Busy, Busy, Busy....

Wow, what a week. I was so glad when it was 3:35 p,m, on Friday!!! I subbed in 4th grade on Thursday and Friday and they kept me on my toes. A good many of the kids I had in class I have known since they were in 1st grade so it is so hard to believe they are now 4th graders with hormones starting to rage!!! On Friday afternoon I had to have a little talk with the kids about being "popular" and "not popular". A couple of girls had their feeling hurt during the day and were in tears - friends calling friends names!! Overall, I had a good 2 days.

In my Art Methods class on Thursday we made a Pinch Pot and that was alot of fun. Clay is alot of fun to work with and a great stress reliever. This is a 4 week class and we are having to turn in 30 lesson plans and 2 unit plans. Let the fun begin.

Summer and her friends have been hanging out on the weekend. Last weekend they went rock climbing and this weekend they went to Tallahassee and walked around the downtown marketplace. I am sure the traffice was horrible as FSU was playing a game this afternoon (they lost). She is still looking for a job so hopefully something will turn up soon. She does not want to work fast food becuse of her eating disorder and I respect that decision. She has painted a couple of wall murals for our next door neighbor so maybe she will get a couple of jobs from that or maybe even do some babysitting. Keep your fingers crossed she finds something soon, she is about to break me!!

Hope everyone had a great week and a great weekend. So far so good for us. I am looking forward to just relaxing tomorrow.

See ya later.

Hunter's Birthday and other happenings

Well, my baby turned 11 years old today. That just does not seem possible. For that matter Zachary should not be getting ready to turn 13 and Sommer sure should not be 16!! Wow, time has flown by!! Hunter did not have a birthday party this year. Time got away from me in trying to plan a party so I bribed him with money - that always works with my kids!!! We did go out with mom and dad and ate dinner at Victor's tonight and then came home and had birthday cake.

Hunter has also signed up to play tackle football this year. I was very surprised when he told me he wanted to do this. So far things have been good and he shows no signs of wanting to quit. I thought he might after practice this past Saturnday - first practice in full pads. I am very proud of him. Said part of the reason he wanted to play was because the football players always get the girls!!

Zach did not want to play football but he does like going to the games for the middle school. Was mad he missed the big middle school tonight in order to go out to eat. He is having a good school year so far. He has been invited to take the SAT and ACT - some 7th grade honor program through Duke University. He says he wants to do it so I guess I will be signing him up for that. I am very proud of him as not many are asked to participate.

Sommer has also been busy with school. She is going on the schools Europe trip over Spring Break, will be gone April 6 - 15. She is very excited about this trip and I am so glad she decided to go. She has also been painting alot and has a couple of paintings she is going to enter in the North Florida Fair.

I have been busy with my classes. This past month has not been a good month but all matters have been straightened out so things should be smooth sailing from here out - I hope!! All the homework is about to do me in. I do not know what I was thinking when I decided to go back to school. At least the end is getting near.

Chuck has been busy with work. Even though he now works close to home he is never home!!! Go figure.

That is all for now. Time for bed.

Back from Cozumel!!!

Well, we made it back from Mexico and no one got sick!!!! The cruise was a lot of fun...I did miss Chuck since he was not able to take off from work and go with us. The kids did pretty good and I did not have to get on to them too much!! This was our second cruise so we knew a little of what to expect this time around. Our first cruise was on Royal Caribbean and this last one was with Carnival. Now, not to put Carnival down, I do prefer Royal Caribbean. Obviously each cruise has its pluses and minuses. Carnival has a great water park on board with some great water slides and Hunter enjoyed Camp Carnival.

Can not believe that school is going to be starting up on August 13!!! Where did the summer go to? Well, that is all for now. I got to get busy and start studying for my General Knowledge test I have to take in a couple of weeks. I think I start back to school on August 24 - ugh!!!

Second Week of Summer Vacation ALREADY!!!

I can't believe we are starting the second week of summer vacation. Time flies over the summer. So much to do and so little time to get it done. I did manage to drop my June class so I have a little more time on my hands. Chuck is busy at work, the boys are leaving tomorrow to go to Alabama for 2 weeks so Sommer and I are going to the beach somewhere here in Florida!! We just have to make up our minds where we want to go. She really wants to go parasailing so we will see what happens.

Hunter is going to 4H camp as soon as he gets back from Alabama so we went shopping for camp stuff this morning. This will be his first sleep away camp but he is excited and I think he will have a blast. They get to go canoeing and kayaking - sounds like fun to me. Zach did nbot want to go so maybe we will go to Wild Adventures or Universal while Hunter is at camp.

Gotta run do laundry so that is all for now.

Enjoy your week.

Fun TImes Up Ahead

Well, it is June and school is officially out!! Sommer is still working on a couple of classes through Florida Virtual but she is almost done. I can not believe she will be a high school junior when school starts back up in August. Zach will be in 7th grade and Hunter will be in 5th grade...time flies!!

I have decided to take the month of June off from school. I will have to take the class next summer but I needed a break. When classes start the end of August I will be ready to go!! If all goes as planned, I should have my degree in 2011, Sommer and I will graduate at the same time. I wish I had thought about becoming a teacher sooner but better late than never.

Hunter is getting ready to go to sleep away camp in a couple of weeks. He will be gone for a week at Camp Cherry Lake in Madison, Fl. It is a 4H camp and it sounds like alot of fun.

Zach has no real plans, just to have fun and hang with his friends.

Sommer plans on spending the summer at the beach and she and I are thinking about taking a girls only cruise in July - we are waiting on her passport.

Hope you have a great week and we will talk again soon.

New Week Off and Running

It is Monday and it is going to be a busy week. I saw my gastro dr this morning and got the results from my colonoscopy. Everything was fine so at least I do not have to go through that awful prep again for another 5 years!! Summer has dr apointments on Tuesday and I have appointments again on Wed and Thurs. Trying to see everyone before my UHC comes to an end at the end of the month.

Hunter had his science project due today so hopefully that all goes well. Nothing like waiting to the last minute to complete a project. Zach did his project on his own and I did not even realized he had already completed and turned it in.

Had a great Mother's Day. Sommer and I went to the mall for a little while and then I came home and lounged in the pool for an hour or so. Very peaceful afternoon.

Gotta run some errands before picking Hunter up at school and going to class myself this evening.

Have a great Monday!!

It's Saturday!!!

Yes, it is finally Saturday. So much to do but no desire to get it done!! Hunter was supposed to go to Sea Searchers this morning to listen to a talk about sharks's but he instead decided to go visit his new puppy Lilly. Lilly is a 6 week old yellow lab that will be coming to live with us on Wednesday!! This was Hunter's present from the Easter Bunny this year. Zach got 2 hermot crabs and 1 has already gone to the big crab cake in the sea.

Chuck had to work today but is off tomorrow and is then off next Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Of course, I am working at the school next Friday so we will not get a chance to do anything without the kids.

Sommer and her friends just came in so I assume they will be out at the pool. Maybe I can talk them into dipping the pine straw out of the pool while they are out there. I was in the pool earlier this afternoon and the water is really nice today.

I've got to go to CVS or Walgreens and see if they have a Science project display board for Hunter. His project is due on Monday and Wal-Mart did not have the correct size of display board. Keep your fingers crossed that I do not have to make a trip to Tallahassee for this.

Gotta run. Have a great Saturday everyone.