Well the weekend trip to San Fransisco for a teachers conference fizzled out as we were making our voyage their and got held up at Donor's Pass right outside of Reno. It was really enjoyable though we stayed Thursday night at Circus Circus hoping that the pass would clear up. That morning we had a great breakfast and went shopping at the mall. I hadn't been shopping in a long time so it was a chance to spice up my ward robe (especially after losing 11lbs) and getting a mitt and cleats for my sons baseball team.
I enjoyed the time I got to get to know the two other teachers I was on the trip with. We are so different however, we were really bonded by our differences during this trip.
Today was nice! We played hooky from church and enjoyed some family time on our property out in Elbuz. We were putting in posts for the property line. Talking about where the house was going to be and what we were going to start accomplishing first. My sister came down tonight also. She is my younger sister and is going through a rough time. I worry about her and her family. She has a hard time taking care of her like our mother did growing up. My mom worked a lot and we never really got to see her take care of herself. I think my sister models many of those traits and is finally seeing that she needs to take care of herself. She also just got out of her in laws house which was extremely toxic. So, this is her time to find some balance and my mom is great at helping with that. My mom has come a long way at finding peace and purpose. She is happy and full of energy and vitality. I am way closer to her know than I ever was growing up. It is neat to see how relationships in life change, grow, become estranged and everything in between. It is also neat to see our journey though life and the lessons that we learned looking back through life. Life is beautiful!
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Dynamics
It is interesting the different dynamics that are involved when your husband is the Vice Principal. Of course he can't say much even though you may may know a little about a lot of things.
Well, I am gearing up for San Fran...I am actually excited even though I will be stuck in the car for a better part of a day. In some ways I feel like like it is a girls weekend out with some new learning advice and tips to pass along the way. I want to be able to gain some more information on strategies and implementations that I can use in the classroom. It will be good!
Charlie and the kids with be without me for the weekend. Sometimes it is good to see that they miss me when I get back. It is nice to be missed.
I got my hair done by my favorite hairdresser. I feel like a new women. She can straighten hair like nobody's business. That is my new goal in life to see if I can straighten my hair like she does.
Well I am going on line to see if I can find my favorite bra for sale that must of got discontinued because I have been looking with no avail. And than I am going to crawl into my comfy covers and sleep until that awful alarm wakes my up before I am ready. Till next time....Angela
Well, I am gearing up for San Fran...I am actually excited even though I will be stuck in the car for a better part of a day. In some ways I feel like like it is a girls weekend out with some new learning advice and tips to pass along the way. I want to be able to gain some more information on strategies and implementations that I can use in the classroom. It will be good!
Charlie and the kids with be without me for the weekend. Sometimes it is good to see that they miss me when I get back. It is nice to be missed.
I got my hair done by my favorite hairdresser. I feel like a new women. She can straighten hair like nobody's business. That is my new goal in life to see if I can straighten my hair like she does.
Well I am going on line to see if I can find my favorite bra for sale that must of got discontinued because I have been looking with no avail. And than I am going to crawl into my comfy covers and sleep until that awful alarm wakes my up before I am ready. Till next time....Angela
Sunday, March 20, 2011
You don't have to say yes to everything....
I have a hard time saying no to people that need my help. I think that this can be a good quality and a bad quality. I guess the good quality would be that I genuinely care about people and the quality of work I do, however, the not so good quality is what happens to the people that should be on my priority list like my family. My poor husband is feeling like he is not a top priority in my life and that he gets put farther down the list as I try to make others priority. It has really hit home this week and I feel like I am meeting the ramifications from not putting my family first. I feel overwhelmed, I have expectations of myself and I need to figure out how I can exceed those expectations and still put my family first. It is a hard process!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Waiting for my honey to get home
Well, just as I got my computer ready to go my honey showed up. He has been in a board meeting for a few hours and so now I am curious to what happened. We have been hoping to get computers for the school. I am low man on the totem pole because I am the Kindergarten teacher for new computers. This is hard to hear since I do everything with a computer however, I have high hopes that maybe I will get one soon even if I am the last. Well, more news will be posted soon....
Monday, March 14, 2011
CSI-Faulkner Planetarium
I am really excited about our field trip on Friday. We are planning a trip to the planetarium with the 5th and Kindergarten class. Many of the families for the Kindergarten class are coming with us so I won't really be needing to keep track of all my kidos and still get to share the experiences with them. I have heard really neat things about the planetarium. We are going to see three attractions: "The Planets", Dinosaur exhibit, and the observatory.
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We just got approvals to get some transportation from the school district. This is a great thing because the school is rather new and the school district didn't want the charter school. Hopefully we are mending that relationship. We are renting a bus and driver for the day. The students are really excited about the field trip.
Charlie has been adjusting to the new Vice Principal job. He wants to get hired on for next year. We will see if that might be a possibility. They have had some issues finding a Principal for the Charter School.
Two other teachers and myself are headed to San Francisco for the weekend to go to a conference. We are driving so we will have some extra time to see Alcatraz and some other sights. I wend to China Town but didn't care for it that much. I remember last time I went it was in 2001 and my girlfriend and I took the day to head over from Salinas, CA where I was living at the time. We were so different she just wanted to go see all of the big jewelery stores and try on hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry from these big jewelry stores. I remember seeing all of the people and feeling lost. We took the rail cars and that was very interesting and a little scary for a country girl.
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We just got approvals to get some transportation from the school district. This is a great thing because the school is rather new and the school district didn't want the charter school. Hopefully we are mending that relationship. We are renting a bus and driver for the day. The students are really excited about the field trip.
Charlie has been adjusting to the new Vice Principal job. He wants to get hired on for next year. We will see if that might be a possibility. They have had some issues finding a Principal for the Charter School.
Two other teachers and myself are headed to San Francisco for the weekend to go to a conference. We are driving so we will have some extra time to see Alcatraz and some other sights. I wend to China Town but didn't care for it that much. I remember last time I went it was in 2001 and my girlfriend and I took the day to head over from Salinas, CA where I was living at the time. We were so different she just wanted to go see all of the big jewelery stores and try on hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry from these big jewelry stores. I remember seeing all of the people and feeling lost. We took the rail cars and that was very interesting and a little scary for a country girl.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Hard day.....again
This has been a hard week! Me and my husband have been butting heads since Sunday. I have a new calling at church which is teaching the 3/4 year olds (there is more than 11 of them). Then I have 5/6 year olds Monday-Friday and then I come home to 3 and 6 year olds. I feel like I have been handed the preschool Kindergarten 7 day a week club and can't find a day where I have some reprieve.
I shouldn't be complaining because I know that I'm blessed to have so much...it just seems to be pilling up. Since my husband has been mad at me I'm the one that gets stuck dealing with the kids and not getting the break that we share together. It has been very rough. But, tis a new day and like all days the sun rises and the day begins. I am going to see if tommorow can begin on an up beat.
Goodnight, Angela
I shouldn't be complaining because I know that I'm blessed to have so much...it just seems to be pilling up. Since my husband has been mad at me I'm the one that gets stuck dealing with the kids and not getting the break that we share together. It has been very rough. But, tis a new day and like all days the sun rises and the day begins. I am going to see if tommorow can begin on an up beat.
Goodnight, Angela
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Ahhh new tech people for our school!
The charter school I work for has only been established since 2009. This is their second year and the school a horrible IT tech that was working for them. We has so many problems that are computers were constatntly having issues. It is nice to be able to have someone that seems like they know what they are doing.
They came in today and have made it so that I don't have a virus on my computer anymore. I also can get onto Unitedstreaming which is a fabulous website for the students.
Slowly but surely the school is getting resources together. It is neat to see the progress but it has been a long haul. They have already gone through 3 administrators. My husband is know the vice principle and he is really excited about the position and how he can help the school.
I was thinking about change today. How things sometimes have to go through hardships in order to create the change and growth that is needed. I hope that the school is finally on the right tract to facilitate the growth that is the dream and hope of those that have worked hard to achieve the dream.
They came in today and have made it so that I don't have a virus on my computer anymore. I also can get onto Unitedstreaming which is a fabulous website for the students.
Slowly but surely the school is getting resources together. It is neat to see the progress but it has been a long haul. They have already gone through 3 administrators. My husband is know the vice principle and he is really excited about the position and how he can help the school.
I was thinking about change today. How things sometimes have to go through hardships in order to create the change and growth that is needed. I hope that the school is finally on the right tract to facilitate the growth that is the dream and hope of those that have worked hard to achieve the dream.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Texas here I come
Well, I just found out that I am going to Texas on a GT seminar. Yeah! I am excited about heading to the big state of Texas. I haven't been told when, or exactly where but I am hoping that they will fill me in with those details a few days before the scheduled date.
My husband is home with meat to make tacos so I am going to help him out. I might even find some time to take a shower and cuddle with the kids before bedtime. However, they are slowly moving out of the cuddle time and it is really sad. Caden is only 3 with lots of energy so to get him to cuddle with me is like having to find time in the late hours when he is tired. We shall see....
Goodnight, more details later. Ang
My husband is home with meat to make tacos so I am going to help him out. I might even find some time to take a shower and cuddle with the kids before bedtime. However, they are slowly moving out of the cuddle time and it is really sad. Caden is only 3 with lots of energy so to get him to cuddle with me is like having to find time in the late hours when he is tired. We shall see....
Goodnight, more details later. Ang
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