Daughter # Three is engaged!

Matt proposed a week ago Friday. Yay!!!

And Ryan had an interview with Microsoft... there is a possibility that Jamie and the kids will be moving. I'm not very excited about that to tell you th truth, but I know that Ryan is not happy at IBM, that it has become a company that is not good to it's employees.... so I have to go with is right for them.

BUT JESSICA is going to go to Anoka Ramsey's 2 year PTA (PT assistant) school starting
in August!!!

We skyped with Danielle and Zach for the first time last night. We will have to get an account as that is how they plan on keeping us updated on their travaales. Wedding soon!!

Soooooooo much going on in the fam!!! But all good stuff. Buster approves as well:)

M

Are YOU a slut? I am!!!

What I did this vaca.

1) Dan & I made 28, 4 oz jars of raspberry jelly for Danielle's wedding. Tomorrow we will make the rest in 2 more batches. One batch makes 12 jars.








2) Went shopping for Dan today. We got him a pair of shoes, dress socks, a new belt, a black suit one dress shirt and a tie that I am returning tomorrow ( just the tie).

3) I went to Crafts Direct early in the week and bought two kits; one is for anyone age 9 -90 so you probably can guess how sophisticated they are but I have to sharpen my needle work somehow ...without getting discouraged.

4) I embroidered a pair of arm warmers I ordered from Etsy and will send them to my Mom. I was encouraged by how they turned out. Applique with felt I can do.

5)I took my armored motorcycle jackets to St. Cloud Tailor Shop to get some velcro added to keep the elbow armor in place. On that same day I exchanged a 7 for a 7.5 in this shoe. Aren't they CUTE? I can hardly wait to break them in.

6) I got a little work done at home and also spent about 5 hours at school.... mostly cleaning.



7) I made two no - sew blankets using 4, thin fleece blankets ( more like throws) that were on sale for $5.00 each at Kmart. I made one for Jessica ( Buster thinks it is his) and the other for Jamie. They are a perfect size... just the right length and width for cuddling with and not have any body parts hang out.


The weekend before break Danielle and Zach were home so we painted chalkboard pain onto Kerr wide mouth pint jars for their wedding. People will mark their "glass" for the weekend and can take it home ( along with the jelly!).






This is not my accomplishment but Danielle & Zack's.... they are making these paper flowers for the wedding and I think they are beautiful.



I'm ready for school again and ready for summer too! I hope that everyone had a good break!!

Mary

Why middle school e mails are funny:

We've raised enough to dress Larson up as a princess but we need your help! Do any of you own a tutu (size XL) or princess dress (size XL)? We've got a tiara but we could use some clip on earrings, fun jewelry, or anything else you'd like to see Larson wear. We'll paint his fingers, put on make-up, etc. Other suggestions?

If you have anything, please bring it on Monday. Heine's Homebase will be dressing him up during homebase on Monday.

PS

Today sucked :(

My first "good" full week for 2011/2012!!

I could look at it like "Cripe! It took until January 27th. regelfritzeen ragedorf$#@%"

But I'd much rather think. Hmmmm. It only took from Nov. 3rd when I hated going to school to January 27th that I really enjoyed going to school! Pretty good!". Because I am an optimist and a hard worker who is relentless when it comes to demanding respect so that I can do my job ( and Lexapro, don't forget Lexapro) kind of gal I feel successful this morning.

M :0

ps I wonder if the world knew that the drug companies are making a mint off of the teaching profession if the prices would come down?

Epic Failure.

Epic failure. I swore I wouldn't do it. I'm sharing one half of Dan's meticulously made sandwiches with another student teacher at lunch time. Did I ever go without eating from 7:30 -3:30? "kids"! :)