Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Randomness...


1. First, I still haven't figured the new "Blogger" out so pictures and formatting are crazy. Maybe I will look into that this weekend. Anyway...Eric Church "Springsteen" is one of my favorite songs right now...oh man, how sometimes I wish I was 17.... :)

2. Jeff's dad is still not doing well and this week may be his last week with us. It gets you thinking about your own life and death of a parent. I am lucky in that my parents are still here but I found these quotes that say a lot...

Your children need your presence more than your presents. ~Jesse Jackson

It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself. ~Joyce Maynard

Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. ~Robert Fulghum


I always have a "quote of the week" for my students so I saw these and thought about parenting... and how we want so much for our own child(ren).

3. Speaking of parenting...my niece and nephew are both headed to college in August and so much has changed since I even went...the days of leaving a message on a white board on your dorm door are gone and replaced with text messages...I am sure.... but it got me thinking about Norah and her future life.

When you ask her what she wants to be when she grows up...she says, "Teacher, like you mommy." But truth be told...I would love her to say "Peace Corps" or "Seminary School"...I know I want Norah to be whatever she wants to be...whatever she is passionate about...but I hope she wants to do good in the world...I am starting to think that being a good person, whatever that may mean, may be the most important thing a person can do these days.

Well I guess that is my random post for the day....off the tackle the rest of the week!

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Oh I have missed you!

I can't believe how long it has been since I have updated the blog...so much has been going on that it is a blur! So I will just try to put a few things on here to help jog the memory one day of what was happening and I'm sure I will back track one day and add things for this time frame.
First, "Blogger" is all new and I have no idea how to work it yet so I just uploaded all the pictures not knowing what order it would be in so I'll just talk about the pictures as they have them inserted...Picture above is proof that the Easter Bunny came to our house! He hid eggs and everything...Norah loved it!

I read all the "Shades of Grey" books...they are good (Very Adult Only) and then I read "On the Island" by Tracey Garvis Graves and it was great! I really loved it!

 I received my Mother's Day gifts early from Norah and this is one of them...I love it! She is the sweetest!
So of course, we are following through on the above statements and we are currently at the beach! It is fabulous! I just love being here! The weather here is amazing!


 The biggest reason that I have not blogged is that we sold our house! The day we put it back on the market...we got an offer and poof....long days and hours later...sold! We are now living with Jeff's mom until we move again! We loved our house and hope the new owners enjoy it as much as we did!! Happy Memories!
Just found out that Harry Potter books are now available as an e-book for Kindle!! Yeah! You have to buy them from Pottermore.com
 This past week at school was Teacher Appreciation Week and I got some really cute notes from students and they did a few things for us at school but wanted to share one note from a student that I thought was so cute! See below...
 Also one student brought me Starbucks one morning...I was so excited!! They know me so well!!
Well now on to a very sad note, Jeff's dad is not doing well at all so we are headed back to Charlotte today. Keep Jeff and his family in your thoughts and prayers. Hope to get back to posting and taking lots of pictures again soon....