Today, after running to town, picking up matthew for work, running errands and then having Matthew find out that he didn't work today afterall, I went home and worked in my garden. It is amazing how awful it looked after winter. But it is equally amazing how soft the ground was and how easily the weeds came up. I have so many tulips that are ( Read more... )

   So I  went to work and as soon as I walked in, Barney says in a chipper voice," How are you today," I replied better than I was yesterday ( Read more... )

Today I went back to work. The teacher I work with  ( we call him Barney)had every single inch of horizontal surface covered with sped paperwork that he needed my help with. I spent most of the day doing it while teaching my six classes and doing my own work. Tomorrow is a district meeting and that means that instead of only having my own classes ( Read more... )

   Boy was I ever weepy today when we left Utah. Scott called Ross on the phone to say goodbye, but I was still crying from having left Melissa and her family.   I know it is really silly because I already have tickets for Spring break, but that's just the way it was. It was such a glorious weekend. So rewarding. so many good memories..Cameron's  ( Read more... )

Yesterday I had a hard time not smiling.  We got into Salt Lake city at 10:15am and got our rental car. We arrived at Melissa's at eleven am and i went to the door first to greet Connor and watch him look around me for ME ME...But's that's okay because Scott went to Provo last night and I got to be the one with Connor in Church today without ( Read more... )

    Today, after a long day of dealing with other people's kids, I was in line in the postoffice, and my cell phone rang...it was my  precious daughter. There was nothing earthshattering about her call, she just called to let me know about her day and some decisions she had made. I just loved that so much. Then, while I was driving home, another ( Read more... )

 I think the best thing about getting old is finally being at a point where I have learned from the multitude of mistakes I have made during my life. My regret is that I was not smart enough to watch other people make mistakes and learn from THEIR mistakes...which would have saved me a lot of time and PAIN>>>>!
    But alas...I will take the hand I ( Read more... )

   My life seems curiouser and curiouser to me. I am so afraid of flying, yet everytime I see an sale for airfares, I seem to be obsessive about finding a way to work it into a trip to see Melissa and 'the boys".  This Friday we are leaving right after work to go to Portland, take my granddaughter Emma out to dinner for her birthday, and spend the ( Read more... )

   I find myself often slipping into sad and poor me feelings at the end of the day....usually after a visit with my mom.  She has a way of raining on a perfectly good experience.  Case in point, thursday....I had 1 hour after work to go to the bank (20 miles from work) go to REI to pick up a package,(another 5 miles) and pick up my mom's ( Read more... )

 Today was Ross's birthday. The days that I celebrate the birth of my children is very nostalgic for me. Ross says I am the cornyist (sp?) mom there is, but I can't help it. My children are my jewels...some are still more in the "rough" than others, but all are precious to me.  I was awake at 2am until about 5am this morning and wrote an email to ( Read more... )