Whewwwww!

I'M EMPLOYED!! My stint of unemployment was, thankfully, short lived.

I'm still at the high school, but with the polar opposite group of kids. In my old job I was working with the college bound students. Several of whom planned to graduate high school with their Associate Degrees. My new job is largely clerical work for the special ed department.

My computer skills will be pushed to the edge of my comfort zone, and beyond ... as will my blood pressure. In the two years I've been at the HS there has only been one student who has really driven me crazy. He'll be one of mine this year, and all the others will be a lot like him. I'm going to have to learn to "take a breath" like I always tell my students when they get stressed. I may also have to leave off the Pepsi and keep an ativan in my pocket. GAH! What have I gotten myself into?!?

Embrace Change...breathe.....

Live Frogs in the Morning

They say if you eat a live frog first thing in the morning nothing worse will happen all day. Well, I did it. *Glulp!* My live frog was a meeting with the principal this morning. I've been Downsized. That is not to say I've lost weight. It means my job has been nixed.
SUCK - I loved that job!

So I've applied for about 15 jobs with the school district today.

Pepsi, Ativan and a nap - the cure for what ails you. Had the ativan before the meeting (I had a feeling there would be live frogs there), had the Pepsi while I cleared out my classroom (had to wash down the frog AND the school doesn't have Vodka and Valium in the vending machine), all there is left is the nap...G'NIGHT...wake me up when my job grows back.

Maybe a booster on the ativan....

A Wonderous Thunderous Birthday 8/4

I'm quite overdue posting about my birthday. But I want to thanks all my dear family and friends who make my life worth getting older.

The morning started with an AMAZING thunderstorm at 5:am. The weather service reported 143 thunder strikes in Utah County within about 30 minutes. It was the most thunderous storm I ever recall. Everyone we talked to, whether they lived in the north or south parts of the county, said the lightening was right on top of them. I didn't hear of any injury or property damage. So that is a good thing too.

The next day Bryan and I went to SLC to redeem a free night hotel he'd won earlier in the spring. It was a pleasant time. We didn't do anything spectacular, we did swim, we were the only ones in the pool so that was nice. It was good just to take a day off of life and obligations.

Sunday again

Summer is weird when you work for a school. It seems like Sunday happens at least every third day. I'm getting nothing done this summer. OK not NOTHING...I got a blog!

-- Kallie says hi --

WMD...Where's My Desk?!?

I was blog surfing in the middle of last night and came across a blinkie that says WOYWW...What's On Your Workspace Wednesday. Each Wednesday you can upload a photo of your workspace to stamping-ground.blogspot.com and show the world what project you are working on. Kind of a clever idea to get inspiration for projects and organization. I thought about signing up to play but the more I thought about it the more I realized I don't even craft at my workspace. So far it's just a goal to one day have all my scrap crap in the same room and a space on my desk large enough to place a 12x24 scrapbook LO to work on.

Early in the spring I started moving my craft room from one downstairs bedroom to the other (larger) room. The project became overwhelming so it has sat static for a couple months now. Which brings me to the title of my post. I decided rather that join WOYWW I would begin my own Wednesday campaign: WMD - Where's My Desk?!? Here are photos of the baseline. Brace yourself.This is the RED wall. I love this IKEA space. One day all the stuff I need at my fingertips will be stored on these shelves to which my desk is attached. Currently things have just kind of fallen where they landed in the move.

This the the south wall of the new craft room, or B-room, formerly known as the Boy's room. When I say I'm going to my Broom... this is where I'm headed. Yes, it locks from the inside; I have the only key. One day the bookshelf and file drawers will NOT be empty and sitting in front of my paper stash.

This is Embellishment central. one day my cricut will live in this space attached to my computer where I can cut what I want. (Advertisement alert!) Thanks to the Make the Cut computer program I really can cut what I want with my Cricut and Expression. LOVE LOVE the MTC program. If you have a cricut you should really check it out. And if you buy it through Scrappydew.com you get a cool starter package of cute SVG files valued up to dollars! AND if you buy NOW the MTC program is on sale. Sorry :( I got carried away.

Sadly, this is a sampling of the stuff that is still waiting to be moved from the C-room (former Craft room, future guest or Company room). One day there will be a guest bed in this very spot. Ugh! I have too much stuff!

I made something!

I've been spending time looking at "Art" blogs. Sometimes I'm surprised at what people call art. The amazing thing is when I read peoples comments about pieces that don't inspire me, I can totally see what they see. Maybe I'll try some assemblage art.

In the meantime, this is the LO I did for Mitch's birthday. I KNOW! It just happened a couple days ago and I already have it ready for the book. WEIRD! In all fairness the journal spot is just penciled onto a posty so it's not totally ready. Meh.

Thanks Jenni Campbell for the LO idea from a swap several years ago.

Happy Birthday to Mitch

My first born turns 26 today. We had a mini party yesterday because he was here.
Mitch, you're a good son.
Knowing you makes me happy.
I love you.
Happy Birthday!