Theme two

Here are a few things that tell you what decade I grew up in. Parachute pants, pony sneakers, stone washed jeans, Lional Richy, the tail end of Lover Boy. Children played outside and only came in for meals but only after some promises that they could return to their friends when they had eaten. Attari was the big new thing and we came home from school to find our black and white television had been replaced with a new color television. For a few days we sat and watched the new invention and then returned to playing outside.
Parachute pants for those of you to young to remember were kind of a spandex material that everyone was wearing. The pants were so tight that I remember my mother worrying about curculation being cut off. They started in only solid colors and then the really cool ones came out in different designes. The stone wash jeans were very cool and parents thought they looked sloppy (if only they could have seen the jeans wore today kids). Pony sneakers were way cool but only if you had white on white and high tops. Lional Richy and Lover Boy were hot and some kids listed to the hard rock but parents tried to keep children away from the devils music.
Yes I grew up in eighties I know it wasn't that long ago and I am happy to say that the music I listen to I have introduced to my children and they think it is ok but not something they would listen to with their friends around.
The eighties were not the sixties but we had fun and for the most part it was clean fun.

Sometimes internet is not as great as you think

Well I can post again. I don't know how my blog was flagged for spam but its fixed now and all is good.
What a day I had. 13 girls came by (because I invited them)and we spent the day making t-shirts for our tournament games next week. We are the top team and all of us are nervous. 13 nervous girls in my house was crazy. We had paint ever where and did a lot of laughing and with the laughing there was a lot of talk. I stopped for a while and leaned back on the counter to listen. I wondered if when I was young if I worried about the same things as these girls do. I tried to think back to when my friends can over and we would sit in my room and talk and listen to music all afternoon. I came to the conclusion that these 13 girls were not much different then I was at their age. Even when I was cleaning the mess I would think of the day I was able to spend with them and would find myself smiling.

Jan.22,2008

Why is it that when the first work day of the week is a Tuesday do I feel that I worked my full week in one day. My students are bouncing of the walls and have a hard time focusing on school work. Why don't they observe holidays on Fridays and let us start the week on Monday the way is should work. I went all day trying to follow my Monday's schedule and that just doesn't work on Tuesday. It could be that I was off today and my students were picking up on it. If their teacher can't focus and stay on the right schedule then how do I think they could. I have been practicing today that went I wake up it will be Wednesday and a better day.

I'm married (15 years)we have three children Nathan 15 Kaitlin 13 and our newest Ashton who will turn two next month. On December 5, 2007 our adoption of our new son Ash was final, but he was our son when we meet him at two months old. I coach girls basketball at the school where I work and am co-chair on our schools parent group.

You enjoy spending time with your family and your hobbies are reading, knitting, and grabbing any quiet time you can get. You have made your children a large part of yourself and you wonder what will happen someday when they are grown and gone. You worry if your children will grow into responsible adults and if not was it something you did.

She has been very busy for the last seven years trying to get through school, work and have a family. She hopes that what she has done is right and will all be worth it in the end. She will hopefully have an assosiates degress in education and early childhood. She loves working with special needs children even when it is a bad day. She doesn't get to read or knitt as much as she would like to but that will someday be possible.

Jan. 20, 2008

Today was a day for staying in the house doing some cleaning, playing, knitting, and reading. Our family was able to sit down to all three meals together plus a few friends added at the evening meal. The baby is sleeping and the teen-ages are in their rooms with friends that are spending the night. My husband didn't make it home until 4 a.m and is now laying on the couch having a nap. He deserves his nap because while I napped with the baby today he cleaned the bathroom. I think its those little things we do with out being asked that make us appreciate each other. Well tomorrow we will be watching our son (Nathan) play basketball at Orono High School and that is always a good time chasing the baby on the bleachers. We buy M&M on the way in and can usually make it to half-time before we have to start chasing him.

Journal for Jan.19, 2008

Well today I spent with my kids being dragged around the mall. We had a lot of fun. The experience of shopping with a 13 year old girl is a trail that I know will not improve for more then a few years. My husband (Don) is on his way home from Rhode Island, he drives the men's Maine Hockey team they won 4-0. He will reach our house about 3 in the morning and the kids will want him up by 8. He will get up and be tired for most of the day and maybe take a nap in the afternoon with the baby if he is lucky. I will be spending my Sunday afternoon with my basketball team we are having a movie day. This should be as fun as shopping with my 13 year old (all the girls are between 12 and 14.)

Jan. 18, 2008

Today was a great day. We were lucky to have school and I was able to help and see my students grow as children and learners. My girls basketball team won their game and each worked hard and as a team. I have a great group of 13 girls who are willing to learn and also to show what they are learning. They are strong girls that one day will go out into the world and make a difference.
My children are happy and have plans for their future that they are working at to make their own. My baby said book for a new word, maybe it will replace the word mine.
Today was a great day.