A First Time For Everything

Here are a couple of my recent firsts:

First time making bread from scratch.


My mother-in-law gave me a Kitchen Aid for Christmas and the first thing I did was make some yummy bread.


First time scraping snow off the roof of a house.


You could say I'm a good daughter-in-law for doing this...or you could say I'm paying my dues for free rent, utilities, cable, internet, etc...either one :)


First time recieving a Valentine from a 10 year old.


And I got two! I'm sure all you teachers out there have a huge collection of them every year, but that doesn't happen in the special ed department. Our special education kids spend the morning with us and the afternoon in their regular classes. We had a party for them in our class and then in the afternoon they had the "real" party in their regular class. Their home room teachers get their Valentine's. Anyway, this morning we made them do a writing assignment by making a Valentine for someone. To cut out any drama we said they could only be given to adults, (parents, teachers, etc.) I was pleasantly surprised to get a couple. Such sweet kids. Here's a close up on one.


Maybe I need to work on my teaching skills...

Update?

I had a post all made up in my head a couple weeks ago, but was too lazy to post. Sorry. I no longer remember what it was about...

Really, nothing exciting is happening in our lives right now. Christmas was a blast. I don't think I ever posted about that. We went up to my parents place for most of the break. We did a lot of shopping, went snowboarding, mastered Wii Fit, played board/card games, and ate a lot of food. I loved it.

It was rough getting back into school. I wanted to strangle a few kids several times, but resisted. I finished my Rolfing sessions last week! I will post before and after pictures when I get them. What else, what else...? My little sister got engaged and is getting married in April. That will be fun. I'm trying to eat more fruits and vegetables and less processed foods. Apparently they are bad for you. I'm trying to talk Tyler into adopting a little dog. He still needs a little more convincing. I was given a whole new snoboard get-up for Christmas. It's amazing what new stuff can do for you skills and confort level! I think that's about all the updating I can think of.







Maybe I will think of a more exciting post late. Until then....adios!