Snow Day/Sick Day

We had a snow day today. Turns out to probably be a good thing as we are coated in ice. I hate to have a makeup day already, but am grateful for the day off. Though I will have time to make up now, I needed the day to rest. I even took a nap. I don't feel so great and am not accomplishing all the things I thought I'd do, but rest is good too.

Now to see if we have school tomorrow.

Stay warm and safe wherever you are!

P.S. Please pray for the Lynch family who will be laying their wife/sister/friend to rest this afternoon/evening in this bad weather.

Prayers...

I had planned to come home from school, cook dinner, eat, start grading the HUGE pile of papers from the last week that I didn't get graded over the weekend or entered into my grade book. Then I was going to start making Christmas cards for my family back home and something little for my third grade team.

Instead I came home and made condolences cards for a coworker's family as one of our teachers died today very suddenly. Not the way I wanted to learn to make these kinds of cards.

I don't know why I'm even posting them, but thought I would.

I miss it here.

Life got so crazy busy this school year, and I miss having time to journal, blab, and post photos here. Hope that gets better soon.

I just popped on here to check in on a couple blog friends and need to head to bed now. I am officially done with another semester of grad school! :) Hooray! and Whew!

Have most of my Christmas shopping done and wrapped. The school kids' gifts are done, just waiting on a package to come from dear Shoozles. I will post a photo later this week of the wonderful charms she made for my kids. Michelle is terrific!!!! I gave her a rough (very rough) idea of what I wanted, and she designed, created, and hand-painted these lovely little glass charms with the sign language sign for "I love you." I am giving them to all my students plus some other kids who are very special to me. If I had enough $ I'd give them to every kid in the school, but I'm not rich so I'll have to just wish. :)

I have most of my family's shopping done and groceries in until break begins. It's the 12th of December, and we're about broke, but we have food through the 21st, the bills are paid, and we have some gifts for our kids- not a ton, but enough. I am thankful for all we are blessed with- especially the non-material things we have that you can't put a price on.

Hope you have a wonderful, joy-filled week wherever you are!