Memory Monday

my [old] classroom, with windows, walls and a door.......sigh....... i miss you!

THIRTEEN........thursday (even though it is really saturday)

**thirteen things I want at my last supper**

1. Dressing and gravy

2. Sweet potato casserole

3. Mac n cheese

4. Green beans

5. Broccoli casserole

6. Squash casserole

7. Leonardo DiCaprio

8. Sister Shubert's yeast rolls

9. Peach cobbler with vanilla ice cream

10. Johnny Depp

11. Diet coke and rum with lime

12. Nachos

13. Royal Farms fried chicken

(I apologize for the amount of carbs and gluten, but since it is my LAST meal, I get to live it up. Pretty sure numbers 7 and 10 are gluten and carbohydrate free)

THIRTEEN........thursday

1. This has been a very hard school year.

2. I have a very full class with bodies that constantly move, and several who need much attention and love.

3. I also have one very defiant student.

4. Add that all to my loud/defiant/attention seeking off-spring, I am managing behavior from sun-up to well after sun-down.

5. I am about to lose my mind.

6. Seriously, if there was a beach, sun and rum nearby, I would so be there......

7. I am tired. Every day is a battle and I am beginning to think I am losing that as well.

8. Oh, yeah, don't forget the very yappy dog. Tired of that, too.

9. I hope that things will brighten soon and this phase will pass.

10. I used to feel like this was my mission in life.

11. Now it just feels like a job.

12. That is not a good feeling at all.....

13. Please think of me in your prayers.......I need to find a solution......

Memory Monday

zachary first communion-all the "men" were congregating,

waiting for the "ladies" to line up.......

Sunday Plan

Sunday is usually spent preparing for the week. I try to get things together and clean my house up. I am going to add something new to the list (as if I needed more to do). But this is such a great idea.

I know that when I plan ahead, we all eat better. So this is what I am going to do. I saw this on another blog. She lost 135 pounds (!) and this is what she does to prep for the week. So, today I am going to make a HUGE salad (I have done this before and it is SO nice- David can grab a salad, I can make one quickly for my lunch), boil a dozen eggs, make some grits or oatmeal, cook some chicken, make some chili. In the future, I may try to bake some sweet potatoes. They can be reheated for my lunches...... SO many possibilities, and I will have things to eat!

But first I have to go watch my boy wrestle and squeeze in the laundry!!!!!

Thursday 13- FINALLY

1. I have been gluten free for about 2 weeks.

2. It is a lot harder than you would think.

3. But it forces one to think about what they are eating.....

4. I decided to follow my gut (no pun intended) instinct that something was not right.

5. So I tell my doctor I am anemic, I have chronic sores in my mouth and if I am not going to the bathroom about 8 times a day, it is the other extreme. My stomach always hurts, my arthritis always hurts, my belly feels bloated......

6. She says there is nothing wrong.

7. We are no longer seeing each other.

8. Which means I am looking for a new doctor.....

9. Have I ever mentioned I don't like doctors?

10. Well, I don't.

11. The only two that I have ever liked are my ENT and my OB/GYN.

12. If I could see these guys all the time, I would......

13. So, the search is on. Wish me luck!

Today's agenda and Updates on Resolutions

Today I am stocking the freezer:

Chicken and rice soup

Brunswick Stew

Chicken and bean Enchiladas

Gluten free chocolate chip cookies

Gluten free buns

Spaghetti sauce

Sloppy Joes

Tater tot casserole

**brunswick stew replaced with chicken and ham casserole, due to lack of ingredients**

As for Resolutions:

1. Am on day 2 of the Bible readings. If I can make it a habit, this will be good- I like the layout of the Bible on the Kindle.
2. Watched Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. Creepy. Bette Davis was a train-wreck, in a fabulous way. I loved how she looked like Courtney Love with the crazy eyeliner and smeared lipstick. She always shuffled her feet in the beginning of the movie, when she was "depressed". As her mania grew, she carried herself differently- very subtle, but important for the character. Joan Crawford was wonderful, too. I tried to think of how this movie could be played out in modern day, as we have so much access to the outside world. But it occurred to me that if one was a paraplegic forced into a hermit lifestyle, it could happen........ Of course, Jane would be played by Courtney Love and Blanche would be played by Sandra Bullock......
3. Have only gotten two pages of Jane Eyre...... Too much going on yesterday!
4. Didn't do yoga today, but did stretch.

Memory Monday

No, this is not me. This is my daughter. No, she is not 16. She was 11 in this one. She scares the bejeezus out of me------I dread when she is actually 16!