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2012/02/29

Leap Day!

I am thankful for Leap Day! It's just a fun and quirky day with a genuine necessity for our world. I had fun teaching the kiddos about it today; they were all fascinated :)))

2012/02/28

Perspective.

Today- Tuesday
I am thankful for EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE! Today Frieda Soury, a Holocaust survivor, came to my 8th grade classes. She is an incredible woman. She is so inspiring, humble, and full of hope and understanding of this world. I am so honored to have met Frieda, and this is the second time she came to my class. I feel so fortunate. I am so proud that my kiddos met her! Their questions were so honest and thoughtful. YUP, days like these, I LOVE BEING A TEACHER!!! I laughed. I cried. My heart felt the love in the room. WOW!

I did ask her what she was most thankful for, and she said: "My health. I don't think I am doing too bad for 83. I am thankful to be alive, and sometimes I feel sad because I don't know why I am. I am happy that I have had a good life with good family." Later she also told the kids that she has always appreciated clean sheets, warm water, food, and a bed, since she did live without for so long.

FOREVER thankful, I am.

Monday

Monday - I am thankful for my Girl Scout troop, and my co-leader! We had such a great meeting on Monday! It's such a rewarding gig :)) I appreciate that I get the chance to work with these people!

2012/02/26

Thanks!

I recently have read TWO articles about people who are more positive and the direct corelation to their weight loss efforts! It does make sense :)

I am thankful! I am thankful that I have found it easy to find thanks for the great things in my life.

Saturday
We had our third annual Healthy Heart Event, and it was WELL attended! And, we had TONS of fun :)) And, an added benefit was that I rocked the calorie burn, and am feeling the sore muscles BIG time today!! It's such an honor to be a part of something so positive :))))

Sunday
That I made a really good decision today! I was irritated with a few things that TRULY are out of my control, and not anything I can change. However, I could easily have made a bad decision like eating something, anything I could find in the house. BUT instead, I went right to the gym, and I ended up having one of THE best runs I have ever had!!! I guess that anger can fuel into something REALLY positive that benefits me in the long run :) And, I really felt better after my run, so I am thankful for making a positive choice and for feeling what can happen when I choose to take of myself!!

2012/02/24

Family FUN :)

So,I went and did my workout after school, and my little one plays on her Kindle Fire, and she is totally into watching "indoor tennis" also known to us as racquetball. When I was done working out, I took her in and taught her how to play. She had a blast, which meant I had a blast :)) We did laugh a lot. At the end she told me, "That's an awesome workout! So much fun!!" And, she even told me that she wants to have her birthday party there now. We will see. GREAT way to start my weekend off :))))

2012/02/23

THANKS!

Thursday -
That I have a really good friend who I can talk to about health :) He is so knowledgable, and so inspiring, and I can talk to him any day!! YEAH!! We had a great talk this morning about protein, carbs, how many calories I shouldbe eating, etc.

Wednesday
I am excited for my cheer season this next year, and we are going to go to a different cheer camp this year at...Great Wolf Lodge!!!! HOW EXCITING!!!!! I realize that my summer is going to be a blast!! SO MANY FUN TRIPS AHEAD FOR ME!!!!

2012/02/21

One of the greatest inventions ever: Antibiotics!

SO THANKFUL that my antibiotics are kicking in and that the infection in my tooth is going away! I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER TONIGHT than even this morning!!

2012/02/20

Taking care of me, thankful :)

My thankfuls for today are two things related to taking care of myself!
1) I had a massage :) I needed it. MAN, it was so nice, and boy I could feel my sore muscles from lifting.
2) I also talked to my endodontist today, and he thinks I still have an infection in my tooth, and now that it has had a root canal and rubber filled in above it, it has nowhere to go :( SO, he gave me some heavy duty antibiotics, and he hopes it will clear it up, and that I won't have to have surgery in the end. SO, I am thankful for the medicine, and hopeful it will do its job!

2012/02/19

Saturday!!

I had a great Saturday :)) Lots accomplished and the best part was a birthday party at Breadline!! We are close to the Little Family, and so we are included any many family events, and last night we celebrated Laini and Grammie Marilyn's birthdays!! SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!! We bought Laini a tool set--being practical since she is going off to live on her own in a few months!! And, we bought her a 24-pack of toliet paper!!! TEE HEE--inside joke :) But, it was pretty funny carrying that into the Breadline!!! LOL And, I also got her a super cool water bottle!!

I am thankful for the incredible people I have in my life. LOVE.

2012/02/17

VERY THANKFUL!

I am very thankful that I had a half-day today at school, and that this is a three-day weekend! BOY, oh boy! I really REALLY need this time!!!! I am looking forward to working out these next couple of days, and I am going to try a new workout class tomorrow, so long as I feel OK. And, I have a few little things I would like to focus on, too.

2012/02/16

Thursday??? How can it be already Thursday?

So, today as I was driving down to Wenatchee for a root canal, I was thinking about all sorts of things!

FIRST--I was remembering when I commuted DAILY (Monday through Friday) from Leavenworth to Ellensburg to go to college to earn my HS English teaching degree. Those were crazy times! Then on the weekends, I worked up on Stevens Pass, so I was on one of the two major passes in our state seven days a week!! So, today I was feeling thankful that I don't have to commute to work or school or anything. I know how old that gets, and it feels like such a time waster. I did always listen to books on tape, and one full year, I organized an INCREDIBLE car pool, so that was cool because on days I wasn't driving I did lots of homework! BUT, overall--those years of driving, I DO NOT MISS! I then was thinking about when Ricky used to commute over to Twisp every day for work(M-F), and how I am so APPRECIATIVE he doesn't do that anymore either!! MAN...and to top it off, at least back in those days, we were not paying what we pay now for gas!!! I don't envy ANYONE who has a commute!

SECOND--I was thinking about how when Rick and I first started dating, and I was still living in Leavenworth, I would stay the weekend up here, and the boys and I would get up on Monday morning and drive back home before school! That seems so long ago!!! It was 8 years ago...sheesh, time flies when you are dancing your butt off! I feel very thankful that I found a teaching job up here, and that I took the chance to move here. I have such a good life. GOOD FAMILY. GOOD FRIENDS. GOOD JOB. GOOD.

2012/02/15

V-Day thanks and the day after!

TODAY- WEDNESDAY
I feel most thankful for the changes I have made in my life. I have done some momentous things lately.
1) Taking care of me!
2) Choosing to DELETE someone from my life, who is filled with venomously consuming HATRED. Talk about liberty!!! (see #1)
3) Observing behavior in others that I don't want in myself, and have been working hard to not have, and so seeing it in others truly highlights WHY I don't want it in my life at all and why I want to keep working on keeping it at bay!! (see #1)
4) Trying new things :)


SO--for Valentine's Day, I felt lots of reasons to be thankful :)))

I wore a tutu to school!
My step-daughter was so proud of her creative Valentines--she chose them off of Pinterest, and all I did was buy the supplies and supervise!
We had a family V-Day dinner! It was scrumptious and just awesome! Then we played some Wii--all of us :)
AND, I am really proud of Ricky for thinking about what I would want...things related to being healthy and NOT chocolate or flowers (which I don't want on V-Day!!) or a stuffed animal, but instead two packages of expensive workout socks (he knows I hesitate to buy them), and a TURBO blender! I have a great smoothie maker, that makes individual smoothies, but I wanted a blender like they have at the gym :)

2012/02/13

2 things 2day :)

I am thankful that the weather WAS SO BEAUTIFUL today :)) I feel like Spring is in the air!!! I was in Chelan for a meeting, and OH MY GOODNESS...sooo beautiful. BRIGHT blue sky :D

And, tonight we are, according to my 9 year-old step-daughter, celebrating Valentine's Eve :)) TOO CUTE! She's totally into it this year. She has always liked it, but this year is something else! First, she told me that she has a Valentine this year--a sweet little boy. So, we have a special outfit for tomorrow, and tonight we are doing her hair in rollers, and we painted her fingers really cute--pink with a silver French manicure.

SO fun and pretty day :))

2012/02/12

THANKFUL, indeed!

Thursday- Reading--I love to read! I love it when my students give me ideas of books to read. I VORACIOUSLY consumed The Hunger Games trilogy in a week! Now, I am on book two of the Maze Runner series!! HOLY SMOKES! I am so glad I have a Kindle Fire!!! ***completely, separate comment, I did download ALL of my music from my i-pod onto my Kindle Fire, how cool is that??*** Anyhow, I love that when I finished the first book, I could download the second book right away, and start reading, and not have to wait to get to the library or store!! AWESOME series!!!!

Friday - MY SPINNING class...OH MY GAWSH! It was such a blast!!! And, such cool people in the class :))))) Then it was 80s day, and I loved it when one of my little MS students said, "Oh my gawsh, you look like a high schooler!" It was just a great day! After school we went and sold Girl Scout cookies, which our little one has a goal of selling 200 boxes, and she sold 70 in just two hours :) I am so appreciative of the people who support her! And, boy what a difference in her...she used to be so shy! Then we went home and had our Family Friday Night!!! LOVE PLAYING board games with her :) Yahtzee is our favorite!

Saturday--I am thankful for friend time! We went to the crab feed with our best friends, and we had SOOOOO much fun :)) The food was fabulous, and the friendship is SPECTACULAR :)) We made some exciting summer travel plans!

TRULY the highlight of my night: After watching THE cutest couple dancing all night--the gentleman is 77. They stopped at our table to say hi to Ricky, and I said, "You guys are awesome!" Clyde said, "Well, when you have been dancing with your partner as long as we have been, you just dance right." I LOVE IT!!!! What a sweetheart :))

Sunday--I am thankful for family time! I love all of the time we spend together :) Today we went to the movie, and we just always have so much fun together! Then when we came home we finished our valentines which was a blast! My favorite part of that...when my step-daughter said, "I'm pretty sure these will be the cutest valentines at school!"

2012/02/08

Full of thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday
I am so thankful for working with AWESOME kiddos!! I had one of THE best crews ever to run concessions at the b-ball game :) YEAH!! We made some money, had some fun, and it was just a good evening--though tiring--overall!

Wednesday
OH MY GAWSH! I am so thankful that I didn't get sick!! HOLY CATS! There was a crazy gastro infection that 19 different cheer squads came down with from the State Cheer event at Everett Comcast Arena. I FEEL SO LUCKY that we didn't get whatever it is. I had to fill out a survey and talk to the Department of Health and WIAA. CRAZY!!! SO GLAD, SO GLAD, SO GLAD!!! Appreciative that we are all healthy. Apparently some girls even had to go to the hospital!!! UGH. PHEW!!!

2012/02/06

THANKS!

Today I am thankful for working out at the fitness club!! I forgot how much I like being there :) It was fun, and I saw lots of friends :))))) YEAH!

2012/02/05

Been busy, but still thankful!

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WED -We went to see Styx in Wenatchee. I was a little suspect, if they would be that good or not, but HOLY smokes, they rocked the house :)))) And, I didn't know the opening band, who happened to be a local one--Linus and Lucy. THEY WERE AWESOME!

Thurs- LOTS of things for which I am thankful today!! GONNA have to write a list for this day:
1) My step-daughter ROCKED her report card :) SO proud of her and that she can see how our hard work pays off, especially the extra credit!
2) I got my hair done finally! I had to change appointments twice, so it was VERY overdue, and I am thankful to have the gray gone...makes me feel like a new woman :)
3) I bought my tickets to Vegas, which I am headed down there at Spring Break. I am so excited :))) I am thankful to have the week off, and to be able to spend it with my family :)
4) My step-daughter made the paper (again)!!! She ran a lemonade stand with one of her little buddies this summer. They donated the money to the local hospital. SO sweet :)

Fri -I went to a friend's funeral. I really cared deeply for Marge, and I was thankful that she was in my life!!! She is one of the VERY first people I met when I moved here! What an incredibly STRONG and exceptional woman, so inspiring.

Sat-SOOOOO thankful for a trip out of town to Everett and Seattle! I had such a blast :) We went to STATE cheer--watching one of our girls perform as an All-American!! And, some AMAZING schools which inspired us to compete as a team next year!!! We went to the Seattle Center, and let me tell ya the SPACE needle was GORGEOUS :) And, we hit up Pike Place Market,the gum wall, and even down to the waterfront. SOOOOO many laughs, and such a fun girl time!! It was nice to escape, and the weather was LOVELY :) I am thankful for the getaway.

Sun
Today was an awesome drive home from the other side of the mountains, and then off to our best friends to watch the Super Bowl, like we do EVERY year. Good times, lots of fun with a group of our VERY good friends! I am thankful for that time!

THERE ya have it! SO much in my life that makes me thankful.