Day 120...Grateful for a Good Day...

Today was just a good day. Nothing great happened...my kids were a little sentimental today with, "Ms. Cole, are you gonna miss us?" ...or "Ms. Cole, you are one of my favorite teachers." ...or "(silence)"  Haha....love those kids!

Terri and I had a good day...we worked together on book count and she even gave me some suggestions on some stuff for next year.

We had a coaches inservice...that was only about 45 minutes long...so that was great. Then off to Boot Camp. So...after just over 700 calories, my first snow cone of the summer, and then a night watching the Mavs (hopefully a win)...it's just been a good day.

And now I'm tired. :)

p.s. My apartment complex is changing our cable service as of tomorrow. Since I am going to move out (which I cannot wait to do) in a couple months, I just got the cheapest deal I could, and that didn't include Internet. So...I'll blog at school when I can (our filter will randomly block blogspot). So...don't worry if you don't hear from me for a while. I'll still write down my gratitude-s and post them when I can catch up! :)

Day 119...Grateful for my Grandfathers....

Thank you to Papa Hank and Papa Troy for serving in the military.
Thank you to all the men and women who give their lives to protect mine.
Thank you!

Day 118...Grateful for a Word from Church...

Today, we visited another new church. I really liked it. The pastor has been teaching through the book of Jonah. We were on chapter 3 on Sunday. He literally taught the chapter verse by verse. It was a really good sermon. One point he brought out of the text was how God continues to show us that He will give us second chances. Moses....Abraham....Jonah. In Jonah chapter 1..."Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah..." and then in Jonah chapter 3..."Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time..."

The Lord had to rescue Jonah...but He still spoke to Jonah...to a man running from Him. Praise the Lord for second chances. :)

Day 117...Grateful for Family in Town...

I love when family comes down here to visit!
This weekend, my cousin Karin and her family came down to visit and to celebrate little Sophie's birthday. It was a fun day.
I met the girls at American Girl for lunch....the girls got their ears pierced (Sophie even got her dolls' ears pierced)...all the kids and Karin ice skated...

We were planning on going to the Rangers game...but the kids just wanted to swim. I ran a few errands while the "decision" on the night was made but...Joey talked Eli into going to the game. As he was going to buy two tickets for them in the cheap seats, a man offered them two of his tickets for free. Not only free...but second row behind home plate!
Here is a picture of Eli.

Karin and I were both glad we didn't all try to go to the game...otherwise they would have missed out on that great opportunity. :)

I hung out with the girls at the hotel pool. I did pick up some cupcakes for us all....but as I was driving, the box took a spill on the floorboard. They didn't look cute anymore...but they sure did taste good!
It was a fun day with family.

Day 116...Grateful for Little Victories...

I have been coordinating our schools' Biggest Loser Competition for the last couple of years...but I've never won any of the money prizes. Well, I decided that I was going to win (or at least place) in this competition. We competed as couples just like the show. And...well my partner and I took the lead at the beginning of the competition...and somehow managed to hang on and win! Wahoo! $40 whole dollars to split between us! :-)

Still....grateful for little victories!

Day 114 and 115...Grateful for Dinner with Good Girlfriends...

Things have been really busy...and busy in the evenings...so for Wednesday AND Thursday, to be able to go out to dinner and visit with two great girlfriends. I feel blessed. Blessed with their friendships and blessed to know them. So, I'm grateful for dinner with good girlfriends.

Day 113...Grateful for Learning Something New...

So, I get to be in charge of our school's website next year (don't look right now...cause I'm not working on it yet...and my principal wants me to change it)...and I'll be teaching Webmastering. Well, my new district coordinator for that new class has sent me a huge book on HTML and CSS (it really is a different language...that I learned in college) and I started working through it today. I really did enjoy it. Even though I'm a little overwhelmed by the new classes for next year...a glimpse of the challenges for learning something new makes me a little more excited.