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p.s. (11/06/08 8:59 PM PST)

Today was day 55 out of 181. Crazy.

Where is number three? (11/06/08 8:59 PM PST)

So, bad events always happen in three's right? (Right Woods :o) So, the day before Halloween my eucalyptus tree split in half and dented our front yard (along with our savings account). Seriously, we could not get to our front door and you could see nothing of our front yard! Then, yesterday our water heater breaks and floods the garage. The flooding wasn't that bad - I swept most of the water out and it just damaged some wood and what not that was on the floor. But replacing a water heater? Youch! So...what's next? =)

Day 29 of 181 (10/01/08 8:36 PM PDT)

Today was day 29th day of school for my second graders. My students are finally starting to feel like my own as they've got the processes and procedures of my classroom down. I know who my goofballs are, and whose parents I already need to talk to because they are not ready for second grade, and should probably have been retained in first. And with the joys and pains of being with 18 beautiful smiling faces every day has come the building of immunities I thought already exsisted:
Day 1 -2 healthy
Day 3-29 - two colds (one currently under way), 1 sinus infection, 1 ear infection, a nasty cough, and laringitis

This ratio is not good!

Other number related sentences :o)
One child asking me if I was allergic to children
Two upset parents about how I run my classroom (which is now more than the combined total of what I've had three years previous)
Three different spots for my "talker" who, no matter where they go, can get someone in trouble
Four different dances for PE (beanbag boogie and "freeze" are the favorites)
Five objectives that must be posted every day
Six children in the brown group as my "top spellers"
Seven is non exsistant in my classroom (a missing number)
Eight girls and ten boys

....hmmm I think I'll stop....that's kind of hard to do

I should do this more often! (08/10/08 2:33 PM PDT)

I really should post more often. I was just reading some of my old blogs, and if you scroll down to the bottom of the page, it covers a year of my life!
This is the last week I have off until work starts again on Monday. It's amazing how fast the summer vacation goes and how slow the last few weeks of work are. Here's a recap of my not-so-eventful summer.
-I taught reading for summer school for two classes of second graders. I experienced heaven with the first class, and some form of hell with the second class. It made me realize that there are some kids that cannot be bribed, coerced, reinforced, or praised into behaving. I was "nice Mrs. Reed" for one class and "mean Mrs. Reed" for another. Their choice; not mine!
-I got a personal trainer (for the summer only). When I look back, I'm not so sure it was worth the extra money, although I did learn a lot of positive things about health and excercising. I've lost enough weight to be happy; after two surgeries that kept me off my feet, I had a bit to lose. I want to keep up the excercising, especially the running. Last week I actually ran 3.5 miles and didn't pass out when I got off the treadmill. It makes me wonder if I should train for some 5 or 10k's...just for fun :o)
-This summer I came into my own as being a bargain shopper. I got an awesome digital camera with a great shutter speed for almost cost, took my 3 nephews, their parents, and ourselves to camelot for three hours and spent only $35, and got a ton of school supplies that I was able to purchase with change from our piggy bank. I'm very proud of my monetary accomplishments!
-I helped design and implement a literacy camp for jr. high and high school group home foster youth. This has a lot of potential to turn into my thesis, as well as a reading journal publication, and some presentations at reading conferences. We'll see!
-I reread the dragonbone chair series, five books in all (like 800+ pages ea.), and then read the prequel books to the Sharnasha series, another five books.
-Started and finished a baby blanket for Janina (those of you who don't know, she's prego again - Blake Austin is due in Nov.)
-Did a whole bunch of school stuff as far as lesson plans, tests, and incentive work
-Played at least 80 hours online gaming with Will (either LOTRO or WOW)
-Wrote this blog!

Camp Keep (03/15/08 3:56 PM PDT)

I spent the past week at Camp KEEP with our fifth grade students. Some of the fifth grade teachers had other commitments so I went and one of the teachers was my substitute for the week. I thought it would be great to be on the other end of being a counselor where you're pretty much with the kids 24/7, but I ended up being a medical shadow for a student who was allergic to bees, so I had no choice but to be with the kids the whole time. It was still a lot of fun, and a lot different from The Outdoor School. Definately more structured and they recognized and reinforced positive behavior. It was in Cambria, so most of the hikes/activities revolved around the beach, which was pretty cool. We only had to send one student home because of behavior, and I dealt a lot with homesickness and splinters. But all in all, it was a fun way to end the quarter and start spring break. Of course, the campfires and food where great.
The songs I haven't thought about in ages:
Da Moose, Da Moose
Three shortnecked buzzards
and the harusta shaa, harusta shaa (sp? song)

no title (11/30/07 7:31 PM PST)

Every time I log on here I get so excited when people post new entries. I think I am fully addicted to reading blogs although I don't particularly enjoy writing them. I think I'm just going to recap life and do some old school shoutouts (which makes this my longest post in about two years!).
My life, bulleted:
1.I’m really enjoying my third year teaching second grade. I feel SO SO blessed to have a leveled class that contains on grade level and above grade level students during reading. I am able to do so much, and I really feel like I am challenging my students in ways they’ve not been challenged before.
2.Going back to school has filled that void in me to always achieve something and be recognized. I really like learning, teaching, and better yet, earning an “A” :o)
3.Married life is approaching the half a decade mark. I can’t believe time has gone by so fast. It’s a bit disheartening though, that off the top of my head I forget how old I am or what year I graduated high school. Maybe that’s just my whacked out brain, because I’m not that old! To celebrate year five we are finally buying a bed frame that has a head board and foot board! This is a huge step for us, because our purchases are typically functional (which is why we’ve only had a box spring and mattress until now), and not for decoration. Yay for furniture! For our sixth anniversary, we plan on spending a week at the Happiest Place on earth, and we’ve invited my parents to join us.
4.I love my pets. Our dog Fox is the best dog we’ve had so far. He is just plain awesome (except that he likes to chew on socks…). The turtles are in hibernation mode, and the cats keep my lap warm on these chilly days.
5. I am currently working on a very large blanket for a Christmas present, (only about five hours left and it’ll be done) and then I have two baby afghans that are due in March (for my cousin CJ), and a in June (for a co-worker). Pictures to follow, as I don’t want to spoil the present.
Shout outs:
Kelly: I miss you and I wish we would keep in touch more. Although we don’t talk often, I feel like when we do no time has gone by at all. I wish you well at work. “and daddy, they took my boot!”
Kat: I miss you too! Remember spending hours predicting how people’s lives would turn out based on what we knew of them then? :o) I hope you are doing well. The pictures of your doggies are absolutely beautiful.
Monte: Congrats on the nephew! You have really been an inspiration to me as to what a women of the Lord aspires to be. I appreciate you always commenting on my blog (and on myspace :O), and having a positive outlook even in hard situations.
Allison: Most of what I remember of you is being compared to Barbie! I’m not sure if that’s much of a shout out, but, yep!
Kevin: I hope you are doing well and are healthy. I always think of Lohman and our video presentations…you know you are laughing!
Eric: It seems I find out more about you from my sisters and Vincent than from your blogs. I hear you are quite the catch! We need to get together sometime!!

big sigh (11/12/07 5:13 PM PST)

Well, the first of three papers can be checked off. It was the biggest one, well, fifteen pages, but hey, that's a ton for me! All this research and analyzing and whoopie it's finished. Now for editing...
Life is going pretty smooth. I'm enjoying the fact that finals will be over soon and I will have a blissful five weeks without juggling school and work. It makes it all worth it though, to know that I get to move over two columns on the pay scale because of all the classes I'm taking.

The good news (10/03/07 9:46 AM PDT)

Yesterday I went to Kaiser to have a screw removed from my foot. It had been "coming up" for a while so I figured if we get it out now, I won't have to deal with tenderness where I've been feeling the screw head. The good news is, the screw is out. The bad news is, it took them forever to scrape the bone out of the rivets in the screw head, the numbed the top of my foot only, and I got to watch the whole thing. It was a bit on the painful side. So now, I'm sitting at home because I figure I get to take a day off work after that, and now I get to play catch up with homework and work-work. Fun. What a holiday!

Tuesday, July 15 2003

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