So, it's been awhile...

Yes, I've been teaching. I have 13 shorter-than-me blessings: 9 boys, 4 girls. Busy class. They hired the Kindergarten paraprofessional to be mostly in my 2nd grade classroom now. She's only been in my class 2 days so far but I think we will work out together great. She was hired because there are several children in my class who have behavioral issues, needs, etc.. I love and enjoy each child and all of their personalities, silliness, loving hearts, and needs.

I've been sick for several of the 8 weeks of teaching, so that has been frustrating.

I got a new -to-me car. My old one was unsafe and would have cost more to fix than it was worth. So, I got a 2005 Ford Focus. Yes, it is blue. I love it! It also has a 6 CD disc changer. That would be fun on a roadtrip.

We had parent/teacher conferences early October. I enjoyed meeting with the parents. It's great to be in a Christian school and partner with parents. Now I am home today because we had 3 days off for teacher convention. We did not go but we had 2 days of meetings, etc. at the school instead.

I am on the 3rd book of the Return to Red River series by Lauraine Snelling. I'm love those characters. It is fun to discuss the books with J. since she is reading them also. She's almost caught up with me now!

Baseball took me to a nice restaurant and dressed up (tie too) for my birthday. Yes, I turned the big 28. Now I am officially getting old.

My older sister R is getting married to R in Hawaii on Oct. 21. We are going to celebrate it when they are here for Christmas. She is also going to have the first grandchild in June 2007. She is also receiving 2 stepsons who are 18 and 19 years old, so I guess those would be the first grandchildren. She's busy with work, wedding, and morning sickness.

Until next time...