A Mommy To A Princess

WOW its been a long time

2006-09-23T11:47:00.000-05:00

Hey everyone! Its been a long time since I posted. Not much really going on here. Just waiting for the bad storms that are headed this way.

Yesterday was miserable at work. One of the preschool teachers has had to take a six week medical leave and they pulled me out of my room to feel in for her. The only problem is the other teacher has NO control over the kids at all and she "hates having to be mean". WTF You've got to make the kids behave. So I was agravated over that and then during nap, I went to do the DAILY books, and they hadn't been done since the first week of September!!!! I spent two hours updating 2 1/2 books. You should be able to do it in like 20 min. if they had been kept up with. The other teacher didn't even know where her books were at, so evidently she hasn't updated at all this school term. If state was to come in, this could so cost us our license. I told a couple co-workers yesterday that before this six weeks was up they were going to have to lock me in the lunny-bin.

The day from HELL!!!!

2006-04-18T20:54:00.000-05:00

Today was my first day back at work since surgery and it was HELL!!! Little to my knowing, my boss took head teacher away from the lady that has it for 4 years and gave it to me, so everyone is pissed at me because they think I asked for it. HELL no I didn't ask for it, now I'm even more buried in freaking paper work than I already was!!!

Then, we have annual review meetings coming up starting this week, so I am having to get new IEP's, goals, and letters done up. So I go to print out notices of conference and my blasted computer decides not to recognize my printer, so I have to leave my room and go to the other building and do my notices. By the time I get done with that, I go back to the main building to get them ready to go home and find out we've got some goals and objectives from this year MISSING!!! So before these two conferences on THURSDAY I have to redo and totally update these two sets of goals and objectives!!! Needless to say I'm pissed that someone pulled these and failed to but them back!!!

So my first day back was not the best in the world...the week can only get better right? Nope, we have to take our class of 20 and the 4 year old preschool to Little Rock Friday to watch The Incredibles On Ice. Fun, Fun, Fun!!!

Just a picture of this sweet child

2006-04-10T22:31:00.000-05:00

I wanted to share a picture of Kaylen. If you didn't know the characteristics of DS you would never know that there was anything wrong with her.

On my soap box

2006-04-10T21:45:00.000-05:00

I am so pissed at some ignorant people in the pageant community right now. KayLyn's modeling coach has a niece that has Down's Syndrome and she is a very beautiful child and she competes in pageants all the time and does wonderful. Well, a couple weekends ago, she competed in her first ever State Pageant and won several overall titles as well as 0-3 Beauty Supreme. Well, of course her mom and aunt had a congrats banner made for her and posted on the congrats board. Well, today some idiot decided to bash this innocent child. I've included everything the person said below.

"I HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH THIS! WHY WOULD YOU PUT A CHILD IN A BEAUTY PAGEANT THAT HAS DOWN'S SYNDROME? THIS CHILD OBVIOUSLY DOES. THIS IS CRUEL, MOM ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SYMPATHY TITLES, THIS IS THE WORSE THING I HAVE SEEN IN A WHILE! SHAME ON YOU FOR PUTTING YOUR CHILD THROUGH THIS. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED AND DHS NEEDS TO BE NOTIFIED. THIS IS THE WORSE KIND OF ABUSE! YOU ARE SO CRUEL MOM. THINK ABOUT IT?"

"Pageants are not a place for retarded children, i am sorry but that is the cold truth. And she likes it, how would you know,, b/c she probably doesn't have the ablility to decide b/c of her disablity. You are a sick a demented person to put your child through this. I guess you want people to laugh at you and make fun of your child. That would be the cruel part. You have the major problems lady. No one bashing your child, just making the statement that a DS kid doesn't belong in pageants, THAT IS PURELY SICK! And lady didn't she win b/c of default, no one was there to give her competition, their are plenty of online sites that sell crowns and banners , just go buy you one, stop embrassing your child and yourself. You are disguisting."

Well, needless to say, the pageant community in Arkansas has come unglued on the person that has posted the above messages. It is people like this that give pageants a bad name. I mean I'm looking at this in two aspects: 1 as a pageant mom and 2 as a mom of a child with a disabilty.

Kaylen (Talice's neice) is awesome on stage, she is a little personality power house, and when she is dressed up and has her hair and make up done, you can barely even tell she has DS. And the comment about them not knowing if she wanted to do it or not is so untrue, if Kaylen didn't want to do it, an army couldn't drag her on stage, she is that strong willed. The only good thing I guess I can say about this is the outpour of support that they have gotten from other people in the pageant community and I really feel sorry for whoever is doing the bashing, because WHEN someone finds out who is doing it, the person that has said all of it will be so out of place and left out at pageants, because no will won't anything to do with them because of their attitudes toward children. I mean if that's how they feel, can you imagine what they are teaching their child or children about people with differences or disabilities?

I'm still alive!!!

2006-04-06T19:02:00.000-05:00

Hey everyone!! Yes, I'm still alive, this surgery just had me down for a while. After the surgery, I had a reaction to something they used in surgery, so I've been down for another two weeks for that. I'm finally back up on my feet and will be going back to work right after Easter. Boy am I glad too, I've got so much work to catch up on once I get back, I don't think I'll ever see the light of day for a while due to annual review conferences which start the week I go back. Other than my recovery, not much going on here. I hope everyone is doing okay. Have a great night!!

:) Hey all!!

2006-03-20T20:57:00.000-06:00

I hope everyone has had a good day. I'm still healing from the surgery, but now I have developed some kind of reaction to something and have developed an itchy rash and staying pretty loaded on Benadryl. I go tomorrow to get this first bandage off my leg and get the stiches out and hopefully she will let me start walking a little. Other than that, there's not a lot going on here.

It all went well

2006-03-07T10:11:00.000-06:00

Well, I made it through surgery. I went in at 7:15 and they repaired the tendon and found a compressed nerve. They fixed the nerve also. I was home by 1:30 yesterday afternoon. I'm not really in that much pain, it feels kinda funny because they've got it wrapped so much it looks like I have no foot. I'm confined to my wheel chair until the 21st, thats when I go back and get the stitches out. Hopefully I'll get to start walking some then.

Tomorrow's the day

2006-03-05T19:29:00.000-06:00

Well, tomorrow is my surgery day. I should be home by around 5 if not before, because my surgery is at 7:15 and its only going to take an hour. They're not going to sleep me, they're going to do a block behind my knee kinda like an epideral (sp), so I should only be in recovery like an hour or so. I'll update as soon as I can tomorrow or Tuesday.

Here's a little something I wanted to share:
ASAP
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There's work to do, deadlines to meet,
You've got no time to spare,
But as you hurry and scurry --
ASAP: Always Say A Prayer

In the midst of family chaos,
"Quality time" is rare,
Do your best, let God do the rest --
ASAP: Always Say A Prayer

It may seem like your worries
Are more than you can bear.
Slow down and take a breather --
ASAP: Always Say A Prayer

God knows how stressful life is;
He wants to ease your cares.
And He'll respond ASAP
If we Always Say A Prayer
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Come to me,
all you weary and heavy laden,
and I'll give you rest
Matthew 11:28

TGIF Fellow Bloggers

2006-03-03T18:31:00.000-06:00

Happy Friday everyone!!! I hope everyone has had a good week. Mine has been pretty good, but very busy, getting ready for surgery on Monday. I have to be at the hospital Monday morning at 6:00 a.m. and surgery is at 7:15. I will try to post sometime Monday night or Tuesday to let everyone know how it went. I will be totally off my feet and in a wheel chair for at a minimum of 3 weeks :(

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Friday Five

2006-02-25T11:12:00.000-06:00

Your Five Factor Personality Profile

Extroversion:

You have low extroversion.
You are quiet and reserved in most social situations.
A low key, laid back lifestyle is important to you.
You tend to bond slowly, over time, with one or two people.

Conscientiousness:

You have medium conscientiousness.
You're generally good at balancing work and play.
When you need to buckle down, you can usually get tasks done.
But you've been known to goof off when you know you can get away with it.

Agreeableness:

You have medium agreeableness.
You're generally a friendly and trusting person.
But you also have a healthy dose of cynicism.
You get along well with others, as long as they play fair.

Neuroticism:

You have high neuroticism.
It's easy for you to feel shaken, worried, or depressed.
You often worry, and your worries prevent you from living life fully.
You tend to be emotionally reactive and moody. Your either flying very high or feeling very low.

Openness to experience:

Your openness to new experiences is low.
You're a pretty conservative person, and you favor what's socially acceptable.
You think that change for novelty's sake is a very bad idea.
While some may see this as boring, many see you as dependable and wise.

The Five Factor Personality Test

What's UP

2006-02-23T22:17:00.000-06:00

Not much going on today, actually got to relax a little. B bought me a new cell phone since his died and we couldn't find one like mine, so he got me the new one and took mine. Not much planned for this weekend either, its the weekend before payday, so not much money. Its suppose to be pretty and half way warm, so we may just take K to the park to ride her bike. Hope everyone had a great day.

10 days til surgery.

Howdy!!!

2006-02-21T13:07:00.000-06:00

Greetings fellow bloggers!!! I hope everyone is having a good day. This morning I had to take K to get her iron checked and reevaluated for WIC. According to their reading her iron count was up to 12.1 which is almost 2 pts higher than last week, but I'm wondering if its the difference in a machine doing it and the hospital doing in a lab? But anyways, I'm still going to look at it as an improvement!!

Not much else going on here. Gotta fix a birthday cake for my dad, he's 53 today. I hope everyone has a good day.

Top 10 Finish!!!

2006-02-19T17:41:00.000-06:00

WOOHOO!!! Jr finished in the top 10 at Daytona!! Way to go Jr.

An Icy Day

2006-02-19T10:53:00.000-06:00

Well, the weatherman was right, we got lots of ice. I haven't even attempted to get out. The fartherest I've made it is the porch, and it had to much ice on it for me. So its been a long weekend here. At least Daytona is today, so there will be something on TV. I'm thinking of taking some things off my blog and redoing it yet again. Who knows what I'll end up doing. Well, that's about all thats going on here. Have a safe day. GO DALE JR!!!!!

TGIF

2006-02-17T14:46:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone! I hope everyone's week has been good. We're in for an icy weekend. They are saying that we could have about 2 to 3 inches this weekend :( If it was snow I would be okay, but I don't like the ice. So far leave hasn't been that bad, of course I've been busy with paperwork from the school...my boss has been bringing it by of a morning and picking it up of an afternoon, but that will finish up next week.

We had to take K back to the hematologist yesterday for a check up for her anemia, its still showing that she is severely anemic, they've got it up to 11.3, but they say it needs to be between 13-15. They increased her iron yet again, she now takes it 4 times a day instead of 3 times a day and they upped the amount. We go back in three months to have another check up. If its still low we may have to do a spinal tap to make sure her body is using the iron correctly. I really don't want that. They are now thinking she might have prenious(sp???) anemia, which will require her to take B12 shots in order for her body to correctly produce and use the iron.

Greetings!!

2006-02-15T12:45:00.000-06:00

Hello blogging sisters. Well, I started my 6 week medical leave today. After talking to my boss, we decided this would be the perfect time to start. I will return to work in April. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with myself until surgery. I'll still have to get up to get K on the bus, but I can actually go back to bed if I want. I want know what to do with myself. LOL

Well, I hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Did I scare everyone off?

2006-02-12T17:55:00.000-06:00

Did I scare everyone off with my post yesterday? That wasn't my intention. After I posted yesterday, I went to put my contacts in so we could get ready to go to the store, and B bumped into as I was putting one of them in and we have no clue where it went, and it was my last pair of contacts. So needless to say I spent my day in the eye doctor's office. I went to see if I could just get some more, but I was due for an exam, so they wouldn't let me just get my old prescription :(
So I had to be worked in. I got there at 1:30 and at ten minutes after 4, I finally got to see the doctor. I was so not in a good mood by this time. Now, because they changed the type of contacts I wear I've got to go back next week for them to check them again before they'll give me more than a trial pair.

We have done absolutely nothing today besides be lazy. The count down has til surgery has began. It's only 3 weeks away. I will hopefully start my medical leave on the 1st.

Good Morning

2006-02-11T09:38:00.000-06:00

Well, last night was kind of interesting for me. I was sitting here surfing internet looking for music and I came across this song from Jaci Velsquez, who is a Contemporary Christian artist who I love. I listened to the song, and went on to a different site, but I just kept coming back to this song. So I was like okay God, are you trying to send me a message or something, and then I ended up listening to several more songs about depending on Him and give up all your problems to Him. After I went to bed I got to thinking maybe He was trying to send me a message that if I would turn everything over to Him maybe things would start getting better for me and my family.

So I guess that's the whole point of this post is admitting to myself that maybe I have been trying to take too much away from Him and not depending on enought on my faith and that I am making the comittment from here on out to turn everything over to Him before trying to tackle it on my own.

The video playing is Martina McBride's "God's Will" and it makes me think of so many of my students everytime I listen to it.

Friday Five

2006-02-10T18:38:00.000-06:00

Friday Five

Five things that make me happy...

1. Brent
2. Kay
3. Spending time with family
4. Seeing my students suceed
5. Talking to friends

Borrowed from Java's blog

Snowy Hugs

2006-02-10T18:06:00.000-06:00

We finally got our first round of snow for this winter season. KayLyn had a blast playing in it. She was so funny when she woke up and saw it. She could not wait to get out in it. I'll have to post pictures later. So, needless to say we did not have school today, and thats a very rare event around this part of the state. So, we probably want be doing much this weekend because its not suppose to get above freezing until late Sunday afternoon.

Hope everyone has a nice safe weekend.

:)

2006-02-07T20:33:00.000-06:00

Greetings bloggin' sisters. I hope everyone's week is going good so far. So far mine has been extremely busy. The state is coming in soon, so we've been having to make sure all paperwork is in order, and realized that some of our evaluations were out of date, so our director and myself have been busting our butts trying to get everything caught up.

I have been so bored lately. I wish I knew why. I usually can find something to make me unbored, but nothing is working or keeping my attention. I'm beginning to think that its because my mind is racing with about a million different things and can't settle down. Oh well, not long before bedtime for K, so I gotta go.

It's Super Bowl Sunday

2006-02-05T11:51:00.000-06:00

I don't know about the rest of you, but the means nothing on TV around here. I thinkI've finally got my blog looking like I want it. For now anyways. LOL I totally had to redo it this morning because with blogger being down yesterday, I lost all the improvements I did yesterday plus my post.

Oh well, not much going on here today at all. Hope everyone has a wonderful and safe day, and if you're watching the big game tonight have fun.

TGIF

2006-02-03T17:35:00.000-06:00

Oh my goodness, Thank Goodness its Friday!!! I need a get away weekend, but I don't think that will happen anytime soon. Oh well, I guess I can dream. I go back to work Monday, and hopefully will be able to make it until surgery. One good thing about my surgery being in March is that my 6 week leave will run into Spring Break, so I'll only have to take 5 weeks. Of course knowing this doctor, she may call next week and tell me to come on.

I'm stuck in such a rut...I'm staying so bored. I wish I could figure out what's up. Oh well, maybe I'll find something to do this weekend.

One more day

2006-02-02T22:30:00.000-06:00

Well, one more day until the work week is over. I talked to my doctor today and she scheduled my surgery. It's going to be March 6th. I thought good Lord. By the time the surgery is over and its healed, I'm not going to have any muscle tone left at all in the calf of my right leg. I've been in a cast since December and will continue to be in one until at least 4 weeks after surgery :( At least the one I'm in for now I can take off for short periods of time. Oh well, off to bed to see if this foot will let me get enough sleep to go back to work tomorrow.

It's Hump Day

2006-02-01T18:53:00.000-06:00

Greetings blogging friends. How do you like the new look? I'm still working on it, so be sure to check back often to see the final look.

Great news!! I got all my portfolios finished and put together yesterday!!!! So now when I have my surgery, I don't have to worry about getting them done and getting back to work in a big hurry. It feels so good to have that done. I call the nurse tomorrow to find out exactly when I have to be there for pre-op and for surgery, but it will be in the next week or so. I'll be sure to let everyone know. It will be done as outpatient surgery, so I'll be home the same day, just don't know how quick I'll feel like getting back on the computer, at least I do have a laptop, so I can get on the computer from bed.

Oh well, guess I've been without my foot propped up long enough. Have a great night!

I HATE MY HUSBAND

2006-01-29T10:36:00.000-06:00

Oh my word I hate my husband!!! He is such an inconsiderate asshole. Here I am stuck at home unless I can get someone to take me somewhere, since I can't drive until after my surgery and he leaves me at home with K who with me in this cast is much faster than me right to go "eat breakfast" with friends. Well, his "eating breakfast" means he'll be gone all ****ing day. I've got work to do for my job, I've got 2 assignments for class due tomorrow, one of which I have no clue how to do and now chase a 3 yr old who can't understand why mommy can't get down in the floor and play.

I'm getting so sick of this shit. I don't go anywhere other than work and home with the occasional trip to Walmart or the grocery store and maybe a pageant (which I can't do until after my surgery) and he is gone every Sunday. He won't even go to church with us on Sunday mornings. I have no friends other than you guys, so its not like I can call someone up and say hey lets go eat or something.

Work week is done

2006-01-28T08:37:00.000-06:00

Greetings everyone. The work week is finally over and another gray and rainy weekend lies ahead of us here. I take back everything I ever said about us needing rain. Nothing much going on here this weekend besides my catching up on my school reading. We still aren't sure when my surgery is going to be. The doctor's nurse was suppose to call yesterday, but I guess they didn't get out of surgery in time. They only do surgery 2 days a week (Monday and Friday). If she doesn't call by Tuesday, I'll probably call her on Wednesday afternoon. I'm ready to get it over with.

Oh well, gotta run fix breakfast before K wakes up because she always starving when she wakes up and she'll be up any minute now.

Its Hump Day!!!

2006-01-25T17:07:00.000-06:00

Hello fellow bloggers!!! Well, I'm not having surgery this week, not sure when it will be yet, but they didn't call me so its not this week. I'm going back to work tomorrow so I can try to finish up the state mandate portfolios. I don't have many more to do, but I want to finish before my surgery. Its not hurting that bad right now...but it we'll see after I'm on it all day tomorrow. Oh well, I guess that I'll have to deal. All I can take is my anti-inflamatory but I guess that is better than nothing. Well, I'm off to help cook supper.

Well, it didn't work

2006-01-24T20:17:00.000-06:00

I went to the doctor today to have my foot looked at because a student stepped on it and split my cast across the bottom. I have not been able to walk on it since Sunday. So when the doctor came in, she made me stand up on it and I almost fell because it hurt so bad. So the tendon has not ruptured yet, but she is going to go ahead and do the surgery. She says its safer that way. She's going to go in and cut it and then reattach it. So they are going to schedule the surgery in a couple weeks, possibly even Friday, I have to call tomorrow afternoon.

We did make it to the pageant Sunday. Her outfits were adorable, but the judges were looking for fancier clothes than what we have right now. She placed 3rd out of 7 girls.

One more day

2006-01-19T16:31:00.000-06:00

One more day until the weekend :) I haven't a clue why I'm in this odd mood today. It's a mixture of a good mood and a bad mood.....kinda like there is a switch that keeps turning on and off. I'm still trying to find a car so K can go to her pageant on Sunday. I don't know how I'm going to do, because we made the sashes for these people, so we have to take them with us. The people that are working on the car called to say its ready, but it $537 and we don't have it and won't have it until the 30th. We're hoping my great-aunt will loan us the money until I get paid.

I'm finished with 2 projects for class :) It wasn't bad after I got started on them it was just a little overwhelming at first.

Its Hump Day!!!

2006-01-18T18:30:00.000-06:00

Its hump day, only two more days this week. K's fever finally broke about 3:30 this morning. We had to get up and totally change her clothes and bed sheets. Man this morning took forever. I did not think lunch time was ever going to get her, but then after I came back from my lunch break, the afternoon flew. :) I am over half way done with my portfolios :) I am so happy, because it will be smooth sailing for me when I get done.

Our director laughed at me this morning. I was working with one of our autistic students who is non-verbal. Well, she loves to eat and in order to get her portfolio pieces, we have to take pictures of her doing work, but the problem is that she can't do the work. So I layed the vocab cards out on the table and placed a piece of candy just under it so you wouldn't be able to see it in the picture and when she grabbed the candy she was "touching" the picture andI snapped the picture quickly. I told our director that was going to be the only way to get anything from this student.

Man are these two classes kicking my behind. I've got like 5 assignments due next week and time is running out. I'm beginning to think I should have only taken one class. Oh well, the more classes I take, the faster I'll get done and get that nice bonus plus pay raise. Guess I've been here long enough, need to go get started on at least one of those projects.

Long, long day

2006-01-17T19:35:00.000-06:00

Oh man today was one of the longest days ever. I did not think 3:00 was ever going to get here today. LOL I went in this morning and had a major panic attack, someone had tried to help and had cleaned my desk (table) off and had moved all my portfolio stuff somewhere. Myself and my aide both paniced, as portfolios are due the end of February and we knew we had no time to completely redo everything for 18 portfolios. We were asking everyone in class if they had seen them and two of the kids that we were finished with their portfolios even started to worry as they didn't want to have to redo all there work. Well, come to find out our director had came to get them so she could start typing on them. She just forgot to let anyone know.

After that, things mellowed out but after lunch dragged on forever!!! Then about 2:30 it started snowing its butt off, of course none of it stuck, but the kids loved watching it snow. By the time it time to go, the sun was shining and there was no snow :(

Its a yucky gray morning here

2006-01-16T10:09:00.000-06:00

Man is it yucky looking outside. They say we may have some bad weather tonight :( It sure is gray looking right now.

This flu is really kicking K's little butt, she's still running fever and her cough is horrible. Her doctor is calling me in something for the cough, but he said as long as her fever doesn't get above 101 that we need to let it run its course. Poor baby feels so bad and is taking so much medicine all she's doing is laying in bed watching her movies. :( Not my little K at all.

Oh well, guess I've goofed off long enough, gotta go get started on my project that's due for class next Monday. Oh yeah, I'm aunt again Little J arrived at 7:15 on the 6th!!! I can't wait until either they come home to AR or we go see them this summer in NY

A Blah Sunday

2006-01-15T14:15:00.000-06:00

It is a totally Blah day here today. I need to be working on school work, but its so blah outside it makes you want to do nothing buy sleep. Its suppose to start raining tonight and rain until sometime Tuesday. But unfortunately it still want catch us up on rain.

I don't know where this came from, but all the sudden I am so depressed and down in the dumps. I hate when I get like this. It just hits every once in a while. Not much I can do about it though other than just let it run its course.

I don't know if the injections are working or not, its finally quit hurting, but it didn't hurt last time while in the cast either, still got one more week in the cast to go then we'll go back and see what the exrays and scans look like.

What a yucky week this has been

2006-01-14T21:00:00.000-06:00

Man this has been a pitiful week!!! KayLyn and myself have been in bed all week with the flu. The first time in 6 years I don't get the flu shot and I end up with it. :( So, I'm finally feeling better and I log in to my classes and they make me want to go back to bed Thursday. I'm taking 2 classes and both are on-line. I have 3 books and the books by themselves, not including supplemental reading and list-servs that I have to join I spent over $200 on 3 books!!!!!

Then today we go to go to the grocery store and the ***** car dies right in the middle of the highway. Luckily we were able to coast into a parking lot and get it off the road and another plus is our insurance company will pay for towing and a rental since I have Emergency Roadside Service. So I guess that's a good thing.

So now I'm stuck at home with no car......gotta figure out how I'm going to get to the car rental place Monday so I can have a way to work on Tuesday.

Long time no blog :)

2006-01-08T12:00:00.000-06:00

Man it feels like it has been forever since I talked here. I don't know if the injections are working or not, but my foot sure is swelling and hurting a lot more with this cast. Maybe that's a good sign. I am so glad its the weekend. I need to be doing things other than sitting on the computer, but I just don't feel like it today.

Yesterday me and mom went to Walnut Ridge and judged a pageant, and boy was that tough. Instead of having an odd number of judges, they had 4, which made it hard because we ended up with a lot of ties and instead of going to the personality scores to break the ties, they brought them all back out and made us choose. I hated that because me and mom judged on state and national level, which is what KayLyn competes on, and the other two ladies judged on local and county fair level. That made it so hard because we were looking at and for different things. Oh well, it was the director's first pageant, so I guess now they know.

Oh well,

2006-01-05T20:23:00.000-06:00

I went to the doctor yesterday to get the stupid cast off, well, they cut the other one off, but put another one right back on it. :( The tendon, on the bottom of my foot that connects the heel to the ball of my foot is trying to seperate from the ball of the foot. My doctor wants me to let her operate on it, but I told her she had to wait until I got my insurance straightened out and she actually agreed. She injected it with 2 shots and casted it again. I go back the 25th to get this cast cut off and see if the injections have helped. If they haven't we'll have to have surgery, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the injections will work. I know this round of injections sure did hurt worse than the last time....my foot is still throbbing.

2005 Year In Review::

2006-01-03T21:52:00.000-06:00

2005 Year In Review::

2005 Year in Review
Borrowed from 3 Guys, A Girl, and A Blog
Please play along and post one in your blog too! Let me know if you do so I can read yours too!!
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BEST MEMORY: K winning her first ever National title

WORST MEMORY: MAINLY our finances!

FAVE SONG OF 2005: Hard choice between Jamie O'Neal's Somebody's Hero and Faith Hill's Mississippi Girl
FAVE MOVIE/DVD of 2005: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

FAVE NEW TV SHOW of 2005: any of the Law & Orders

FAVE MUSIC CD of 2005: Just the mixed ones I made up!

FAVE BOOK I READ in 2005: Too many to name, mostly kid's books though since I do teach reading

FAVE NEW FOOD in 2005: n/a

MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS in 2005: Getting my new job and beginning my masters work

MY HOPES/WISHES for the NEW YEAR, 2006:
That my family and friends stay happy and healthy all year long!
I hope our finances get better!!
I hope I can complete my masters degree by December
I hope we can move before 2006 is over!
I can figure out where K's going to go to Kindergarten cause it won't be our local public.

FAVE NEW WEBSITE of 2005:
MajikGlitter

Man am I beat

2006-01-03T20:22:00.000-06:00

Boy were our kids hyper today. They all wanted to talk at once. We had a pretty good day though until this afternoon when we had to fight one. She was doing what we call hits and runs, where she runs up to someone hits them and then takes off. Well, usually we just tell the kids to hit her back, which usually works but today she hit one of our Autistic children, and mind you I work in a classroom where almost all our children are severely handicapped, so I went to get on to her and the fight was on, it ended up taking 4 of us to control her with her kicking, scratching, and trying to bite the whole time. So needless to say the last hour didn't go to well today, boy was I glad when it was time to go get my van to load my kids up to take home.

Other than that it was a decent day. Got one portfolio down, 12 to go. LOL And starting next Monday, my above picture will be the truth because I start back to college and all my classes are online this semester.

And Java, you should have seen K practicing her western wear tonight. All she's got for her props is her cowboy hat and she went to her first x and put one hand on her hip and took her hat off with the other twirled it and said "Gotta have a fiddle" and put her hat back on. LOL Her music is Alabama's "If You're Gonna Play In Texas".

Gotta Love The Kids

2006-01-02T16:51:00.000-06:00

We just got back from K's modeling lessons, and I thought she was going to have her coach in stitches by the time they got done. They ended up taking a break in the middle because Talice was laughing so hard at her. She was trying to teach her stepbacks (which is where K takes her pretty feet where her feet are together with the back foot turned and the front foot straight and takes two steps back, starting with her feet staying pretty the whole time ending with her left foot (which is the foot that starts in the front) returns to the front) and as they were working on it K threw her hands up in the air and said "TT I've never ever gotten this before." The only thing we can think of what she was saying was that they have never worked on it before. They all so started working on K's western wear routine.....and I don't know which was funnier, watching K try it or TT trying to do it slow enough to show her......It was truely a funny experience today. I also got K's new hair piece, which is a full cap so I don't have to damage her hair anymore.

Happy New Year

2006-01-01T12:28:00.000-06:00

I just wanted to wish everyone a very Happy New Year. We did absolutely nothing last night. As a matter of fact I was asleep before midnight. I was up until 1:30 Friday night and then up at 7:00 yesterday morning, so I was exhausted. No big plans for today either. I'm waiting on a lady to come over to look at KayLyn's orange dress, if it fits, she's going to buy it and our old sportswear for her baby. Finally someone else in Brinkley that does pageants. :) Then tonight I'm going to watch the Razorbacks on TV. Go Hogs Go!!!

Tomorrow is my last day of freedom. :( It's back to work Tuesday morning. Oh well now the countdown to Spring Break can start!!! :)

It's New Years Eve. . .

2005-12-31T16:56:00.000-06:00

and I'm stuck at home. :( Couldn't find a babysitter for the night. Oh well, didn't really have the money for partying anyways. KayLyn did an awesome job today at her pageant. There were 5 in the 3 year olds, so I moved her up at division into the 4-5 year olds, because she's going to have to compete against them soon anyway. She won 4-5 year old Queen and Outfit of Choice. :) She also got to see a couple old pageant sisters that she hasn't seen in quiet a while. Well, we were up until 1:30 this morning working on her outfit of choice, so I'm going to take a quick nap. Oh yeah, sorry about no shoes on her banner, I forgot my camera this morning so I had to redress her when we got home and didn't feel like putting shoes back on.

UHHHH I hate migranes

2005-12-29T19:11:00.000-06:00

I have had the worst migrane I have had in a long time today. I finally just went back to bed to sleep it off and its gone :) finally. It's been a good day other than the headache.

I'm going to be running around like crazy tomorrow. I've got to get my paycheck, which I can't get until 1 and then I've got to go pay bills and get back to get KayLyn ready to go see her Poppi and GranDolly. Plus hurry Brent up on getting ready.

Good news on him though....He's got 2 computers to build this next week. They are getting him his deposits tomorrow, so at least there will be a little extra money for a little while anyways.

Went shopping

2005-12-28T13:49:00.000-06:00

We went shopping this morning to get the stuff to make KayLyn's outfit of choice for Saturday and to get some new hooks for her new dress. Her outfit of choice is going to be a denim skirt with a white and pink heart ruffle, the top is the same material as the ruffle. It is going to be a one shoulder top and coming off the one shoulder we are going to rick-rack with dangling hearts. She's got pink knee socks with hearts on the top. We can't decide though if she needs to wear her black calf boots, brown calf boots, or her black mary janes. We'll probably take all three and let her coach pick since she will be there to do our hair and make up anyways. We're thinking about making a hat to go with the outfit also.

I won the argument on meeting Brents dad and step-mom though. We're meeting them Friday night instead of after the pageant Saturday. I finally convinced him that we needed to be off the roads before dark on Saturday due to it being New Year's Eve.

Yesterday, he pissed me off so bad though. He does computer work for people around town, which is no big deal, its money. Well yesterday he need to put in a power switch for the city and he doesn't drive due to some problems with his liscence, so he calls them without asking if I was planning on going anywhere and tells them he will be there in 15 minutes. First off he can't get ready that quick, second I was on my way out the door to go pick up my mom. We got into a big fight about it and my dad finally took my side and agreed that he was taking advantage of people just assuming that we would take him places whenever he says go.

Oh well, off to the laundry mat across the street. Our washer has a hole in the tub and there is no money for a new one right now.

Bored

2005-12-27T10:13:00.000-06:00

Oh well, you can tell my break is almost over. I am so bored with being at home all the time. I would love to be a SAHM, but I think being a WM is best suited for me. Of course in order for me to be a SAHM, that would mean Brent would have to get off his butt and find a job. He has been without a job since April, and he's not even looking. Its a good thing I have a decent paying job. It drives me crazy when he's been home all day and then I come in from work and he's like will you do this or that. I'm like WTF you've been home all day and you couldn't do it. And he sleeps until like 1 everyday!! I wish I could sleep in that much. Then when you ask him to do something he's like I'm busy and he's doing nothing but sitting there playing the computer.

He just totally pissed me off last night. His dad called and is wanting to meet us somewhere to take us out to eat. Which I have no problem with, I love his dad and stepmom. He tells them that KayLyn has a pageant Saturday in Judsonia, which she does, and he told them that we could meet them at Kelly's which is about 15 minutes from the place where the pageant is being held. But he told them we would meet them at like 3 that afternoon. The pageant doesn't even start until 11 and if there are a lot of girls, there is NO way we'll be done by 3 much less be able to make it to Kelly's by 3. I told him the only way we could do it Saturday was for them to come to the pageant and watch it with us, because I have no idea what time the pageant will end.

1 week to go

2005-12-26T13:51:00.000-06:00

Well, I go back to work one week from tomorrow :( but I also get my cast cut off a week from Wednesday :) . I'm so not ready to go back to work, and its not my kids that I mind going back to its all the drama from the employs in my classroom. Oh well. I also start back to college in 14 days. Going back to get my Masters in Special Education. All my classes are online for the spring semester. :) KayLyn is loving her new play room, we can't hardly get her out to even go to the bathroom. lol I have a feeling that this week is going to fly by, but I sure hope not. Well, I'm off to help take the Christmas stuff down and finish cleaning around my desk.

Merry Christmas!!!!

2005-12-25T10:26:00.000-06:00

Wow, what a morning this has already been. LOL KayLyn woke up at around 6:45 and boy did she get a lot of stuff. I didn't think she was ever going to get done opening gifts. Then she had to help everyone else open theirs. We quickly got done and off to get ready for church and we're actually early. I had time to practice my song once before a lot of people showed up.

Oh well, off to help cook anything that my dad doesn't already have done. Have a very Merry Christmas everyone and remember, take Christ out of Christmas and you have just another day.

Merry Christmas Eve

2005-12-24T10:27:00.000-06:00

Merry Christmas Eve everyone!!!! I hope everyone has a wonderful day. We don't have much to do today other than start cooking. We will of course have Christmas Eve services tonight and partake in Holy Christmas Communion. Then its time to come home, get KayLyn in the bathtub and then off to bed early tonight. She is so excited about Santa coming tonight. She has seen Santa 4 times this year and everytime has told him she wanted a doll house for Christmas. It has taken us almost 3 weeks, but we finally found a doll house for her. She's not really getting a lot of toys though...she's got her doll house, a dvd/vcr combo, a tv, a leappad, a couple leappad books, a couple movies, a Cabbage Patch newborn, and her first Bible. I'm not sure what all all her grandparents got her, but I don't think they got much.

Why is it men can be SO stupid and frustrating during the holidays? Brent who NEVER cooks is pitching a fit to try and make his grandmother's pound cake for Christmas. He never cooks, do you realize the mess he is going to make in the kitchen. I tried to talk him out of it, but he was like you just don't want me to do anything that pertains to my family. I was like WTF, I just don't want a big mess in the kitchen since we have so much cooking to do. But oh no, he has to do things his way, so the mess is HIS!! He's doing it to prove a point now, but I'm not looking foward to it because he burns everything he tries to bake.

Oh well, if I don't get around to posting tomorrow, I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and be safe.

Its almost here

2005-12-23T08:14:00.000-06:00

Can you believe its almost Christmas? I think I'm getting as excited as KayLyn. Course Christmas also means that the end of the year is just around the corner and I'll be turning 27 in the new year. Oh well, its about time to start counting backwards in age LOL. Not much planned for today other than finishing the play room and delivering some Christmas gifts to my aunt's house for her grandkids. Tomorrow will be extra busy though getting everything ready for Sunday. We're trying to figure out what we're going to do Sunday morning though. We think we're going to get her up extra early to see what Santa brought and open gifts, but we have to be to church by 9:00 which means we have to leave here by 8:30. Something tells me she's going to want to stay with daddy and poppa and let nana and mommy go to church, which is fine considering she'll hear the Christmas story tomorrow night at Christmas Eve Services and we'll take Christmas Communion at that time. Oh well, off to find something to eat for breakfast.

Greetings!!!

2005-12-22T12:13:00.000-06:00

I decided that I would finally start my own blog. Not much going on here, fixing to get in KayLyn's play room and get it cleaned to get ready for her haul Sunday. I've also got to go through her clothes and box up everything she doesn't or can't wear. Other than that not doing much today. Oh well, its better than being at work. I'm enjoying my two weeks away from my bad kids, of course most of them can't help their behavior.