The best part of breaks from work and having a lot of friends who are also teachers is having time to get together and catch up on each others lives.
In the two weeks I have had off, I have been able to get together with 5 friends and I hope to add two more to the list on Monday.
Chats, laughs, challenges, resolutions all happen at the nondescript tables of restaurants and coffee houses. Private thoughts shared, secrets told and hugs. No matter how good the man in our lives is, nothing can replace that girl time. He will never understand like your girlfriends will and your girlfriends will always be there, no matter what you need and no matter if you have a man in your life or not. I love my girlfriends. They are more family than not. Some know you better than you know yourself. Some know just by a public word typed on Twitter or Facebook that a phone call is in order to see what in the world is going on and why did you type that thing that certain way.
One friend of mine knows me so well that she knew I was getting a divorce because she didn't receive a Valentine's Day "holiday" note card and knew that something wasn't right since she always got a notecard for every holiday.
My very best friend would have celebrated her 61st birthday today. Unfortunately, cancer took her away from me many years too early. Happy Birthday, Mom! I love and miss you every day.
Yes, I am blessed. My girlfriends have seen me through, boyfriends, marriage, child birth, divorce, more boyfriends, cancer, college and so much more. I don't know what I would do without them in my life. They are always there and there is something to be said for friends.
Friday, January 4, 2013
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Who Wants a Float?
Here I am, trying to figure out this whole blog thing. It's slightly confusing, as is any new technology for me. Do you remember laughing at your parents when you were younger and them cursing at all the "new fangled" technology in the 80s and 90s? Oh the computers, fancy calculators, and what about those watches you could play Pac Man on? Those were so cool.
I'm afraid I've become my parents. When did technology become so scary and when did it happen that I need to take a class for the new technology that comes out. All I used to have to do was read the manual for 6 or 7 hours and I knew how to run something. Now, I just say to my son, "Hey G, can you set this thing up for me and teach me how to use it?"
I'm not kidding you when I say that it has taken me nearly 3 years to figure out how to run the remote to the TV in conjunction with my non-Blu-Ray player and the Wii. Some days it still takes me at least 5 minutes to get everything running the right way and on the right wave length thingy on the remote. It's rather entertaining to watch, really. The most embarrassing thing was buying a touch screen phone and not being able to turn it off! My son looked at me with that famous, "you're so lame" look and said, "Hand it to me." Then he oh, so calmly, turned to phone towards me and slid the arrow to the other side of the screen. HOW WAS I TO KNOW??
So I'm here trying to figure out eBlogger. I have this fancy shmancy page in my mind that I want to create but I think I'm going to have to get some pointers from those who have gone before me before it gets set up the way I want it to be set up.
Alllll this blogging is making me hungry, who wants an ice cream float? MEEEE! What's your favorite float?
My all time favorite is a Coke Float but I haven't met a float I haven't liked yet. My newest love is Rum Chatta and Diet Root Beer. It's like a Root Beer Float for adults without the cream that will just layer itself right to my gut, thighs and butt.
My past and present float loves:
Coffee Float (vanilla ice cream floating in warm coffee)
Coffee Float (coffee Haagen Dasz floating in warm coffee)
Strawberry Float ( vanilla ice cream with Strawberry Crush)
Root Beer Float (vanilla ice cream with A&W Root Beer)
Have you ever heard of a beer float? One morning one of the radio stations was talking about them and not surprisingly, many men have tried beer floats and admitted that they aren't bad. To me it's just as unlikely that I try a beer float as I would try a green olive float. YUCK!
But I have to admit, now I wonder what Rum Chatta and vanilla ice cream as a float would taste like. Rum Chatta is great in a lot of things, trust me. Hot chocolate, french toast, french toast casserole, Diet Root Beer, and the BEST EVER, coffee. I'm sad that drinking before work is frowned upon. If it weren't I think I would have a shot of Rum Chatta in my coffee every single morning. YUMMMMMM.
Well, I'm off to get some ice cream and turn in for the night. I'll try to figure out this new fangled technology tomorrow when my son can watch the spectacle and laugh at me then reflect on this when he's my age and struggling with technology himself. Although, I can't really imagine that happening.
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I'm afraid I've become my parents. When did technology become so scary and when did it happen that I need to take a class for the new technology that comes out. All I used to have to do was read the manual for 6 or 7 hours and I knew how to run something. Now, I just say to my son, "Hey G, can you set this thing up for me and teach me how to use it?"
I'm not kidding you when I say that it has taken me nearly 3 years to figure out how to run the remote to the TV in conjunction with my non-Blu-Ray player and the Wii. Some days it still takes me at least 5 minutes to get everything running the right way and on the right wave length thingy on the remote. It's rather entertaining to watch, really. The most embarrassing thing was buying a touch screen phone and not being able to turn it off! My son looked at me with that famous, "you're so lame" look and said, "Hand it to me." Then he oh, so calmly, turned to phone towards me and slid the arrow to the other side of the screen. HOW WAS I TO KNOW??
So I'm here trying to figure out eBlogger. I have this fancy shmancy page in my mind that I want to create but I think I'm going to have to get some pointers from those who have gone before me before it gets set up the way I want it to be set up.
Alllll this blogging is making me hungry, who wants an ice cream float? MEEEE! What's your favorite float?
My all time favorite is a Coke Float but I haven't met a float I haven't liked yet. My newest love is Rum Chatta and Diet Root Beer. It's like a Root Beer Float for adults without the cream that will just layer itself right to my gut, thighs and butt.
My past and present float loves:
Coffee Float (vanilla ice cream floating in warm coffee)
Coffee Float (coffee Haagen Dasz floating in warm coffee)
Strawberry Float ( vanilla ice cream with Strawberry Crush)
Root Beer Float (vanilla ice cream with A&W Root Beer)
Have you ever heard of a beer float? One morning one of the radio stations was talking about them and not surprisingly, many men have tried beer floats and admitted that they aren't bad. To me it's just as unlikely that I try a beer float as I would try a green olive float. YUCK!
But I have to admit, now I wonder what Rum Chatta and vanilla ice cream as a float would taste like. Rum Chatta is great in a lot of things, trust me. Hot chocolate, french toast, french toast casserole, Diet Root Beer, and the BEST EVER, coffee. I'm sad that drinking before work is frowned upon. If it weren't I think I would have a shot of Rum Chatta in my coffee every single morning. YUMMMMMM.
Well, I'm off to get some ice cream and turn in for the night. I'll try to figure out this new fangled technology tomorrow when my son can watch the spectacle and laugh at me then reflect on this when he's my age and struggling with technology himself. Although, I can't really imagine that happening.
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2013~ The Year of Yes
Happy New Year to one and all. Though I am not new to blogging, I am new to blogging on eBlogger.
I love when each new year begins, full of hope and everyone gets to start with a clean attitude slate. Many start out with their New Years Resolution. Some resolve to lose weight, some resolve to be less judgemental of others, some resolve to get back in shape, and some resolve not to make any resolutions to avoid the guilt of breaking them.
This year I have a few goals which include applying for my teaching certificate, landing a summer school teaching job, and landing a regular teaching job in a school with a high population of English Language learners. I recently finished my 3 year New Years Resolution of finishing up my teaching degree. It was a long haul, it was intense, it was difficult but it was worth every ounce of blood, sweat and tears.
This year, instead of making resolutions, I am calling 2013 my "Year of Yes". I still haven't formed in my head exactly what "The Year of Yes" means exactly but I can tell you that it will be a year of stretching and growing. It will be a year of saying yes to people and things I have said no to in the 3 years since I've been back in college.
The year of yes will consist of going on dates with people I would probably have said no to in the past, going out with friends and expanding my social life in ways that I haven't before. I will start volunteering with an organization close to my heart but will challenge me to stretch and grow in ways I have a feeling I have yet to realize. Hospice is my volunteer organization of choice. I have chosen it because they made a huge impact while my mother was in their care in her last weeks of life. Instead of them being an organization that is associated with death, I have realized more than anything that Hospice is more associated with life and quality of life and I would like to pay forward the positive things Hospice brought in to my mother's house when she was dying.
The year of yes means that I am going to challenge myself to do things I either haven't been interested in the past or haven't had the opportunity to do. The year of yes is still forming, growing and will change throughout 2013.
Yes, there is much hope in my life right now. I graduated a few weeks ago from college, I ended a relationship I knew wasn't right for me and the difficult time with G, my son is past us and I hope will be in long range history thanks to medication changes for him. He is on the right track and I have many things to be thankful and hopeful for in 2013. I hope this is the case for you, too.
One of my goals for this year is to try to blog daily. Of course I know this is a tall order, so I am going to shoot for 4 days a week.
I hope you enjoy the things I add to this blog. YES, my first blog is finished!
Blessings,
Lisa
I love when each new year begins, full of hope and everyone gets to start with a clean attitude slate. Many start out with their New Years Resolution. Some resolve to lose weight, some resolve to be less judgemental of others, some resolve to get back in shape, and some resolve not to make any resolutions to avoid the guilt of breaking them.
This year I have a few goals which include applying for my teaching certificate, landing a summer school teaching job, and landing a regular teaching job in a school with a high population of English Language learners. I recently finished my 3 year New Years Resolution of finishing up my teaching degree. It was a long haul, it was intense, it was difficult but it was worth every ounce of blood, sweat and tears.
This year, instead of making resolutions, I am calling 2013 my "Year of Yes". I still haven't formed in my head exactly what "The Year of Yes" means exactly but I can tell you that it will be a year of stretching and growing. It will be a year of saying yes to people and things I have said no to in the 3 years since I've been back in college.
The year of yes will consist of going on dates with people I would probably have said no to in the past, going out with friends and expanding my social life in ways that I haven't before. I will start volunteering with an organization close to my heart but will challenge me to stretch and grow in ways I have a feeling I have yet to realize. Hospice is my volunteer organization of choice. I have chosen it because they made a huge impact while my mother was in their care in her last weeks of life. Instead of them being an organization that is associated with death, I have realized more than anything that Hospice is more associated with life and quality of life and I would like to pay forward the positive things Hospice brought in to my mother's house when she was dying.
The year of yes means that I am going to challenge myself to do things I either haven't been interested in the past or haven't had the opportunity to do. The year of yes is still forming, growing and will change throughout 2013.
Yes, there is much hope in my life right now. I graduated a few weeks ago from college, I ended a relationship I knew wasn't right for me and the difficult time with G, my son is past us and I hope will be in long range history thanks to medication changes for him. He is on the right track and I have many things to be thankful and hopeful for in 2013. I hope this is the case for you, too.
One of my goals for this year is to try to blog daily. Of course I know this is a tall order, so I am going to shoot for 4 days a week.
I hope you enjoy the things I add to this blog. YES, my first blog is finished!
Blessings,
Lisa
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