New for me

So I am experiencing something this week that I don't think I have ever experienced: Interviews!! Yes I have been the interviewee, but never the interviewer! That's what I am getting to do this week. It makes for a VERY full day when your normal planning time or after school time is taken up, but it's been neat because it's different. How you ask? (or maybe you didn't) Well to start with I am in a room with only adults, that is REALLY different from my normal routine! I am trying to size someone up in 30 minutes, yikes and deciding if they are a good "fit" for our team. I recently read "Blink" and was thinking about that today and trying to filter through snap judgements that I should pay attention to and snap judgements that I make that aren't helpful. I couldn't help but be aware of all the conclusions I was drawing as the interview moved along. I also felt a wave of sympathy or empathy for some,thinking about how they need a job to support a family or to get a career started, shouldn't we just hire them all, so we don't have to make one feel bad... bet you didn't know I had this "nice" side did you!! ha! I don't let it out too often!

Detoxed

SO I really did it! I gave up coffee that day that I wrote that last post. I haven't had a cup of creamer with a dash of coffee since Friday morning! I switched to green tea. They say that's good for ya, something about "free radicals" and "antioxidants", I thought those were some really out there liberal groups, apparently not though.

My fear is that I have lost all creative thoughts with the loss of the caffeine, I have wanted to update my blog for several days and each time I think to do it, I gotta whole lotta nuthin!

My students had to write a poem last week that I thought was fun, so I thought I should give it a try, it's what we called "I use to, but now I"

I use to be terrified to speak in public,
but now I only feel a little sick if I have to.

I use to drink coffee,
but now I drink green tea.

I use to hate spinach,
but now I like it.

I use to think I would NEVER go back to work,
but now I teach 4th grade.

I use to think baseball was boring,
but now I love to watch it. (one team only)

I use to think I always had to have a boyfriend,
but now I hope Jessica NEVER thinks that.

I use to hate excercise,
but now I like it (can't say love just yet)


I use to love to do crafty things
but now not so much.


I use to want to be a doctor
but now I just go to Web md

I use to be able to eat whatever I wanted
but now I have to watch what I eat


Ok this is boring... I bet my students didn't like it either. Oh well.

Stand Back!!!

So I was thinking about giving up coffee! It's really because I think I need to give up creamer. I use WAAAYYY too much of that really yummy stuff. It's good, but not good for me. I am kinda sad and just thought that I better warn people if they see me during the detox phase I cannot be held responsible for my actions! I think I better make sure I do this during a non-pms week. That combo could get someone seriously hurt.

However, like I said I am thinking about giving up coffee!

Bible Study Blog

Ok so I mentioned the E100 challenge and my go getter friend Jenn is off and running with it. Not only is she going to do the reading challenge with me, but she wants to co-blog about it with others. So consider this your invitation and book mark this new spot and hopefully we can all get going on this on Monday!!

http://www.biblebloggingsisters.blogspot.com/

So many of you out there have way more knowledge than I do so please chime in!! We will see how this works, it may just be me and Jenn, but that's ok!!!

Every day...

Each morning for about two weeks now I go into Jessica's room, while she is eating breakfast, with the intention of making her bed. I know, I know you are all thinking: she should be making her own bed, but that is not what this is about. Save your lectures.

I walk into her room and get stopped short and a smile creeps over my face. This is what she has been doing for a while now. She takes her most prize possession, the item she says she would be sure to get if there were a fire and tucks it in safe and warm for the day.

This is Casey. I don't have the heart to pull Casey outta bed in order to complete my task. Maybe I have issues with personification, I don't know. I just know that I walk away with a little grin at how much that girl loves that little dog and in her 8 year old heart that pup is as alive as can be. I love Jessica's heart of gold towards all creatures alive and stuffed! I guess there is a part of me too that loves Casey for taking care of my little girl through the night, keeping her secrets and wiping away a few tears over the years.

I am sure there will come a day (way too soon) that Casey may end up under the bed or in the closet forgotten by the little girl that is all grown up now, so for now I am going to just forget about making the bed and just enjoy seeing my little girl be a little girl.

Random Things

I am posting, not because I have something grand to share with you, but more because I am tired of looking at Lindsay Lohan (see post below)

We all survived our week back to work/school. Spring Break is almost cruel because it's this sneak peak at coming attractions (summer) but it's actually still far away. Summer to me, a grown up, still seems far away, I can only imagine the eternity it feels like for my kids. You know how time practically stood still when you were young and Christmas, birthdays and Summer would NEVER arrive! Oh the agony!

I have worked out 4 times this week!! I am quite pleased with myself. I am attempting to do some new stuff in hopes of shocking my body into getting some results. I am doing workouts with crossfit.com. Let me tell ya, if I keep this up, I will be able to kick yo bootie in no time! This stuff is painful. I was so sore Wednesday night that when I would role over in my sleep it woke me up!

Tomorrow is OPENING DAY!! No I don't mean the Rangers, I mean the best baseball team around, The Oakland A's in the Wylie Little League! Yes, it's Joshua's first game tomorrow. I love to watch my boy play ball! Jessica has a soccer game at 11:00 tomorrow too, so it's a fun sports day for the Havards. I know I have posted on this before but I LOVE spending my Saturdays watching those two show off the athletic gene they got from Havard side of the family!

It doesn't hurt that two of my closest friends have kids on the same teams, so I know I get a good hour of chat time! They are such good friends they don't even mind it when, in the middle of conversation, I start screaming (in a positive tone) GO JESSICA! GO!!!!!!GO!!! or I totally stop talking and say, "Joshua's at bat I gotta focus!"

If anyone out there is interested in taking the E100challenge.com with me let me know. (go to resources, free downloads and then planner)I have procrastinated starting this mainly because sometimes I struggle with the idea: Better/easier to NOT try and therefore NOT fail, than try and fail. So wrong, I know, so wrong.

I have typed your ear off enough for one night...

One more thing. Do you like my new template? I changed my title to "All Four Seasons" and listed the main reasons why:
1. Isn't that what blogging is, just talking about what season of life your in at that moment
2. Ever heard the song, "All 4 Seasons" by Sting. It's funny and when I heard it the first time all I could think was, "that's me!!" My husband and family can testify!
3. and, last but not least, I would be happy to stay at any Four Seasons hotel anywhere!!!

Clarification please!!

A funny thing happen to me the other day. Our refrigerator stopped working the Sunday I took Jessica to the Hannah Montana concert so a few days later we had a guy from Sears come and look at it and repair it for us. While I was paying the bill he looks at me and says, "You look like that actress..."

All I could think is please don't let it be some old lady, please please please.

He continues, "You know the actress in the movie about the car that's alive." At this point I say, "You mean Herbie the Lovebug?" in a VERY confused tone.


He says, "Yeah that girl in that movie."


I am still quite confused and say, "Well surely you don't mean Lindsay Lohan, was there some mom in that movie or something?"


"No, you do look like Lindsay Lohan, hasn't anyone told you that before?"


I can hardly contain my laughter at this point as I sign my credit card bill. The only thing I could think in my mind was "can you please clarify!!" do you mean this Lindsay Lohan:


Or this Lindsay Lohan:
I certainly wish it the 2nd photo, but due to the fact that I had spent the afternoon cleaning my house I fear it was the first!!! Ha! I wanted to say "sure thing buddy, except for the hair color, eye color and major age difference, she's my twin!"

I encouraged him to lay off the refrigerant a little bit and sent him on his merry way!