A Picture Says a Thousand Words

Our pumpkin

Picking out a pumpkin

Our "little" friend in the backyard

First off, let me say GO VIKES!!!!! They play Dallas today....... I am a little nervous...... But they can prevail!!!!!!!!!!!! Here are some great pictures.... One is the first day of school, at the pumpkin patch, showing off their pumpkins and a little(not so much) visitor that is right out our back door, every single night!!!! We are all doing great! J FINALLY stopped crying, A is great and Mr. V. is well, Mr. V....... Enjoy the shots!!!

Oh, What a Long Time......

So sorry...... Haven't even had time to wipe my, well, you know............. Been too busy with school and such. J is still crying every day when I drop her off. I guess that this is a HUGE adjustment for her. Much more so than I thought it would be. I don't get it, because everyday when I come home she RAVES about what a good day she had as school. She plays school now and pretends that she is her teacher. I think that the crying is just about making me feel bad. It did the first couple of times, but now, not so much..... It is getting old.
A is great. He is in the groove of Kindergarten and LOVES his teacher. He is working hard and loves to sing the songs with J as she is just now learning the ones he used to sing.
Mr. V is now a SRG. His official promotion date is tomorrow. We are finally on the day shift with all of the other "normal" people. He will work North side from 6-2. YEAH!!!! Only bad part is he has Tuesday, Wednesdays off. Never a day off with him. Oh well, that is how the cookies crumble.
Well, I know that it was short, but I have to get my a** in gear and correct some papers and finish cleaning the bathrooms......
Hopefully, next time I will have pictures.....

Thank God Almighty!!!

A has a clean bill of health!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank God for that!!! I am also thankful because Mr. V got in a HUGE wreck this weekend and by the looks of the car, he should be dead...... Especially since he wasn't wearing his seatbelt!!!!!!!!

I have another commercial..... The AT&T one that has the band playing and all the people calling. Well, the music is playing and there is a guitar in it, but no guitar on the stage.......

I had to laugh today because I went to Sam's and there was this Mexican couple coming out with there three kids. You would think that they would have a load of groceries, but no...... All they had in their cart was a 24 pack of Bud Light...... Silly!

Never felt this way.....

Don't get me wrong, I am excited/nervous/etc. for the first day of school. I have never really NOT wanted to go. But this year is different. I don't know why? Maybe it is because I am changing grade levels, but I have taught second grade before. Maybe it is because it has been so long, it has been 7 years...... I don't know..... Maybe it could be because I don't have a clue what I am doing tomorrow because I don't have copy of the lesson plans in my hand so that I may prepare myself. Yes, I do use a lesson plan, but only the first couple of weeks!!!! Then I am in the groove and ready to go..... My friend B had a good suggestion for the student that likes to hit, wear Mr. V's protective gear...... I might have to!!!!
Maybe I am feeling this way because I am afraid that something is wrong with A. I just have a feeling of dread for this test. I am also feeling VERY homesick and wish that I could be starting work with my sister-in-law!!! I'll get over it though.....

Thought of another commercial that I don't get...... The "Kia, Save the Greenbacks!" commercial. How stupid is that one????

We didn't do much this weekend. A and J sat and watched me get my stuff ready for school. Tried to draw all over my papers and gave lots of sorry momma kisses because of it. Mr. V worked two Ranger games, which means a nice paycheck at the end of the month. Lord knows we need it!!! He worked from 2 to 9:30 yesterday and will work 6-??? whenever the game ends tonight!!! I do miss him when he works and so do the kids, but we do enjoy the money!!! Get that debt paid so we can MOVE!!!!!!

First Day Blues, Bathtubs, Singing Viagra, and MRI Bull

Ok. First off let me just say that I am dreading the first day of school. I have a student that hit the AP so bad last year that she had to go have an MRI. If that happens, then I quit. I didn't sign up to be beat up. Then my teammate finds out that she has a student that is in the psychward right now because he beat his mom up so bad that she had to go to the emergency room....... WHY ARE THESE KIDS ALLOWED TO BE IN SCHOOL????? They should be in an alternative school for kids with ED problems..... These are 2nd graders people!!!!!!

Secondly, (I know this is not in order of my title.... but....) Cooks has lost all of A's MRI info. Yeah, lost it..... Dr. D is just a dumbfounded as we are....... This has never happened he told us. Of course it had to happen to us, right..... They are going to try to do it again, without sedating A, but he is 5 and they are expecting him to lay still for 30 minutes....... I don't think that I could do that..... So, he goes in again on Monday afternoon.

My next two points have to do with commercials...... What in the world were the advertisers thinking when they wrote the Cialis and Viagra commercials? Viva Viagra??? What the hell........ Hmmmm, I don't know about you but it makes me want to go get some..... So does the Cialis commercial..... I especially like when the older couples are laying in separate bathtubs - OUTSIDE????? I really like that you have to go to the ER if you experience an erection lasting longer than 4 hours. WHAT?????? I guess I just don't get it.......

More pictures

J fell in love with the wolves at the zoo!

Fun at the zoo!!

The whole gang!!!!!!!!!

Pictures Galore

See, God's country.... Deer roam free..... :-)

M and J..... Jenny and Mulan as they called themselves....

E-MAN..... Blackmail material!! :-)

MUSCLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

B and A on the PONTOON!!!!!!!! At Leech Lake.....

Fireworks party.....

These are hardly all of the pictures, I will publish more in the future......