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Saturday, October 22, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
20 Hours. Done!
This afternoon I finished up my 20 hours of volunteer service hours in a regular elementary school classroom. I had such a blast! I was lucky enough to spend that time in Joyanna's classroom with her teacher. She is such a great teacher. I loved her teaching style and I learned so much from her. She actually made me feel like maybe I would like to teach in a regular classroom.
The kids were so fun and they were mostly good to me. There were a couple of stinkers but I didn't let them get away with it. I made them love me by the end, lol. I think my walking like a penguin helped ;)
I was able to spend lunch with Joy each day I was there and visit with her friends. That was fun for me too. I loved being with her and spending time with her in school. I will miss that the most.
Today I got thrown into a group work session and at first it didn't go well. I had six kids and they all seemed to have their heads going other ways. We had to complete two pages in their math books. At first I was working individually with them, but then when I'd leave one child to do to do something while I helped another, I noticed that when I came back they hadn't done what I left them to do! So I ended up pulling a few tricks with them and got them to work somewhat as a group, and got them involved in trying to check each others guesses and see who could be first to find the answers. That worked good and we got their work done in time for them to get to music class. It was a good experience for me and gave me a taste of things to come. YIKES! Can I do this?!
On Sunday Joel and I took a drive, just us two. It was a very windy day. We were curious how the new property was looking with the leaves falling now. We missed the color, but it was great to see through the trees and see how deep the woods are by the house. It can be so deceiving with all of the leaves. We saw a lot of deer tracks and some typed of canine tracks. We stopped and just listened to the wind in the trees. I love that sound. It was so peaceful and relaxing. I've missed that sound. In this neighborhood I don't spend a lot of time outside. They've set up the house to look like people are living in it, to avoid more break ins. There's a trike, shoes on the porch, lawn chairs, etc. They did a good job. Hopefully it works and keeps people out until we can get into it!
I brought home several boxes today for packing. The kids want to start, but I am apprehensive and really don't want to begin until the time gets closer and we have our closing packet on hand. This week we received a letter in the mail from one of Joel's student loans and his payment is going up! AHHHH! This might make it hard to get our home loan, so now it's all questionable again.
I'M SO SICK OF THIS ROLLER COASTER!!!
I am tired of being excited, then let down, then excited again. It's really depressing and was really hard on me the last time. Then we got the go ahead from the bank last week and I've allowed myself to get excited again, and now there's this letter. UGH. Rocks in my stomach. I hate this. I'm finding more hair in the sink this week. This is the last time I do this. I told Joel if our loan doesn't go through, we need to stop. Walk away. Stop trying to find banks that will finance it. There's more banks that will, but I'm tired of jumping through all the hoops and I think that might be Heavenly Father's way of telling me that I'm crazy and heard a "yes" when he was really saying "no". Maybe we need to wait until after the famine is over.
Maybe. I don't know what to think anymore.
The kids were so fun and they were mostly good to me. There were a couple of stinkers but I didn't let them get away with it. I made them love me by the end, lol. I think my walking like a penguin helped ;)
I was able to spend lunch with Joy each day I was there and visit with her friends. That was fun for me too. I loved being with her and spending time with her in school. I will miss that the most.
Today I got thrown into a group work session and at first it didn't go well. I had six kids and they all seemed to have their heads going other ways. We had to complete two pages in their math books. At first I was working individually with them, but then when I'd leave one child to do to do something while I helped another, I noticed that when I came back they hadn't done what I left them to do! So I ended up pulling a few tricks with them and got them to work somewhat as a group, and got them involved in trying to check each others guesses and see who could be first to find the answers. That worked good and we got their work done in time for them to get to music class. It was a good experience for me and gave me a taste of things to come. YIKES! Can I do this?!
On Sunday Joel and I took a drive, just us two. It was a very windy day. We were curious how the new property was looking with the leaves falling now. We missed the color, but it was great to see through the trees and see how deep the woods are by the house. It can be so deceiving with all of the leaves. We saw a lot of deer tracks and some typed of canine tracks. We stopped and just listened to the wind in the trees. I love that sound. It was so peaceful and relaxing. I've missed that sound. In this neighborhood I don't spend a lot of time outside. They've set up the house to look like people are living in it, to avoid more break ins. There's a trike, shoes on the porch, lawn chairs, etc. They did a good job. Hopefully it works and keeps people out until we can get into it!
I brought home several boxes today for packing. The kids want to start, but I am apprehensive and really don't want to begin until the time gets closer and we have our closing packet on hand. This week we received a letter in the mail from one of Joel's student loans and his payment is going up! AHHHH! This might make it hard to get our home loan, so now it's all questionable again.
I'M SO SICK OF THIS ROLLER COASTER!!!
I am tired of being excited, then let down, then excited again. It's really depressing and was really hard on me the last time. Then we got the go ahead from the bank last week and I've allowed myself to get excited again, and now there's this letter. UGH. Rocks in my stomach. I hate this. I'm finding more hair in the sink this week. This is the last time I do this. I told Joel if our loan doesn't go through, we need to stop. Walk away. Stop trying to find banks that will finance it. There's more banks that will, but I'm tired of jumping through all the hoops and I think that might be Heavenly Father's way of telling me that I'm crazy and heard a "yes" when he was really saying "no". Maybe we need to wait until after the famine is over.
Maybe. I don't know what to think anymore.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Almost there!
I am starting to get antsy to close on the new house, I wish it hasn't been postponed for so long. I am looking forward to getting out of this neighborhood. Every time I take the dog out, or go somewhere, I see/hear something that makes me hate this place more. I'm looking forward to the privacy and peace our new place will give me. Also, I can't wait to throw on some hiking boots and explore the woods once the leaves fall and reveal the land to us.
I just finished my last speech in speech class today. I am excited to be down to only one class a week after next Tuesday. I'm also glad I took it easy this semester. It would have been hard with more classes, with all we've had going on in the last few months. I think I will start packing stuff next week. I've been putting it off because our house is so little and we don't really have that much extra stuff around the house to pack up.
The kids are getting excited about Halloween. Joy really needs dress up clothes in her size. She has outgrown her box of dress ups from when she was little and I haven't added to it as she's grown. she loves to dress up and will be spending the next couple of weeks getting into the Halloween box and pulling out all of the costumes. Maybe that's something I should think about this Christmas, as now we will have room to store that kind of stuff.
I just finished my last speech in speech class today. I am excited to be down to only one class a week after next Tuesday. I'm also glad I took it easy this semester. It would have been hard with more classes, with all we've had going on in the last few months. I think I will start packing stuff next week. I've been putting it off because our house is so little and we don't really have that much extra stuff around the house to pack up.
The kids are getting excited about Halloween. Joy really needs dress up clothes in her size. She has outgrown her box of dress ups from when she was little and I haven't added to it as she's grown. she loves to dress up and will be spending the next couple of weeks getting into the Halloween box and pulling out all of the costumes. Maybe that's something I should think about this Christmas, as now we will have room to store that kind of stuff.
Friday, October 07, 2011
Moving Along
The other day we got word that our financing was approved. Shew! finally.
This has been such a UN-fun ordeal for me. I want the house too much to walk away, so it's been hard because I've felt like walking away a few times. This is the LAST time I buy a house.
I wish I could drive up there and take a look at the leaves in the yard. I bet it was beautiful this week. The wind has been blowing today and many trees in the neighborhood have been stripped in a matter of hours. We won't be in the new house until the leaves have all fallen and we have a HUGE yard to rake, because until we sell this house all we have is a small mower/bagger. It might have to wait until next spring to be cleaned up. There's no more beautiful place in the fall than Minnesota.
My parents will be delighted to know that the ward we are moving into includes a special friend Amy that I was good friends with in our teenage years. Amy also married a non-member and her husband joined the church a couple of years after Joel did. He's now in the branch presidency. We are going to a pumpkin carving activity at Amy's house the day after we close. I'm so excited to see her again and also meet her kids and get to know her family. Also, I learned that her mother Alice passed away a couple of weeks ago. I was very sad to hear that. Her mother was such a nice wonderful lady.
I have started my 20 hours of volunteering in Joy's class for my Education class. She has a really great teacher and I am really enjoying watching how she teaches and the activities she has for the kids. I love that she never even seems to raise her voice, and the kids listen and hear her. It's been great.
Colds are going around early this year. A couple of the kids and I have already started/had ours. ICK. I'm trying to figure out what I should keep stocked up on for the season. Last year I loved cocktails of Sprite/Airborne/Zantac. It made me feel good through my colds and I seemed to hardly suffer after the initial onset. So far that's been the best thing to work for me.
The dog has been healing from his neck scratching. I have taken off his flea collar, and have stopped locking him up in his kennel and it seems to have cured the itching. This week I have started him on a diet of special food for dogs with sensitivity to certain grains and protein. Hopefully this will also help, in case it's a food allergy, but as of now, I'm convinced that it is entirely in his head and happens only when he's locked up for long periods of time.
Jaeden's class has been reading Pippi Longstocking and she has become obsessed! She thinks Pippi is the neatest girl in the whole wide world. This Halloween she wants to be Pippi and wants her costume based on the book's description of what Pippi looks like and wears. I borrowed the movie from the library for her, and she loved the movie. She even took the case to school to show her teacher. I asked her what she liked about Pippi, how would she describe her to someone who didn't know who she was. She said, "The most amazing girl in the world. Adventurous and wondrous, amazing and intelligent. She is a remarkable young girl."- and later she also said, "I think most people don't see Pippi the same way I do. Maybe they think she is odd, but I don't." I love that she finds Pippi so interesting. I've tried to encourage my girls to live true to themselves and be themselves. Even sometimes if that means letting them go to school in very strange outfits they've put together. I love that she loves that about Pippi. I hope she embraces that in herself!
This has been such a UN-fun ordeal for me. I want the house too much to walk away, so it's been hard because I've felt like walking away a few times. This is the LAST time I buy a house.
I wish I could drive up there and take a look at the leaves in the yard. I bet it was beautiful this week. The wind has been blowing today and many trees in the neighborhood have been stripped in a matter of hours. We won't be in the new house until the leaves have all fallen and we have a HUGE yard to rake, because until we sell this house all we have is a small mower/bagger. It might have to wait until next spring to be cleaned up. There's no more beautiful place in the fall than Minnesota.
My parents will be delighted to know that the ward we are moving into includes a special friend Amy that I was good friends with in our teenage years. Amy also married a non-member and her husband joined the church a couple of years after Joel did. He's now in the branch presidency. We are going to a pumpkin carving activity at Amy's house the day after we close. I'm so excited to see her again and also meet her kids and get to know her family. Also, I learned that her mother Alice passed away a couple of weeks ago. I was very sad to hear that. Her mother was such a nice wonderful lady.
I have started my 20 hours of volunteering in Joy's class for my Education class. She has a really great teacher and I am really enjoying watching how she teaches and the activities she has for the kids. I love that she never even seems to raise her voice, and the kids listen and hear her. It's been great.
Colds are going around early this year. A couple of the kids and I have already started/had ours. ICK. I'm trying to figure out what I should keep stocked up on for the season. Last year I loved cocktails of Sprite/Airborne/Zantac. It made me feel good through my colds and I seemed to hardly suffer after the initial onset. So far that's been the best thing to work for me.
The dog has been healing from his neck scratching. I have taken off his flea collar, and have stopped locking him up in his kennel and it seems to have cured the itching. This week I have started him on a diet of special food for dogs with sensitivity to certain grains and protein. Hopefully this will also help, in case it's a food allergy, but as of now, I'm convinced that it is entirely in his head and happens only when he's locked up for long periods of time.
Jaeden's class has been reading Pippi Longstocking and she has become obsessed! She thinks Pippi is the neatest girl in the whole wide world. This Halloween she wants to be Pippi and wants her costume based on the book's description of what Pippi looks like and wears. I borrowed the movie from the library for her, and she loved the movie. She even took the case to school to show her teacher. I asked her what she liked about Pippi, how would she describe her to someone who didn't know who she was. She said, "The most amazing girl in the world. Adventurous and wondrous, amazing and intelligent. She is a remarkable young girl."- and later she also said, "I think most people don't see Pippi the same way I do. Maybe they think she is odd, but I don't." I love that she finds Pippi so interesting. I've tried to encourage my girls to live true to themselves and be themselves. Even sometimes if that means letting them go to school in very strange outfits they've put together. I love that she loves that about Pippi. I hope she embraces that in herself!
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