My Boys and Me: 2012

Saturday, February 25, 2012

I just can't keep up with this Blog

I said it was my new years resolution to keep up this blog. But, I guess I have broken that resolution. I'm not sure why it is so hard to keep this blog. I guess, my life isn't that interesting anymore. The boys are still growing and doing well, but there isn't the big changes now that they are getting older. I don't know what it will take for me to keep this up. I thought getting off Facebook would, but not really. Who knows?

Saturday, January 21, 2012

I'm a year older

Thursday was my 38th birthday. Whoop-d-doo. I was not that into my birthday this year. I didn't want a party, not even a dinner out (unless you consider bringing home Taco Bell as going out). I guess as I age, I just don't care anymore about my birthday. But, I found out that MY birthday is a big deal to my children. Ok, will remember that for next year. Oh, and thanks to the boys, they gave me their cold and I've been sick for almost a week. I am ready to start feeling better. As for work, Monday is a teacher work day. As a media specialist, the "teacher work day" takes a whole different turn for me. No more report cards, no more grading papers, and I also don't have to worry about all the stuff teachers have to worry about. I may not be the happiest in my position, but at the same time, there is a lot less pressure to do things. Let's hope that next week can see the entire family healthy and happy.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Is it Friday yet?

This seems to be a very long week. The kids are doing fine, with the exception that William has gone and caught himself a cold. Luckily, it is just a cold and not flu or strep or anything too bad. However, the kid is still miserable with a runny nose, cough, and sneezing. So far, the rest of us have been fine, but I bet one of us will catch it next week. I have had a pretty nice week so far (even though it is lasting forever). On Monday, I conducted my first video conference using our Tandburg unit at school. We connected with NASA for a presentation for our second graders. It was totally awesome! I know those kids would not have had that experience if I wasn't the media specialist. It made me proud to be the media specialist. I have other NASA video conferences coming up, and am looking forward to them. Then, Tuesday was my evaluation for work. But, our school ended up in lockdown about an hour before my lesson, so the principal was tied up with all that stuff, so it didn't happen. We have rescheduled for Jan 19th. It is my birthday, so I wasn't sure if I wanted to have my eval that day, but the secretary told me it would be a lucky day and to go ahead and schedule for that day. So I did. Yesterday I also received my new teaching license that now includes endorsements in Instructional Technology Teacher (K-12) and School Librarian (K-12). Tomorrow, I have a 1/2 day PD, so that will be nice to get away from school for a while. Also, Thursday is the dreaded school board vote on whether or not they will close our school. No matter what they decide, I will just be happy to know. Friday, is a normal day, but during early release we will have a staff meeting to debrief our school closure. Whew! What a week. I'm already looking forward to Sat to rest up!

Sunday, January 1, 2012

New Year's Resolution

My 2012 resolution is to get back into blogging. I blogged for a total of 7 times in 2011. I think it is because I keep everyone up on Facebook. However, that is a sentence here and there. So, I'm going to try to Blog at least once a week during 2012. I hope I can keep up with it because my boys are growing up so fast that in a blink, they will be all grown up and I will have this blog to keep up my failing memory! So, since I haven't blogged since July, let's do a year in review...

2011

January

-Had my birthday - turned 37.

-Had a good snow storm.