Mid Week Random

1. Last night I made us Lasagna Soup. It was good and super easy. Basically all it is is pound of ground beef, onion, garlic, green pepper, Italian seasoning, tomato paste, diced tomatoes, some beef broth, water and broken up lasagna noodles. It was good and different. Not the same ol' same ol'.

2. Keep praying. For my daddy bear and for me. 

3. Tonight I am going to make Cake Balls. A teacher at school made them today and they were heavenly so I decided  I would try them and bring some to school, let J take some when he leaves and give some to our neighbors. I'll let you know how they turn out.

4. Speaking of sugar- J had a dentist appt today and mine is next week. I am in a panic. I HATE the dentist. My teeth are super sensitive and it freaks me out. 

5. More sugar. I tried to make royal icing last week. FAIL. I think I might stick to powdered sugar and water until I can get good. I did make a cute oil rig cookie for J though. I had a lot of fun it was super time consuming though. I am pretty sure it was because I am new and not quite sure what I am doing. I started at 4 and had only iced 6 cookies by 8:30!!! Oops! 

6. Word Walking...in preparing for my classroom that God will provide (be it this year, next year, 5 years from now) I cut out 100 feet. I am now in the process of writing the top 100 sight words on each foot (one word per foot). Then the kids will get the feet, make a path and have to say the sight word and use it in a sentence along their "word walk." 

7. Presents. Working here has been wonderful. Next Friday is our last day of school which also means my last day of having a job. However, the teachers here are so sweet. They all have been so supportive in me finding a permanent teaching job. And this reaches beyond my 2nd grade team. The speech teacher gave me boxes and boxes of math materials she no longer uses (from when she was a 1st grade teacher) and one of the first grade teachers gave me a giant pile of books! I feel very loved.

8. Summer. As much as it sucks that next Friday will be my last day I am still super stoked about having summer time!! One of the many reasons I love my profession is that we get summers off. (kinda) If I get a job I would love to have the summer to prepare and get organized. I can pray but more than likely that won't be happening in this economy. Anyways, I can't wait for weekend getaways, vacations, crafting, photography, lounging around, etc.

9. Photography. I have been doing photography for some time now but this school year has been rough and haven't really done very much with it. However, before school is out I am going to post a flyer for my photography on our district classifieds. EEK! I think now that I know I won't have a job I really will push myself and my work so that I can make a little income. I have been working on my website. 

10. I am thinking Chili's for dinner (gift card from Easter) followed by some homemade cake balls all while snuggling on the couch with my hunny while we watch a movie. Sounds good? Yes I think so.