Why haven’t I blogged? No reason. There have been several things that I thought “hey, I should blog that…” But I haven’t.

There are 13 days of school left and I’m SO ready for it to be over! However, I am also a wee bit anxious about next year. I have had ONE interview that I got a letter from them that they had decided to hire from within. I’ve applied at 40-50 districts. I mean, really!? There isn’t someone that wants a special ed teacher w/ 4 years experience and an almost M.Ed.? We can’t really pick a place to move to until I have a job, so for now, we are stuck. Not that we’ve had tons of offers on our house…we’ve shown it quite a bit, but no offers. I keep telling myself that it will all happen in God’s time…but I don’t seem to be able to remember that when I’m waking up in the middle of the night thinking things like “what if my phone number is wrong on my resume?!” or “maybe my computer (at work) is blocked from sending these applications and I need to resend them from home…” SO, if you happen to know any random principals/administrators anywhere in the DFW area, you should email me and I’ll give you my resume and you can pass it along :)!

SO tonight I was scrounging for supper. There is nothing in the house and the only grocery store here is closed for Jesus, which is nice, but still...it's Easter and I'm not prepared. So I just started throwing what I had together...and I LOVED it--and surprisingly, Vic did too! So, not that I think any of you will use this recipe, this is where I'm going to store it!

1 lb lean ground beef (I prefer Laura's lean ground beef, 4% fat)
1 can refried beans (I use vegetarian ones!)
1 can of Rotel w/ juice
1 can of corn (drained)
about 1-2 cups of frozen mixed veggies: onion, bell pepper, celery, parsley (it comes already mixed)
3-4 garlic cloves, crushed
couple of shakes of red pepper flakes
5 flour tortillas (I used whole wheat)
2 cups of colby jack cheese

Brown the meat, drain any liquid, add garlic, red pepper flakes, Rotel, corn, and frozen veggies-stir together. In 9x13 put 2 tortillas, tear up 1/2 of another and fill in gaps. Scoop 1/2 of beans out of the can and spread them onto the tortillas. Cover w/ half of meat/veggie mixture. Cover w/ 1/2 of cheese. Repeat. Cook for 20 minutes on 350.

So a parent of a student in my room found two baby squirrels after a neighbor's tree was cut down. She saved them. She bottle fed them every four hours and now they've moved on to seeds and apples. They are about 6 or so weeks old now and she's had them over a month. I love them. I held one and all my kids pet them. SO cute!




Speaking of cute...He thinks he's smaller than he is. He tries to lay on things that he just doesn't fit on, but today he propped himself up on the lysol can. I love him too.





AND speaking of propping up, this is a portrait of Nancy and I drawn my one of my students today. Are my boobs really that saggy? And for the record, she's never seen me in a dress.

And Vic is 34 today. Happy Birfday! That sounds old. I remember my mom being 34. It's a good thing he's a cradle robber and that I'm still young....

I made my coworker/friend, Jill, a banana pudding for her birthday tomorrow. It's cute, see:

I got my husband w/ an April Fool's joke! So I sent him a text that said "Did you know that your ipod gets heavier when you add music to it???" and he replied with "How? Because you add electrons when you add data?"

Ha ha ha ha! I always hate AFD jokes, but this really amused me! He's such a nerd and that's why I love him!

So here it is, Thursday (actually, now it's early Friday, but whatever), and while it is blizzing in Pampa, I am in Corinth. NEVER again will I live in a town that does in deed have blizzards, but not the kind that I can get butterfingers added too.

You guessed it! FRIDAY! And the plot thickens....

Weather for Pampa, TX for the next few days...



Guess which day I have to drive to Dallas???

It's been 3 years since Mom died. It seems like yesterday, but also it feels like she's been gone forever. Bizarre. It's been ok though, I've been busy. I appreciate the people that remember--nice to know William and I aren't the only ones thinking about it.

We had a positive ovulation predictor kit test yesterday so today we had the 1st and hopefully only IUI (aka interuterine insemination aka the turkey baster procedure). I've been calling myself a big turkey all day. They took the "sample" from Vic, did a wash, and used a catheter to inject them directly into the uterus. It took about 30 seconds and then they had me lay pretty much upside down on a table for 15 minutes. The best part of the day was when they called me back from the lab to get the testtube of injectables. I walked back there and she said "ok, now put this in your bra to keep it warm. I said "I can't recall ever being told to put something in my bra like this before..." and she said "just dollars, right?" and I said, "Yes, but I quite that job years ago..." and she was STUNNED--I think she thought I was serious because she just looked down as I left.

The procedure went well though, she said that everything looked really good and there was no "resistance" to the catheter, whatever that means. Now starts the 2 week wait to know if it worked, and if not, we'll do it again next month!

Keep praying: fertilization, implantation, and then GROW!