Jeff and I
Twenty-Eight Years
Friday, January 8, 2010
First Mistake
So I have just made my first blog error. I started typing hit a wrong key and poof there went the blog and only a title appeared. Oh, well, I will be better for this mistake. A pencil and eraser are so much easier to use when fixing a goof. Here's to a weekend of learning more about myself and my blog. Stay tuned for the next flub, makes you all look like computer gurus......
Our Life
I wonder many days why my life is like it is. Why have we been asked to move six times in our married life? Why must we pick up and start a new. Why do I not require an hour to get ready in the morning? Why does it not bother me to clean up a bloody nose, or soothe a crying child that has just stained my new shirt. What has God wanted me to learn in all these steps that I take each day?
Yesterday was my birthday and as the day wound down there was another teacher in crisis. I had lots to do, I had a family at home making my dinner, I had a night to relax, but within minutes I was in her room doing her grades, helping her children with their homework and trying to calm her down. She asked me how I did it? I said did what? All of this all of this at the same time? My answer was I really do not know but I know that God is there to lead me and if I mess up the eraser on the end of the pencil will fix the problem. She sighed and seemed to relax. Her day got worse and I was able to go home only an hour late to find my entire family, a hot meal and gifts. Blessed is not the word. God puts us where we are needed, where we will grow and learn and where we can be of comfort to others. I will not question why anymore, only thank you for my blessings and the ability to pray for this woman that she may not wonder why anymore but feel blessed and comforted in her time of need.
Yesterday was my birthday and as the day wound down there was another teacher in crisis. I had lots to do, I had a family at home making my dinner, I had a night to relax, but within minutes I was in her room doing her grades, helping her children with their homework and trying to calm her down. She asked me how I did it? I said did what? All of this all of this at the same time? My answer was I really do not know but I know that God is there to lead me and if I mess up the eraser on the end of the pencil will fix the problem. She sighed and seemed to relax. Her day got worse and I was able to go home only an hour late to find my entire family, a hot meal and gifts. Blessed is not the word. God puts us where we are needed, where we will grow and learn and where we can be of comfort to others. I will not question why anymore, only thank you for my blessings and the ability to pray for this woman that she may not wonder why anymore but feel blessed and comforted in her time of need.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
birthday
Grateful to see my 45th birthday. Happy to have such a wonderful family and so many friends at work. The kids all sang to me and we had cupcakes that Robyn helped me bake. Allison and Brody and Robyn and Ryan and Jeff made me dinner and it was a wonderful day. Life is Good
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
The things kids will say
I am continually amazed at the things children will say to me. I am sure they say them to all adults but sometimes it makes me happy to think that they are saying it only to me and and are comfortable enough to tell me some of their inner most thoughts. This happened in class today.
I was having a class discussion on why we need to watch our words and our actions because we can hurt feelings and not really know that we have done so. That words hurt way more than even a hand can.
So the child that had been hurt was out of the room and and getting the needed individual attention and I had the class hanging on my every word. I spoke of our need to be liked and to be included. I also said that we as individuals do not always make the right choice but that we can admit that we have hurt someone and say sorry and it helps. One of my boys raises his hand ( hey, we are making progress no speaking out) and tells the class that he heard this same thing on a cartoon last night. I am thinking oh, great, this had better not be The Family Guy or the like. It is called your conscience Mrs. Comer, he states. There is a little devil that lives on one shoulder and an angel that lives on the other. The devil trys to get you to do the wrong stuff and the angel trys to get you to do the right stuff. Your head is in the middle and all mixed up. If you do what the angel says you have a great day. If you do what the devil says the cat eats you. Oh, nice they get the point. What was the cartoon? Tom and Jerry. Oh, life works sometimes and in spite of all my carefully chosen words, the child got the point across better than the teacher. Life is Good.
I was having a class discussion on why we need to watch our words and our actions because we can hurt feelings and not really know that we have done so. That words hurt way more than even a hand can.
So the child that had been hurt was out of the room and and getting the needed individual attention and I had the class hanging on my every word. I spoke of our need to be liked and to be included. I also said that we as individuals do not always make the right choice but that we can admit that we have hurt someone and say sorry and it helps. One of my boys raises his hand ( hey, we are making progress no speaking out) and tells the class that he heard this same thing on a cartoon last night. I am thinking oh, great, this had better not be The Family Guy or the like. It is called your conscience Mrs. Comer, he states. There is a little devil that lives on one shoulder and an angel that lives on the other. The devil trys to get you to do the wrong stuff and the angel trys to get you to do the right stuff. Your head is in the middle and all mixed up. If you do what the angel says you have a great day. If you do what the devil says the cat eats you. Oh, nice they get the point. What was the cartoon? Tom and Jerry. Oh, life works sometimes and in spite of all my carefully chosen words, the child got the point across better than the teacher. Life is Good.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Helen
So I want to tell you about my friend Helen. I have known her for all of 5 months and yet I think we are soul sisters. The day I met her I felt a connection. She is a fellow teacher and she recently moved to our school. This lady is amazing. She is more orderly and organized than me, which is so nice for a change. I have someone to look up to. As a teacher she teaches to each child. She has individual lesson plans for each student, she knows what they need and when they need it. I am amazed on a daily basis how this woman is able to do everything that she does. The kids in her class absolutely love her. I sneak in on her class some days to sit back and listen. She allows this and is so open to my watching.
I recently discovered that many of the kids that I have had she has then gotten the next year. We were in different schools so we did not know each other. The fact that many of our tough children have gotten her and me as teachers is quite interesting. We teach a great deal alike. I like to watch how she puts her notebooks together, how she writes her lesson plans, I wonder if she thinks this is weird, but I am fascinated as to how she is able to pin point the exact needs of her children. She does not reveal much of herself to the crowd, but I watch her and she is always assessing the situation and learning. I admire Helen, I want to emulate Helen, but more than anything, I am grateful for Helen. She has become my rock this year. I was feeling like a ship with no port this year. Our school made wide spread changes, and the waters were very rough and choppy. Helen has been my life jacket. She watches over me and has never even asked why I am attracted to her classroom or why I need to come and sit and watch. It is as if I have known her for years. She accepts me, she nurtures me and she believes in me. I really am grateful that God has given me this angel. Helen, I really do love you and you are the most amazing friend. Thank you
I recently discovered that many of the kids that I have had she has then gotten the next year. We were in different schools so we did not know each other. The fact that many of our tough children have gotten her and me as teachers is quite interesting. We teach a great deal alike. I like to watch how she puts her notebooks together, how she writes her lesson plans, I wonder if she thinks this is weird, but I am fascinated as to how she is able to pin point the exact needs of her children. She does not reveal much of herself to the crowd, but I watch her and she is always assessing the situation and learning. I admire Helen, I want to emulate Helen, but more than anything, I am grateful for Helen. She has become my rock this year. I was feeling like a ship with no port this year. Our school made wide spread changes, and the waters were very rough and choppy. Helen has been my life jacket. She watches over me and has never even asked why I am attracted to her classroom or why I need to come and sit and watch. It is as if I have known her for years. She accepts me, she nurtures me and she believes in me. I really am grateful that God has given me this angel. Helen, I really do love you and you are the most amazing friend. Thank you
Sunday, January 3, 2010
shampoo
Yes, I am addicted to Shampoo!!! There I said it. There are no twelve step programs to help with this addiction and I am not sure I would want to attend if there were. I love shampoo, all the different kinds, the scents, the advertising that says I will have hair like the ladies in the magazines just by washing my hair.
Heaven forbid I find a new shampoo and do not try it within a week.
My husband comments on my habit almost daily, but I tell him it is better than other addictions,just lather up and experience this new one.
Conditioner is always at a loss in my house, never enough and often have to go get some from the store, but shampoo is a plenty.
Now for the bad news, Dr. Oz reveiled today that one should shampoo only every other day if not every two days. No this can not be true. I hate greasy hair and I have hair that if I woke up and walked into work without a shampoo, my coworkers would scream and wonder if the night of the zombies had just arrived.
I have to feel that wonderful lather in the morning, smell the amazing scents that they come in and I love when my kids in class come up to me and say "Mrs. Comer, I just love the way your hair smells". Trust me they say almost anything on a daily basis so I will take this compliment. I do not want to change and and if an addiction to shampoo leads to thinning hair, so far so good, in that I just broke an extra large hairband trying to get it over my massive pony tail. I have a love hate relationship with my hair but a love, love, love relationship with my shampoo. Oh, how I love to take a nightly bubble bath and soak, lather my hair with a wonderfully fragrant shampoo and wash the day away.... Cheers here's to 362 more days of pure bliss.
Heaven forbid I find a new shampoo and do not try it within a week.
My husband comments on my habit almost daily, but I tell him it is better than other addictions,just lather up and experience this new one.
Conditioner is always at a loss in my house, never enough and often have to go get some from the store, but shampoo is a plenty.
Now for the bad news, Dr. Oz reveiled today that one should shampoo only every other day if not every two days. No this can not be true. I hate greasy hair and I have hair that if I woke up and walked into work without a shampoo, my coworkers would scream and wonder if the night of the zombies had just arrived.
I have to feel that wonderful lather in the morning, smell the amazing scents that they come in and I love when my kids in class come up to me and say "Mrs. Comer, I just love the way your hair smells". Trust me they say almost anything on a daily basis so I will take this compliment. I do not want to change and and if an addiction to shampoo leads to thinning hair, so far so good, in that I just broke an extra large hairband trying to get it over my massive pony tail. I have a love hate relationship with my hair but a love, love, love relationship with my shampoo. Oh, how I love to take a nightly bubble bath and soak, lather my hair with a wonderfully fragrant shampoo and wash the day away.... Cheers here's to 362 more days of pure bliss.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Movies
I love movies just as much as the next person, only problem is if I go to the movie theatre, I always fall asleep.
I take that back I fall asleep at home in movies as well. I was thinking about this yesterday when Jeff and Ally went to the new Sherlock movie. They asked me to go, but I can't seem to justify eight dollars for a nap.
I find movies to be rather boring, I am not sure why this is. I do have some movies that I can watch over and over and not fall asleep. Sound of Music, Gone with the wind, but movies of today do not seen to hold my attention.
The disney movies seem familiar to me, but when I actually sit down to watch them I realize that I have not "seen" the movie but have rather listened to it while I was doing laundry, washing dishes, cooking dinner etc. I very rarely do only one thing. My family is always upset that I am going through school stuff or looking at a magazine while a movie is on, but I have realized that this is the only way I can sit and not fall asleep. I feel as if I must be doing two or three things at a time. I love to take naps, and that annoys my family, but the most peace I find is having my family with me in the living room, my puppy mocha at my feet and my head on my husbands chest while they are all watching a movie and I take a nap. The sleep is restful, I am happy cause all my chicks are in the nest and I feel peaceful. Sunday Football also works as a nice back ground for a nap. So here's to all of you that enjoy movies, go have a great time and by the sixth or seventh showing on a dvd I may have caught the entire movie. Plus my popcorn at home is not 1000 calories.
I take that back I fall asleep at home in movies as well. I was thinking about this yesterday when Jeff and Ally went to the new Sherlock movie. They asked me to go, but I can't seem to justify eight dollars for a nap.
I find movies to be rather boring, I am not sure why this is. I do have some movies that I can watch over and over and not fall asleep. Sound of Music, Gone with the wind, but movies of today do not seen to hold my attention.
The disney movies seem familiar to me, but when I actually sit down to watch them I realize that I have not "seen" the movie but have rather listened to it while I was doing laundry, washing dishes, cooking dinner etc. I very rarely do only one thing. My family is always upset that I am going through school stuff or looking at a magazine while a movie is on, but I have realized that this is the only way I can sit and not fall asleep. I feel as if I must be doing two or three things at a time. I love to take naps, and that annoys my family, but the most peace I find is having my family with me in the living room, my puppy mocha at my feet and my head on my husbands chest while they are all watching a movie and I take a nap. The sleep is restful, I am happy cause all my chicks are in the nest and I feel peaceful. Sunday Football also works as a nice back ground for a nap. So here's to all of you that enjoy movies, go have a great time and by the sixth or seventh showing on a dvd I may have caught the entire movie. Plus my popcorn at home is not 1000 calories.
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