and now a message from Tiggy...

I didn't realize how long it has been..... WOW

March flew by like a Spring wind! I have being either sick, teaching, or finishing up my Master's degree! I am finally finished and will officially graduate in May! Shew! I thought I would never be me w/ a master's degree.

Then came Spring Break and Easter! What a needed break for me, my son, and my students. WE ALL needed a break! Now is GO time! 3 weeks until testing. YIKES! My kids are freaking and I am a little on edge. Thankfully we have weekends. If we didn't, I think we all would be a basket case before May 14th!

This month is busy w/ Spring cleaning, flipping some items bought @ flea markets, and preparing for testing. It's going to be nuts for the next month. Can't wait for it to be over.

May will bring testing, lil man's birthday, Memorial Day Weekend, and 3 weeks left of school after testing! YEAH!!!! Then it will be time for r&r, some travel to the beach, lil man's visits to his grandparents in Kentucky and Ohio. He is so ready to see them and his brothers. It also brings the rite of passage for my oldest step-son (yes I still claim them as mine).! Sam will become a HS graduate in early June!! I am so proud of him and his wise choices he's made. His mom should be very proud of the young man she raised!

Have a great rest of April!

Olympic Dreams...

The Olympics have been playing now for a week. We have had some major ups and downs from the opening ceremony's blooper to Shawn White and his coach's little chat before his Victory Lap. All I have to say is that this Winter Olympiad had been AWESOME!!!

I watched the opening ceremonies in awe! I love the technological effects, so 21st Century! I only have been able to watch bits and pieces, but of what I have watched has be AWESOME! I am going to watch the ladies skate this week. That's one part of the Olympics I love, figure skating.

In other news, I finished my last class for my master's in Technology!! I will unofficially graduate at the end of March, with the official diploma arriving at the end of May. I can't wait! 22 months of hard work and determination will finally pay off!!!

NASCAR has also started and I did get to watch some of the Daytona 500. It wasn't too bad; however, the red flag kinda killed it for me.

Down here in NC, we survived an ice storm and a small snow this winter. Both were beautiful while they lasted. Up home, DG and the family have been digging out of snow since Christmas. It's been crazy up there. It seems every weekend they are having 6-12 more inches of snow. Our mom said that they can not even go out into the back yard b/c the snow is too deep. I can't remember a snow this deep since I was 7, and that was over 30 years ago!! FUN FUN FUN!!!

Well, I am off to complete my homework/final project for this last class so that I am able to turn in everything by March 3. I have a lot to do, so I better get a move on!!

Hope everyone has had a great 1st two months of 2010. Mine is getting better!!!

The Pro-Bowl is when????

I was reading news on Yahoo when I received an e-mail from the Browns that the Pro-Bowl was this weekend! What's up with that? I thought it was played after the Super Bowl so that those players have a chance to play too. Craziness is as craziness does. I guess since the Saints are in their first Super Bowl the whole world has gone crazy.... LOL I am so excited that the Saints are in the Super Bowl! Now, for the Browns to get there.

... Oh wait Hell isn't freezing over. Well, I am looking out my window as freezing rain is falling. Is that close enough since I live in NC?

I guess not..... LOL

I hope everyone had a great start to 2010. Mine started out slow. We shall see what the other 11 months hold.

Have a great weekend!

Ah, at last a post from Tiggy!!!

Hello friends of blogland. I finally have a minute or two to blog and to say how much I have missed reading your blogs and posting. It's been a crazy month or two. It's just been crazy!

November ended with nothing much to write about.

December had:

• school finishing up for the calendar year
• Driving to Ohio for Christmas with DG and the family.
• Glad that it wasn't snowing on either way to and from Ohio
• Lil guy missed a great snow the day after we left; so much for a snowball fight, even though he had a small one w/ Grandma
• The New Year rang in while we were celebrating w/ friends, who will be moving to TN this summer. :(

January so far brought:

• A week of reviewing things taught for the nine weeks (5 days for 9 weeks!)
  
• Benchmark testing... always a fun week!
• A three day weekend followed by a 3 day work week, followed by another 3 day weekend! (How's that for scheduling!)

I hope all of you are doing well and are having fun while doing it!

Hopefully it won't be a month and a half before my next post! HAHAHAHA

Thanksgiving Day!

Happy Thanksgiving to all family and friends!

I am truly thankful this year. I am 3 months away from obtaining my masters degree. I have a very special significant other in my life who has been a true light where there was dark. I have a wonderful son who is surpassing what's expected of a 1st grader, even though we have other areas to work on. I have a good job w/ good kids and good people to work with! Overall, the health is good; could be better ; however, I am still working on it!

I have a great family and friends who have been very supportive and loving! I wouldn't have made it w/out them! THANKS!

To all my blogging friends, I wish you the happiest of holidays. I will try to blog a tad more the rest of this year. Once the masters is complete, I will be a tad more free!!!

Have you hugged your Turkey today???

Love this video!

Gone too soon......

Yes, I know that's a title of a song done by Michael Jackson, but this week it fits the news down here. The week of the 12th, one of my former students passed away due to complications of diabetes that no one knew she had. They haven't come out and said what actually made her sugar spike over 12000, but there are a few theories floating around. The week before she took the Flu Mist and then took ill later in the week. By Sunday she was worse, then by Wednesday morning she was gone. From what I was told an autopsy was performed and we won't know when those findings will be released or if they will be.

On the 19th was her viewing, which was also my birthday. The next day they laid her to rest. A sixth grader is way too young to pass. She was a great person deep down and had dreams of wanting to become a doctor. Now, those dreams are gone along with her presence. Many of my former students took it very hard b/c they have been classmates since 1st grade. How do you say good-bye to a friend that you've known most of your life.

Just in the last 4 months, I have had too much loss affect my life. I can't take another loss this year. Please make sure you protect yourself from that dreaded H1N1 by washing your hands or at least using sanitizer. Also, drink hot liquids and gargle w/ salt water or Listerine. Those steps help kill the bacteria that enters your body via the nasal passages, and mouth. I don't want anyone to have to go through what these families are going through losing children to this flu!

I will hopefully be blogging more.... just been very busy w/ school and graduate school. Only 4 more months and 2 classes!!!! Then I will have my masters~!

Have a great weekend and Halloween!