I want more time to update my blog more often. And something interesting to actually say in it, whether or not anyone reads it.
I want a bra that fits and to have the money to buy more than one.
I want to sell my house.
I want to lose weight. (I'm working on that one).
I want to pray more and worry less (how does one do that worry part?)
I want to be a good wife, mother, daughter and friend.
I want to find a good job for next fall, and not worry about what it will be in the meantime. (there's that worry bit again.)
I want to write. And be good at it.
Now I want to go have dinner.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
New plans and old friends
It seems strange to realize it, but some of my Pemberley friends could now be considered "old" friends! I've known many of them for more than 10 years now! It was lovely to sit down this afternoon with a couple of them (and a bunch of other new friends) for tea and a lot of chat. I have only just now realized that I never even had any tea! I was too busy eating and talking (though I think I foiled at least one attempt to get a picture of me talking!). It was a nice day away from everything at home. I am only rarely alone these days, so an hour and 45 minutes in the car each way all ALONE was a treat.
We plan to list the house this week. I am both excited and apprehensive. There are so many more things I wanted to get accomplished this weekend, but I realized Friday night that I had to be downtown to help with the Girl Scout cookie delivery on Saturday morning. So that took up valuable time with projects at home.
I know I don't have to have it done all at once, and that we have next week off and I can get a lot done, but I keep looking around and seeing all that needs to be done. I am going to try not to nit pick and just get things weeded out, I guess. If the house does not sell, then at least I will have decluttered. Plus I'm going to paint the bathroom. I figure that is something that might help sell the house, but I'll enjoy it if the house doesn't move! :-)
We plan to list the house this week. I am both excited and apprehensive. There are so many more things I wanted to get accomplished this weekend, but I realized Friday night that I had to be downtown to help with the Girl Scout cookie delivery on Saturday morning. So that took up valuable time with projects at home.
I know I don't have to have it done all at once, and that we have next week off and I can get a lot done, but I keep looking around and seeing all that needs to be done. I am going to try not to nit pick and just get things weeded out, I guess. If the house does not sell, then at least I will have decluttered. Plus I'm going to paint the bathroom. I figure that is something that might help sell the house, but I'll enjoy it if the house doesn't move! :-)
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Sick Day
My little guy was complaining this morning that he felt full, but other than that he was acting normal, so I figured he had just eaten his breakfast too fast. Just over an hour later I was working with a student in a second grade classroom when I happened to look out the doorway of the classroom, which has a view of the nurse's office. Through the window I could see the educational assistant from Little Bud's classroom, and caught a glimpse of my little guy going into the bathroom. He had diarrhea, poor guy. So the aide got his things together and I got mine and home we came. We'll have to go back later to pick up my Little Bug.
All the while I was cleaning him up and getting my things together I was thinking what a blessing it was that I am right there in the school and able to do that. What would happen if I was working at a different school, as might happen next year? I suppose it will be no different from any other working mother, and that we will all get through it, and I don't want to borrow trouble, but I am so glad I was right there when he needed me. The staff at school are so wonderful, and I am blessed to be able to be working there.
Just more things to think about in planning for the future. And now I need to decide how best to use this unexpected day home! :-)
All the while I was cleaning him up and getting my things together I was thinking what a blessing it was that I am right there in the school and able to do that. What would happen if I was working at a different school, as might happen next year? I suppose it will be no different from any other working mother, and that we will all get through it, and I don't want to borrow trouble, but I am so glad I was right there when he needed me. The staff at school are so wonderful, and I am blessed to be able to be working there.
Just more things to think about in planning for the future. And now I need to decide how best to use this unexpected day home! :-)
Monday, January 26, 2009
What to do, what to do...
I am hoping to find a general special ed job for next fall, and would love to be at the school I am working at right now. I'm not sure how likely that is to happen, as they will probably have cut backs, but we will see. But I am wondering what to do in the long run. I have thought about getting my masters in special education. But now that I've started this Educational Testing course, I am thinking about doing Plymouth State University's school psychologist program. As a school psychologist I would still be helping those children that need help, by testing them and helping to determine what kind of help they need, it would just be in a different form from helping in the classroom.
I'll just keep on praying about it.
:-)
I'll just keep on praying about it.
:-)
Monday, January 5, 2009
A Fine Woman
A woman can pack a lot of living into 90 years.
Ruth Kimball was 90 when she passed away on Friday. She was quite a woman. Ruth was a 4-H leader for many, many years, leading so many young people in so many good ways. I met her through her grandson and his wife (my neighbors) and her daughters. She was part of my Circle of Home and Family group, and I feel honored to have known her, however little. If the crowd at the funeral home tonight, the line around the room, across the hall, around two more rooms, out the door and down the sidewalk is any indication, I am not alone feeling that way.
I had only met 'Gram' a few times before she started greeting me with a hug. She was always more interested in what was going on with me or my children than in telling me how she was. She was the kind of person that would always go out of her way to help people, the kind of person you could always ask for advice, the kind of person who would put together a quilt whenever one was needed. Dependable, responsible, funny, considerate. That was Ruth. Just plain good Yankee stock, I'd say. And a heck of a good cook to boot.
A woman from our Circle of Home and Family group called to ask me to make some sandwiches for the luncheon after the funeral tomorrow, which I did after I got home from the wake tonight. My husband hates the smell of tuna, and I can't say that it was really what I felt like doing after I got home. But it seemed such a small and easy thing to do, the kind of thing that Ruth would have done without anyone even asking her. I'm grateful to live in the kind of community where they still do this kind of thing, the phone calls to gather the food and so forth.
When someone dies at age 90, it is easy to say that they had a full life and it is sad, but what can you expect. But it is also true that the more years you have with someone the more memories you have stored up, the more you will notice their absence. I hope for her family and friends that all those memories will be good ones, that the difficulties of the last couple of months will fade in their memories quickly, and that Ruth's legacy will live on for many years to come. I am glad I had the chance to know her.
Ruth Kimball was 90 when she passed away on Friday. She was quite a woman. Ruth was a 4-H leader for many, many years, leading so many young people in so many good ways. I met her through her grandson and his wife (my neighbors) and her daughters. She was part of my Circle of Home and Family group, and I feel honored to have known her, however little. If the crowd at the funeral home tonight, the line around the room, across the hall, around two more rooms, out the door and down the sidewalk is any indication, I am not alone feeling that way.
I had only met 'Gram' a few times before she started greeting me with a hug. She was always more interested in what was going on with me or my children than in telling me how she was. She was the kind of person that would always go out of her way to help people, the kind of person you could always ask for advice, the kind of person who would put together a quilt whenever one was needed. Dependable, responsible, funny, considerate. That was Ruth. Just plain good Yankee stock, I'd say. And a heck of a good cook to boot.
A woman from our Circle of Home and Family group called to ask me to make some sandwiches for the luncheon after the funeral tomorrow, which I did after I got home from the wake tonight. My husband hates the smell of tuna, and I can't say that it was really what I felt like doing after I got home. But it seemed such a small and easy thing to do, the kind of thing that Ruth would have done without anyone even asking her. I'm grateful to live in the kind of community where they still do this kind of thing, the phone calls to gather the food and so forth.
When someone dies at age 90, it is easy to say that they had a full life and it is sad, but what can you expect. But it is also true that the more years you have with someone the more memories you have stored up, the more you will notice their absence. I hope for her family and friends that all those memories will be good ones, that the difficulties of the last couple of months will fade in their memories quickly, and that Ruth's legacy will live on for many years to come. I am glad I had the chance to know her.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Be Careful What You Wish For
Last Thursday night I was hoping for a snow day on Friday. A day off so I could work on my curriculum project for my class, finish it on Friday and have Sunday off to do something fun.
Well, I got a day off, alright, and then days and days without power to boot. Instead of snow we got ice. Lots of it. Every outdoor surface covered. It was beautiful. Just beautiful and dazzling. And awful.
We got our power back today, just about a week after we lost it. My brother brought a generator down on Saturday, so we could plug in the heater and a lamp, but in between was lots of running around, eating out, trying to get the generator started on the coldest day, filling water bottles so we could flush the toilet, and so on. Thank heavens for our close friends down the hill who were going through the same thing. We were in contact all the time, looking out for each other and finding strength in our common plight!
We are so thankful for our electricity today, for all the small things, like turning on a light switch, flushing the toilet and washing our hands under running water. It was a good experience in many ways, but tough too.
So be careful what you wish for! You might get more than you ever thought possible.
Well, I got a day off, alright, and then days and days without power to boot. Instead of snow we got ice. Lots of it. Every outdoor surface covered. It was beautiful. Just beautiful and dazzling. And awful.
We got our power back today, just about a week after we lost it. My brother brought a generator down on Saturday, so we could plug in the heater and a lamp, but in between was lots of running around, eating out, trying to get the generator started on the coldest day, filling water bottles so we could flush the toilet, and so on. Thank heavens for our close friends down the hill who were going through the same thing. We were in contact all the time, looking out for each other and finding strength in our common plight!
We are so thankful for our electricity today, for all the small things, like turning on a light switch, flushing the toilet and washing our hands under running water. It was a good experience in many ways, but tough too.
So be careful what you wish for! You might get more than you ever thought possible.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
One of My Favorite Sites
I love to sew. My mother taught my when I was about 8 or 10, and I've been sewing ever since. It is one of the most valuable things she has taught me (and she's taught me a lot!).
My favorite sewing site is Sense and Sensibility, which is a pattern company. Jennie Chancey, the owner, sells historically inspired (and accurate) patterns for several different eras. I've used several of her patterns. The Regency dress, of course, is the one I've used the most, but I've also made items from her Edwardian apron, the Romantic era pattern, and the Regency Spencer. I love her directions - they make it seem like Jennie is right there, looking over your shoulder, and anticipating your questions before you ask them. Her patterns are the ones that Simplicity produced for their Regency patterns, too!
Now she's got a new deal - e-patterns! For a small fee, you can download some of her patterns and print out the pieces yourself! How cool is that?! Now you don't have to pay for shipping, and you don't have to wait for the pattern to come in the mail. Here's the link to her site and the e-patterns: http://www.sensibility.com/pattern/main/?page_id=50
I have recommended her Regency gown pattern many times to people who wanted to have dresses of that style, and now I think it is great that there is such an easy way to have her patterns in hand very quickly. It was funny a year or so ago to go see a local stage production of Pride and Prejudice and notice very quickly that the women were all wearing dresses made from Jennie's patterns!
One of the other great things about Jennie's site is that she has a fabulous forum. I check out the discussion boards almost every day, and have 'met' many nice women there. They are sew helpful with any sewing questions, whether they are historical in nature as well, and they are so very knowledgeable! It is like The Republic of Pemberley in that there are no arguments, no flaming, and it's all child friendly. In fact, there are some young women on that website that are more capable seamstresses than I'll ever be!
Go check it out! :-)
My favorite sewing site is Sense and Sensibility, which is a pattern company. Jennie Chancey, the owner, sells historically inspired (and accurate) patterns for several different eras. I've used several of her patterns. The Regency dress, of course, is the one I've used the most, but I've also made items from her Edwardian apron, the Romantic era pattern, and the Regency Spencer. I love her directions - they make it seem like Jennie is right there, looking over your shoulder, and anticipating your questions before you ask them. Her patterns are the ones that Simplicity produced for their Regency patterns, too!
Now she's got a new deal - e-patterns! For a small fee, you can download some of her patterns and print out the pieces yourself! How cool is that?! Now you don't have to pay for shipping, and you don't have to wait for the pattern to come in the mail. Here's the link to her site and the e-patterns: http://www.sensibility.com/pattern/main/?page_id=50
I have recommended her Regency gown pattern many times to people who wanted to have dresses of that style, and now I think it is great that there is such an easy way to have her patterns in hand very quickly. It was funny a year or so ago to go see a local stage production of Pride and Prejudice and notice very quickly that the women were all wearing dresses made from Jennie's patterns!
One of the other great things about Jennie's site is that she has a fabulous forum. I check out the discussion boards almost every day, and have 'met' many nice women there. They are sew helpful with any sewing questions, whether they are historical in nature as well, and they are so very knowledgeable! It is like The Republic of Pemberley in that there are no arguments, no flaming, and it's all child friendly. In fact, there are some young women on that website that are more capable seamstresses than I'll ever be!
Go check it out! :-)
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