WHERE ARE YOU?

In the words of one of my dear followers Becky, WHERE ARE YOU? Um, well, all I have to answer that question is by saying that I have been very busy. I know, I know, we are all busy right. However, when I get busy, the computer seems to be one of the last things on my priority list. Yes, I have been a terrible blogger and did not think that time would go by like this in between my last post and now. But really for me, time has flown by so quickly that over the summer I feel like I blinked three times and it was back to school time once again. Whew ~ they say as you get older time goes by faster, and at this rate, if it goes by any quicker the days will be gone like a NHRA dragster speeding down the track!!! So really, just how busy have you been? To answer that question, I am just going to have to do what I used to do in college and bullet each month or subject and give you a little blip about them. Okay, are you ready? I promise, I won't post too long.

MAY/JUNE ~ At the end of May and the first part of June, I finished up a long term sub position in Kindergarten. That was what I was doing the last time I posted. My time spent in this Kindergarten classroom was awesome and I do believe that God intended for me to be there and have the most blessed experiences that I did. What a way to connect with the principal, wink, wink. I mean after all if there are any job openings, she and I have bonded quite well. :)

LAST OF JUNE ~ During the middle and end of June I spent many hours trying to get prepared for the Preschool that I was hopefully going to get started at church. In the answer to all of my work, no it did not happen. So, that tells me pretty clearly that God has other windows opened for me to climb through. :) And yes, I am very excited about that.

JULY ~ Wheat harvest time! Straw bales need to be made! Equipment needs to be cared for! Enough said, I suppose. (lol)

AUGUST ~ Vacation Bible school at church took up the first week and of course I had to be the Bible Story Leader for all age groups. I really did love doing it and my suspicions are that they wanted me to because I am a teacher not only in real life but in Sunday school as well. :) Then, Scott and I took off on vacation for OUR FIRST ANNIVERSARY!!!!!!! We took his parent's 5th wheel camper and away we went south. We stopped to see my aunt in the southern part of Ohio, which was a real treat and then on to Virginia to spend the week at a gorgeous state park, near Scott's brother in Smithfield. Smithfield is part of the historic area in Virginia and very close to Williamsburg, which I had never been to and loved every minute of it because I truly love American history. We had a great time. Yes, I did not want to come back, at least for another week, but just one week there and time to head home.

END OF AUGUST ~ Our county fair is at the end of August and the Monday in which we returned home, we had tickets bought for the Craig Morgan show. Our tickets were bought back in May for this show and there was no way we were going to miss it. Craig Morgan is a country music singer and is most famous for his International Harvester song. I think it may be on my play list, not sure. I will check that out and see. By this time it is the week before school starts and I am getting ready to prepare to get back in the routine again. Let's see we got home on Monday, went to the concert and Tuesday morning bright and early, the substitute caller phoned me and told me that I was going to be teaching 5th and 6th grade long term, because the teacher went skydiving and had a terrible accident, if I wanted it, of course. Um, 5th and 6th grade? Yikes I start this Thursday! So, needless to say I took the challenge and taught 5th and 6th grade up until a week ago. Kind of scary you know, because I am not very tall and these children are as tall, if not taller than myself. However, it was a most blessed experience. At this particular school, in the same school district as I had taught Kindergarten in, had gotten a new principal. Perfect! We have developed a great relationship and hopefully has helped me gain another few inches in the door for when a job opens up! Not to mention that the other teachers had a party for me on my last Friday and brought me gifts! Totally was not expecting that, but so humbled.

Oh yes, let us not forget the 4 graduation parties, 4 weddings and bridal showers, 2 funerals and a baby shower that helped to sprinkle in some activity into our schedule. O let me not forget all of the canning that I have done as well! 60 pounds of beef, 6 long rows of sweet corn both frozen and canned, and green beans! Anyone ever canned before, yep, it's a chore in August, but so good in the winter time! :) Oh yeah!

TTC ~ So sorry to disappoint you, but nothing has happened for us. Since I have decided to go into denial about my diabetes and not take care of myself the way that I should, I have not been able to lose any more weight and yep, my glucose levels have not been where they were or should be. For anyone who has unbalanced glucose levels, it pretty much tells your body that there is no way you should be pregnant and puts a pretty good stop to it. :( With that being said, it is my goal to get back into an exercise routine again and get off the needed 15 pounds so that I can start Clomid in May when I see my GYN. The good news is that I have not gained much weight back, only a couple of pounds and Scott has kept his mostly off too. :) Praise be to God!

I know, you are all probably wondering what in the world am I doing posting now. I mean it has been this long, why bother. Well, I got up at my normal time and decided that today this was going to be my top priority since I had the day off from subbing. Oh how I have missed you all and have gotten caught up on some of the happenings going on out there in blogland. I would like to congratulate Becky on the birth of her handsome son Nicholas as well as congratulate Becky B., Mary and Emily on their pregnancies as well. :) God's blessings to you, especially to any of you great ladies who have awesome news as well that I may not have mentioned or did not know about. My prayers, as always, are with each and everyone of us and I know that in my strong faith all of our wombs will be opened up to have our precious miracles.

Thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers. Now that I am back to subbing again and on a routine, I will make my best effort to blog as much as I can. :) Today I had the day off and it feels really good to be able to take care of things that have been neglected around the house due to my busy school schedule. :)

Hugs and blessings y'all,