Cleaning?????

All I wanted to do was clean my computer and take a nice hot bath.
After a long day at school in meetings, sitting on hard cafeteria benches, all I wanted was to run into Target and get some spray to clean up my computer and bath product to take a relaxing bath.
What I got was the third degree and having to show my driver's license to purchase the air spray and bath salts.
I am a forty six year old woman and if I wanted to do something illegal I would not buy the paraphernalia at Target.
I wish that the people that are doing this sort of thing would quit not only would it make taking a simple bubble bath easier, but my job as a teacher would become much easier . So word of the day. This teacher wants a hot bubble bath and the ability to clean her computer with out being hassled.
Enough said......

Valentine's Day

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day. Let's all remember to tell all that we love that we love them. Life is short and there are no promises of tomorrow.
To all of you out there.... I love you and am so thankful to have you in my life. Each and everyone of you make me a better me.

I have fallen and I can't get up!!!!!

So I fell on my way into work today. I am now in an air cast and on crutches. This is not fun and I hope that I feel better tomorrow.
What I have learned today:
It is silly to take home so much work that you have to drop your work off at a closer door. This would be the steps that I fell on.
I have no coordination and the crutches are hard... I have fallen with them twice.
The ability to get from one place to the other with no help and two legs is way under rated.
Going to the bathroom with one bad leg sucks.....
I am so right handed and right footed it is scary... note to self, try to use my left side of my body more..
My left knee is scraped up just like when I was a kid and fell off my bike.
My family is the best. Jeff left work to take me to the dr. Robyn helped with my bathroom issues and asked her sorority to say prayers for me. Allison and Brody called and my mom let me know that I will be okay soon. You are all the best. Dad, I know how hard it is now to let people try to help you.
I get to go back to work tomorrow and it will be interesting as to how this will go... A rolly chair and I will be good. I missed my class today and I will not be wearing heeled shoes for a while.... Flats rock.

Everyday is so daily

I know what you are thinking, this lady writes about the strangest things. Must be my brain. I am home today after my cute little kiddos gave me the gift that keeps on giving. The stomach bug.
After sleeping all day, I am finally upright and feeling better, just do not mention food.
Anyhow, on to the blog.
As a first grade teacher, I seem to forget how everyday is so daily. We do the calendar, we count to 100 we talk about the first word of a sentence starts with a capital.etc. Everyday. And yet, some still do not process this. As I beat my head against the wall, it comes to me that, it has taken me 46 years to feel comfortable with writing and I still make mistakes in grammar so what am I so frustrated about. These kiddos go home to no food, water or heat and I am upset cause they can't write a sentence correctly. Relax...
Being home today, I looked at the buckets of laundry that are still awaiting my attention, the floor that needs to be vacuumed and the dishes in the sink, on a daily basis all is not complete, it is a work in progress. So I am going to view my class as the next great master piece, but the unfinished kind...... A work in progress

Our World

When I was a child I remember riding my bike to the local circle K and it was not just down the street. I remember going around the neighborhood trick or treating and knocking on doors of people that I did not know. I remember selling girl scout cookies to the neighbors. I remember knowing my neighbors.
Our World has changed and not for the better.
Yesterday dozens of people were injured or killed because they were at the grocery store in AZ and listening to a congresswoman who was supposed to be listening to them. I am sick. This is a crazy world.
I teach children that go home to houses with no heat, no water, no lights, and crack and other drugs on the tables. I teach children that know where to go to get beer, and lord knows what else, but can't make me a list of restaurants, cause they never eat out.
I teach kids that know who lives in the projects and who needs to go to get locked up and where to go to get money to get people out of jail. I do not even know that.
Poverty is here in our country. Poverty is breeding these awful situations. We are not holding people accountable for their lives.
Let's not give the homeless guy with a great voice the celebrity time. Let us see that he has not been the best of people and make him work for the money. There are some ten of his offspring that are owed some child support. Or should I say the women in his life have taken care of his children.'
Let's make our world one we are proud of. I am always reminded of the story in the bible of the fish. If you give a man the fish he will eat for a day. If your teach him to fish he will eat for a lifetime.
Let's Teach..........
Peace

New Year New Me Yeah, right

So I started my new year with a brisk walk this morning with my dog. We came home from Christmas and the dog seems to have gained a few pounds. I have too but that is not the issue. She is noticably heavier and so I decided that we should explore our new neighborhood. Our walk down the 11th hole behind our house gave me some new insight: there is a sand trap on the left side just down from the house next door. No wonder all the people that tee off try to come to the right and land in my backyard. Oh, found 2 golf balls on the way to the garage from the backyard.
So feeling refreshed "it was chilly". I decided to tackle the on line lesson plans. This is at about 9am. At about 2pm I finally had everything done to a level of competency that I could submit. This is only due to the fact that Jeff came in and helped me like 40 times. His comment was I should take a windows class. My comment was, I spent 4 hours the other day writing all these plans down and not once did I get frustrated with my pencil....... Now I have to retype them all again and it has taken 4 hour to figure out how to put Monday in vertically on the page.
I want to be a new me, I want to move to the computer age, I want to be a size 2 but I really do not think that any of this will happen.
Perspective: I like doing my  work on paper with a pencil and that is that.
I will have to save what we did today so I can copy it for the next 19 weeks.
Perspective: The walk was good. I will continue this and hope to see a reduction in my size and mocha's.
Not a size 2 but a healthier body and one that fits into all the current clothes in my closet.

Off to work tomorrow. Love to all

Perspective

My new word for the year 2011 is perspective. I am vowing to keep everything in it's proper perspective to have a positive and happy 2011. I tend to get caught up in the everyday part of everyday. I get to the end and wonder did I even do anything that was helpful, thankful, or selfish for the day? I often do so much that I forget what I have done. I suppose simplify could be a good word for the new year as well. So many words so, so many ways to better myself. I will try to maintain perspective in every situationn in the coming year. I will try to remember that my perspective is just that mine, and remember that others have their own perspective of the same situations. I will try to keep my work in the proper perspective and make time for all really important things in my life, family, friends, self etc.
I will try to keep perspective in our move to Mississippi, all the paper work that comes with a move, all the times spent at the DMV, moving of banking, insurance, I could go on for hours. I will keep perspective of all the boxes that have been opened and resealed for later, all the items that should have been trashed long ago. Perspective of my life as a whole. I vow to watch my favorite television shows that equal about one per evening with a new perspective, totally engaged in just that show. Not doing four things at once. I vow to do one load of laundry a night to keep the piles down to a reasonable level to let my perspective on housework keep in check. I vow to maintain perspective on fixing dinner every night. Most of my friends that do not work do not fix a complete meal every evening so why beat myself up if we end up having waffles one night a week. Or dare I suggest eating at Chick-fil-a.
I will keep the lawn care in perspective, the previous owners were retired and had a passion for gardening. I have a passion for having a gardener.
I will keep perspective with my blog, in that I do not have to blog only when I am in a good mood. I can let others see that I am not thrilled with something, i.e. the DMV five trips and still pissed at them.
I will keep perspective when no one comments on my blog..... This does not mean that others do not read it....Right......
Happy 2011 to everyone and here's to a new perspective....