Thursday

Well, June is pretty much over! BOOOOO! which only means July will be gone in a flash and school will come back into session! Those words evoke quite a bit of anxiety in me but I try to just stay prayerful and trusting in God's will.
Yesterday afternoon, my car died! Grrr! This morning I called a tow truck guy but he strill wasn't here by 12pm, so I called AAA and got someone else here in 25 minutes. Hopefully, the car repair place will have her up and running late this evening or first thing in the morning. I have an appt in the morning and a lucch date with Lillian tomorrow.
We are going to Holiday world for Grant's birthday. It's going to be SUPER hot and I'm trying to figure out ways we can stay cool. They offer free soft drinks but that isn't going to keep us hydrtaed very well. I'll let ya know how that works out!
I went to two doctors appts yesterday. I had an orthopaedic appt to get cortisone shots in both my hips and then waited a little over an hour to see my Ob dr. That was fun! NOT! I have to go back in the AM for an ultrasound on my dermoid cyst. If it has changed any, she will want to take my whole left ovary out. Not quite sure how I feel about that yet.
So today, we are hanging out at home out of the blaring hot sun and I have been trying to work on our budget and keeping Gman happy.
That's all from my corner of the world!

thought list

*VBS
*job hunting
*friends
*home stuff
*refurbishing hutch
*home repairs
*swimming
*turtoring
*organization
*budget
*menu plans
*cleaning
*laundry
*eye exams
*doctor appts.
*ministry
*sprittual growth
*forgiveness
*surgeries
*health

random

WoW! it's been a while since I last posted anything. Been a little busy 'round here. School ended for G on May 31st but I had to go June 1st. I took a half day because there was no reason for me to stay there and twiddle my thumbs. I had a lot of other things to do than sit around and twiddle. LOL!
The first week of June called for Grant going to Cub Scout day camp. The theme this year was "Cub Boom", Scouts investigate science. I did not volunteer my leadership this year and I sure am glad. I was getting things ready for a yard sale. Every day, I had a scout friend pick up G with her grandson and another scout. I agreed to pick them all up and tote them home.  Much easier on me!
I had a yard sale on Friday and Saturday and as always, I was exhausted. It's a lot of work but it can be a toss up when it comes to making any money. I did pretty good. Enough money to cover this week's expenses for church camp.
Tomorrow, Grant & I head to Children's Church camp. I know he's excited. I'm a bit apprehensive. I don't really know what to expect. I haven't been to church camp since I was a girl myself.
Saturday night we went to bff's house for her gender reveal party. I was the honorary secret keeper. I can keep a secret of any kind. I have always been a great secret keeper. Shoot, I still have secrets no one knows! Don't we all?! But this was a good secret. It was fun to watch her and her family open the box and their reactions to the new that they were having a girl! It was really cool!
So, it's off to the wild unknown. Maybe if things don't get too crazy I can blog a few pics of camp from my phone.
later!

On to the next chapter

end of the year neccesaties

This is my school bag.

Contents:

magazines, notebook, calendar, bills, resume, applications, prayer journal, Nicholas Sparks book

It's that time of the school year where I pretty much have to scrounge around for things to do. You see, it's the end of the school year and my RTI sessions have pretty much ended and I have to brig things to do. I hate NOT being busy. This is exactly why I need a full time teaching job. I am so ready to prove myself. I want to have my own classroom and begin to make a serious difference in the lives of young children. I feel like God has been priming me, humbling me, preparing me and expecting me to have complete faith and trust in his will. It's been hard, it's been tough, it's been painful at times but I know I am ready to shine. After all, this life is meant to shine...that's why I named my blog of the same likeness.

There are eight days of school left and I know summer is going to fly by. It always does. The first couple of weeks is going to be really busy. But that's okay too. I like being busy. I have a lot of to do's and I want to make Grant a real priority. I want to make great memories for him. I want to feel relaxed and productive. I'm ready but I'm not. 

Teacher Appreciation Gift

I know ti's is a late post for Teacher Appreciation but this past week at my own school was hectic and I didn't get to finish Grant's teacher's gift until Friday morning! I love his 2nd grade teacher. She and I are a lot alike as far as our teaching beliefs and styles. She is an awesome teacher! I made this cute little mini scrapbook made from unused library cards and pockets.

I actually cut out the apples from the die cut machine at school and they worked perfectly!

I found a stack of the "old" library book check out cards in a file cabinet at work.

I asked the librarian for some pockets to put the cards in.

I snuck an opportunity to take pictures of each student and then had them write their name under the "AUTHOR" and a note of thanks to Mrs. Jones for different things. Grant thanked her for letting the class go outside at the end of the day before dismissal.

He's normally a very photogenic guy but for some reason he has a bizarre expression on his face.

Silly Kid!

I punched holes and put book rings on it and a smidgen of ribbon for cuteness!

She loved it!

I Love You Crraft for MOM!

I wanted to share with you a few pictures of my Wolf Cub Scout boys working on a gift for their moms. All of "my" boys have moms except one who lives with his Nana so I told him to make it for her and write "Happy Nana's Day" on the back! This boys are fun to be with most of the time and other times, they can just wear me out! The bff pinned this project on Pinterest so I made the Scouts my Test Group. They seemed to really have like it and it took the whole hour of our meeting.

I love how hard they working. I was a little nervous about letting them hammer their own nails.

They have a knack for using things appropriately.

That's a 2nd grader for you!

Grant had a hard time hitting the nails hard enough to stay but luckily I had a very helpful scout who was finished first and went around to help the other boys. Isn't that what Boy scouts is all about!?

Some put their " I Love You" at the top or bottom of the wood and either way,it's really sweet!

Happy Mother's Day, Friends