What is new?

Everything is new.  How to use a new computer is new..... Where are all my files?  How do I find them?  How do I manipulate things on the screen?  Well, I am learning... but in the meantime... I guess I will need to be patient.  I can do that!  (haha!) 

This is what I have to do!  I have no other choice!  haha! 

just a little doodle to enjoy 

Technology snaffoo and other stuff too

I feel like I dropped off the planet.... my wee laptop gave up the ghost and died.....
I haven't decided what to do to replace my trusty old friend... but I am finally getting creative with alternative choices without it.   Soooooo I tried using my husband's desktop..... and it works just fine... but it is a bit hairy about keeping my "stuff" separate from his "stuff"..... so I think I am going to have to break down and go looking for a replacement (computer- that is, not husband... just in case you were a bit confused there.)

In the meantime.... I am giving this iPad a go at this.... hopefully it does the job... even if there are a million typos due to the "help" it insists on providing me with..... with auto correct changing what I thought I wanted to say into something that would never come out of my mouth ....

Sooooo, on that note..... here is what I have been up to this weekend.  Just a little painted hand lettering to keep me out of trouble.  I am totally in love with how this turned out.  

Angels among us

We all have a lot to be thankful for.  I could focus on all the "stuff" that is not so great- because I have "stuff"... just like anyone, but today I am choosing to focus on the good.  We got a brand new grand-baby yesterday morning.  After some "scary bits" during labor, all ended well for both the baby and the mom.  We are grateful.  
Today is going to be spent with the older kids to pass the time whilst mom is still in the hospital.  We are going to bake cookies and decorate them.  Maybe we will make her a little gift.... (We will see how the cookie baking goes with a 2 and 4 year old!  haha! )  
In the meantime, I have a lovely pot of soup simmering and some cornbread ready to bake.  
Times like these make you feel thankful!  

A little overwhelming... haha

Who gets up at 2:30 in the morning because the holiday weekend is simply not long enough.... 

TIME!!!  The constant battle to cram more in and to come out victorious!  haha! 

We have this three day weekend.  I soooooo looked forward to it... kind of hoping to hit the reset button and catch up a little.  Well, whose plan was THAT??? 

We are trying to move houses... after living in this one long enough to fill it full to the brim of absolutely "necessary" items.... Things we lovingly collected over the years.  Things that we were happy to acquire after patience and hard work.  Things that we made.  Things that we were given.  Things that bring memories flooding back by just seeing them again... Things that I want to KEEP.   

And now we are wondering how to pack these THINGS... What to do with these THINGS that might no longer fit in the new place.....

Amid the sea of boxes and chaos, I sit--- trying to decided what to do with my TIME today to best make use of it.... 

and although I was exhausted enough to fall asleep instantly when I climbed into bed.... my hyper-drive brain thought it was important to solve the world's mysteries and woke me up to do so..... 

After turning and staring at the clock with disbelief.... (it was BEFORE 2:30 a.m.)... and giving my brain a stern lecture about sleeping for at LEAST three more hours.... (but four would be better)..... I finally came to the realization that I had lost that battle..... and got up... so at least ONE person in this house could sleep... 

and came out into the living room to grade papers..... it seemed like a million of them.... (mainly because there were about a million of them....more or less.)  

I found out Friday that all the assessments that we did last week needed to be graded and decisions needed to be made as to which cute student was going to be heading to remediation on TUESDAY...... (ack! ..... might I say ACK!)  So.... whose idea of fun was this???   haha! 

Knowing that a crew of men are going to arrive today, expecting my house to be neatly packed and labeled in boxes... ready to load into the truck.... my hyper-drive brain reminded me that there would not be time (or energy) to get this grading ordeal accomplished later..... 

Goodness gracious!  I got that task done.   I planned tomorrow so I don't 100 students staring at me wondering "What in the heck?".  
So, off I go to begin a new wonderful day.... (before the crash and burn later.)  

Maybe I will whip up some breakfast... "Who wants ham and eggs???"  

Cheers! 

moving moving moving

Got through the first few weeks of school... happily anticipating the 3 day weekend.... also known as moving weekend for us this year.... 

Our house is finally complete and we are moving.  Hurray! 

We have been living in sort of a jumbled chaos for months now... and it is time to get the boxes moved and begin the new life.... haha... 

I am putting my "stuff" into my "art room"..... (which is a bedroom... and I will be using it until my "studio" is completed.... which will not be for a while.... but that is ok... for a while.... for a while.... for a.... while.......)

   

On the other hand... I have a lovely, sunny space to keep my art supplies and... craft supplies.... and sewing supplies.... and ..... um, yeah.... I am pretty ok with waiting a little longer for the studio.... 

A little doodling ... I love this one.... it looks like the end of year in my garden... Kind of weedy and dry.... and past it's prime... but just beautiful as it hints of fall, just around the corner....  

Cheers!  

First Day Hurrah

I am determined to stay current with my posts - so today is going to be kind of short and sweet.  

First Day of Middle School!  WooHoo!  It went by like a flash!  

I was not sure what to expect, but neither did those cute 6th graders.  We had a great time.  

and.... Boy am I tired!  haha!  As the saying goes:  "Ain't no tired like first day of teaching tired!"  

But it's all good.  

Cheers! 

how time flies

I have been in back to school meetings all week. They have been the bum numbing long days.  Terrific information... and information that I wanted to know... but.... still.... a long week.  I have only done ONE little sketch.... ONE..... but on the other hand, I did, quite by chance, find the sketchbook that I was doodling in last summer.... and no surprise here- it completely is still applicable this year..... haha!  

I went from 2nd grade to 5th last year.... big jump.... new room, new grade... new experiences..... 

This year I not only moved from 5th to 6th.... but 6th is in middle school- not elementary... and gulp.... I am hoping that my eyes don't look as wide and frightened as my new group of students' eyes.... 

Still.... Change is good..... Change is good..... Challenges make us grow in ways we never knew we needed...  

Cheers!   Have a lovely day!!!