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Lizard

I like to think that I am pretty brave sole. I have done and seen things that most won't by the time they are twice my age.  But that is the path that God chose for me.  Any who yesterday I was helping a teacher friend of mine learn this new, well new to our school, leveled reading intervention program. I went to get the box that the resource material are located in. I sat in on the floor and opened the top. A gecko came at me. Yes I swear it came at me.  (Ok I know in my brain it really was more scared of me then him, but they are gross and scare me.) I lost it, really I lost it! I screamed, yelled and couldn't stop waving my hands around. I was very unnerved. The thing wasn't more than 3 inches long.  Thankfully my teacher friend isn't terrified of them as I am. Her and a student were able to catch it and dispose of it.  BUT, BUT the tail had come off. I had no idea that it kept moving!  ACK, UGH, AHHHHHHHH. That tail moving all by itself totally grossed me out. I felt faint too.

After all the drama I was able to help my friend and move on. But today when I went to get that same box down, I had a student do it and look around BEFORE I touched it.  Yup! 

School is back in session

Well I have taken a nice break for the summer. Traveled more than I have in the whole past 10 years. Seen history in action and sat in really old seats! I even attended a worship service at Westminster Abby. It was beautiful! Very moving too.  The best part of being in London, was that for the first time in 10 years just Brad and I spent quality time together. we missed the girls a lot and boy did they miss us. Evelyn scream cried at us when we got home. My other trips were facanting as a History teacher, learning about American History and going deeper with the causes and effects.

But school is back in session now. I have 23 little darlings and boy are the full of energy. I had many of them when I finished the year out in 2nd. So on a good note they felt really comfortable with me on the down side of that they are comfortable with me so they test the limits more.  ;o)

Well my feet are hurt and my eyes won't stay open much longer.  Happy almost first week is done and behind us!

Busy, busy, busy....

The end of the school year is near!!! Time to clean out those desk and pack it up till it is time to get all back out and ready for a new group of kids.  I am ready for a little break!

I have been making my own cards for a couple of years or more now. I enjoy it and saves us some money. Unless we forget and are in a hurry. When I go make cards I enjoy my Stampin' up consultants Big Shot from sizzix, but I know that isn't something I need since I have a cricut expressions.  So I am looking at getting a small embosser to emboss cards and things I cut. Just can't decide if I am going to go with the more exspensive Cuttlebug from cricut or go with the Texture Boutique from sizzix.  I don't need a machine that will cut, just emboss.  The circut will take larger folders, where as the sizzix will only take the A2 size (still working on understanding what the A2 size means).  Cool thing about my cricut is that I can make my on embossing folders with the designs that I already love.

Price?  Well the sizzix has a bundle that with a discount is pretty cheap, comes with a lot, cricut doesn't have that. But the cricut is a heavier duty machine.  

Got a lot of thinking to do on that.  Off to go scrapbook.  Happy Sunday everyone!

Relay for Life Quilt

I was asked to make a baby clothes quilt. I am nervous so I did one more quick quilt before I made the other one. I have a friend that is raising money for Relay for Life and I decided to make a quilt to donate. I have very much enjoyed working on this quilt. It is my first time working with a jelly roll. I have to admit that it was nice to have most of my cutting done for me.

The words are Faith, Courage, Hope

Church Lady Quilt

For my second quilt I took a class that my mother-in-law taught. It was easy and it is one of those quilts that looks harder than it was. It has a nice light dark contrast. I picked these colors because they are the colors of our bedroom. Yes believe it or not, every room doesn't have a purple theme to it.

Church Lady Quilt

Sweet Memories

Today is a sad day for me. 7 years has past since we lost Alex, but I can close my eyes and remember that day in vivid details. I can even smell the room. I can see the nurse hand us Alex and the Dr. removing the tube. I can even feel his weight in my arms and see my tears glittering on his blanket. The only think that is hard for me now is remembering what he sweet face was like. I try and try, but to no avail. You think back and wish you had taken more pictures or had taken just one certain picture to remember, but in the end you did the best you could to just be there physically and emotionally.

I am thankful that God chose Brad and I to Grace and Alex's parents. I am thankful that he let Alex be with us for a little bit. I also know that we have a tiny angle watching over us each day and that some day we will rock and hold him and get to know Alex. Not going to lie, I have times of hate and so much upset that things didn't turn out the way I wanted them. I try each day to live life in the now and not go back, but times like today are hard.  Here is the few pictures we have of Alex.

God's speed!

Visiting Alex in the NICU the next day

Alex just a day old

Alex 2 days old