Eight Meme

I was tagged by Brandie. Brandie was in a class of mine at WTAMU. She is trying to pass her PPR, so say a little prayer for her.

I think I've actually done this one before, but here it goes again.

The rules are:
1. Mention the person that tagged you.
2. Complete the lists of 8's.
3. Tag 8 other bloggers.
4. Tell them that they have been tagged.


8 Things I Look Forward To
1. The TAKS test being over.

2. Summer
3. Having a weekend with nothing to do.
4. Seeing baby Jacob.
5. Working on scrapbooks.
6. Getting my hair cut.
7. Going somewhere for our 30th anniversary.

8. The TAKS test being over....did I mention that already!


8 Things I Did Yesterday
1. Signed out TAKS tests.
2. Visited and answered questions with TEA lady.

3. Watched the kids.
4. Got on Facebook.

5. Wrote a blog.
6. Went to Walmart.
7.Made stew and cornbread for supper.
8. Went to bed at 10:00.


8 Things I Wish I Could Do
1. Do scrapbooks

2.Be a better housekeeper.
3. Go back to Vegas.
4. Not have to drive so far to work.

5. Come home after school and do nothing.
6. See Jacob more often.

7. Get my nails done.
8. Travel more.


8 Shows I Watch
1. So you Think you can Dance.(May 21st!!!)

2. Law and Order CI
3. Criminal Minds

4. The Soup
5. Best Week Ever

6. Big Brother
7. Numbers
8. Law and Order SVU


8 Bloggers That I Tagged (have fun ladies!)

Shelba

Linda

Lacy

Amanda

Debbie

Kim

Belinda

Casey

Wordless Wednesday

Calm, Not stressed......A-OK!!!!!

Just a quick post to let everyone know how calm and collected I am....I am NOT stressed.....and you may ask, why would you be stressed? And my answer is......Texas Education Agency(TEA) is here auditing us for the TAKS test.....asking many, many questions, making sure we are doing everything just right!! So that's no reason to be stressed....right??.......right??? Someone please tell me that it's not a reason to be stressed!!

The lady that's here is really nice. She told me a while ago that everything looked good so far and then she said, but it's still early...I'll be here tomorrow too!! After she saw the color leave my face, she said, oh, I'm just kidding....I'm sure it will be alright tomorrow....'you are just easy to mess with'...meaning it doesn't take much to make me panic!!

Ok...I better get back to work......and convincing myself that I'm cool, calm, NOT stressed and A-OK!!!!!

Foto Friday on Sat.

These are some of our farm animals. I thought I would show pictures of them because they happen to be the only family members that won't talk back to me or cause me grief!!! Maybe I'll include humans in my next post!!

Surprise....

I've been having a bad week...every day so far has been a Monday, if you know what I mean! The TAKS test is next week and I've been trying to get all of tests ready and try to make sure I have the right test for the right kid and I've had to change the testing schedule at least 5 times because this teacher or that teacher wants to give this test or has to be gone or SOMETHING!! I've been trying really hard to make everyone happy, but it is stressing me out!!

Not only this, but I'm trying to get these seniors to get their scholarhips in and they don't want to. They have senioritis!! But their parents want them to, so they call me and ask about them. And then the JH kids are wild and crazy and cannot get along to save their lives!!! Monday morning a senior student who has only 5 more weeks before graduation tells me that he failed algebra 2 last year and is not taking it this year!! He wants to know if he needs it to gradutate!!! DUH!!! Of course you have to have it!! So he almost gave me a heart attack, but we did figure out a solution after a couple of hours!! Why don't kids take care of business?????

Today, I was just about to make my escape home when I was called to the office for a major incident, so I had to stay late. This was only one of many incidences this week. High school is a soap opera!!

So now for the surprise...I was eating lunch today and this lady that I didn't know found me and handed me this big basket full of goodies. She is a counselor from region 9 and wanted to tell me that I'm doing a good job and she appreciates all I do for the kids!! That was very nice and I was very surprised! It was just want I needed at just the right time. It's always good to hear that you are appreciated, so go tell someone they are!!

Wordless Wednesday!!

This is Jacob and he's MAD about something.....this is what I wanted to do today. Ok, so this wasn't wordless.....

Erynn

I got to spend yesterday afternoon with Erynn. All of the neighbor kids were gone and she couldn't find Bailey to play with, so she was stuck with me. If you don't know Erynn you are missing out. She is 8 years old and she is a character!! Saying she is a drama queen is an understatement. She talks all of the time and knows everything. Whenever I ask her Mom or brothers something, she answers....even if you think she is not listening, she is!! Her teacher Mrs. Gaylor must have unlimited amount of patience!! She knows if her brothers have homework, she tells if they get in trouble on the bus or anywhere else in the school. If anyone in her class does something wrong, she is the first to tell the teacher. She sometimes gets in trouble for talking but she says it's not her fault...that all of the kids ask her questions about their work, so she has to answer them!!

She is sort of a hypochondriac!! She is always making visits to the school nurse for some sort of ailment. I have a blood pressure machine at home and she likes taking her bp. Yesterday she said she thought she had high blood pressure and wanted to take it. So she locks her self in my room and takes her bp. She comes out with a serious look on her face and shows me what it was....and said, 'Nana, I think I need to go to the doctor'.....her bp was 91/59 and she thought she had high bp!!

We were on our way to Walmart and she says to me....'I have ADD'... and I said I don't think you do, Erynn....do you know what that is?, and she said that yes she does have it and it means that you can't pay attention and that she has a hard time paying attention because she is bored....that she already knows everything that they are doing in school. Mrs. Jenschsky, good luck if you have the privilege of having Erynn next year!!

She always finds something to keep herself entertained. Yesterday, she wanted to play store. So before I knew it, there were sticky notes with a price on it, on every item in my house...including the cat!! I was on the computer and she stuck one on the mouse that I was using and on the computer screen...

One day when they got out of school early, they were staying with Tony. He went to take a nap thinking that the kids were watching tv. When he got up they were gone, so he went to their house, which is only a block away, and sure enough, all three kids were there, along with an assortment of neighbor kids. They know that they are not suppose to have kids in the house when their Mom is not there so Tony ran them off. Well, Erynn was very upset with him and told him that he was mean and she started crying. After he went outside, she immediately called her Mom at work and told her that T-pa was mean and that he wouldn't let the kids stay in the house. And she said as she was crying....'T-pa hates children!!'