good day with Josh

Josh and I went to the library and he picked out a new book to read. Then we went to the university to the library there and dropped off the puppets and book I used for my lesson. On the way home we stopped at Sonic and we got some vanilla ice-cream, I LOVE their ice-cream and I have been wanting a dish of vanilla for a long time. When we came home I did my lesson plan and typed it, e-mailed my lesson plan from Thursday to my teacher and some pictures of my student that are due Tuesday. Then I also started working on my 5-10 page paper. It is not going to be hard at all. I stopped because there was a movie on last night. We watched The Jenson Project on NBC, it was really good. I enjoyed it.
Today I plan on trying to finish my paper or at least get it almost finished. Then all I will need to do for my class is put together the portfolio. I have most of it done already because it will be things we have been working on all semester.
It was a great day yesterday!! I am so glad, because it was not good Thursday. ;) Have a nice weekend!!

bad day...

I had a whole other post written, but I decided not to publish it. I did not have a good day yesterday and was sharing about it, but decided not to.
My lesson plan went fine. The teacher said I did a good job. The kids enjoyed the puppets and I was able to teach them some new vocabulary, which was my goal. It was fun.
Today Josh and I are going to the library to return his book, then we are going to the college to return the puppets to the curriculum library. When we get home I need to write a lesson plan and do some laundry. Have a nice day!!
Oh!! I didn't have a good day, but when I got home, I found some siggies from Judy in my e-mail!! Made my whole day!! It is the little things that make me happy. Here is one below.

doing homework still....

I sat down with my syllabus Thursday night and realized that my assignments are coming up quicker than I thought. I am glad I had planned to do homework yesterday. Josh and I went to my college (MSU), to the Curriculum Library and picked up a curriculum kit for one of my lesson plans. I was able to get 3 lesson plans done instead of two, one typed, I finished up the paperwork I was working on from yesterday and I was able to make an appointment to go visit another childcare center to do an ITERS (an evaluation). Anyway, I got a lot done. The only thing I haven't done is type the last two lesson plans. I will have one lesson plan left, but I will not be doing it for a couple of weeks. This catches me up so I can think. I have a lot to do next week. I need to take a lot of pictures next week. We were supposed to be taking pictures this whole time and I have no pictures. I will just spend one of my labs taking pictures of my focus child, no big deal. This is what I meant the other day when I said some of our lessons are unclear. I am getting there. I also have to put together a power point presentation on all of this for my Final. The power point will take some time, but the rest of this doesn't really take long.
So, today I may get those two lesson plans typed, but if it is sunny...which it isn't supposed to be, we will swim. I could probably do both. Don't worry, I am not sitting around doing homework all day. I am just trying to get some things done.
I know many of you will not be around for the 4th, so Happy Indepedence Day!!! Have a great holiday and be safe!! My dogs are scared to death, the fireworks have already started here around my house. We live in the country, so setting off fireworks is legal. Have a great day!! I will try to come by for visits today.

Happy Birthday Karl!!!!

The weather was gorgeous yesterday, so Josh and I went swimming and then to the library. I also got the laundry done. Pretty good for me. ;) Here is a picture of what Josh is reading now:
It is another historical fiction book, this one a journal of Sean Sullivan A Transcontinental Railroad Worker. Here is a link to read about the book: Click here. I am glad he has found these books, he really seems to enjoy them.
I watched the movie Temple Grandin last night-she is a woman with autism. The movie is on HBO right now, I loved it. Claire Danes plays Temple Grandin. I was glad I watched it. Sometimes it can be very challenging working with children with autism, and this movie was very encouraging and gave me some great ideas to use in the classroom. I get frustrated sometimes, so I needed to see this movie.
Well, today I am off to class. This week is the half way mark! Yay!!! It is also my husband Karl's Birthday!!! Happy Birthday Karl!! Have a great day!!

laundry and library

I was able to get my homework finished last night. I had a midterm to type and it is ready to turn in. It is not due until Thursday, but I can tweak it if I need to this way.
We had crazy thunderstorms last night with lots of thunder and lightening. Mandy is scared of the noise it makes, so she was snuggling with me.
Today I need to do laundry and clean house a little. My dad will be taking Josh to their house to stay the night tonight so I can go to class tomorrow. I am enjoying being home some this summer and spending time with Josh. He has been at my parent's or Karl's parents for the past three summer's and I miss him.
Josh finished his book, so it looks like we will be heading to the library today.
Well, I better go. I will be able to blog today. I will visit you soon!! Have a great week!!

class today...

Josh and I went to the library, he picked out a book. I cannot remember what it is called, but it is a historical fiction book about a boy during the Dustbowl. He read it for a long time yesterday, so I am glad he likes it. The same author has written some other books like this one, so if he really likes it he will probably want to check out another one next time.
Today is class and lab, I will be gone all day pretty much. If I am able to, I will visit blogs this morning, otherwise, I will see you all tomorrow. Have a wonderful day.

try the library again?

After church, we picked up Josh and then went to tour the St. Jude's Dream Home. It is beautiful and I would love to have a home like that. We had a lot of fun looking at it. It had a tornado shelter that you could get to from inside the house, the master bedroom was huge, media room, screened patio, fire place, 4 bed rooms, 3 1/2 baths. Just loved it.
I also got some cleaning done, but did not get my laundry done. I need to change the sheets and wash them today and I would like to try to take Josh to the library today so he can get a new book to read. I didn't make it on Friday.
My parents will be here this afternoon to pick up Josh. He is spending the night with them so I can go to my class tomorrow.
My back is pretty much all better. Friday I was feeling dizzy, I think I was taking too many medications (tylenol). I switched to Motrin and I am doing much better. That is why I didn't take Josh to the library.
Have a great week!!

Blogger

I could have just died last night. I was looking in blogger and there is a new section for design of your blog. Well, I thought I would play with it. It messed up my blog so bad and I couldn't get it back to normal. Then I remembered I have the minima template on my blog for the preschool, so I grabbed it and put it in here at this blog. I was able to get it back to normal pretty quick after that. I just figured they would have kept the old templates too, but they didn't..at least I didn't find them.
Karl had to work last night, so Josh and I ran to Walgreens and I picked up some facial masque and I did a facial on myself. I usually do one every week, but I ran out of my masque and I couldn't find any of the other kind I buy, so I found a new one at Walgreens.
I also gave Molly a bath. Josh and I never did make it to the library.
I do not think we have any plans for Saturday. Maybe we can all relax. Have a great weekend!

library

Wow, it was a busy day yesterday. I went to class, then to my lab. There are 6 kids in the class and they are 2 year olds. Super cute. The bad thing is that in the afternoon when I have my lab the kids have done all of their fun things..singing, storytime, field trips, etc. I am basically there for recess and snack time. I wish I would have known the schedule before I signed up for my lab. I would have chosen a morning lab. It will be fun though. These kids are way easier than the kids I work with at the preschool.
Well, I never did have any UTI symptoms yesterday, so I will just have to wait and see what happens. Maybe it is nothing. weird. My back also continues to get better.
Today I would like to take Josh to the library to get a different book. He is done reading the book we got last week.
Happy Friday!! Have a wonderful weekend!!