HOORAY!!!! TAKS TEST RESULTS

Okay so it's the first day back to school after spring break and reading TAKS results are in!!! As gradelevel leader, I quickly checked our scores to see that 94% of our students passed and 38% commended!!! After that I was able to disect my own class's scores to see that all 16 of my students passed and 50% of them received a score of commended with 1 person making 100%!!!!
I AM SO EXCITED!!! MY HARD WORK PAID OFF AND ALL OF MY LITTLE DARLINGS CAN PROMOTE TO 4TH GRADE (so long as they are passing all subjects, of course)!!!!
I know there are some who don't really understand the excitement....but several of you do!!!

Spring Break!

Well, I just dropped my mom off at the airport! She got here last Friday night and left this morning. We had a good week. First, I am trying to get back into running and living healthy so I did a 5K last Saturday with my friend MR. We had so much fun even though it was a little hilly and we beat our goal time. My mom's luggage was lost so we stayed at home the rest of Saturday. We got a lot of shopping done here in Killeen, in Temple, in Waco, and in Austin. We took the kids to eat and play at Ghattiland. We visited the Dr. Pepper museum. Let's see...Vader was groomed, christmas boxes were broken down and recycled, all my papers were graded, Paprika got a haircut, I made it to a doc appt, I got a pedicure, kids were registered at Central Registration, we played Bunco for a cancer fundraiser, took some pictures, and some other stuff.
We ate well also. Let me remember....Cheddar's, Fuddrucker's, Ghattiland, Bush's, Taqueria, Jason's Deli, oh and we did eat at home a few times also!!!

Thanks mom! We had a great time!

Not much happening!

There isn't a lot happening with us....just the normal stuff, I guess!  Math tutoring started today and I have 8 kids in my group.  SOmetimes i wonder why i sign up for 1 more hour of teaching, but i know the kids need and deserve it!

I joined Gold's on Saturday.  I even signed up to have 9 sessions with a personal trainer.  My first session with my PT is next Tuesday!  I'm excited.  I'm also running in a 5K this coming Saturday with Maureen (she's walking it) but it'll be nice to have someone with me!  I've done one race with my Houston Mom-in-law which was better than the race i did alone!  It really helps to have others around...especially for the motivation to keep going!

My mom is coming this Friday.  It would great if everything was perfect by the time she gets here, but i'm not seeing that happening yet!  Here it is 11:45 at night and i'm waiting for laundry and YES i have to be up at 5:00.

Jacob and Erica have new haircuts that i need to post pictures of!  they both look so awesome!

I'm excited to hear what Aria's baby will be on Monday and am thinking my bro-in-law is insane for having another baby!  But no one asks me these things.... although i find it crazy that his family is about to out-number mine and he's almost 10 years younger than I am!

Today was a field trip day for the 3rd graders....boy were they actin' crazy!  I am most excited for Spring Break to be here but wish I didn't have to grade papers and finalize grades during that time!!!

Just my random thoughts..... see.... now there's no more wondering why i can't sleep.... my brain won't slow down!!  These are all the reasons I crash when Isaac gets home!!!

Huge Bouquet o' Flowers

These are the flowers that my sweetie had delivered to me at school yesterday!!! It is absolutely huge and beautiful!!!!

My Awesome Sweetie

Many may not know that tomorrow is my birthday! I really wasn't too excited about this year, but my awesome sweetie has gone above and beyond to help me celebrate another year of life.
First, he had me order a Shiatsu Massager for myself, from him! So, I did that a couple of weeks ago and have been thoroughly enjoying it! You see, he's so wonderful that he normally massages me whenever I'm feeling stressed. He always usually massages my feet with lotion almost nightly when he's home.
Then, on Monday, I checked the mail and lo and behold a box! This box contained a set of silver hoop earrings with diamonds on each edge.
This morning before work I checked the mail again and had another box!! This time I received a pair of diamond and amethyst earrings. That's my birthstone!
Now...words can't express how special I feel knowing that my wonderful husband is half way around the world and can remember to do all of this for one day of my life! He makes my new year exciting.
I know my Eternal choice was the best choice I've ever made in my life. Because of that choice I have my children and so many more blessings that one could not even begin to count!

Missing my One and Only!!

Well, with Valentine's day just passing and my birthday coming up....thinking of all the fun things that Mr. Nutmeg usually does for me and with me....really makes me miss him a LOT!!

I miss you, Sweetie!!  Here are some pictures I took before he left....I knew these would be the things that I missed....plus some!!

When he's home, ALL the Army stuff (oh, there's so much) is everywhere!  But when he's gone and there isn't much Army stuff around...I really miss it!!
The top of this dresser has been cleaned off since right after he left.  It will remain cleared until he gets home!!
I couldn't get this rotate for some reason, but he always takes his clothes and leaves them.  When he's home, it annoys me!  When he's gone....oh, how I wish his clothes were on the bed!
The infamous leaving of the shoes!!!  Just where ever he is standing when he feels like taking them off...that's where they'll stay!!!  I miss stubbing my toe on his big shoes!!
SSG Nutmeg hung this beautiful towel rack in my bathroom and for some reason his WET towel would somehow still end up on my side of the bed!!  We actually usually always laughed about this....I miss him!!!
 

Annoying 1 Bright Light

This morning on the way to work, a car was behind me that had a missing headlight!  The main problem was that they were driving with their BRIGHT lights on.  SO, one side was on the bright beams and the other side was on regular beams.  I don't know why it annoyed me so badly this morning.  I guess I was thinking that you can buy a headlight pretty cheap and if you get it at AutoZone, the nice salesman might even put it in for you!!!!!  So, I had to drive blinded all the way to work this morning!  Anyway, hopefully none of you will EVER do that to fellow driver.

Just me and the kids!

With SSG Nutmeg being gone, it was just us for Valentine's Day! I guess I sat around the house a little down all day, then it was time for the plans I had actually made! About a month ago, my teacher friend, AW, had suggested going to Chuck E Cheese's. Our thought was that with most people going out on dates and such that CEC's would be a little empty! SO, we invited some other friends whose husbands had to work or are deployed....and boy did the plan backfire! CEC's was busier than ever. We had to wait at the door to be seated like a REAL restaurant! Luckily we all got to sit together in side by side booths and we ate in shifts with the kids. Anyway, here are a few pics of our good time.


I had this one taken as proof that i was there also!!
Even though the girls look washed out, I still like this picture!  Little Paprika looks pretty sweet in this one.  I'm sure that Sage and Rosemary wouldn't call her that very often.
An action shot!
The motorized Chuck E was good enough for Paprika's picture.  She just wanted to stand on the stage with him.
Rosemary with her friend, AW!  They were inseparable that night!

Pinewood Derby '09

We had a lot of fun last night at the Pinewood Derby! Sage's truck won 2nd place! Can you believe 2nd place 3 years in a row???

On this smilebox creation, be sure to view all the photos on each page. You can click on most of the smaller pictures to see what the numbered text is referring to! Enjoy!

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Busy Week!!!

This week is very very busy for us!!!

Monday - school, dance, sign papers in temple with doc

Tuesday - school, tutoring (i teach), mikayla's dental appt

Wednesday - school, dance (til 6)

Thursday - school, tutoring, cub scouts

Friday - school, same day surgery to fix my port...ugh!

So normally I feel like our weeks are busy when Isaac is gone, but this week when you add 2 trips to Temple, the dentist, & cub scouts (not on Saturday)....it just seems like a lot!!!

Any and all prayers are accepted!