Throw in the Towel

Do you ever feel like throwing in the towel? Do you ever feel like what you are doing is NOT working? Do you ever say, "If I had to do it all over again, I would do things very differently?

That's how I felt today. Actually, I have felt like this many times but today there was a much stronger feeling.

I know that I need to remain strong and keep moving forward. I have to remember these words from the wise, "You may not see your impact for years to come." I wish I could reap the benefits now, but I guess this is one of those trials of faith.

Birthday Thrice

So part of my birthday present from Debbie was to go to the movie with some friends; Debbie, Debbie, Melody, and Tricia. I picked Marley and Me. Cindy, a teacher friend from school, said to leave the theatre after the rainy night part. Well I stayed in the theatre and watched the whole thing.

It was a movie that had you laughing, crying and reliving some parts of life that many of us go through. I enjoyed the movie a lot but mostly it was fun to be out with friends. I feel blessed to have friends such as these girls. Thanks for thinking of me.

When we got to the car there was an added surprise: a gift from Tricia. It was a homemade scarf. Tricia made it herself. It is beautiful. Like Ashlea says, "Your birthday should last the whole month."

Birthday Twice

Today I got a surprise from Ashlea and Grace. They brought me chocolate covered strawberries for my birthday. They were yummy! Grace also made me the cutest little birthday card. I love you guys!

46th Birthday

My birthday was a good one this year. Before school began Debbie came to my room with a huge key lime cupcake, a bag full of goodies and a date with friends to the movies. When I let the students in two of my students brought me flowers and one student who was brand new to my class just the day before brought me a stuffed bear. How sweet. In the morning Debbie's class walked in and went to the front of the class to sing her special Birthday song. One of these days I'm going to write it down. I love it! At lunch I opened up my e-mail and Melody sent me an e-mail wishing me a happy birhtday. At specials time my teammates all gathered together to sing Happy Birthday to me, have Beehive cake and give me a balloon and a gift. After school my family came and picked me up and we went out to eat at Kobe Japanese Steakhouse. I love that place. On the way home we stopped at Toujays and they bought me a chocolate cake with cheesecake in the middle. It was a good day!

Garage Sale

Andrea, Taylor and I spent Friday having a garage sale. I have had these boxes sitting in my bedroom for over a year. Mark finally gave me a deadline. I had to have all the stuff out by January 7. I need deadlines. Otherwise, I just put things off. Andrea and I sat doing Sudoku puzzles and Taylor spent the day playing with all the garage sale stuff. People didn't know that some of the things were for sale because he was playing with them.

After people came, looked and then left Andrea and I would say, "You didn't like any of our junk?" It also amazed us at what people would buy. They would buy the junky stuff and not the good stuff. Maybe because the junky stuff was only a quarter and the other stuff was dollars. I remember this one group of ladies got out of the car and said, "We want to know where the quarter stuff is."

On Saturday it was just Taylor and I hanging out together at the garage sale. He wasn't as active on Saturday. He sat and read a Harry Potter book while I did some more of my Sudoku puzzles. We had a good time together. He had this box that was called the free box. Many people enjoyed looking through that stuff than the real stuff. Taylor got a kick out of giving his stuff away.

When the day was finally over we boxed up the leftovers and took it to Goodwill. All in all it was a good garage sale.