**Went to visit our friends Jeff and Toni after work tonight. Georgia and Cidney are getting so big! Cidney turns one years old in three days:)
** Tomorrow is the last day of the school year. It is bittersweet....I am sad to think that I might not be coming back to my school next year. Might not see my students and their families that I have gotten to know so well for the past two years. I was lucky to have a job I like so much. Whether I am there half-time next year depends on if I can find another half-time position in my district SOON. It isn't looking good, folks. I thought I'd have to go back to teaching special ed, but hundreds of those positions were also cut. If I can't find a job on my own soon, they will assign me somewhere full-time when something in my licensure area opens up. That could literally be the day before school starts or two weeks into the next year. That sucks! The good news is that I am guaranteed my salary either way, so being tenured helps to ease the mind some.
**I will be teaching 4th grade students with learning disabilities this summer. I will have Mon-Thurs off next week and then summer school starts Friday. It runs 5 weeks, but I will only work the first four.
** I am having knee surgery on July 25th. I will have 4 weeks to recover and then back to work..hopefully! The healing time needed for my procedure is up to 8 weeks. I hope I am good enough to do the Tootsie Roll at Kara's wedding on Sept 9...I know she is looking forward to that!
**In the scrappy news, I ordered a ton of overlays and papers from Hambly Screen Prints today. You have to check out Their layout gallery. Wow!! I even saw stuff made by my girls Christina Padilla, Jaime Warren and Kristi Contes. how cool! I am going to make some cool stuff when I get it and try to make that gallery too! I never submit my stuff because I'd rather do it for fun, but that looks fun too!
Then Greta asks me if I have seen the new Cricut by ProvoCraft yet. Well no, I hadn't until she sent me to their site to check it out and now I want one of these bad boys! They are really sweet. I have never had a Quikutz and this thing looks pretty techno-savy and you get like a million fonts and you can change the size on it too. Thanks a lot, Greta...one more thing for me to put on my wish list! I think they are going for around $300? I bet Adrienne has one of these or will be getting one soon! I say that because she loves to shop and always has the coolest tools before anyone else I know. If anyone seriously has this already, let me know what you think!
**I am reading My Friend Leonard by James Frey. Not sure if he "embellished" this story, like he did with A Million Little Pieces, but I am enjoying it. Love both books of his, despite all the controversy. Can't wait to read, read, read all summer long! Love it! Kim...I may take your suggestion and add bookreviews to the book thumbnails on my sidebar. I might have more time to do that this summer.
**Sending positive thoughts to my girlfriend who is going to the Dr. tomorrow to make sure her cervical cancer hasn't come back. She is the third friend of mine (that I know of )who has had cervical cancer. It is scary how many people are affected.
**Sent those bookmarks out yesterday...hope you girls like the ones you get!
Good night!
ROFLOL! Girl, no! LOL, I think the cricut is neat, but not me. I got to play with one at AcMoore and naaahhhhh, I would rather have my QK! LOL
Posted by: Adrienne | June 14, 2006 at 07:52 AM
I was hoping to be the first to comment, but Adrienne beat me. : (
I can't wait for your book reviews. I am going to pick up both those books by James Frey. I've heard that they are great.
Posted by: Kim | June 14, 2006 at 08:12 AM
You welcome girl if I have to be broke as a joke so can someone else...but hey al least we'll have the coolest tools for scrapping....hehehe
Posted by: greta | June 14, 2006 at 11:02 AM
oh man...I want those hambly papers & overlays so bad! I might have to splurge and get some today (even though I told myself NO more paper! LOL!).
I'll be sending good job vibes your way!
Posted by: sarah | June 14, 2006 at 11:59 AM
I love your booklist- reviews would be great...
you should check out the wishblade before you jump. It'll cut any font you have on your computer- its awesome :)
Posted by: BeckyS | June 14, 2006 at 09:01 PM
Jobs suck don't they? I hope you find something soon! So let me get this straight... if you don't find another part time position they will find you a full time position? Is there something wrong with that? I mean, is is just that it might be at a sucky school or something? I have no idea all the rules/procedures of hiring LOL... I get so confused.
Posted by: nic | June 15, 2006 at 03:37 PM