never truly know what lies on the  road ahead of you, yet you choose the path and it's direction everyday.  When you wake up and decide your going to reach out to a friend or family member you haven't seen in a while, just because.  Or when you wake and decide hey it's Saturday, I just gonna get back in bed and watch old movies all day.

The decisions we make everyday no matter how big or how small determine length and width of our path.  What we can't control, or choose, are the directional decisions of others.  And when their path crosses, invades or cuts off our path, we are left feeling either confused, blessed, wounded, relieved, loved, or unwanted.  

   Then there are the "bumps" in the road.   What does that mean anyway?  Do "bumps" in the road, or on our path necessary indicate a bad thing?

     I wonder what road lies ahead of me today?  I've learned very recently that what path we think we're on, isn't always the path we are on.  And it's definitely not the path we should be on.   

  Walk your path today knowing that god has made way for you.  He's filled in the potholes, removed all the rocks, sticks, fallen down trees, and smoothed out all those "bumps".

Project loft part three - the build.

Here's what we have so far.  Didn't count on hubby being sick two days.  I'm thinking about finishing all by myself.  What?  I know how to use a drill and I have my own purple tool kit.

Baby Shower with a 1920's Twist -Decorations

Katlyn (Mommy-to-be)

Mickey (Daddy-to-be)

1920's Themed Baby Shower- The decorations.
The table scape is a mix match of antique china and serving trays.  I used candle holders and this

to make the three tier center piece and to stack the plates.
 

Baby Shower with a 1920's Twist

The Girls

The shower was a huge success and everyone had a great time!

The kids had a great time and dressed up!

Project loft?

Part II:  Buying supplies?

         Rule to follow when working with your husband or spouse, as the case may be:  

        1.  Find or create a plan to follow and make your spouse pinky swear to follow it exactly.  They won't follow the plan exactly but it may deter them from deviating too much.

        2.  Make a list.   Pinky swear to stick to it.  Absolutely no extras!  I have to admit this is where I often fall short.  My husband always gives in to what extras I put in the cart.  Stay strong my love!   

The MOST important rule:

         3.  Never, never, never send your spouse alone to pick up the materials.  They'll come back with thousands of dollars of tools they "NEED" to complete the project.

Rule 4.  Bring a big truck!

I was a nervous wreak all the way home. It was only about two miles, but still.

Beginning of project.

Phase 1: turn Morgan's bed into a couch/toddler bed.

1. Craig is cutting boards to make this antique wood bed frame into a couch that can be converted into a toddler bed.   

Let us pray.  (No joke!)

Prayer Update

Hallelujah! Praise Jesus! Elbow only bruised. Today there was no sign of any fractures or misshaped ulna bone. What was present in x-rays yesterday is gone today. That can only be done by God himself. Thank you. The power of prayer.

Prayer Request

Please pray for my daughter Morgan. She fell today on the same elbow she had dislocated two years ago. She has a fracture in the right humorous bone. The doctor Doesn't like how her elbow is sticking out said it needs to be corrected now.  ( her ulna bone is shaped wrong?)  This means surgery. We chose to go the less evasive route last time when the doctor recommended surgery. She has an appointment with her other doctor tomorrow. 

Her left elbow is severely swollen and in pain. She was attacked by a swarm of wasp. (Not sure which came first, the fall or the swarm).

We want a COMPLETE healing for Morgan. This means no surgery, cast, splint, or even sports tape. A miracle that doctors and x-rays can't explain.

Thanks for your prayers.

The Walton's, do they really exist?

Since the moment my children were born I have drilled into their little minds “family” first because in the end all you  have is each other. Stick by and always be there for each other. Family is “family”.

But what I have come to realize is that "family" comes in many forms.

Never throw anything out!

Asked someone (Lacey) to bring any empty wine bottles she may have.  Originally I was going to use them for lighting outside for our 20's party. Didn't happen so I guess I'll have to do a redo. (Another party)

Added small mason jars with votive candles.  It just made everything sparkle.  

Just a few empty bottles and candles from the dollar store. 

 Warning: never leave candles unattended.  I would recommend using this idea outside or away from curtains, and anything flammable.

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Cameron's Corner (CameronsCorner) on Pinterest

Cameron's Corner (CameronsCorner) on Pinterest

How I Lived through painting my Plywood Floors....

How to go from this....

 

 To this without going crazy...

And I'm Done!

However.....

          Really think I need a rug in the hall to make the whole idea more cohesive.

       What do you think?  

             I really need to get out of this house!

Part3

Decided to do the whole thing over.  Better to do now than kill, I mean deal with it later.  Used the wrong polyurethane anyway.  Comes right up with painters tape.  Would have been good to know before my husband tried to scrape it off.  

Too late to give up now.  I see a huge reward in my future.  You see, hubby at work. I get to deal with this pleasure all by myself.  Yeah me! 

I know I can part two!

       A few hours later I had this....

      

      

      

     Not bad for my first floor painting.      

                  I'm kinda proud.  

     Here's my problem...

      

          Notice the color difference?       

        That's not a shadow on the left.  

       Be sure to read ALL directions very 

                         carefully.  

        This poly will change the    

        appearance of paint color.  

          Now we have to decide do we continue, cover the remainder of the living room and change the color or even ruin my beautiful rug?  Or do we redo the side that is already done?  

           Why it takes us a two weeks to 

         do what everyone else on Pinterest 

             can do in a couple of days,     

                     I have No Idea!

Head Over Heels For Teaching: Mentor Text: Wilma Unlimited

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Looking From Third to Fourth: Next School Year I Am Definitely Going To......

Looking From Third to Fourth: Next School Year I Am Definitely Going To......

I think I can, I think I can, I know I can!

School's out.  So now the projects begin.  First up are the floors in my living room and hall.  We already pulled up those nasty fake wood floors.  Loved them at my last house and their great to have if you have kids.  Not great when you have a dog that "marks his territory" everywhere.  (For the record I wanted to get him fixed but my husband rambled something about guy code and he could do that to him?   CJ is a tiny dog that stays inside or in a fenced yard.  He's not producing any more CJ's.  he's never out of our sight.  Don't judge.)

So we get this.

And this ...

Living in the present?

      Formal observations, and state testing are over and I survived.  Your told to teach a certain way, expected to do certain things in your observations for 16 years, and they flip the switch on you.

My "easy" chair make over.

I found this chair at an antique store in Denham Springs, LA.

While recovering our office chair I made the wicker section a lot weaker.

So, after a trip to the Goodwill store, my "dented" chair turned into this:

How did I do it?
Easy.

Cameron's Corner:

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Secret Love

I was looking through some old files and found a poem my daughter wrote when she was 13.  Her teacher had submitted the poem for her and it was going to be published.  I went on line did some checking, and here it is------

http://poetry.com/poems/733425-Secret-Love


I'm so proud.  Even if she's gonna kill me for sharing this with everyone.

Meet my little papaya

To arrive early September. My first grandson and first grandchild.

Mama Bears out of hibernation

    I think everyone knows this about me, but in case you haven't had the privilege of seeing mama in action, let me share.

    Many times I would find out about what I thought were injustices to my children from other-parents or their friends. Mostly, because I'm a teacher and they knew I would back the teacher (truly this rarely happened, the kids getting into trouble, not the backing the teacher part. That happened about 97% of the time. Oh, but that other 3%, well that was different).
The second reason was because the kids wanted to avoid the appearance of "MAMA BEAR".

It's okay you can call me stupid!

Sometimes we just don’t think.

    As those of you that live in our great state of Louisiana may or may not know, it’s getting extremely close to the most anticipated time of the school year. 

"Don't let it slip on by!"

    In just under thirty days my baby, the youngest of three, will be 19 years old. It is true what they say, you blink and next thing you know the kids are grown adults.

3 Positives

Today's Three Positives:
1)  I survived the day, and did what I planned.
2)  I made a break through with a student that I thought would NEVER happen.
3)  All my girls that tried out for high school cheer, made it.  I am so proud of them. 
  

Three positives

Some days it's really hard to find three positives for the day.
Those are the days that you really have to dig deep.  I mean really
deep to pull out the positive.

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This is a site is a must see.

Yes, I wanted a Little Brother, but I did not want him to live here!

Tomorrow my little brother, a big wig officer in the USAF, turns 34? 35? Whatever my age is now, minus 10 years. I thought I would dedicate today's blog to him.

For years, and years, what seemed like an eternity for a little girl, I wanted a baby brother. Personally now, I think someone placed that idea in my head when I was very small, and I just assumed it was originally my idea.

Prevention Courses

I thought with age came wisdom?

Here I go back to work. Why is it so hard to get up and get going the first day back?
That was yesterday. I didn't get to finish this blog last night because I was working until 9:30 last night.
I'm sure my family doesn't believe me, but I really don't come around anymore because I'm always working.
Now I don't know if I already said this, so if I'm repeating myself, sorry. I'm old it happens. I don't want to use this blog to gripe or complain. I truly blessed to have a good husband, great kids, and a job ice always loved. Teaching is the only job I could ever imagine having. Now if I was just allowed to actually teach, wow! Our misinformed Governor has decide that "teachers need to be held accountable".
No problem, come observe me any time you want. I'll take any class, test, or learn to juggle fire if that's what you think makes an "effective teacher".
Now this is the part that makes me mad, how dare you put the future of my job and my salary amount on my babies. What kind of adult does that to children. I would love to understand the rational behind that one. Several of my babies don't have moms. So who do you think plays mom during the day? I do, and I take on that calling with pride and love. How do you translate that to a test score? I have a student whose dad past away last week, and you expect that child to have doing well on a state test on his/her mind?
My babies are not a test score, their young individuals.
Sorry, I'm very protective of my kids. Yes, I'm talking about my students. For 16 years, every child that has walked through my classroom door, is my baby. For life. Even thought some are getting married and having babies of their own.
Didn't mean to carry on like that, but please don't view us ( teachers) as the enemy. If parents and teachers unite, then we will be able to give our kids the best possible future. And keep the government out of our schools. God was kicked out, now we need to send our governor and president out and let us do our job.
Sorry guess that was a bit harsh. Hadn't read my devotional today. Better go do that before I go to work.
Thanks for listening.

Follow Me!

Testing, testing, 1-2-3. Can you Hear me?

Ever decide to do a "project" as a couple?

Patience avoids a problem; kindness creates a blessing. Kindness is love in action. 

  *Taken from The Love Dare Reminders 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-love-dare-reminders/id320421925?mt=8

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-love-dare-day-by-day-30-days/id339573039?mt=8

Part of one of The Love Dare 30 (you can download these apps - I highly suggest you do), is to complete a family project. You are to see the project through completion and "Encourage" each other along the way. (I’m sure many of you are laughing or scoffing at this idea right now).

The farmer takes a wife , the farmer takes a wife......

Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. - Ephesians 4:32

Remember that game when we were kids? I think the mouse took the cheese, the cat took the mouse, and so on. Everyone would stand in a circle waiting to get picked. I was never picked. Every time we would play at summer vacation bible school, I would secretly get excited thinking maybe I would get picked and I would be the wife.

I did it!

Love is Patient
Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger. - James 1:19

I did it this time. My husband was far from, very far from happy with my post last night. He said, well not in these exact words but I'm taking the right to para phrase, it was offensive and made it look like we wanted to leave each other.
So for those of you that we're offended-- you just read my blog wrong. ( Bet you thought I was going to apologize or take back my words. Huh?)

I'm Done!

I think I've said that phrase about a hundred times this year. I truly believe the only reason my husband and I aren't doing so great financially, is because Our marriage is so,

Our Journey

I started this blog to share some of the awesome teacher sites I've come across over the past year. Somewhere between 10 pm and 12 am this blog changed into a documentation of the journey my husband and I are starting. Probably because he was nagging at me to get off the computer and go to bed. (It was what, 12:30 or later when I posted my first blog). Of course I had to reply with

An End of an Era? New Beginnings?

The last little bird has been kicked out, I mean left the nest.  First time since I've known this man snoring, next to me in bed, we have no kids being little blessings (pest).  Wait, who is the man snoring in my bed, keeping me up all night long?