Dear Aunt Flo.....

Dearest Aunt Flo,

I am not sure what is delaying your visit, but would you hurry up and get here already! We are anxious to get Try #12 started, but we can't do so without your presence. Of course, once you do finally come for your visit, please let it be the last one for the next 10 months. That would make us the happiest!

Sincerely,

Carrie and MJ

First Saturday Quilt Blocks

It wouldn't be the first Saturday of the month if I didn't share our quilt blocks from this month. We have already decided that we are definitely going to do this again next year as it has been both fun and a great learning experience. We also signed up to do a monthly wall hanging next year, so that will be something to look forward to. We decided to skip our scrapbooking club this month because we didn't really like the kit, and our friends weren't going this month either. I'm not sure we'll do that again next year as we haven't been real excited about the kits and it is an hour drive to get there.

So, without further adieu, here is our fabric from this month.





And the lovely quilt blocks:





The funniest thing just happened - as I was getting ready to publish this post, I JUST noticed that I messed up on one of the squares - can you tell what the problem is???

Celebrity Day

Friday is my day each week to feel like a celebrity. I work in one school Mon - Thur and in a different school on Friday. My Friday school is smack dab in the middle of one of the worst neighborhoods in the city. Lots of alcohol and drug abuse on the part of the parents, high poverty level, abuse, neglect, etc. It is a small school of only 70 kids who are all very needy.

Well, when I go there on Fridays, I always say that it is my day to feel like a celebrity. When I pull up and I'm unloading my car, there are always about 20 kids screaming my name. They fight over who gets to hold the door open for me. Walking up the sidewalk is like walking the red carpet. When the kids see me as they are all walking into morning meeting, they are waving and calling my name. They are so excited to see me each week.

Mostly they love it because we have fun - I take each class for 30 minutes on the computer in the morning, and then for 40 minutes in the afternoon for Science. I'm lucky - just the nature of my job equals fun to the kids - I don't have to try real hard! I don't have to worry about the reading and math, and all of that other day to day stuff.

So, I enjoy my celebrity day each Friday, but I also leave every Friday counting my blessings. Working in a place like that where the kids have such hard lives really makes me thankful for the wonderful life I have. I can't imagine living like they do. I am so thankful for all that I have!

Teachers make mistakes too.....

MJ was telling her 4th graders the difference between nouns and pronouns today.

What she intended to say was: "Pronouns are words like he, she, it, they...."

Instead she said: "Pronouns are words like he, SHIT, they..."

OOPS!

Many boughts of laughter and giggles ensued amongst the 9 and 10 year olds.

Do you ever remember a teacher of yours doing something like that??

Gay Marriage

So, I'm sad for the same sex couples of Maine - sad that their right to marry was granted over the summer and then denied by the voters yesterday. Serioulsy, isn't it 2009 people - it isn't going to hurt anyone if you let same sex couples get married. People honestly don't realize how many rights we are denied when we can't marry.

Thankfully there has been NO hullabaloo here in NH since our law passed. It goes into effect Jan 1. I can't wait to be able to say that I am MARRIED to the love of my life.

To add insult to injury some idiot wrote a letter to the editor in our local paper saying that the reason that we had an abnormally rainy summer was because God wasn't allowing the sun to shine here because gay marriage is legal.

Are you kidding me?!?!

The Naughty Dog Strikes Again...

One day last week, I just couldn't help myself and I got into the trash in the living room:



Then, I enjoyed a package of what was supposed to be my mom's birthday cake:



But I made sure I took my time out on the stairs when my mama came home:





At least I make my mom's laugh - it's a good thing they love me!

Halloween at School

On Friday at school, MJ's team all dressed up as Sn.ow Whi.te and the S.even D.warfs. They also won the school wide door decorating contest for being drug free! Last year they did a Wiz.ard of O.z theme and won as well. Now they have set a precedent and will have to come up with something even bigger and better next year!

Here is the beginning of their part of the hallway:

and here are the doors:






And here is the whole team decked out in all of their glory - I think they look great! Mj is the third dwarf from the left (green hat, orange top). Apparently this pic is going to be in the newspaper!

NaBloPoMo

So, I have decided to join in on National Blog Posting Month. I have been terrible about posting lately, so I figure this may be the kick in the pants that I need to get better about it! I can't promise that I will be really good about posting EVERY day, but I sure will try and we'll see how it goes!

We have both been pretty sick for the past week, so nothing really exciting has been going on around here! We did get out yesterday to have some stamping and scrapping fun. I'll share some pics later!

Here's to writing more this month - anyone care to join me?!?!

Happy Birthday, Baby!

Today is MJ's birthday!! We had a wonderful time celebrating with my family this weekend which is a good thing because we are both sick today!

I had so much fun shopping for her this year - I just had so many ideas!



I even made a fun scrapbook project and included pictures of our trip to the Cape a couple of weekends ago!

I let MJ open a few presents early, and the rest were saved for this morning!


I had lots of fun making the cake too.....

Mello Weekend

After a couple of crazy weekends - it was nice to just chill this weekend! In bulleted form - here is what we did:

*Went to the scrapbooking store and bought some fun stuff to make Hall.oween Cards

*Ran errands- groceries, etc

*Went for a walk with the dogs

*Caught up on TV from last week

*Slept late on Sunday

*Made our picks for the football pool at work

*Went for a walk by ourselves!

*Made the yummiest turkey/swiss sandwiches with homemade guacamole

*Watched the Minn.esota Vi.kings win by the skin of their teeth

*Won an auction on E.b.ay

*Had a cup of tea and watched the snow fall outside (seriously - snow already?!?! I think we are in for it this winter!)

*Watching the Pat.riots (in their throwback jerseys - boy does that confuse me) and hoping they will win

*Getting ready to make those fun Hallow.een cards.

It was an awesome weekend!