Tuesday, March 21, 2006

A little Tuesday update

I'm home today enjoying my last day of peace for the week. Carson and Andrew, my nephew, are playing relatively quietly, which gives me a chance to print my hotel information and hopefuly catch up on my internet favorites while I catch up on the laundry and decide what to pack for my trip to Jefferson City tomorrow. I'm looking forward to a night at the hotel by myself to do some scrapping and enjoy some quiet.

Thursday is my quarterly state Inclusion Specialist's meeting, whcih means I'll probably not be home until 6 or 7 on Thursday. I somehow managed to totally screw myself out of reduced Spring Break hours this week by scheduling late meetings and a Saturday training this week. Figures.

I plan on stopping by Marshall's and the big Barnes and Noble in Jeff City tomorrow night to shop for baby and wedding gifts. We've gone a few years without wedding or baby showers and suddenly I have three wedding and two baby showers to attend within the next month. I'm thrilled to get to shop for some pink frilly things since both cousins are expecting girls. I always try to get a book for each new baby too, so Barnes and Noble couldn't be more convenietly located right next to Marshalls.

Friday will be half day at work and then an appointment to eval a child in St Gen that afternoon. This may warrant a side trip to the St Gen scrapbook store!

Saturday I will be conducting a 6 hour training on how to include kids with special needs in regular child care programs. It's a ton of work, especially considering that only 3 people have signed up so far!!! It's harder to work with such a small group since they easily tire of answering every question. We'll see how it goes.

Sunday I am hoping to chill out and do nothing. I think it will be well deserved. Have a great week!

Thursday, March 16, 2006

Because this blog has been very neglected...

53 more things you need to know about me...lol

stolen from Dawn

1. How tall are you? 5 ft 8 inches

2. Do you own a gun? nope

3. Rehab? not so far!

4. Have you ever killed an animal? unintentionally while driving. I hit a huge dog on the way to my first day at my interniship. It was not a good morning.

5. Are you Irish? no, English and German

6. What do you think of hotdogs? all beef ones are nice, I'll pass on the multiple animla variety

7. What's your favorite Christmas song? O Holy Night

8. What are your favorite sound(s)? ocean waves, Carson's sweet little voice

9. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? a 44oz water with lots of ice

10. Do you do push-ups? not yet, but it's only my first week at Body Pump class

11. Have you ever done ecstasy? no

12. Have you been shot? honestly, how many people who are of the mindset to fill out these silly things are going to have been hanging out where they will get shot?!?!

13. Have you ever been hospitalized? just to give birth and due to pregnancy complications

14. Do you like painkillers? if I'm in pain

15. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex? I don't know. They just always seemed to show up and be interested.

16. Do you own a knife? the kitchen kind

17. Do you have A.D.D.? no, but some of my relatives and cowrkers seem to

18. Do you love the pain a tattoo brings? wouldn't know. I detest tattos.
19. Whats in your cd player? Jim Gill...The Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes

20. What's under your bed? whatever Spanky has drug under there

21.Current Hair? cut and highlighted about a week ago...much shorter than I was planning, but still cute

22. What are you wearing? sweaty workout clothes..an old t-shirt, track pants and tennis shoes

23. Current Worry? how big my tax bill is going to be

24. Current Love? hmmm..Girl Scout cookies?

25. Current Hates? being behind at work

26. Favorite Place To Be. the Caribbean

27. Least Favorite Place To be? getting my taxes done

28. If You Could Play any Instrument? Piano or guitar so I could sing along!

29. Favorite Color(s)? I like lots of them

30. Person(s) From Your Past You Wish You Could see again? nobody...I'll see them soon enough

31. Where Would You Like To Go To College? I would like to teach at a college near the Caribbean Sea

32. Where Do you want to live? see above

33. favorite food? right now? Mexican..I'm thinking Tacos for dinner

34. Number of pillows you sleep with? 3

35. What do you wear when you go to sleep? a nightgown or sometimes PJ's

36. What were you doing 12AM last night? reading a magazine in bed until 1:00am

37. What do you think you'll be doing in 10 years? hmmmm..maybe have a PhD and another child

38. Are you paranoid? I think about what might happen alot, but I don't really worry about it

39. First piercing/tattoo? ears, that's it

40. last person you yelled at? probably Greg, but it's been a pretty yell-free week

41. Last thing you ate. a Rice Crispies treat

42. If you could be a pirate, would you? no. I hate violence

43. Do you have an iPod? no, but my birthday is April 20th if anyone wants to contribute

44. When and why and where did you last vomit? yesterday. Ate bad shrimp. End of story.

45. What's in your pockets right now? i don't have any

46. What color are your eyes? blue

47. Do you have any piercings? two in each ear, but I only wear one

48. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? hot pink

49. Have you ever won any awards? Lots of sales awards when I sold Papmered Chef and a scholarship to college

50. How many TV's do you have in your house? 2

51. Have you ever sprained/broken/fractured a bone? numerous sprained ankles, one broken toe that grew back very crooked
52. Who do you tell your dreams to? whoever will listen, I talk a lot!

53. If you could pick one person to make out with who would it be? Greg, unless I happen to meet Keith Urban tomorrow.

Monday, March 06, 2006

A brand new week

Thank goodness a new week is here. With my inlaws out of town last week, things went south in a handbasket very quickly. The week started ok, but by Wednesday afternoon I wasn't feeling too well and after Ash Wednesday service in the evening, I had the full blown flu. The whole "sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, stuffy head, fever" flu. It was worse on Thursday, which is the only day I didn't have a sitter lined up. Carson was very good given that he had to stay inside with me and be quiet all day. Friday was my class field trip to St. Louis Children's Hospital and the St Louis Teacher's Recyle Center. All went well, with every student showing up on time and behaving relativelty professionally (other than our office practicum student who had boyfriend drama and showed off her large low back tattoo every time she bent over. Nice.) I felt well enough to scrapbbok Friday night and threw a fabulous shower for my friend on Saturday. I was very diappointed that only 12 of the 30 people on the guest list showed up, but she still had a good time.

Yesterday was church and small group study in the morning. At 1:00, I made the monumental return trip to the gym that I have been postponing for the last 5 months!!!! I actually felt terrific after my workout, even though I was so congested I could barely breathe. My friend, Lisa, met me at the gym and she is now a huge motivation for me to get back on track. She looks great!

Today I'm working in Oran and then at the office this afternoon. I have a hair appointment tomorrow, a few scattered appointments the rest of the week and I leave to present at the Conference on the Young Years Friday. I'll return Saturday evening.
I'm off to start the day!