Round 1

Conferences round one went pretty well! No real conflicts and I kept time pretty well....almost down to the minute.

Round 2 starts on Thursday! Then I can focus on the second quarter!

Night

Weekend End

You realize that when I filled up with gas it was $2.03, I haven't seen that price in what 2 or 3 years.

Homecoming at ISU was a bust....tailgating was nice! After that the buzz wore off and we were mainly tired. All except for like 3 people who spent the night out on the town...and kept losing each other.

This week it is conference time!

ISU homecoming: Coming Soon

I haven't been up to ISU's homecoming in a year or two. I'm sitting at home all wrapped up in my ISU blanket waiting for next weekend....hoping that the weather will be nice, hoping that I will be feeling great ready to tailgate!

I'm watching Vantage Point at home alone on a Friday night, I'm such a boring person. lol

Band No More

Today was state marching band. We took a rating I which is the best you can get. I will have to say it wasn't the best I've seen them do, but it was cold and muddy and super early in the morning. I made sure that the girls were on the bus with everything loaded and then I went home so I could ride with Sarah. (the other colorguard instructor) there isn't room on the bus and with me being sick this week I didn't want to get motion sickness on a bus ride either.

Any whooo, we walked over to get in with the band and we didn't have marks on our hands.....grrrr like we are really going to sneak in and watch a band show? Sarah yelled to the band director "name" they aren't letting us in. ....she turned and said nothing shrugged and kept walking. We got in, but I'm upset that we are always forgotten about, that we are left out. Colorguard instruction is one of my jobs, I get paid, (little, but paid) I show up for early mornings, extra practices, choreography sessions, I put up with high school girls....and this year more so of the band. I truly believe if it weren't for Mrs. H, Ms. D, and Mrs. D our band wouldn't have made it as far as they did.

I'm a little upset, a little out raged. But it is done and next year I will not be doing this job.


Today was my last day of band! Can't wait to see the pictures turn out! lol I never liked band pictures.

not so good day

home today...bored to death.

did you know that know one is online at one a.m. or 3am or 4am....grrrr lol

I don't know why I couldn't sleep last night, but here I am feeling like crap.

My Family!

Thanks for passing this to me Sarah!

visit to my sister's tomorrow!!!

More baby pictures to come!

Puppy Love

Tonight I went to visit my parents they have 4 little puppies, that are about 3 or 4 weeks old.

Molly (golden lab) and Goliath (big black beast)

1,000 mark

Today my profile online reach 1,000 that means 1,000 people looked at my profile and yet I still haven't found a man. I have been doing the online dating thing for a month....and met two non suitable men and i'm on my way this weekend to hopefully have better luck!

Weekend

Abigail, was born on Friday oh weekend! I'm a happy aunt, I'll be even happier when I get to meet the bundle of joy. Little John seems to be doing ok with the new gift his mom just had.

Friday:
Skipped out on a night out with the girls after the Bedford game and loosing by one point.

Saturday: Clarinda Band Jamberee
We took 1st out of 23 schools....in parade and we took 1st in field. The band worked thier asses off for one week and did well, it will go to thier head, the band director will take it as a sign that they can have a break, even tho it is only 2 weeks until state. The week before was homecoming and the band couldn't walk in a line, at Creston Balloon days we took 4th out of 6, and looked awful, so i'm glad to see some pride in the band.


Sunday: Didn't do too much....and loved it

This week, the unexpected...I don't know what I'm doing!

Oh happy days! New Baby Girl!!

8:20 am Abigail was born!!! 20inches long and 7lbs 6oz. Both mom and baby are healthy!!!

Oh and my interview went well or so I think. They came and video taped my class, and my class treated them like they are invisible. Which is a huge deal.

Happy Friday

Tomorrow!!!! Baby!!!

Abbigail is born (I'm not really sure if this is how they are going to spell her name)

Please help pray for the birth of Abbie and for my sister as she undergos surgery.

I have sinned agains the Lord. 2 Samuel 12:13

Today's quote is "Imagination is everything" by Jane Austin

Today we had a read a million minutes kick off for Camp Read S'more so camping was our theme. I will admit it was pretty cheesy but it served as an ok kick off, that was thrown together litterly over night. Our goal is to read a million minutes by the end of the year....i don't have any idea what our large reward is when we meet our goal...any ideas? I don't think it will take until the end of the year.

www.corningramm.blogspot.com is our site to keep updated on how close we are, and because I'm in charge of the website.

Interview for a video thing is tomorrow....little nervous.

Getting back to my title:

I was reading my devotion again tonight (I'm on a role, 2nights in a row)
story~ lutheran school principal overheard students making fun of a a teacher he brings them to the office and lets them throw darts at the picture of the teacher hanging on the wall. When he removes the picture and shows it to them, there is a picture of Christ underneith. He was all full of holes just like the teacher's picture. "the piercing truth" How often do we talk about others, put others down and not think about how we are sinning against the Lord. Gossip is the hardest thing to get passed at any age. I know when I get together with my friends, we catch up on what is going on with our old classmates or people we know....gossip, we may not call it that, but realisticly that is what it is. Harsh words, rolling of the eyes....we all do it. what do we have to do to make it stop. As a teacher I don't like it when a 5 year old talks back or head bobs back and forth the worst is the rollling of the eyes.....kindergartners shouldn't have that attitude.

Yield/Stop/Road Work Ahead

Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Do not lean on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5

Each day , we are asked to invest ourselves in many things that may have a lasting effect on our life. How can we possibly know what is best? For instance with the market the way it is, the US economy. What do I do about the money I have invested in stocks in my roth accounts? Do I wait it out or pull out while there is still a penny in the account?
The devotion that I read tonight says that we count buy a car after seeing only the dipstick, or buy a house based on the door knob....we need to look at the big picture. I’ve been confused for years on what that is. I know that I could look past the big picture that goes beyond the concerns I have for my day to day life….I already know I have sinned and I guess that is all I need to know. I know that I can’t fix them on my own, well really I can’t fix them at all. I can ask for forgiveness and pray to God that my eyes are open to him and his path. Lord only knows my path has a giant fork in it right now….I keep wanting directions but there aren’t any clear signs.

If I used my map that I had drawn out in Jr. High I would be married, have 2.5 kids, a dog and live happily ever after. Obviously that road map wasn’t working out for me, but I still wanted to dream and hope that it would.

I pray tonight not only for my friend Tyran, but that we can all give our road maps up for that path which Christ has for us.

This made me Smile!!!!