Grumpy

I am grumpy today.  It is probably from having to get up so early (both my dog and my daughter were asking me to get up several hours earlier then usual.)  I confess I was up late looking at pinterest and other websites.  I think sometimes I make up for my lack of television viewing capabilities by being obsessed with the Internet.  However, I was also creating some things that I had found on pinterest and was putting my own spin on them for my classroom.  I made a morning routine chart that I am going to put up. I also made a who picks up thing for my classroom.
However I am also grumpy knowing that my vacation is almost over and that now I have to constantly hear how little money we have after going to San Antonio this past weekend.  In addition, I came back from vacation and my dog was "not right" so I took her to the vet and they thought that she had a hurt neck or back and so they took some x rays.  Bad news is that they think she might have a chip from her spinal cord on one vertebrae.  We have to kennel her and give her medicine every 8 hours.  I feel sorry for her in the kennel crate.  She wants to get out and be with the family, but the doc said to restrict her movement.  Now you know that the vet bill is also not cheap, pretty much the same cost as our vacation.  Therefore, I officially get to hear how little money we have saved this month and how our new house is going to wipe us out so I absolutely can't spend any money.  It is hard because teacher supply places are having sales and I usually like to get myself some back to school things.
The lack of ability to shop makes me more grumpy.
I also would like to run tonight, but I am admittedly kind of scared to go running in the country more so then I am scared of running in a city.  In the country if you hurt yourself on your run you can't crawl up to the nearest place and get help.  I might be stuck out there until morning and since I am a night person my husband will probably just think I am up on the Internet again.  Also I know there are coyotes out here and snakes like to crawl up on the road and night.  These things are out here during the day, but it is way to hot and I don't like to run in the morning.
I take my dog back tomorrow to see how she is doing.  I am praying the blood tests all came back normal and that she looks like she is in better condition and healing.
This grouch is going to bed so I don't have another morning like I did today.

Working On and Out

I have spent the last couple of days working on the science curriculum for my district.  It has been interesting really looking at the TEKS (standards for Texas) and trying to figure out how they translate for kindergarten in my district.  I was worried that there were only 2 of us writing the curriculum for the entire district (52 Elementary schools.)  However, it worked out fine. It didn't seem to be my best work, but it was a start at a tast of curriculum writing.
Tonight was really awesome because I got to watch my favorite show on TV So you think you can dance and then afterwards I was very inspired to get up and move so I went on my first real run in a long time.  I didn't run for awhile after my triathlon because my ankle was messed up and then I ran only a couple more times and really quit.  This week I have been feeling especially plump and so I decided to get back on the wagon. I downloaded Nike + to my iphone and away I went.  Jimmy had decided to leave without me about 15 minutes prior because SO you think you can dance was still on and he didn't want to wait.  I talked him into taking littles.  So therefore I all had to worry about was my pace and pushing myself.   I even saw a deer along the way.  My dog Beth came along and she did great not on a lease out here in the country roads.  I ran a mile and I am super proud because my pace was under what I expected it to be considering I haven't truly run in almost a year.
I think before I go to bed I am going to try either a workout I found on pinterest or from my nike workout app from my phone.
I love pinterest and have become almost addicted.  I love being inspired to do so many things.  I hope I can actually follow through with some of the ideas and work on them this summer before I have to go back to work for real.
We purchased a refrigerator and it is being delivered tomorrow despite the fact that we don't have a house.  Crazy I know.  However, we have been keeping an eye on it for awhile and it went almost a 1000 dollars off.  I can't wait until I get my refrigerator up and running!

A Good Name

I have several passions in my life.  They include teaching, learning, traveling, loving my family, and above all my Love for the Lord God.  I want my blog to reflect my passions. I have been experimenting with names and I can't seem to come up with one I really like. I also want to include my struggles- to get back on track as far as exercise.  Updates on my current house hunt and other important events in my life such as my father in laws current rehabilitation from Guilian Barre are also very important for me to include. I have thrown around a few names and I may keep switching names periodically to try them out.  

My father in law was accepted to go to Baylor Rehabilitation Hospital in Dallas for at least 3 weeks.  I hope that he is able to recover quickly and I pray that he stays positive.  I am going to try and make him a poster to hang on his wall that includes pictures of his travels and events since I have known him that he can post on his wall to hopefully give him some inspiration. 

I have been doing "school" with my daughter this summer and learning about letters and bible verses. We have been having fun and trying to learn our colors and letters.  I know that I should probably be working with numbers also.  She has even learned a few bible verses through some sites I found on pinterest including totschool.  I think the website is 1plus1plus1equals1.com.  I was confused about the name of the site until I saw that it represented the holy trinity- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in One.  The lady that runs the site has most of her stuff for free and it is a great mission.  It makes me want to use my gifts more to help others especially in the early childhood area.

Many times I don't have confidence in my abilities to help.  I get "shy" and think that I don't really know anything or why would someone want to listen to me.  

However, I do get compliments all the time about my daughter and how advanced she is for her age. Part of that I just attribute to genetics and general personality disposition.  However, other parts I attribute to her wonderful babysitter and maybe some of it is because of me and her dad actually working with her. 

I will try and post pictures of some of the things she (we) have made.  

Yesterday we went to Fossil Rim- my daughter enjoyed it, but when the animal occaionally stuck their heads in our windows she didn't like it.  I on the other hand got to feed deer, zebras and wait for it yes a giraffe.  I have gone a couple times before, but I have never gotten to feed one of the giraffes before.  I was super thrilled.  They also had a small petting zoo with mostly goats that the kids could pet, which my daughter loved.  It was hot, but we had a great day.  It doesn't look like travel is in our plans this summer because we are trying to find a new house, but I am trying to do everything I can with the family around the metroplex because I can't really do these things during the school year as much.  I hate that summer is on the down hill slide already. 

Tonight we may go to a drive in movie, but it seems pretty hot, so I am not so sure what the plans will actually, until then if you see several changes in the name of my blog it is the same old me chaning my mind as usual.