A friend of mine did a blog like this awhile back and I thought it might be fun.......so here are some random things about me.
1. I love to dance, but can't do it much anymore due to bad knees.
2. My daughter April is my Rory and I'm her Lauralei.
3. I hate coconut......even the smell makes me nauseas......so summertime is real fun with all those coconut oils slathered on people........yuck!
4. My favorite food is fried chicken......but none of my family likes it.
5. The number 4 has always been my favorite number and I don't even know why.
6. My brother used to be a city council member.
7. I have the greatest husband and we've been married for 22 years.
8. I have the most awesomest kids in the whole world.
9. I love working with children with special needs.......most people think of them as disabled, but I see them as God's special little angels. They have brought such joy into my life.
10. I could do the splits until my knees got bad at about 35.
11. I can still hula hoop pretty good.
12. I love pistashios but I'm allergic to them .........sad.
13. I love to love God through worship.
14. I can't sing any better than I can golf......and thats pretty darn bad.
15. My kids are both amazing bowlers and I'm their biggest fan.
16. My daughter tells me all the time I'm random......but I just don't see it.
17. Hugs are the greatest invention ever!!!!
18. I used to tap dance pretty good.
19. I like it when my toe nails are painted pretty.
20. I hate nail files..........they give me the chills like fingernails on the chalkboard only way worse.
21. Dee Henderson and Karen Kingsbury are my 2 favorite Christian novelists.
22. I like to paint acrylics on canvas. I could probably be pretty good if I worked at it and took some lessons.
23. I hate snow........everything about it.......its cold, its wet, its icky!
24. I love the springtime when all the new life begins.
25. I can draw stick figures.......but not very well.
26. I miss cuddling with my kids.
27. I'm pretty good at the game free cell.
28. My favorite vacation spot is anywhere the ocean is.
29. I prefer sweats and jeans to nice cloths.
30. I love American Sign Language, I think its a very beautiful language.
31. I prefer Shasta Cola to Pepsi or Coke and its cheap...woohoo.
32. I don't really like coffee but I drink it for the creamer.
33. I have 2 dogs that are both 17 years old and they get around better than I do......really sad.
34. I think the cable bridge is so pretty when the sun is setting behind it.
35. Vanilla is my favorite scent.
36. I want to be a writer when I grow up..........probably another 30 years from now.
37. banana button.........maybe thats why my daughter says I'm random.
38. I love the smell of coffee.......when I go to the store......sometimes I get lost in the aroma of the coffee beans......until some lady hits me with her cart.......then I find myself again.
39. I collect carousel horses........they're so pretty.
40. I'm allergic to citrus......its a real bummer sometimes.
41. I'm trying to blog more again.........I just never seem to have the time.
42. I love to color with crayons or markers.
43. Dot to dots are still fun.
44. I love roller coasters........they're such a rush......they make me feel alive.
45. I don't like ice cream..........I know.......weird huh?
46. I think sky diving would be awesome.......but I don't think they'd be able to get me out of the plane.
47. I'm great at starting projects .........and luckily my daughter is great at finishing them for me.
48. I love late nights camping when we get so tired we're silly and can't stop laughing long enough to go to sleep.
49. Mexican train is an awesome game.
50. I can't whistle...........pathetic I know.
Well thats all of my randomness for tonight.......I might do the second half of 100 another night!
Night all!
Kim
Monday, December 29, 2008
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Life is ever moving, ever changing
Its been a really long time........but I'm back, at least for today. So much has happened since I last posted. My job changed, my daughter set her wedding date and my son has a girlfriend. On top of all of that......Christmas has come and passed.
First my job. I am a teaching assistant in a class of children with special needs and I love it. Luckily, I'm still doing that. I had been in the same class for four years, worked with some of the same kids for that long, loved the teacher I was working under and then things changed. I'm not saying change is bad.....but sometimes its hard to go through. I was injured by one of the students in my class and because I already had an artificial knee, the powers that be decided I wasn't safe in that class anymore and almost immediately moved me to a different classroom. I didn't get to tell my students I was moving. Just boom, I was gone. I was very sad, as I had an attachment to these kids. I'm in an autism room now, and its going well, but I still miss my kids. The teacher isn't the same, she loves the kids but is rather scattered in thought which makes my job that much harder. I'm already falling in love with the kids so I know it will all work out.
Now my son. He's a had a girlfriend before, but this is different. The first one was more about "having a girlfriend" this one he really really likes. She came to Christmas Eve with our family and she seems to be really well matched for my son. I'm just not ready for him to be in a serious relationship yet and I'm afraid this one could lead to that. He's 17, so its not like he's too young to be dating. We also have really strict rules about dating, like only group dates, they can never be alone together, if they ride in a car together, there needs to be at least one other person in the car. We really allow more of a courting situation than a dating, but still its hard. Devin has such a tender heart, I'm afraid he's gonna get hurt.....what am I saying, of course he's gonna get hurt, he's a teenager who has a girlfriend. I'm just so not ready for all this growing and changing happening around me.
Last but not least my daughter. April's beau came and asked us for her hand in marriage recently. We knew it would happen.......they've been together for 2 and 1/2 years, I just was hoping it would be a little farther down the line. They've set the date for December 5, 2009. We went out looking at wedding dresses because David's Bridal had there $99 sale. She tried on probably 25 gowns and loved one that was $500 and the top of one $99 one and the bottom of another $99 one. Grandma agreed to put the top and bottom together.......so we bought 2 dresses, but only spent $200. We've got the person to do the cake (for the cost of ingredients) and Grandma's a florist, a good friend is a photographer. So things are moving along pretty well. However, no decision has been made on the location yet. Mark(future son-in-law) and April go to a church here in town and wanted to get married there, however they can't have it on a Saturday there, which April really wants and they're pretty high on cost. So we're looking, but December is a hard time to book locations with the holiday parties that happen then. My baby girl won't be home next Christmas.......she'll be at her own home, decorating her own tree, starting her own traditions. It makes me both happy and sad to think about it. Happy for her, sad for me. She's an awesome young lady and I know its time for her to leave the nest, but the nest is gonna feel mighty empty without her.
I know change means growth and growth is good, but it doesn't always feel so good when you're going through it. I've been rather emotional lately, a bit melancholy. But there is also joy for April, for Devin, for the new adventures of their lives. I remember when I was young and having my first real relationship.......its such a fun exciting time. And when I was planning my wedding, I was giddy with excitement. Momma has to let her baby birds spread their wings........the nest is just going to feel pretty empty. I'm looking forward to more time with my husband, but he works nights, so evenings will be tough. April will be gone and Devin is so busy with his own life.....I guess its time for me to find the next chapter in my own life. Maybe I'll start some projects I've thought about doing in the past like trying my hand at writing. I know as long as I lean on and look towards God, I'll be okay...........and so will they.
I hope you all had a very nice Christmas. It's always a joy to celebrate the birth of our Father, our Saviour. I may be a little down, but I live a very Blessed life and I thank God for it every day.
God Bless you all,
Kim
First my job. I am a teaching assistant in a class of children with special needs and I love it. Luckily, I'm still doing that. I had been in the same class for four years, worked with some of the same kids for that long, loved the teacher I was working under and then things changed. I'm not saying change is bad.....but sometimes its hard to go through. I was injured by one of the students in my class and because I already had an artificial knee, the powers that be decided I wasn't safe in that class anymore and almost immediately moved me to a different classroom. I didn't get to tell my students I was moving. Just boom, I was gone. I was very sad, as I had an attachment to these kids. I'm in an autism room now, and its going well, but I still miss my kids. The teacher isn't the same, she loves the kids but is rather scattered in thought which makes my job that much harder. I'm already falling in love with the kids so I know it will all work out.
Now my son. He's a had a girlfriend before, but this is different. The first one was more about "having a girlfriend" this one he really really likes. She came to Christmas Eve with our family and she seems to be really well matched for my son. I'm just not ready for him to be in a serious relationship yet and I'm afraid this one could lead to that. He's 17, so its not like he's too young to be dating. We also have really strict rules about dating, like only group dates, they can never be alone together, if they ride in a car together, there needs to be at least one other person in the car. We really allow more of a courting situation than a dating, but still its hard. Devin has such a tender heart, I'm afraid he's gonna get hurt.....what am I saying, of course he's gonna get hurt, he's a teenager who has a girlfriend. I'm just so not ready for all this growing and changing happening around me.
Last but not least my daughter. April's beau came and asked us for her hand in marriage recently. We knew it would happen.......they've been together for 2 and 1/2 years, I just was hoping it would be a little farther down the line. They've set the date for December 5, 2009. We went out looking at wedding dresses because David's Bridal had there $99 sale. She tried on probably 25 gowns and loved one that was $500 and the top of one $99 one and the bottom of another $99 one. Grandma agreed to put the top and bottom together.......so we bought 2 dresses, but only spent $200. We've got the person to do the cake (for the cost of ingredients) and Grandma's a florist, a good friend is a photographer. So things are moving along pretty well. However, no decision has been made on the location yet. Mark(future son-in-law) and April go to a church here in town and wanted to get married there, however they can't have it on a Saturday there, which April really wants and they're pretty high on cost. So we're looking, but December is a hard time to book locations with the holiday parties that happen then. My baby girl won't be home next Christmas.......she'll be at her own home, decorating her own tree, starting her own traditions. It makes me both happy and sad to think about it. Happy for her, sad for me. She's an awesome young lady and I know its time for her to leave the nest, but the nest is gonna feel mighty empty without her.
I know change means growth and growth is good, but it doesn't always feel so good when you're going through it. I've been rather emotional lately, a bit melancholy. But there is also joy for April, for Devin, for the new adventures of their lives. I remember when I was young and having my first real relationship.......its such a fun exciting time. And when I was planning my wedding, I was giddy with excitement. Momma has to let her baby birds spread their wings........the nest is just going to feel pretty empty. I'm looking forward to more time with my husband, but he works nights, so evenings will be tough. April will be gone and Devin is so busy with his own life.....I guess its time for me to find the next chapter in my own life. Maybe I'll start some projects I've thought about doing in the past like trying my hand at writing. I know as long as I lean on and look towards God, I'll be okay...........and so will they.
I hope you all had a very nice Christmas. It's always a joy to celebrate the birth of our Father, our Saviour. I may be a little down, but I live a very Blessed life and I thank God for it every day.
God Bless you all,
Kim
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