PHEW, in the blink of an eye

      February is the shortest month, and yet...I can't believe how busy it was for me this year! ZOIKS! It was a complete blur, or at least it felt that way. Though I did find some time to smell the roses (beautiful ones I received for V-Day), it was non-stop go. THUS, no blogs...but, I'm back!
      Next week, I will return to my normal schedule of blogging, themes and all.
      For now, I will just catch you up on what my February looked like!

I made a lottery tree for and attended the Carol Downey auction! TONS of people came :) We sat with Tom for the evening, and it turned out to be a GREAT night!!!

Super Bowl! We always spend it with the Lockwoods with their family and friends. Talk about delightful food and friends :)

Yearbook - We had a gi-normous (40 pages) yearbook deadline. We made it, and our book is really going to rock this year!

Brownies - I love being a Brownie leader! We sponsored our Healthy Heart Event again this year! Good times :) We had more girls this year, and boy howdy we were moving and grooving.

Speaking of Brownies, did someone say GIRL SCOUT COOKIES?! Yummy!!! February was our selling time!

National Honor Society - I am the advisor for this, too, and so this is the time of the year, when we give out applications to prospective members and work with them on their applications.

Birthdays - I had several important people in my life who had birthdays this month!

Play - Our show was last weekend. It was such a BLAST! And, it was so silly and full of laughs. I love directing, and I had such a super cast!! We had a crazy rehearsal schedule (some practices right after school, and others later in the night). If you know anything about a show, you know what it takes to make it happen...costumes, programs, bulletin board, advertising, previews, props, set, cast dinners and party, etc.

Hockey - We went to the Wild game in Wenatchee. The day was Laini-bug's birthday, and it was FABULOUS! It was such a funnnnnnn day! I sang to her 17 different times!!! LOL. SO many laughs.

Rode my motorcycle - still haven't named her yet, but I do LOVE LOVE LOVE riding her!

MOVED - We moved all my stuff out of the house I was renting up to Rick's, and also packed some stuff into a storage unit. That was quite the overwhelming job, but SO much of a relief when it was finished!

Confidence Pageant! Our little one did a confidence pageant. We were so proud of her!! And, the young lady running the pageant is one of my favorite senior girls, and I was actually her mentor for the event!

Valentines Day - We always make homemade cards, and we made the cutest ones ever this year! I loved that we had a yummy dinner. We had a lovely dinner at home. I sent care packages to my kiddos for V-Day :))))

We went to see Gnomeo and Juliet (ADORABLE!)! I also run a book group for some 8th grade girls, and we read Romeo and Juliet in February!

Crab feed - We went to a crab feed with our good friends the Lockwoods. The crab was scrumptious!

ONE OF THE MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS...I coordinated to have a Holocaust survivor to come and talk to my 8th grade students. It was AMAZING and inspiring :) Truly this was one of the most incredible experiences I have ever had in my teaching career!!! As a human, I feel changed.

Of course, then you can add normal life stuff, like our fiddle lessons, Brownie meetings, the house chores, teaching, etc, life was nutso, but happy :))))

I was all excited about March showing up, so I would slooooooooooooooooooooooooooow down, but instead, I realize March is going to be a bit chaotic, too! But, fun chaotic :)))

We have World Thinking Day (for Girl Scouts), delivering GS cookies.

We have two auctions to attend, one for Marty Staggs on March 18th (just delivered another lottery tree!), and the Okanogan FFA on March 12th. We have an oyster feed on March 11th. YUMMY food and good times with friends and family :)

I have the ALUMNI B-Ball Battle that my yearbook group is sponsoring on March 19th.

And, I am starting up with exercising next Monday!!!!!!!

Stay tuned, and I am glad to be back :)