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I know.....I've been slovenly and not posted in a week and a half, but, in my defense, I've been busy!

School has been sooooooo busy, in fact, last Friday I had students in my office, taking tests or a quiz every period of the day!!! I was so busy, I went home with an amazingly huge headache!!!

And then by the end of the week, I'm so tired, I don't want to write anything. PLUS....I've been faithfully working out every day at the gym!

Nothing much happening, but I will ask for prayer for kelly, scott and harper. You can check out her blog and http://www.kellyskornerblog.com/ and read updates on baby Harper's progress.

I will write more this weekend....I promise!

well.....

Hey there......

Not sure what to write today, although I've been lazy this week and not blogged. As I've said before here....way back.....we have internet all day at school, communicate with other teachers thru office email. So by the time I'm done with all the little things to do after getting your 8 yr. old little guy home and fed and bathed.....I'm ready to crash in my favorite chair. Being on the internet isn't a top priority. And when I do check in, it's to simply do that....check in on everyone else's blog but I don't have time to write in mine.

So, have any of you out there made any of those New Year's Resolutions???? I really didn't make one, per say, but I'm going to do my utmost to lose 50 lbs. this year. I think that is definitely doable. I joined the gym up the road and so far, I've been maybe about 10 times. Not bad, especially over break. Last week, I went faithfully 4 days and spent about 45 minutes, walking, doing the elliptical and then arm work on the machines, and rounding it out with my 20 min. in the tanning bed.....as my reward, but also to help my psoriasis go away. I'm determined to get in better shape and if that will aide the losing weight process, then yippee for me! I don't mind it.....I go right after school before I get JEB, so it's not inconvenient.

I'm also going to do better at spending time with the LORD. I try to have a devotional when I first get to work, but there always seems to be something that is more pressing. Guess that's Satan working. Gotta work on that.

Well, everyone enjoy their Sunday afternoon nap....I'm off to scrap a little and maybe try a nap myself!

Like my new look????

Isn't it just adorable???? Mackenzie, you've done it again!! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!!! Someday, I'll have to get a lesson from you on how to do that. Maybe when you come visit me this summer!

Thanks babe.....I adore it!

10.....9....8....7......

Ok, so how many of you really stay up and watch the countdown to the New Year??? I remember doing it when I was a teenager and when I was on my own, I think simply because I didn't have a life or anything else to do on New Year's Eve.

Although, I do remember going to church and having a party....playing games and such, then having a service like from 11pm til midnight and praying in the new year. Not a bad way to start off, huh???? I think now they really only do stuff for the youth, but I always did enjoy that prayer service. Then we'd watch movies all the rest of the night and have breakfast at church in the morning. It really was quite fun.

Well, I hope all of you reading have a wonderful New Year's Eve.....or whats left of it and my prayer is that you seek God's will for whatever He has in store for you in this new year.

Well, we're home!

Hey!

We actually got back on Friday and not Saturday as we had planned. Which was nice because it's always nice to be home after being gone for a couple of days.

We had a great time visiting with PaPa and Grandma Sue and Auntie Debra. Christmas was good....JEB got a haul you can't even imagine!! We also got to see my sister/hubby and kids on Christmas Eve, which was quite nice! They live 2 hrs. north of where my father-in-law lives and it was nice that they could drive down for dinner!

I have to say that staying in a hotel on Christmas Eve and waking up there Christmas morning with no tree or anything Christmasy was kind of odd, but ok. But I was glad to get home. We also had a chance to have lunch with all of his vball girls from Pkway, the school we were at for three years, which was a very nice way to end our visit home.

We had our Christmas on Saturday morning and JEB enjoyed opening all of the presents, especially the ones that were NOT his!! He really didn't care WHAT was in the package, he just wanted to rip off the paper!

Also, just wanted to ask those of you who read this to pray for a couple of people for me today.....if you click the link on my sidebar to MckMama's website, you will be able to read about her infant, Stellan, who survived a pre-birth heart condition and came out whole and well, PRAISE GOD, but is now at 8 wks old is fighting RSV and is in very serious condition. Please pray that GOD will heal his little body and that he would get well.

Another prayer request is for our school football coach, ROCK, who is battling two types of blood cancer and will at the end of January, be going for a stem cell transplant in Atlanta. At the moment, he is battling the flu, but his kidneys are not doing well either. Pray for GOD to heal his kidneys so that this transplant will go on as planned. Pray for his family as well. He has three older children, but a teenage son and a pre-teen daughter at our school. This will be a long journey for them.

As for me, I'm going to continue to enjoy my week off and do all the little things around the house that I don't have the time or the energy to do on a regular basis.

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!! IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!

Happy Birthday to me! xx Happy Birthday to me! xx Happy Birthday, happy birthday,
Happy Birthday to me!! xx

Well, it's here and I'm definitely going to make the most of MY day!!! My sweet hubby had a card and a certificate made for me waiting on the kitchen counter.......too cute!! Now, we will go shopping and have a wonderful day!!

Hope everyone has a great holiday and Christmas week. We are off to Alabama till Saturday, but I hope all of you have a great week.

only 4 more days...........

Can you even believe that in one week, it's Christmas/????? This has been an interesting season for me....I really don't want anything. Usually, there is one or two of something that I really want, but this year.....nothing really is striking my fancy. I mean, what could you want besides.........
my health, my wonderful husband and son, a house to live in, a car to drive, a good job, to be in decent shape financially, food to eat, and a loving Savior.???? What else could I possibly want in this world?????

Thank you Jesus for coming to earth just to save ME! Thank you Jesus for loving me enough to die in my place on that cross. Thank you Jesus for being in TOTAL control of every aspect of my life. Thank you for letting me be one year older.......even if it is closer to 50 than 40.