Just Another Monday...

My first hurdle, what do I when I find that I don't have anything interesting to take photos of or my blog posts are going to be about the same old, same old?! Do I skip days or just bite the bullet and write and photograph the same topics? I guess I'll play it be ear since I don't have any "readers" yet anyways, it's a work in progress.

Highlights of the Weekend:
*We went to church.
*I taught church school.
*I did grocery shopping with a list and stuck to it.
*Meals are planned for the week.
*Sebastian got invited and went sledding with friends.
*Ben had a friend over to play in the snow.
*Grace slept over and they all had fun.
*We babysat Alissa - gotta love some baby time.
*Family offered to help with the kids (thanks MB and Bon).
*Gramma T is getting the help she needs.
*I got to go to Target and get my Magic pants - love them!
*Friday night pizza with Gapa.
*Got to see Cioci.
*Lots of cuddle time with Lucian.

Lowlights of the Weekend:
*Gramma T went to the hospital and was in ICU.
*Lucian was not feeling too well (strep).
*Philip wasn't feeling too great either (diabetes blah).
*I didn't get as much cleaning done as I had hoped to do (not unusual for me).

And since I'm a list making mood, here is a list of blog topic ideas for those days when all I can think of writing about is my day to day happenings which you'd find to be very routine.
*Random bargain deals
*The joys and hurdles of being a mommy (are you noticing a pattern?!)
*The weather (yeah, I know... another fav topic... can anyone really tire of updates about snow?!)
*Teaching stories

This is my weekend, in a nutshell. More good than bad and it's nice to put it all in perspective. Gramma T is getting out of the hospital tomorrow and we'll pray that she makes some lifestyle changes that will help improve her health so she can be with us for many more years.

And to think that I expect my students to answer daily journal entries EVERY DAY and my list consists of 4 things. Go figure they only write a sentence and call it quits.

Time to do a couple IEPs, I have CSE meetings tomorrow at work and I got an email from the school psychologist who runs the meetings because nothing has been done yet and he was concerned. *sigh* Sorry Michael. I'm really not a slacker, I just am not a fan of writing IEPs and sometimes I procrastinate (yeah sometimes). Oh yeah, and sometimes I priortize teaching (at school) and my children (at home) so when does that leave me time to do this... the day before, I suppose. Though truth be told, I'd much rather curl up on the couch with Lucian and enjoy some time with him before the big boys get home from school.

Here's a thought I'll leave you with... time flies by so cherish each and every day and moment (even when it's stressful)... you'll miss it someday.

Lucian made this "2010 Hat" in school. He was so proud of it and asked to have his picture taken. Poor pumpkin, you can almost see the "sickie" look in his eyes.

Benjamin and AJ had a whole bunch of fun in the snow. They tried shoveling a tunnel in the big snow pile and ate a bunch of snow too. Silly boys!

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