Where did the month go?

I just logged in and noticed that it had been almost a month since I posted. For anyone that has ever been in the education field...you can empathize. Remember the few weeks that you have between Thanksgiving and Christmas break? The craziness, the projects due, added upon decorating at home, shopping, wrapping, family get togethers, etc...? I love this time of year..even though it sometimes makes me a t-total NUT. (Ask my family)

We had a great time the first weekend in December going to New Braunfels/ Gruene and San Marcos. We got to spend time with Krista and Brad and enjoyed going to "Sights and Sounds" in San Marcos. The weather was absolutely PERFECT for the weekend....clear skies and cool.

I took 41 girls to the Galleria in Houston for an Apparel Field Trip last Friday. It was a fun day, the weather was great, and everyone behaved. Always a good field trip when teenagers cooperate and cause you no grief. HA HA

This weekend we'll be going to the NCAA Basketball game at the Toyota Center. It's exciting as about 30 faculty/staff and family will be going. Should be a fun time. We'll be "rooting" on our Aggies!

I'm excited that my sister and her family from Florida will be here on Sunday. It's been such a long time since both sisters and families will celebrate Christmas with my parents.

Amazing! Happy 70th Anniversary to Mamao and Papao in DeRidder, LA TODAY!!!!! What a wonderful example of love, patience and committment.

Please pray for my Aunt Carol as she battles cancer.

Hooray for Me!

"The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Education Foundation, Inc. held its annual “Prize Patrol” on Wednesday, November 20, delivering over $14,000 worth of grants to teachers throughout the LCM District. Eight projects, covering everything from reading to robotics to environmental science, will be funded by the Foundation. Those receiving grants and their schools and projects are: Babs Foster and Beverly Fikes - LCMHS - Computerized Baby Simulators". from www.kogt.com
HOOORRAAAY! 3144.00 is what we got to purchase 5 baby simulators that will truly enhance our program in the Family Consumer Science Department.

Important Enough to be Displayed on the Fridge!!!

Okay--- I have obviously not boycotted WalMart. In fact, I have probably been there 5 times in the past two weeks. It's an impossible thing to do. So , I'm sucking it up and just dealing with the hassle.

I got this great email the other day that really inspired me. I don't have it right in front of me so I can't quote some of the really great stuff it said. But, the gist of it was "be happy about who you are and where you are in your life right now---physically, emotionally and socially"....wrinkles, bulges, cranky people, etc.... I liked it so much; it has become "fridge worthy". I will proudly display it on my refrigerator to remind me that I need to embrace the place of where I am in my life. Don't get me wrong; I love my family, like my job, & count my blessings. I am just having a hard time dealing with the things in our lives that we can't control. Jerry's job still hasn't made an announcement of starting the plant back up----it's been 3 months since Hurricane Ike! We are ever so thankful that he has his job; we just don't know what the future will hold. There are many people in this area that are being laid off....we are feeling the crunch of the economy. We can't control outcomes that are not within our realm. ---enough said-------

Boycott WalMart?

UGHHHHHH Okay, I am usually very optimistic about things....but, I just have to VENT. Somethings just get under my skin and begin to crawl...........! Don't you just hate it when you have to do your "big" grocery shopping after a long day of work, and it's dark, and it's raining? and when you get home....wet and tired....you realize that they didn't put all your groceries in a bag and in your buggy?????? UGH So, then you have to call Walmart and complain, and then go back to the store...in the dark, in the rain and wait back in line to complain and get your products that you have already paid for???????? If I could, I would boycott Walmart and punish them! (HA--I'm not really as crazy as I sound). But, geeeezzzzzz. Give a working girl a break!

Aggies & Homecoming

Greetings! Homecoming was last Friday night and the LCM Battlin' Bears finished at 0-7. Sad, sad season. Collin took Mallarie and they looked "cute as a bug". We left early, early Saturday a.m. to head to Kyle Field for the A&M/ OU game. Another sad, sad game. 66-21. However, any day in Aggieland is good. We met our cousin Randi Kay for lunch. Don't the cousins look cute in the picture together? A&M Class of 2011 and 2016. Have a wonderful FALL DAY !

The ghoul, Janis & John

HALLOWEEN: Collin had a good time dressing as a GHOUL and scaring trick or treaters at Oma & Opa's while Jerry and I dressed like a "dead celebrity" for our party...that was the theme. Collin was the official candy giver outer. I was JANIS JOPLIN (now you can see why I don't grow out my hair...ugh...not a pretty sight) and Jerry was JOHN CANDY ---aka security guard from the movie VACATION. Really, really funny. His shirt even says "Walley World". I'm in the picture with Charln....host of the party, otherwise known as ELVIS for the evening and Jerry is next to Patty---his boss at work; she was CHER. What a rebel...... she knows Cher isn't dead, but her husband dressed as Sonny Bono; so they were a pair :) We got a chance to have a late lunch Saturday at the brand spankin' new HOUSE OF BLUES in Houston. How awesome is that place? and, the food was good. They just opened their doors in October. Maybe sometime in the future we can go see a concert there. Willie Nelson was playing Saturday evening and we saw his crew unloading his busses. Another beautiful Sunday here and a great day to give thanks for our blessings. Smiles to all!

...Tis the season to dress up!

Jerry and I went to a Halloween Party last weekend and he was a PARROTHEAD (huge Jimmy Buffett fan) and I was CAMO GIRL (original, huh?) Today at school, Collin is a 12th MAN...GIG 'EM and I was a teacher attacked by a hem gauge in my forehead....kinda gross, huh? We have a party to attend this evening and we dress up again. MAN! We haven't done this many costumes in years. Lots of fun! Be safe and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!