Bluuuuuueeeeeee - What a nice calm relaxing color. When I think of the color I think of the sound machine I have in my room. I have a thing in my room that when it is turned on it makes the sound of the crashing waves. Blue I love this color. A nice crystal clear deep blue. It's the same color of my eyes. Growing up the only person that had blue eyes besides me was my grandpa. Now my husband and both my kids have blue eyes. My dad used to tease me when I was younger because the rest of my family has dark hair and brown eyes. I was the only blue eyed blond haired child in our family. Even all my cousins have brown eyes. I used to think that people with blue eyes were special. That's why only me and grandpa had them.
Some day I would love to see the ocean. My husband has seen it. He actually grew up close to it. He said it is a nice shade of blue. I'm hoping someday soon I will be able to see it. I would love to stand on the coast and feel the sun beating down on my back, feel the warm soft sand between my toes, and to see the cool blue ocean waves crash up on the beach and cool off my feet that are warm from the sand.
I painted my kitchen blue. When I told my husband that I was going to paint the kitchen blue he said absolutely not. Not the best thing to say to me. Cause guess what color my kitchen is? BLUE It's a nice shade of blue. My kitchen is small so I painted it a nice light ice blue. My husband doesn't like it so he calls it white with a hint of blue. I call it ice blue. It's nice. It's a light enough color that it made the room seem larger but it's still a nice calming blue. I love to just sit in the kitchen and read a book while I am cooking dinner or doing my holiday baking.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Overwhelmed
I am finally beginning to feel overwhelmed. I thought I could juggle the workload from my two classes, work, getting the kids to/from school, and getting them to/from their activities. Until last week it wasn't a big deal. I started off the first couple of weeks of school getting behind on paperwork at work. But I got into the swing of things. I managed to get caught up on paperwork (and a little ahead), homework was getting done on time, and the family wasn't complaining about the time I did spend on school work.
However I took a weekend off. I spent a weekend not doing anything work or school related and just spent the time hanging out with the family. Big mistake. Homework is still getting done (although to close to the deadline for me) but I am getting farther behind in my paperwork at work. I don't think it would have been so bad if state hadn't decided to change some of the rules/regulations. Because state said we now have to have an emergency disaster preparedness policy I am having to scramble at work to create one. I have no idea how to even begin to do it. When I mentioned it to the owner she said she would help me. I am still waiting on her at the same time I see the clock ticking down to the time that it is suppose to be done. I have been spending my free time at work trying to do research on how to create one. Google has become my new best friend. Looking at what I have accomplished now I think I am at least making progress on it. I will just be glad when this project is done. I think when it is complete and I can get back in my groove of paperwork for work and my school work I won't feel so overwhelmed anymore.
However I took a weekend off. I spent a weekend not doing anything work or school related and just spent the time hanging out with the family. Big mistake. Homework is still getting done (although to close to the deadline for me) but I am getting farther behind in my paperwork at work. I don't think it would have been so bad if state hadn't decided to change some of the rules/regulations. Because state said we now have to have an emergency disaster preparedness policy I am having to scramble at work to create one. I have no idea how to even begin to do it. When I mentioned it to the owner she said she would help me. I am still waiting on her at the same time I see the clock ticking down to the time that it is suppose to be done. I have been spending my free time at work trying to do research on how to create one. Google has become my new best friend. Looking at what I have accomplished now I think I am at least making progress on it. I will just be glad when this project is done. I think when it is complete and I can get back in my groove of paperwork for work and my school work I won't feel so overwhelmed anymore.
Ugggg Teenagers
My daughter is getting ready to turn into a teenager. She is twelve but will be an official teenager in about 5 1/2 months. I am dreading this. Last week she told me that she has a boyfriend. Gray hairs started sprouting on my head the moment she said this. She spent all weekend texting him. As a sneaky mom I looked at her phone when she fell asleep to see what kind of things were being said (or in this case...what was being texted). All of it was fine. Just a lot of "can't wait til Monday so we can see each other again", "I love your smile", and "who is your best boyfriend...you are sweety". But it was enough to give me a minor heart attack. I know this is normal. This is the kind of things that I used to say/do when I was her age but I don't want her to do this stuff. When I look at her sometimes I still see the silly little girl that wanted me to make her hair special by putting in three pigtails instead of just two like other girls or the little girl that would dance around the house on her tiptoes singing songs she just made up or my favorite the little girl that couldn't say her l's but didn't that didn't stop her from giving me a great big bear hug every night and telling me that she wuvs me. I miss that little girl. Now I have the preteen girl that always wants her friends to spend the night, has cheerleading practices and games and the drama that goes along with it, and wants to be dropped off early for school so she can spend some time with her boyfriend.
Monday, October 17, 2011
One object or person in our perfect weekend
He's about 5 foot 8 inches, he's bald (not by nature - he shaves his head every couple of days), he has an amazing smile. When he smiles you can't help but smile back. He has blue eyes that sparkle when he smiles at me. His laugh is very contagious. He is quick to think of things to say. Someone says something and he quickly blurts out a question or a comeback. He's almost never lost for words. He is considerate of others. He doesn't like to sit still. When we are doing the barbeque he has to be the one watching the grill that way he can keep getting up and down. He's a great listener. When someone is talking to him he listens completely. He turns his body to face them, he looks at them, his body language is relaxed. Downside, he smokes cigerattes. So when he is sitting down in his chair is smoking. He is drinking Orange soda since he cut down on his caffine (he used to drink Mt. Dew all the time). Everyone wants to sit by him. However, I always try to claim the chair beside him. When we are sitting side by side he always puts his hand on my knee or holds my hand.
A Place in my Perfect Weekend
My backyard....
Taste: the barbeque that just finished cooking on the grill - mouthwatering, the cool sweet taste of the tea and ice in my glass, the water on the outside of my glass
Hear: the laughter of the children playing outside, the chatter of the family as they sit around on the back deck talking to each other, the cooing from the baby crawling around under our feet, the loud sound of my neighbors lawnmower (i really think the guy likes to mow because of how often he mows)
See: The smoke rising from the barbeque grill, the children jumping on the trampoline, the adults playing ring toss and horseshoes - the dull metal of the horseshoes, the bright red and blue of the rings, the bright green stake for the ring toss
Touch: the hard plastic from the rings from our ring toss game, the heavy warm metal of the horseshoes, the heat from the sun pounding down on anyone unlucky enough to step out of the shade, the feel of the hard plastic chairs that we are sitting on and how your legs stick to the chair if you are wearing shorts
Smell: the wood smoke and charcoal smell coming from the barbeque grill, the smell of fresh cut grass from my neighbor's yard (he doesn't care how loud his mower is or the fact that people have company...he just mows anyway)
Taste: the barbeque that just finished cooking on the grill - mouthwatering, the cool sweet taste of the tea and ice in my glass, the water on the outside of my glass
Hear: the laughter of the children playing outside, the chatter of the family as they sit around on the back deck talking to each other, the cooing from the baby crawling around under our feet, the loud sound of my neighbors lawnmower (i really think the guy likes to mow because of how often he mows)
See: The smoke rising from the barbeque grill, the children jumping on the trampoline, the adults playing ring toss and horseshoes - the dull metal of the horseshoes, the bright red and blue of the rings, the bright green stake for the ring toss
Touch: the hard plastic from the rings from our ring toss game, the heavy warm metal of the horseshoes, the heat from the sun pounding down on anyone unlucky enough to step out of the shade, the feel of the hard plastic chairs that we are sitting on and how your legs stick to the chair if you are wearing shorts
Smell: the wood smoke and charcoal smell coming from the barbeque grill, the smell of fresh cut grass from my neighbor's yard (he doesn't care how loud his mower is or the fact that people have company...he just mows anyway)
Decribe A Perfect Weekend
In my perfect weekend the laundy does itself. The house magically get cleaned. My kitchen is magically stocked with enough groceries to last my family another week. I have no homework in my classes. My employees and my boss have forgotten my cell phone number. My daughter is not dating a boy and spending all her free time texting him. My son and daughter get along (reads NO FIGHTING or ARGUING)
I wake up in the morning completely rested and not dreading all the errands and chores that lay ahead. I get to spend the weekend with my children.
We drive down to Galena and rent a cabin. The cabin has no tv, radio, cell phones, ds, ipods....nothing. However it comes fully stocked with board games. We rent a canoe and go floating. We are gone all day. Soaking up the sun, swimming, and floating down the river. After a nice long relaxing day on the river we head back to the cabin. The kids sit around reading a book or outside exploring the woods behind the cabin. I am inside cooking dinner for the family. My husband is helping me in the kitchen (you did say a perfect weekend). After dinner we sit around the table as a family playing board games.
Another perfect weekend would be the four of us just hanging around the house doing the same things. Like yesterday we went to the pumpkin patch and let the kids pick out their own pumpkins. Then we went home and this year we decided the kids were old enough to carve their own pumpkins (with only a little help). We bought the little tools they sell at WalMart for carving pumpkins. The kids picked out their favorite design, taped it to the pumpkin, and started cutting it out. The pumpkins were amazing. After carving the pumpkins we roasted the pumpkin seeds. The kids thought that was really cool especially because they pulled the seeds out of the pumpkins themselves. We watched a movie together as a family and then when it got dark we lit the candle in the jack-o-lanterns and sat outside looking at them.
Another perfect weekend would be a family barbeque. I love it when my parents, my sister and her family, my brother and his family, my grandma, my cousin all come over to my house. We hang out in the backyard playing games, eating good mouthwatering food, sipping on ice tea, and just talking and joking back and forth. Many weekends have been spent like this. I love them. We set up the horseshoes and ring toss and in the summer we have the pool and slip-n-slide set up. Just a warning to those that don't know this. Slip-n-slides have an age limit! An adult's body is not made to go running across the hard ground only to belly flop on a paper thin piece of plastic. You will get hurt. You will bruise your ribs. It will take a couple of weeks to heal. You will have trouble laughing, breathing, and doing anything that involves movement. Great pain is involved. However....it is a ton of fun. There is nothing like standing at the end of the yard waiting your turn and then taking off, running at full speed. As soon as you get to the plastic you throw yourself onto the paper thin plastic laying on the ground stomach first (picture a belly flop in the pool without the splash). During the few seconds it takes your body to slip down the plastic you can feel the cool mist of the water on your back. When you reach the end of the slip-n-slide you are laying in an inch of water that has collected at the end of the slid. You stand up breathless and look around smiling. As much pain as I can promise you will be in I can also tell you that it is also fun. While the pain will outlast the fun to me it is worth it in the long run.
I wake up in the morning completely rested and not dreading all the errands and chores that lay ahead. I get to spend the weekend with my children.
We drive down to Galena and rent a cabin. The cabin has no tv, radio, cell phones, ds, ipods....nothing. However it comes fully stocked with board games. We rent a canoe and go floating. We are gone all day. Soaking up the sun, swimming, and floating down the river. After a nice long relaxing day on the river we head back to the cabin. The kids sit around reading a book or outside exploring the woods behind the cabin. I am inside cooking dinner for the family. My husband is helping me in the kitchen (you did say a perfect weekend). After dinner we sit around the table as a family playing board games.
Another perfect weekend would be the four of us just hanging around the house doing the same things. Like yesterday we went to the pumpkin patch and let the kids pick out their own pumpkins. Then we went home and this year we decided the kids were old enough to carve their own pumpkins (with only a little help). We bought the little tools they sell at WalMart for carving pumpkins. The kids picked out their favorite design, taped it to the pumpkin, and started cutting it out. The pumpkins were amazing. After carving the pumpkins we roasted the pumpkin seeds. The kids thought that was really cool especially because they pulled the seeds out of the pumpkins themselves. We watched a movie together as a family and then when it got dark we lit the candle in the jack-o-lanterns and sat outside looking at them.
Another perfect weekend would be a family barbeque. I love it when my parents, my sister and her family, my brother and his family, my grandma, my cousin all come over to my house. We hang out in the backyard playing games, eating good mouthwatering food, sipping on ice tea, and just talking and joking back and forth. Many weekends have been spent like this. I love them. We set up the horseshoes and ring toss and in the summer we have the pool and slip-n-slide set up. Just a warning to those that don't know this. Slip-n-slides have an age limit! An adult's body is not made to go running across the hard ground only to belly flop on a paper thin piece of plastic. You will get hurt. You will bruise your ribs. It will take a couple of weeks to heal. You will have trouble laughing, breathing, and doing anything that involves movement. Great pain is involved. However....it is a ton of fun. There is nothing like standing at the end of the yard waiting your turn and then taking off, running at full speed. As soon as you get to the plastic you throw yourself onto the paper thin plastic laying on the ground stomach first (picture a belly flop in the pool without the splash). During the few seconds it takes your body to slip down the plastic you can feel the cool mist of the water on your back. When you reach the end of the slip-n-slide you are laying in an inch of water that has collected at the end of the slid. You stand up breathless and look around smiling. As much pain as I can promise you will be in I can also tell you that it is also fun. While the pain will outlast the fun to me it is worth it in the long run.
Ms. A
Not sure what to say....I like the class. It's different from other english classes I've had before. In here we focus more on writing and not on grammar. In the past it's been different. I find it funny that she has a daughter the same as age as mine. Some of the things that she has said that her daughter has said is something very similar to things I've heard my daughter say. I really don't know Ms. A well enough to really write anything about her on here. I know that she likes to bake. That's pretty cool. I like to bake also. I don't get to do it as often as I would like but when I have the chance I'm all for it. Sunday morning I made a batch of fudge brownies. The kids loved them. Last night my husband asked me where the brownies were because he wanted one. I laughed and told him that the children ate the entire pan before 1pm. I made the brownies when the kids were sitting at the table eating breakfast. I don't really like chocolate and I actually ate two of them myself; that is rare for me. Usually when I make something chocolate I only eat one little bite.
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