Finally!

Yes, I've been doing a tiny bit of journaling and can't wait until I can get back to it daily in just a few weeks.

Happy Birthday

We had a birthday cookout to celebrate my father-in-law turning 86

and my niece, Michelle, becoming fourteen.

A Pleasant Evening

My friend, Dottie, invited me to her house Thursday evening to see the ocean of forget-me-nots in her backyard.

We sat on her patio sipping Margaritas, nibbling on tortilla chips with spinach and artichoke dip and chatting away in this beautiful setting.

I also roamed around taking pictures of everything.

She walked me halfway home afterwards and it was like swimming in a lilac lake; the whole town smelled so good from the just-opening blossoms.

It felt good to walk and see all the beautiful spring breaking out everywhere.



17

I had a horrible day!

First, I woke up at 2:30 and couldn't get back to sleep.  Hate that!

Block 1 was filled with correcting a set of essays.  I won't miss that!

Block 2 kids were okay but chattier than usual. I controlled myself admirably.

Then came Block 3.  One of my boys was being rude so I had to raise my voice to get him to keep his comments to himself.  A girl at the front of the room looked at me and told me not to raise my voice again.  !  Yeah, I told her to get out.  I never send kids to the office but I'd had it today.

Tuesday is lunch duty day.  No problems but I hate standing there in front of the kids trying to eat.

Block 4A is Poetry Writing.  They are working on a project and it took them forever to settle down and get to work. 

Normally, I look forward to Nature Journaling but today they drove me nuts with their whining and complaining about the bugs and spiders and grubs they saw while we were outdoors.

On my way home I got a call from a parent who said, among other things, that she couldn't wait for her daughter to turn eighteen and leave because she couldn't stand her.  It made me so darn sad!

Days like this make the 17 I have left seem interminable!

I did manage a couple pictures:

Saw this bird with his breakfast sitting on the garage in the rain before I headed to hell school.

Some pretty blossoms with bokeh in the background.

Blueberry bells.  I made the kids wiat for me to take a few pictures of these while they were swatting mosquitoes.  Hehe!  Teacher payback!

Just Some More Pretty Pictures

We've had rain for a week so when I saw the sun shining on Thursday afternoon just as my Nature Journaling kids were arriving for class, we quickly got our stuff together and went out for a walk.  I took pictures as we went.  Here, a clump of pansies in someone's yard.

Bluettes

Apple blossoms, I think, or maybe cherry blossoms.

A pretty pansy sunning herself.

It's amazing what a little sunshine did for us all!

23

I hated to go to school this morning.

But, I went anyway.

My planning block was eaten up with a block meeting.

Monday is advisory day.  That means more preparation.

We had a staff meeting after school.

Every time I looked out my window, it was gray and gloomy so we didn't go out for Nature Journaling.

I had to go to the IGA.  I hate shopping!

Then I downloaded some pictures from the last few days and that changed my whole perspective. 

Nature is so beautiful!

A Gift

I got to see my Kylie girl this afternoon and she had a gift for me.


Close your eyes, Grammy!

These are for you!

Aren't they pretty?

Yes, and they match your nail polish!

Thank you!